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Waiting for the Good Guys to Win Again
It’s been so long I feel left out
A four year song from the Mudsling Tower
So lay it on me
Lay it on me
I’m not afraid, no
I’m not afraid
I’m waiting, waiting, waiting
For the good guys to win again
I’m waiting, waiting, waiting
For the good guys to win
I’m waiting, wait – stop waiting!
We talk of change and lend a helping hand
A screaming mob don’t make a band
It’s been so long I feel left out
A four year song from the Mudsling Tower
So lay it on me
Lay it on me
I’m not afraid, no
I’m not afraid
I’m waiting, waiting, waiting
For the good guys to win again
I’m waiting, waiting, waiting
For the good guys to win
I’m waiting, wait – stop waiting!
There’s gotta be something left of
What I though we were building
So let me hear
It can’t all be debatable
Some things have got to be principles
So let me hear
I’m waiting, waiting, waiting
For the good guys to win again
I’m waiting, waiting, waiting
For the good guys to win
I’m waiting, waiting, waiting
For the good guys to win again
I’m waiting, wait – stop waiting!
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2. |
Anthem for the Nerds
03:26
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Anthem for the Nerds
Figurines from movie scenes
Collectibles more than you have seen
Yeah, that’s me
Holding on was never wrong
Until you came along and smiled at me
Now I’m in retreat
Yeah, I’m givin’ it up for you, love
Yeah, I’m givin’ it all up
I’m givin’ it up for you, love
’Cause I don’t wanna break up
Yeah, I’m giving it up for you, love
Yeah, the hours that I’ve wasted
I’m givin’ it up for you, love
I’m givin’ it up
I’m givin’ it up now
So everytime you come around
I hide my superheroes in the couch
And my flix in the cloud
And everytime you’re telling me
My place is nice but somehow squeaky clean
It’s almost obscene
Yeah, I’m givin’ it up for you, love
Yeah, I’m givin’ it all up
I’m givin’ it up for you, love
’Cause I don’t wanna break up
Yeah, I’m giving it up for you, love
Yeah, the hours that I’ve wasted
I’m givin’ it up for you, love
I’m givin’ it up
I’m givin’ it up now
Wait! Can I get a word in?
I see you, so please be quiet now
Please! Let’s free your people
I can feel them everytime we kiss
No, I won’t miss
Thor’s hammer in my ribs
So from here on out my own self-doubt
And secrecy are no longer policy
This I’ll decree
Yeah, I’m givin’ it up for you, love
Yeah, I’m givin’ it all up
I’m givin’ it up for you, love
’Cause I don’t wanna break up
I’m giving it up for you, love
Yeah, the hours that I’ve wasted
I’m givin’ it up for you, love
I’m givin’ it up
I’m givin’ it up now
I’m givin’ it up now
I’m givin’ it up now
I’m givin’ it up now
I’m givin’ it up
I’m givin’ it up now
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3. |
Stranglehold
04:10
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Stranglehold
I’m leaving like a bullet train
I’m leaving faster than you thought I’d make my way
And I’m guessing you’ll just stick around
I’m guessing you will be the last one outta town
This is easy
Easy-breezy
’Til you see me
Oh no Jon, you don’t!
Forget about our rigmarole?
You got a stranglehold
And you won’t let go
You got a stranglehold
On my leaving soul
But I’m leaving like the arrow flies
I’m leaving straight and narrow right between your spies
I will never be wholly rid of you
You will never be mine again tightening that noose
This is easy
Easy-breezy
’Til you see me
Oh no Jon, you don’t!
Forget about our rigmarole?
