Lyrics, Right Where You Stand

Rusty Blade

You lead with a light
And a rusty blade
That was sharpened in stone
Only yesterday
All of the lies
Will capitulate
When they fall on your razor
Lacking evidence
Full on disguise

Loving the poor
When what they love more is
Persistent poverty
Impish smile
And the grapes and the grain
Food for the brain
A mammal and nothing more

Debater
Mind shaper
You left us
You won’t come back

Orator
Risk taker
You are not gone
Your words live on
You lead with a light


Placebo

Placebo to eat
Placebo to drink
Placebo to sleep
Placebo to think
I do not recall
I’m really not sure
Well this is all complicated, yeah
What is that you say
Two of these twice a day. well okay

Placebo
Always
In the pocket
Gotta get through the haze
Placebo
Always
Fake me, medicate me
Shape me in a ball, then I’m rollin’
Side effects include
Where did my legs go
Always in the mood
But feeling kind of slow
I do not recall
I’m really not sure
Well this is all complicated, yeah
What is that you say
It’s the prescribed way, well okay
Placebo
Always
In the pocket
Gotta get through the haze
Placebo
Always
Fake me, medicate me
Shape me in a ball, then I’m rollin’


Summer

Summer on my mind
Winter for some time
It came like a mirage
Flowing up from the ground
Glowing up on the shore
Knowing down to the core
Follow the sweat down below
I know just where to go
I’m well but you won’t believe what I found out

No you won’t believe
What I figured out
There is no way
For you to get out of my mind

Summer on my mind
The pixies dance to the time
Pineapple from hand to mouth
Breakfast up on the hill
It’s well but you won’t believe what I found out

No you won’t believe
What I figured out
There is no way
For you to get out of my mind
I enjoy
Yourself for a while
I enjoy
Your smell for a while


Entitlement

Gonna take it all
Gonna clear the shelves
Gotta have it all
Right down to myself
Gonna take it all
Gonna make my belly full
Looks like I need it

Ain’t it funny
How you need it
Ain’t it funny
How you blindly believe it

Not enough
Never quite enough
In this belief
In entitlement

Look at you
Howlin' at the moon
With all you need
Right where you stand

Gonna drink it all
To the last drop
To the last drop
Down to the last drop
Gonna drink it all
Gonna make me good and full
Looks like I need it

Ain’t it funny
How you need it
Ain’t it funny
How you blindly believe it

Not enough
Never quite enough
In this belief
In entitlement

Look at you
Howlin' at the moon
With all you need
Right where you stand

Not enough
Never quite enough
In this belief
In entitlement

Look at you
Howlin' at the moon
With all you need

Where you stand
But you're caught looking up
Have you had enough
Indeed, you fucked it up, now

Come on now
Don't you sound all pretentious with
All of the souls
But you can never win
Come on now
Don't you preach from the mountain of
Who you are       
Falling from the stars
But you are
Frightened of the dark
At last
You're Johnny Cash
I wonder
How long will that

Come on now
Don't you sound all pretentious with
All of the souls

But you can never win
Come on now
Don't you preach from the mountain
A hole in your soul
But you can't fill it in


So Many Days

Would you believe
That the stars in the sky
Were once all together
When the universe began and
Would you believe
That our bones and our minds
Were once astronauts
In space traveling out through lonesome time

Improbable
Doubtful
Oh but you made my day
So many days
Not very likely at all

Would you believe
That the randomness of this life
For a relative moment
First you see then you don’t see
I don’t know whether the weather
Could get any better now
It’s all the same
I do not regret
A moment of this time spent well

Improbable
Doubtful
Oh but you made my day
So many days
Not very likely at all

Graceful like a pearl
Shine on
No matter the world

Oh, but you made my day
So many days
Not very likely at all
So many days


R2D2

Gather round now, look what has become
Push the button, wipe out everyone
Take the message, go find Obi-Wan
Alderaan gone, there is hope but one

These are not the droids you’re looking for
Carry on now worry us no more
War is over but not until he dies
Alderaan gone, there is hope but one

Ten to two and they’re bouncing off the walls, that’s right
Get a wound and then cover it up with gauze, yeah yeah
Took a chance and you’re never turning back, no no
In the end does it matter anyway, I guess not

Million voices cry out then not one
Call it damage, daughters and the sons
War is over, but not until he dies
Alderaan gone, there is hope but one


Last Step

First step I should inform you
The story’s one I know
At first the going ain’t easy
But you, you never know
Well I swear it was as big as a house
And it had doors and windows
For the eyes and the mouth
But then the roof blew open
At the top of the stairs
There was a voice
That I still hear

Beware of that last step
It’s a long way down
In a few you’ll hit the ground
And you were so close there
You were almost home
Into the blue without a sound

Last step I should have warned you
We’ve all been there before
At first the going ain’t easy
But then you, you’ll get the flow
I swear it was as big as a house
And it had five long fingers
Coming at me in bounds
And so I danced danced danced
To the top of the stairs
Come on and dance glance trance advance

Beware of that last step
It’s a long way down
In a few you’ll hit the ground
And you were so close there
You were almost home
Into the blue without a sound

Beware of that last step
It’s a long way down
And you were so close there
You were almost home

Who’s gonna catch your body
Who’s gonna make the landing soft?
Who’s gonna catch your body
Who’s gonna make your landing soft?

Beware of that last step
It’s a long way down
And you were so close there
You were almost home


Hypnotized Significance

Viewing the world
From outer space
And realize
This hypnotized significance
Yet don't we think
We're something special

Out of control
Using up the land
So little of it left

Yet we expect
To rectify our wrongs
And our misgivings

Out of control
The hypnotized significance
It’s all the same, the same
The same, the same


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