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Intro
01:49
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December
02:34
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society has got December working overtime
yeah, she's working and has given up on finding her meaning to life
and Abbey left her for another woman's ex wife.
December stays busy pushing her children through school
so they can get a job and push their kids through school too
and that's how it stays 'cause everyone listens and obeys.
December, remember you're not alone.
her soulmates gone and now her purpose is sweeping floors
what happened to her dreams of being an actress on TV
no one knows, 'cause no one sees a person working for minimum wage
yeah, no one sees a person working with callused hands
I said no one sees December, but she's doing all she can.
December, remember you're not alone.
you're not alone.
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Twelve-Seven
02:05
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he worries about the end of the world
while she washes her clothes
and thinks of school work
that's stressing her out
9/29 and then I smiled for the first time
on December 7th.
he stresses over everything in life
and she adds to it
he then yells get off my back
can't carry you around like that anymore.
9/29 and then I smiled for the first time
on December 7th.
please just let me keep
this one memory
it brings light to my deathly mind
please just let me keep
this one memory
it keeps me from going crazy.
9/29 and then I smiled for the first time
on December 7th.
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Eerie
03:55
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it's when the lights get turned down low
that I feel most aware of myself.
it's when no ones there to talk to
and nothing's on the agenda biting at my heels.
time stands frozen waiting for me to make a move
cause it doesn't know what to do
when I'm not wishing it away or saying please don't go.
it's when I feel an Eerie, lonely feeling
like there's a black cloud resting above me
it doesn't mean any harm
it's just being itself.
time stands frozen waiting for me to make a move
cause it doesn't know what to do
when I'm not wishing it away or saying please don't go.
please don't go.
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5. |
Kids With Dreams
02:41
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I miss being 18 when all my dreams were alive
it's only been 3 years, but I swear all of them have died.
and now I drink all of the alcohol my body can handle
in hopes, that I'll forget why I thought I was here.
these years have led me the wrong way
all those foot-step-days led me astray.
and now I'm walking in places I know too well
I thought I would've seen the whole world, but now I'm trapped in this hell.
settling sucks when you swore you never would
I'm not alone I'm in a classroom full of kids like me.
kids with dreams (there all shattered)
kids like me.
I miss being 18 when all my dreams were alive.
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6. |
I Look Outside
01:39
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I look outside as the wind blows round and round
it looks like my mind scurrying to put all dead things in their place.
no one will see them, not even me
I know you're still there, but it's like I never knew you at all.
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7. |
Take My Hand
02:46
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there are too many people in here, let's just disappear
we'll hide in my car talking about life and the lives we've been living
you said that you're sick of writing and I said I'm sick of writing about death
I used all my energy to be a light and now I'm left dark inside.
why can't we ever figure out life?
here take my hand hand I'll tell you why it's okay to be sad sometimes
and I'll help you figure out who you've been living with in, your skin for twenty some odd years
please, help me cause I can't stop thinking about death, it's always on my mind.
I am the winter to your summer, let's becoming spring and fall.
why can't we ever figure out life?
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8. |
North American Union
02:09
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I don't want to hear the word is true
it's just something that gets me confused.
I won't stand for this conspiracy land
where devils and leaders are the same thing.
don't put the chip in my right hand, man
I don't want this to be the end
don't take away my liberty,
I'm just trying to live my life like I'm free.
elect crooked leaders to raise taxes
and fool around behind out backs
North American Union
no one knows about Mexico, Canada & USA in unison.
don't put the chip in my right hand, man
I'm just trying to be as strong as I can
don't take away my liberty,
I'm just trying to live my life like I'm free.
don't put the chip in my right hand, man
I don't want this to be the end
don't make me surrender to the plan
and take from me all that is human.
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Forgetting Who I Am
03:13
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I'm tied up in my room, tied up in my mind
forgetting who I am forgetting everything
I'm wasting all this time, cause I forgot to cherish life.
the very thing that kept him alive at the time acted as
a cancer that destroyed everything around him.
you can only rise so high, before you die.
he bought everything in sight
raising his status in all of his friends eyes
still, something inside of him just wasn't sitting right.
he's gone now, at least from the public eye
all of the ingredients and materials that made him who he was
seemed to die, now he was only as he came into this life.
naked, wanting love & missing his former life.
he repressed though as he did at birth
soon, time went by and placed him back in the earth
where he was pushed through a new mold
that let him keep only his eyes, a few memories and his soul.
we all sing what we believe, knowing little about it.
we're lost but at least we're not alone.
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I know that you're not happy
cause when the sun shines you're inside
getting educated, baby
and forgetting where you came from
I know that you're not happy
cause when I'm happy you bring me down
but still if you were a song
I'd sing you all day long
so now I'm singing
"where did she go?"
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11. |
I Want You To Know
03:00
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I want you to know
what I see when I look around
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12. |
I Need More
03:15
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everything doesn't make sense
all I need is a house and a white picket fence
to be happy. happy in this life.
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Ben Hughes New Jersey
"...channels musicians like Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, and Sufjan Stevens, as on Hughes’ previous releases. But this record
immediately calls to mind Pedro the Lion’s Control, with its deep-voiced chords and melodies, lyrical themes of corporate hell, and Hughes’ slurring voice. It could stand as a complimentary album to Control just as well as it stands on its own."
-Nick Tate, WXPN
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Can hardly describe how great this record is, you're just going to need to trust me on this one...
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