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Autopilot Life
02:55
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I’m always someone other than who I’m not
Never who I am
I’m always wrapped up in somebody else’s plot
And they don’t give a damn
Help me find my own story
No-one can do it for me
Help me find my own mind
Tell me who I am
I’m always living better than what I’ve got
Idling as I bleed
Defined only by what everyone around me wants
Never what I need
Help me cut my losses
Help me help myself
I can’t find my lost mind
Tell me who I am
Everything, everyone tumbles away
I’m flying blind
Asleep at the wheel
Autopilot life
And I’m always giving in before I’m out of breath
Forgetting how to breathe
Running only ‘til I’m safely hidden from myself
But never ‘til I’m free
Save me from my safety
Save me from myself
I can’t escape my own mind
Tell me who I am
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2. |
Really Truly Absolu'ly
03:07
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Believe what you want, believe what you were taught
Pass it down like it's all written into stone
Believe what you need, believe what you think you see
And pass it on like it's your own
You've got your loving and your fighting up to speed
You've never known exactly what it is you need
You know that lying to yourself's your greatest skill
I tell you really truly absolu'ly
Winning the argument doesn't make you right
But it's all starting to crumble down deep inside
You talk in circles now, make it make sense somehow
Roadblocked in the cul-de-sac of pride
Your loving and your fighting's up to speed
You've never known exactly what it is you need
You know that lying to yourself's your greatest skill
I tell you really truly absolu'ly
Makes you feel so wise to think that everybody else is wrong
But learning from mistakes is what will truly make you strong
(instrumental chorus)
You used to know it all, then the real world called
Now you're always just a mirror image of the truth
Perspective’s all you need to make your ego bleed
So let go of your willful youth
You've got your loving and your fighting up to speed
You've never known exactly what it is you need
You know that lying to yourself's your greatest skill
I tell you really truly absolu'ly
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Magic 8-Ball Compass
04:05
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I keep my compass in a magic 8 ball
I keep a magnet underneath my hat
They're all tricks I learned from a dear old friend
To ensure that I never look back
I go sailing in a plastic teacup
I go flying in a foil balloon
And if I seem a million miles away
Just know I'll be back soon
Because I always know no matter which way I go
I'm bound to end up somewhere
So I shake you up, my magic 8-ball compass
For all I know I'm already there
He leaves a note that he's gone adventurin'
With cash on hand for what it's worth
Well I know I shouldn't worry, it's just
He gets lost and he never looks North
He says if you can find your way with limits
Somehow the journey means more
And sometimes it helps if you don't quite know
Exactly what you're looking for
Just as long as you know no matter which way you go
You're bound to end up somewhere
So just shake it up, that magic 8-ball compass
For all you know you're already there
You know the meaning and you know all the words to say
You know the tune and you know all the chords to play
You know the path and you know if you lose your way
You'll be fine, you just make it up anyway
You know it's all yours so take it
No-one said it's easy but you'll make it
When it gets hard that's when you fake it
Your life is waiting, just take it
Because we'll always know no matter which way we go
We're bound to end up somewhere
So just shake it up, the magic 8-ball compass
For all we know we're already there
Yeah, for all we know we're already there
Oh yeah, for all we know we're already there
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4. |
Set The Moon On Fire
03:42
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I'm gonna fill the night with colored pairs of light
With hues of red and white, yeah
I'm gonna leave today, with no more hell to pay
And nothing more to say, yeah
They want to make my life mean nothing
They make me walk a wire
I'm gonna make my life mean something
I'll set the moon on fire
It's just a holiday, it's just another day
It's just another way out
To make me see my wrong, to make it last this long
To help me write a song now
They want to make my life mean nothing
They make me walk a wire
I'm gonna make my life mean something
I'll set the moon on fire
Yeah... Set the moon on fire
You see the satellite, it hovers in the night
It gives you hope and light, yeah
It's gonna burn tonight, you see the sky ignite
You see the fiery white, yeah
I'm gonna make my life mean something, I'll set the moon on fire
You'll look up high tonight and see the fireworks in the sky
You're gonna ask yourself 'who's the one who made us all look higher?'
