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After You're Gone
04:48
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do you think it's strange that I already know
what you're gonna say?
do you think it changes from day to day
when we go away?
well, after you're gone
the reasons are clear
after you're gone
I'll be here
you know, you don't show much
you show me only when you're in touch
but you're not in touch that much
oh I don't know why I don't come through
when I try my best to get word, word to you
you know, we're both going down
and I know we'll both still be around
though there might not be room enough in this town
don't know why I don't come through
when I try my best to get word, word to you
after you're gone
after you're gone
and I think it's strange that we already know
how it's gonna be
you'd think that change would come on the road
that we're following
but after you're gone
the reasons are clear
after you're gone
I'll be here
how long we been holding on?
how long can we hold on?
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2. |
You Never Go Through
02:25
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I've got a penny, got a penny for your thoughts
but by your look I see your thoughts will not be bought
I leave the door I leave the door open for you
you never go through
I brought my raincoat brought my raincoat out today
but now the weatherman says it's not gonna rain
I thought to ask I thought to ask if you're okay
you never will say
I know you'll go like the dodo
please don't go go
I am like the river ran
through your driveway
please come back again someday
I've got a dollar got a dollar for your love
but by your face I see a dollar's not enough
I'll leave the door I'll leave the door open for you
you never go through
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3. |
Foreverish
03:27
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tell me that you'll love me forever
tell me that you'll always be mine
tell me that our love never severs
not until the end of time
or 'til you change your mind
do do do do da da da da da
do do do do da da da da da
tell me that your heart's mine forever
cross your fingers when you lie
'cause you might change your mind
'cause you might change your mind
do do do do da da da da da
do do do do da da da da da
tell me that you can't live without me
cross your heart and hope to die
'cause you might change your mind
'cause you might change your mind
down each time
i go down each time
down each time
i go down
i may pass you on the way
you go up, you go up
but down, down, down
i go down
do do do do da da da da da
do do do do da da da da da
tell me that our love is forever
love until the end of time
or 'til you change your mind
'til you change your mind...
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4. |
Let You In
04:41
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if you want to blow my house down
I'll just let you in
I can just let you in
if you want to take my front line out
I can just let you win
I can just let you win
what it takes to fight
I haven't got enough
what it takes to fly
I haven't got at all
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5. |
Ordinary Life
04:06
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hey, is it the ground that covers you up?
it's the grave that's never enough
is it your heart that's full of blood?
hey, is it the water filling your lungs?
it's the knife that cuts out your tongue
is it the freedom you were robbed of?
we go into holding on, straight to losing control
into love and despair, into bottomless holes
into what you despise, into enemy eyes
into what we all know's just ordinary life
hey, was it the life you wanted to live?
was it all you had to give?
was it the load you couldn't lift?
hey, was it the death you wanted to die?
did you get to close your eyes?
was it all nice and dignified?
we go into holding on, straight to losing control
into love and despair, into bottomless holes
into what you despise, into enemy eyes
into what we all know's just ordinary life
hey was it the joke you didn't get?
does it still make you upset?
you know it's not over yet
you're not dead yet
so go back to holding on, straight to losing control
back to love and despair, back to bottomless holes
back to what you despise, back to enemy eyes
back to what we all know's just ordinary life
oh it's just ordinary life
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6. |
Disappearing
04:11
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here i am, light is passing through
here i am, but not to you
you won't find an explanation
no magic potion, ring, or cloak
if you can't see me, there is a reason:
i have a condition of disappearing
i am still here, though... at least i think so
it's hard to believe what can't be seen
here i am, light is passing through
here i am, but not to you
you keep looking in your pockets
the places you might find what's lost
if you can't see me, there is a reason:
i have a condition of disappearing
i am still here, though... at least i think so
it's hard to believe what can't be seen
there's nothing so far
i'm off your radar
you've hardly noticed me walk right through your door
if you can't see me, there is a reason:
i have a condition of disappearing
i am still here, though... at least i think so
reflecting the light that hits your eye
here i am, over here
here i am, over here
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7. |
The Orange Grove
03:52
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don't wake the baby
the baby is asleep
don't wake the baby
from its psychotic dream
don't call it crazy
'cause crazy it might be
don't call it crazy
with its gigantic teeth
into where the nightmare grows
shattering reality
hiding in the orange grove
waiting there for me
go there and you'll see
don't wake the baby
the baby is asleep
don't wake the baby
from its psychotic dream
into where the nightmare grows
shattering reality
hiding in the orange grove
waiting there for me
go there and you'll see
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8. |
My Metal Mother
08:21
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my metal mother
gives me food and water
to love, she would aspire
but her heart is made of wire
my human father
measures my progress
rates my acclimation to a life of deprivation
oh, but my metal mother
she's an institution
my heart is maladaptive
but
it cries for revolution
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From dark lullaby of the doomed to shredding anthem of the righteous, Schooltree is art rock for dark times.
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