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Maximal
03:33
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I promise maximal effort from me
There will never be an end to all the blood and sweat I'll lend to make it work
When I get where I need, I'll send word for you
Wouldn't burden you with details you won't read
I promise maximal effort from me
When my options are exhausted
But I still won't lay down and give it up
When I get what I need
Still get hungry, bite the hand that feeds
I will take from you
I will give it to myself
Take from you
Give it to myself
I promise maximal effort from me
Even in my final days
I'll find an outlet that still pays
So cut me loose, stretch me till I can't breathe
But I never set the goal, so it's always out of reach
I will take from you
I will give it to myself
Take from you
Give it to myself
Show me a ladder, I'll climb it; hold my breath if you time it
Do your worst to me above a dotted line, and I'll sign it
Write my name down for me; dot the i's and cross the s's
There's somewhere I need to be; I've got no time for second guesses
I'm already past 25, some of my best years are behind me
I could use a better hand to break me down, redefine me
I want answers on my legacy, but the greatest minds in artistry
Their speeches just don't speak to me ‘cause all of them are dead already
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Codebreaker
03:12
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You say you can read me; I want to prove you wrong
But every single pattern I make is one you've already drawn
I can move left and right, serpentine as much as I want
I'm running in the same wide circles that end where I started from
Can't go back so I go over, overthinking everything
Is it insane to hope it's somehow gonna change?
There is a code to all of this
And I'm going to break it
There is a code to all of this
And I'm going to…
Keep coming up empty; hours waste away
How many dismissive conversations can I have in one day?
You say you don't understand; I know you can't
So why do I wait? I'm thinking that this sign of mine may arrive too late
Can't go back so I go over, overthinking everything
Is it insane to hope it's somehow gonna change?
There is a code to all of this
And I'm going to break it
There is a code to all of this
And I'm going to break it
There is a code to all of this
And I'm going to break it
There is a code to all of this
And I'm going to…
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Florence
03:23
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Did I end at the start?
Gone deaf at the gunshot from the word “go”
And I can’t read lips, but I know the word “no”
Just time for a quick recap
Spirit started to lift then a full collapse
Still trust for the best, but it’s traveling slow
And I think my mind’s enough to make it so
Clear a path; make a way
Ready myself 'cause the door’s swinging open someday
Burned out on your star signs
My palms only show all the work I’ve done
Feels like all I achieved last year was once more 'round the sun
Fortune favors the fortunate, I guess
It’s all a matter of perspective
At best, it’s providence; at worst, it’s music for my friends
And I think I’m fine no matter how it ends
I think I’ve finally started making sense
Clear a path; make a way
Ready myself 'cause the door’s swinging open someday
Clear a path; make a way
Ready myself 'cause the door’s swinging open someday
Clear a path; make a way
Ready myself 'cause the door’s swinging open someday
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Carcosa
03:46
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Carcosa - you know it's my fortress, but you want it
Backdoor to my bedroom, a blind eye to the portents of my doom
Carcosa, are you falling? You won't hold when the rain comes calling
My dark truths get found out; empty ending to the story I wrote down
It always comes down to this, down to this
It always comes down to this, down to this
Carcosa, my Graceland - my soul laid low by an old hand
Lift me up, bring me peace, help me forget about the rubble behind me
What I've built, what I've done, all for nothing if it's nothing to anyone
Lift me up, bring me peace when I'm underneath
Down to this, down to this
It always comes down to this, down to this
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Ouroboros
04:10
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The night is dark; a heavy heart can only weigh you down
The moon is dead; a new one's yet to shift the tides and pull you out
In better days, you'd celebrate by locking all your doors
Yet here you are, a victim of the very fate you tried to ward
Is this how it starts?
It's coming around
Nothing for it
Ouroboros
The peace that you've found
Could tear you to pieces
Could be just what you needed now
Let it go; tooth and claw; unhinge your jaw
Swallow your pride and move on
Be done with it, the infinite back and forth between good and then gone
A bait and switch, a fever pitch; thrown by your own false alarms
It weighs you down, coils ‘round; right in that instant, you can't see the harm
Is this how it starts?
