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Say Something Good
08:10
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It’s a worrying sign that you’re stuck here today
And you don’t know if you can go home
But you want to on, you want to see something new
A worrying sign on the road ahead of you
But you want it to read, rest stop ahead
You want it to read, you’ll be better off dead
You want it to read, welcome home
So grab a hold friend of the end of this rope
And help the rest of us stay a float
‘Cause I don’t want to hear those lies again
So sick of this sickness, actor’s playing a game
But it’s what you got deep inside you
It will carry you on and you’ll make it through
Just hold your head up and say something good
This moment besets you and it’s all gone quiet
And everything has turned in favour of a riot
And you don’t know what to do
It’s been so long since they been controlling you
But you no longer need the advice of your friends
You no longer breathe life into them
You don’t want to hear about this mess
But you no longer need the advice of your friends
You no longer breathe life into them
You don’t want to hear about this mess again
No
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2. |
Notifications
02:22
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Waiting for notification
Someone to tell me it will be ok
Waiting for notification
Just someone? Will it be ok?
Now you are walking so silently down the river banks tonight
You are walking so silently down the river banks tonight
Now don’t get cold. Don’t get cold.
You’ll find your way back home.
You’re feeling free. You’re feel free.
You’re feeling free she said to me.
She said to me.
But you got something special indeed
You got something special this is gonna bring me to my knees
Just the kind of thing you want deep inside
Oh, you never thought it would be ok
You didn’t know. You didn’t see.
What you’re hiding from is me.
I never thought I was falling apart again.
I’m falling apart again.
But you got something special indeed
You got something special this is gonna bring me to my knees
But you got something special indeed
You got something special this is gonna bring me to my knees
Take me home
Take me home today
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3. |
Don't Tell a Soul
08:20
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So every night they line up to see
The spectacle of life, the sun shining free
But all you want, Oh, all you want is love.
Just someone to hold
You want love.
Just someone who knows
And it is not a fair assessment of lies
That keeps you a float, it’s the miracle you hide
You don’t tell a soul
You don’t tell a soul ‘cause you’re shy
Far too shy
But you belt it on tight, the costume inside
It’s just a disguise of the adventure this holds
And you can’t divert your eyes
And it just the colour of the coming rain
It will splash all down and wash it all away
Wash it all away
So every night they line up to see. A miracle you received
The stars shining bright on the scars you cover up tonight
And it seems like parade of strangers who hold
You up on the pedestal, you’re so bold
And you didn’t want to say that there is nothing left for you today
But it will be ok. It will be ok
Someone understands why
We’re here in this life together
Just sharing it together
But it will be ok. Time will pass away and you’ll be
Safe and sound in the battleground and beholden yourself free
Just give it sometime my friend and see this through till the end
Maybe you’ll surprise yourself today
I remain optimistic on the course I’m on
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4. |
Pile It On
09:19
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You never get out much
Never looking for air
You don’t get out much
You’re scrambling for air
Now you open up a window and you pray
You open a window and you pray
You don’t get out much these days
You’re singing someone else’s praise
And you don’t think that it will be too long
And you don’t think that it will be too long
So tell me story my friend. Say you’re going to be a healthy man
Tell me a story son you’re saying you’re gonna be a healthy man
But you define the times. Finding a way around
You define lines. Now you are traveling. Travelling again
Through time and it’s a disaster
Time it’s a disaster but your are doing fine, you’re doing fine
But your traveling again, define all the rules and breaking all your time
Breaking all time
So take another drag friend
Maybe it will be your last?
But the time keeps piling on
The time keeps piling on
And you hope you’ll make it through this to the end
And you hope you’ll make it through until the end
You’re praying that your friends come around
You’re praying no that your friends come through again
And you know it will be okay and you’ll fly away
And you know it will be okay and you’ll fly away
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5. |
Early Disaster
05:22
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What is your comfort here in things you do not understand?
Do you got the time to be somewhere?
How did you become him? Someone you didn’t trust or respected
Now you’re me
Flesh and blood. You’re as crazy as me.
Flesh and blood. You’re as crazy as me.
I didn’t know what to say
I didn’t know how to relate to your world
But I sympathize no with path you’ve made
But I sympathize with the life you lead
Because it is not the easiest thing to do.
No it’s not the easiest thing to do
When I was a younger man. Much your age
Minus the singularity in life
I lost my mind too.
Are the stars waging war on you?
Nothing blew my mind. Nothing changed my life
Nothing made my day. Nothing changed my life
Like seeing all the stars in the sky
I don’t know why we’re here
I don’t know why we die
Sorry I wasn’t around those days
Sorry I I didn’t have the time to spend oh with you
I lost myself. I lost myself too.
In this disaster that you made.
In this disaster an early grave.
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Parkland Music Project Vancouver, British Columbia
Parkland mixes impassioned, heart-laid-bare songwriting evocative of alt-country with shades of post-rock, textural improvisation, and understated, lush orchestration.
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