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(on the thousandth floor, I can see it all. High above the clouds, I can see it all) (I want to know, I want to see, I want to believe, the truth) I am standing in the sky What was vast is small I can see the march of time I can see it all It's a glacier moving in It's a four alarm fire I'm still bleeding, I'm still sick But from here I can see the world It's the bruises on your face It's your bloodshot eyes It's the rat trap in the maze of our empty lives But it's an army in the sky It's the face of God All your life you'll wonder why But there's a reason to the world
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This is a gunfight This is a fire fight This is an all out war Smoke, fire, steel, lead Hide under the furniture, they’re perforating the walls Take my hand now, we’ll get out of here alive Blood may flow but we’ll survive And tomorrow We’ll take these bullets Out of our wounds And we’ll make these bullets Into souvenir necklaces Don’t be afraid We’ve been through all this before, look next they’ll kick down the door Stay by my side, we’ll take everything in stride, a year from now we’ll look back and laugh Chorus Sit with me in the dark, let those bullets fly Under a desk, share a glass of wine, while bombs rain down outside Though thousands lie dead in the streets, they will live again And you and I will never die, still laughing at the end The end
3.
This may seem a fair trade The labor for wage and the 8 hour day But all is not as it seems You downsized my dreams I’m resigned to my fate So write out that check, cause They told me if I work on holidays I could earn time and a half And if I work while the office is burning down I just might earn double time I want, and sometimes I need We all need the feed but a line has been crossed When you know I’m so far gone You call me at dawn, I show up with a smile So write out that check, cause
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5.
Murder Case 05:34
Staring from across the room I recognize you from behind Dirty brown hair dyed red Insulates an icy mind Tell me what the hell do you think you are doing Knocking on this door tonight You spot me from across the room You slide over with a smile I feel it creeping in again After all it's been a while I've fought this thought For a year or three No more friends That's all gone And that's all right with me Cause you want both ways, you want both worlds, but you shut and I locked the door. No more foreplay now that I can say I don't feel you anymore Yes sir your honor, I'm guilty of the deed But sir your honor, it was in self-defense Fake friendly phone calls The elephant in the room Have you put all that behind me now? Was it a bomb without a boom? I don't care if this hurts like hell This has to die, so say goodnight, I wish you well, or do I? I'm so sorry I have to kill you dear I hope you understand, this was in self-defense
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Self-Surgery 04:18
You stand you sit you dig a pit you fill it in You fall you crawl you watch the wall don't move at all You lay your head down on the bed you sleep a year Too big for you too much to do you drop your arms You run you hide "I'm strong!" you lied you live in fear Your eyes are wide stare at the light a frightened deer Your armor's thin your tender skin can't take the heat Your knees they sag you plant the flag you claim defeat Get off the ground, dry your eyes little boy Gather your courage now, you have yourself to destroy You sit alone you watch the phone don’t pick it up You scan the list all those you miss delete their names You don't need them not now not then lie to yourself Deserted island you know how to shove em off People in need you sit and read no time for them Some other time some other time you'll help em then You stand you sit you dig a pit you fill it in You fall you crawl you watch the wall don't move at all Get up, wake up, stand up, look up, dry your eyes, grit your teeth, take the knife, gouge out what's you, replace, renew.
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Enough is enough, enough is enough I've lived my life alone Books films and songs There's something wrong I don't know what they mean I want to be like everyone else I want what I've never had Quality control, we've a defect He doesn't know how to live He see a face He looks away He doesn't know what to say Just "I want to be like everyone else, I want what I've never had." Pull him off the line He needs some big repairs He doesn't know what it is (love) (error) (love) (error) He's said "I love you" And he's heard "I love you" But he's never heard "I love you too."
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All the sadness in the world sits in a pile on my desk In my office on the thousandth floor And I don't know what to do with it I don't know how to file it I don't have the password I don't know the forms Cause all the knowledge and all the understanding and all the acceptance can not change how I feel cause all the sadness in the world is sitting in a pile on my desk high above the world
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Food, water, air, money Food, water, air, power Food, water, air, freedom Food, water, air, foundation Food, water, air, eyes Food, water, air, mouth, Food, water, air, skin Food, water, anything, everything Food, water, air, heat Food, water, air, motion Food, water, air, grip Food, water, air, control Food, water, air, release Food, water, air, peace Food, water, air, rest Food, water, anything, everything, Freeze, don’t, move, a muscle You have what I need You, her, he, she, Everyone around me So done with being cold, 23 and far too old Feel me now, the world, the mess You say no, I’m screaming yes Give me air, give me solid ground Give me warmth, give me future Give me light, give me love Give me everything I need You’re gonna listen to the gun in my hand
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Some people think the world is out to get them Some people think they feel eyes on their backs Some people think that they have enemies Some people need to scream, to live with this place, the race, your smiling face But I love everyone, I love you all Some sing with irony, but I couldn’t be more sincere when I say to you I love you all Some people might hate you for what you have done Some people might resent all that you have Some people can’t forgive you or your world But I’m in the clouds tonight And from here the stars are bright, the world is right I love everyone, I love you all Some sing with irony, but I couldn’t be more sincere when I say to you I love you all, I see it all now, I understand now and I love you all

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This album was recorded many years ago and was my very first attempt at all of the following: songwriting, singing, programming beats, recording, and performing. Be gentle with my tender 23-year-old self.

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released September 11, 2005

This band was me and Jared McSharry, who played guitar and certain noises.

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Isaac Marion Seattle, Washington

I am mostly a writer (Warm Bodies) but sometimes I do music. All the music here is very old and some of it is embarrassing. I will make new sounds soon.

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