You got a stranglehold
On my leaving soul
You got a stranglehold
But you won’t let go
A stranglehold
On my leaving soul
No more stranglehold
’Cause you’re gon’ let go
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4. |
Just Like Balloons
05:53
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Just Like Balloons
Now that we’re older
Yet no wiser still
The Earth has commanded us
To move in for the kill
So now I lay dying
After trying too hard
You place a bandaid
On my bruising heart
Just like a movie star
We’re fleeting just like balloons
We’re floating just like balloons
Under these skies I know not to want
I’ll pull you in closer, hone in on warmth
I’m prettiest sleeping
And most useful by far
I’ve stumbled to greatness
Right into your arms
Just like a movie star
We’re fleeting just like balloons
We’re floating just like balloons
We’re floating, just me and you
They’ll drag me down
From my stand
Push me aside
If they think they can
I’m heavy weight
But not dead yet
A headful of dreams
I’ve not put to bed
All I need
And all I want
Is you by my side
Against all odds
You are love
Just like balloons
We’re fleeting just like balloons
We’re floating just like balloons
We’re wrinkling just like balloons
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5. |
Agents of the Change
03:38
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Agents of the Change
One night in a dream in Florence, I saw a song
Pre-Pumpkin Billy strumming, with hair down long
No matter our struggle, we’ll rally behind
All the dreams we want to find
We’re all agents of the change
We’re all agents of the change
That night in a dream in Florence, I saw a hope
Born of the destitution of normal folk
No matter our struggle, we’ll rally behind
All the dreams we want to find
We’re all agents of the change
We’re all agents of the change
We’re united by a name
We’re all agents of the change
A change in the weather
A planet for the better
A change in our purses
An end to our curses
A change in our leaders
A god for believers
A change in myself now
’Cause we all need it, somehow
One night in a dream in Florence, I saw a song
Heard all the paintings talk
We’re all agents of the change
We’re all agents of the change
We’re united by a name
We’re all agents of the change
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6. |
March of the Ghosts
05:25
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March of the Ghosts
Mmm…
Mother don’t leave me
Yeah, I’m waiting on the shore
The boats are all leaving
There ain’t nothing here no more
The ghosts are all here now
Pushing towards the sea
White sands turn to ashes
Under their wicked feet
Mmm…
Forgetful, forgetful
Don’t worry, I won’t be
Mmm…
Forgetful, forgetful
Don’t worry, I won’t be
Mother, I’m next now
’Less I push out to the waves
This land was our land
But now it’s all our graves
The ghosts are all reaching
But against them there’s no fight
Like all of my kinsmen
I must swallow all my pride
Mmm…
Forgetful, forgetful
Don’t worry, I won’t be
Mmm…
Forgetful, forgetful
Don’t worry, I won’t be
Mother don’t leave me
I’ve been waiting here for days
Mother I’m next now
’Less I push out to the waves
Mmm…
Forgetful, forgetful
I’m sorry, I won’t be
Mmm…
Forgetful, forgetful
I’m sorry, I won’t be
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7. |
The Nature of Things
04:13
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The Nature of Things
Oh-oh-oh-oh my love
You’re more beautiful than the rain
On a forest mountain range
And oh-oh-oh-oh, how you fly
Like fireflies in the night
Gone in the blink of an eye
I’ll crawl back in
Onto your skin
I’ll crawl back in
Into your loving arms again
Oh-oh-oh-oh, you’re the air
Flowing through my lungs
Upon which my songs are sung
And oh-oh-oh-oh, you’re here
Like a mountain standing tall
Echoes on your walls
I’ll crawl back in
Onto your skin
I’ll crawl back in
Into your loving arms again
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8. |
Icicles
04:18
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Icicles
I’ve been meaning to talk to you
With all this static I can’t get through
I’ve been thinking you wanted this
Worlds apart, yet bound by kiss
But I got you on speaker phone
So everybody else will know
Behind the ice I’m seeing gold
Seeing gold, and a love foretold
I’m holding, I’m holding icicles
I’m clinging, I’m clinging to waterfalls
I fear you are what my friends have said
A pipe dream with a pretty head
I lost all of my self-control
To a few locks of gold
But I got you on speaker phone
So everybody else will know
Behind the ice I’m seeing gold
Seeing gold, and a love foretold
I’m holding, I’m holding icicles
I’m clinging, I’m clinging to waterfalls
I’m holding, I’m holding icicles
I’m clinging, I’m clinging to waterfalls
But I got you on speaker phone
So everybody else will know
Behind the ice I’m seeing gold
Seeing gold, and a love foretold
I’m holding, I’m holding icicles
I’m clinging, I’m clinging to waterfalls
I’m holding, I’m holding icicles
I’m clinging, I’m clinging to waterfalls
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Soar
04:16
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Soar
Everyone needs a hiding place
Everyone needs to feel safe
Found mine in a dream I had
Outside a world gone mad
So I’m loving my lie
And I’m willing myself to fly
And I’m breaking but I’m going out in style
But I was never meant to
I was never meant to soar
Above the buildings and the boring life I led before
No, I was never meant to
I was never meant to soar
Everyone needs a fighting chance
Everyone needs a sword in their hands
Found strength in the dream I had
No gravity holding me back
So I’m loving my lie
And I’m willing myself to fly
And I’m breaking but I’m going out in style
But I was never meant to
I was never meant to soar
