1. |
Atomic People
04:01
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Everybody is everybody
We are all the same
At an elemental level
We're all playing the same game
What are you doing?
Don't you know that you're a star
Made from the dust of the cosmos
Forming right there where you are
CHORUS:
We are atomic people (atomic people)
We are atomic people
Gone so far from that distant star, yeah
We are atomic, we are atomic
We are atomic people
See the girl on the corner
I bet she doesn't realize
The bonds within her body
Form those supernova eyes
And the old man down the street
Broken shoes strapped to his feet
His soul once formed the tail of a comet
Yeah he's walking on stardust and concrete now
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Breaking down now
Breaking down in your body
Breaking down now (breaking down in your body)
Breaking down down down down, oh
Symbiosis
You're a million generations
But you're never gone forever
You just keep reverberating
CHORUS
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2. |
Hook
04:46
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You came right in and from the moment I first saw you
You blew my mind, thought that all my dreams had come true
Played it cool, I didn't want to look so desperate
Whispered hello, tell me is that what you expected
All your friends they just try to hold me down (no, no, no, no)
With any luck I'll get ya back around
CHORUS:
With this hook
With this hook I hope to catch you
And take you back home
And that look that you give me
Breaks my soul
Please don't ever let go of this hook (this hook)
Your silhouette is the shadow of perfection
Catch your eye as you walk in my direction
I can't tell if I'm the hunter or the prey
As long as I get you baby, it don't matter either way cause
All your friends they just try to hold me down (no, no, no, no)
With any luck I'll get ya back around
CHORUS:
BRIDGE: 4x
I know that ya, I know that ya
I know that you won't go easy
CHORUS:
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3. |
Checkmate
04:59
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Feel like a pawn
Moving one space at a time
At the whim
Of a merciless king
And his queen
Stands there bathed in her beauty
She doesn't need to know
She doesn't know a thing
Charging forth with my eyes closed tight
I'm disposable in this fight
And I say
CHORUS:
Checkmate, checkmate, checkmate
No place left to turn, and I say
Checkmate, checkmate, checkmate
No lesson left to learn
A holy man
Blinded by his robes
Offers up advice
But he dreams in one direction
And the castle follows
the straight and narrow until
it collides and crumbles
like sand it crumbles
Charging forth with my eyes closed tight
I'm disposable in this fight
Charging forth with my eyes closed tight
I'm disposable in this, in this, in this fight
And I say
CHORUS: 2x
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4. |
Privacy
03:36
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Satellites up in the air
You can't see them but you know they're there
They keep track of everywhere
Whether you want them to or not
A Youtube sensation will be quite a revelation
When she's viewed by the entire nation
Forced to handle fame's expectation
Whether she's ready to or not
CHORUS:
So gimme some
Privacy
Gimme some more
Privacy
I don't need the world to see
Everything
And right now, I bet you're itching
To check for wifi to feed that addiction
Escape back into your virtual fiction
Whether you wanted to or not
I'm afraid to soon we'll find
Database recorders to read our minds
Then upload them all online
Whether you want them to or not
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
And now, I bet you got your phone out
Record the words that I'm shouting
Staring at me through a screen
What happened to us?
When did we feel the need
To be constantly surrounded by technology?
CHORUS:
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5. |
Hey Charlotte
03:30
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Hey Charlotte
You're pretty good with that card
Why don't you charge it?
Hey Charlotte
Left your family
Is that what you wanted?
You've been wronged
Believing it was true
Thinking you're strong
Was a mistake of your youth, tell me
CHORUS:
How are you supposed to feel
When you're kicked down on your heels?
Hey Charlotte
Hey Charlotte
Hey Charlotte
Left you for ten minutes
And then you lost it
Hey Charlotte
Still trying to shake that shadow
Of a harlot
You've been wronged
Believing it was true
Thinking you're strong
Was a mistake of your youth, tell me
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
Tell me what you've done to overcome
the sadness that surrounds you
Did you push it down?
Did you lose the key?
Or do you just like the misery?
Tell me, do you like the misery?
