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Foursquare
03:49
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The earth gave birth to me
And I gave birth to sin
Well, sin gave birth to death
And then it started once again
And now, my bones, they fertilize
The old familiar soil
That is filthy as my soul
Which I attempted scrubbing while
I had a body strong and proud
But a will as weak as chalk
Which outlines the place I fell upon
And it's the same place that I taught
You how to play the game of four-square
And oh, I played the role of King
'til, standing tall and proud at four
I was kicked out for poaching
And then we sang
Oh let's lift our hands today and
Go out in a grand parade cuz
Home is not the place we stay
But it's where we're heading
And so a woman, she conceived
And it was much more than a thought
Cuz when the shadow overcame her
Oh, the darkness, it could not
Like a flame of light he grew and grew
And swallowed all the pain
And he saved every broken piece
For it was in his very name
Gathering up the scattered stones
Just like the bones that once made me
He breathes the breath of life upon them
And soon, they form a great city
He cleaned the pieces, now they're shining
Just like a trophy made of gold
And even architects are puzzled by
The mystery they behold
And he foretold
So let's lift our hands today and
Go out in a grand parade cuz
Home is not the place we stay
But it's where we're heading
I do believe, there's gonna be a wedding
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I Was A Lover
04:01
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I was a lover
I was a lover
I was a lover 'fore i was a child
I was a lover
I was a lover
I was a lover and i was wild
When a tree gives birth
A seed falls to the earth
& then it has to die
But there are some days
I think i've got a better way
To live a fruitful life
First you run
Then you hide
Then you don't come out
You don't come out
In the city lights
In the city
I was a lover
I was a lover
I was a lover 'fore i was a child
I was a lover
I was a lover
I was a lover and i was wild
Oh, in my ostentatious
Acclamations
Will you want me still?
& now my lip is cut
From fighting God knows what
& all my ribs are bruised
It seems you lose
If you try to hide
And you fall
And crawl
'til you wish that you could die
I was a lover
I was a lover
I was a lover 'fore i was a child
I was a lover
I was a lover
I was a lover and i was wild
Oh wild
And faster than these legs can carry me
So slow down
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3. |
Emergency Exit Routes
04:24
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Pretty girl, some time ago
She drank the fire to kill the pain she knew
She knew there had to be a better way
She said she'd look for it another day
Oh she never did
He parked his car outside the corner store
Flipped up his hood, pulled out his .44
He shot the clerk for only twenty-five
And told the cops they won't take him alive
Oh they never did
We look up high and stare into the sun
Then go inside where the fluorescents run
We live so long within the safe and cold
Believe these walls will keep us safe and warm
Oh they never did
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More Of Less
03:11
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There was boy i knew who was offered a dollar
But he took five pennies instead
Because the dollar was just a lone piece of paper
But the coins jingled in his hand
And though he couldn't buy bread or a cup of water
He was entertained all day long
With the pennies in the palm of a balled up fist
While his stomach just grumbled this song
Give me more of less my friend
You can have the rest my friend
Give me more of less my friend
Cuz more is what i need
Give me more of less my friend
I dont need the best my friend
Give me more of less my friend
Cuz more is what i need
There was a girl i knew who was offered a wedding
But she took a party instead
Because the wedding was just a ring and piece of paper
But the party rang in her head
And though she never found love outside of a bedroom
She was entertained all night long
With a ring in the palm of a balled up fist
While her body remembered this song
Give me more of less my friend
You can have the rest my friend
Give me more of less my friend
Cuz more is what i need
Give me more of less my friend
I dont need the best my friend
Give me more of less my friend
Cuz more is what i need
Give me more of less my friends
You can keep the best my friends
Give me more of less my friends
Cuz this is why we bleed
Give me more of less my friends
We dont need the best my friends
Give me more of less my friends
I cannot conceive
Give me more of less my friends
We dont want the best my friends
Give me more of less my friends
Cuz more is what I need
Give me more of less my friends
You can have the rest my friends
Give me more of less my friends
Cuz more is what I need
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5. |
Such A Liar
02:41
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You're such a liar in your white washed clothes
Turning up your nose
To love me
Like a child with a bruise that grows
Thinking, i suppose it was me
I caused this pain, so blame me
But
I won't be here when you come home to beg me
Cuz i can't repair these shattered bones
You can't see
Your tongue's a fire burning all that grows
As you strike your pose
To love me
Like a child with a cut that flows
With a blood that shows
You made me
For this
But i'll resist
And
I won't be here when you come home to beg me
Cuz i can't repair these shattered bones
You can't see
I won't be here when you come home to beg me
Cuz i can't repair these shattered bones
You can't see
You're such a liar in your white washed clothes
Turning up your nose to love me
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6. |
Walls And Wargames
04:23
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Risk a day and find a friend of green
Who wants to fill my lungs
And who can understand the breath i breathe
But cannot smell the drug
And now the walls are closing in
Takes away my breath
My lungs cannot expel this smoke
Fills them up
And i can barely breathe inside this room
And i can hardly see it
It's clouding all my love
A wall
A wall
There was a day when i was lost
So deep inside this wood
And i realize you saw me there
But you turned away
You did not want to face the pain of these
Walls
Walls
Staring out and at these walls
They seem closer everyday
And i can almost count the cost
It took to construct them this way
But they've broken down
They've failed to hold
But they're the best thing that I've known
And now there is no war to play
There is no game to wage today
No walls
No walls
No walls
Walls
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Hold
