1. |
The Fall
04:16
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let's start with the fall
the slow disconnection, the empty mall
the look and the feel of the modern world
a cruel imitation of boy meets girl
its always the same
you've been talking a lot but it's not what you meant to say
in town for a day
the sound of the schoolyard across the way
a death in the family of a family friend
the name in the paper you've never said
it's always the same
you've been talking a lot but it's not what you meant to say
its only the truth
you've been doing a lot but its not what you wanna do
beautiful world
beautiful world
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2. |
Second Place
05:47
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on my way home I caught the news
the definition of the blues
to classic rock on 96
they understand, they play the hits
softer and softer
his sister showed him Mercury,
was sent to camp to be set free
she hung herself, they heard a noise
in the same house where she was a boy
well what’s the point of being saved
if my old man don’t like me anyways
when she gets home she tries to sleep
her dads away, her mom does speed
a high school boy once held her down
a quiet life, a quiet town
where you can drink and drive around
where your mistakes won’t make a single sound
i’ve been numb since I cried at a funeral
my best friend died on the Fourth of July
and the moment soon slipped away
slipped away
second place in the grand master race
he lost his job to better ways
they thanked him for his better days
now he just wants to watch the game
salute the flag and numb the pain
a dying glimmer of the past
when times were good, why can’t they ever last
you’ve been high since we cried at the funeral
for our best friend we met in the seventh grade
it soon slips away, slips away...
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3. |
Fear, Pt. I
02:59
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fear
fear of the self
fear of the emptiness inside
fear of your failing health
fear of attention
from people you won’t ever know
you know that you need it
but won’t ever see it
how did it happen
how did it happen all over the world
breathe
breathe in the air
follow me
somebody different
that you've never known
you wanted to see it
you want to believe it
how did it happen
how did it happen all over the world
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4. |
Fear, Pt. II
03:56
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focus on what they say
'cause i can’t really stand my face
revert to simpler days
blue paint on paper plates
does this get easier? will it get easier?
does this get easier? will it get easier?
taught me a new hand shake
red words and plastic trays
i use my one phone call
to tell you of my day
does this get easier? will it get easier?
does this get easier? will it get easier?
does this get easier? will it get easier?
does this get easier? will it get easier?
does this get easier? will it get easier?
does this get easier? will it get easier?
will this get easier? will it get easier?
does this get easier? will it get easier?
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5. |
Faith, Pt. II
03:24
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the man walking along the side
of the freeway, give him leeway
he can't be stopped
he holds it in his palm
now he's taking apart a fan
on the sidewalk
of the One Stop
he told me how
he found it on the ground
abandoned by my town
a motorized, incredible machine
all the people passing through
roses falling from the moon
from the moon
a place upon the sun
the top that never spun
a beautiful and everlasting love
past the point of no return
a hundred million to burn
oh to burn
I know the metal, know the noise
seen the movie, had no choice
i had no choice
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6. |
Emerald Green
03:32
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i had a dream that I was dying for a change
an emerald green city shining on the stage
but when I got there they said I could not be saved
the warm glow of the sun
diffused by the shades
and fell on the rug
the cat's grace of the fall
the sleight of your hand
ignoring the call
i met a man who sold religion to the poor
they found the truth while they were rollin' on the floor
now that they have it they don’t want it anymore
the lost point of it all
a thief in the night
the art at the mall
the last place you were seen
a mirror in your room
the rust in the sink
the fake news and the posturing
double the offering
but leave me where i lie asleep
devil you torture me
what if you don't have the words to say to them as they are leaving?
what if you said everything you had kept to yourself from the start of this conversation?
could it better?
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7. |
Julian, Pt. I
03:19
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under the sun of the silver lake
metal and plans on a plastic tray
to see something through the leaves
to see something in between
painted your face in a crowded room
spilled out the words, spilled out the news
it's a feeling slightly out of a reach
made of plastic and washed up on the beach
new, new and improved
new, new and improved
it's a feeling slightly out of a reach
made of plastic and washed up on the beach
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8. |
Julian, Pt. II
02:40
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julian
you have no words
you wanted more than the world
are you lost
as painted glass fades in the sun
julian
have you no worth?
you gave it all that you had
and you flew
burning leaves
soft rain
grass in the yard
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9. |
The Over, The Under
04:55
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feeling part of you sinking feeling
tell me what to do
truly empty
oh, how you see things
tell me the over, the under
the lightning, the thunder
the passing malaise
bought you a used television, is this really living?
a quarter to three
i'll go to sleep when i want to, then i'll come to haunt you
i'll call out your name
always the same thing you try to escape
feel any way that you want
the point of it all, the arc of the plot
did you play out your part? are you at a loss?
empty out your cup in a new parking lot
it can't be stopped
it can't be stopped
it can't be stopped
it can't be stopped
it can't be stopped
it can't be stopped
it can't be stopped
it can't be stopped
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10. |
Progress
04:02
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the dull wheel of progress
that turns with the key
the fall in slow motion,
the steel industry
crushed under weight of the car, you, and me
the metals are rusting
as blood loses heat
but under the gaze of
a cold western sky
the march to the sea
an eye for an eye
we built this from broken homes
the tensile strength
that bruised all our bodies
and stripped off the paint
as if in a movie
that everyone missed
we drive past an exit, a 76,
the orange glow on dead grass,
the barbed wire fence.
we stop to buy cigarettes,
count out the change.
pulled off the highway
in front of a church
abandoned the living
the headlights will burn
through dust covered windows
and broken cds,
crushed under foot
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11. |
A Simple Song
07:05
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ten times in buildings and colorless rooms
made of paper
CCTV and the fluorescent light tries to show me who i really am
i really am
I saw myself in the car to the right as it passed me going 80
he stared at me through the glass and the sky turns a shade of blue
i'd never seen
i wanted to see
but i couldn’t take it, the weight of the world
a chance to be different, to figure it out
oh i got everything that i ever wanted
and i couldn’t wait to get home
i heard it was haunted
i felt myself falling into the floor and i said to you
i’m doing fine, perfect and new
we’re moving on, a simple song
it’s only 4 o'clock
it’s only 4 o'clock
and i can tell a place in hell
it’s only 5 o'clock
it’s only 5 o’clock
and i wanna see you
i wanted to be you but i don’t know how to
i wanna be different and a symbol of innocence
i wanna be someone else
i don’t wanna know myself
a perfectly empty shell
nowhere but here and now
lost in the morning light
melt into the warming tide
i can see everything
nothing can be me now
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Youth Medium is the solo project of Robbie Landsburg
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