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Japanese Wave
04:02
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Your lies are on tape
Your hands start to shake
Your mind is a Japanese wave
Your lips are in salt
The blood stained your sleeve
Your mind is a Japanese wave
I am one hundred and ten
Each dot and each line
Will possess a life of its own
Your tools are on fire
The wood curls away
Your mind is a Japanese wave
You pull out your dreams
You drink in the fumes
Your mind is a Japanese wave
Am I awake or in bed
Each breath and each sigh
Will contain a goodbye
Let it go
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2. |
Outside
02:14
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Windows full of light
Only the best songs are playing tonight
Private jokes with old friends
Having the best time of their lives
I'm outside
I'm outside taking my time
An ally
In my head and I'm feeling just fine
Too much fun to stand
Slipped out of a dance, it's happening again
It's just me and the trees
The empty sidewalks that never end
The moonlight
The star shine, I'm mesmerized
I'm outside
I'm outside and my spirits are high
Reach for me
Hide and seek
Out the door into the moonlight
I see my breath, broken and white
But all I hear is the music fading away
It gets dark it feels like sinking
Everyone's alone when they are thinking
And I think more and more every day
I'm outside
I'm outside taking my time
No goodbyes, I'm my own partner in crime
Reach for me
Hide and seek
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3. |
Zero Boy
02:47
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Zero boy
I’m just a zero boy
Add it up and it comes to nothing
I’m not qualified
I’m not qualified
Absorb all light
I will not be denied
Check the tape
Check the tape
Can’t contort myself
Into a decent shape
Zero boy
I’m just a zero boy
Add it up and it comes to nothing
I was born this way
I was born this way
An empty spot
In a circle shape
I’ll take the blame
I’ll take the blame
Never been something
Never quite tamed
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4. |
Rivals
03:20
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Check your pockets
Pull out your stones
Name your rivals
Cut your bones
Poison the water
Shake the dust
Name your rival
To only those you trust
Nothing's gonna happen if you leave it alone
Leave it alone
In your dreams
You visit the past
Through the city
Of broken glass
Nothing's gonna happen if you leave it alone
Leave it alone
Check your pockets
Pull out your stones
Name your rivals
Cut your bones
Nothing's gonna happen if you leave it alone
Leave it alone
One little light folding close behind
Only it's invisible to other human kind
One small thought climbing up your spine
This could be the end, give it little more time
Nothing's gonna happen if you leave it alone
Leave it alone
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5. |
Hold Tight
04:41
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It's dead quiet in the desert at night
Except for your boombox songs
And all the cowboys dance a slow two-step
While you quietly sing along
It's got a slow motion feel
But the colors are timed so bright
But you don't have to think about it
All you gotta do is hold tight
You can memorize quotes and say them back
Like you're imparting wisdom
It won't change the fact that neither of us
Has a thought worth thinking
It's a sad state of affairs
And there's nothing much better in sight
But you don't have to think about it
All you gotta do is hold tight
You feel better when the sun comes up
And the batteries have all run down
Go home little boys 'cause the party's over
And you missed your ride to town
There's a fade to black
And you've never seen anything so bright
But you don't ever have to let it go
All you gotta do is hold tight
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6. |
Golden Void
02:50
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Klara, walk like me
Klara, talk like me
Klara, be my golden void
Heart full of rooms
Never understanding
She's never growing old
She's my only companion
Klara, walk like me
Klara, talk like me
Klara, be my golden void
All the bird are drones
Whatever keeps you happy
She's standing like a stone
Her memory expanding
Cones and ribbons
Digital visions
Klara
Klara, walk like me
Klara, talk like me
Klara, be my golden void
Waiting to bloom
Forever expanding
Only to be replaced
Too soon is the ending
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7. |
Crushed
04:03
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Baby I am just as lost as you
How do you say the right thing
When you don't know the right thing?
Honey I once broke a heart or two
I can't stop it hurting
But know my love is certain
Hold my place
I don't want to be left behind when I see that look on your face
Can't imagine how it must feel to have so much to say
Fill my blanks
Unbreak the ice that's formed over my broken brain
Untake the time, my heavy thoughts, the mental strain
I crushed hard, spent hours in a daze
Floating on an ocean
My teenage emotions
Looked for deeper meaning in his gaze
Wishing for a moment
A knowing look on her face
Help me up
I've been trying to help myself but it's just not good enough
Every once in a while I find a star worth wishing on
Let me float
When I latch on to something new that's filling me with hope
When I go down a path that's leading me away from home
The current's taking me
Let me go
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8. |
Dark Day
02:41
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We cut up magazines
The pictures are the things
Words they take time to mean
The posters on the wall
The colors are the same
Words that mean nothing at all
Another dark day
Another thing I’m not supposed to say
Another dark day
Lifted on the wave
Our fingers touched the sun
Sounds are like stranger things
The actors on the screen
The silence in the car
Sometimes it means nothin’ at all
Another dark day
Another thing I’m not supposed to say
Another dark day
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9. |
Sleepless Nights
03:29
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3 or 4 a.m. break out of a dream
With thoughts lighting up like dynamite
Brain is burning with no real function
Fireworks in daylight
Eyes aren’t moving in any kind of rhythm
I can’t get that second sight
The body is willing but the brain is weak
Oh those sleepless nights
Gimme gimme rest, gimme relaxation
Tell me what to do to make things right
I want to stop thinking about a whole lotta nothing
I want to stop feeling uptight
Five seconds of a song that I don’t even like
Orbiting my mind like a satellite
Blow it all up and try it again
Oh those sleepless nights
Only have to do
A couple few
Things to survive
So it seems like I
Should be able to try
And get them right
And don’t tell me
That all I gotta do
Is exercise
I exercise my right
To lay down and fight
All those sleepless nights
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10. |
For a Good Time
02:32
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I can just be
Be a warm body
Feel my heart glowing inside me
A shimmering spark
Floating so softly
A feathery bright thing
I am a calming breath
An easy carefree friend
So out of it
Your gentle pet
For a good time call
I am the sea
Glimmering brightly
I am the sun and the shade tree
Never a burden
No need to worry
All my troubles roll off me
Let your mind grow white
Embrace a simple life
It will be alright
With the perfect wife
For a good time call
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11. |
Time Anxiety
01:48
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Every day is the same in every way
And I like it that way
If I didn't, I'd do something different
Or I'd have myself to blame
Check the calendar start the timer
Every second is a reminder
It is time it is time it is time
For the next part of your life
Long ago, time was a shadow
Cast on a dial
An appointment could be disappointment
You'd be waiting a while
Check the calendar check the date
Every day is getting too late
It is time it is time it is time
For the next part of your life
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12. |
Ordinary Colors
02:23
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Even with the evening light
I'm thinking in ordinary colors
If only the drugs would come
We could be late night lovers
Change your shoes to run
Run to the arms of another
One to one in the morning
The mirror is a black hole vortex
If only the end was a start
We could skip the hardest part
Skip to the end of the novel
Run to the arms of another one
Too many pictures collapse time
I should've looked with my own eyes
Now the drugs have come to
Heal my virtual black lung
Change your shoes to run
Run to the arms of another one
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Shredded Sun Chicago, Illinois
Shredded Sun is a recording project for Sarah, Ben, and Nick. We believe in the power of DIY music. We were all in another band called Fake Fictions before.
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