1. |
Torn
03:39
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Torn:
Your number's up
Your heart erupts
They're calling out your name
You have to go
They need to know
The decision that's been made
But you're not prepared
You've not declared
You could go either way
The pros and cons
They battle on
But neither 's won the day
You're borderline
And out of time
They're knockin' on your door
Indecision
Clouds your vision
Unsure evermore
But the moments come
Nowhere to run
Suspensions done
And everyone
Is pressing you for
A compromise of will
Because I'm torn
Between these two sides
Yes I'm torn
And nobody's gonna' wait
I must choose
And I'll lose
One or the other when I do
For I am torn
Just give yourself away
I know you lack the courage
But time is on its way
Just give yourself to me
I know it scares you to
But life offers only opportunity
The rest is up to you
Still on the fence
And making sense
Of what was bound to gain
Like cell division
Meiosis driven
Putting you through pain
The pain of growth
The inborn oath
To mature with coming age
Convictions call
To battle all
Ambivalence and wage
You're borderline
And out of time
They're knocking on your door
Indecision
Clouds your vision
Unsure evermore
But the moments come
Nowhere to run
Suspensions done
And everyone
Is pressing you for
A compromise of will
Because I'm torn
Between these two sides
Yes I'm torn
And nobody's gonna' wait
I must choose
And I'll lose
One or the other when I do
For I am torn
Just like that...
Just give yourself away
I know you lack the courage
But time is on its way
Just give yourself away
I know it scares you to
But life offers only opportunity
The rest is up to you
Like Crusoe
Had to go
Just to know
What the sea
Had to offer
And to be
The true architect
Of his destiny
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2. |
Love You Can't Deny
03:29
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Love You Can't Deny
You think you're a real treasure
Pleasure's only home
You think you're holdin' somethin' that i've never known?
Haha haha haha, silly girl
Tricks aren't for me
As I am the rabbit
And you are my hole
And here I come to bury myself deep in your soul
Yes I burrow thorough in the chastity zones
Baby, you never been so far from home
You come inside my world
I'll make all ten toes curl
Girl...girl
With every inch I pry
I...I'm
The kind of love you can't deny
Here you come again walkin'
Puttin' on your show
Here you come again talkin'
Like you didn't know
Ooo ooo ooo, pretty girl
I am the bee
As you are the flower
Your petals better unfurl
I want the nectar sector
The guarded pearl
Honey you is a tight clam
No doubt a fight
But baby you forget
I would die just to sting you right
And what is this I spy
A little kitty carryin' a backside
You know she wants a ride
When I'm
The kind of love you can't deny
I'm bored
With court
No more
Discourse
Let's horse
Around
Strip down
I'm yours
And your mine
Mine, mine, mine
Alright, I know, she's fine
But i'm
The kind of love you can't deny
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3. |
Race
02:52
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Race:
And I know that our cultures diverged
As a result of migration in herds
And I know each new culture refined
Once confined to itself for a time
And I know we were reintroduced
With the advent of transit induced
And I know that our differences great
But what's greater is how we relate
I know
You think
We're separate molds
But we're more alike than all the stories told
Its true
Our skin
And bone structure in
The hands of the surrounding environment
We've changed from
What we all once were
A common tribe
A common herd
To fools
Dividing rights to land
The more that I look around
I understand
So run with the pain
And I know we've experienced hate
From those who discriminate
In one form or another I'm sure
Ignorance knocked at your door
And I'll bet that this tarnished your faith
In members of opposite race
So you cling to your own to feel safe
And from all others you alienate
I know
You think
We're separate molds
But we're more alike than all the stories told
Its true
Our skin
And bone structure in
The hands of the surrounding environment
We've changed from
What we all once were
A common tribe
A common herd
To fools
Dividing rights to land
The more that I look around I understand
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4. |
Wheel of Fortune
03:35
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Wheel of Fortune:
The wheel
Of fortune
Is spinning round
And round
Whos' found
Their way around
This system
I've missed em'
Or they've missed me
Can't you see?
