1. |
Hopefulessness
04:48
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Yknow what they say
No oneâs born to hate
We learn it somewhere along the way.
Take your broken heart
Turn it into art
Canât take it with you, canât take it with you
(I donât wanna, I donât wanna know)
Empty bottle blues
Sleepinâ different rooms
Hardly a maverick
Lesser than average
Your vulnerability is stronger than it seems
Yknow itâs okay to have a bad day
(I donât wanna, I donât wanna know)
Just get this one done, then you can move along
Canât take it with you, canât take it with you
Yknow what they say, no oneâs born to hate
Getting louder now, getting louder now
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2. |
City Looks Pretty
04:41
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The city looks pretty when you been indoors
For 23 days Iâve ignored all your phone calls.
Everyoneâs waiting when you get back home
They donât know where you been, why you gone so long.
Friends treat you like a stranger and
Strangers treat you like their best friend, oh well
Spare a thought for the ones that came before
All in a daze bending backwards to reach your goal.
Sometimes I get sad
Itâs not all that bad
One day, maybe never
Iâll come around
The city takes pity on your injured soul
N heavenly prose ainât enough good to fill that hole.
Everyoneâs soaked in animosity
Itâs vicious in winter, you never say what you mean.
Friends treat you like a stranger and
Strangers treat you like their best friend, oh well.
Wakinâ up to another dismal day
You got a ways to go, you oughta be grateful.
Sometimes I get mad
Itâs not half as bad
Pull yourself together
N just calm down
Iâll be what you want oh when you want it
But Iâll never be what you need
And the city looks pretty from where Iâm standingâŚ
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3. |
Charity
04:10
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At the end of every season Iâm spent up
Keep thinking this will be the one.
Hesitation lingers till Iâm unreasonable
As if you care, I know you got your own stuff going on
You must be having so much fun
Everythingâs amazing
So subservient I make myself sick
Are you listening?
Canât we talk about it once weâve slept?
When can we, yeah can we, work it out?
Meditation just makes you more strung out
I wish you had a guru to tell you to let it go, let it go
You must be having so much fun
Everythingâs amazing
So subservient I make myself sick
Are you listening?
You donât have to pretend youâre not scared
Everyone else is just as terrified as you.
Medication just makes you more upset
I bet you got a lot to prove I know youâre still the same
You must be having so much fun
Everythingâs amazing
So subservient I make myself sick
Are you listening?
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4. |
Need A Little Time
03:58
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I donât know a lot about you but
You seem to know a lot about me so
I take a little time out, I take a little time out
Iâm sorry that I lost my patience
You deserve better itâs true
I need a little time out
I need a little time out
From me
And you
Open up your insides show us
Your inner most lecherous
Iâll rip it out carefully
I promise you wonât feel a thing
Everybody wants to have their say
Forever waiting for some car crash
I need a little time out
I need a little time out
From me
And you
Shave your head to see how it feels
Emotionally itâs not that different
But to the hand itâs beautiful
(Yeah to the hand itâs beautiful)
You seem to have the weight of the world
Upon your bony shoulders well hold on
You need a little time out
You need a little time out
From you
And me
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5. |
Nameless, Faceless
03:14
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Donât you have anything better to do
I wish that someone would hug you
Must be lonely
Being angry
Feeling over-looked.
