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Laughing Last
04:08
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What’s the good of kindness
If my head is up my ass?
I make sure I say the right words
Because I’m made of glass
I’ll be a better person
While I roll the dice
It’s better for the people
To hold me in a vice
Hold your head up high
Knocking on heaven’s door asking for a handout
Hold your head up high
I’ve got to get my heart right, know the truth, it’ll set me free
As I look around me
I'm running out of time
I try to wipe the slate clean
And I always wonder why
A brand new state of thinking (I need You, don't pass me by)
Feels just like the last
It’s total, utter garbage
Who has the last laugh?
Look around
What’s left of you?
Hold your head up high
Knocking on heaven’s door asking for a handout
Hold your head up high
I’ve got to get my heart right, know the truth, it’ll set me free
Where the clouds and the mountains intersect
Where the sun shines through, my thoughts reflect
The answers in my mind and in my soul
Have I got the key? Won’t let it take it’s toll
Because I…
Hold my head up high
Hold your head up high
Knocking on heaven’s door asking for a handout
Hold your head up high
I’ve got to get my heart right, know the truth, it’ll set me free
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21st Century
03:13
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Looking out for yourself is number one
They taught you that in school while you'd practice coming undone
Your bedroom windows down, there's no breeze to be found
Your pulse is pounding now
You'll have your mouth open screaming, with your hands up in the air
You'll clap them together, like you just don't care
Prepare to lose your mind as you look in the mirror
It's a tragedy to have so much modesty, honestly
You can have anything you want
You can have anything you need at any time you like
At any time you need
Spiders crawling down your fake fluorescent face
They sure don't look the part, but you'll still play the game
Anyone who looks will find your lock and key
The apple sure don't fall far from the tree
The wind on your face, it says you made the wrong decision
The watch on your wrist, tear it off with no inhibition
It's a wonder that we've still got life that's worth living
What would you do if this was all a stage, and all of us merely players?
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Strengthen My Hands
02:39
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What are You saying?
Can’t understand Your words
They float off the page
They were never quite so clear
Where are the deeper meanings?
Blue skies and thunderclouds
A storm is brewing, it's dark up ahead
I won't take the pulpit when
All I do is ignore my mind as I stretch out my wings and I fall
(I wish you were) looking at the wrong guy
In the line up
My eyes are playing tricks on me
Better put my glasses on
Welcome to the new age
"I remember MLK, talking to the crowds and they listened. He said, "if a man hasn't got something he will die for, why does he live?"
Look at the poets
Look how they die
Scream carpe diem
Look how they die
I feel so helpless
Scream carpe diem
Look how we die
I cannot compromise everything I have learned
In fear that I’ll fall back where I began, concern
About the balance
More for me
And I wonder why
He cannot trust me
Cannot trust Him
Cannot trust you
Cannot trust nobody
Or I’m the fool
I need a hope
New age won’t come if
I grab it with
My old frayed rope
MLK said
Look to the heavens
Find your light
Or let go of your rope
Let go of your rope
Let go of your rope
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Maverick
03:59
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No, you’re not gonna like this
Picture the person that you hate the most
They might just show you around town
I bet you haven’t seen these things before
Stops behind an alley, frozen, long tall sally
Expose you, are you malleable? He’ll show you out
He’s got an eye for an eye, and a tooth and a nail in the dust behind him
You know he knows best (of course, he knows best)
Falling in reverse, never say a curse
About you, he’ll never turn his back, unless he wins
No doubt, no doubt, he’ll never lose his touch
You’ll wanna analyse this, player
Knocking on your door with his grin
Ear to ear
Best friend, I detest you
Who do you think you are?
I’m not lying anymore
I can’t do this anymore
I wanna show you what I’m thinking
I want to show you the insides of my mind
Just for one second, tell you about a man
Just for one second, a measly man
He thinks he’s got it all figured out, thinks he’s got it all under wraps
He told you that he can’t do it but he shows that you he can
Just for one second, he’s a liar
Just for a lifetime, he’s a liar
You never hold a grudge but you let your perception shift
Until you’re no longer interested
Really, which one is worse?
His hands on your purse, on your brain, in your mind
In my mind, and what do I find?
I’m still trying to be like him
Just for one second, I’m trying to be like him
Why do we want to become the things we hate the most?
The things that we hate the most?
I just don’t understand people like you
Taking advantage of your surroundings
All the family that you lost
You're living the high life, all over the high life, you're living the high life
I can tell you, you're definitely high, love
Or else you’re truly something I’ve never encountered before
Down the street you’ve got what you need over the counter, boy
Damn it, you make it look easy, never flounder boy
Merry go rounder, not an all rounder, just a winner boy
Alienate yourself because you’re the king
You’re the king
You’re what I hate the most
Personified
You’re what I hate the most
Still alive
Just for a second, just for a lifetime, you’re what I hate the most
Who do you think you are?
I’m not lying anymore
I can’t do this anymore
Knocking on your door with his grin
Ear to ear
Best friend, I detest you
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Fluorescence
04:09
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Do you think you can be someone?
The room’s already full of people like you
Do you think you can be someone?
(Being nobody is easy) It’s encouraged by…
You try to walk home but your feet, they won’t move
It’s easier to stay in one place
You tried to be a light source
You tried to be on fire
You tried to be alive
Do you think you can be someone?
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Jump Rope
03:46
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Look back at your front garden
Steps up to your front door, walk away
Street echoes, engine moving
Always in the opposite direction, walk away
Crushing faith like brick dust
Red eyes, red eyes, red eyes
I walk away
Your hands
Stare at myself in the mirror
What am I even looking for anymore? Walk away
You try to get me to jump rope
I ain’t no idiot, I ain’t no fool, I’m not gonna be fooled
I’ll walk away
I look at myself in the mirror
I’m the idiot, I’m the fool, I fooled myself
Walk away
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Colour Machine Adelaide, Australia
Colour Machine are an indie/alternative rock band from Adelaide, Australia. They are composed of Anthony Donato on drums and vocals, and Tom Burton on guitar.
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