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The Housing Market
03:56
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Get the bastards out
Four or five year cycle
I'm slower in the summertime
All the crippling doubt
But even in the winter I never stopped to question it
Was it worth the liver spots bro?
They said it's not so bad to get up on the ladder
But the rung's a little higher than it was for mum and dad
They got on it in the 80s
They were offered better rates
And now I never want to hear it again
Say son you best save soon
We'd just hate to watch as you frit your life away
The mortgage, the new job, the products of hard work
You will find a way
We know you will
Lost along the road to Sodom and Gomorrah
When you meet a helpful stranger
Who says they'll lighten half your load
Just take out a loan
Collateral is all you own
It's how they're going to suck you in
Start your life anew
Move out to the country with a lot or little money
And the lady in the shoe
Won over by your charm will welcome you with open arms
Yeah you've really got the hang of it now
Say son you best save soon
We'd just hate to watch as you frit your life away
The mortgage, the new job, the products of hard work
You will find a way
We know you will
Say that you're wrong and we want something else
Say son you best save soon
We'd just hate to watch as you frit your life away
Say son you best save soon
We'd just hate to watch as you frit your life away
The mortgage, the new job, the products of hard work
You will find a way
We know you will
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2. |
KW
03:12
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I am sinking fast and I can't find my life vest
I am sinking fast and I can't find my life vest
Is it too late for that?
Is it too late for that?
Can we still make it back?
Can we still make it back?
You wouldn't be so Gung Ho
If you knew I knew all your plot holes
You wouldn't be so Gung Ho
If you knew what I knew
But you don't have to live like that
You don't have to live like that
We can still break the glass
We can still break the glass
(Oh no) Won't you give it a rest
(Oh no) Won't you give it a rest just once
(Oh no) Won't you give it a rest
(Oh no) Won't you give it a rest just once
I am sinking fast and I can't find my life vest
I am sinking fast and I can't find my life vest
Is it too late for that?
Is it too late for that?
Can we still break the glass?
Can we still break the glass?
(Oh no) Won't you give it a rest
(Oh no) Won't you give it a rest just once
(Oh no) Won't you give it a rest
(Oh no) Won't you give it a rest just once
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On the first night that you walked into the lobby
The concierge could barely disguise his disdain
I guess he worried he'd be aiding and abetting
Vivian, you're life would never be the same again
Every time I feel like I might not belong here
I think about your shopping trip on Rodeo Drive
Let it not be said that I enjoy the opera
But I've never had a week like yours in my whole life
It was 90
It was toxic
Thought you had it but you lost it
I never understand
I was oh-for-four in unsettled scores
Didn't want to be there anymore
You would never lead your life like that
I was oh-for-four in unsettled scores
Didn't want to be there anymore
You would never leave me like that again
On the first night that you walked into the lobby
The concierge could barely disguise his disdain
I guess he worried he'd be aiding and abetting
Vivian, you're life would never be the same again
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4. |
Interlude 1
00:48
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5. |
Heteronormativity
03:48
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I filled it up to the brim with cold water
I felt myself sink right in to the bottom
So I'd stop breathing in heteronormativity
I heard you'd been asking around about my lovers
I'm sorry but I have more interest in your brother
I can't stop breathing in heteronormativity
Heteronormativity
I am forever outside
Here we go again, this talk has got you blushing
If you don't mind I'd rather sidestep your assumptions
In fits and starts, you never told me how I'm supposed to act
Heteronormativity
I think you think that you are teaching me a lesson
For me it's never been a seven minute heaven
When every night I'm coming out the closet in a taxi ride
Heteronormativity
Heteronormativity
I am forever outside
I'm so so sorry I forgot to stop to catch my breath
Heteronormativity
I am forever outside
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6. |
Running With Scissors
05:17
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We meet up right after the weekend
You say you're alive at last
But you're not
You're a sabbatical away from not being stretched out too much
It's just like you to be running with scissors
The blades angled towards your heart
But I'm not here to unravel you with pointed metaphors
Oh those rose tinted glasses might seem like a good time
But I'm not buying what they're selling
A half remembered life
You went off on Gulliver's Travels
I reached out once you had gone
In Lilliput you couldn't handle the feeling:
A big fish in a small pond
It's just like you to be running with scissors
Taking stairs two at a time
And I can't for the life of me work out how to change your mind
Oh those rose tinted glasses might seem like a good time
But I'm not buying what they're selling
A half remembered life
Oh those rose tinted glasses might seem like a good time
But I'm not buying what they're selling
A half remembered life
(I tried to rest my feet on the dashboard but the seat was too close or I was too inflexible, the whole thing came across so damn unnatural and I know you noticed. I think you have always noticed in my face a self-defeated look of shame, like I am living in disgrace.)
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