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The City

by Jason Chacon

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1.
No Worries Here 03:58
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How do you feel when the taxman is on your back stamping his seal? How does it make you feel that our leaders ’re corrupt Conducting our country to war for their paychecks It’s not about the scene that makes the soul feel good It’s not about the world around you It’s all how you feel and what is real to you It’s all in your head It seems today we’re always complainin bout our place It seems alright to me There’s lovers and times There’s colors and moonlight There’s no worries here It seems today the press has got us on our toes It’s not affecting those rebels and proud people that drown all of their words There’s no worries here Day in and day out there’s some kind of stress; there’s some kind of wrong But don’t let it bring you down Now trust me I know that there’s times when it’s very very difficult But there’s so much to be happy for It seems today we’re always complainin bout our place It seems alright to me There’s lovers and times There’s colors and moonlight There’s no worries here It seems today the press has got us on our toes It’s not affecting those rebels and proud people that drown all of their words There’s no worries here It’s not about the words that make the heart beat strong It’s not about the rank you rest in It’s all how you feel and what is real to you It seems today we’re always complainin bout our place It seems alright to me There’s family and friends There’s hands holding hands There’s no worries here It seems today the press has got us on our toes It’s not affecting those rebels and proud people that drown all of their words There’s no worries here
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Cold Wolf 05:17
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The wolf is coming to attack Stealthy and vague to the moon’s phases You might get bit in the back But don’t you worry about that ‘cause it’s not gonna happen And when the teeth sink they’re gonna sink deep And when the wound has spread there’s gonna be no more skin Creeping through the trees The wolf has no business here No one knew until the sheep were frantic The sheep are frantic Your movements are precise Precise and pristine Precise and loving I can’t stand anymore And when the teeth sink they’re gonna sink deep And when the wound has spread there’s gonna be no more skin You bite the flesh and rip the words straight from my mouth You roam these grounds and although I know it’s unintentional You killed It’s cold turkey today But a feast for the wolf You’ve been bitten Why weren’t you running? I can’t keep myself from the wolf’s green eyes They’re feeding temptation and discontinuation I’ve got no guard And when the teeth sink they’re gonna sink deep And when the wound has spread there’s gonna be no more skin You bite the flesh and rip the words straight from my mouth You roam these grounds and although I know it’s unintentional You killed The wolf has just attacked And the village is left a mess They’ll restore the order to pre-attack And build a barricade to prevent invasion of wolves to come
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Silence In Circles 04:49
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Can you hear the wind whisper of grace and guiltless games? In this house can you hear it: water dripping, floorboards creaking? Is this what you wanted to be? Is this why you left home? Is this how you got it so bad? Is this who you think you are? Round and round til you’re dizzy; you are a sitting duck Anxiety ain’t no quicksand Up and down, now you’re homely You gotta stand up What monsters! What monsters! Blood runs beneath their skin, but not into their hearts What monsters! What monsters! Don’t fear the dark Monsters are severing what should be lovely No need to fear the night These beasts are cryptic and cynical Off the map It’s so easy to see aimlessly--circles in roles Characters carrying everything with no purpose when purpose is everything It’s so easy to be changelessly silent in something so comfortable and meek Or something neglected--something forgotten Monsters surrendering Every spell has lifted Can you see in the dark? Can you feel? Would you risk anything? Is this what you’re gonna be? Is this why you’re leavin’ here? Is this how you got is so bad? Is this who you think you are? Do you know who you are?