There was a time
Not so long ago
That little girl
Could put on quite a show
Hey Charlotte
Hey Charlotte
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6. |
Falling Down
04:28
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Don't tell me where you're going
Don't tell me where you've been
You left me feeling lonely
On the edge of caving in
Now there's no one left to come home to
Your decisions they mystify me
Wish I could fade into the background
Wish I could be lost away at sea
CHORUS:
But I'm falling down and the world is falling with me
I'm falling down, underneath the waves
Where I can't hear the chatter
And the noises don't matter
I'm left exposed
And I'm falling down
Thought that this would last forever
Now I know you'll never go away
Believing you're so dignified
Thinking you could float above the fray
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
And if this is what you've been longing for
Who am I to stand in your way
Think I'll just go ahead and fall away
Turn on the TV, it's just mindless trash
Man, I'm so desperate to stop this crash
CHORUS:
Oh and I'm falling, falling down
No, I'm falling, falling down
Oh, I'm falling, falling down
Oh no
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7. |
Papers
04:57
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CHORUS:
You give me papers
That I can't erase
I see the labor
It's written on your face
Oh baby, it's true
What I did to you
I've seen the ocean
In the middle of July
Asked it where you were
As I started to cry
Oh baby, it's true
What I did to you
Thought I'd found a place for you and me
Then our love grew tattered so I set you free
I don't believe you when you say you can't come back
To living this way
Telling me our love wasn't special
So sign this and make it official
CHORUS:
Thought I'd found a place for you and me
Then our love grew tattered so I set you free
I don't believe you when you say you can't come back
To living this way
Telling me our love wasn't special
So sign this and make it official
CHORUS:
Oh baby, it's true
What I did to you
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8. |
Going Down in Flames
04:33
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I know you thought that bridge would be sturdy
That's what they always said (what they always said)
If you work hard and get your hands dirty
You'll keep chugging straight ahead
Spending years earning for that paper that'll
Open up some doors
Ten years and you think you've finally made it
Till they're asking you for more
Now you're standing at the edge
But you can't see the other end
Underneath your feet the beams are trembling
Better pray that they don't bend
CHORUS:
You're going down in flames, oh babe
You're going down in flames
With the little that remains
There ain't no use in explaining
About the choices you're making
Cause you're going down in flames
Push the keys as the days feed the months
Watch others climbing higher and higher
Put in more hours, buy some fancy kicks
Hoping you'll reach the top of the spire
For thirty years now, you're losing track of time,
Your body's getting weary (body's getting weary)
When you stop counting dollars and dimes
Then your eyes can start to see clearly
Now you're standing at the edge
But you can't see the other end
Underneath your feet the beams are trembling
Better pray that they don't bend
CHORUS:
Alright
Going down
Going, going down
Oh no
Going down in flames
Babe, you're going down
Going down in flames
Going down, going down
Oh no
It's your choice what you do with your life
It's your choice what you do with your life
It's your choice what you do with your life
It's your choice what you do with your life
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9. |
Happy Home
05:22
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Oh waiting
For you to walk through the doorway
Oh I know it's only been a few days
But it's felt like a million more
Run to the window
Looking out into the street
And every stranger's eye I meet
Well, they just ain't you
CHORUS:
Oh, and baby I think we make a pretty good pair
And if you don't mind these words all tumbled in the air
Then come back real soon
No, no, oh don't you know
Without you this ain't no happy home
This ain't no happy home
Got up this morning
The smell of you was still in the bed
Mixed with the dreams that we both had
From when you last laid here
Now won't you tell me (won't you tell me)
If I'm being superfluous
I can't help it if I wish the best for us
I just need to have you here
CHORUS:
Nah, nah, nah, no
This ain't no happy home
No baby
Yeah baby, I think we make a pretty good pair
And if you don't mind these words all tumbled in the air
Then come back real soon
No, no, no, no, don't you know
Without you this ain't no happy home
No, this ain't no happy home
This ain't no happy home
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10. |
Wolf
05:51
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Nose to the ground
Listen for sounds
The hunt's all around
And you're gonna catch something today
Slip through the trees
Hide 'neath the leaves
Get what you need
Cause you need it so instinctually
We always wondered
Where have you gone today?
We always wondered
CHORUS:
You're not a wolf
But I can hear your soul howl
And in the moonlight
I can understand your power
And I'm breaking down again
No, I'm breaking down again
I'm breaking down again because of you
On the attack
Leading the pack
We've got your back
And nothing's gonna get in our way
Thrill of the chase
Wind in your face
Your genes can't erase
The wild blood pumping in your veins
We always wondered
Where have you gone today?
We always wondered
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
And on a cool August night
With your tongue to the side
And those eyes shining bright
You're more than a dog to me
CHORUS:
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