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You wear your high heels
Dancing all around the room
I keep my eyes peeled
To see if there's a glance from you
You're oh so happy
To everyone that pass you by
But at the mirror
You just can't help but cry
Nothing, that's what you'll be
Tomorrow, just wait and see
Cause your bones might crack and your skin might fade
Still you got no strength to make it out okay
And all the people
Thinking they're the chosen few
They go to parties
Drink until the night is through
And all my late nights
And all my easy drugs and booze
Add up to one thing
One thing I'll never lose
Nothing that's what we'll be
Tomorrow, just wait and see
Cause our bones might crack and our skin might fade
Still we got some strength to make it out okay
Nothing, that's what we'll be
Tomorrow, just wait and see
Cause we'll all get ours at the end of the line
And our good days seem very far behind
In the morning
I lie in bed and bide my time
At the mirror
I practice all my pleasant smiles
And you're so pretty
You really know how to please
They think you're something
I hope you feel happy
Nothing that's what you'll be
Tomorrow, just wait and see
Cause your bones might crack and your skin might fade
Still you got no strength to make it out okay
Nothing that's what we'll be
Tomorrow, just look and see
Cause we all spent life just passing time,
And we knew all along it wasn't right
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2. |
Crazy Light People
04:14
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Crazy light people dancing all around my brain
I just need some time, don't let me down
Into the morning singing songs about the rain
I just need some time, don't let me down
And I think I'll be let out
I've done my time, now let's break out
Running on empty in somebody else's feet
I just need some time, go back to sleep
Singing this for you but it's someone else, not me
I just need some time back on my feet
And they tried, oh they tried to help
Oh but I just spat them out
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Dream Pop
02:58
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Someone wanna take me?
I am all alone
I could be your pillow, I could be your throne
All my time has left me in my home,
The home I need but do not own
Cause I don't love no one
And I can't feel the sun
And every time you show up it makes me feel so bad
Cause I've just lost every thing I never had
I don't wanna grow up, I don't wanna know
All the things I could or all the things I stole
I keep my friends close but they can never know
Everything they have I don't
Cause I can still feel love
The love no one can show
Cause every time you do and it makes you feel so bad
Cause you've just lost everything you always had
Dream dream dream dream, my my
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4. |
The Stranger
03:59
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I walked this road
Nine times, I'm told
I left my hands
Covered in glass
And all the time
Not far behind
The times we were
Living in
Do you want to be the savior?
The stranger?
The walker on the beach?
All along it was the same thing,
the straining and pulling at my knees
Oh do you understand why I am oh so done?
It's been a while now, and I said I can't go on
I leave this place
That much I see
I write a note
For you to read
Can I really be the one who destroys you
and leaves you in the sea?
All along it was the same thing,
the sinking and falling to my knees
Oh do you understand why you are oh so wrong?
It's been a while now and I don't want to go on
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5. |
Strange Disease
02:51
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Late night intervention
He fell right to his knees
He's got no prescription for this very strange disease
It's all in his head, they tell him with a smile
Put him to bed and lock the door behind
It was two in the morning when he began to scream
He's thrashing about like he's breaking at the seams
Oh what to do, mother? I think he needs a priest
He'd been living with them for just a little while
So you can imagine the things they had in mind
Better get him out quick 'fore he damages the blinds
Father, call one of your friends to throw him back outside
Two men from the street gang grab him from behind
His arms are a-flailing, blood is in his eyes
Good God man, grab him before he gets the knife
Drag him down to the docks where the water is quiet
Face down on the stones and tie his arms behind
Quick drop and a stop, and that's all for the night
Next morning for them had never been so sweet
Then word from the police that chilled them to their knees:
Man found by the docks, near death but on his feet
Outran the police, no one knows where he could be
Escaped from the asylum just a week before,
Tore the door of its hinges, ran off down the hall
Get him back for treatment before he kills us all
These days if you come down with a twisted mind
Take some of these pills, they'll only take you higher
Just know you can't hope to ever stop the fire
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6. |
I'm Out
04:17
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No more pain,
No more holding back my tears
No more strain,
No more wasted years
I held on just as long as I could
I've done all that I thought I should
It's all for the fire
It's all for the dogs
I used to be one,
Now I'm not
Always turned away
From this face that I see
I'm happy to say that I'm out
Pass me by like you did every time
Nothing left to search, left to find
I'm out, oh I'm out
Yes, I'm out, oh I'm out
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7. |
In The Valley
02:13
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I'm feeling upside down; the people standing there
They sell themselves to me with flowers in their hair
And do you ever fear why you're so undone?
And do you ever fear your parents on the phone?
