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IT’S
FOLLOW THE LEADER, BABY
THAT’S HOW IT’S GONNA BE
IF YOU EVER REALLY WANNA GET LOST
THEN FOLLOW ME
FOLLOW
THE LEADER
WE’RE
IN A SOLAR SYSTEM
TOGETHER AND ALONE
THE BILLS, THE SMOKE, THE FURNITURE
THE HAPPY HOME
NOW
YOU CAN FOLLOW YOUR GUT
OR YOU CAN FOLLOW THE PAST
BUT IF YOU KNEW AN ECLIPSE WAS COMING
WHY’D YOU EVEN ASK?
FOLLOW
THE LEADER
GHOST
VERSE -
(THERE’S BRIGHTER DAYS AHEAD
I’VE SEEN THEM ON TV
WORD IS THERE’S SOMETHING BIG
HIDDEN UP THEIR SLEEVE)
SO
MAYBE IT GETS QUIET
AND MAYBE IT GETS NUMB
AT LEAST THEN THERE’S STILL SOMETHING
TO SHARE WITH SOMEONE
FOLLOW
THE LEADER
2. AND NEVER LOOK BACK
PEOPLE
AND CARS ON THE AVENUE
BUT I CAN’T HEAR A THING, CAUSE I’M LOOKING
FOR YOU
I’VE BEEN HAUNTED
BY ALL THAT I CAN’T HAVE
I
SHOULD MAKE A LIST OF EVERY NEAR MISS
EVERY THING THAT FELL AND BRUSHED MY FINGERTIPS
I’M SHATTERED
GONE IS THE WAIT AND SEE
NOW
I’LL SAY GOODBYE TO ALL OF THAT
LOWER MY HEAD
TURN AWAY
AND NEVER LOOK BACK
A
QUITTER NEVER QUITS, HE JUST CHANGES HIS MIND
THIS SONG I SING IS TRUE AND SUBLIME
IT COMFORTS ME
BUT IT WON’T PAY THE RENT
I LEANED IN FOR, TO GIVE HER A KISS
I SPILT HER DRINK, I BURNT HER WRIST
WITH MY CIGARETTE
I’M CLUMSY WHEN I GET CLOSE
NOW
I’LL SAY GOODBYE TO ALL OF THAT
LOWER MY HEAD
TURN AWAY
AND NEVER LOOK BACK
I
WANTED IT ALL, BUT I’LL SETTLE FOR SOME
AT THE END OF THE DAY IT DON’T MATTER WHAT YOU WANT
COME THE END OF DAYS
ALL YOU GET IS THE TRUTH
ON NEEDLES AND PINS, THE STORY BEGINS
THE WORLD OUTSIDE
THE HOUSELIGHTS DIM
WELL ANYWAY
WHAT ELSE CAN A POOR BOY DO?
NOW
I’LL SAY GOODBYE TO ALL OF THAT
LOWER MY HEAD
TURN AWAY
AND NEVER LOOK BACK
3. BABYBIRD
LIBERTY
EXPLODES AT THE STRANGEST TIMES
A THORNY WALK THROUGH THE DARKEST MINES
APRIL SANG LIKE A BABYBIRD
THE MUSIC SOARED I ONLY HEAR THE WORDS
POURED MY SOUL OUT ON A BLOODY PAGE
FOR A MOMENT LAST NIGHT I THOUGHT THAT I WAS SAVED
IT AIN’T SAFE INSIDE
BUT I’M GOING IN
I FEEL LIKE JAZZ, I FEEL LIKE BERLIN
BABY,
BABY, PLEASE
GET UP OFF YOUR KNEES
THIS AIN’T THE TIME OR PLACE TO GRIEVE ALL YOU GRIEVE
I’M DECLARING WAR ON ARROGANCE
IT’S ALWAYS BEEN THE WORST AND THE FALL OF MEN
JUST LOOK AT ROME, LOOK AT THE OLD SOUTH
IT’S THE OPPRESSED THAT SHOW YOU THEN AND NOW
HOW SHEER WILL CAN TURN THE WORLD ON ITS SIDE
AND WHEN THEY DO IT AGAIN
YOUR LUXURY
SUVS
WON’T BE
NO PLACE TO HIDE
MARTIN
LUTHER KING AND THE LIBERTY BELL
VS A SUPER BOWL RING OF ARTIFACTS OF HELL
HELLO COULD YOU PLEASE, HOLD FOR A WHILE?
