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Spirit's Visit
03:31
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caught me picking the bones clean well what can i say
and i promise there’s a point to this somewhere in my brain
now it’s getting to the good part but you’re barely awake
squint and you can see it now
the ghost taking shape
arms outstretched it shambles over to you and you’re in shock
it’s only got eyes for you and it still wants more
all that it covets has never been enough
puts its hands on your worries
to keep them in place
eyes are dancing on raw nerves
expectant and gray
come to in a twilight, the smell of decay
and i thought there’d be a way with this, to live unafraid
but we’re getting to the good part and you’re barely awake
squint and you can see it now the ghost taking shape
someone’s gotta cover for us
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Orbit
03:52
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in orbit above the fray, too high to make amends
i’ll say i’m sorry on the way down again
and take aim at what appears to bottomless
in orbit above the fray, too high to compromise
but the stillness still degrades and we collide
two bodies in a braid, two of a kind
stuck lucid on a loop, a silent film that’s out of view
untouched and unpursued, snow that’s carpeting the moon
pristine, printless, glowing in space, portrait of a place
under glass, in a frame, wrapped in paper, tucked away
in a box you’ll always save
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3. |
Good Will
03:12
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spinning like you’re made to win, shining under all of it
smile masks mouth full of grit, the stifled curse that’s loosening
balled up like a buck in your pocket, burning a hole, turning round with no profit
collecting the toll, thought money was no object
give me some
didn’t you spend all the good will you gave?
now you’re pawning me off, i’ve always been afraid
when lucky numbers come up, and they ask for a name
thought that you’d shook em off, i’m always in the way
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4. |
Shadow World
05:11
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never stand there frozen on my accord
taking in your kingdom, an overlord
oiling the hinges, your voice restored
sputtering a sentence in coded words
don’t break your blur with thoughts or stirs
live in the urge and wait your turn
cause the shadow world is strong in you
and the shadow world will see you through
divider’s falling away, you’re far and away too helpless
and i’m full gone
the shadow world is strong in you
and the shadow world will see you through
moving through the frame til the edge aligns
standing there in place as you were
fitting in between where the hands unwind
standing there in place as you were
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5. |
This Is the Place
03:20
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wishing on simpler sign, given a similar way
that gets you closer to god
somewhere that you can't escape
i'm sure that this is the place
angle for the right to survive, we're getting bent out of shape
try hard to stick to the steps
and reframe to deal with what's left, you're taking tips from the best
there's no more sense in running, take time enough to steady your aim
only show up for the hunt, out for blood no saving face
only show up when you want, now that there's nothing to chase
roll with a punch up your sleeve, i'm sure that this the place
only show up for the hunt, out for blood no saving face
only show up when you want, now that there's nothing to chase
i'm sure that this the place
free from the bounty you’re out in the open
a part of the story, a link to the moment
keep your home on the run it was right all along
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6. |
Make This A Song
01:41
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7. |
Go Round
01:55
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spinning a yarn from your ball of thread to better stick to the story
you pull on the string so you're sure that it holds
but somehow no one believes it and you're found out
this isn't your season, another go round
it's drawn on the glass in the steam of my breath
a fading list of the reasons
it's rubbed of a grave with a paper and pen
but somehow nobody wants it and you feel cheap
look at your prospects see them slowing
give it another, but good on you
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Punchline
04:03
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walking off the block in a daze
i know you're in a bind at this pace this you try to keep
but it's not the way i see it working out
not the way it's shaping up for me
you took a sudden turn and look it left us scrambling
but it's not the way i see it going down
not with a broken ring
not with a rope uncoiled at your feet
do you ever feel like you're floating over something else
you can't unsee it's underneath
and while you strain to glide above
it rushes up to kiss you suddenly
can't be happening you turn to me
"i thought that you could relate"
crawling on all fours again, pretty and ready to waste
low in the cycle, run down, and lying in wait
i thought that you could relate
do you ever feel like you're floating over something else
you can't unsee it's underneath
and while you strain to glide above
it rushes up to kiss you suddenly
can't be happening you turn to me
for what, a punchline?
"i thought that you could relate"
crawling on all fours again, pretty and ready to waste
low in the cycle, run down, and lying in wait
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Skipping Stone
03:34
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quicker than your eye it sidles up behind you
know what? must be bad luck
quicker than you see i've got somewhere to be
and i'm in two minds about my past life
at the center of it all you're yelling for last call
but if it's all connected then where's the exit?
i want the legend that i expected
nobody came to see the dimming leaves, the bloom recede
you're a skipping stone that no one's thrown
the water's clear, a rippled mirror
quicker than your eye it sidles up behind you
know what? must be bad luck
quicker than you see i've got somewhere to be
and i'm in two minds about the last time
nobody came to see the dimming leaves, the bloom recede
you're a skipping stone that no one's thrown
the water's clear, a rippled mirror
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Getaway
03:00
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strain to hear your calling, i melt against the curtain of night
getting by in shadows, come grab yourself a piece of the sky
so where’s the reminder you left for us to find here?
in case the days get away from me
and the years spill out in a flooded stream, endlessly
wrapped up in a problem, a safe without a lock open wide
how you gonna crack it? How are you gonna solve it on time?
in case i forget the mystery, and the years spill out in a flooded stream
fumbling for the key, toward an open gate to another place
but you’re in your secret getaway
the droning call that lures me astray
in search of peace and a quiet space
come crush the thing that separates
needed a cool hand to guide the way
but you’re in your secret getaway
so where’s the reminder you left for us to find here?
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11. |
Glue
04:18
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harsh words on the wall, you scrub they don’t come off
request for clearance stalls, request a clearer cause
i thought maybe just this once but
it’s mostly pity for the way you’re skin deep
you can’t connect now even in company
out on a limb alone and your grip is slipping
you can’t connect now and that always comforts me
sorry you’ve been sidelined for a while
i tell myself that there’s no more room
for me to fit you neatly into
i can’t admit you’re the glue i need
to keep myself cocooned and my wings in place
i can’t admit you’re the glue i need
you can’t connect now even in company
out on a limb alone and your grip is slipping
you can’t connect now and that always comforts me
i tell myself that there’s no more room
i can’t admit you’re the glue i need
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12. |
Nerves of Steel
03:13
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here’s a thought to kick around
dangle off of the ledge you threw your caution down
nerves of steel now, an urge to show the light of day
your secret night face, taking it out for a spin
while they’re all head first in their bliss
if forgiveness is giving in then spite’s the only way to win
here’s a thought to kick around
dangle off of the ledge you threw your caution down
nerves of steel now, an urge to show the light of day
your secret night face, taking it out for a spin
while they’re all head first in their bliss
so you spend it on a short engagement
with the voice behind a million faces
and when our moment’s wearing thin
you’ll climb into your skin again
and rewind the song in slow motion
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Great Deceivers Chicago, Illinois
We're on indefinite hiatus.
Check out our other projects:
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Options is one of the most powerful & poignant rock bands of our day. Music with real staying power. (Seth did not write this).
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