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mike townsend has to get out of bed
mike townsend's got the voice in his head
and he can't remove the heavy feeling
and it persists through the morning commute
he's running late, so he texts "i'm en route"
but he can't remove the heavy feeling
and it's the coffee with one sugar
but he wonders where they took her
and the radio comes on and he cannot help but to hear
"they found a way to get her from the shadows,
but we need someone to go to where the map shows"
mike townsend knows what he's gotta do
"if you need respect, then you might just earn some,
it's a journey you might not return from"
mike townsend knows what he's gotta do
the radio's blasting and he's singing along
mike townsend hears his favourite song
but he can't remove the heavy feeling
the static hits when he's nearly there
the null mixing with the waves in the air
and he can't remove the heavy feeling
he downs the coffee with one sugar
and still he wonders where they took her
and the radio comes on and he cannot help but to hear
his hand is hovering at the gate now,
and he's trying to think of a way out,
but he closes his eyes and talks to himself in his head
"they found a way to get her from the shadows,
but they need someone to go to where the map shows,
i'm mike townsend, and i know what to do.
i need respect, and i just might earn some
it's a journey i might not return from,
i'm mike townsend, and i know what to do.
there's a chance that this is the end,
but i know i have to do it if it saves my friend,
i'm mike townsend, and i know what to do.
i can feel my spirit is leaving me,
but i get power from the team, cause they believe in me,
i'm mike townsend, and i know what to do,
i'm a disappointment, i'm a credit to the team,
there's a coldness in my blood, and i know what that means,
i'm mike townsend, and i know what to do,
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Eyes In The Dark
03:01
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all my energy
is wasted, i'm wasted
and i don't know that i can get out of the place i'm in
and i am tryna hold it all together
cause we will be together
we can hold each other close
and if i do not believe that
then i cannot believe
that anything will change until i'm dead
how am i gonna live with these eyes in the dark
when they're following me around, and following you around
and there's no where you can go that they're not there
how am i gonna live with these eyes in the dark
when they're following me around, and following you around
and there's no where you can go that they're not there
all my energy
is wasted, i'm wasted
and if we don't fight back now, i don't know if we will
cause if i think of home
then i won't be alone
and all the people there will pick me up
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Blessings
03:44
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you think i'm easy, don't you?
it's just as simple as that
you give me what i want and
i leave you alone for life
but that's not how it works
i won't be bought, i can't be bribed
you should come over some time
and i'll cut out your eyes
i don't want your blessings
i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah
i don't want your blessings
i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah
i think it's time you witnessed
the end to all your means
if i can't make it easy
i'll make sure the knife is clean
you stand so tall and mighty
up there with all the gods
but if you wanna dance
then i am willing to break it down
i don't want your blessings
i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah
i don't want your blessings
i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah
cause if you don't ask, then you know you don't get
and if you're not dead, i haven't got to you yet
i don't want your blessings
i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah
it's a pathetic gesture
a spineless kind of nod
you're just a wooden idol
a counterfeited god
i can look you in the eyes
and i won't turn to stone
cause when we stand together
that means you'll die alone
i don't want your blessings
i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah
i don't want your blessings
i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah
cause if you don't ask, then you know you don't get
and if you're not dead, i haven't got to you yet
i don't want your blessings
i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah
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4. |
Ruby Tuesday
04:16
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Townsend, I ask
Are you listening?
Is this to a broken address?
I’ve been wondering
Did you ever think of me
Like you thought about yourself
I never asked, and you never asked
And now I’m living
With no benefit of the doubt
I wonder if this’ll ever let me go
When will it let me go?
And now I’m the last to know
That with one single misplaced throw
I could end the lives of all my friends
Why would you give me this?
Just to leave me with this?
Is it hard to imagine, it’s not deliberately?
Is it hard to imagine, it’s not deliberately?
Is it hard to imagine?
My hands are full of fire
My eyes are full of flame
I sent moody to the shadows
My limbs are not my own
My life is not my decision
Was I crying for help like some wounded animal
Never learning what this is, what it feels like to be left?
A secondary thought, in your heroic moment
Expecting me to thank you
Is it hard to imagine, it’s not deliberately?
Is it hard to imagine, it’s not deliberately?
Is it hard to imagine?
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Pathetic/Spineless
03:01
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i'm riding in the front seat of a train car
hurtling towards the heavens
and i'm gonna catch you alone
and i got my bag packed, and it's full of stuff
that i can then use when i fight them off
and i'm gonna catch you alone
when i look you in the eyes
i will start to realise
you're pathetic, in the worst ways
you're spineless, like on most days
when i look you in the eyes
i will start to realise
you're not going anywhere, going anywhere
when you go to fight gods
but none of them live up to it
and all of them give up, does that
make you feel better?
when you go to fight gods
but none of them meet your eyeline
does that make you feel fine,
or are you disappointed?