Its my turn to be
one of the
lucky
Few who are chosen
Know they've won
That's why I'm done
Yea, I'm done
I'm done playing, playing
When misfortune
Seems mistaken
Its due time your
Outlook awaken
Though desire
May have shaken
Patience
For just once
Try not waiting at all
Try not waiting at all
I know its hard
A simpler
Way of looking
At it could be to ask yourself
"Has self-pity
ever helped me
get what I wanted any goddamn faster?"
I think you
Will find your-
-self saying
"Never in all my life
What a waste
the way I've chased
what would have come to me"
The moment that you stop expecting
Is the moment you can start truly living, living
When misfortune
Seems mistaken
Its due time your
Outlook awaken
Though desire
May have shaken
Patience
For just once
Try not waiting at all
Try not waiting at all
Standin' there cursin' the heavens
Bettin' they're laughin' and gettin'
Kicks outta' what they been lettin'
Happen to you and your debt and
Hopin' and prayin' and beggin'
Fates' lettin' you get a leg in
Lady Luck may be reneggin'
Thought it was you she was peggin'
Baby you betta' be gettin'
Used to the pain of regrettin'
Long as you gonna' be sweatin'
Everythin' you aint' been gettin'
Its on
Its on you
Some come with it
Come on with it now
Try not waiting at all
Let go of desire
Let its fire burn out overnight
Come morning you'll wake renewed
With a new found sense of what it means to fly
Its on
Its on you
So come with it
Come on with it now
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5. |
I'm Broke
03:49
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I'm Broke:
I stretch out the buck
As far as it goes
I wrap it around me
And wear it like a coat
And though the cold penetrates
And the rain bleeds right through
I wear it regardless
Cause' its all that I can do
My foot is off the pedal
My foot is off the pedal
My foot is off the pedal
I'm grinding
Okay my foot is on the pedal
But I'm keepin' off the metal
I'm keepin' off the metal
Tired of the grind
When peace of mind
Is all im tryin’ to find
I cannot afford this
At the current time
Unless you can spot me
I don’t have a dime
I cannot afford this
At the current time
Unless they can spot me
I don’t have a dime
(I can’t find…peace of mind)
Like vultures clean bone
And squirrels bite the tree wall
My meager existence
Is slowing to a crawl
And the standards I’d set
For what it meant to survive
Have long since retired
At the behest of compromise
My foot is off the pedal
My foot is off the pedal
My foot is off the pedal
I'm grinding
Okay my foot is on the pedal
But I'm keepin' off the metal
I'm keepin' off the metal
Tired of the grind
When peace of mind
Is all im tryin’ to find
I cannot afford this
At the current time
Unless you can spot me
I don’t have a dime
I cannot afford this
At the current time
As it happens
I am barely scraping by
I try just to buy
What I need to get by
Cuz lest they can spot me
I don’t have a dime
I don’t have a dime
I don’t have a…
Clue what to do
But the bills are due
And im expecting auto-debit
Got credit but I’d better forget it
It’s just another way
Of staying permanently indebted
I’d love to come and go as I please
And not treat every outing as a luxury
But when it’s a goddamn fortune just to exist
The I.R.S. aint’ exactly at the top of my list
Guess I want you on my level
It makes something of a rebel
Now my angles all be beveled
They got me dancin’ with my devils
Guess I want you on my level
Guess I need you on my level
Gotta have you on my level
Feel me
With the interest rates so high
While the insurance bleeds us dry
Sometimes I wonder why we try
Can you feel me?
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6. |
Common Line
04:34
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Common Line:
In a time when one knew
What to do
Is quickly becoming my fiction
The lines I once drew
Bold and true
Are beginning to lose their conviction
And as I age
The lines fade
And I cross
What was once a clear distinction
And I long for the days
Of malaise
When my conscience
Wasn't so lenient
But now I cross the common line
Like a child that comes to find
All is not what it seems
Surprised
Demoralized
I find
I'm losing the war for my soul
I'm losing the war for my soul
In the lots
Where the lines mark the spots
For all appropriate parking
The paint
Becomes faint
And the saint
Scrambles for honorable markings
Conversely
I am free
To park
Wherever the hell's most convenient
And I long for the days
Of malaise
When my conscience
Wasn't so lenient
But now I cross the common line
Like a child that comes to find
All is not what it seems
Surprised
Demoralized
I find
I'm losing the war for my soul
I'm losing the war for my soul
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Ryan Kristoffer
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