You sit alone at home in the darkness
With all the pent-up rage that you harness
Iâm real sorry
Bout whatever happened to you
I wanna walk through the park in the dark
Men are scared that women will laugh at them
I wanna walk through the park in the dark
Women are scared that men will kill them
I hold my keys
Between my fingers
He said âI could eat a bowl of alphabet soup
And spit out better words than youâ
But you didnât
Man youâre kidding yourself if you think
The world revolves around you
Yknow you got lots to give
N so many options
Iâm real sorry
Bout whatever happened to you
I wanna walk through the park in the dark
Men are scared that women will laugh at them
I wanna walk through the park in the dark
Women are scared that men will kill them
I hold my keys
Between my fingers
Go on tell me
Youâre just kidding
He said, she said
Nameless, faceless
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Iâm not your mother, Iâm not your bitch
I hear you mutter, under your breath
Put up or shut up, itâs all the same
Itâs all the same, never change, never change
Iâm not your mother, Iâm not your bitch
d-did I stutter, a little bit
sit down n shut up, itâs all the same
itâs all the same, never change, never change
I get most self-defensive
When I know Iâm wrong
Think we all can agree
I try my best to be patient
But I can only put up with so much shit
Iâm not your mother, Iâm not your bitch
I hear you mutter, under your breath
Put up or shut up, itâs all the same
Itâs all the same, never change, never change
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Yeah they say whoever pays
The piper calls the tune
Letâs avoid the truth
Make you all feel special
Your desperation stinks
I can smell it on your breath
A certain absolut anosmic
Got yourself to blame for this
(Tell me how you really feel)
I donât know, I donât know anything
I donât owe, I donât owe anything
Your opinion means a lot
Well tell me whatâs the use?
I never feel as stupid
As when Iâm around you
And indecision rots
Like a bag of last weeks meat
And I guess itâs hard to keep
Everybody happy
(Tell me how you really feel)
I donât know, I donât know anything
I donât owe, I donât owe anything
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8. |
Help Your Self
03:02
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Darkness depends on where youâre standing
Jump the creek n watch the sunshine swim
You found inner peace in the inner north-east.
Got a momentary bend
Gimme dreams up-stream
Lower Dantian screaming
You got a lot on your plate
Donât let it go to waste
Humble but hungry
Need validation
You catch the moon so carefully
Breath out, breath in
This tiger claw gets patient
Pull back n release.
The sign on the shelf says
âPlease help your selfâ
Wonât you tell me something new
Youâre in tune with who surrounds you
You got a lot on your plate
Donât let it go to waste
Humble but hungry
Need validation
You got a lot on your mind
You know that half the time
Itâs only half as true
Donât let it swallow you
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9. |
Walkin' On Eggshells
04:01
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Before we get started Iâll clean this up
No use drinkinâ from a leakinâ cup
Yknow what I mean?
Not really it seems
N when we get goingâ weâll keep it sane
Change is as good as a holiday
Iâm not claiminâ Iâm some patron saint
Say what you want
Donât got a lot
Oh but what I got
Iâd give
It all away
Walkinâ on eggshells gets tiring
Pullinâ teeth, white knucklinâ
N I donât wanna hurt your feelings
So I say nothing
Sorta self-rightous my heart of gold
Just sit back, do what youâre told
If you spot it you got it
Well maybe I got it too
(and it goes, and it goes, yeah it goes awayâŚ
say what you mean to say)
Say what you want
Donât got a lot
Oh but what I got
Iâd give
It all away
Say what you want
Donât got a lot
Oh but what you got
Youâd throw
It all away
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10. |
Sunday Roast
04:44
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Donât come with your arms swinging
Throw them around me
Some kind of sweet relief
I hope you never leave
Itâs all the same to me
Just bring yourself
You know your presence is
Present enough
I got a front row seat
Itâs all the same to me
I spend a lotta my time
Doinâ a whole lotta nothing
I know youâre doinâ your best
I think youâre doinâ just fine
I know itâs been a long week
And now youâre takinâ your time
Some kindness goes around
Some kinda backfires
Itâs all the same to me
Ignore that voice
It puts you down
You make your choice
Iâm here for you
Itâs all the same to me
I got a lot on my mind
But I dunno how to say it
I know youâre doinâ your best
I think youâre doinâ just fine
Keep on keepinâ on yknow youâre not alone
And I know all your stories but Iâll listen to them again
And if you move away yknow Iâll miss your face
Itâs all the same to me yknow itâs all the same to me
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courtney barnett Melbourne, Australia
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