1. |
Gold 'Til the Grave
06:03
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Now your lives I won’t save
I live for the gold ‘til the grave
And little as we are against the waves
I am still just a knave
Who won’t give up now
Not after years at the bow
But to have it all I must
Find a crew that I trust
Given the chance I’d choose it again
Anything less than my death is a sin
What kind of guy have I been?
What kind of guy have I been?
It’s all happened before
Once we’re far passed the shore
They’ll all rise against me
So I must set them free
They’ll all walk the plank
Like the others who sank
To the depths below
Where all traders go
Given the chance I’d choose it again
Anything less than my death is a sin
What kind of guy have I been?
What kind of guy have I been?
Is there some lesson I’ve learned
How on the seas I have turned
So rotten with greed
Now your words I won’t head
I don’t think I’ve gone mad
But all my rum has been had
So what’s a poor captain to do?
Get them before they get you
Given the chance I’d choose it again
Anything less than my death is a sin
What kind of guy have I been?
What kind of guy have I been?
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2. |
El Merchero
06:06
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He had heard it all before
the excuses and the pleas
A last attempt and final words
to try and make some peace
But by now his heart was cold
and every bone was bad
This is what happens
when you mess around with
One bullet to the head
another for good measure
The body fell straight to the floor
and brought him twisted pleasure
A week went by and in the field
police had found the gun
His prints were on it they had him
suspect number one
But he was loco, bad, and rough
and he knew just what to do
He cut his fingertips right off
police would have no proof
One finger at a time
erasing any trail
Of the things that he had done
and that’s the tale of
One bullet to the head
another for good measure
The body fell straight to the floor
and brought him twisted pleasure
Everyone knew he had killed
that man some weeks ago
But no one dared stand witness
against El Merchero
One bullet to the head
another for good measure
The body fell straight to the floor
and brought him twisted pleasure
One finger at a time
erasing any trail
Of the things that he had done
and that’s the tale of
Whatchu gonna do, you got no proof
Whatchu gonna do you got no
Whatchu gonna do, you got no proof
Whatchu gonna do you got no...
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3. |
Good Song
02:29
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Hello morning
Hello lake birds through
The window early on into
The day until I hear you say
This is a good song
This is a good song
Don’t you think this is a good song?
This is a good song
This is a good song, yeah
But this is a good song too
Hello sweetheart
Hello to your voice too
Over up inside and through my brain
Until I hear me say
This is a good song
This is a good song
Don’t you think this is a good song?
This is a good song
This is a good song, yeah
But this is a good song too
Hello evening
Hello thunder through
The window oh so late into the night
Until I hear you say
This is a good song
This is a good song
Don’t you think this is a good song?
This is a good song
This is a good song
Don’t you think this is a good song?
This is a good song
This is a good song
Don’t you think this is a good song?
This is a good song
This is a good song
Don’t you think this is a good song?
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4. |
I Recall
07:59
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Seeing as though the ice has fallen, we journey on with surrounding gloom
The path freezes over as we continue our departure, and all we feel is impending doom
But as the snow turns into rain, I recall;
A place from whence I came
But as the snow turns into rain, I recall;
A place from whence I came
The path that led me to the left, at first seemed like a brutal test
But as my boundaries pushed further to the limit it created,
A ripple through my heart and chest
But as the snow turns into rain, I recall;
A place from whence I came
But as the snow turns into rain, I recall;
A place from whence I came
But as the snow turns into rain, I recall;
A place from whence I came
But as the snow turns into rain, I recall;
A place from whence I came
But as the snow turns into rain, I recall;
A place from whence I came
But as the snow turns into rain, I recall;
A place from whence I came
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5. |
So Fly
04:59
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I'm so glad you gave me a try
My lady is lookin so fly
Come with me and we will try
To fly up way up high in the sky
Way up high
In the sky
So fly
In the sky
Let's keep all our shit on the ground
Just focus on that musical sound
Believe me when i say we are bound
Together and forever in the sky
Way up high
In the sky
So fly
In the sky
Let's bring what we learned back down
Fixin up the cracks in our town
By spreading what we got all around
And leading all our peeps to the sky
Way up high
In the sky
So fly
In the sky
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6. |
Ballad of Dante Felcher
05:41
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In the spare room
Where we kept you
With the stuff
George left you
And the keeper
Of the freezer
Buried you much deeper
In the ground
You found the answer
To Grok now and after
I don’t want to stay outside
In ice I hide
And the saints came marching home
Through these tunnels I will roam
Not to reach this path unknown, ooh
To stay frozen for all time
On this quest that I must find
Escape the room of cans and trash
As they crash
on my task
I will pass through the cracks
Free at last
Now a giant I must face
And all his race
I was trying to escape
The giant with the cape and jeans
I was slipping through the seems, ooh
To stay frozen for all time
On this quest that I must find
Escape the room of cans and trash
As they crash
on my task
I will pass through the cracks
Free at last
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7. |
Get Along
05:03
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Cats and dogs
They get along
Toads and frogs
They get along
Heat and meat
They get along
Shoes and feet
They get along
But
I don't get along with you
I don't get along with you
I don't get along with you
I don't get along with you
Arms and tubes
They get along
Chewy and Louie
They get along
Kevin and Malbecs
They get along
Butts and farts
They get along
But
I don't get along with you
I don't get along with you
I don't get along with you
I don't get along with you...
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8. |
Below the Wind
06:44
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Below the wind, you feel the difference
when you're all the deflated and
when you're feelin' whole
The sun sets on a snowy field
looping like the frames in a reel
that just keep on
spinning around
Whether I get flat or stuck
I just got to take it day by day
I don't want to stay here
but i just can’t seem to float away
Falling faster towards the trees
Losing time and feeling free
parts of you will fade away
as you do your best to never stay
See the world from a string
above the standard as you’re
floating by so try to just keep
getting high
Find yourself in some strange land
flat on your back without a string to stand
And you can never
just blow away
Whether I get flat or stuck
I just have to take it day by day
I don't want to stay here
but i just can’t seem to float away
Falling faster towards the trees
Losing time and feeling free
parts of you will fade away
as you do your best to never stay
Hey Hey Hey
Don't let the wind take you away
Hey Hey Hey
Don't let the wind take you away
listen to me when I say
it can't decide for us
its not what controls us
may Opus please guide you this day
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Desmond Jones Grand Rapids, Michigan
John Nowak: Drums, Vocals
Isaac Berkowitz: Guitar, Vocals
Chris Bota: Guitar
Taylor Watson: Bass
George Falk: Saxophone, Vocals
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