I’M ON THE TOILET IN THE GAP WITH A HEROIN SMILE
MAYBE I’VE GONE TOO FAR
MAYBE I CALL IT QUITS
I JUST WANNA BURN STRAIGHT THROUGH ALL REGRET
SO IF YOU SLEEP TONIGHT, I HOPE YOU’RE SAFE AND WARM
AND IF YOU WAKE UP SCARED
I HOPE YOU’RE NOT ALONE
I HOPE YOU’RE NOT ALONE
I HOPE YOU’RE NOT ALONE
4.
GONE FOR GOOD
IT’S
CRIMINAL
YOU’LL BE
MY ENEMY
AND I’LL DO
WHAT I MUST
TO KILL YOUR MEMORY
CAUSE
ALL THIS TALK
HAS GIVEN ME THE SHAKES
YEAH, I KNOW
WE ALL LIVE TO
BURY OUR MISTAKES
BUT YOU’RE GONE
…AND
GONE FOR GOOD
WE
WERE
THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO
STILLBORN TO COLD STRANGERS
IN OUR OWN HOME
BUT YOU TOOK IT HARD
YOU TOOK IT PERSONAL
YOU KNOW YOU NEVER REALLY SHOULD
WHEN YOU’RE GONE...
…AND
GONE FOR GOOD
OUR
IGLOO
WILL SOON BE
IN POISONED SILVER POOLS
WHERE NO FEVER
OR COOL BREEZE
WILL EVER COMFORT
JUST DEAD SILENT STILL
FOREVER AND UNTIL
YOUR LANDFILL SWALLOWS EVERY JUNE
AND YOU’RE GONE
…GONE
FOR GOOD
5. PROVIDENCE
(WRITTEN BY STEVEN KILBEY AND GRANT MCCLENNAN
HERE IT APPEARS AS SUNG BY MATTHEW RYAN)
REMEMBER
WHEN I TOLD YOU
YOU WERE PRETTY LOST
SEEMS YOU HAD IT UP TO HERE
WELL, YOU JUST PAID THE COST
ALL
I HAVE, ALL I NEED, ALL YOU’VE GOT
IS PROVIDENCE
YOU’RE
LOOKING PRETTY TIRED
IT SEEMS YOU’VE LOST SOME WEIGHT
YOU MADE IT THROUGH
I DON’T KNOW HOW
IT’S ALL YOU CAN DO
ALL
I HAVE, ALL I NEED, ALL YOU’VE GOT
IS PROVIDENCE
EXHAUST
SMELLS SWEET IN THE FROZEN AIR
AND OUR SHADOWS STOOD JUST FROZEN THERE
THE NIGHT CRUSHED COLOR AGAINST THE SNOW
WHERE WE WERE RUNNING I DON’T KNOW
BUT THE EVENING STAR ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN
LIKE NEW YEAR’S EVE, IT’S FARAWAY NOW
IN PHOTOGRAPHS, IN STILLS, IN TIME
I HELD YOU THEN, I CALLED YOU MINE
ALL
I HAVE, ALL I NEED, ALL YOU’VE GOT
IS PROVIDENCE
REMEMBER
WHEN WE WERE LOVERS?
THE THINGS WE USED TO DO
THE WAY THE WIND
FELL THROUGH THE DOOR
YOU SMILED AND PULLED ME THROUGH
AND IT WAS OVER BEFORE WE KNEW IT
GONE NUMB IN BOTH OUR MINDS
STILL IF YOU GET THE INCLINATION
JUST THINK OF ME SOMETIME
ALL
I HAVE, ALL I NEED, ALL YOU’VE GOT
IS PROVIDENCE
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6.
MISUNDERCOULD
YOU
GET ONE SHOT
TO PROVE THAT YOU’RE NOT
JUST ANOTHER CHUMP
THAT’S BEEN IN A SLUMP
UH HUH
WHERE YOU STAND
STOOD
I MISUNDERCOULD
HELL MAYBE I DID
MAYBE I SHOULD
UH HUH
I’VE BEEN TOOK
SHOOK
DELETED FROM THE BOOK
HOT ON YOUR TRAIL
I SWALLOWED THE HOOK
UH HUH
IT
SEEMS JUST LAST NIGHT WE WERE HIGHER THAN KITES
AND SURE AS RAIN WE WERE BURNING SO BRIGHT
IT WAS GIVING ME THE CHILLS; IT WAS GIVING ME THE CHILLS
IT WAS GIVING ME THE CHILLS; IT’S STILL GIVING ME
THE CHILLS
YOU
GET ONE SHOT
TO PROVE THAT YOU’RE NOT
JUST ANOTHER CHUMP
THAT’S BEEN IN A SLUMP
UH HUH
I’VE BEEN TOOK
SHOOK
DELETED FROM THE BOOK
HOT ON YOUR TRAIL
I SWALLOWED THE HOOK
UH HUH
WHERE YOU STAND
STOOD
I MISUNDERCOULD
MAYBE I DID
MAYBE I SHOULD
UH HUH
7.