I'm gonna make my life mean something, I'll set the moon on fire
Yeah... Set the moon on fire
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5. |
Follow Me
03:35
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I've been waiting now but nobody knows me
Nobody knows me the way I want, the way I want, the way I want
And I've been waiting now but nobody wants me
Nobody wants me the way I am, the way I am, the way I am
I don't have the time to wait and see
All the groovy things that might just happen to me
I've been standing here but nobody noticed
Nobody noticed that I was there, that I was there, that I was there
So I tried changing now but nobody noticed
Nobody noticed; what do I care? Or do I care? Why do I care?
I have no responsibility
To follow the world because one day the world's gonna follow me
(solo)
I don't have the time to wait and see
All the groovy things that might just happen to me
I've been talking now but nobody listens
Nobody listens to what I say, to what I say, to what I say
But I'll keep talking now 'cos I believe I've found
I believe I've found a better way, a better way, a better way
I have no responsibility
To follow the world because one day the world's gonna follow me
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6. |
The Music
03:20
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Smile at me one more time, and I swear
I might never look away again
Seems I’ve known you forever, although
I don’t know where and don’t remember when
I’ve wasted years, I’ve wasted miles
I’ve wasted tears, I’ve wasted smiles
I’ve wasted everything I’ve done if it wasn’t with you
Now I have you, I don’t know what’s worse
that I lost you or I lost control
All the time I was waiting for someone
to find me and to find my soul
I’ve wasted days, I’ve wasted nights
I’ve wasted sounds, I’ve wasted sights
And all the time I knew inside my life was always for you
I will play on each day, the music is my way
within you I will always be, and you will be within me
And when finally again I’m alone
As I’ve always been, will always be
Maybe then I’ll remember this way
and will live for when you’re back with me
You’re all I’ve ever loved
you’ve always shone the only light I’ve ever known
My soul is ever with you, all that kept me alive
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Learning To Lie To You
03:25
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If I could not cry to you, I fear what our lives would be
If I had to lie to you, it would be over between us
I'm learning to share with you
I've lost track of what was once inside my mind
I can't remember who I used to be
I'm lost somewhere in Auld Lang Syne
But Nostalgia just ain't what it used to be
If the truth hurts, then I'm protecting you this way
I'm the only one who knows what not to say
So maybe I'm finally beginning to deserve your hue
And that is because I'm learning to lie to you
Ahh... you don't want to know what's true
Ahh... I'm learning to lie to you
You'll never know the feelings that I've had inside
Don't even try to find out what I used to be
I must escape from Auld Lang Syne
'cos Nostalgia just ain't what it used to be
Please, please please, don't leave
When I'm just acquiring the skill to deceive
I'll never forget you; Well that much is true
And that is why I'm learning to lie to you
Ahh... I don't remember what is true
Ahh... I'm learning to lie to you
So I will not punish you for things that you've said to me
And I will not blame you, nor hurt you nor be cruel
And I will not lie to you; (I just lied again)
So I will not cry for you; it's no longer my fault
And I will not cry to you; I'm done with insulting
I'm learning to lie to you; I'm learning to lie to you
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8. |
Nathan's Glasses
04:00
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Some days he looks vaguely in my direction
I wonder if I'm what he's meaning to see
And most times we talk about others' confusions
'Cos it's something he'd always said to me
Seeing the world through Nathan's glasses
Someday you'll understand
But how can I say what I see when I just see nothing?
And how can I say what I feel when I never learned how?
With lenses so dark I can't tell what he's thinking
While somehow he still seems to see right through me
But if Nathan won't tell me what color his eyes are
Well it's something I never thought could be
Seeing the world through Nathan's glasses
Someday you'll understand
But how can I look in his eyes with so much between us?
