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Liar
03:39
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I think I'm a liar
I think its too late
19% fiction
in everything that I say
still you believe me
and you ask me to stay
I think I'm a liar
I think its too late
You wanted a Staretz
but the only ones there
two drunks and a zealot
playing musical chairs
you don't need a clarivoyant
you just need to be seen
and given a reason
to walk out on me
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Boys will be Boys
04:54
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cindy's coming home for the weekend
second year at denyson state
uncle timmy's alma mater
the place where cousin ann got raped
cindy got a taste for the red eyes
sometime after jimmy followed her up
no means no
but unspoken codes
make a tired girl just give up
and its hard to make a stand
and its hard to trust anyone
and its hard to understand
when the money and the guns
and the parties and the drugs
and everything around you
keeps on saying
boys will be boys will be boys will be boys
its too hard to be a man
boys will be boys little boys little boys
'cause the bigger boys say they can
boys will be boys will be boys will be boys
honey, there ain't no shame
'cause boys bein boys break their toys
and then blame it on the rules of the game
cindy said she talked to nancy
nancy's been on campus for years
nancy gave her a case of pepper spray
and told her not to live in fear
nancy should have been promoted
nancy should be runnin this place
but johnny knew a guy
from delta phi
and johnny's half nancy's age
repeat bridge/chorus
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Laserbeams (For Jason)
03:06
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lost
lost and found
lost in light
lost in sound
silence
most profound
if i give up
will you come 'round?
gone like a sin from the east to the west
here like a child at his mother's warm breast
found at the place where the salt meets the sky
lost in my own will, lost in my mind
lost
lost and found
burned by light
deaf to sound
grace
o untouched thing
my clenched hands denied
my vanity
gone like a man with a mark on his brow
here like an angel to my ishmael
found at the sound of a jealous decree
lost in my hopeless abandon of thee
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Life is Fragile
04:33
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i'm losing my discretion
i'm tired of the fight
life is fragile
i venerate the temple
and then i say goodbye
life is fragile
but you are not random
you are loved
stephen is a weeper
a fearless bleeding heart
life is fragile
blessing broken creatures
from the window of his car
life is fragile
but you are not random
you are loved
the matter is corrupted
the argument is lost
life is fragile
but fools like us keep reaching
for the bottom of the cross
life is fragile
but you are not random
you are loved
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The Heretic
03:33
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when the second amendment
became a religion
and the faithful marched in the sun
the procession was grand
with banners and fans
see the righteous had finally won
and they brought all the heretics forward
protesters and reporters
to be shot in the head on an altar of lead
by a good guy with a gun
don't tell me
i already know
i'll leave here
after the show
shake the dust off my shoes
its my fight to lose
hallelujah
its burning down
the president took the high place
and the citizens took a knee
and some of the christians
made a decision
to clarify their beliefs
see jesus had a good run
but he couldn't keep his mouth shut
so they stopped pretending
and started the winning
cause sometimes enough's enough
don't tell me
i already know
i'll leave here
after the show
shake the dust off my shoes
its my life to lose
hallelujah
hallelujah
hallelujah
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