1. |
Us Forgotten Few
03:56
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We’re just the lost boys
Sittin’ round the dusty table
Playin’ with old toys
Wonderin’ if we'll be able
To get a glimpse of
Everything the light shines on
Her skin
My coffin
Your grave
They’re scoffin’
This ain’t a love song
Just a cry up above
From the forgotten boys
Struggling to get out of the mud
A blonde
A diner
An old friend
And a sailor lost at sea
A giant, to tall to see
A chef wanting to meet
The girl in his dreams
And an artist, drowning in streams
All struggling just to breathe
A rotten fast food chain
Where the words were exchanged
About long past mistakes
And the new ones that burn our masts
Wanting to know just what could’ve been
Just wanting to know just how deep’s the sin
You say you want her to be happy
Time’s come to accept where the happiness is from
She wants adventures
And you just want to breathe
She wants fast food stands
And you just want some reprieve
We’re the forgotten few
Some emptied body's
We’ve got a few
We’re not the heroes
Just some funny guys
Trying to find what
Will keep us warm inside
They’ll send us nudes
And hold us through the night
And tell us
In time everything’s alright
But we’re not there
We’re right here
Don’t tell us to wait
Don’t tell us to cheer
We want to feel ok
We want them to stay
But this isn’t the happily ever after
Just the after of our dreams
We’ll be forgotten, but not by each other
We’ll be forgotten, but not by our mothers
We’ll be forgotten, but we’ll know we were there
We’ll be forgotten
We’ll be forgotten
We’ll be alone together
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2. |
Get Around
02:28
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I’ll get around me
I’ll get around all of this dirt
I’ll get it off me
I’ll sing about this preacher's worth
And whether he’ll be worth his salt
And whether God will open up
And sing us all to open plains
Where angels sing of devil’s pain
And we’ll meet in that open field
Our flesh tearing through the still
I’ll get around
On the other side of earth
There I’ll lie in a pitcher’s girth
I’ll be newborn on the canvas
And that sky will be the key
A brush made out of Eve and Adam
And we’ll beat
And then I’ll sing
About how we’ve loved each other
And how love cast our world a screen
And of how we’ll never falter
Even though I tore the seams
I’ll get around
There’s an orange gust awaiting
An old soul’s day is due
And when I reach my one true Father
The only true man I ever knew
I say hello to aged old soldiers
And I’ll size them all their worth
And we’ll laugh at one another
As if we knew what we birth
And an endless pint will pour down
Across plains both old and new
And we’ll all love one another
Cause dear God can’t this be true
I’ll get around
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3. |
Beat
03:19
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That rhythm
Means life
A thud thudding
An onward march past the present
To an unknown void worth reaching
Cause this present’s water's getting dark
My clothes are getting heavy
And that beat is slow
Step and step
And a step for a step
Moving through a war I have no part in
A war
An unwinnable war that is not mine to be won
Whose resolution I can announce
If only my friends weren’t deafened from
Fire and brimstone bursts
And cannon fodder
This beat that fuels us
Lets us know we live
This beat that told me I was alive
But how naive this beat
When now I realize that the ones I care for can only hear it
As they stain my shirt with salt and masquera
And bury their heads in the sand of my shoulder
This beat is not with them
I said once this was a choice
I realize now this was a question with no answer
This beat that tells us how alive we must feel
When the only real feeling
Is the beat of heads against walls
To remind these cursed soldiers that they do still feel pain
I do not understand you brothers and sisters
I do not need to understand you
I feel the beat inside me
Believe in my beat
For as long as this beat moves me forward
I shall get you all home
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4. |
And Around
02:19
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One day fields may turn to ash
And age-old flesh will burn away
And the memories of this old man
Young painted on his face
Will sift away like tiny crystals
In a seabed far away
And we won’t remember this
And the love will lose its gaze
Let’s be happy in a moment
Let us all get around this dirt
Could you give me just a moment
My poor knees have lost their worth
I’ll get around
Don’t be bitter
Don’t be mean
Don’t forget about what lied beyond the seam
I’m not happy
But that doesn’t mean I’m sad
Just a lost boy
Longing for what Peter had
And if Atlas sighs and shrugs
May we all sing him along
A battered orphan of the times
Through his action, I will mime
About the pretty girls at home
And the ugliness they hide
And the tall boys of the time
Only wishing they could sign
The last note off with a smile
Hoping they’re dust will last a while
Hoping all of this is kissed
With archangels winged blessed
May I be torn asunder
May my eyes melt through the sunder
May my bones get turned sulfur
And my flesh rots against the winter
May my feet scream in the night
Summer get me off my ass
Let me have one last fight
Let me get around
Get me around
Oh Lord
I’ll get around
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5. |
The Folk Hero
02:48
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All of my friends have gone away
Into pearls in clams below
And heavens maze
The hubris of our youth has cast us down
But the brand of our denial keeps us sound
So I could use a drink
I surely think
Well it looks like we’ve placed ninth!
SO GRAB ME A FUCKING PINT
FOR MY LAST CHEER!
I’m thinking Valhalla will shake
Under the weight of our fair gaze
And when you go Ill wave goodbye
AND STAY RIGHT HERE!
So send me a pint!
And a couple shots for after.
And some whiskey to wash it down
And enough rum to fill the rafters
Don’t you DARE call me a drunk
I’m just a man out on the run
From a pretty little girl called life
After a few rounds I’m free of strife
I’ll fly so painfully close to the sun
But my wings have only just begun
A dozen wise men nibbling at my heels
Pickin dirt off of their last meal
So don’t you CRY OUT for me!
We’ll make it by on the skin of our teeth
And when the bar has just closed down
I won’t be naive enough to frown
Put my head up and sing about the day
When my friends did go away
INTO THAT MAZE!
...and pearls…
….and clams….
…..someone get me some Advil…..
…….and coffee, good heavens my head…..
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6. |
I Remember Us
02:59
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I remember us
We’ll remember them
They’ll remember getting around the bend
When the days crawled on for years
But the fleeting moments burned our tears
And the skyline broke apart
And the memories tasted tart
Cause I love her
And I don’t know
What that means
In the end
Could she love me
By any means
The boys coming down
Screaming hard
Screaming loud
Shouting up past heaven above
To whatever mistresses caught our doves
Do remember us melting away
As our tired eyes faltered the gaze
The streets faded into obscurity
And the sun blocked out everything we’d need
And we ran away from each other
Covered our ears and ducked under cover
We laughed away the dark
But it wasn't too thin not to leave marks
But we fight it off
And we’ll keep it off
The boys came around the bend
And they never stopped to ask when
They’d finish out their quest
Or if it even had an end
Drown ourselves in sweets
Buy more food than we’ll eat
Sit around a burnt out fire
And push off all our desires
We’ll make jokes about our youth
Knowing that it was our only truths
Girls chasing boys
Boys chasing cars
Cars were too fast
They wiped away our past
Every love we ever felt
And every ache that would come after
I’ll accept whatever comes
And I’ll smother it with laughter
Cause when you fall in love
You remember who it's from
And the hope is renewed
Even when better judgment’s acting shrewd
And you’ve given one last shot
Enough mistakes to fill the lot
Beat yourself down into the dew
Cause the boys will stand with you
And they’ll laugh
And we’ll cry
Our hearts will mend
And we’ll get
Around the bend
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