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If I Be Long
03:03
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If I belong to someone
I would belong to no one
But if I belonged to someone
I would belong to you
Yes it’s true
If I belong to someone
I would belong to no one
But if I belonged to someone
I would belong to you
Yes it’s true
Celebrate our interactions
I would be the one distraction you’d
Have to come home to
Blemished and all understanding
I wish I could be the man that you…
And I’d love you too
If I belong to someone
I would belong to no one
But if I belonged to someone
I would belong to you
Yes it’s true
Celebrate our interactions
I would be the one distraction you’d
Have to come home to
Blemished and all understanding
I wish I could be the man that you…
And I’d love you too
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Was Was
03:33
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Did you ever wake up wondering what you could have been
Did you ever get up so down it’s like the sky crashed in
Even if all it was was the thought of pain
Even if all it was was the loss of a wage
Get to the point
Get to your job
Get in the joint
Leave your worries on the lawn
Even if all she was was the thought of pain
Even if all he was was the loss of a wage
Did you ever take anyone?
Could you ever take anyone?
Do you take whatever you want?
Give it back to everyone!
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3. |
Don't Limit Your Life
02:52
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Don’t you waste your time
It won’t come back anyway
I’ve been feelin fine
I’m melting away
Even though somebody might say
“Look at you. What have you done today?”
I’ll look right back
Show them all this
You can take that and…
It’s so nice thinking about something perfect
Sitting right here nothing could be so worth it
Even still shouldn’t we keep on wandering?
Living other lives
Let’s sit still
Letting the current move us
Don’t you waste your words
They won’t come back anyway
I’ve been feeling curses melting away
They’re melting away
Even though somebody might say
“Look at you. What have you done today?”
I’ll look right back
Show them all this
You can take that and…
It’s so nice thinking about something perfect
Sitting right here nothing could be so worth it
Even still shouldn’t we keep on wandering?
Living other lives
Let’s sit still
Letting the current move us
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Everybody just hold your horses
Like a fire Coolin off in the rain
Letting off steam
Like a fire Coolin off in the rain
But it’s so hard to see the whole jigsaw now
We’re all just part of the whole system now
Sometimes it’s better when you just let go
And girl you outta know
That it goes on and on and on and on
And boy never let it show
That you know what you want is what is happening
All in all in all it’s happening
It takes time to calm down your excitement
Like a fire Coolin off in the rain
Letting off steam
Like a fire Coolin off in the rain
But it’s so hard to see the whole jigsaw now
We’re all just part of the whole system now
And girl you outta know
That it goes on and on and on and on
And boy never let it show
That you know what you want is what is happening
All in all in all it’s happening
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Sound Off
02:52
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Those who tremble those who fear
Those who wonder why we’re here
Those who don’t just disappear sound off
Those who feel it
Those who don’t
Those who know what must be known
Don’t let your words get caught in your throat
Sound off
We gotta know what you’re fighting for
Sound off
Hey now hey now
Hey wait a minute
We can’t simply choose
Shaking out of our shoes or be eaten alive
Hey now hey now
Hey wait a minute
We’ve got to work through
Shaking out of our shoes or be eaten alive
Those who listen
Those who hear
Those who despise the insincere
Those who don’t just simply mirror
Sound off
It don’t get no more real than this
Sound off
We can’t simply choose
Shaking out of our shoes or be eaten alive
Hey now hey now
Hey wait a minute
We’ve got to refuse
Shaking out of our shoes or be eaten alive
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6. |
Uchchaihshravas
03:27
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Everything is moving in a circular way
Somewhere, when you wake up,
It’s the end of the day
So keep your mind on the bright side
Existence has exploded since its unending birth
Now everything is rhetoric
Each chorus a verse
So keep your mind on the bright side
Cuz it might take time
You and I are caught in the thick of it
Too few chose the truth
Damaged my sentiment
You and I are caught in the thick of it
Too few chose the truth
Damaged my sentiment