Above the buildings and the boring life I led before
No, I was never meant to
I was never meant to soar
Everyone needs a hiding place
Everyone needs a saving grace
Everyone needs to dig out a hole
But I was born with a restless soul
’Cause I was ever meant to
’Cause I was ever meant to soar
Above the buildings and the boring life I led before
Yeah, I was ever meant to
I was ever meant to soar
Above the buildings and the boring life I led before
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10. |
The Ceiling
04:22
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The Ceiling
I wanna say I love it here
I really do
But something’s got a hold on me
And it’s got me fooled
The way that things have changed for me
I should be in awe
But I can’t help but to feel estranged
And a little flawed
I can not reach the ceiling
From where I’m standing
Way above the crowd
So help me out
I can’t believe I’m grieving
Again for something
I no longer have
I should do the math
But it seems I can’t
I’m never neither here nor there
I’m always at odds
A struggle surging through my veins
But it never stops
The way that things have changed in me
I should be in awe
But I can’t help but to feel estranged
And a little flawed
I can not reach the ceiling
From where I’m standing
Way above the crowd
So help me out
I can’t believe I’m grieving
Again for something
I no longer have
I should do the math
But it seems I can’t
Breathe out
And you’ll breathe me in and out
Yeah that’s, that’s how we begin
To fall to what, whatever our hole
But now let’s dig ourselves out
From way above the crowd
So help me out
I can’t believe I’m grieving
Again for something
I no longer have
I should do the math
But it seems I can’t
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11. |
The Courage of a Worm
03:24
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The Courage of a Worm
Hold
Hold your head up high in the storm
And pray
Pray Poseidon shan’t claim us all
’Cause everything I’ve done for you
Is what a captain does for crew
But I’m not sure I’m man enough to fall
I got the courage of a worm
And it’s going down
All the courage I was learned
It’s long lost now
And everything I’ve earned
Is breaking down around me
Plunging into the sea
Wait until the light has gone
And hope
Hope will carry through this storm
’Cause everything I’ve done for you
Is what a captain does for crew
But I’m not sure I’m man enough to fall
I’ve the courage of a worm
And it’s going down
All the courage I was learned
It’s long lost now
And everything I’ve earned
It’s breaking down around me
Plunging into the sea
My better angels leave me be
I am a failure as you can see
I’ve just my love left and though it’s real
It can not save me from the sea
I’ve the courage of a worm
And it’s going down
All the courage I was learned
It’s long lost now
And everything I’ve earned
It’s breaking down around me
Plunging into the sea
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12. |
Easy Come, Easy Go
03:51
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Easy Come, Easy Go
Took my playbook right out of yours
To even the score
Took your compass and pointed it South
’Cause that’s where things are going now
All our love just came and went
Like those pop-up boutiques down the Seine
Maybe our love just wasn’t that real
It had a dusty Hollywood feel
All the love that wanted out
Well, it leaves me now
All the love I thought I’d found
Won’t come back ’round
Easy come, easy go
Easy come, easy go
Ménage à deux in the streets of Paris
And you thought I could be
A writer, a poet, a star
And break not only your heart
Charly, the way that things turned out
Is a joke on me and my doubt
You became all the things that you said
And I a rhyme in the back of your head
All the love that wanted out
Well, it leaves me now
All the love I thought I’d found
Won’t come back ’round
Easy come, easy go
Easy come, easy go
Easy come, easy go
Easy come, easy go
Easy come, easy go – are we happy now?
Easy come, easy go – are we wiser now?
Easy come, easy go – are we happy now?
Easy come, easy go – am I yours somehow?
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13. |
Oh No!
07:19
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Oh No!
Hold down the fort with me, will you please?
It’s all that we got left of family
Hold down the fort that’s keeping you
Under lock and key, unable to move
And oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Raise that flag on high, man the battlements
The enemy’s at our gates and looks to be coming in
Why are you drinking to defeat?
Stand with your brother, sister, for family
And oh no
Oh no
But oh no
Oh no
And you finally raise a hand
But you use it just to strike me
And the foes come pouring in
And you kneel down beside me
Saying ”Please don’t hurt this man!”
I see you clearly now
I see you walking out
And oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Be more boldly you
See you shining though
Be more boldly you
Unleash what you can do!
Aaah…
Be more boldly you
See you shining though
Be more boldly you
Unleash what you can do!
Aaah…
Be more boldly you
See you shining though
Be more boldly you
Unleash what you can do!
Aaah…
Be more boldly you
See you shining though
Be more boldly you
Unleash what you can do…
Aaah….
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The Fisherman & The Sea Helsinki, Finland
From Finland – a country that allegedly holds more metal bands than park rangers are able to rescue from their gothic photoshoots in the hinterlands, and where disoriented polar bears roam downtown shopping centres – hail singer-songwriter Jon Eden and his band. His roots also put him in Hamburg, Germany thus planting him somewhere in the Baltic Sea in compromise – hence the name of the band. ... more
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