EVERYBODY ALWAYS LEAVES
I
REMEMBER SOMETIMES
WHEN YOU NEVER CAME HOME
HOW I CRAWLED INSIDE
THOSE SAD AND LOVELY BONES
THAT YOU LEFT BEHIND
RARELY HELD NOR SEEN
EVERYBODY ALWAYS
EVERYBODY ALWAYS LEAVES
IT
WAS A THIRD WORLD TOWN
IN THE GREAT DEAD NORTH
I FELT A WEDDING BELL SHIVER
FOLDED HANDS DIVORCED
FROM A PRAYER FOR THE PERMANENT
WARMER TEARS ON MY SLEEVE
EVERYBODY ALWAYS
EVERYBODY ALWAYS LEAVES
SOMETIMES
I CAN’T REMEMBER NOTHING
SOMETIMES IT SHADOWS EVERYTHING
SOME SUNDAYS IT’S AS LOUD AS THUNDER
IN THE MORNING WHEN THE TELEPHONE RINGS
CLEARER DAYS IN SOME DISTANT FORECAST
DARK DAYS IN THIS PRESENT PAST
IN THE BLUR OF SOME PHANTOM WIDESCREEN
I’LL LET GO OF WHAT I NEVER HAD
SHE
TOOK A MOUTHFUL OF RAIN
WITH A GUTTER FULL OF PILLS
SHE WROTE I HANDLED THE PAIN
BUT IT’S THE HOPE THAT KILLS
SO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF
AND DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME
CAUSE EVERYBODY ALWAYS
EVERYBODY ALWAYS LEAVES
SOMETIMES
I CAN’T REMEMBER NOTHING
SOMETIMES IT SHADOWS EVERYTHING
SOME SUNDAYS IT’S AS LOUD AS THUNDER
IN THE MORNING WHEN THE TELEPHONE RINGS
CLEARER DAYS IN SOME DISTANT FORECAST
DARK DAYS IN THIS PRESENT PAST
IN THE BLUR OF SOME PHANTOM WIDESCREEN… I’LL
LET GO OF WHAT I NEVER HAD
DON’T LEAVE… DON’T LEAVE… I’LL
NEVER UNDERSTAND… DON’T LEAVE
8.
ALL LIT UP
IT
WAS DARK
IT WAS DARK
I NEEDED A SPARK
I NEEDED IT BAD
ALL
WAS LOST
ALL WAS LOST
CAUSE YOU NEVER KNEW
JUST WHAT WE HAD
THE
SILVER STATE
THE WARS WE WAGE
NO GASOLINE
NO MATCH
I’M
ALL LIT UP
I’M ALL LIT UP
FROM THE INSIDE
THE
GOLDEN AGE
THE TIME WE WASTE
NO AUCTIONEER
NO FLASH
I’M
ALL LIT UP
I’M ALL LIT UP
FROM THE INSIDE
CLIMB
THE STAIRS, BABY
CLIMB THE STAIRS
THERE’S NO ONE THERE
THERE’S NO ONE THERE
CLIMB THE STAIRS, BABY
CLIMB THE STAIRS
THERE’S NO ONE THERE
TO TURN YOU AWAY
I’M IN MY RIGHT MIND
I FOUND THE PEACE
AND IT’S IN EXACTLY
WHAT I’VE WANTED TO SAY
SO CLIMB THE STAIRS, BABY
CLIMB THE STAIRS
THERE’S NO ONE THERE
TO TURN YOU AWAY
9.
