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The Island Come True
01:32
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Second Star to the Right
03:49
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Irresistible Object she was to my stilted, stunted, stifled self
Immovable Force I surely appear to the unfreaked
to the rational
to the second star to the right crowd
Folks who've read about me in books but didn't bother to read
the Do Not Feed the Troubadour sign above my head
...and Fireflies aren't as bright as they were when I was
young, wide-eyed and guilty of something, no doubt...
She saves the most important questions for me (to ask)
Everybody else gets everything else including the cookies
The answers she keeps for herself
With each day that refuses to fall I hurt a little less and live a little more inside
Something about the adversity or the heat or the distance
or the simple fact that you don't believe in magic
and therefore you don't believe in me or my words
Crushless, I remember that summer does something to the brain
and makes plain girls pretty and pretty girls just plain irresistible
It's too hot
It's too far
It's too bright tonight for stargazing
and even though today is her birthday, I won't call
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Straight On 'Til Morning
03:24
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How I wish I was holding you
Instead I'm always scolding you
If you need something to do
I might have an idea or two
Pick up the phone and push the buttons
Restore the lines of communications
Speak clearly into the receiver
Make me a true believer
Pick up a pen and write a letter
Let me know you're doing better
Put a stamp up in the corner
Now I know you're getting warmer
I recall the taste of Fall
The taste of changes great and small
With every drop of rain that falls
I remember how you said you'd call
How I wish I was kissing you
Instead I'm always missing you
Get in a car and drive up my way
I might even meet you halfway
Then I'll tell you how much I need you
I'll even offer to pay to feed you
Don't you see we should be together
Just say the word and I'm yours forever
I'll drive you home under the moonlight
and promise everything will be all right
The door of love we will be opening
and we'll drive straight on 'till morning
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Ultra-Violet
03:24
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Marking Time
02:09
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I'm aware of time when you are near
Each ticking second crystal clear
Soon, too soon, you'll disappear
and I'll wonder if you were even here
But, you are with me all the while
Here in my self-imposed exile
With sparkling eyes that do beguile
Grinning like a crocodile
Growing up as slow as I can
Forever young in Neverland
You'll never sew my shadow
I'll never reap your joy
You'll never be forgotten
I'll never be your boy
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Muses of Neverland
03:30
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You took the dark and made it darker, blotting all from view
Took me far and took me farther than I wanted to
and now I'm lost here in the cold wandering on my own
Wondering if I should just give up on all I've ever known
Writing songs about a loss of love I never knew
and somehow, 8 years later, it's always about you
The moonlight's never as bright as it was in your bedroom
and since you left the flowers here never seem to bloom
You and me together, oh, it should've been so good
I could've sworn you said "forever" but I guess I misunderstood
Writing songs about a love I knew time would undo
and somehow, 5 years later - Always about you
It's always about you
Connected in our sleep by the science of our dreams
You would never hesitate to point out all my schemes
You opened up my heart and allowed me to believe
and now you're gone and I feel just a little bit naïve
Writing songs about a love too perfect to be true
and somehow, 5 months later, it's always about you
It'll always be about you
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7. |
Novelty Knocks
03:01
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8. |
Inherit the Rain
02:51
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I have no desire to take the reigns...
I don't even want the wind...
That's your family tree...
I've traced my roots...
...13th Century beeline...
...and to think I was almost named Fred... twice...
No, I’m thankful I'm grey...
