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It's Too Much
02:06
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Mother
I know you've lost faith in yr son
He's lost sight of his goal
And he's let down everyone
And it doesn't matter
What he says
Playing in a band with his
Lunatic friends
Will never
Get him anywhere in the end
I'm broken down.
Mother, I am sorry
But I can't stop these questions
Circling around
The heavyweight champ/the head of the class
Has beat me to a pulp
I know what I know
And I know that it's too much
You keep saying that
Degrees are just a means to an end
And you're still waiting for
Your son's life to begin
And in his eyes
He's a man
But he is just a boy
With his head in the sand
And just cause he
Thinks that he will
Doesn't mean that he can
CHORUS
Mother
Did you ever have faith in your son?
Or did you always assume
He'd end up like everyone
With his eyes on the ball
And a foot in the grave
And his hand on his heart
For the home of the brave
And a measuring stick
For the capital that he's saved
CHORUS
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Jennifer Tells Me
03:03
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Jennifer tells me "It will be alright if I walk away unafraid"
I say, "it may be denial But at least it's still getting me laid."
She says "Whatever happened to true love waits?"
I say "Temptation's just too much for a man to take
But I would kill to see the world through those eyes again
But for now, I have a conscience to ignore, and a will to bend."
Alison tells me just to pick a path and she thinks that would be the best
She tells me "objects that stay at rest tend to stay at rest"
Like the arc of a wave that will crash on the ocean
There's a difference between moving and forward motion
That's eluded me since Nineteen Ninety Four
But it's kept me frozen to the floor
We keep running around in the same old patterns over and over
With no real pause and no reason why
As one day flows into next, I think I'm going crazy
There's something I'm missing that I cannot find.
Eva keeps telling me to open up my heart and let Jesus in
She says I'm looking for answers and I don't know where to begin
I said "I tried, but I can't really shake that feeling
That the answer never comes to you when you're kneeling
So pray for me until I find
The little voice you leave behind
When you're twenty-one years old
And think you're running out of time.
Chorus (2x)
Veronica tells me that no son of hers would ever treat her the way I do
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3. |
Close
03:01
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She's an intolerable thing
I've gotten used to standing
With her vitriolic diatribes
And her ceaseless demanding
Vying for someone's affection
Has never seemed so unappealing
And when you pull the layers back
There's nothing there that's worth revealing
But you pull her close
And you hold her near
But you're not listening to her
And you're not even here
If she were any less sincere
She'd be a Senator
Campaigning in your bed
When she cries to you and says she's all alone
She lies to you and you're still not coming home
She comes on like a slowdance
That you always sat and hated
"Oh, come on dear," she says
"You make it seem so complicated."
This is getting like a road
That takes its toll on more than your wallet
But this is not an exit
This is death, no matter what you call it
She'd be a Senator
Screaming all roads lead to Rome
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Poetry on the bathroom wall
But all of your words couldn't rescue you at all
From the cadre of villains awaiting your fall
And poised to run at the recess bell
Like dogs unleashed from a kennel borne of hell
In this house of God there are secrets to tell
But I'm not that person that I was when you controlled me
And I learned a long, long time ago
That you can live your life and never think about me
So I won't let you define me any more
You say the weak will inherit the earth
But everything you've done is worse
Than the demons and the heretics that you curse
So where in hell does a scared boy run
When his fate is controlled by everyone
And even the teachers and parents conceal the smoking gun
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5. |
Run Away From You (Smb2)
03:18
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Let's take another trip back to the place we've both been to
A thousand times before this one, and now you know it too
I can't change the way that I am
So please try and understand
And I gotta take some time to figure out what's going on
Well, I know I said it all before, but I don't know what's wrong
I wonder why I can't believe
In anyone but me
And so I run away from you
Because that's all I know to do
And so I run away from you
Tell me, what else should I do
I know I drive you out of your mind
There's still some answers that I need to find
And it seems the only thing I think I know is always wrong
Well maybe I should have time to listen all along
But now it's no time for regrets
Because I'm so glad we met
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C Alexander Chicago, Illinois
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