1. |
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01:00
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2. |
WANNABECLOSE2U
03:12
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in all the time
you cross my mind
i never seem
to find the time
to understand
a way that i
can just rely on
being liable
to only me alone
cause after all
i can’t control
the things you do
the way you see
and even though
it’s killing me
i try
and i wanna be close to you
i wanna see
the world a little
different not from
my eyes but from
yours but maybe
that’s a little
forward
please excuse
my manners
cheers to you
you made it here
i don’t know what
preceded but
i know the end is coming
if we don’t get something
going soon
and i wanna be close to you
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3. |
DaZe GO BY
04:22
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i’m getting well acquainted with the contours of my life
the way the afternoon light hits the window every time
that funny sinking feeling when i want to go outside
so sorry
so boring
keep telling you the same old story
so sorry
so boring
but nothing’s any different for me
so sorry
it’s all i got
keep living these familiar dreams
that play night after night
keep telling me to rest
it’s alright to not be alright
i don’t what to do with them
i thought i’m doing fine
so sorry
so boring
keep telling you the same old story
so sorry
so boring
but nothing’s any different for me
so sorry
so boring
keep telling you the same old story
i wonder
is this all i got?
what’s the difference staying at home?
days get done soon as the sun goes
too busy looking out the window
to be looking at the hole in your soul
why you acting like you don’t wanna know?
so sorry
so boring
keep telling you the same old story
i got to
turn this around
you got to wake up now
cuz no one’s gonna wake you up for ya
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4. |
COUNT TO TEN
03:25
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already had coffee
worked out and watched tv
you don’t want anything
resembling news now
you keep your head down
getting the grind ground
eventually anything
makes you feel guilty about it
a breath
and then
when you’re ready
count to ten
but how do you know
if you’re ready for it?
finally you cave in
unlock your phone trembling
and you read everything
blind devouring
insatiable as you
lose sight of what to do
looking for anything
fuel for your righteous anger
but what does feeling bad do
if it’s not helping you move?
sign a petition
share
do something
you can’t allow yourself to do nothing
because then you are
compliant with the system
that allows hundreds of people
to be killed everyday
if not thousands
we have every right to be upset
always remain angry
but remain hopeful as well
because when you’re angry
you wanna do something about it
don’t let the anger die within you
don’t let it turn to bitterness
you have greatness within you
you have greatness when you
stand up against prejudice and evil
when you allow yourself to be silent
and complicit
you allow that greatness
to die within
so don’t do that
don’t do that
you love yourself
and you love others
when you fight
against a broken system
to reinstate a new one
a breath
and then
when you’re ready
count to ten
but how do you know
if you’re ready for it?
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5. |
and/or
01:57
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blisssssssss
blisssssssssssssss
and / or ?
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6. |
GOT IT MADE
04:08
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i don’t understand it
why the reprimanding
we built this system to last
not to liberate you
we built this system to bypass
what weighs on you
we built this system so you
have nothing to stand on
so
chill the fuck out
the more you sit back
the more you relax
the more you sink
deeper in dreams
away from the facts
sit the fuck down
the deeper you sink
into uninspiration
we built this system on
your lack of participation
but enough with the bland abstraction
fact is we wanna keep you in fractions
brass tacks cash bail keeps the jails packed in
i mean the whole idea
is to keep you reacting
and this is our fatal attraction
stockholm syndrome
in its last act
insane how enraged you can be
and not notice
you reaching for retail therapy
don’t it feel good?
you got it made
don’t
fault me again for the bed you’re sleeping in
at least you have a bed
(chalk that up as a win)
better yet
let it set a flame beneath you
let the fear of losing what you have
let nothing reach you
i know
it’s a lot to take in
that’s why we didn’t want you hearing anything
so put your head back down
or keep it up in the clouds
enjoy that fancy leather up from the amazon
be proud
you got it made
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7. |
LiesLiesLies
01:17
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8. |
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but i can’t close my eyes
i’m wired wincing at the news
took minneapolis to ashes
got no time to lose
to keep it moving
make a movement out of static
stay invested in it all
don’t let it out of your head
will we ever get to sleep
will we find a time to breathe
cause we’ve been tryna set us free
how long now
(will we ever get to stop and breathe)
(will we find a time to get to sleep)
(we’ve been tryna kill the worry but)
(sun is gonna shine)
will we ever get to sleep
dismantle who dismantles we
keep someone down to keep the peace
don’t fly now
(will we ever get to stop and breathe)
(racist sexist classist same story)
(someone down to feed your family)
(sun is gonna shine)
yeah i’m tired
and that’s not my life on the line
got a sky of blue
but all clouds in my mind
will we ever get to sleep
find the time to stop and breathe
there must be pauses in between
unknown now
(will we ever get to stop and breathe)
(will we find a time to get to sleep)
(we’ve been tryna kill the worry but)
(sun is gonna shine)
so it’s not
gonna stop
any time soon
it’s been how many years
whitey’s on the moon
never settle for it is what it is
but live joy when you can find it
yeah i’m tired
it always a life on the line
how to build a world
that we want to survive
it ain’t like the burden’s only mine
how do i decide to bide the time
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9. |
the way down
02:01
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you were lost, unaware
floating in like ocean air
you might loosen in moments
but to hold the thought is rare
you wait in vain
follow closely
with unknown resolve
the way down
the way down
you got lost on the way down
coming with me to the floor
you can’t loosen up my hands
you don’t know what it’d be for
you wait in vain
follow closely
with unknown resolve
the way down
the way down
the way down
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10. |
tell your self
03:56
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who told you you could tell your self
to trust yourself to tell the truth to you
that you had never heard before
but felt before you knew the words
or
change of course
who said you couldn’t
cool enough to tell your self
to trust enough in them
to lose your own trust
in you?
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11. |
...AND TO THAT i SAY
06:30
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don’t know what to do
no one said the rules
before we started
now i’m in the dark
feeling with my arms out
i want to believe in me
but i can’t begin to see
if there’s ever
a time when i’ll know
anything for sure
but who are we to worry
don’t you see
this means there is no need
if nobody wrote
the show i’m on
then where’s it going
no showrunner means
nobody’s showing
any of us
where to go
but we are waiting
on a purpose
so we don’t have to
come up with it ourselves
(…and to that i say….)
make the world you want to live in
take the reins don’t ever give in
this is not end or beginning
are you listening?
but who are we to worry
don’t you see
this means there is no need
make the world you want to live in
take the reins don’t ever give in
this is not end or beginning
are you listening?
you don’t have to worry
you just have to do the work
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ritual talk is a brooklyn-based duo making music from their very heady hearts.
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