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Generator
04:48
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I'm still shaping this dormant forming sound
When I sketch these forest trees and I color rinse the clouds
I've been taken oh so graciously
When the captains racing mind is primed but still asleep
This auditory freeze
Short circuit Memory
The nonsense in my camp is extracted gently
I tried to explain it with this current state of mind
When alternatives seem scarce but they still seem to arise
It's in your craft
No competition craved
I tried to explain it
I tried so hard
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Better To Choose
04:20
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Sun is rising, the purpose is left to find
He's drinking coffee 'cause he stayed up all night
He's always on the run to be responsible
Then he blows off the day just to finish a song
It's better to choose
It's better to choose
They say it's better to know than to never choose
He sees nothing but fantasies of fear
He's doing nothing assured now that he wouldn't fail
He just don't get the trick
It's called "the game of life"
They say it's better to choose than to never try
Who knows? I wonder
Whatever feels alright
You gotta do it for you
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Capital
03:40
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So I know it's your name now but I'm stickin' to the truth in part,
to feed upon the light I think
Neon knows to fold the darkness and it dices it up on the grain
Solid neon beams
When wants become needs, take a step beyond it
This capital dependency
So if you owned everything would you really have peace of mind
So I know it's your name now but you phoned the unknown belief
They sure are playing games with us
With all the weight upon the axis and a serpent too weak to hold on
A circus gone wrong
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Grass Is Always Greener
03:43
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You might not be quite who you think you are,
but that's ok
You can still be something great
impeccable health, a good job and a place to be
It evens out if you give yourself a chance
Your tomorrow will be just fine if you cool it off for a while
You're flying high but beginning to ask yourself
Am I ok?
I'm not trying to be something great
Then it hits you, you're lucky and beautiful, fortunate for being you
If you give yourself a chance
Your tomorrow will be just fine if you cool it off for a while
Your tomorrow will be just fine if you cool it off for a while
It's all up in your mind so just cool it off for a while
Just admit it
You're doing it to yourself
Just admit it
You're putting yourself through hell
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Get Embedded
02:48
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I get embedded in the fantasy,
of what it's like when we don't do what they say
I may be wrong, they don't say what they mean
but it seems illogical to follow your dreams
I was stuck somehow on the things that just don't matter
Broken over things in my life that just don't matter
Yeah I'm gonna try to make sense of these and roll
Yeah I was stuck somehow we all get stuck, baby somehow
I get embedded in your lovin' ways
And then you tear it down so quickly
You keep it comin' just to knock it all down
Acting oblivious, making your rounds
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Streaming
02:33
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Beaten Path
04:41
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In need of conflict just to make it last
motivated,not yet
Keep stumbling in and out of the beaten path
Then you waste it all over again
You need to rectify why you're roaming around
You need to rectify why you're roaming around, my dead
You need a fine tooth comb with some grit
But you ain't ever gonna find it, no way
Just blame it all on the ones that ran from you
When there was way more that you could do
You need to rectify why you're roaming around
You need to rectify why you're roaming around, my head
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Positive Feedback
01:43
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