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STD (Seize the Day)
02:13
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Nothing ever comes instantly, every one's gotta wait
But the question is will you eat when the food comes hot on your plate?
You can read the writing on the wall or you can think they're just words
Don't turn your back on yourself
If you've got something to say
You can take our advice
Or go the long way
We don't claim to know everything, in fact we know almost nothing
Too young to be considered wise, too old to still be naïve
You can read the writing on the wall, or you can think they're just words
Don't turn your back on yourself
If you've got something to say
You can take our advice, yeah
Or go the long way
Life is just trial and error
You can go your whole life guessing but get no results
You can answer the knocks on the door, or you can choose to ignore
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Hands
02:04
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Seventeen and tender, thinkin what am I gunna do?
My mother sat me down and told me boy it's up to you
Go do what you like, you won't be happy otherwise
I knew it when she told me I could see it in her eyes
Could blame the world, blame anybody, for when I stumble or fall
If im not making my own mistakes it aint no life of mine
I wanna know what makes a man
Is it the clothes on his back?
Or the calluses on his hands?
Some of my friends tell me, "Youre stuck on a straight away road"
Just take the next exit man!
Well I pray for the day I told you so
Well I told you soooooooo
Could blame the world, blame anybody, for when I stumble or fall
If im not making my own mistakes it aint no life of mine
I wanna know what makes a man
Is it the clothes on his back?
Or the calluses on his hands?
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Keep On Truckin'
01:37
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starts getting comfortable again
when I stay long enough
coming back is always easy
'cause it never asks for much
and it screams for the bottle
cries out in its sleep
try to nurture and hide a beast inside until I...
break and release
I'm a sitting stone never was much for rolling,
been gathering moss for myself
know who I am and who I try to be
but can I be somebody else
Gotta make a move while my mind's still a sponge
cuz the body's been hung out to dry
pick up the pace and find something new
to fuel the spark that's in my eye
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Heroes & Hooligans
02:51
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when I start to lose my head
a steady hand will take its turn
to ease my mind as we take a step back
just to let it burn
we try to leave the bags behind but they're always catching up
we feel the weight of each new year
but here's to us all for another one down
this one's for all of you here
because you're all so good
so don't you dare die young
there's life in our years and so much to come.
they say we are an army but this army not destruct
we just watch each other's backs for when shit runs amuck
remember all the words we shared from late night to early morning
we'll come and we will go, we need no warning
because you're all so good
so don't you dare die young
with life in our years and so much to come.
Here's to all the rascal kings
the anchor ends of all these things
to you i say "my kingdom for a beer"
ill toast to you time and again
you heroes or just hooligans,
well that part's never clear
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All Too Human
02:55
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Sympathy is friendships whore
the best of mine gave nothing more
may this love transcend
more than a nation, more than citizen
what illusions can you offer me today?
Substantial lives measure the moments
will you hold open the door?
greet them with a smile and open arms
or just extend a hand
to shake politely or shield from harm
just a start though it echoes, echoes far
can you feel protected from
the enemies that you invent?
Place a sense of confidence in weapons and walls
the best defence is proof enough of fear
shot dead at the site only 17 years
a victim of circumstance
a life that met it's end
will you shoot on sight?
Greet them with a scope and tear gas
or just extend a hand
to bludgeon swiftly to cause them harm
just taken to extremes,
and once it's done there ain't no turning back
earn the value, sleep off the shame
embody your convictions
trade in real emotion for bitter-sweet inhibition
but the heart won't subside nor disregard your disregard
denial is twice as hard
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Falcon Punch!
02:52
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Out in the backstreets all crossing different ways
been looking for that new thing got me runnin' for days
your smile is a late-devil, wholesome surprise
in tears beggars caress
holding close what they despise
it's the contents of duress
the contents of duress!
Baby I ain't no animal, Im just a regular man
I'm always ready to pick a fight, you know I do what I can
Is justice out on the town while Lady Liberty sleeps?
The only ones left around, the ones who got in too deep
Colder in the night with a pendulum,
never time to bide
better stayed their hearts unsung,
the cost would overcome the prize
Danger dreams on the tv screens
seem oh, so demure
like truth in fiction, it's telling our condition
that feeds but is never sure
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