1. |
Acquaintance
03:00
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Hello, hello, don't bother with our names
I know - they are misleading
You might see me as understanding
But I'm hard for reading
If I told you I was fine
Then I fooled you this time
Please, please be my acquaintance
I don't need any more
I don't wanna be disappointed with another friend anyway
Not friend or foe, but somewhere in between
I do not know if - if you are thinking what I'm thinking
I am proceeding, oh...
To the world you are so small
And to me you mean nothing at all
Please, please be my acquaintance
I don't need any more
I don't wanna be disappointed with another friend anyway
Please, please be my acquaintance
I don't need any more
I don't wanna be disappointed with another friend anyway
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2. |
Stranger
03:31
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I have been what you would think lonely for a while now
But trust me, you are not my fix
I'm either picky or unlucky, but I always seem to forget
We are walking and we are just talking
About the day and how the week was spent
Yes, I would love to get some coffee
But please understand that is it
When I leave, please swear you'll stay
The stranger that I know
A friend to have, but not to hold
Hold...
I was only trying to be nice enough
I really like your company
Why'd you have to go and make it a big deal
It wasn't a big deal to me
When I leave, please swear you'll stay
The stranger that I know
A friend to have, but not to hold
Hold...
When I leave, please swear you'll stay
The stranger that I know
A friend to have, but not to hold
Hold...
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3. |
Your Image
03:02
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Please come humbly, I'm warning you
You've been disrupting to my point of view
All that you said, it meant nothing at all
Except what you made them believe
You've been stumbling on words you cannot keep
I guess I can't make you see what's become of such
dishonest inquiries and bargains with self trust
We've been wandering all this time to find
We are not "uncapable," but somehow undefined
All of the signs, they meant nothing at all
Except what you made them to be
You've been distorting your own reality
I guess I can't make you see what's become of such
dishonest inquiries and bargains with self trust
Your Image is all you can decorate
You can't cover your lies with foundation or clothing disguise
I guess I can't make you see what's become of such
dishonest inquiries and bargains with self trust
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4. |
Family Trees
04:26
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We were brought up this way
Believing we'd be better off
Than what has been displayed for us
But when our thoughts collide
We become victims of, of no compromise
We are not satisfied
How can we be satisfied?
And so it's come to this
The branches tangle and they twist
They belong to our family trees
We cannot resist
breaking bonds and clenching fists
Tangling branches of our family trees
I've seen the biggest mess
And I could never forget all the inconvenience
Of being thrown from side to side
There was no wrong, there was no right
There were only sides I was s'posed to take
We are not satisfied
How can we be satisfied?
And so it's come to this
The branches tangle and they twist
They belong to our family trees
We cannot resist
breaking bonds and clenching fists
Tangling branches of our family trees
And so we'll go on making promises
Keeping them for them for fractions of the time we intended
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5. |
Prelude
02:29
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6. |
This Place
02:46
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This Place is not the same anymore
It's been shaped by those who walk its floor
And now I find it hard to ignore
What's become of what was here before
I still see through the same set of eyes
Accompanied by a new state of mind
And I, I will keep walking away from This Place
Change come slowly
Change my mind
Change come only for the better
Or just leave me behind
I'm "uncontent" with past moments
That have created by this present feeling
And my eyes, they seem to be searching for something
But are blocked by the walls and a ceiling
Everything, it seemed so promising
But the picture is bigger than I'm remembering
And why should I just keep staring at it?
Change come slowly
Change my mind
Change come only for the better
Or just leave me behind
Oh, in all honesty
All the things in This Place worry me
Change come slowly
Change my mind
Change come only for the better
Or just leave me behind
Change come slowly
Change my mind
Change come only for the better
Or just leave me behind
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7. |
Different Kind
04:00
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I'm sorry, I did not mean for the impression I have made
You've just met me, and maybe you once believed the things they had to say
Oh, the water, it's so cold
When you're looking at it from the outside
And we are only known to grow so old
Maybe I am worth a try
Hold me long enough to find
that I am strange, but I am just a different kind
You told me you were trying to find
Somebody who could take her off your mind
Well, find somebody else
'Cause I am looking for a different kind
Maybe I'm just overthinking things more than I should
It's not a crime, but it's a habit I would break if only I could
Oh, the water, it's so cold
When you're looking at it from the outside
And we are only known to grow so old
Maybe I am worth your time
Hold me long enough to find
that I am strange, but I am just a different kind
You told me you were trying to find
Somebody who could take her off your mind
Well, find somebody else
'Cause I am looking for a different kind
Hold me long enough to find
that I am strange, but I am just a different kind
You told me you were trying to find
Somebody who could take her off your mind
Well, find somebody else
'Cause I am looking for a different kind
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8. |
Plastic Frames
02:56
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Saturdays, they are to blame
For time away to stay sane
And I have seen you before
Now it seems more and more
Who's to say that I am opposed
To laying out all of what I'm composed
It is true, I'll coil back in shame
Easier than standing to my name
I've been opening up to you
Through all the things I say
And things I surely shouldn't do
Society says it's all the rage
Sleeping less, 'cause the hours, they pay
But there you are at the end of the day
Help me out despite my strain
I will not fall in love with you
But I'll put your soul in my book of values
And there I hope that it remains
Memories placed in small Plastic Frames
I am opening up to you
Through all the things I say
And things I surely shouldn't do
Ooh...
Ahh...
I've been opening up to you
Through all the things I say
And things I surely shouldn't do
I've been opening up to you
Through all the things I say
And things I surely shouldn't do
I've been opening up to you
Up to you
Up to you
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I pushed everything aside
Took worries, painted them with pride
But you'll see it fade naturally
Back to what I do not mean
Don't talk to me
I won't be interesting
The words I sang to you in my head
Are silent now, but meant to be said
I'm afraid I cannot say this now, though bothering
It's better off in questioning
You're not the only one fooled by what's been
what's been happening
I said don't talk to me
I won't be interesting
The words I sang to you in my head
Are silent now, but meant to be said
Don't talk to me, oh
Don't talk to me
I won't be interesting
The words I sang to you in my head
Are silent now, but meant to be said
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10. |
The Time
03:26
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11. |
Hallways
03:17
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12. |
Three Reasons
04:00
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