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i went to the rave and did ecstasy
but the first pill didn't have any effect on me
so i took one more and i took one more
but the third was pure and that one felt the best to me
so now another half a pill i'm rollin out of control
these kids pants are too big but i'm enjoying the show
cause the lights are cool and the moods real chill
but i can't differentiate between the acts on the bill
rub my back baby all through the night
i feel so good don't even wanna fight it
i'll be your audience if you give me that light show
it's four in the morning now, nobody wants to go
because the parking lots a boring asphault eternity
take me back to allysons couch i can finally sleep
but it's more like passing out as soon as i go flat
and when i regain consciousness i wish i never came back
cause i used to have a head but now it's just an empty box
left under a heat lamp and struggling too talk
and all that comes out is a grumble a groan
like im getting a fax through a cellular phone
and usually i'm a fan of that abrasive noise
but right now, i'd settle for a box of light up toys
and another long night swimming in deep bass
rest up a couple months so i can melt my face again
i went to a rave and did ecstasy
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she's the spotlight on my stage
she's the deadline on my page
she's vanilla coated haze
and i'm a car stalled without rage
i'm such a road hog
but it's her sweet fog
that keeps me stoppin in my tracks
and though i love her so
dear lord i just don't know
how i'm gonna get my old flow back
excuse me, i'm kind of new at this
all of this smiling shit
and the overwhelming feeling
that this might work out
i guess i'm just used to the fear and doubt
she's the sugar on my steak (?)
she's the cigarette on my break
she's the friday of my week
now i only smile i never speak
cause inaudible sounds
are all that will come out
when she asks me how i feel
i'm the quickest tongue
with someone lookin on
we talk up love but i keep it real
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spur them on you meant
ill burn that monument for you
this ones a riddle now
a little cryptic innocence
i'll write the sonnet and
retool this sonic sex for you
in this ironic sect have we lost all subtlety?
it's easy to see
draw that circle, you work all you want
but i won't forget that face
cause when i look into you
i see happy endings
and i still see time and space bending
i still vines crawl
and i still see it's all
elf ivy climbs my walls
to catch me when i fall
and if you want to set me straight
i won't stop you
i am the top dog but i'm a dog all the same
and if you want to dance
babe if you want to dance all night
i'll stand on my hind legs
but i will not be tamed
cause who needs shame?
draw that circle with purple and pink chiffon
the spotlights on
you are the one its true
arrest me test you will get your answer
signed "dear in headlights,
sincerely, like cancer"
i'm signal code red, my moods gone blue
i'm a player it's said but i'll change the game for you
ladies and gents, i am floating in space
but i won't forget that face
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it's not as bad as you thought
in the clear, you won't get caught
but at once you become the ones who made you what you are
reasons good enough for you
and you've got nothing to prove
and at once you become the ones who made you what you are
and now you wonder were they telling the truth
when they said
they never ever meant to do it to you
but they did
and you know you what it did to you
it made you do it too
pour another round
for the ones who let you
we're all pieces of gold in the same shithole
drink it up and let it rain on those who love you so
when they find their way down your path they'll know
the firing squads all been shot
the trigger just got too hot
and at once you become the ones who made you what you are
another turn of the screw
cycle restarting with you
and at once you become the ones who made you what you are
and at once you become the ones who made you what you are
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hate seven six five four three two love
i held it together for so long
my back just got tired of carrying love songs
i held it together for so long
i knew you were right when you told me it felt wrong
but they put that needle in me
and when it bleeds
they called it hotbodies
i held it together for so long
you took it away for so long
they shined the light into my eyes
and documented the dilations
the number one jam in the nation
sacrifice is in this season
the worst thing to ever happen to me is
the best thing to ever happen to you
and i couldn't be any more happy for you, man
the cursed thing's when you lose all your teeth
as the hearse rolls by to jot down your beef
and i put the needle in me and i called it hotbodies