I feel it now in the valley when the breeze blows away
And I wash my hands of anything that led me astray
And I want you to know my dealings
They're with me today
And I roll through the water as the breeze blows in
I'm feeling inside out; the pages pass on by
They tell me what I need to know so I'll survive
And I don't understand the ways we lose control
And take the world head on by selling out our souls
I feel it now in the valley when the rain comes in
And I wash myself of any way to get out again
And I want you to know my feelings
They never can win
They fall like the rain from my eyes again
And roll like the water as the breeze blows in
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Sleepwalking
02:52
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It was a misty moonlit night,
Sleepwalking slowly
I came into my little room,
Where she was waiting for me
She went on just to describe
The patterns in the doorway
And how she'd never tricked my mind;
I'd only done that for me
And in the middle of this circus scene,
I was lost and out
Ran a hundred miles from her side
To where I could scream and shout
Good God, do you wanna be?
Because you sure didn't know me, I'm the second son
Oh Lord, how it's gonna be?
Because you sure don't love me now
You sure don't want me now
You sure don't love me now
It wasn't hard to realize
When I had stopped running
I was upon a little house
Where a woman found me
We stepped into the smoky room
My heart was pounding
Through lust and petty waves of rage
We slipped down together softly
And in the middle of the cirque divide
I was torn about
I flew a hundred miles from this time
To where I could breathe aloud
Good God, what a way to be
No I sure don't want her by my side now
Oh Lord, this is all I see
That I don't love her now
No, I don't want her now
No, I don't love her now
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Summer Snow
03:04
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Feeling bold
Telling us all that we're much too slow
Coming down
Coming down fast though you've miles to go
Went away
Went to a show when I fell asleep
You were there with me
Finally saw what I couldn't see
I don't really wanna be the kind of man in your life
The kind of man you wanted ever since you were in your prime
In your finest of times
In that life left behind
Feeling strong
Feeling so strong like you used to, now
Coming down
Back and forth from dusk till dawn
It's going fast
Running down the drain like your time that's passed
Back for more
Crawling back to me and you're on all fours
I don't really wanna be the light you hang on tonight,
Take you to the taxi while you cry your heart out in fright
In your bedroom tonight
You would push me aside
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Madame Waitress
03:46
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Please oh Madame waitress
I only want some liquor in my cup
The '59 Chardonnay reminds me of the girl I so let down
Please don't let 'Em judge me
I sit alone because I feel undone
Now would you listen to me?
Would you sit and drink with me till the sun comes up?
Please oh Madame waitress
I only want some company tonight
The manager, he knows me
He'll let you take a break for a young man whose lost his mind
Or if not then you could serve me
The only wine that I know how to drink
I love the way it hurts me
I love to know how low a man can sink
And do you need someone to tell you all those lies?
The ones that sound so sweet and help you sleep at night?
I'll do the best I can and try hard as I might
Lord knows I've said them all, they've just slipped out of my mind
Please oh Madame waitress
Please take me home to your house for tonight
Let's call it a vacation
From all the people of whom we can't stand the sight
Let's run away to London
We'll run away from this godawful night
I'll show you that I'm someone
I'll show you who I am and make things right
And could I be the one to take back all those lies
The ones that she believed until she saw the light
Ill do the best I can and try hard as I might
I'll repent, and right what's wrong, so bring me back to life
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11. |
Bottle Up And Go
03:25
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Bottle up and go
Until you find your way
You're on the run
From yesterday
I don't like you locked up in your room
You hide from day to day
I don't want to see you on your own
Or from so far away
Please don't cry or put me on the wrong shelf
I won't lie waiting for your smile again
She took the city road
Took it far away
To the place
No one knew her name
It's all too much for her to be alone
They say it's in her head
But I know best, she cannot be to blame
She dreams in blue and red
Please don't cry or put me on the wrong shelf
I won't sigh waiting for your smile again
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12. |
A Fate Worse Than Death
03:07
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I need a little dose
Waiting for the end
I wanted one more chance
To get back in the air
Don't believe it?
You'll see
In the morning
I'll be the one to push you down and run you out
Step in this little box
We'll run you round for miles
Without a second thought
Paychecks will paint your smiles
Don't believe it?
You'll see
Just tomorrow
You'll be one among a million just the same
A fate worse than death
Worse than anything you'll see
I'll leave it up to you
And your heart is free
Give me a little bit
To take in what you said
I know it's not that hard
But can I just wait a bit?
All I wanted to be
Is behind me, can't see
A thing of who I was or how I missed
So now I get along
I don't feel so upset
People I used to be
Are memories in the past
And the meaning, I see
It was never for me
And now I get along, I'm so content
A fate worse than death
Worse than anything you'll see
I'll leave it up to you
And your heart is free
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Lukas Olson Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lukas Olson is a songwriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is where he keeps all of his aural lunacies, and you are welcome to listen.
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