no one you look up to is better than you are
i'm riding in the front seat of a train car
listening to songs on my headphones that will hype me up
to take you on, or take you down
but it's somewhere between track 6 and 7
that i realise that when i get up to heaven
i'm gonna make you cry without lifting a finger
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6. |
Flooding/Drowning
02:49
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of course, you think you can just come back home
bring your bags, packed like they were when you left
and in two days, i bet you'll be freakin out
and wherever you go you know you'll bring your storm with you
and now you’re flooding my basement
and the water’s so cold, with the level rising
and i’m just wishing you’d be swept elsewhere
and now it’s flooding the kitchen
with a downpour so steady
i don’t know when it starts or when it ends
if you don’t fix it, i’ll be drowning
of course, you think it all gets forgotten
it’s all fine, but you cannot crack a smile
and you’re angry, when the energy rises to meet you
like the liferafts are disrespectful to the sea
but now you’re flooding my basement
and the water’s so cold, with the level rising
and i’m just wishing you’d be swept elsewhere
and now it’s flooding the kitchen
with a downpour so steady
i don’t know when it starts or when it ends
if you don’t fix it, i’ll be drowning
if you don’t fix it, i’ll be drowning
we kept it, your jersey, don’t care if it’s murder
i’d forgive you if it were something you regret
we missed you, and still you, are part of the family
but it’s not going to be easy to forget
that everything you say is made to make me doubt myself
that everything you say makes me doubt myself
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7. |
Hurt People
02:52
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ctrl and z together until my keyboard breaks in half
i say "sorry" to the people who are looking at the graphs
over and over, and then all over again
i copy-paste apologies, til i lose all my friends
it's not my fault
it's not my fault
i just hurt people i hurt
i just hurt people i hurt
i want them to stop staring when i walk out on the field
i wonder if this lesion is ever going to heal
but there's stuff i gotta do, they yell at me for more
if he gave it up for nothing, then nothing's what it's for
it's not my fault
it's not my fault
i just hurt people i hurt
i just hurt people i hurt
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8. |
Get Normal
03:36
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take a moment and raise your glass
i try to shake it but the feeling won't pass
i can't get up again
no matter how i try
the bigger the loss, the harder the sting
it's hard to feel like you've lost everything
i can't get up again
no matter how i try
can we get back to normal?
can we get normal after this?
it feels like my world is crumbling
it feels like the world is crumbling down
can we get back to normal?
can we get normal after this?
it feels like my world is crumbling
it feels like the world is crumbling down
i'm feeling held back when i want to move on
i can hear mike townsend's favorite song
i can't get up again
no matter how i try
when you carried all of us and then you lost it all
then how can i even lift the ball?
i can't get up again
no matter how i try
can we get back to normal?
can we get normal after this?
it feels like my world is crumbling
it feels like the world is crumbling down
can we get back to normal?
can we get normal after this?
it feels like my world is crumbling
it feels like the world is crumbling down
if we can't get to normal
if there's no normal after this
how are we to keep going?
how are we to keep going?
if we can't get to normal
if there's no normal after this
how are we to keep going?
how are we to keep going?
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9. |
In The Feedback
03:04
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i can see the truth in your eyes
as you're telling me lies
like you know that you'll hold my hand again
cause you don't know you will
but i know how you feel
and i don't know if i can watch you walk out on the field
and there's the lightning strike
across the pitch-black night
and i wanna hold you close, but i can't
i don't wanna let you go
in the feedback
cause i don't know i'd get you back
yeah, i don't know i'd get you back
i don't wanna let you go
in the feedback
cause i don't know i'd get you back
yeah, i don't know i'd get you back
i can feel you pull away from me
i can feel you retreat
"duty calls" you say, and then it's
all of the eyes on the pitcher throwing
and it's all of the eyes on the way it's going
and you hit the ball, and then it's out of our hands
and there's the lightning strike
across the pitch-black night
and i wanna hold you close, but i can't
i don't wanna let you go
in the feedback
cause i don't know i'd get you back
yeah, i don't know i'd get you back
i don't wanna let you go
in the feedback
cause i don't know i'd get you back
yeah, i don't know i'd get you back
and there's the lightning strike
across the pitch-black night
and then the smoke obscures
the place where you once stood
and when it clears, you're just not there
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10. |
Everyone That's Left
03:41
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You hate us for who we are
While we hate you for what you’ve done
We get all the bullets
While you get all the guns
And when a single one of us gets
Marked for incineration
It’s all of us that’s been hit
And you can expect retaliation
Cause we know people who have died
Well before their time
And it isn’t really fair
But how are we to set that right?
We have to make a plan
And work out what is coming next
And make it out alive
With everyone that’s left
That we have left
We’re tougher than you think we are
We keep up our survival
And when we kill our demons
It also means we kill our idols
You’re not gonna buy us off
There is no simple, easy fix
Cause all of us have been hurt
And we’re going to stay pissed
Cause we know people who have died
Well before their time
And it isn’t really fair
But how are we to set that right?
We have to make a plan
And work out what is coming next
And make it out alive
With everyone that’s left
That we have left
I want you to feel joyous
I want you to feel okay
I want you to wake up tomorrow
And fight another day
I want you to look back
And see how far that we’ve all came
I want you to remember them
And carry on their name
Cause we know ways we can survive
After all this time
We learn from our past
So we can make it out alright
We have to stay alert
And be ready for what is next
We’ll make it out alive
With everyone that’s left
That we have-
Cause we know ways we can survive
After all this time
We learn from our past
So we can make it out alright
We have to stay alert
And be ready for what is next
We’ll make it out alive
With everyone that’s left
That we have left
Cause we know ways we can survive
After all this time
We learn from our past
So we can make it out alright
We have to stay alert
And be ready for what is next
We’ll make it out alive
With everyone that’s left
That we have left
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