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A rhapsody! Contestants in disguise
A nation of desire But who will win the prize? The people stand united, Reluctantly aligned Copying and lying Are the favorite past-time You've got a chance To confront the world today Desperate romance Is the curse of castaways What good is skill If you don't make it to the dance? Despite circumstance You've got a chance Common life depicted on afternoon tv, Is spiked to give the miserable a vogue identity Hate your neighbors, Cheat your friends, They don't discriminate Popularity and fame don't care If you're a reprobate You've got a chance To confront the world today Desperate romance Is the curse of castaways What good is skill If you don't make it to the dance? Despite circumstance You've got a chance I'm tired of all this Shakespearean misinformation I want to win the game You've got the right intentions But who's got time to think? You've got a noon appointment, You've got to hit the links You're talking in the stratosphere, You're curled up on the floor With such a wealth of information, Why are you so poor? You've got a chance To be relevant today Desperate romance Is the curse of castaways What good is skill If you don't make it to the dance? (don't you believe what the wise men have to say) Despite circumstance You've got a chance |
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| 2. |
| 2:29 |
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It's a long way to the promise land
So you'd better well know your way There's a ship on the ocean And an albatross who is trying to lead you astray Leaders, politicians, and power whores Are in line to receive your choice And you bet your ass, if you give it to them, They will gladly take your voice And it's a long way to the promise land Wo-oh Oh oh oh oh It's a long way to the promise land, If we work we might find it here There's no substitute for enlightenment, There's no reason for bridled fear When you join the people who've joined the club You gotta clench and play your hand 'Cuz if you fall in line you're gonna fall in time And you'll never make a stand It's a long way to the promise land Wo-oh Oh oh oh oh What are you going to do? When they come for you? Bend and capitulate? Or keep your head on straight? easy answers bought without experience, Is gonna lead you to certain doom Because the truth is just what you make of it, It begins and ends with you! And it's a long way to the promise land Wo-oh oh oh oh oh |
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| 2:32 |
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I don't want to live
In a world without melody Sometimes the rhythmic din Of society is too much for me But purpose is prioritized These days the goal is win the prize There's a sleeping resonance we hold, Through which we're unified So let it out! don't just get lost in the crowd No one can deter you from your own path There's no trip too remote From which you can't come back And I've got this hunch about you and me None of us are ready For a world without melody Melody is the key, It's the surest way To unlock your individuality Melody is the key, It will set you free! Don't disrelish harmony, Community will make you whole Work and understanding are the chords Way deep within your soul They only need to be struck once, And the vibrations swell and spread But if we mute them they decay, Our sensibilities are dead So let it out! don't just be one of the crowd Hesitance and diffidence will do you in And your soul doesn't care For social medicine And I've got this hunch About you and me None of us are ready For a world without melody Melody is the key, It's the surest way To unlock your individuality Melody is the key, It will set you free! And I know together we could change the world Just you and me But I won't live without melody |
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| 4. |
| 3:25 |
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Do you know the cost of future misery?
Have you lost your sense of sustainability? We are just a step away From realizing what we strive to be But we've got to break out From this insulated, blind and lame senility Wake up the new america wo-oh! Transcend the mass hysteria wo-oh! Change is the thing you're wary of wo-oh! We need a new america wo-oh! Laurels, human triumph Bestowments from the past Victories don't mean a thing If they don't last We are just marching toward extinction With blinders on our eyes Jeopardizing everything We've learned and come to realize You call that wise? Open your eyes america wo-oh! See through the lies they tell to us wo-oh! Confront the fears that worry us wo-oh! We need a new america wo-oh! We don't have to be afraid to re-invent We've got to start to build Progress and implement For when we take our fill And never pay the price We only build ourselves A fleeting, false paradise You can live in staunch denial And mark me as your enemy But I'm just a voice among the throng Who want a brighter destiny They say with me We are the new america wo-oh! This is the new america? Wo-oh |
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| 3:00 |
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You were the one,
You were my everything Never apart, No one in-between Then one day, When you went your own way You felt justified, And I was mortified But today... You are just a picture And a thousand memories Is all I take with me 'Cuz your smile Is just too much to see You're just a thousand memories Fantasies, broken dreams Reveries, sordid histories Following my heart, Laden with reaction, Without calibration or design Committed to a trial, A life of understanding Can't somebody show a sign to you For me to see if you only knew That you were the one You were my everything Never apart, No one in-between Then one day, When you went your own way You felt justified, And I was mortified But today... You are just a picture And a thousand memories Is all I take with me 'Cuz a picture is worth one thousand memories |
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| 3:17 |
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Well, it was punk-fifteen in the morning
And it was time to stand my ground And as the gawks and stares bombarded me You know, I didn't even hear a sound No one gave a damn If I was there or away If I died and went to hell, They'd throw a party on my grave And they'd all say "this kid is just a fool, he'll never be cool They might as well just ship him off to some other school" Plain destitute Just a little too guilty, just a little too soon That day was just like any other day No work, and no pay I knew that paradise was some other place And I'd get there another day I will find it before I expire 'Cuz I've got the desire Well, it was punk-fifteen in the evening And it was time to set the town on fire I saw my boots and my hair As reflected in the mirror Reveal a streetkid named desire I didn't give a damn Because I was just dying to be And as the Hollywood street scene Left its mark on me I changed from a boy into a man I said "never again!" I stuck out my chin when I should have ran Shit in the fan I was driven so hard By the sound of my heart But that day was just like any other day No work, and no pay I knew that paradise was some other place And I'd get there another day I will find it before I expire 'Cuz I've got the desire When the walls surround In deeper shades of blue And there's no voice of reason inside you And you search for meaning On an empty shelf Then you're always dreaming Of somewhere else Today is just like any other day No fear, no restraint I know that paradise is some other place And I will get there another day You can come with me, No conditions or fares Somehow, somewhere, I will find it before I expire, 'Cuz I've got the desire |
