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Kingdom Of One (I)
03:43
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The light on the bed,
A bowl of cereal.
The green, blue, and red
A quiet miracle.
And although sometimes the empty towns
Result in a loneliness,
There’s no one depending on the crown
In a kingdom of one
A girl I once loved
Is now a distant star.
Where once there was blood
Now there is only tar.
And all of the space and time we shared
Has broken my ribs apart
And pulled every vein out of my skin
And poisoned my lungs and heart.
And sometimes the memories are so pure,
I wonder how we can be so sure…?
But there’s no room for two upon the throne
In a kingdom of one.
The light on the bed,
A pallid indigo.
And reading ahead,
Another miracle.
And sometimes the silence drags me down,
And sometimes it’s deafening,
But no one depends upon my crown
In a kingdom of one
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Kingdom Of One (II)
01:40
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My garden's not my own
I leave it up to you
That's what I always do
You plant the seeds
They'll grow for you
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3. |
Kingdom Of One (III)
04:56
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What’s done is done, believe me now
I wanna try but I don’t know how
There’s no one here to talk it out
My heart is locked
In a kingdom of one
A kingdom of one
Been silent for a thousand years
My voices sing but nothing hears
There’s no one left to interfere
And save me from
A kingdom of
There’s no room for two upon the throne
In a kingdom of one
There’s no room for two upon the throne
In a kingdom of one
There’s no room for two upon the throne
In a kingdom of one
There’s no room for two upon the throne
In a kingdom of one
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4. |
Do What I Want
03:42
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I am going to do what I want
I am going to do what I want
I am going to do what I want
I am going to do what I want
What I want
What I want
What I want
I am going to do what I want
I am going to do what I want
I am going to do what I want
I am going to do what I want
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5. |
Little & Free
03:24
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To be little and free
And sleep under a mushroom cap
To be little and free
And flutter with the ladybugs
To be little and free
And drink from a dewdrop on a leaf
To be little and free
And wriggle away in the dirt
I wanna know
Oh I wanna know
I wanna know
Oh I wanna know
To be little and free
And nap in a mossy lee
To be little and free
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6. |
Kissing Girls
03:46
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Kissing girls
Kissing girls
Kissing girls
Kissing girls
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7. |
The Castle
03:32
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8. |
Can't Make Myself
02:58
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Why don't you just take a walk?
Why don't you just take a walk?
Get in the car, go for a drive
Get in the car, go for a drive
Why don't you make something for dinner?
Why don't you make something for dinner?
Just get in the car, go for a drive
Just get in the car, go for a drive
I'm sorry, I can't make myself do that
I'm sorry, I can't make myself do that
I can't make myself do that
Why don't you just take a walk?
Why don't you just take a walk?
I can't make myself do that
I'm sorry, I can't make myself do that
I can't make myself do that
Just get in the car
Just get in the car
Just take a walk
Just take a walk
I'm sorry, I can't make myself do that
I'm sorry, I can't make myself do that
I can't make myself do that
I'm sorry, I can't make myself do that
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9. |
Wouldn't It Be Sad?
03:50
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You appeared
You appeared in a dream
As if nothing had changed
And you shuffled through a hallway
And looked up
And I thought,
“Oh my god…what have we done?”
And that’s when you said
“Wouldn’t it be sad
If we never saw
Each other again?
Everything we shared,
All we left unsaid,
Disappeared like that…
Wouldn’t it be sad?”
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It Goes Without Saying
02:23
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I try my best
Try to express
But it’s a strain
It’s my own brain
We both know sincerity’s not my game
So it always goes without saying
It’s embedded in irony
And fragile masculinity
It’s always here preventing me
From saying what I really mean
Oh no, oh no, oh no…
The sincere is not my domain
So it always goes without saying
But when I die
Please recognize
That I have tried
To tell and to show
That you mean more to me than you know.
In a kingdom of one
If I have you I’m not alone.
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11. |
And The Award Goes To...
03:44
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12. |
Chimney 22
03:14
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Why don’t you have seat?
Can I offer you some water?
We’ve got some bad news for you.
We’ve acquired your lyric sheets
And we’ve taken all your music
And we used it in some focus groups.
And the voting was discreet
But the committee is submitting
That they just cannot allow you through.
No they said your songs they just won’t do.
And I’m sorry Tech,
But there’s nothing more for you
That we can do.
And it’s clear this is the end,
So you can gather up your files
And take them down to Chimney 22,
As the advisors recommend
For you to burn away your music,
And incinerate your memories too,
But they’ll let you keep the ash as proof.
And I’m sure that you’d be forgiven
If you need a moment or two
To decide that’s what you wanna do
But I can assure you
That there is nothing more for you
In this pursuit.
All the words and melodies are long gone,
All those harmonies you worked toward,
All the chord progressions you might have been known for -
They’re no more.
Your legacy’s a stillborn.
And you could’ve been good.
You could’ve been so good.
You know you could’ve been good.
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