1. |
Rocket Shoes
04:44
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Do you always have to fit the mould?
Claim you feel you're bought and sold
When the trends change from glitter to gold
Claim you're trying to keep your faith
But it's a matter of time and space
Don't you know you're already erased?
And the writing is black on a dark night
Won't even reveal for your own eyes
The fire's burned out but the smoke will rise
And the mirror distorts what you think is true
You're walking through doors into empty rooms
There's 54 floors and you're falling through
And I won't have nothing to say
We won't have nothing to do
Before this was all child's play
But now I can tell you the truth
You don't know me and I don't know you
Short-sighted, you decided
That these games that we play, we're all gonna lose
Cause we cannot keep up with your rocket shoes
Don't we know they'll take you to the moon oh yeah
Ignited, cannot hide it
Don't you know that these days there's a shorter fuse
I don't have time for feeling used
Yeah
I have no space for a silly bruise
And I won't have nothing to say
We won't have nothing to do
Before this was all child's play
But now I can tell you the truth
Cause I won't have nothing to say
And we won't have nothing to do
Before this was all child's play
Yeah
But now I can tell you the truth
You don't know me and I don't know you
Leaves fallen out of place
Fluttering around without a trace
Maybe I'll see your face
Your face
Your
But I wont have nothing to
Say
We won't have nothing to do
Before this was all child's play
Yeah
But now I can tell you the truth
Tell you the truth
Tell you the truth
'Cause I won't have nothing to say
And we won't have nothing to do
Before this was all child's play
Yeah
But now I can tell you the truth
You don't know me and I don't know
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2. |
Downtown
03:49
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I heard a little memo downtown
That someone’s been a-tapping at your front door
And turning your smile into a frown
Striking out your matches on the cold floor
I know it’s hard to sing sometimes
And it can make you lose your mind
I wanna hear the music downtown
and see you standing taller than the brick wall
Spring will turn to summer till you fall
Patterns never change until you want more
Don’t let them pass you by so small
You can make the magic and then before you know
The grass is greener where you are
And where you’re going and your scars
They feel like paintings of your path
And even on the darker days you know you’re feeling stronger and give yourself the time and space and heart
yeah
All this stress
Won't wash away itself
I confess
Some days I feel like staying on the shelf
There’s time to rest
And after you can work it out hey
Change is gonna come
Change is gonna come, you coming?
Things will come undone
When they do let’s rest, then running
Down another track
Cut yourself some slack
It’s fun then
Words are gonna cut
Words are gonna cut, they’re aiming
For another shot
But your targets not worth chasing
Took the ammo out, hear the crack
and shout, don’t feel it
All this stress
Won't wash away itself
I confess
Some days I feel like staying on the shelf
Take time to rest
And after you can work it out
Work it out
Change is gonna come
Change is gonna come, you coming?
Things will come undone
When they do let’s rest, then running
Down another track
Cut yourself some slack
It’s fun then
Words are gonna cut
Words are gonna cut, they’re aiming
For another shot
But your targets not worth chasing
Took the ammo out, hear the crack
and shout, don’t feel it
You can work it, yeah you can work it
You can work it, yeah you can work it out
You can work it, yeah you can work it
You can work it, yeah you can work it out
You can work it, yeah you can work it
You can work it, yeah you can work it out
You can work it, yeah you can work it
You can work it, yeah you can work it out
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3. |
Poison
04:37
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Take your mark, stay poised
There’s chaos through the noise
Cruelty isn’t shy and neither are you
Don’t show your cards they’re blackened and bruised
Ahh ooh
Ahh ooh
The shadow cast is paper thin but perfectly weaved to fit right in
And these whispers catch a blaze with callous sin
These lips who scald your skin
Ahh ooh
Ahh ooh
Ahh ooh
Ahh
Why did you choose me?
What colour did you think I’d bleed?
Ahh ooh (evening blooms with poison fumes)
Ahh ooh (evening blooms with poison fumes)
Ahh ooh (evening blooms with poison fumes)
Ahh (evening blooms with poison)
evening blooms (evening blooms)
with poison fumse (poison fumes)
evening blooms (evening blooms)
with poison
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4. |
Don't Trust Them
02:58
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Smoke in the sky
Climbing high but no one can change it’s flight
He’s addicted to the light
Under his skin, sinking in
A criminal, a golden sin
Only cash is gonna win
Don’t you trust them
Or your light will dim
A quivering voice without choice
Hopeful words torn down with noise
“You are not worthy of our toys”
These figures hover all around
These cages don’t do mothers proud no
I promise we scream and shout oh
Don’t you trust them
Or your light will dim
Oh
A dollar spent, a single vote
The way you keep yourself afloat
The air you breathe, the food you eat
Who made the shoes that shield your feet?
The way you act when something’s wrong
The way you listen to this song
Your travel needs, an act of greed
The way you are when you’re not seen
Oh don’t you trust them
Only they will win
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5. |
Friction
04:08
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I’ve written many pages in doubt
I wonder if you’ll figure me out
Can’t you hear the waves
The current starts to sway
The air, it quickly fills up with salt
Dancing as the change gives us hope
The night is still so young
Like us, there’s more to come
Don’t want to give up right now
Don’t want to miss a single sound
But I’m wrapped up in this mind of mine
Forget to look for things that shine all the time
I wonder if I could love this beat
I wonder if this drink would taste sweet
If I took the time to breathe before this reverie
Don’t want to give up right now
Don’t want to miss a single sound
But I’m wrapped up in this heart of mine
Forget to look for things that shine all the time
Time slows and falls in the distance
Kind eyes can turn into villains
But it’s just me causing friction
I start to choke, the air thickens
The cycle shows, there’s resistance
But it’s just me causing friction
Don’t want to give up right now
Don’t want to miss a single sound
But I’m wrapped up in this mind of mine
Forget to look for things that shine everytime
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6. |
The Memo
01:46
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I’ll take it in turns, I’ll take it in turns
About time I learn, about time I learn
This overthinking, self made shrinking has gotta go
got the memo
Taking on new shapes, I can’t be contained
It’s always okay, I’m more than okay
The fear of failing, self effacing shit you spilled on the page
Is now out of place
there’s even better coming, so don’t you worry darling
don’t you
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Hazel Mei Brisbane, Australia
...did you get the memo?
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