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1. _ Slow Down
you see yourself sitting on top
so self assured - happy,
but when your parents bail you out
you somehow feel not free.
you're bored to tears in school,
it's not like what you thought at all.
trouble is not the answer.
i know what you want to know:
slow down;
why you wanna move so fast?
why you wanna walk so far?
i think i know what you want.
your father toys with you
hoping his evil game will win.
in order not to loose,
the trick is not to play with him.
anything good you do
is added to your past - your wealth.
you'll need it all the day you finally choose
to ask yourself:
slow down;
why you wanna move so fast?
why you wanna walk so far?
wait and find out who you are
and how you're gonna make it last.
something's gonna change,
now re-spell your name.
tired of highs and lows,
now derail your train.
and if this letter finds you lost
and out of touch - lonely,
i hope you know by now
you mean so very much to me.
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2. _ Robot
you're just walking round
your little mazes figuring out
how to get by,
how to get laid,
and get famous,
get yourself paid,
impress the guys.
you think you're thinking for yourself
but when you get on the
subway's most crowded part
just to stand behind a girl
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then you are
just a robot,
executing a program.
you are just a robot,
an imitation of a man
you're taught to divide
the world into buddies and wives,
sluts and wimps;
and ever since,
you've kept a scorecard
how else to prove
you're such the pimp.
you think you're thinking for yourself
but when you can't get any
the consentual way
you decide to use some force
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she told me one night
when we were lying quiet and cold,
something not right.
it had been months
since the good times,
once there was sun,
now there was night.
and she said to me
as she turned on the light,
"there's something you don't know
that keeps me from feeling right.
i once knew a guy,
i'd seen him around.
he knew all my friends,
he came from town.
one night at a party,
we both were there,
he followed me into the bathroom,
he grabbed my hair,"
and she said "i still remember
just how the floor felt
and how my head would hit the tub."
now where is that robot,
put a stake thru my true love
where is that robot,
should get struck down from above
you are just a robot,
executing a program,
an imitation of a man
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3. _ 80 Windows
clusters of people
talking secretly to each other.
in a bar you cannot talk openly
to anyone you don't already know.
4 year olds, they have got the right idea:
they jump the line
and hit it on the nose.
when we sit and we get quiet,
then we look and see who's home.
across the way there are 80 windows we can see,
it's christmastime and they all have the same tree.
you tell me the patterns you already see,
i wonder if they see us in our bed.
you said you like the one
with the father who always eats with his son.
i like the rows of lights
because they keep me calm.
i feel far away from you. so what else is new?
the moon is closer to the sun than i am to anyone.
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4. _ Troublemaker
why do i feel bad again?
i shouldn't be sad or miss a grin.
doubt creeps in and doubt creeps out,
skews the view from my cloud.
troublemaker tempting fate,
questioning the path i take,
showing me the twists and turns,
the forks and points of no return.
i would hold my breath so long
to wash ashore where i belong.
broken roses on the steps,
like promises i never kept.
promises i never made
but could have honored anyway.
tied to years, slave to fears,
i will always hold you dear.
tired, troubled but sincere,
wishing... fuck the rime.
wishing i had a time
to wish you mine.
every day i choose to spend
the rest of my life with her
and every day i break the molds
of lives and worlds.
i already miss the things
that i will never know.
i will never know the things
that i've already missed.
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5. _ Bacardi
when you walk home from the party
drunk on bacardi and listening
to the voices that lie to you nightly,
make you frightened of everyone,
make you sorry for something.
you go home and spend your life
alone with the stereo,
watching the late show; or force yourself
out in the night to meet your generation.
you feel like claymation in fluorescent light.
on our knees, we made it hard to see,
we made it hard to breathe and the air was thin.
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6. _ Hyperspace
hands up who thinks it's now
home base is the bathroom where the lights are bright
it's never too late if you know how
we got our own brand of hyperspace
you cannot change anyone
there is no peace, there's only sun
when you want to go, i know you will
and i can see it all and i'm ok, but i wish there was another way
there's no right and there's no wrong
there's just the balance of the things you know
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7. _ The Voices
why do i worry, what do they think?
what is she saying to them?
i can't ignore anything.
you're eating up my world
like my every second was haunted.
were you just like this since you were a girl,
cause it's all i've ever wanted.
i'm just like you,
peel away the layers two by two.
you're just like me,
piling on the pressure three by three.
we're almost done
shutting out the voices one by one.
why do i worry, what do they think?
what is she telling her friends?
i can't ignore anything.
i'm planning out my moves
like my every second was graded.
i'm obsessed, i get no rest.
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8. _ Bad Best Friend
i only wanna say things that are pure;
now i won't be talking anymore.
i only wanna do things that are true.
every time i move i'm hurting you.
i wanna know what is it that you do
to keep from hurting anyone but you?
cause i still say your name
when i don't feel right, just like i used to
and if most people fade to gray and black,
you'll fade to light blue.
i think too much and then start talking mean.
where did i get all these selfish genes?
best friends, i'm a bad best friend.
i'll meet you today when no-one is watching.
we'll throw our money away, i'll meet you today.
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