The mare inside the ocean and it’s foamy white birth
Says everything is rhetoric
And chorus is verse
So keep your mind on the bright side
Cuz it might take time
You and I are caught in the thick of it
Too few chose the truth
Damaged my sentiment
And I have got to get something out of it
Too few choose the truth
Confused they lose
Contused to bruise
Damage by sentiment
And it might take time
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7. |
You Better Know
03:00
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In my imagination
Every conversation
Is just me with my own
Back against the wall
To deny that
Criticize that
Now
Don’t get me started
Deniers
Cliffsiders
Lamp lighting box of the beast
You better know now
In my imagination
Every conversation
Is just me with my own
Back against the wall
Don’t get me started
You better know
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8. |
Petrified Ghost
01:48
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He’s a petrified ghost
He is always out there wanting to
Cheat you out of your most
But you’ll never know
Cuz he’s a petrified ghost
He says he’ll take you all the way
If only he weren’t se afraid
He’s a petrified ghost
He is always out there wanting to
Cheat you out of your most
But you’ll never know
Cuz he’s a petrified ghost
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9. |
What's Mine Is Mine
03:26
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If I eat
Will you starve
Who cares
As long as what’s mine is mine
No shame
In great wealth
Even if it causes your health to decline
As long as what’s mine is mine
What’s wrong is not just what you’ve got
What do you do when they ask you
“Come now
Why don’t you just spread it around?”
Can we just start this over
And all together
We’ll build it all back from the ground
It’s all paranoia
“They’re coming for you!”
If that’s true then you better know you’re gonna be fine
No one would need nothing
Stop thinking about yourself
Stop shouting
“As long as what’s mine is mine!”
Pull weight
Bootstrap
Straw man yourself in a trap
Bust through
What you built
Weaponized with a detached hilt
No harm and no blood spilt
What’s wrong is not just what you think you outta have now
What’s wrong is what we take away
What do you do when they ask you
“Come now
Why don’t you just spread it around?”
Can we just start this over
And all together
We’ll build it all back from the ground
It’s all paranoia
“They’re coming for you!”
If that’s true then you better know you’re gonna be fine
No one would need nothing
Stop thinking about yourself
Stop shouting
“As long as what’s mine is mine!”
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10. |
Thunder Road Pt. 2
01:44
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Maybe you feel amazing
Maybe you feel you’re fading
Maybe you’re feeling sore
And poor
And everything between
Maybe life’s all around you
Maybe it never found you
Maybe it will astound and abound
And everything between
Cuz when I look into your eyes I feel fine
and when I hear the “Thunder Road”
I know time is flying by
And it calms into my brain in a strange way
And I ask you
“What goes on?”
Maybe you feel serrated
Maybe it’s all navigated
Maybe antiquated
Or it’s too complicated for you
Maybe you’re what’s amazing
Maybe you’re what is fading
Maybe it’s all the dreams
And things that stick inside my head
Cuz when I look into the mirror I start cryin
And then I feel my oldest fear: that I’ll start dying
And then it calms into my brain in a strange way
And then I feel the calm insane in a strange way
And I ask you
“What goes on in your own?”
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It's Not Complete
02:00
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The animals
All bury each other
When they die
To my surprise
They all go to Heaven
From the snakes to the birds in the sky
Open their eyes
To pearly white
So open your body
And look at your own skeleton
It’s only skin
It’s paper thin
And tear everything apart piece by piece
It’s it neat?
But it’s not complete
Your shadow’s your friend
Your shadow shows that you’re alive
There’s no goodbyes
He’s by your side
Until he sneaks into your pocket book
And spends all your money on food
Loose women and booze
I think that’s rude
So open the floorboards
And strangle your shadow to death
He had it coming
He deserved it
And tear everything apart piece by piece
Isn’t it neat?
But you’re not complete
Isn’t it neat?
But you’re not complete
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Jonathan Hape Columbus, Ohio
Jonathan Hape is a Columbus OH artist and musician. Along with self recording and promoting solo material he is also known as Glass Cassette and plays in the bands Narrow/Arrow and Room & Board.
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