And he says "Look with your heart or we'll never see eye to eye"
And there's no point believing that there's no empty singing
'Less you've found ways of freeing your mind
From something inside you that claims to be what you see
But Seeing the world through Nathan's glasses
Someday you'll understand
(solo)
I must admit I sneaked a peek through his glasses
When they fell from his face one sunny day
I had feared he'd be blinded, but he'd fooled me well
Now it's something I never thought I'd say
Seeing the world through Nathan's glasses
Now I can understand
Seeing the world through Nathan's glasses
Someday you'll understand
And every day you're a day more away from someday
Oh-and every step you get closer to farther away
Nathan can see me, and I can see Nathan, 'cos now I can see
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9. |
Turpentine
03:55
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There are no more words to say good-bye
There is nothing left to make me cry
Nothing left to do that’s not been done
We ran the race, had all the fun
If anyone remembers what we were
It’s only a figment and a blur
Distant memories of the past have gone
They’ve grown up and moved on
And everybody has found a life with someone else
And everybody has found a peace within themselves
And everybody just wants to know they’re not alone
And then there’s me, and I’m still trying to get home
Something triggered deep inside my heart
Always family though we’re worlds apart
I have never been more like myself
Never found a deeper wealth
But still I feel the emptiness inside
Still a giant hole a mile wide
Still I feel I’m clinging to the past
Longing for what cannot last
And everybody, they don’t want anybody else
And everybody will find a peace within themselves
And everybody just wants to know they’re not alone
And then there’s me, and I’m still trying to get home
The tree that died left seeds to plant anew
I find that I can still be me without you
So I wash my soul clean of Turpentine
I find what inspiration once was mine
I turn the earth where I buried my soul
Deep down I find that I’m still whole
And everybody might want to be somebody else
But everybody must be content with something less
And everybody just wants to know they’re not alone
And then there’s me, and I’m still trying to get home
Yeah there’s me, and I’m still looking for my home,
And then there’s me, and I’m still making my new home
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10. |
Dirt
05:46
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The blood of my family is in the dirt of my old home
From wounds that still guide me when I’m alone
And I don’t know where it will lead me
I will follow
The dirt of my old home is in the blood of my own veins
I carry it with me, the memories, the pains
And I don’t care how it may hurt me
I take it everywhere
The blood of my family is in the dirt of my old home
I dreamed of a journey, a life to call my own
Imagined myself making a new home
But all I know is the blood that I left there
In the dirt of my old home
Carry on, carry on, every day
Carry on, keep getting farther away
Carry all of it with me, believing to this day
That the dirt will carry me home
Carry me home
I want to let it go, but I want to go home
I want to let it go, but I want to go home
I want to let it go, but I want to go home
I want to let it go, but I want to go home
And I will go, ever believing, from dirt I might grow
Hoping to find out someday I’ll be home
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11. |
Zigiamaster
04:40
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I went to buy a ride, ride from the Zigiamaster
A way to get inside, sideways, around and faster
It's all a crazy game, it's never worth complaining
We're all just strokes and lines within the master's painting
Part of the master's painting, yeah
No need to wait in line, lines are for many others
But I'm the only one, one way to be another
I am the only soul, keeps me from ever waiting
We're all just strokes and lines within the master's painting
Part of the master's painting, yeah
And when we're all gone
We'll be we don't know where
It's such a long way
But we'll make it there, yeah we'll make it there
This world is canvas for four seasons and two sections
Day and night tell us how, how we will see reflections
Our plan will be revealed after our undertaking
We're all just strokes and lines within the master's painting
And when we're all gone
We'll be we don't know where
It's such a long way
But we'll make it there, yeah we'll make it there
I went to buy a ride, ride from the Zigiamaster
A way to get inside, sideways, around and faster
It's all a crazy game, it's never worth complaining
We're all just strokes and lines within the master's painting
Part of the master's painting, yeah
Drawn by the Zigiamaster
I am the Zigiamaster
You are the Zigiamaster, yeah
We’re all the Zigiamaster
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