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Ennui
04:19
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That monkey in the tree is smiling without mystery
He has just one request of me, it’s over
That monkey on the ground he shouts without making a sound
My protest sinks it has been drowned, it’s over
That monkey at my feet my resistance he will defeat
Onto my back he finds a seat, it’s over
That monkey takes my hand, we walk toward the darkened land
I will submit to his command, it’s over
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Swiss After Life
02:28
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Now I’ll drink this greenish drink it’s time to end the thoughts I think
I’ll look you in the eye before I go
I’m sound in mind, this is my will, my time is up, my wish fulfilled
I love you more than you will ever know
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If I had the chance to do it all again I think I’d like to do it all again with you
Now the time is right for one last time to say goodnight, your loving eyes will be my final view
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Here it ends my dearest friend, my final moments I will spend
In company the greatest I have known
What a world, a crazy ride, we saw it all while side by side,
So grateful for the time that I was loaned
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Dreadlock
02:37
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There’s a bug crawling under my bed
I think my heart’s gonna jump out my chest
There’s a voice asking too many things
Last night I had too many drinks and
I’ve woken with the feeling that I should be in jail
Did I stab a man last night or buy him an ale
Can’t remember where I went or words that I said
Did I buy that man a drink or is he now dead
And I’m staring in the mirror paralysed with the fear
Punishing my liver with a barrel of beer
Trying to piece together, memories that remain
Someone’s on their way, they’re gonna put me in chains
Three days straight is all I need, to put the demons to rest
I’ll protest, I’ll contest these delusional charges
I’ll crawl on rocks I’ll break my knees, to end this mental unrest
I’ll progress from the mess moving out of the darkness
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Big Band(its)
02:37
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The big band has got a big tax bill, now their digging up the hits from the landfill
The big band has reconciled again, amen, for they are business men
The big band’s got back together, apparently sounding better than ever
On tour they’ll be taking some great acts, relax, it helps to pay the tax
They need another hit song
Those accountants got their calculators on
The big band is touring the country, and they’re peddling wholesale sundries (a meal on a Sunday)
From a distance they look just like ants, thanks, I’ve paid to watch them prance
All the anecdotes have been retold, after all those tickets gotta get sold
Just in time to release their greatest hits, those gits, again they call it quits
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Tools to Survive
03:25
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The king was killed in his sleep
No longer fit to rule, he was never thanked for his time
I know what’s on my mind
I need the tools to survive, I need the tools to survive
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I’m not sure of this new guy
They’ve lined up by his bedside
Answers for questions not asked
Silenced by flags flown half-mast
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His fate confirmed without trial
Another scapegoat, maybe this will make you think twice
The cycle circles itself
Kill the father, feed the son, another blade has been drawn
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Priory
02:41
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And so the saying goes, that good things come from patience
Tomorrow is a day without horizon
Walking toward the new sun rising
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Tonight it’s gonna hurt, it’s unfair, it’s a torture
One foot goes in front of the other
Distance travelled ends up further
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I’ll try to work it out, on my own, through the evening
Encouraged by a new dawn waking slowly
The long road’s hard and often lonely
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All it means to me, is the chance, to start over
Maybe this time I’ll heal faster
Maybe this time I’ll beat the bastard
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Disease to Please
05:25
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Once more I’ve chickened out, there’s now less chance of getting out of here
Those years I dicked about, aw man I’m screwed without a doubt, it’s clear
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In school I was the clown, but nothing’s very funny now oh well
Those folks I used to know are living high, I’m living low that’s swell
I had no destiny, I never gave the best of me oh boy
Regrets I’ve had a few, too many to know what to do, destroyed
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Dear kids it feels as though, your life is moving far too slow, brakes on
It creeps up from behind, one day your youthful looks decline then gone
One day eternity the next you’re turning fifty-three, so fast
What seemed like yesterday, is now nostalgia far away the past
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Kindling
04:19
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A reversal of good fortune, and I can’t believe my luck
I’m the winner in an auction, I’m the tree the lightning struck
I was told when I was younger that the world was filled with choice
At the time it made me wonder, was the promise worth the price
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Chorus
Now you’ve got a job boy, they wanna see you jump for joy
Now you’ll earn your bread, boy, they wanna make you jump your bed
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And the people that I work with, aren’t the brightest of the bunch
I’d say half of them were bastards, I’d say half of them were cunts
And I get to spend my weekdays, in the company of fools
And I’m told I should be grateful, as they kick my family jewels
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No Dice
03:51
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Hey now, listen to me, I’ve got that feeling in my knees
Oh man look up ahead, tomorrow rain today a breeze
In those dark houses plans have been made
On those maps they’ve marked the empty graves
There was never any hope, drinking poison was the way to cope
Will we learn from our mistakes, toasting glasses while we’ve got the shakes
And so it goes
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Oh my, it’s arrived, that was then and this is now
How do I turn back time? I’ll give back beans, you give back cow
There was every chance to say no more, next time we would show restraint we swore
Yet we went and broke the rules, we know who we are we are the fools
Will we learn from our mistakes, swimming in the depths of fiery lakes
And so it goes
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Memento Mori
03:33
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Instrumental
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