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Bones
02:18
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well i'm walking down the street dragging a sack of meat and bones
and the people are so loud i'm feeling sick i'm going home
so i lock the door behind me pull the phone out of the wall
another wordless conversation another night i'm on my own
oh help me please i don't know why the seasons are so dry
and it would be so easy to take a pill lay down and die
and heaven's not a place theres just some stars up in the sky
oh help me someone i don't thing i'm going to make it through this night
well i'm so sick of azll the irony and i'm so sick of all the whores
and the TV set that raised me just betrays me more and more
and the war and the corruption the depression in this life
reminds me of the years i've wasted looking for a sign
oh fuck it all i cannot see the reason any more
and the drugs they are not working i am lying of the floor
'you lying revelation have led you by a crooked light'
Hey, i'm being shaken by a de ja vu a moment back in time
well i recall a feeling and it felt so right
seems like i've been waiting my whole life for this one moment to arrive
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2. |
Clouds in the sky
02:16
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well way back in the 90's friend, i'd eat shit and sleep smoke dope to pass the time and i'd watch it tick awayj
and every opportunity that came to me, i'd just let it drift on by
like clouds in the sky
and lord i don't know why
i didn't see the need to try
Well all my friends are lunatics and drug addicts
soo wee they're all insane
and i don't like what we're doing
and yeah deep down they're beautiful but in the end they're all so lame
my mates are all so gay
a little retarded in the brain
i know i think too much f
i'm always trying to find a sign
but in the corner of your mind
there's only one reality that everybody shares and thats the truth
that we're all trying to hide
we live and then we die
and life just passes by
like clouds in the sky
like couds in the sky
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3. |
i need a fix
04:11
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its coming through - the picture isn't c,ear
i'm trying to tune in a bit of clarity
and i need a fix to help me contemplate a pointless life
i need a fix to help me understand all of you
Swim in warm - the rush dissolves the fear
yeah and the world isn't really so bad
but don't leave me sweet opia
won't you stay till the sun comes up
cause i don't want to feel the pall of reality in a sober dawn
i need a fix (x2)
when nothing fits
when all the bits
are shot to shit
i need a hit
i'm feeling sick
and i need a fix
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4. |
in-regulation
04:36
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never saw you cry, when i followed
its a piece of the sky wrapped in foil
and yeah, i'll give it a try
but never will i be like one of those
Time and time and time again
i'm afraid to leave the shadow
i deny the light of day
close my eyes
watch it come and go - the sun
in-regulation
in the blink of an eye
while you're dressing
i can feel your mind
second-guessing me
anybody could lie
and outside - just people we can never know
and so said, time and time again
i'm stuck wading in the shallows
yeah, i declare it a sombre day
when you realise that we're just a part of a sum
a population disintergrating yeah and totally simulated
and time and time and time again
i think my beliefs are hollow
yeah i recline and shy away
close my eyes - watch it come and go - the sun
in-regulation
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5. |
I got HIV
01:48
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I got HIV
I got Hep C from the Haemoli - phi
(if you know what i mean)
Got Hep C and the Haemoli- phi
and the HIV
do you follow me?
I got skinny legs
a long thin knob and a big ole gob
quit nice face, fairly tall
not bad at all
I got HIV
I got Hep C from the Haemoli - phi
(if you know what i mean)
Got Hep C and the Haemoli- phi
and the HIV
do you follow me?
i got a cousin called Neil
a friend named Sharon
and a mate called Rob
Got two brothers
a mum and a dad
Things aint so bad
HIV
I got Hep C from the Haemoli - phi
(if you know what i mean)
Got Hep C and the Haemoli- phi
and the HIV
do you follow me?