hey kitty kitty kitty speak
hey kitty kitty kitty play dead
i held it together for so long
but now i'm getting the urge to bite down on my tongue
i held it together but my little raft
was tossed and lost in the sea of arts and crafts
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catalog every tear and at the end of the year
you can deduct them from your taxes
coat your heartache in gold
a diecast silver mold
if it's juicy, you know it's worth platinum and
i've been telling you
the shit they've been selling you's kept you malnourished
the noise will just flourish
and the boy you love
discouraged from speaking your name
and i'm sorry for all that you've been through
but it's on you what you're going to go through
because that's just the way that it goes
it's the way that it goes
if you don't get it by now baby
you'll never know
and it's your favorite show
that's just the way that it goes
that's just the way that we roll
i'm on the sidelines when your
spotlight is about to explode
smile child, with your toys in the attic
you fucking love that static
pretty darling, pretty babe
who's gonna make the save for you now
when conversation static's blue
find a new pet to agree with you now
and now it seems that it's a
human disease
the more you squirm
the more displeased
you grow a kitten in a box
she's had too much now
shave her locks off and get your rocks off
on the drama
high court jester, dalai lama
wear that sad mask well, madonna
strike a pose to your demise
and feign surprise, bat your eyes
spit more lies now to lubricate your name
...and god bless america... why not, right?
there's a whole big world of explosions
you don't always have to be in the center of them
there's a whole big world of explosions
you don't always have to be the one lighting the fuse
oh pretty darling, pretty babe
who's gonna make the save for you now?
when conversation static's blue
find a new pet to agree with you now
oh pretty darling, pretty babe
it seems you're validation's slave now
when complications get you panicked
just turn on your static
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skarin took off after nathan broke up
moved down to old s.d.
got a house full of bros like lee's frat i suppose
but it's still not a bad place to be
testosterone crawls off of used beer pong balls
i'm pretty sure styz would be appalled
but it's still solid snake on brians bedroom walls
so i think the boy will be alright
arthur bummed around from job to job until he found
his place behind the mixing table
now he's an industry slave with a dream of gettin paid
at 21, who the fuck wants to be stable
so raise a glass for nostalgia, folks
cause we've smoked too much pot to recall inside jokes
we've drifted and scattered
but still it don't matter
we're still fucking punchtown, alright?
well that one way ticket turned into a round trip
cause the boys in punchtown still don't give a shit
once and for all we'll yell "fuck adam paul"
even though i'm cool with him now
this ones for martine tendler. we love you.
hey daniel q i haven't seen you
in a while, at least since halloween
i'm still sorry bout our big falling out
i overreacted, i was 19
tj moved home from i.v.
to sing l.a. the truth oh so sweet
but before all of that i knew a kid in a cap
in front of the house of drums on chatsworth street
i also met jesse around this time
he'd hooked up with every girl i would find
now we work together
and i rarely ever have to question if he'll be alright
i'm gettin older now
but i'll never forget when fenmore passed out (lights out... you can ask zack and ian about that one)
jayu graduated from the art institute
he's working with joel at a club making food
and yeah, joel's still got that shitty attitude
but if he didn't than that'd be weird
oscars in frisco just tryin to make it
the picture ain't pretty but he's still gonna take it
my brother don't fear, you're as badass as your beard
so don't shave and you'll be alright
styles is making the noise your ears bleed to
visions of light for your third eye to see through
his girl chilled him out a lot
he loves bergman and pot
i think the boy will be alright
josh disappeared when his broken heart feared
nothing left, and he couldn't learn to hate her
he resolved to live the rest of his days as a humble narrator
hidden track:
and if you stayed the night i would let no harm come to you. i'll sacrifice myself to the boogeyman in the name of your beauty rest. and if you stayed tonight i could promise you the sun. you'll get it tomorrow anyway, but it's still fun to say.
everything i say is true. i could never lie to you. i've got nothing to do with it, but this world's got such beauty in it. the sun shines bright, the wind blows twice as hard as it'll be to sleep alone.
let's go to sleep
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released August 31, 2007