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To Be Easy
04:17
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I've been on the outside looking in
Waiting on an opening through which I might begin
I gotta quit this waiting
All this waiting is a sin
But still I'm on the outside looking in
I just want a way to be easy
Just give me a way to be
I just want a way to be easy
It seems to me that some folk write the rules
And leave them somewhere to be seen by all the other fools
But my words never stick, you know
They're bouncing off the walls
So, I'm in line behind the other fools
Still waiting on the right to my point of view
Trying to find an easy way but I'm not getting through
See, I ain't not Messiah, no
But credit where it's due
There's something here
It's my own point of view
But still I'm on the outside looking in
Trying to rise above the racket, but I'm drowning in the din
See, I just wanna take a turn
You know, I'm not tryna win
Just stuck here on the outside looking in
I just want a way to be easy
Just give me a way to be
I've been the king, I've been the clown
I reckon that I wanna be me
I've raised the bar, and bought it down
I reckon that I'd rather be me
I've been the hero, been the fool
I reckon that I wanna be me
If it's unconventional, well; fuck the rules
I'm tired, and I'm tryna be me
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Ain't It Sad
03:38
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Of course, I understand the silence on the airwaves
The last time we spoke it was strange
I guess I didn't realise your reassuring presence
Was a constant I relied on not to change
I dare say you're only doing me a favour
And giving me the space I might require
Now I guess I know quite how crucial it was
To be somebody you admire
Ain't it sad?
You'd said that you'd call me when you could
But you did not
And I got this funny feeling that you won't
I thought in a day or two you'd remember you forgot
And you might call me then
But you did not
Ain't it sad?
What good can it do to linger on?
I guess I'm just a little sore
It was me you once relied upon
It's pretty clear that you don't need me anymore
Ain't it sad?
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Now You Know
04:23
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Got to learn how to let go
If something's been holding you back
There's a few things you might like to know
You can't keep on dragging your heels along
Why stick around?
Everything's moving on
What do you stand to gain
From watching as it goes and hoping that it might remain?
It won't, and you don't always get your way
Don't stick around
Try another day
Got to get out of your head
Put your demons to bed
Don't give in an inch to shadows of the mind
Look to the light
See what you find
Got to learn how to let go
If something's been holding you back
Well, now you know
So go out and tend to your field
Don't let yesterdays sorrow blow what tomorrow may yield
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Keep Your Distance
03:30
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Keep your distance
Stay away from me
I ain't yet the man I might appear to be
So, to keep me from disgrace
Help to hide my dirty face
Keep your distance; stay away
I've been out of touch
And in denial
Thinking I had it all worked out all the while
I might have got my act together
But that just ain't my style
Keep your distance; run a mile
I been nursing some old misery of mine
Constructing this delusion by my own design
I was riding high
And so for the decline
Keep your distance; give it time
Been seeking some alternative to truth
With the kind of mindless arrogance
One carries through their youth
Still so much to prove
Still so little proof
Keep your distance; stay away
I guess you don't know you been sleeping 'til you wake
Can't perceive the dawn until it breaks
Keep your distance; stay away from me
I'm not the man I might appear to be
But, at least I know my place
Don't give me any grace
Just keep your distance; stay away
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5. |
Four Seasons
04:35
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The birds keep singing like it's Spring
I heard there's snow still to come
Blossom emerging on branches
When February's barely begun
We still like to think of Four Seasons
For every lap round the sun
But recently I've lost my bearing
It's like four seasons blurring to one
I feel an uncertainty stirring
A dis-ease beginning to grow
Anomalies continue recurring
The cracks are beginning to show
This is just wind on the water
There's something greater below
The ripples you see at the surface
Are a sign of some great undertow
Hear that wind howl
Hear it's mournful lament
The crash of the rain coming down
The dam is just about holding
I wonder how long it can last
Calling all hands to bail out
The water is rising and fast
There's a dark shadow on the horizon
Or so says the man up the mast
And I've got feeling Four Seasons
May soon be a thing of the past
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