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Hands In Our Pockets (Like We've Got Something to Hide)

by Eli Whitney

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1.
I'd Give Up My Belongings, but My Legs Are too Long to be Homeless 02:50
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Tonight, I won't stop tonight. 1, 2, 3, 4 put the pedal to the floor just once more Even though I need the sleep I'm growing I can't stand the company I keep And my eyes are growing heavy, but my hands are feeling steady I think I'm ready to take a turn for the worst The sirens are calling, but I won't stop tonight I won't stop tonight. It doesn't get much better than this It couldn't get much worse than it already is Cmon cmon cmon, everybody sing that old Bob Dylan song, it goes La da da da da, da da da Cmon cmon cmon, if there's a lesson to be learned I'll sing along I've got the words tattooed to my chest Now there's a hole in my chest, I'm spilling it out tonight I won't stop tonight It doesn't get much better than this It couldn't get much worse than it already is We'll go on and take the night away We'll take the night away Have you ever stood out in the pooring rain staring at the keys in your car? I have felt like that for my entire life, and I am done. Tonight, I won't stop tonight It doesn't get much better than this It couldn't get much worse than it already is
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1415 02:34
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There's a monster in your closet And it lives beneath your bed And if you don't do something about it It's gonna live in you instead The line it's been drawn The curse has been cast So where do we go now that we're here? I can feel it in the air. I'm lying in the back seat just waiting for the crash And I never thought I'd care There are ghosts up in the attic And they parry while you sleep But if you listen very closely You can hear their quiet creep And they're stealing all your secrets through the fillings in your teeth We're all monsters Come one come all Where do we go now that we're here? I can feel it in the air 14 or 15 years, it's all the same And I never thought I'd care, no I still don't think I care.
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Circles 02:43
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I've been on this road feels like for miles Walking in glorified circles cause horizon lines just aren't my style Don't wait up for me cause I'll be a little while I'll walk til I get what I need and this road goes on for miles Now this world is broadcast black and white Maybe it's wrong, maybe it right, whatever helps me sleep at night What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you? I am perfectly alright Yeah, I'm doing fine There's my lungs They're out on the dance floor You can take them if you want Just try to keep it down I won't make a sound. What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you? I am perfectly alright Yeah, I'm doing fine I won't make a sound
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The Tide 04:38
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A dead man once said no man is an island But I respectfully disagree with that Just look at me Down beneath my feet, all there is is sea Just look at me The day that I wake, the day that I break Will be the day that Manhattan reconnects with the mainland Live from Salt Lake it's Wednesday afternoon And I can't get around the fact that I might drown, if I can't find for me some solid ground. I've said it once. And I'll say it again If man were meant to fly, he'd a grown some wings See here's the thing I'd be there with them, but I've got no velocity See here's the thing The day that I was, the day that I rise Will be the day that those birds come home to roost in the mainland Live from Salt Lake it's Wednesday afternoon And I can't get around the fact that I might drown, if I can't find for me some solid ground I am like the tide I come and go There's a line drawn in the sand, I'm not crossing it I see two lights, one that flashes red and one that lights the path ahead I need some direction, I need some sight cause the sky is turning red Not so much red, more like the color of the back of my eyelids when I'm staring at the sun. As long as my eyes are are closed, no one needs to know that I'm lost I am like the tide I come and go There's a line drawn in the sand, I'm not crossing it
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Go 02:43
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Lets build a house upon a hill we'll dig a mote around it Then when life see fit she'll turn us all to nothing To homeless people walking the streets and softly talking Staying out of ear shot of the ones that drag us down Either you're selling out, or else you're buying in Either way they're gonna take it from you No one cares what row you hoe They only care how low you'll go Either way they're gonna take it from you I found the needle in the haystack, I prayed it was a good one Took it to the bank and then I left for California When got back to that place I said California is not the same So I came back here to Utah with their spit upon my face. Now I'm not gonna move, but I gotta get out of the way And if I've said what I mean, what else is there left to say? Either you're selling out, or else you're buying in Either way they're gonna take it from you No one cares what row you hoe They only care how low you'll go Either way they're gonna take it from you Go!
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Pockets 03:39
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I've got my hands in my pockets like I've got something to hide And I do as the smell of something burning fills the room And I've got all my fingers crossed Prayin' to God my head doesn't explode And that no one finds me out I've got my hands in my pockets like I've got something to hide And it stings as the blisters on my knuckles start to bleed And stand behind this wall I hear their whispers and they all, they're all coming for me I swear they're coming for me Secrets made me who I am but pretty soon they'll break me And these shadows that I lead become a part of me And my heart won't let them be And I wish that I was free Broken promises Cheap pearl necklaces Boxes full of notes When the front door opens all the lights go out (Chorus) I still cannot believe the things that I put up with I still cannot believe the things I got away with Some things I don't remember Some I can't forget (Chorus)
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The Ghost of Apollo Creed, It Haunts Me 03:11
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Maybe it's all just a game Maybe it's nature's design Maybe we're all just machines; cogs in a panel increasing in speed And I, well I take it in stride So stop counting the ways that I have let you down And start counting the days til I won't be around Cause I am nothing but a complicated thief with some sense of irony And like a stranger in a dream, could you please for get me? Can I ask you a question, what am I still doing here? With this foot in my mouth, it removes any doubt That when that clock strikes midnight I'll be heading out. I've used that line at least a thousand times and I meant it every time So just take it in stride So stop counting the ways that I have let you down And start counting the days til I won't be around Cause I am nothing but a complicated thief with some sense of irony And like a stranger in a dream, could you please for get me? Looking for the forest through the trees, would you please forget me? Nothing but a complicated thief with some sense of majesty And like a stranger in a dream, would you please forget me?

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released July 7, 2012

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