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Color Me Big Yellow

by Alpha Pi

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that's one big fucking wave be afraid be afraid hate to get in its ugly way be afraid very afraid as we run for each other the sky grows dark better to hide under covers than die or dart 'cause when she hits hits us like a bag of bricks and it all goes to shit death by slow molasses blitz there's no point playing brave be afraid be afraid we should start digging graves be afraid very afraid did you hear how the thunder chose your fate better run to your mothers before it's too late that's one big fucking wave be afraid be afraid no heroes can save this day be afraid...
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out of chemical luck getting nothing but stuck haven't had a good fuck since the war but you better be ducking or you're gonna wake up with a pain in the gut and lots of explaining in store and everything is coming up aces now did you make the sting did it erase what you were somehow and everyone is making an appearance after disappearing now all we want is out got medicinal needs and subliminal leads eat it down to the seeds ask for more getting closer you'll see that we don't have to bleed for the sins of the weak and all of the sinners who came before
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it's not gonna be pretty like it was in your dreams even sapphire cities fall apart at the seams straighten up and hurry over every penny of money every pinnacled roof it's not gonna be funny like it was in your youth straighten up and hurry over out of the fog out of the fog everybody's summer's over now everybody is gone it's not gonna be easy like it was when it was if it's bluer it's freezing if it's redder it's rust
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the spirit moves me to attack the times the siren's blues are such attractive sights with every movement new fire the smell of powder on the guns for hire make way for war let's revolutionize the greatest battle since the news went blind well ain't it tragic ain't it right ain't nothing magic 'bout the beating of a lifetime look what you started with and what you're starting now you were much smarter then as opposed to now i know it's harder than easy way outs look what you started with and see what you've started now
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Goodnight 00:42
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belly up you can rain on but you can't erupt condensation can't belong to much for the ones who becoming will wake up and judge all the dreamers left holding a grudge someday maybe today i can finally call you my own i don't know if you could do that go out on a wind with my soul someday maybe today i can finally call you my soul if only you knew about that i could finally call you my own times you have to get too close to see that it's wrong and to find it you have to get lost you're a dream i'm a dreamer so let's go get lost in the castle we built to give up on the premise that someday the planets dismiss and the stars all let off jailed hearts and you've built up your palace your moat and your bridge burn it down like a sacrificed heart
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Weathervane 03:42
weathervane the gravel of the april skies is falling through the railroad ties the shimmer of the pouring rain reflecting off a window pane and when the wind starts blowing point me in the right direction i don't know where i'm headin' now once was advice i trusted until the metal rusted through and now i'm stuck here staring at you weathervane the shingles on a soggy roof the throbbing of an aching tooth can't interrupt my hearing's claim to howlings of a midnight train
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gone on a ride through time in the shelter you like to hide gone are the days but tonight we will all get our names in light and you can't keep calm and you can't see it coming running rampant through streets white heat low and humming here comes the prize and we're about to get solar the sun's in your eyes and i feel cold and it's time to take sides or else you'll never get old forever is hell on the outer shell you're golden you're so golden so grown up on a puff of smoke so in love with a bluffing hoax you try quite enough not to choke now it's gone down as abrupt as it went up and you can't be alive you can't even get loaded devils won't get you high and the angels have flown but it could be tonight said it happened at night and besides we can't wait any slower show the way to the gold i'm already old
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what's to become of us in these times when hopeless is not enough to describe now i wanna see it through to the end of the world with you it's looming so make the trade burning apocalypse for bright new sunny days make my day make it true the wish i wish i had made what's to become of love in this age you're scared of the sky and drunk on the rain still i wanna see it through to the end of the earth with you it's looming i wanna see it too at the end of the world with you it's blooming
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Storm 01:21
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towards anonymity i did aspire threw my identity into the fire in my years without name call me what you will trying to regain what i once was willing not to have i couldn't visualize the shape of things to come who did i think that i could possibly become i played with fire 'til my fingertips were burned but couldn't profit from the lessons that i learned about myself so sing a dirge and keep the rhythm steady 'cause i'm effectively deceased already in my years without a name summer comes and goes sitting in the shade hoping that i'll know some passerby feels like my license to exist has been revoked but i don't have the tools to fix the things i broke been struggling with this situation for so long there's nothing i can do but try to move along without myself
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i was on the roof trying not to fall you were in the pool floating through it all and you were safe inside your lockbox and pretty gates making your escape watching people swoon when they hit the lights you were humming tunes of eternal life and you were still between the slow waves and burning hills as the terror spilled sirens and sneak attacks only when you least expect tell the bombs bring it on sing it to the end is coming soon tune waiting for the clouds and the flash of blue heading for the ground wishing i was you and you were calm floating out to the quiet sounds of your favorite song
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released March 5, 2021

Written, Performed, Produced & Mixed by Asher Wynne & Patrick Emswiler in Boston, MA
Originally released 2001
Remastered by Asher Wynne
All songs/recordings © 2021 Patrick Emswiler (BMI)/Asher Wynne (BMI)
(see individual tracks for full credits)

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