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Home of the Strange
04:43
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I face these days with a wink and a smile
Bury my head in the gravel for awhile
And that's not my style
Cause I've been lying on the home of the strange
And I've been dying on the home of the strange
It all changed at the stop of a dime
From everlasting to just passing time
With no reason or rhyme
Cause I've been lying on the home of the strange
And I've been dying on the home of the strange
I left the life I loved behind
To plant myself into this bind
If I had known just how this life might be
I would have stayed and pined
Thought I had the perfect reason - thought I had to try
Come to find a change in season is less than pleasing to my eye
It's time to get things back on track
Regain the feel that I now lack
Before I crack
Cause I've been lying on the home of the strange
And I've been dying on the home of the strange
Yes I've been lying on the home of the strange
And I've been dying on the home of the strange
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2. |
Point Click Aim
05:29
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In every time of disaster
There's a man who's "Best in Show"
Who's standing tall and full of answers
Or in the least, seems in the know
Point, Click, and Aim
Assigning all the Blame
Give us a name to saddle all the shame
Reproachment to go
It seems the world is getting faster
But our brains, they stay on slow
We're playing puppet to the master
We nurse a drink, and enjoy the show
Point, Click, and Aim
Assigning all the Blame
Give us a name to saddle all the shame of the world
Take reign of the public's fear
Find us a patsy to take on down
Convince us we're in the clear
We're always quoted out of context
When things have changed on second look
We'll hem and we'll haw at giving answers
Until we're sure we're off the hook
Point, Click, and Aim
Assigning all the Blame
Give us a name to saddle all the shame of the world
Take reign of the public's fear
Find us a patsy and take him down
Convince us we're in the clear
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Weight of the World
03:56
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It's all so damn heavy
Feeling all the weight of the world
I've failed all my friends and family
Feeling all the weight of the world
Take this anger like a dagger
Excise this enmity and throw it all away
I've been graded J for Jaded
There goes the optimist whose life has turned to gray
I'm trapped without a hope of amnesty
Feeling all the weight of the world
My life's goal reduced to travesty
Feeling all the weight of the world
All this fear you left unstated
Gave me the go-ahead to throw it all away
I'm now uncrated, locked and gated
Without an opening, my life has turned to gray
Seems this was a chance I had to take
Far as I could know
Instead of taking two steps forward
I've dug a ditch below
I'm searching for a glimpse of light
To help me find a path to take me home
It's all so damn heavy
Feeling all the weight of the world
Feeling all the weight of the world
Feeling all the weight
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4. |
If Only
05:17
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We learn to live our lives in phases
Tiptoeing our way through mines and mazes
If only we had this moment
Seduced by how the grass is greener
Forgetting how the world grows meaner
If only we'd take a moment to savor life
We just keep trudging onward
Someday we'll say the hell with getting better
And throw away this tattered scarlet letter
Goodbye to inspiration
Farewell discovery
Life's easier through sedation
And all this time we've spent in waiting
Is time that could be spent creating
If only we'd take a moment to take our shot
Instead of always wondering
Someday we'll say the hell with getting better
And throw away this tattered scarlet letter
Goodbye to inspiration
Farewell discovery
Life's easier through sedation
And I wonder, when we take the time to grow
Will we appreciate the higher ground, or just embrace the low?
Will we ever let this need for greatness go?
Is that the grand design - to break our hearts, then let them overflow?
We've learned to live our lives in cages
We haven't stepped outside in ages
If only we had the notion
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5. |
Uncle Joe
05:16
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It seems there's always one everywhere we turn
Pissing their time away with other's cash to burn
Look out for number one, to all those in the way
Create a wake of pain, and overshoot your stay
Take us for a ride - Put on another show
How can you help yourself if you will never grow?
Deal us rags again, make sure to play it slow
We're better off away from our Uncle Joe
And I see through the web of lies that you create
The story's all the same - you only change the state
Another hairbrained scheme born out of the blue
One day it just might work, if you could see it through
Take us for a ride - Put on another show
How can you help yourself if you will never grow?
Such a sad display, I'm sure that you must know
We're better off away from our Uncle Joe
Just inherited your role - It's all I ever dreamed
Such a vibrant brand new soul - a radiant Violet beam
Can't begin to fathom how, when blessed the power of three
You could ever let your life go this way
It seems you're losing more karma by the day
Haven't you had enough of being in the way?
