1. |
Coronary Surgery
05:34
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Chorus
You turn me inside out / You turn me upside down
Tear me to pieces / rearrange them, spin me around and around
I got my feet on the ground / But my head keeps falling down x2
Fallin', fallin' down, fallin', fallin down x2
It's too heavy, I'm not ready / For this coronary surgery x2
Verse 1
I can't eat, I can't sleep
It's been weeks and I admit defeat
Nothing you can do or say,
There's nothing you can do to change the way I feel
Pre chorus
Is this real? x4
(Chorus)
Verse 2
I'm slipping, slipping down into the new blues
I'm tripping, tripping out now over my own two shoes
Gotta find the words to make this right
So we can blow it up like dynamite
And I think I might just light this match to see...
(Pre chorus)
(Chorus)
Outro
Doctor, please, tell me... honestly, what's wrong with me?
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2. |
All I Need is You
05:13
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Verse 1
Get out, please get off of my mind / for when the lights go out I cannot sleep
Without the thought of you thinking of me / now I wait while I weep
This cannot wait a month / my heart has nearly died too
And it's only been a day / Since I've seen you
Chorus
Lighting candles, pretty flickering flames to remind me of you x2
All my needs go up with the smoke, all I need is you
All my wants and needs and fears disappear with the smoke, all I need is you
Verse 2
So now it's cold and it's dark / and you're standing there in the moonlight
So far to touch yet so close / in my memories of that one night
So this is love, this never ceasing hopeless feeling that exists in me
How I long to see those eyes again / but time's a fee
(chorus)
(scat breakdown)
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3. |
Banter
01:30
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4. |
Visible Spectrum
03:47
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Verse 1
Say you want me / Make it real
Cause I know exactly / Just how I feel
When you come next to me / I feel the ecstasy / oh what you do to me
Is so surreal
Take it easy / Take it slow
I break easily / Don't ya know
Whoa, they say I'm a wild child / But I'm fragile / it's just been a while
Since I've shown my soul
Chorus
But have you ever danced with somebody in the rain
While the sun is shining through the clouds as they evaporate away
The visible spectrum
Have you ever danced with somebody in the rain
While the sun is shining through the clouds as they evaporate away
The visible spectrum / is in full bloom / in the afternoon
Verse 2
It's all new to me / Can you tell
I've been living in my own personal jail cell
I've been confined / I'm losing my mind / behind these steel bars
And it's been hell
So I try / to hide my eyes
So you won't see through me / I gotta admit I'm a little bit shy
But you're the kind of guy / that don't ask what or why / you just feel the vibes
And that's how we get by
(Chorus)
(sax solo)
Outro
The visible spectrum is in full bloom in the afternoon
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5. |
Show Me The Way
04:03
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Verse 1
I don't need / anybody / to show me / the right way
I've already made my mistakes / I learn the hard way
I've been a stray / for many days / in this forsaken place
And I gotta escape / this perpetual arms race
Chorus
So won't you show me the way? Cause I don't know
How to escape / this twisted freak show
So show, so show me the way
How do I escape?
Verse 2
The path to perfection / lies under their discretion
Follow the directions / In order to gain their affection
You're under constant inspection / Disguised as citizen protection
They feed you their infection / the laws prevent any and all objections
I think I've got an objection.... no, no, NO!
(Chorus)
(Breakdown)
Bridge
Society is killing me / slowly and painfully
Society stop telling me / Exactly what I'm supposed to be
Ya gotta WAKE UP, WAKE UP, when you gonna WAKE UP, WAKE UP
C'mon now WAKE UP, WAKE UP, ohhhhh
WAKE UP!
(Chorus)
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6. |
HeartBeat
05:44
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Verse 1
Always a shadow behind you
Ghosts of the memories to remind you
Fragments of their presence
Those who robbed her of her innocence
Chorus
Walking through the streets
Silence, nothing but my heart beat
And every time that we meet
Just silence, nothing but my heart beat
Verse 2
Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they're any less real
Her collection of masks to conceal
All the insecurities she feels
So she dissociates into the surreal
(chorus)
Bridge
B-b-b-b-b-beat; b-b-b-b-beat x2
(chorus)
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7. |
Home With You
06:38
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Chorus
I'm not going home with you tonight
I'd rather be alone cause it feels right
Hey mister, did ya hear me, I said no! Get outta my sight!
Cause I'm not going home with anyone tonight!
Verse 1
I hear the whispers and I feel the stares
I know you notice me, but you don't care
And I smile on, the only thing I know how to do in these situations
I don't know how to react
But you're in my face and that's a fact
And I never asked for your attention...
Pre-Chorus
I don't know where you got the clue
That made you believe I was into you
Cause that notion just isn't true
And you;re acting straight up strictly rude
I don't think I could be clearer
But if you dare come one step nearer...
