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E.O.D.
03:18
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I appear to be running
But they’re leaving me behind
Like I’m standing on the sideline
Find it hard to control myself
While I’m trying to keep up
With those people who were born to run
I’m all alone at last
I think about the past
and feel like I’m falling
I just tell myself
Don’t mess around
You’ve got to figure out
Just what you care about
At the end of the day
You’ve got this mother down
There’s time to think about
What you can’t live without
At the end of the day
Seems like I should be driving
But I’m staring at my thoughts
Like I’m waiting at the bus stop
Pretty sure no one knows my name
But I’ve told them all before
And I’m tired of playing the game
This feeling shouldn’t last
I’m living in the past
The future is calling
I might let it ring
Don’t mess around
You’ve got to figure out
Just what you care about
At the end of the day
You’ve got this mother down
There’s time to think about
What you can’t live without
At the end of the day
I just tell myself…
Don’t mess around
You’ve got to figure out
Just what you care about
At the end of the day
You’ve got this mother down
There’s time to think about
What you can’t live without
At the end of the day
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2. |
Kite & Key
03:04
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Walkin’ the nameless streets of some city
Just gettin’ lost can comfort a man
With you and me disconnected
I’m going to ground with nowhere to stand
If I could fly, I’d ride with the lightning
Where I could touch you with barely a thought
In my rambling path between heaven and earth
I could strike anywhere
But I’ll find you wherever you are
Been aiming high without a direction
Settling low, but hoping for more
A victim of natural selection
Flying my kite and key in a storm
If I could fly, I’d ride with the lightning
Where I could touch you with barely a thought
In my rambling path between heaven and earth
I could strike anywhere
But I’ll find you wherever you are
Might even believe that we’re entangled
Our love’s subatomic
Maybe we can feel what we can’t see
Forever and ever
I’ll be a fool for your foolish ways
Brighten the night that you called your day
Light it with our electricity
Forever and ever
I’ll be the charm that attracts your strange
Turning you on to the spark in your veins
Starting your heart with the charge that remains
Forever and ever
Forever and ever
Forever and ever
If I could fly, I’d ride with the lightning
Where I could touch you with barely a thought
In my rambling path between heaven and earth
I could strike anywhere
But I’ll find you wherever you are
Wherever you are
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I was craning my neck, as you do
On the side of the road
Walking with my old shoes, singing bad blues, out of control
And I didn’t know it then
But you’d take this traveler home
I was looking for a pause in the battle
You were waving a flag
Ten miles home, or I can sit in the saddle
Let me just grab my bag
And so I
I stopped believing
I had to walk this path alone
Just a long and winding road
That I could not see ever ending
I stopped believing
Despite that stupid song
And I listen attentively
But always get it wrong
I was facing my days, going no place
Without a home
But then you softened me hard,
When I thought I was bad to the bone
And I didn’t know it then
But I hated living life on my own
It seemed like I was winning the rat race
Picket fence and a flag
Hiding loneliness in every crawl space
One more cat in the bag
Because I
I stopped believing
I had to walk this path alone
Just a long and winding road
That I could not see ever ending
I stopped believing
I can hear that stupid song
And I listen attentively
But always get it wrong
I still sing along
You were always to blame
For my plans and my pain
And I never forgot what you brought to the game
Just close your eyes
I’m going away
Because I
I stopped believing
I can’t keep telling you lies
Babe, I recognize
That you are only trying to love me
I stopped believing
But I kept playing along
I couldn’t stand the melody
But I still sang your song
I stopped believing
That a pop song got it right
I don’t want to start a fight
But silence is intimidating
I stopped believing
I pretended for too long
That I enjoyed the melody
But I still hate the song
I always get it wrong
So so long
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4. |
Lights In The Window
04:39
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Set out an empty chair
The place I used to sit
You put my name there
Like an epitaph
You think I don’t care
So many years have passed
Without my face in
The family photograph
I had a near miss
It changed the way I think
Too many chances
A lifetime in a blink
I know I missed them
Last time they came around
I need to reconcile
Before I’m in the ground
The landmines and the cannonballs
The old grudge, and the war it caused
Might be time to put them all away
Another year I forgot to call
Hang the lights in the window
I’ll be coming home today
I’ll be coming home today
You offered money
I just needed a friend
