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by Hopeful Monster

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1.
Uncivilized 04:07
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In this disguise it's no surprise you can't find me I'm a smoking gun but there's noone creeping up behind me If all of these thoughts were trees we'd be surrounded Think twice and there's no two ways around it We'll leave it like we found it Uncivilized The king is gone, the rebel pawn wins the battle But snakes won't fail to chase their tails and choke on the rattle If all of these thoughts were trees we'd be surrounded Think twice and there's no two ways around it We'll leave it like we found it Unpopular, unbounded and Uncivilized I got a pay vacation and I'm headed for the sun Until the dust has settled A life of recreation and a time for everyone We'll break the bank and sink the tank If all of these thoughts were trees we'd be surrounded Think twice and there's no two ways around it We'll leave it like we found it Uncivilized I got a pay vacation and I'm headed for the sun Until the dust has settled A solar inclination and a time that's just begun It's gonna get better I got a pay vacation and I'm headed for the sun Until the dust has settled A life of recreation and a time for everyone Let's make it better
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Dream Car 03:17
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When all of your dreams come true I wanna be the guy who rides beside you down the avenue All that you need me for To give you the kind of love you never had before It gets so hard, no one ever listens Seems so far, we’ll never go the distance Can’t hold on forever, signs of failure everywhere But don’t despair! If all of our hopes die hard I’ll be the guy who’s rolling right beside you down the boulevard All that I want to do Is give you the kind of love you need to get you through The time has come to step into our vision We’re not too young to make our own decision Even if it kills us? The Voice Of Reason fills the air But I don’t care! In our dream car, every road’s familiar But is it real? Open highway like money in the bank I don’t know if I’m in the trunk or in the tank Or at the wheel When all of your dreams come true I wanna be the one who’s always right there riding next to you All that we have is NOW And we’re gonna make it through somehow, somehow
3.
Humpty Dumpty By The Bag 03:05
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So buried in winter I lost my memory So I pulled the splinter and spent the dowry If I could trade my bow in for an arrow I'd bring you all my love in a wheelbarrow Inside the plastic I Found a hidden flyer I won the contest But let the claim expire It's a grain of sand in a field of cotton No, it's not gone, it's just forgotten But when I take my crown, my trophies in the sun It'll come around, you'll all get some Inside the plastic I Found a hidden flyer I won the contest But let the claim expire What begins in lore will end in laughter While we learn the moral we live the chapters A periodic species loves a hero For leaving tracks and feces at ground zero Inside the plastic I Found a hidden flyer I won the contest But let the claim expire
4.
Air Highway 03:46
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My baby’s asleep, I kiss her cheek and stroke her hair Wake up darling, winter comes as no surprise Air is the only highway that takes us there Come on darling, open up your eyes I want to lie awake beside you, make up and try to Cool down Kitty, must you go When there’s no reason for you to be leaving? The lady awakes, evaporates and I inhale Tastes like summer, feels like I’ve been numb for years Over and over I ask myself: can this be real? Gracious lady, I will love you always dear I want to lie awake beside you, make up and try to Cool down Kitty, must you go When there’s no reason for you to be leaving?
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Rocky Holler Canon 03:57
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If ever I doubt you, I'm lost without you I miss you always, all through these long days Don't ever leave me—I need you, believe me! (Midnight, I wake to moonlight on slumbering skin) (Midnight, moonlight on her slumbering skin) I never asked for riches, But I’d be a fool not to hold out my hat Now all I’ve got is wishes, & wishes won’t bring your love back If ever I doubt you, I'm lost without you I miss you always, all through these long days Don't ever leave me—I need you, believe me! I never asked for roses, But I was the fool when I took off my glove Now all I want to know is— Is it too late to bring the love back? Our love should’ve been above that!
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Alpha Disco 03:31
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Got a hornet buzzing up my sky There's a whispering wind beneath my lazy wings Sun beating down on my tears Got something like fire in my ears, making them ring Time will make it true I've nothing left to do — But love you Come on baby give me one more kiss Does it really have to end like this, on Saturday night? Quit talking when we get tongue-tied Get a little out, keep a little inside, we'll be alright Time will make it true I've nothing left to do — But love you It's for free, it's right now, come to me (Let's just be together) In a moment we'll touch and you'll know (Now if not forever) Can't keep the birds out of the trees Oh, what am I to do? A little grace is all I need An open window to a candle I can see No shelter in this backyard Nothing calling me not so far up into the clouds Thought a mirror was a window pane Ran out the door, arms out in vain, there was no one around Just that sound You—shining for the blind Now I've nothing on my mind But loving you It's for free, it's right now, come to me (Let's just be together) In a moment we'll touch and you'll know (Now if not forever) Can't keep the birds out of the sky Oh, what am I to do? A little grace is all that I Need, and I'll come to And fly toward the light
