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America Online
03:25
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Iridescent, convoluted, tainted youth...
Everyone out there thinks that they know the truth.
Arrogance & ignorance are what get through.
We're all just wasting our time; that's the truth.
And I don't know what to do
'Cause by the time we're done,
There'll be no world for you.
Anger is the only way to be heard,
And if you're not pissed off, then you're part of the herd.
If what you're saying makes sense, then it's probably absurd.
Middle ground is where the lines start to blur.
And now I'm so unsure
'Cause by the time we're done,
All we can do is hurt.
And I don't know what to do
'Cause by the time we're done,
There'll be no world for you.
No, I don't know what to do
'Cause by the time we're done,
There'll be no me or you.
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Dial Up
04:14
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I think I might be too far out this time,
I think I might be too far out...
No one to pull me back this time,
I think I might be too far out.
I can't think about it anymore;
I miss my friends.
Growing up is getting old.
I wish it would end.
And the words that I wanna say
Get caught in my mouth.
"I'm losing touch - can anybody hear me?
Over and out."
Hear your voice on the phone,
Makes me feel like I'm not by myself.
I could, we could talk, if the words would just leave my mouth.
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Requiem
04:45
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Why can't I be happy for anybody?
Why can't I be happy?
I have been comparing myself to everybody.
Why can't I be happy?
I keep on forgetting the things that are important.
Why can't I be happy?
It all just evades me, and I don't feel a thing.
Why can't I be happy?
I know that I'm waiting on nothing forever.
I know there's something else.
All my time is wasted, and I don't call my friends,
And I can't ask for help.
Pictures of my old life tell me something ain't right,
But they sit on a shelf.
If I could, I'd relax, but the guilt just comes back.
Wish I could like myself.
And when you lay me down
To fall asleep forever,
Would you be so kind
To put on my favorite record?
Your voice in my head again...
Your voice in my head never ends.
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404
04:23
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I've been thinking too much about the things I can't control.
Have you got a light? Help me take this off my mind.
Help me take this off my mind.
I know it's been a while,
But if I could, I'd stay the night.
Keep me breathing slowly,
Tell me things will be alright.
I'll visit when I'm back.
I don't call cause I'm scared that I'll lose what I have.
You're all that I have.
I think we'll be alright.
I think we'll be alright.
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Broken Records
05:20
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Blinded by your smile,
Your beauty's my pall.
But I know when you see me,
You see nothing at all.
Broken records,
They hang on my wall.
To have them, to keep them,
Is better than nothing at all.
I won't forget,
Oh, no, not yet.
It's not my problem,
But it still makes me sick.
It's been over a year,
And I'm still here,
The reason for which
Has not made itself clear.
It's out of my hands.
It's out of my hands.
Sleeping with people
Is an empty escape.
I know, when they wake up,
It's a feeling they'll hate.
Cause they're broken, eyes swollen,
And they stayed up too late.
And no sleep's a recipe
To overcomplicate our fate.
And you might forget,
But I won't, not yet.
No, it's not your problem,
But you're still in my head.
Year after year,
The pain is still here,
And it won't go away,
Or at least that what I fear.
But it's out of my hands.
It's out of my hands.
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