Then you forgot me
Whatever your intent
No conversation
Cos I was too intense
Your blank expression
Killed my innocence
So every year I
Pulled my excuses out
And decorated
My lonely tree
And I pretended
My solitary life
Was open-ended
Instead of ending me
The landmines and the cannonballs
The old grudge, and the war it caused
Might be time to put them all away
Another year I forgot to call
Hang the lights in the window
I’ll be coming home today
I’ll be coming home today
I’ll enter slowly
One stranger, coming through
Afraid you’ll judge me
The way I’m judging you
I’ll sit in corners
And glance around the room
You’ll think I’m not enough
I think that may be true
But when I sneak in
Your smiles are warm and kind
I take the empty chair
And let the past unwind
We finally draw out
A map of our mistakes
Those many missteps
Won’t be the path we take
The landmines and the cannonballs
The old wars, let’s forget them all
We can hide the battle scars away
And this year I don’t have to call
I see the lights in the window
There are no more words to say
I found my way home today
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What a day,
My eyes fixed on the horizon
Mixing margaritas by the poolside
Grab a drink
A fantasy of relaxation
Slip into a suit, I’ll meet you outside
If you can’t beat my high score
In the heat of the day
Maybe tonight we can stay in and play
Darling, You keep pushing my buttons
Darling, You keep pushing my buttons
And you’re making me crazy
It may be that I’ve lost a part of my mind…
What a day
You’re walking me through new levels
Pour yourself a glass, and would ya fill mine
Once again
A new game for us to master
Time to switch from margaritas to wine
When we want to take a short break
From the heat of the night
A pause for the cause
Can make everything all right
Darling, You keep pushing my buttons
Darling, You keep pushing my buttons
And you’re making me crazy
It may be that I’ve lost a part of my mind
Yeah, you’re making me crazy, cos baby you’re mine
Just say, say what you need
I’ll make, make you believe
Fill my cup
at the well of your spring
You take the best of me
You take the best of me
Darling, You keep pushing my buttons
Darling, You keep pushing my buttons
And you’re making me crazy
It may be that I’ve lost a part of my mind
Darling, You keep pushing my buttons
Darling, You keep pushing my buttons
And you’re keeping me up
Late enough, but you know that I really don’t mind
Cos you’re making me crazy, but baby you’re mine
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Hanging on the couch
With a snack in my mouth
Gnawing and napping my life away
Planning for a future
Where I rule the house
Watching the prey til it’s time to play
Think you got me docile
But ready or not
I’m catching the dot…
Cos I’m gonna destroy ya
Knock it all down
There’s nowhere to hide
Cos I’m the destroyer
Giving you the cute eyes
Playing til you’re weak
There’s nowhere to hide
Cos I’m the destroyer
Tearing down the walls
As I sharpen my claws
Ready to end all their suffering
Showing off my belly
To prime the attack
I’ll treat your face like a ball of string
Think you got me docile
But ready or not
I’m catching the dot…
Cos I’m gonna destroy ya
Knock it all down
There’s nowhere to hide
Cos I’m the destroyer
Giving you the cute eyes
Playing til you’re weak
There’s nowhere to hide
Cos I’m the destroyer
I know there’s no way out of this alive
But I’ve got a strong will to survive
If I can’t run away, I’ll turn around and fight
No one’s gonna take me out tonight
I may eat a treat
From the palm of your hand
But my evil plan will change everything
You can drug me up
But I’ll still hold my own
I carry my blades everywhere with me
Stretching in your lap
Like some innocent thing
Wait til I spring…
“BUTTONS, GET DOWN!”
Cos I’m gonna destroy ya
Knock it all down
There’s nowhere to hide
Cos I’m the destroyer
Giving you the cute eyes
Playing til you’re weak
There’s nowhere to hide
Cos I’m the destroyer
I’m the destroyer
I’m the destroyer
I’m the destroyer
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7. |
Reset
03:22
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It didn’t take much to put me off today
A sudden shadow, a look, a hint of grey
Once in a while, I knew what I wanted
Just for a while, I flirted with death
Don’t want to die, but don’t feel like I’m living
Days like today, the clock needs to reset
Sometimes I feel like a slug in a sweater
Moving too slow, and the plot’s wearing thin
Don’t need to pop a new tune in the jukebox
Stop it, rewind it and play it again
My sense of timing is two time zones away
Can’t wrap my brain around anything I say
I’m landing none of the jokes that I’m telling
I’ve got the yoke, but still crashing the jet
Don’t want to die, but I can’t call this living
Days like today, the clock needs to reset
Sometimes I feel like a sloth in a trenchcoat
Moving too slow, with a sinister spin
Scratching my way ‘cross the grooves in the vinyl
Pick up the needle and play it again
The world keeps on pushing
But I know my limits
It’s hard to withstand the absurdity, isn’t it?
Color’s not color
We all see it different
And time’s just a construct of mind, are you getting it?