Take us for a ride - Put on another show
How can you help yourself if you will never grow?
Deal us rags again, make sure to play it slow
We're better off away
Take us for a ride - Put on another show
How can you help yourself if you will never grow?
Such a sad display, I'm sure that you must know
We're better off away
I said we're better off away from you, Uncle Joe
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6. |
On My Shoulder
06:07
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It's been some time, I know
We've had our ups and downs, our highs and our lows
It's time to close this door left gaping - it's time to let things go
So say goodbye to who you used to know
(who said)
Take my hand, I'll lead you out of here
Place all the troubles of the world on my shoulder
Those words I spoke in the past
Don't you know I meant them every one
But some things don't last
You are a door that needs replacing
Shattered broken glass who hides it well by talking out her ass
(You'll say)
Take my hand, I'll lead you out of here
Place all the troubles of the world on my shoulder
Take a stand or get away from here
Cause I have no more time to waste anymore
I have given into hate
Over choices made and things I can't control
But I'm here to clean the slate
To connect the dots and make the circle whole
Get closure for the soul
Patience, show some restraint
Don't let her see your cards or peel back the paint
It's been a lifetime that you've waited to bare your soul
And you'd be such a fool to ever let it show
Take my hand, I'll lead you out of here
Place all the troubles of the world on my shoulder
Take a stand or get away from here
Cause I have no more time to waste anymore
Will you turn your head and look into my eyes?
Stop with all these lies
Take my hand and watch me let it go
Cut the cord and look out down below
I will wait and time will help you grow
'til one day we'll smile and say hello
The more I learn, the less I seem to know
I think it's time I finally let it go
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7. |
This Time I Think
03:35
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I'm trying quietly to pry inside your head
But all I see is red
I don't know what to do or where to tread
We atrophy instead
This time I think it's over by what we left unsaid
The hours we spent in wonder now replaced with dread
I'm nodding silently as though I understand
This sudden reprimand
I don't know what we are or where we stand
Our shoes are filled with sand
This time I think it's over by what we left unsaid
The hours we spent in wonder now replaced with dread
I'm trying quietly to pry inside your head
But all I see is red
I don't know what to do or where to tread
We atrophy instead
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8. |
Show Me the Way
04:38
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Serve me up a plate of lies
Paint me a postcard - a feast for the eyes
I've never been more alone
Farther away than when we were on the phone
I cannot go on this way
Make up or break up - it's all the same
Closer than we've been before
But somehow this hollow has fractured our core
So show me the way to make it through the day
Cause I have to say, tomorrow's far away
The longer I stay, the greater my anger takes the place of pain
Still have trouble looking back
Rear-view mirror's developed a crack
Wish that I could let this go
And pick up the lesson that I'm supposed to know
So show me the way to make it through the day
Cause I have to say, tomorrow's far away
The longer I stay, the greater my anger takes the place of pain
I've spun it all around
And tried to find the reason for you running far away
And all that I have found
Is that you're just afraid to say goodbye to yesterday
But one thing I know is that life is a constant change
And one way to grow is let go - rearrange.
So show me the way to make it through the day
Cause I have to say, tomorrow's far away
The longer I stay, the greater my anger takes the place of pain
I have lost my way
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One More for the Road
04:44
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Lost in all the grand design
Is how we've managed to be true
We've forged our way despite this jagged line
We've faced the storm and passed on through
Cause in this charade of life, there'll be highs and unrelenting lows
As far as we could know
Sadness will fade in time
Let the love and passion overflow
One more for the road
The cost of living by a code
To live a life that's absolute
Is that we're forced to take the long and winding road
And face the battles underfoot
For in this parade of life
All the highs are worth the various lows
Reaping what we sow
No need to waste more time
Let the love and passion overflow
One more for the road
I'll admit that I have had my doubts
I've lost my faith a time or two before
But I still am ready to roll
And I overcome these bouts of lows with absolution unconditional
Yes I still am ready to roll
Yes, in this charade of life, there'll be highs and unrelenting lows
As far as we can know
Sadness will fade in time
Let the love and passion overflow
One more for the road
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DFC, the latest project of Jonn Buzby (Land of Chocolate, Finneus Gauge) takes a stripped-down approach to the frenetic musical mayhem that has long been Buzby's trademark, eschewing the use of guitar in exchange for a more simplistic trio that most notably resembles Ben Folds Five in terms of setup and personnel... ... more
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