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| 7. |
| 2:32 |
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All those stories that my dad told me,
they are just a whisper in time All those things that never came to be, they are just a whisper in time A whisper in time, a whisper in time Things that I can't shake from my mind A whisper in time, a whisper in time Moments that just flicker and die (memories that flicker and die) All those places I wanted to go, they are just a whisper in time All those friends who now I do not know, they are just a whisper in time A whisper in time, a whisper in time Things that I can't shake from my mind A whisper in time, a whisper in time Moments that just flicker and die Maps and roads that brought me here today, they are just a whisper in time Circumstances that were explained away, they are just a whisper in time A whisper in time, a whisper in time Things that I can't shake from my mind A whisper in time, a whisper in time Moments that just flicker and die 'Cuz we are messengers of memory Just whispers in time |
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| 3:41 |
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It could happen to you,
a defect from the wasted outskirts of los angeles with a crumpled-up pass for the RTD And no authority or trajectory on the brink of insanity You'd better believe it because it's written all over your face just a neighborhood reject, out of step and out of place You'd better believe it Would you ever have thought persistence could prevail against the almost unbearable weight of the system? With nothing better to do, and no one else who you can look up to You'd better believe it because it's written all over your face A political defect, out of step and out of place You'd better believe it And the future is bright when ideas run astray So turn out the light, A punk can't have a say Sometimes desire is all that's there Who said life was fair? |
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| 3:06 |
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I love my computer
You make me feel alright Every waking hour and every lonely night I love my computer for all you give to me: predictable errors and no identity And it's never been quite so easy I've never been quite so happy All I need to do is click on you and we'll be joined in the most soul-less way And we'll never ruin each other's day 'cuz when I'm through I just click and you just go away I love my computer you're always in the mood I get so turned on when I turn on you I love my computer you never ask for more You can be a princess or you can be my whore And it's never been quite so easy I've never been quite so happy The world outside is so big but it's safe in my domain Because to you I'm just a number and a clever screen name All I need to do is click on you and we'll be together for eternity And no one is ever gonna take my love from me because I've got security her password and a key |
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| 2:59 |
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Oh me oh my
Get out of your 1950's fantasy, Your face shines with misery transparently Spew out that sobering half-assed victim rhetoric Make 'em all squirm while they chew on it It's a secret handshake and a passing wink of the eye As the witches bridge club weekly meets to pen the tail on the sly But they never ask "why oh why don't we raise our voices to the sky?" Instead you're mute and fawn just waiting to die Like some kind of hopeless housewife But you can change while you're alive and let 'em all know at least you tried to kill the demons inside Oh me oh my Damn your transcendental paralysis We can work together and make sense of this Don't be so sure you can chuck it all away You've got to proceed no matter how bad you want to stay It's a natural cause and a comfort zone there in your head And the world turns away as you tap the snooze button in bed But nobody can hear a word you said Your history was never read Instead you're mute and fawn just waiting to die Like some kind of hopeless housewife But you can change while you're alive and let 'em all know at least you tried to kill the demons inside |
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| 11. |
| 2:53 |
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Shut your eyes
See the future's distant shore March ahead More enlightened than before And there's sure to be bumps and distractions but I know we'll get through There will be me, there will be you There will be a way Unresolved repercussions from your life Fortified with the vitriol of strife And you can be gridlocked by predictions, But you're wise grab the prize Then revise, realize there will be a way Hey... Ho And I don't know where we are going but we're here on this ride And we'll stand side by side all along the way Follow me to the future's distant shore Vagary needn't haunt us anymore And now it's time to set the agenda, Learn the past, make it last Share the wealth, hold your fire, conserve life, make it right kill the hate, negotiate There will be a way |
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| 2:44 |
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Let your mind wander
Look beyond the shadows Focus on the skyline, Read the silhouettes Your deepest desires are a picture of tomorrow All your darkest fears are just a vestige of regret And it's wo-oh oh oh It seems like such a long way to go As obstacles get bigger, prevailing winds blow stronger and the fire continues to grow Don't let shallow water limit your perception Heed the new horizon Muster to it fast The moments of your yesterdays are in the wake behind you You can't assess the future if you're living in the past Keep it stoked! If you are committed to a life of understanding then there's no agenda for vengeance in your life Sharpen all your senses, face the opposition You can overcome with fortitude and mental might And it's wo-oh oh oh It seems like such a long way to go As obstacles get bigger, prevailing winds blow stronger and the fire continues to grow in your soul So be bold, let it grow Don't let it die Let it burn! |
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| 3:57 |
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we don't need any more mountains
Because the trail builders failed to give us passage there so we can't reach the sky We don't need any more failure There is human tragedy that's written everywhere And we are all too young to die Like a mystery that's here to stay Some people never go away cuz they've got something to say Don't sell me short! You've been wrong too long Don't brush me off just because I don't belong Like it or not I'm all you've got, Dispose when I'm shot Just don't sell me short, I might not be who you thought We don't need any more fables because the writers have passed and left us lessonless And we must find our own way We don't need any more privilege There is vivid desperation that is powerless That no surplus can repay Like the fix of rapture in a trance Oh, fates are sealed by circumstance So you've got to take a chance Don't sell me short! You've been wrong too long Don't brush me off Just because I don't belong Pass me on by, ignore my cry, forget me when I die Just don't sell me short, Not while I'm still alive Everybody's talking about heaven on earth, I'm still trying to figure out just what I'm worth I'm full of emotion and stuff you can't contain And you just want to flush me down the drain But you can't make me go away |
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