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Das Defino
04:17
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Das Defino
What really do we know?
(just what you left outside the house)
We read bout the choices
and all of the voices
you're not scared to death
you're scared alive
The nicotine's ransom
the anger is random
you're overwhelmed and under the gun
You dream of going
but Moscow is snowing
and the mirrored walls are closing in
closing in on you
You've been told
bout the Emperor's clothes
but you never seem to mind
You look for the truth
but you find that it bruises
like a kiss on the mouth
on the mouth
Das Defino
Where are you now?
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In Your Own Words
03:55
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Write it down
every word
start with the nouns
and get to the verbs
and all your thoughts
they’re casting lots for us
don’t let fear keep you down
pick yourself up from the floor
trust your words
and let them out
don’t hold them anymore
you’re not out of sight
you’re just getting heard
you’re not out of your mind
you’re in your own words
walk out the door
into the street
the neighbors line up
they all want to see
for all their thoughts behind their walls
they're just like you
don’t let fear keep you down
pick yourself up from the floor (harmony)
trust your words
and let them out
don’t hold them anymore (harmony)
you’re not out of sight
you’re just getting heard
you’re not out of your mind
you’re in your own words
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3. |
Between Now and Never
03:29
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Now that you're back
back for the summer
you can get what you want
you can quiet the rumors
(and like) the scene of a crime
it's covered in vines
Always the right sins
at the wrong time
Haven't you had enough,
enough of the ones who would love to see you fall?
You should just call their bluff
no time to be wasted on all those simple ones
It's a long time between now and never
If this is the end
then hurry the rapture
The voices will stop
and they'll get what they're after
(and like) the scene of the crime
it's covered in vines
Always the right sins
at the wrong time
Haven't you had enough,
enough of the ones who would love to see you fall?
You should just call their bluff
no time to be wasted on all those simple ones
It's a long time between now and never
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Ben Smith West Chester, Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA songwriter Ben Smith's songs sound good in both your front parlor and your back barroom---all Tin Pan Alley piano and a fading choirboy voice.
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