LOVE IS THE SILENCER
COME
NOVEMBER SOON YOU’LL SEE
THE DARK WILL FALL BELOW THE TREES
NO FROZEN SOUL
NO GOONISH GRIN
I’D KILL OR WORSE FOR YOUR SUMMER SKIN, YEAH
WE
WERE STUCK IN A SPIDER WEB
SWIM HARDER KID, WAS ALL THEY SAID
JESUS SAID YOU’LL HAVE TO WAIT
MY BAGS WERE PACKED IT WAS GETTING LATE
THE RENT WAS PAID, THE RENT WAS DUE
I BENT MYSELF TO SHELTER YOU
COME WIND OR RAIN OR FIRE OR RAIDS
IN MONUMENTS, THIS REMAINS
LOVE
IS THE SILENCER
OH LOVE, HOLD ON, HOLD ON
CATHEDRALS
BLUE AND STARK IN SHAPE
TWILIGHT EXPLODES ON THE INTERSTATE
THESE TRAINS RUMBLE BY THROUGH NIGHT AND DAY
ALL BACK AND FORTH THEY DON’T ESCAPE
YEAH, YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL, YOU’RE MY LAST WISH
YOUR BRACELET SWUNG ON MY FINGERTIPS
I LEANED IN CLOSE
I KISSED YOUR LIPS
WE ALMOST SEEM TO FLOAT
LOVE
IS THE SILENCER
OH LOVE, HOLD ON, HOLD ON
ORGANIZE,
TERRORIZE, CRIMINALIZE, MONOPOLIZE, PACIFY, UNIONIZE, THE
LONELY LIES OF PARASITES
IMPERIALIZE, CONGLOMOCIDE, TRAUMATIZE, VANDALIZE, CLOSE
YOUR EYES AND THERE I’LL BE
I SWEAR I WILL
I’M BY YOUR SIDE
LOVE
IS THE SILENCER
OH LOVE, HOLD ON, HOLD ON
10.
VICTORY WALTZ
WHERE’S
THE SUMMER?
WHERE’S THE SUN?
MUTE THE VIOLENCE
MUTE THE DRUMS
UP FROM HIGHLAND
DOWN TO PLUM
HERE NOVEMBER
HOPES WERE HIGH
YOU SAID YOU WOULD
AND SO DID I
YOU CLIMBED THE STAIRS AND WAVED GOODBYE
AND DOWN BELOW
THE RAINY STREET
THE DRAWL OF CAR WHEELS ON AUTUMN LEAVES
I’M FULL OF DOUBT
STILL I BELIEVE
CAUSE IF YOU’RE LUCKY
THERE COMES A BLOOM
THAT FOLDS THE NIGHT
AND FILLS YOUR ROOM
YOUR VICTORY WALTZ
YOUR NEVER TOO SOON
GONE
SHOULD
WE RETURN WHAT WE BECAME?
TO BE SO FEARLESS,
TO BE SO BRAVE?
THE LOSS IN LOSS
HAS NEVER CHANGED
ENTIRE LIVES
HAVE GONE OPPRESSED
AND THIS IS SURELY SAFE TO GUESS
THE GHOST OF LIVING
IS WORSE THAN DEATH
AND DOWN BELOW THE LONELY STREET
AND FAR FROM THERE THE SILVER SEA
AND FURTHER STILL, YOU FROM ME
GONE
11.
JUNE RETURNS FOR JULY
12.
THE COMPLETE FAMILY
WE
WALKED DOWN THE BLOCK THROUGH THE DEAD TREES
YOU WERE SMILING
AND I WAS SMILING TOO
FROM THE TIME WE WERE LITTLE
YOU WERE ALWAYS TALLER, THINNER
YOU WERE A KIND A LANKY MATT DILLON
I WAS STRONG BUT AWKWARD
AND BORN WITH AN ARMOR OF IMAGINATION
I LOVED MUSIC
AND SO DID YOU
BUT YOU LOVED THOSE LOUD GUITARS
AND VENOM
THAT VENOM WITH A LOST ANGRY SADNESS
WHILE I LIVED IN THE SADNESS
I REMEMBER ROY ORBISON ON AN AM RADIO
ALL FALSETTO AND LONELINESS
THAT DAY WAS SO SHARP IT CUT THROUGH GLASS AND WARMED THE
CARPET UNDERNEATH ME
YOU WERE OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS
YOUR BEST FRIEND’S NAME WAS RAY
HE’S IN JAIL NOW
A FEW WEEKS AGO YOU WERE SENTENCED AS WELL
I SAT IN MY ROOM STILL SURROUNDED BY A SAD SONG THINKING
30 YEARS
IT’S BEEN 30 YEARS
AND YOU’RE GONNA BE IN THERE FOR 30 YEARS
NOW I REMEMBER THAT DAY YOU HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF REHAB
AND I WAS HAPPY TO SEE YOU
HAPPY TO HOPE
THAT FROM THAT POINT FORWARD
ALL WOULD BE BETTER
AND I WAS PROUD OF YOU
AND WE WERE GOING HOME
THE COMPLETE FAMILY
A COMPLETE FAMILY
JUST YOU AND ME
MOM AND DAD
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