1. |
The Alternative
03:34
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If they had a dollar
They’d want fifty cents
They'd take their three quarters
And spare no expense
That’s the problem with power
It doesn’t make sense
If they had a weapon
They’d want twenty more
With their guns on their shoulders
Their guts on the floor
Their arms couldn't take
Any arms anymore
I think people are good
They just make mistakes
And some you forgive
The rest you just take
The alternative isn’t worth bracing the ache
The alternative isn’t worth bracing the ache
If they had a reason they’d burn you alive
Claiming what’s best for the queen is what’s best for the hive
Put the world in reverse for a leisurely drive
If they could see you curled up in a bind
(In a bind)
Caked in the dirt with your limbs intertwined
(Intertwined)
When you’re out of their sight you are out of their mind
(Out of their mind)
I think people are good
They just make mistakes
And some you forgive
The rest you just take
The alternative isn’t worth bracing the ache
The alternative isn’t worth bracing the ache
I think people are good
They just make mistakes
And some you forgive
The rest you just take
I think people are good
They just make mistakes
And some you forgive
The rest you just take
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2. |
Your Freedom
02:45
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How high can you climb? Impressive
How deep can you swim?
Now can you sit still for a moment?
Too hard for a man like you?
Consider a moment won’t you
The terrible burden you can’t touch
Yet it remains there
Too hard to move your mind away
When you flaunt your freedom
I want to explode
But I have to let it go
I have to let it go
If I think, "What would I do
If I was you?"
I hope it would be something
But I really don’t know
When I see you
Move on with your life
I could kill you
I have to let it go
I have to let it go
I have to let it go
I have to let it go
I have to let it go
I have to let it
Sorry, I'm sorry, sometimes you gotta do the hard thing
Sorry, I'm sorry, sometimes you gotta do the hard thing
When you flaunt your freedom
I want to explode
But I have to let it go
I have to let it go
If I think "What would I do
If I was you?"
I hope it would be something
But I really don’t know
When I see you
Move on with your life
I could kill you
But I have to let it go
I have to let it go
I have to let it go
I have to let it go
I have to let it go
I have to let it
Sorry, sorry
Sometimes you gotta do the hard thing
Sorry, sorry
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3. |
Window
04:56
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Look at yourself, look at each move, asking the man,
"How does any single being get out from
Under the thumbs of all of those hands
Grinding them off of their lines in the sand?"
I smile to myself, setting poses, clenching my jaw
Am I unique enough? Have I had a single thought?
Am I in the woods wasting time being scared?
There’s no point if a tree falls and nobody cares
And nobody cares
Nobody cares
And nobody cares
Nobody cares
And nobody cares
Thank you, I mean it
Don’t have to repeat it
I'm grateful, I’m grateful
I hate being so hateful
You are not me, I am not you
That’s all that we can do
I’m grateful, I’m grateful, I’m grateful, I'm grateful
Feeling the pull, feeling the push, stopped in your tracks
Deer in sunlight, fragile body will face facts
You are the glass, and I am the pane
Feeling ashamed that we’re one and the same
Oh to be bitter, so jealous, so petty, so mean
So dramatic, cut straight from a magazine
Pasted to cardboard and dragged through the dirt
Straight down to the core of the earth
Straight down to the core of the earth
Straight down to the core of the earth
Straight down to the core of the earth
Thank you, I mean it
Don’t have to repeat it
I'm grateful, I’m grateful
I hate being so hateful
You are not me, I am not you
That’s all that we can do
I’m grateful, I’m grateful, I’m grateful, I'm grateful
I'm grateful
I'm grateful
I'm grateful
I'm grateful
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4. |
Thanks So Much
04:08
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What was once a town is now a cloud
People standing in a crowd
Hugged their loved ones, cry aloud
Little chickens make no sound
Poison water in the ground
Little insects sink and drown
Life is changing all around
Life is changing all around
People standing in line
Come on home it’s dinner time
The lights are on, an orange glow
Casting shadows in the snow
The stove is on, the sun is low
You don’t ever have to go
You don’t ever have to go
You don’t ever have to go
You once told me money
Makes the world go round
Those things that we lose
They won’t be found
I was just a kid
No sense of the world
But scared of the sound
I had no idea
Not a clue what you were talking about
They will ride away on paper planes
Make the fathers take the reigns
Fear is coursing through their veins
Puppet masters keep their trains
Here’s a dollar, now I’ll pray
It’s much too much to keep away
Much too much to keep away
Much too much to keep away
Once a stream, now a grave
Hooded figures smile and wave
Shuffle off into their cave
They stick around enough to say
Thanks so much for being brave
Thanks so much for being brave
Thanks so much for being brave
Thanks so much for being brave
You once told me money
Makes the world go round
Those things that we lose
They won’t be found
I was just a kid
No sense of the world
But scared of the sound
I had no idea
Not a clue what you were talking about
Thanks so much for being brave
Thanks so much for being brave
Thanks so much for being brave
Thanks so much for being brave
Thanks so much for being brave
Thanks so much for being brave
Thanks so much for being brave
Thanks so much for being brave
You once told me give up on that dream
Give up on that dream
Give up on that dream
Give up on that
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5. |
You Can't See Me
02:52
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When I wake up I am someone else
Keep one eye closed
And I wait for ten minutes
Return to myself
Return to myself
Return to myself
Return to myself
Return to myself
I bought a ticket to another show
I stayed at home, I didn’t go
I sat all alone
Returned to myself
Return to myself
Return to myself
Return to myself
Return to myself
I looked in the mirror as it folded three ways
I wonder if that’s how I really look from your gaze
You can’t see me
You can’t see me
You can’t see me
You can’t hurt me
You can’t hurt me
You can’t hurt me
You can’t see me
You can’t see me
You can’t see me
You can’t hurt me
You can’t hurt me
You can’t hurt me
You can't
What if it was what I really need?
Laid bare before me
I've waited so long
But it’s good for my health
It’s good for my health
It’s good for my health
It’s good for my health
It’s good for my health
What if it was like a fever dream?
Brilliant and frightening
I don’t have to like it
It’s good for my health
It’s good for my health
It’s good for my health
It’s good for my health
It’s good for my health
I looked in the mirror as it folded three ways
I wonder if that’s how I really look from your gaze
You can’t see me
You can’t see me
You can’t see me
You can’t hurt me
You can’t hurt me
You can’t hurt me
You can’t see me
You can’t see me
You can’t see me
You can’t hurt me
You can’t hurt me
You can’t hurt me
You can’t see me
You can’t see me
You can’t see me
You can’t hurt me
You can’t hurt me
You can’t hurt me
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Cusp Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, IL
Jen
Gaelen
Matt
Tessa
Tommy
Pic by Abram Huezo
Shows:
5/21 at Sleeping Village
6/27 at Beat Kitchen
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