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Genius
02:33
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I am not a genius but that don’t mean that I am stupid
It don’t mean that all I’m good for is working and consuming
I am not genius but that don’t mean that I’m not special
It don’t mean that I’ll settle it don’t mean I’m not a rebel
I know I’m not the only one refusing to play dumb
I know I’m not the only one who’s had enough
I am not a genius and neither are my best friends but
That don’t mean we’re good for nothing it don’t mean we don’t see what’s coming
I know we’re not the only ones refusing to play dumb
I know we’re not the only ones who want to rise above
We all have a little genius, we all have a little crazy
We all have a little part of us that knows something’s changing
We need a genius but we don’t know where to find one
We need a genius but there’s no one here but us
This world needs you and me to rise above
This world needs you and me to be a genius
Rise up, rise up, rise up
Rise up, time’s come to be a genius
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Connect
03:39
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All the wifi’s protected and so is the sex
It’s getting real hard - I cannot connect
Got a machine on my lap spreading heat through my legs
I’m all out of words and buttons to press
All the wifi’s protected and so is the sex
You’re afraid I’ll slow you down and I cannot express
How lonely it feels when you ignore my request
All I ever wanted was for us to connect
He rolls onto his right, I roll onto my left
I can see that blue light coming over his head
I’d take out my phone but there’s nothing to check
So I wait in the dark hoping he will accept
Still the wifi’s protected and so is the sex
It’s been too long since I felt your flesh
It used to be safe to sleep with a friend
But then, friends used to be people we’ve met
Now even the men come wrapped in plastic
It’s getting real hard - I cannot connect
All I ever wanted was for us to connect
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Acedia
02:03
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I get really high, I get really low
Got more from my family than this nose
Sometimes I’m hot, sometimes I’m cold
Mostly I worry about the state of my soul
Oh there’s more to me, there’s more to you
There’s more to be than what I do
I talk really fast, I walk pretty slow
I got nothing to say, don’t do much anymore
’Cause where there was a tree there now is hole
All of these leaves got no where to grow
Oh there’s more to me, there’s more to this
There’s more to you than what I miss
There’s more to me, there’s more to go
There’s more to life than what I know
God, are you angry? Are you sorry I came
To waste a good life? Why don’t you take it away?
’Cause while I’m not all that bad, I’m not always nice
I don’t know what’s wrong but I know I ain’t right
And there’s more to up, there’s more to down
There’s more to love than what I’ve found
There’s more to fast, there’s more to slow
The more I live the less I know
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State of America
01:37
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The whole state of Kansas smells like shit
Nothing personal, it’s just the way that it is
The state of Kansas and Oklahoma, too
Amarillo, you know, I don’t have to tell you
It smells like shit and it’s obvious why
Got miles and miles of big brown eyes
In miles and miles of big brown piles
Clogging Midwestern skies
Full of shit, full of shit, we pretend we cannot smell
All this shit because who wants to admit it’s coming from themselves
Full of shit, full of shit, it’s getting hard to breathe
When you take a hit from your inhaler you find it’s getting weak
So roll up your windows, roll up to Sioux Falls
Covered with foam over six feet tall
Carrying the shit and pesticide sludge
Out of the fields and into our lungs
America, are you constipated? Is that why you’re so mean?
