1. |
Trapezius Hustle
04:39
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Runnin’ to the top
Will I ever stop?
Life goes by me fast
Looking for quick cash
There goes mom and pop
Setting up a shop
Don’t have time for that
Not even time to chat
Hope I never drop
Waiting for that flop
By the time I’ve asked
Answer’s gone and passed
Now I’m runnin’ hot
Or at least I thought
I had gotten fat
Now I fall flat
Straight on my face
Not a trace left
Thought I’d been blessed
I guess I guessed wrong
Where do I belong?
I’m back on my feet
A secondary treat
Back to my old ways
I’m not even fazed
Will get better yet
Or at least I bet
Driving for that raise
A trend that lasts for days
Something is off beat
I feel incomplete
It seems to fall away
I know I shouldn’t stay
Now I take a seat
Future’s looking bleak
Try to break away
But I fall flat
Straight on my face
Not a trace left
Thought I’d been blessed
I guess I guessed wrong
Where do I belong?
Go there one more time
My partner in crime
I should pull away
Cuz I’m in disarray
What do I hope to find
Runnin’ round blind
Give way to dismay
As I fall flat
Straight on my face
Not a trace left
Thought I’d been blessed
I guess I guessed wrong
I’m just too far gone
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2. |
Swanky Stank
05:28
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Summer song’s too far gone
don’t delay too long
Here it comes we belong
Where it stays Autumn
Don’t withdraw, come upon
now a stage bent on
Golden Age, come of age
Disengage Autumn
Natural Motif
Falling Leaves
An aperitif
Laden Relief
Let’s begin with a spin
Revel in the dawn
Spoken wind, my old friend
Come to send Autumn
Now ascend, in the end
we transcend above
What a trend, see it tends
To suspend Autumn
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3. |
Major State of Mind
05:03
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4. |
Beach Buddha
03:05
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Looking out a long way
Take it farther than I should take
I go there anyway
Sure I’ll see a bright new wave
Trying my best to stay
Doing whatever pays
Doesn’t matter if it’s minimum wage
Keeping whatever I find
Don’t dabble with the wrong or right
I’m kind when I wanna be kind
Never bother with that hindsight
I see myself as unconfined
They say I got a beautiful mind
But my mannerism’s not refined
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5. |
Sloth
04:09
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Holdin' on to the edge of the bed
How's your head? Mine's dead, got a mouthful of lead
I gotta get up, get away from the crawl
With the face down Motown belle of the ball.
What have we got that's got us back?
We gotta write it up like a plan of attack
So keep still, it'll take a while
Get down in the dirty, hurt with a smile.
Grit teeth, keep up the brave face,
Bundle up, erupt into head space,
Stalling out at the end of the rope,
Last hope's gone home and up in smoke.
Thresholds and empty bowls
Choke holds and hollow souls
All too glad to give up the fight
No spark, no bark, no bite, so
What does he do?
He doesn't
Who is he now?
He wasn't
Got no thoughts to entertain
Lack of words and aim in the brain
What does he want?
For nothing
Yeah, where does he go?
Nowhere
He's no one of consequence, yeah
Only a man among other sins.
Sits in the house at the end of the street
Got no to-do's, no shoes on his feet
On the rise, blinds pulled in tight
No lot, he's got no dog in the fight.
So lean back and kick 'em off,
Life's got no right to stop his sloth,
From dawn through dusk he fucks with his head,
Shut in the sheets of a heavenly bed.
No, can you hear him? He's got the rot,
The brain rot stains with gainless pain, spots
Dancing round right in front of his eyes,
A miser of life, a non-smoking wise guy.
Keeping time, rhymes spilling away
With head in hands and hands led astray
Two timing and timing is wrong,
Lurks in the lurch at the end of the song.
Give it up to the man himself
He's a world class dumb ass head on a shelf.
What does he do?
He doesn't
Who is he now?
He wasn't
Got no thoughts to entertain
Lack of words and aim in the brain
What does he want?
For nothing
Yeah, where does he go?
Nowhere
He's no one of consequence, yeah
Only a man among other sins.
C'mon!
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6. |
Undertow
06:57
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7. |
Roam
03:50
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Pressure pressin’ buttons in my mind
I’m lookin’ for the kind
Of trip to get me away.
Do you know where I can maybe find
A place to go unwind?
I need to be gone today.
Girl, you are the cloud over my life,
My reason to get high
Above you and fly away.
I never noticed before,
The wide world is kickin’ in my front door.
Time to evacuate,
Time to set myself free to roam, yeah.
Read the road behind me, baby, try
To find me, baby, I’ll
Be gone when you hear this song.
Don’t be left despondent, honey, time
Is blind to money, rest
Assured that there’s nothing wrong.
Have I ever let you down? If so,
I need to let you know
That somebody led me on
Dust clouds settling down
Over the whole town
Rain comes crashin’ in
And it’s washin’ me out
One more thing before I go, I need
To let you know I
Never blamed you for holding back.
It was not the condescending, you
Don’t need convincing, not
The truth, maybe more its lack.
If I stay in your town for too long,
The pull becomes too strong,
I’ll never get back on track.
So we never had this conversation,
I'm on vacation,
Pass me by, baby, don’t look back.
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8. |
Back to the East
03:15
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9. |
Together Unsung
06:04
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Another day gone
Let’s lay awhile
The path winds along
So many a mile
Full of chills
Lackluster thrills
Slow down
Slow down you say
Don't be ashamed
Try to stay close
We’ll keep warm that way
Do not worry
Things might go blurry
Please stay
Bridge:
Should I just tell you
How much I really care about you darling
And quit my stalling?
Now tell the truth
That you feel as I do
Let's try something new
It may be long
But we belong
In the end
When the day dawns
I want you to know
Awake though we'll be
Our dreams will still show
And just simply
I’ll put it simply
I love you
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10. |
Backwoods
02:45
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11. |
Reflection Bound
06:37
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I've spent afternoons
Searching through
My looking glass
At days of past
Both young and old
A page of my soul
As I sit back
Can't help but have
A feeling of reprieve
My thoughts surrounding me
A dream
Of no more need
Guess I’ll leave
It’s time to leave
In this life
Peace and strife
Take your time
You'll be just fine
(Fret not for me,
fall into the world)
As is said and done
Battles lost and won
I set forth towards the sun
Journeys just begun
Of no more need
Guess I’ll leave
It’s time to leave
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The Big Strong Arms Raleigh, North Carolina
Eclectic in influence and inventive to a fault, the Big Strong Arms are, at their core, a simple group of 5 music nerds from Raleigh, North Carolina.
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