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Landwarning 03:32
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If you hear the landwarning song You better start shaking Drop everything and run along I hope you make it Cuz she's been waiting for a rain day with you So bring on the typhoon Let the earth start shaking If you don't hear the good morning bell You might as well ring it Clap your partner's hand, you might as well Go on and ring it Cuz she's been waiting for a rain day with you So bring on the typhoon You know the song now sing it This is a landwarning This is a landwarning This is a landwarning So get inside Baby when I'm shaken to the ground I get uplifted I'm out waving arms and legs around And walking the gifted Cuz I've been waiting for a rain day with you This is a landwarning This is a landwarning This is a landwarning So stay inside When it rains lend an ear to the warning Cuz on the other side's a brighter morning When it starts to come down like it should We're all gonna feel it Get washed away, it feels so good You gotta believe it Cuz we're been waiting for a day that's coming soon So bring on the typhoon Let the bells start pealing
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Landslide 03:03
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I got the guns I can stick to Got a vision of what I gotta do All I need is you Not that I'll never doubt you There's just something I love about you though And this one thing I know I've got to keep you by my side It could've been some other guy But I won by a landslide I won by a landslide I've got to feel it deep inside It could've been some other guy But I won by a landslide I won by a landslide For once in my lifetime I won by a landslide I've gotta give you a warning Try and remember it in the morning too Cuz this will bury you I know it wasn't your first time But if it has to be my last time around Then let it all come down It's always been some other guy But for one moment it was I Who won by a landslide I won by a landslide For once in my lifetime I won by a landslide
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Follow Me Down 04:42
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Follow me down & down we’ll go I’ll lead you laughing on the way below Follow me down & down we’ll go I’ll lead you laughing on the way below I’ll lead you laughing on the way below I’m down, I think I’m gonna stay that way All around, seems like people just don’t know what to say I’ve tried to get my heart into this game But this time, like it or not, I’m giving a lot up in its name I found out everything that I had feared Was coming true & I don’t know what to do, So take my hand, just Follow me down & down we’ll go I’ll lead you laughing on the way below Follow me down & down we’ll go I’ll lead you laughing on the way below I’m through—out of time with nothing to do I’m through—out of line with nowhere to go I found out everything that I had feared Was coming true & I don’t know what to do, So tag along and Follow me down cuz down we’ll go I’ll lead you laughing on the way below Follow me down & down we’ll go I’ll lead you laughing on the way below I’ll lead you laughing on the way below
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Rocky Holler Canon (reprise) 01:54
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11.
Pay The Rent 03:39
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I got a head of fire pacing 'round alone I got no humble pie, got no comfort zone Just a bed that's burning I thought I knew it all I found out I'm still learning When my plans hit the wall All of my hope is lost, I'm a hollow shell Can't get to sleep at night, I can't break the spell Keep my heart from yearning I thought I knew it all I found out I'm still learning When my plans hit the wall Crashed and burned, took a fall You know I'll pay the rent, pass the buck Only live for awhile so I'll live it up Cuz I would rather set myself on fire Than give up I'll never understand what the red eye knows Chasing the shadows down where the daylight goes As the world keeps turning I thought I knew it all I found out I'm still learning When my plans hit the wall Crashed and burned, took a fall Pay the rent, pass the buck Only live for awhile so I'll live it up Cuz I would rather set myself on fire Than give up Ooh la la la oooh Ooh la la la oooh Yeah I would rather set myself on fire Than give up
12.
Perfect Riddle 03:28
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Stones know it, insects in amber know it But they're not telling Here's a nibble, impossible pie inside invisible bellies For awhile our love will perfectly come true Darling its in you, I'm starting to believe it's in me too It comes in circles, a wheel that turns itself around Without squeaking A perfect riddle, the ends justify the middle Silently speaking In awhile our love will perfectly come true Darling its in you, I'm starting to believe it's in me too We're complete there, lines that never meet will meet there Ad infinitum It's no secret but Darling you and I can keep it safe inside And move outside For awhile our love will perfectly come true Darling its in you, I'm starting to believe it's in me too

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released June 16, 2008

produced by Jason Ball
mixed by Andrew Watt
mastered by Chris Mitchell

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Hopeful Monster Toronto, Ontario

Pyschedelic chamber pop

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