1. |
When the Stalks Are Low
03:59
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Verse 1:
Now on the way to work I drive past a field of wheat,
and when the stalks are low sometimes I stop in the street.
Because there’s only one tree there and its branches are all bare.
Something about its absent leaves,
says it’s ok to be lonely.
Verse 2:
So if a lonely oak can move me to tears,
than your gentle voice should dispel all my fears.
But, no matter what you have to say, they just don’t go away.
No word or phrase could lead me through
this maze of mirrors.
Verse 3:
Because I’m seeing the same thing in each new pane.
Every time I change the reflection stays the same.
And now, suddenly, there’s too many of me.
The only way out is up or down.
I think I know the way.
Chorus:
I said this would be the last time.
Just like the first time it was the last time.
I took a drive down Glen Arm.
Verse 4:
Now, on the way to work I drive past a homeless man.
Same green shirt, shoes he found in a garbage can.
He don’t want your pity. He just wants your money.
He found out a long time ago.
You don’t have to work to be a man.
Verse 5:
So I stay awake and I force myself to drive.
And I stay happy now until the moment I arrive.
Then they keep you at your desk. You’re under arrest.
Homeless man told me nothing else,
makes you feel less alive.
Verse 6:
After work I drive due north to Glen Arm,
and I stare at that tree like a giant lucky charm.
Then I bring the truck around and cut that fucker down.
Now my commute can stay naïve,
When I pass by this farm.
Chorus:
I said this would be the last time.
Just like the first time it was the last time.
I took a drive down Glen Arm.
Outro:
I said this would be the last time.
I swore it.
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2. |
Something
03:32
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Intro:
Something’s gonna change my mind.
You know I’m gonna push over all the time.
Kicked me right between my ears.
Taught me something others never fear.
This one’s gonna talk some shit.
Take one sip and get on with it.
Chorus 1:
It’s something that you wanted to know. (You never did, but…)
It’s something that you wanted to know. (I’d never show you, but…)
It’s something that you always knew. (You never wanted to.)
It’s something that you wanted to know.
Verse 1:
I wished for the same things as you, I just didn’t complain.
Never thought I’d be next to you. I couldn’t wish you the same.
It’s just a drawn-out story that seems to me so fucking absurd.
Could have pick a better hero than me these things never occurred.
Pre-Chorus 1:
You got back on your anger now baby you shouldn’t get so mad.
Should have thought twice before you broke your own heart.
Maybe next time instead.
Chorus 2:
It’s something that you wanted to know. (You never did, but…)
It’s something that you wanted to know. (I’d never show you, but…)
It’s something that you always knew. (You never wanted to.)
It’s something that you wanted to know.
Verse 2:
You will find the answer to something you always wanted to know.
Maybe then I can leave this town and you’ll finally let go.
Pre-Chorus 2:
You got back on your anger now baby you shouldn’t get so mad.
Should have thought twice before you broke your own heart.
Maybe next time instead.
Chorus 3:
It’s something that you wanted to know. (I've got something to say)
It’s something that you wanted to know. (I've got something to say)
It’s something that you always knew. (I've got something to say)
It’s something that you wanted to know.
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3. |
Everybody Whispers
04:23
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Verse:
Couldn’t keep the secret from me
Couldn’t save me from your cruel mouth
Sometimes I feel like I’m the
Sometimes I feel like I’m the
Only one that no one whispers
Not part of a close circle
Nobody would want to trust me
I guess I don’t seem interested
Chorus:
God help me to know the truth
I wanna hear her everything
God help me to know the truth
Everybody judges me
I want to judge them too
Verse):
No matter how close I get
No matter how close I get
All I hear is the whispering
What could they be saying about me
God how I wish I could hear the words
My guess is they’d be quite cruel
Chorus:
God help me to know the truth
I wanna hear her everything
God help me to know the truth
Everybody judges me
I want to judge them too
Chorus:
God help me know the truth
I wanna hear her everything
God help me know the truth
Everybody judges me
I want to judge them too
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4. |
The Process of Living
02:47
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Verse:
When I say I can do this
Does my voice just crack a bit
When I say I got this
Just who am I trying to convince
You’ve been with me, through it all
So when I say we made it
You better believe it
Chorus:
Let’s tend to the yard and raise some kids
Bring in the paper and all that shit
Others have died searching for the end
When joy is the process of living
So tip one back and kick your feet up
Whoa oh oo oh oo oh oo oh
Verse:
When I say don’t worry
Am I talking to you or me
When I say nothing’s wrong here
Do you wonder what’s left to fear
I’m not me, without you
So when I say I love you
You better believe it
Chorus:
Let’s tend to the yard and raise some kids
Bring in the paper and all that shit
Others have died searching for the end
When joy is the process of living
So tip one back and kick your feet up
Whoa oh oo oh oo oh oo oh
Chorus:
Let’s tend to the yard and raise some kids
Bring in the paper and all that shit
Others have died searching for the end
When joy is the process of living
So tip one back and kick your feet up
Whoa oh oo oh oo oh oo oh
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