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Something was missing
Something was gone
Maybe was never even there
Or what was there was wrong
I wanted to show you something
but first I had to find it
I wanted to show you
but first I had to
What kind of man
gets his kicks from singing
about the bad things
that happen to him?
Is he a bad man
or just missing the piece
that might decode
what he can’t hold
onto?
Something was missing
Something was gone
Maybe was never even there
Or what was there was wrong
He’s calling on the PA
asking you to help him find his way
Like a mother who lost her child
in the supermarket aisle
for a while
There’s panic at the check out
but the panic doesn’t check out
Cause I found it
And can I show you?
it’s such a silly little thing
O can I show you?
It’s invisible
You can’t hold it
You can fight it
but you’ll never win
It’s invincible
It’s unpredictable
and if you know it you’ll never sing
Something was missing
Something was gone
Something was missing
Something was gone
Something was missing
Something was gone
Something was missing
Or was it there
was it there…
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I want the one that I can’t have
I only want the things that make me sadder
I want someone to cause me pain
to make me feel like I am living again
How can I
be satisfied
when I deny
this pain inside
What’s the point
trying to destroy
this mortal joy
with some unlawful noise
How can I
justify
this sunny lie
when i’m dying inside
I’ll pretend
to be a friend
to the one who bends me
to break in the end
I want the one that I can’t have
I only want the things that make me madder
I want someone to cause me pain
to make me feel like I am living again
I want the one that I can’t have
I want the one that I can’t have
I want the one that I can’t have
I want the one that I can’t have
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3. |
Everything Belongs 2 U
04:30
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I don’t wanna tell you
but it feels like every cell inside me changed
I don’t know where I’m going
so I went and dug a hole out of the maze
Lately I’ve
been letting things slide
I need to see you
but that won’t change my mind
When you grow up feeling
like every move you ever made was wrong
You don’t know how to do it
and break the bad news when it’s gone
I don’t feel proud
singing out loud
I loved you once
now I can’t stand the sound
of you begging me to come on back for more
I wanted to be faithful
I wanted to be true
Now everything we had belongs 2 U
And every night I wonder
What I’m gonna do
Now everything we had belongs 2 U
You didn’t notice that we’re changing
into something we don’t know
When you open up a window
opportunity crawls inside your home
I don’t feel proud
singing out loud
I loved you once
now I can’t stand the sound
of listening back to my own voice
I wanted to be faithful
I wanted to be true
Now everything we had belongs 2 U
And every night I wonder
What I’m gonna do
Now everything we had belongs 2 U
na nah na na nah
nana na na nah
nana na nana na nana nah
na nah na na nah
nana na na nah
nana na nana na nana nah
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4. |
Sparrow
05:18
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Out of my head
looking for trouble
I spied the smallest
meanest sparrow
I walked up to her
said “Tag, you’re it”
She said “You got a car?”
I said “yeah, let’s split”
She said “I’ll come with you
If you promise to help
my best friend
move house tomorrow.
She has a boyfriend
who causes her pain
nothing but pain and sorrow”
I said “ok
I got no better way
to fill up my day”
we went home and hit hay
Crack of dawn
awoke from alarm
head split from inside
tried to stay calm
She said “lets go,
theres a timeline to follow”
What could I do
but follow that sparrow
Sparrow sparrow the worlds meanest sparrow
eyes like pandas, hair like Farrow
We picked up her friend who said
“You’ll have to pretend
to be my new more handsome
more wealthy boyfriend”
She said “don’t be offended
It’s only pretend”
Lucky for her
I was mine to lend
We crept up the stairs
to her old apartment
she said “come in
and sit on the bed”
Her ex wept In the kitchen
while she packed her girl things
her underwear, make up
and assorted sex toys
I felt so sorry
I felt so bad
I felt so sorry
for her sorry old boy
She gave me a porcelain cat
off the mantle
and said will this serve
as some kind of payment
I said “yes
I think that it’s perfect
come on let’s go
it’s all that I came for”
Sparrow sparrow the worlds meanest sparrow
eyes like pandas, hair like Farrow
We ran down the stairs
Like we’d robbed a servo
Jumped in the car
sparrow was waiting
with a stop watch counting
counting down to I don’t know
I turned the key
The girls screamed
“let’s go”
I dropped them back
at the sparrows nest
I drove off
a faded comic book hero
I thought
Damn that sparrow
Damn this cat
Lucky for them
I’ve nothing to get back
Sparrow sparrow the worlds meanest sparrow
eyes like pandas, hair like Farrow
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5. |
Undignified
05:01
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Take me to the end of the line
and throw it all away
Did I ever do anything right
I mean, what else could I say
I don’t know where, I don’t know how
I don’t know what you do with me now
that everything has changed
Baby’s gone deranged
Is it the moon
Is it the stars
Is it the light of passing cars
we’re all in our minds
When you say you know where you wanna be found
but everything is letting you down
we’re all in our minds
we’re so undignified
You say you love me but you don’t know why
I only ever bring you down
When I leave you say you wanted to die
when I stay you can’t stand the sound
I don’t know where, I don’t know why
the whole world started to cry
it’s baby’s great escape
and the cops are on their way
Is it the moon
Is it the stars
Is it the light of passing cars
we’re all in our minds
When you say you know where you wanna be found
but everyone is letting you down
we’re all in our minds
we’re so undignified
we’re so undignified
we’re so undignified
(scatting)
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6. |
Radiation
08:30
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I was never who I really was
until I talked to you
You made me so unsure of myself
I had to check to see if it showed through
So I started showing up at your front door
figured you had something to teach
I learned hard, I learned quick
the six lessons of the leech
Lesson one
We are all free in our own bodies
Lesson two
Don’t say you will when you won’t
Lesson three four five & six
I’m always here when you need a fix
but you will never settle for the one who loves you the most
The world hums a sad song
The world hums radiation
The heartbreak drums
beat all night long
Time and time and time again
I let you down when I let you in
you’d rather be looking up at me
from a crowded bar than pawing at my sozzled skin
Then you bought “songwriting for dummies”
now you’re up for a Grammy
I studied every night with the masters of song
still my verses come out all wrong
& if I see you at the ceremony
I probably won’t, but if I do
let’s pretend me never met before
I’ll just say “hey, I can I get through” to you
The world hums a sad song
The world hums radiation
The heartbreak drums
beat all night long
Standing down here at Hermannplatz
on my way to visit Nico’s grave
it seems that everywhere I go
the room is lit by one of your old flames
Their eyes grow wide when they hear your name
their voices get thin and week
it seems you cast your net so wide
You super trawler, no poor creature was out of reach
There’s not much left to say
you’re still sleeping with your manager anyway
it’s just I never felt so alive
in the Paris Ibis we stayed up all night
The world hums a sad song
The world hums radiation
The heartbreak drums
beat all night long
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7. |
Separation Rock (Theme)
02:49
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Instrumental
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8. |
When We First Met
05:38
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