...like the rain on my face
My people didn't sail the seven seas
in ships powered by the breeze
or die of white man's disease
and beg on wounded knees
They taught me to love
and the songs they sing
are truer than Faeries
and every bit as magical
I never asked for my inheritance
I never asked for solitude
I never asked to be born this late
I never asked to be understood
I only ask for a pen, some paper, a broken heart and rain
I need it to rain
I need it to rain
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9. |
Nobody's Mother
02:52
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When the sea turns to black and the whispers begin
When the moon disappears and the tide's coming in
When your dreams grow too dark for your tired eyes to see
Call her name It's easy Feel the illusion of free
She won't love you forever but she'll love you tonight
She won't make it last but she can make it seem all right
But then she'll leave you standing in the sullen pale moonlight
You won't know she's gone 'til she's long out of sight
She'll promise you the moon and your heart she will ignite
Don't let her eyes fool you She's a slippery parasite
And even though you try to hold on with all your might
You'll fall back down to earth like a broken satellite
She'll always tell you stories of a pure and better world
But she's nobody's mother and she'll never be your girl
Her heart shows through her smile and her wisdom comes in pearls
But she's nobody's mother and she'll never be your girl
She'll try to tell you stories of a pure and better world
But she's nobody's mother and she'll never be your girl
Step into her smile and she'll take you for a twirl
But she's nobody's mother and she'll never be your girl
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Jaded Tears
04:54
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11. |
Dodging Cannonballs
01:54
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This isn't easy, you know
I'm not as young as I used to be
We never are
The boyfriends are louder and meaner then I remember
and their guns are bigger
I used to be pretty good at dodging jealous boyfriend bullets
but these cannonballs are threatening to knock me right out of the clouds
Oh, but I can handle it
I just hope you're worth it
Because behind my pearly whites there lies a dark and hungry mind
and devotion can turn to obsession in the blink of an eye
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12. |
Dream Real Dark
03:00
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I've known you five minutes and I've already made you a thousand silent promises
to find my way, to not panic, to not dream real dark
Darker than you might like
Darker than ever before
Darker than he could ever be
So dark you can't see
I can dream real dark without you
I can dream real dark within you
I can dream real dark about you
I can dream real dark I've been you
Nobody's fooled
Nothing is true without you to hear me scream
I've been your fool
I've been true
I want you to hear me dream real dark
I won't fall, I won't call, I won't fall asleep, I won't dream, I won't
Not tonight Not anymore Not again Not ever again
Never again
Darker than this
Darker than you
Darker than me
So dark you can't breathe
I can dream real dark without you
I can dream real dark within you
I can dream real dark about you
I can dream real dark I've been you
I've been you
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13. |
Tiger Lily
02:25
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14. |
Left to Drown
03:59
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You're alone on that rock but not because I left you
You chose this
I swore I'd never leave but you chose this
You never wrote me back
You just turned your back on me time and time again
And now the tide's rolling in and the water is dark around your ankles
The moon will never light your face again
She won't save you
I don't crave you
Not anymore
You've been left to drown
And that ticking you hear isn't my heart
It's time leaving you bit by bit - the way you left me
And now the water is dark around your waist
And I don't care anymore
And that ticking you hear isn't me scolding you
Wishing I was holding you
It's me walking away - not looking back
You chose this
I swore I'd never leave but you chose this
And now the water is dark around your neck
Almost above you
I don't love you
Not anymore
You've been left to drown
And that ticking you hear is the final lesson
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Never Smile
04:04
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I see through your crocodile teeth
as you grin and spin yourself away from me
I know exactly what you’re trying to do
but I won’t admit that you’ve hurt me
I don’t think I believe in Faeries anymore
I wonder now if I ever really did
I’ll never smile when the moon is shining full
I’ll never smile like we did
Is the water deep enough?
Are you dead yet?
You’ll never smile at me again, will you?
Has it been long enough?
Will you talk to me yet?
You’ll never smile at me again, will you?
Is the scary part over?
Can I open my eyes?
You’ll never smile at me again, will you?
Is it time to admit
that all we shared was lies?
You’ll never smile at me again, will you?
You’ll never smile at me again
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16. |
Bildungsroman Blues
03:02
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I remember when we first touched. I hadn't known you five minutes and already I'd fallen overboard.
That was many years ago and I've held on to that memory fiercely, foolishly and far too long.
You've grown up and left the Neverland and my dreams have grown dark without you here.
And though I will always love you and hate you and cherish you and fear you, one thing I'll never do is forget you.
Part of me wishes I could come with you but there's no room in your future for a Troubadour like me.
So take my hand one last time and let me keep one perfect memory of the loveliest face I never kissed.
Now go... Go and find your destiny. I'll stay here... lost.
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18. |
The Lost Boy
03:51
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I won't grow up
I won't forget
I won't deny
I won't regret
I won't confront
I won't coerce
I won't obsess
I won't get worse
I will live here in the past
where all my nightmares are rehashed
I will love her in the past
where all my dreams will turn to ash
I will not wonder
I will not wallow
I will not falter
I will not follow
I will not follow
I won't denounce
I won't demand
I won't demean
I will withstand
I will withstand
I will live here in the past
where happiness is banned
I will love her in the past
Grey Prince of Neverland
Neverland...
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Mayhem Lettuce Port Byron, Illinois
Mayhem Lettuce was formed in Port Byron, IL in 1993 when two sad teenage boys decided to channel their angst into music.
That music sits at the crossroads of King Missile and Portishead with a dash of The Cure and a pinch of They Might Be Giants.
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