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Conception (free) 03:33
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Aura, breathe beyond us Keep our eyes not misguided Daylight, shine among them Bend to wake their molecules Wake in the heart of tangible blindness Shut your mouth, stop your movements ‘cause you got it all wrong When you think what you think you might know Rinse your thoughts and your words ‘cause you got it all wrong Fusion, ready everyone Fill their ground with fortitude The fucking gravity of what is left of love, shouldn’t let love lose humanity Wake in the heart of tangible blindness Shut your mouth, stop your movements ‘cause you got it all wrong When you think what you think you might know Rinse your thoughts and your words ‘cause you got it all wrong Take what the space will give and parade aura When the love bleeds openly then we’ll show our hues At the base we can taste it - every impulse When the world’s got no peace, then why do we need love? ‘Cause when the world’s got no love, then we’ll lose ourselves
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Can't Quite Understand 04:13
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How is it so easy to be so vulnerable? But not so easy to see what’s out of reach? I’ve given my everything and now I’m empty I can’t quite see how to be I can’t quite understand I’m dyin here You’re killin me I can’t quite understand how you feel I can’t just stop so easily How is it that caring turns against me sometimes? Do I have much to large a heart to be one damn bit of good towards myself? It’s so hard to know you’ll go It’s even harder to know I’m weak I don’t wanna push you, but I don’t wanna be left God I wanna wait for you I’m dyin here You’re killin me I can’t quite understand how you feel I can’t just stop so easily I’ve become the fool And I’ve never wanted something so bad Was it too good to even be for me? I can’t see: When someone can bash you and someone can kill you What would make you stay? But when someone can love you and someone can carry you What would make you go? I’m dyin here You’re killin me I can’t quite understand how you feel I can’t just stop so easily
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Sing To Me 05:04
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Could history be changed, Would you change it to see what could be different or what could be new? Isn’t it perfect to be unknown to you? You’ve been through the worst You still have the best The dearest companions came to you But where’s the one you really want when you really need her? I’m tryin to hear you, but I got a hole where I should listen from what you told me before I could show you all that I am When you hear her voice isn’t it lovely? You could stand there forever staring in her eyes Don’t look away, don’t ever lose time again But where’s the time you really want, when you really need it? Sing these words to me I’ll bury them and melt in your arms I’ve never heard a voice sing to me What should these words mean? Can you hear me? I want this to be enough I want you to know I want you to see what I see Sing these words to me I’m waiting here, it seems like forever Days mean nothing and miles are trivial I’ll sing these words to you Can you hear me? I want this to be enough I want you to know I want you to see what I see
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Line Of The Flames 04:34
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Sidewalks are no longer pathed on roads without painted lines There’s no room for their feet when they’re walking a run; The run of a circus like a series of hymns In the realm of the lost in the midst of a battlefield, wear your conscience In the hall of the system there will be a voice Will you listen? Temptation’s building an army with soldiers of fillers and felonies There’s no time for disguise when the highrise stride is above them The stride of the rich just like the step of the slave Second places come with a burden and a keepsake And in the line of the flames the rain will be coming Help will be falling for you And when the setting sun has gone Help will be rising to you This is exchange between what is seen in chaos, but what is done in panic And whatever entails lack of stillness Tranquil medications lining the shelves and lining the stomachs of sleepers There’s no time for a bed when they’re falling asleep Asleep at the wheel Taking the risk Second places come with a burden and a keepsake And in the line of the flames the rain will be coming Help will be falling for you And when the setting sun has gone Help will be rising to you
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The City (free) 04:28
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Watch your fear Don’t watch it step over everything In your eyes, in your mind There’s something there that’s got me holding you Watch your heart Watch it grow and show that character’s what got you here Sinister things might slip in through the seams but cannot hold you down All we know that the distance between us shows Like in what we see with sunlight and pixels Won’t you show me how the city lights are shining into your room, ‘Cause they don’t feel much like hiding tonight Hear your thoughts building walls Just confused from everything in the city now I’ll make it there somehow But time crawls slower and slower since you’ve had my attention {You’re gone for now} Can you fear your own heart? Can you care from a distance, like this is? All we know that the distance between us shows Like in what we see with sunlight and pixels Won’t you show me how the city lights are shining into your room, ‘Cause they don’t feel much like hiding tonight Now when you close your eyes just find the peace inside But don’t forget to feel Watch your fear Don’t watch it step over everything