It's coming around
Nothing for it
Ouroboros
The peace that you've found
Could tear you to pieces
Could be just what you needed
Now, when you get what you always wanted to, it starts to go wrong
Well, well, well enough alone isn't set in stone
You may learn what it was when it's already gone
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Birthday
03:55
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Famous Friends
05:35
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You stand there talking to your famous friends
I'll be a tether to the life you led before
A human image of your humble upbringing
I am statue still and pointed to the door
Silver spoons eating up your stories
Getting locked in that old attic, hearing ghostly wails
You're down to earth; I'm just ordinary
A hapless stowaway on your upward trail
But we were brothers once, you and I
Have you finally gone dim from the glorious light
That surrounds you at all times?
I'd hold up fingers, but you won't look me in the eye
Bronze of skin
White of teeth
Red of wine
Blue of face
Black of heart
Clear of mind
You stand there talking to your famous friends
I'll be imagining their plans get overturned
But it's not too late to leave this acting rich and talking cheap
We can just laugh and watch the mansions burn
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Sway
03:30
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Ellie, call me up on the weekend
It'd be good to catch up with you
I know you miss Mississippi, and it's overdue
I confess I've got another agenda
Word travels fast when there's nothing to say
Bad news still comes ‘round in threes on your best day
Everyone knows; everyone is talking
Everyone is waiting on reactions to watch you sway
Do you want to get angry? Do you want to get violent?
Do you want to go back to your apartment and sleep for days?
Ellie, don't hang up on me just yet
You're gonna need a friend on your side right now
All this would be more dramatic on payphones
Or in hotel rooms outside of town
I confess my heart is bleeding for you, kid
It's like you only sing when the sky turns grey
Bad news still comes ‘round in threes on your best day
Everyone knows; everyone is talking
Everyone is waiting on reactions to watch you sway
Do you want to get angry? Do you want to get violent?
Do you want to go back to your apartment and sleep for days?
Go on and have a good cry
Put me on silent
I'll be holding on the line for you either way
Either way
Ellie, call me up on the weekend
Even if you don't have much to say
Bad news still comes ‘round in threes
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Valleys
05:07
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On the edge of this porch, at a house where you have lived since 10 years old
There's a map beside the door, marking where you've been and where you want to go
Leave these lackluster suburbs you've started to think less and less of
What's more, it won't be enough
Ambition squares your shoulders; determination straightens up your neck
You snap with every setback; it's so much worse if you don't course-correct
Live and love your letdowns; learn to take the joy whenever it comes
The little battles won
At the end of every valley, there's a fell for you to climb
Doesn't ask all that much of you; just your peace of mind and time
And we could all stand more victories, but you can still be happy in the valleys
At the base of this cliff, stricken with the constant vertigo of failing
You can find a better path, draw you back to center, stop your wailing
Work for everything you want, but don't wear every loss along the way
Be more than your achievements or tarnish over all your golden days
At the end of every valley, there's a fell for you to climb
Doesn't ask all that much of you; just your peace of mind and time
And we could all stand more victories, but you can still be happy in the valleys
And when I cannot see, my strength is failing me, I know You're here with me in the valleys
And when I cannot see, my strength is failing me, I know You're here with me in the valleys
At the end of every valley, there's a fell for you to climb
Doesn't ask all that much of you; just your peace of mind and time
And we could all stand more victories, but you can still be happy
At the end of every valley, there's a fell for you to climb
Doesn't ask all that much of you; just your peace of mind and time
And we could all stand more victories, but you can still be happy
We could all stand more victories, but you can still be happy
We could all stand more victories, but you can still be happy in the valleys
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10. |
Minimal
02:56
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We will not move these white fences for you
We will not move these white fences for you
There's no window with a view overlooking what you knew
You would not work for it, so it will not work for you
We will not move these white fences for you
We will not move these white fences for you
There's no window with a view overlooking what you knew
You would not work for it, so it will not work for you
Kairos, I've been running from you, running for you, racing toward you
Kairos, I've been running from you, running for you
Kairos, I've been running from you, running for you, racing toward you
Kairos, I've been running from you, running for you
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