I'll make you regret it!
(Chorus)
Verse 2
He should've learned to watch his mouth
And how to keep his filthy hands to himself
As I resist and he persists,
I know I must give in... I can't win, I'm not stronger than him
Maybe I shoulda dressed more conservatively
So that he wouldn't be mentally undressing me
But why should that be a lady's responsibility?
You tell me.
(Pre chorus)
(Chorus)
Bridge
Hello, officer, I'd like to report a crime
I'm sorry? No, there were no witnesses at the time...
What do I gotta do to get through to you?
I swear on my mother I'm telling the truth!
But all I got are my words and my tears for proof...
Cause some scars don't show on the outside
And some scars will never heal
Some scars we spend our whole lives trying to hide
But that don't make them any less real...
Teach me teach me teach me tell me how I'm supposed to feel
Cause I don't know, I don't know how I'm supposed to heal...
And that's why...
(Chorus)
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8. |
Can't Be Saved
04:30
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Verse 1
Coffee and a cigarette to start off my day
I don't feel like getting out of bed but I do it anyway
I know I'm not alone but I feel so lonely
This misery has taken me, this dissonance is shaking my body
Chorus
Digging myself a hole
Big enough to fit this heavy soul
I'm digging myself a grave
Mama, I can't be saved!
Verse 2
I remember, and I can't catch my breath
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9. |
You're My All
03:13
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You're my all
You're all I want, all I need, all I see, all I breathe, baby...
You're my all
You're everything, everything to me
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10. |
Do Your Worst
04:37
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Verse 1
So you're your own god, frankly, nobody cares
Hate to break it to ya, darling, but life is unfair
You tell me I'm not worth a minute of your time
Sorry sweetie you're not worth a single second of mine.
Chorus
So do your worst cause you can't take something from nothing
I would know, cause I once had it all
When you've got no one you've got nothing to lose
That's what you told me, as I recall
Only at death do we show our true colours
And frankly my love yours is black
Once you figure all this out and come back on your knees it's then that
You'll realize I'm not coming back!
No not this time
Verse 2
You got so many faces I can't tell which one is you
You're a walking contradiction boy, you've got me so confused
Cause you say that you love me, then you say you want me dead
Well your voodoo dolls don't scare me at all cause you're outta your fucking head
(chorus)
(trumpet solo bridge)
Verse 3
Now all that's left to see is the bittersweet memory
Of the stupid boy I used to pity
And I'll consider it a lesson learned
You play with fire and you're bound to get burned
Well now it's your turn!
(chorus)
Outro
Now that you're gone I'm not coming back, no, no not this time!
I'm moving on, not coming back; no, not this time.
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11. |
Stone Cold Killer
05:00
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Chorus
I'm a stone cold killer babe, dontcha mess around with me
I'm a stone cold killer, mama, dontcha mess around with me
I'm a cold blooded murderer, don't you dare lie to me
I'm a stone cold killer baby
Verse 1
Don't even know how I'm still alive
I guess I just give in, keep it in, let it go, let it all out and I survive
So sick and tired of trying to live this lie
And it's gotten to the point where it makes no difference if I live or if I die
Dontcha wish you could put life on pause
Sweetie you know me, because I'm dying for the cause
Dontcha wish just for a second you could put life on hold
But it's so hard to live this way when your heart's ice cold
(Chorus)
Verse 2
There goes another day and it seems it's gone to waste
I don't know anything anymore I just copy and paste
Filling out the forms, filling in the blanks
Grinding gears, choking back tears taking years just to move up the ranks
It only goes one direction, it only goes one way
Make sure you're in the right direction, be careful not to stray
It's the same damn thing day after day after day after day
And I gotta get away, yeah I gotta break away!
(Chorus) x 2
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12. |
Cheesy Ska Song
05:41
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Hey, hey, oh-ah-ah, oh-ah-ah, whoa... x4
Verse 1
Hop on my board, hit the slopes
With all my friends cause you know that's how it goes
We light it up and breathe it in
We don't know where we're going, but we know just where we've been
And I don't care where we're going anyway
As long as I got my friends, and we've got Mary J
Chorus
'cause darling, darling darling...
I could never leave you
Baby, baby, baby
You know I need you
Oh, when you're gone
All I can do / is think of you, think of you
I think of you all the time / I can't get you off of my mind
Hey, hey, oh-ah-ah, oh-ah-ah, whoa... x4
Verse 2
I wouldn't mind passing the time
Listening to my best friends, No Doubt and Sublime
Cause that reggae music's got me feeling groovy
Got my body moving to the music
And no, I can't stop, it's like a magnetic attraction
No I can't stop this chemical reaction!
(Chorus)
Hey, hey, oh-ah-ah, oh-ah-ah, whoa... x4
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