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6. |
Hard to see
02:06
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Well pardon me folks if it seems
that when i speak it tends to make you feel
that i'm a little bit neurotic
But friend stand back for now you see
this pill i put inside of me
will make me soon appear supersonic
because its hard to see
when the sun's going doin every single night
Yeah and man its gettin pretty hard to breathe
with the walls 'a caving in on me
yeah it'll be hard to sleep
Thats right some times i get me so way down
Well i remember a time when
the grass was green and the flowers sang
and life was good
and everybody said so
but now people say
'my how time flies'
as it shoots them right between the eyes
Well i aint playing
and i aint planning on dying
you see well ever since i was a kid
there's this thing been living inside of me
thats trying to make me die
yeah and i know that it can be hard to see
that theres anything wrong with me
yeah well thats just a trick of the light
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Well i'm too much pain to cry
it burns my head and right down my spine
lay in the dark cause it burns my eyes
i don't know if its day or night
and i'm down to 32 kilos
and if i drink a drop of water it makes me spew
and i feel so confused
i got the cryptococcal meningitis blues
the catholic priest with the pale blue eyes
pats my hand and sits by my side
his lips are moving but i cannot hear
i'm so full of hate - so full of fear
and i cannot eat even just a single crumb of food
and its so hard for me to swallow
with a thick rash of thrush growing right down my throat
and i feel so confused
i got the cryptococcal meningitis blues
what am i going to do?
when i first got sick i decreed
i didn't want anyone to visit me
but nine months later and i cannot believe
you took my words so seriously
and yeah i wanna live
but i can't take it any more
in these killing fields
up in the ward on the seventh floor
and i'm thinking of you
cryptococcal meningitis blues
How about you?
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8. |
Lilly
03:41
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Lilly i thought i'd be someone
who would live their life
totally immune to feeling feelings
But you took me by the hand
and said 'now now
my baby don't worry
take a deep breath
you're not dreaming
Lilly you're looking at a guy
who just felt the sun come shining through
and i'm wondering if
baby could it eally be true
that all these cool thoughts in my head
have been coming through
since i been waking up with you
Lilly i've wasted so much of my time
trying to find a way to identify
with the real world through the TV
And Lilly its unbelievable
now i can see through my own denial
yeah, now my semen has got meaning
Now Lilly i'm off to see the sights
and i've got you to thank
well i'm thanking you from the bottom of my brain
and people they say that you're no good
but i'm feeling so damn fine
and its all because of you
well how could they be so wrong - i don't know
When i pick you up Lilly you're so small
lick my lips - i'm gonna swallow you whole down
feed me - Lilly.
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9. |
Olanzapine
03:44
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Olanzapine olanzapine
doctor given you to me
are you going to change my mind?
Olanzapine Olanzapie
Olanzapine Olanzapine
will you make my skin turn green
and will you make my hair fall out?
Olanzapine Olanzapow
Well there are voices in my head
there's more than one and they're all called Fred
and Freddy, he's a pal of mine
please don't hurt those little guys
and Olanzapine, olanzapine
do you dig the party scene?
cause me, i'm kind of a party guy
Olanzapine, olanzapie
Olanzapine, say hi to Lilly for me now, won't you?
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the cracks
02:58
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i don't need a hero i need another state of mind
don't want those pills doctor, you can't change what you've left behind
another uptight saturday night, the looks have turned to stares
maybe i do need a hero - baby i even need a reason to care
and the cracks have risen from your marrow
the fear is weeping from your bones
you been living in a sleepy hollow
but the cracks are starting to show
but i don't won't to let it go
somebody please, somebody stop this show
why are they leaving? why are you leaving"
oh no please don't go
and you've stacked your chips up on the table
and you reap of that from what you sow
and you've built a wall around your loving soul
oh, but the cracks are starting to show
you hit your feet gonna shake up the program
get it together wanna wake up a new man
but there's one things driving you crazy
that voice inside of your head
goes wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa
i want my mummy and i want to go home
well you don't want to listen to that crying baby
you better let it alone
and you suck it in before you swallow
but your lies are etched on hollow stone
and you been hiding behind your deep opinions
but the crack are starting to show
but i don't want to let it go
but i got to let it go
i gotta let it go
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11. |
birds
04:58
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Like a star thats forgotten how to shine
i've felt faded in the middle of my prime
and dust will settle upon those who covet time
i said the deck of the restless, it sits on a crooked lie
and like a cork thats stuck in a bottle of wine
i'm finding it harder just to have a good time
but life is fragile - my friend that you can't deny
its like an embryo thats spinning on the edge of a diamond
but i don't want to fight it any more
and though i'm still stuck at sea and though i still can't see the shore
i can see birds, overhead, they are flying
and so i'll lay down as i float upon the tide
like a clown who's learning how to cry
i am a person starting to unwind
and i am a traveller who has looked to hard for signs
i guess i'm like a human that doesn't want to die
doesn't want to die
don't wanna die.