04:42
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I'm turned around
The darkest night is surrounding me
There is no light
And I see a spark from miles away
But I give up hope and choose to stay and hold
See the snow piling up
It swirls around and leaves me wanting
Some warmth inside of a home that I can barely see
But then, there is something frozen in me
And I hold
Feel you behind me
But I won't turn around
Because that would mean that I've backed down
So I hold my ground and the earth starts to shake
And I begin to doubt every choice that I make
As I hold onto this pain
Oh I hold and pretend I can save you
And the love I tried to steal you just give to me to hold
We're so close now
In this warm embrace
I've turned around so I can face you
And all these fears that have held me so tight are melting
You're open, so let me me inside
And we'll hold onto this love
And I know it's always enough
In the darkest night and the brightest day we will hold
We will hold
Just hold on
Hold me
Hold
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8. |
Times That We Forget
04:16
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To calm me down would take a storm
To prove I can take a beating
To wake me up would take a dream
And I'm not sure if I'm even sleeping
But to give me rest would take some work
And I don't think I have time for that
To give me hope will take despair
Just to show me how the cards are stacked
While stumbling through life I've found
Sometimes it's best to live upside down
So to find myself it will take a loss
But it seems I keep holding tighter
And to get it all I've gotta give it away
'cause I could sure use some bags that are lighter
Yes I could sure use some bags that are lighter
The times that we forget aren't times that we regret
The times that we'll remember, they aren't over yet
So take this broken heart--it was yours right from the start
And make it whole again
Mmmm... dance with me
The times that we forget aren't times that we regret
The times that we'll remember, they aren't over yet
So take this broken heart--it was yours right from the start
And make it whole again
While stumbling through life I've found
Sometimes it's best to live upside down
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9. |
The House On The Hill
03:52
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Yesterday
I was a child
Til i grew up
And i grew wild while
She wandered free
Free as a ghost
Who found her place in
An empty home and
Years went by and
Vines they climbed these walls
Awake all night
A spirit haunts my halls
As all my dreams
Fly away
Just like my friends
The common ravens
They've gouged my roof
It's full of holes
The rain clouds pour
And drench my soul and
Years go by and
Vines they climb these walls
Awake all night
A spirit haunts my halls
She steals my mind
And makes me rise and fall
But i don't mind
For she can have it all
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10. |
This Endless Sky
03:28
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The stars align
Across this endless sky
That keeps us apart
And they remind
Us of the moments that we
Wish we could start
And we creep from this dream
Even though it's just what we need
Even though this life is over before it begins
The snow flies
Right through this bitter wind
That keeps us frozen
The icy spires
Are like a memory
That's cold and confusing
And we try to get better
As we cry to the stars
But we can't
No we can't
It keeps us apart doesn't it
Doesn't it?
It shouldn't keep us apart
Oh, but it should tear us apart
Like the ground torn by the bloom
Which is the sign of spring
And a song that will be sung
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She goes outside
She takes a breath and holds it in
And wishes she was gone
No place to hide
Out in the open spaces
And he knows all the places she retreats
Will somebody tell her she is loved?
Will she see a sign from up above?
Will somebody open up their arms tonight?
She looks away
Her tears they fade into the night
She hopes to God she's wrong
Her heart beats strong
Her lungs exhale the memory
The smoke it fills the air
Will somebody tell her she is loved?
Will she see a sign from up above?
Will somebody open up their arms tonight?
Or will everyone leave her on her own?
Afraid to learn things that they don't know
Or will somebody open up their eyes and say
You are beautiful
You are beautiful
You are beautiful to me
You are beautiful
You are beautiful
You are beautiful to me
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Weeds
03:23
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One by one we all fall away
Blowing just like dandelions
Thrown about in the wind and rain
It seems we cannot recognize
That we've turned from yellow to gray
We've lost all of our beauty
Then again, we were always weeds
Oh my lord will you help us up?
Will you help us stop all this cancer please?
Oh my god will you lift us up
To the mountaintop where we'll be like trees?
Where fruit is whole
And gardens grow
And children know
What they see is what they see
Because down below
Where the weeds all grow
All the land is thrown
In the sea
In the sea
Oh my god will you help us up?
Will you help us stop all this cancer?
Cancer
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Futility
04:21
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My god, who am I
Was asked
Blazing flames arose
Their dreams forged her life
Into something horrible
Monsters, glorify and seem dead
Victims, we are discarded
Go fish
We must, stop this progress
Big gun filled with little men
We must feed our empty heads
To replenish
A meal so distant
A meal so distant
Today, today
I didn't want you to go
Like clay, like clay
Mold me into a shadow
Today, today
I didn't want you to go
Like clay, luckily
We melt away
Shoreline, swallowed by the seas
A wish, guide us, dark valley
His hands, frigid cold and clear
Pursed lips are so ready, dear
Become everything we dream
I am walking now before you
Before you
Before you
Before you
Before you
Before you
Today, today
I didn't want you to go
Like clay, like clay
Mold me into a shadow
Today, today
I didn't want you to go
Like clay, luckily
We melt away
We belong together
Together
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Brion Riborn Detroit, Michigan
Brion Riborn is a human of Germanic-Norse descent. He tries to create and direct good things. He tires of being referred to in the third person in bios. He thinks they are silly but understands why they exist. He hopes the music makes you feel something. He appreciates the time you take to listen. He doesn’t sleep much, except when he does. He knows his sense of humor isn’t for everyone. ... more
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