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Soul Like A Saint 02:54
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She watched the sun leave day and she saw it from the yard She’s singing about the things that she loves and painting beautiful portraits Just because she wants Beauty can’t hide with a soul like a saint When the ceiling comes down and the sky is-a-shinin’ Girl, I know you’re out there shinin’ to me Beauty can’t run with those eyes like diamonds After theives stole chests with riches and gold I know those eyes are still out hidden for me She watched the lights dance high and she saw it in the city She’s laughing at all the things that she does She’s living in admiration There’s nothing better to her Beauty can’t hide with a soul like a saint When the ceiling comes down and the sky is-a-shinin’ Girl, I know you’re out there shinin’ to me Beauty can’t run with those eyes like diamonds After theives stole chests with riches and gold I know those eyes are still out hidden for me
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The King 04:32
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How the jesters, they sing and the courtyard knights they fight Practice for soldiers and parody for slaves The king has the town at hand His selfish queen liberates his eyes - his democratic eyes They might not see his rope See the farmers, they starve and the hunters pride is steep Expensive for hunger and energy to breathe All the men in the kingdom heed their ruler They see the changes as the turn for better Any man who defies the king shall beg Though mercy has no place or name here When the drawbridge is drawn Archers will aim from the watchtowers Who can we trust at the gates? Taxes taking the town All the women, they stay at home and their weary hands, they hurt from cooking and cleaning and ravaging their bones The children, they play in the courtyard, but what is this that they are hearing? Scatter the men toward the screaming When the drawbridge is drawn Archers will aim from the watchtowers Who can we trust at the gates? Defiers are ravagers When the stranger has come Guards will aim at his heart When the king has no breath We’ll track down the crown
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The Venture 04:08
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Knock down these walls ‘Cause I can’t feel the breeze anymore It’s musty in lockup and I can’t see through stone There are no windows There are no fruits here to take There are just memories every moment that we shake Step off the pedestal ‘Cause you can’t hold fast any longer And there’s nothing to catch you below Oh no! You’re so high you’re harassing the edge and I’ll try to catch you There’s a messenger delving the frontier There’s a hole in the network And we’re treading through knee high unknown no prize stakes Stand under the waterfall It’s enlivening when it buries you It’s unpredictable in this river It’s unpredictable for this note Trapped inside that dusty glass bottle Stranded in the middle of a sea You’re so weary and spinning confused in metallic warp I hear your voice and your scripts They fall from your lips to the walls Voided, coarse faucets array But I know it’s all in the palm of the maker
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Wait... I Hope You'll Listen 04:18
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Wait for another day to put all your things away Into a blanket you’ll roll up for quite some time Wait in a bullet, and I will aim at the sky Know your own heart before you know who you are Hold on to another day It gets easier every day I’m sorry I left It’s just that my heart wasn’t beating to your steps One day I’ll see you I hope it won’t be the last time Maybe you sustain, but right now i’ve never felt so bad The night’s been lookin a little darker lately The moon’s been down--it’s been around behind the clouds I don’t know, but I think this train’s gonna be empty today when it leaves town One day I’ll see you I hope it won’t be the last time Maybe you sustain, but right now i’ve never felt so bad
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Daisies On The Street 04:03
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Got a long time on this place, I don’t know where I’m going today Got a long way to go ‘fore I stop movin, ‘fore I even stop breathin’, no, I won’t stop I don’t know where I’m going, I just know that I’m here God damn the weight on us all: these bills and these coins Broken daisies on the street next to chapels where prayers are born, for more of this burden Got a long way to go ‘fore the gas runs out on me, ‘fore the clock stops ticking, I got this whole damn place I’m a tempted inventor of many things Ain’t got the means for this old scattered homestead I was down gathering pieces of those daisies before their days Before the wind can take them far from this place Take them far {I don’t know where I’m going} {I’m just here}

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released September 14, 2010

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