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i got big feet
i wear odd socks
and i keep my marijuana in a heart shaped box
Well listen now people won't you lend me a hand
i gotta tell a story won''t you try to understand
well i smoked my first reefer when i was seventeen
and let me tell you baby it was revelatory
and now forget the three bears and goldilocks
and listen to the tale of my heart shaped box
Well the tale is very simple and to the point
the whole world changed when i smoked my first joint
you see it opened up my mind and helped me see
the road i chose is my destiny
and so i chose, but i got lost
then i went looking for my heart shaped box
DOH!
well years went by and i shambled around
head full of dreams but lost in a cloud
i went back to school, but you know what?
its hard to study when you smoke a lot of pot
and so i called myself 'the guitar man'
and wrote the story of the troubles of man
and i thought i was a superstar - but i was not
i was alone in a room with my heart shaped box
yeah and though a smoke'd lift me to the top of the pops
i'd crash down heavy when my heart shaped box was empty
so gather round children and listen to me
live your life as you may be
but if you smoke marijuana - don't get lost
keep a lid on your heart shaped box.
and that was the tale of my heart shaped box
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When the world is getting me down
i'll start to breathe and calm myself down
cause i get scared and then i get real man
and then i hurt the people i love
but thats not gonna happen anymore - i'm gonna stop
and think about the people i love
with all of my heart
i'm gonna listen to the voices in my head
that love me - yeah yeah
cause friends the world is getting pretty fucked up
with people still thinkin thats its cool to wanna blow each other up
and pain is bad - yeah and death is worse
but remember that the fight is never just about the people who get hurt
think about the people you love
with all of your heart'
listen to the voices in your head
that love you
think about the people you love
think
listen
think
love
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14. |
hope
02:27
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Well i'm hard on a saturday nite
and i'm red like my bottle of wine
and i'm sharp like the razor's tongue
but i'm hard like a man who can't cry
and i live in a screwed up world
and there aint much hope if you read the signs
lord, and i've tried but i give up
and so i'll dive into my bottle of wine
help me feel allright
i sit by a bobbling stream
stretch out my legs
throw in a line
breathin mountain air
its warming up my heart
and chillun out my mind
and i live in a beautiful world
and there's always hope
way up in the sky
and now i've learned to cry
yeah, you gotta have faith
so don't dive up
no never stop trying
and it'll be alright
yeah everything'll be fine
it will.
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15. |
lucky guy
03:50
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Well, i've had a lot of shit going through my head
for a lot of years, and let it be said -
the shit is gonna stop
right here, right now
Well, see i;ve had the deep deep downs
and galactic highs
and its a took a long time to realise
that finally my feet are walking heavenly leveller ground
now i know that life can be so mundane
but you live your life in the day to day
it aint all fucking and fireworks
but then i start to get bored
strung out and shitty
and i just wanna split
leave the damn city
just pack up my gear and
leave this mother-humping town
just walk away from it
yeah that's right folks
sometimes i get so down i wanna get the hell out of town
you know what i'm saying
but i know i'd just be running away from myself
and if i am gonna start to take care of
business TCB
then i might as well do it right here in my own home town
and for me..
its rite here in melbourne
by the bay
and yeah, its here i'm gonna stay
down in the arse end of the world
where the people are fine
and the girls are pretty
well yeah, i sorta do LOVE this city
well, happy new year
to all the folks in this town tonite
happy new year
and may your beacon be alight.
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matt powell Melbourne, Australia
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