No reason to be ashamed about it, it must be something you eat
Full of shit, full of shit, the whole world wants to know
How long we can go on like this before the whole country explodes
The government is full of shit, the White House and Wall Street
As long as we eat what they serve, we are what they feed
And we’re full of shit, full of shit, from New York to LA
No, it ain’t just in the Heartland, we’re all licking it off their plates
Full of shit, full of shit, I’m starting to feel sick
America, America, I think you’re full of shit
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Tide's Coming In
05:12
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We bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Now that radiation is coming straight for us
Dead fish wash up on the shore
Now it ain’t so clear who’s losing the war
Well the health officials say everything is fine
But I know that a pacifier won’t stop a baby’s cry
Because eventually that baby learns to talk
And the future will tell us exactly who lost
The day of the tsunami I was flying through space
Over the Atlantic I felt safe above the waves
I trusted the pilot, I trusted the machine
And we all know just how dangerous faith can be
Faith will build a tower and faith will knock it down
Faith will send three ships the whole wide world around
Faith in holy water can save a life
But eventually everything dies
When I woke up we were over Pakistan
And the snow on the mountains was cleaner than my hands
I wanted to dive into that great shining sea
Bathe in the light like the sweat of a lover’s white sheet
No one will tell us how bad it was,
How bad it still is, but I have an idea because
My hands are only as clean as the water with which I wash
I can scrub until I bleed still some stains won’t come off
On the West coast we interned the Japanese
We say it as if we were helping them earn a degree
My textbooks describe in great detail what the Germans did
If you attempt genocide you’d better be prepared to win
The Indians were never Indians but it made no difference
They had what we wanted and so did the Africans
So we took and we took and still we take some more
Nothing pays as good as winning a war
But freedom isn’t something that you can buy or sell
And even these oil men can’t afford themselves
Nor the borders they built that will eventually fall
When the earthquakes the only line that remains is the fault
We bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima
We say we had to do it to end the war
But I know we’re just the bully of the sandbox
Now the tide’s coming in and we’re stranded with pockets full of rocks
Oh, the tide’s coming in
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Isis Melting
02:40
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Drip by drip
Drop by drop
Ice is melting
And it won’t stop
Oh, even if the night gets colder
Pretty soon the whole world will be water
Drip by drip
Drop by drop
Your fingertips
Hit me like salt
Oh, loving you makes me warm all over
Pretty soon my whole world will be water
Drip by drip
Drop by drop
We’re past the tip
Now we can’t stop
Oh, I don’t want it to be over
Pretty soon the whole world will be water
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Great Whites
02:14
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Sharks are circling the highway tonight
Sharks are on the loose
Sharks are circling the highway tonight
And they’re coming to get you
In the red and blue light
See an innocent man
In the eyes of great whites
This is their big chance
Sharks are circling the highway tonight
Sharks are on the loose
Sharks are circling the highway tonight
To serve and protect you
But who are you?
It’s hard to see when you’re in it this deep
Swimming, swimming, just trying to keep
Under the radar of those great whites
Hungry for some black blood tonight
Sharks are circling the highway tonight
Sharks are on the loose
Sharks got their lights on bright
Red white and blue
It's hard to breathe when you're in it this deep
Swimming, swimming, just trying to keep
A safe distance from those killer bites
The sharp teeth of great whites
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Broughty Cole
00:51
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Too Good For A Bad Man
02:15
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I’m good for more than taking orders
I’m good for more than making dinners
I’m good for more than you will notice
And I’m not trying to convince you
Cause I wasted too much time trying to change your mind
When I should have been making up mine
I’m good for more than your excuses
I’m good for more than your affairs
I’m good for more than lending shoulders
When nobody else cares
I’m good for more than your boredom or when you’re feeling blue
I am more than a whore and I’m good for more than you
I’m good enough as I am
I am way too good for a bad man
You weren’t a good man to live with
But you’re a great man to leave
I am thankful for the bad times
That helped me to find me/peace
After all the time I spent trying to change your mind
Finally I’ve made up mine
I’m good enough as I am
Too good for a bad man
Oh, I’m good enough, I am
Much too good for such a bad man
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10. |
Break
03:04
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Get up, my love
Here comes a wave
It’s about to break
But that don’t keep it away
It will fall, it will crash
It will be lost and it will come back
Get up, my love
Time to face the waves
I know you want to run
But it’s your turn to break
We come together when we break
Nothing’s forever that doesn’t change
You will fall and you will find
When you’re lost, that’s when you rise
Get up, my love
Fall into the wave
And, rise, my love
Don’t be afraid to break
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11. |
Golden Tree
03:06
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I went searching for the golden tree
A magic potion to fix everything
I drank all these bottles, but I got no genie
Just a bunch of broken glass and a wish cast out to sea
I went following the footsteps of my dream
I followed them so far they led straight back to me
And when I finally arrived, I could not believe
Everything I sought was right beneath my feet
Love is the seed that we all take for granted
Love is the seed and we all need to plant it
I went searching for the golden tree
And I kept finding new reasons to leave
Not having roots means you’ve got nowhere to be
And that don’t mean the same as being free
Love is the place that I took for granted
Love is the place wherever I’m standing
Love is the seed that we all take for granted
Love is the seed and I want to plant it
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cygne Chicago, Illinois
I’m a writer and musician working in experimental memoir and sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where I tutor and assistant teach. Previously I toured internationally for over ten years, collecting and curating experiences, melodies, language, characters, and sounds from the natural world. ... more
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