1. |
City of Emeralds
02:43
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Set to grind the day again
Wake and take a breath and then
Step out into the din
Pick and choose what to ignore
You’re exposed to so much more
Than you could ever take in
I’m going to
The city of emeralds
Going to slip a way
I got to escape
go on witch hunts now and then
In echo chambers with our friends
Convinced that we have the truth
But the act of taking part
Only stifles who we are
And leaves us long in the tooth
I’m going to
The city of emeralds
Going to slip a way
I got to escape
Imagination is
The key to hell and bliss
It brought to shape the world we know
And there’s a dance between
Ourselves and everything
I’m trying to tell my brain
To let go
Let go
I’m going to
The city of emeralds
Going to slip a way
I got to escape
I’m going to
I’ma going to
I’m going to
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2. |
Prague Rocking
03:57
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Hauling ass up the autobahn
In a run down red V-Dub
Going fast still getting passed
we are heading north to Prague
Flushing the gas fumes out
By rolling the windows down
The spring air rushes in
And it’s the only sound
As the wooded hills stream by
And the clouds traverse the sky
I'm aware that I’m alive
And I can't help but smile
Let my ego loose for a while
Embrace the thread that it spins
As long as the mojo's good
There's no need to reel it in
In the beating heart of old town
Let us trade some dollars for crowns
And may they make us feel like kings
As we walk these cobbled streets
There's beauty in all directions
And it all grabs my attention
Until I saw you meet my gaze
With a look of affection
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3. |
Weighing Anchor
00:45
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4. |
Becalmed
03:26
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It can be cold
Out at sea
When the winds
They howl and rage
Still my heart
Lifts every time
With the sails
With the sails
Sometimes it’s so damn scary
in the black of night
When I throw myself
At the mercy of the waves
yet my heart
Rises every time
With the sun
With the sun
Oh how easy
Life could be
If I kept my feet
Planted firmly on the shore
But my heart
It ebbs and flows
With the tide
With the tide
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5. |
Berserker
03:32
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Looking for the land out to the west
Going to take its wealth
and all the rest
when our boats reach the shore
We all see red
Will you run
Or join the dead
We don our skins
Like wooly bears
Howl in rage
And bite our shields
When the boats reach the shore
Our frenzy spills
The blood of friend and foe
Our minds are lost
To a trance
Henbane feeds
The pagan dance
When the boats reach the shore
You have no chance
The sea lays waste to you
try to fight back
Or pay us off
Either way
We don’t stop
When the boats reach the shore
The hammer drops
Time is up for you
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6. |
Through the Woods
01:26
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7. |
Flip Side
02:58
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Hey man I’m glad to see you’re doing well
Even in this special place in hell
And I’ve no cause to complain myself
But you know that never stopped me before
Have you been home and seen how it’s changed
Country roads all full of chains
In my eyes it's a crying shame
but That’s just me
And we drift apart with each new start
We are slipping free of all the things
That we used to take to heart
Ain’t it funny how things take shape
Well who’d have thought it would be this way
I’ve only learned how to navigate by getting lost
All those things that I thought would be
Which never came to reality
They exist solely in my dreams like unrequited love
And we drift apart with each new start
We are slipping free of all the things
That we used to take to heart
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8. |
Luck and Fate
04:47
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Take me out into the ocean
Lay me down in the brine
Let me drift atop the waves
Feeling weightless and divine
All is good in it’s own time
But the good is always there to find
Dress us in sins from our fathers
I’ll wear them with the backbone of mine
No weight could ever be a match
For that resilient of a spine
All is good in it’s own time
But the good is always there to find
In our own way we all suffer
In different ways but still the same
Dismiss the trials of another
That’s when your own strike you lame
Take me out into the ocean
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9. |
Mean Old Man
05:08
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Life as an animal who dreamed this up
I know it wasn’t me how about you
I don’t remember at all being asked
if I wanted to come to this place
And believe in a god who says that
When I die I’m going to burn in hell
If I don’t believe
That he sacrificed his one and only son
To save me ‘cause I’m so bad
Hey god you’re a mean old man
Yeah you’re such a mean old man
Life as an animal who thought this up
I’m sure it wasn’t me what about you
Now I find myself here making a plan
To get out of this place
I don’t believe in a god who says that
When I die I’m going to burn in hell
If I don’t believe
That he sacrificed his one and only son
To save me ‘cause I’m so bad
Hey god you’re a mean old man
Yeah you’re such a mean old man
Life as an animal can this be real
Or am I dreaming are you dreaming too?
Now it’s time to wake up and realize it’s all
a creation of mind
No need to fear a god
That’s like fearing the great and powerful oz
He’s just a wizard of make believe
Making threats and a thunderous noise
Pull back the curtain there's nothing to fear
Hey god you’re a mean old man
Yeah you’re such a mean old man
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10. |
Emotoclast
03:29
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you've got to listen to me baby
You know I love you but I’m afraid
That the very second I stop talking
if I were you I'd run away
I've got a demon can’t be checked
now and then he runs the show
hope and pray you never meet him
hope and pray get up and go
I'm a psychologic monster
subtle like a cloudy day
when you find the sun still burned you
just try and tell me I didn't say
Written By Jesse Mortensen
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11. |
Wurlibird Express
01:56
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MESSAGES Albuquerque, New Mexico
MESSAGES is Jesse Mortensen of Idaho/New Mexico in the good ol' U.S. of A, and Dustin Hoag of Texas/New Mexico.
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