Nothing’s as it seems
Sometimes I feel like convenience store sushi
Going down smooth, with a satisfied grin
But I’ll return with a terrible vengeance
Stop it, rewind it, and play it again
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I fell straight from heaven without tearing off my wings
Optimistic eyes always surprised by stranger things
Think of all that life could be
Always so much happening
Can’t wait to get started when I turn 17
I fell into college but I left with no degree
Turns out academics was just not really for me
Wondered if my life could be
Lived aloud on stage and screen
Just getting started, no idea what I was doing
You’ve gotta shine
You never know what’s best
Most of your life will seem like
A long road going nowhere
But you’ve gotta shine
Just give it your best guess
Still got a long, long way to go
Til your life feels like home
I became an actor cos I wanted everything
Busting through auditions with a face so fresh it sings
Suddenly my life would be
Wealth and popularity
I’m just getting started, it’s finally happening
I was rich and famous, with a house, a pool, a yacht
Everything I thought would fill me up just ate my heart
Where do people find meaning?
Not in all their stuff and things
Thought I’d have it all, and I do, but something’s missing
You’ve gotta shine
You never know what’s best
Most of your life will seem like
A long road going nowhere
But you’ve gotta shine
Just give it your best guess
Still got a long, long way to go
Til your life feels like home
Never thought I’d make it to this condescending age
Part of looking back is understanding how we played
I screwed up a lot, I know
Doesn’t really matter, though
All my indiscretions just laid down a path for me
You’ve gotta shine
You never know what’s best
Most of your life will seem like
A long road going nowhere
But you’ve gotta shine
Just give it your best guess
Still got a long, long way to go
Til your life feels like home
Your life feels like home
Your life feels like home
Your life feels like home
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9. |
The Lesson
04:31
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We came of age in the Queen and Bowie days
Glam metal gods with androgynistic ways
We didn’t know they were paving a new way
We danced in our underwear while Ziggy Stardust played
What a time to live, what a time to see
With the joy of life running all through me
And the word “ally” hadn’t come to mean
Anything, because I didn’t see the need…
Make the future we want to see
Raise our voices, set them free
Stand up for understanding
This is the lesson of love and empathy
Takes us all to make it right
Arm in arm, we join the fight
So much pride in diversity
This is the lesson of love and empathy
We’ve gotta say, in this crazy modern age
Most of our spaces are all too far from safe
You’ll never know the whole of someone’s life
Listen to their stories, before making up your mind
They are tales of survival and misery
Shining light on our responsibility
And they give the word “ally” a new meaning
Because we choose the side of humanity
Make the future we want to see
Raise our voices, set them free
Stand up for understanding
This is the lesson of love and empathy
Takes us all to make it right
Arm in arm, we join the fight
So much pride in diversity
This is the lesson of love and empathy
In the face of injustice and suffering
We can’t sit idly by while it’s happening
And an ally must act for the world to see
Being silent is quiet complicity
Make the future we want to see
Raise our voices, set them free
Stand up for understanding
This is the lesson of love and empathy
Takes us all to make it right
Arm in arm, we join the fight
So much pride in diversity
This is the lesson of love and empathy
Takes us all to make it right
Arm in arm, we join the fight
So much pride in diversity
This is the lesson of love and empathy
This is the lesson of love and empathy
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Have you decided my heart’s in your hands
Am I devoted or at your command
All my decisions have led to this ground
Blazing a trail, with the face of a clown
What do you see looking at me
Something worthy, someone thinking
Do I deserve an emotional voice
Cast like a child to the whim of your choice
Always looking straight through me
(It’s all in your head)
Acting like I’m crazy
(That’s not what I said)
I’ve got some barbs on the tip of my tongue
Biting them back, cos they’ve already stung
I just need you all to see
(What’s wrong with my eyes?)
Past what you think I am
(I think you’re just fine)
I’ve got ambitions that threaten your name
Making new rules, while you’re playing your games
I’ll sing for money, I’ll sing for fame
Dance like a monkey, while cursing your name
I lack the power to turn it around
Eyes burning bright, in the face of a clown
I put my best face on for you
You see/ exactly what you want to
Cherish the thought of subservient glee
I’ll ride the crest of that dichotomy
Always looking straight through me
(It’s all in your head)
Acting like I’m crazy
(That’s not what I said)
I’ve got some barbs on the tip of my tongue
Biting them back, cos they’ve already stung
I just need you all to see
(What’s wrong with my eyes?)
Past what you think I am
(I think you’re just fine)
I’ve got ambitions that threaten your name
Making new rules, while you’re playing your games
Am I getting through to you
(Why can’t you just smile)
That’s not something I can do
(Don’t act like a child)
Takes a bit longer to change foolish minds
I’d wait my turn, but I don’t have the time
Someday you may understand
I’m much more than you think I am
Takes a bit longer to change foolish minds
I’d wait my turn, but I don’t have the time
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Art & Pete Chicago, Illinois
Art Mayes and Pete Lents met at Ball State University in Muncie, IN, composed a few songs together, then pursued different life paths. Twenty years later, their divergent lives converged in Art & Pete, an entertainment powerhouse dedicated to building experiences through music. ... more
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