1.My Rights Versus Yours
Lyricist:Carl Allan Newman
Under your wheels, the hope of spring
Mirage of loss, a few more things
You left your sorrow dangling
It hangs in air like a school cheer
Complex notes inside the chords
On every wall inflections carved
Deep as lakes and dark as stars
Remember we were the volunteers
Courts knew this and nothing more
Now it's my rights versus yours
Under your wheels, your hopeless reign
You fall too hard, we're up too late
We hang suspended from the heights
Until it's safer to walk here
Under your wheels, your chance is with
The easy call, the called-off search
The medicine, it still won't work
But there's dangerous levels of it here
Same thing as the other time
But now it's your rights versus mine
The truth in one free afternoon
The truth in one free afternoon
Under my wheels the chance is held
Gave me to save me from myself
Spectacles painted with my shaking hand
Fingers in paints, in paints we brought
Thinking we'd leave them when we're not
Flying the flags of new empires in rags
The new empire in rags
The truth in one free afternoon
A new empire in rags
The truth in one free afternoon
A new empire in rags
The truth in one free afternoon
A new empire in rags
The truth in one free afternoon
Under your wheels, the fits and starts
The time to dabble in the arts
To tease the packs of dogs in charge
But kid, it's always still me
Under your wheels, the hope of spring
Mirage of loss, a few more things
The medicine it still won't sing
But there's dangerous levels of it here
Your rights over my rights now
We came to the right place
Your rights over my rights now
Your rights over my rights now
We came to the right place
Your rights over my rights now
Your rights over my rights now
2.All The Old Showstoppers
Lyricist:Carl Allan Newman
When John, he saw the numbers he lied
Made up the whole thing, he failed when he tried
To cash in on his cautious new fame
Always the numbers but never the name
When we hit the numbers we broke
Broken and changed them, changed as we spoke
We knew that we would always be down
Hitting the numbers spun way 'round
And somebody beside you
Slipped your head inside the crown
The princes of the paupers
And all the old showstoppers
Till this moment's still unknown
Siren's songs have tried, too
Yet, she takes you as her own
The princes of the paupers
And all the old showstoppers
Till this moment's still unknown
And when he got the numbers he thought
Thought of his friends who slowed to a halt
Who had questioned to no avail
Some knew the answers, some wouldn't tell
When Gabriel saw the numbers he fell
Fell through the clouds into the great well
But woke up before he hit the ground
No one had noticed still he looked around
And somebody beside you
Slipped your head inside the crown
The princes of the paupers
All the old showstoppers
Till this moment's still unknown
Siren's songs have tried, too
Yet, she takes you as her own
The princes of the paupers
And all the old showstoppers
Till this moment's still unknown
With her hand to guide you
You are nothing if not home
The princes of the paupers
And all the old showstoppers
Till this moment's still unknown
3.Challengers
Lyricist:Carl Allan Newman
Yes I know it's late
We were greeting the sun, before long
And you live with someone
I live with somebody too, leave it there
For safe keeping
One of the west village in plains
That was the custom come dawn
On the walls of the day
In the shade of the sun we wrote down
Another vision of us
We were the challengers of the unknown
â½Be safe', you say
Whatever the mess you are you mind okay
That is the custom come down
Until I see you around
Until we clear the accounts leave it there
Leave it to us
We are the challengers of the unknown
4.Myriad Harbour
Lyricist:Daniel Bejar
I took a plane, I took a train
(Ah, who cares, you always end up in the city)
I said to Carl, look up for one
(See just how the sun sets in the sky)
I said to Jon, do you think the girls here?
(Ever wonder how they got so pretty?)
Oh well I do
Look out upon the Myriad Harbour
Look out upon the Myriad Harbour
Look out upon the Myriad Harbour
All the boys with their home made microphones
(Have very interesting sounds)
All the girls falling to ruin dropping out of school, breaking
daddy's heart
(Just to hang around)
I walked into the local record store and asked for
An American music anthology, it sounds fun
They tore off my skirt, then stuck it on the walls at PS 1
I took a plane, I took a train
(Ah, who cares, you always end up in the city)
Stranded at Bleeker and Broadway
Looking for something to do
Someone somewhere asked me
Is there anything in particular I can help you with?
(All I ever want to help with was you)
Look out upon the Myriad Harbour
Look out upon the Myriad Harbour
Look out upon the Myriad Harbour
Look out upon the Myriad Harbour
5.All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth
Lyricist:Carl Allan Newman
All those things that go to make heaven and this
Midnight, who was a girl
Midnight, who lost control and he found this world
With matter removed of divine dimension
Our time reduced to an honorable mention
This world, which time forgot
This world, it lost control and then saw God
All of the things that go to make heaven and earth are here
All of the things that go to make heaven and earth
Put your new weight in gold and see what it's worth
All of the things that go to make heaven and earth are here
All of the things that go to make heaven and this
Success was survival and kid it still is
Success was survival and kid it still is
Did you think of something He didn't think of?
Crashing into horizons on the brink of success
Success which was survival gone too far
All of the things that go to make heaven and earth are here
All of the things that go to make heaven and earth
Put your new weight in gold and see what it's worth
All of the things that go to make heaven and earth are here
All of the things that go to make heaven and this
Success was survival and kid it still is
Success was survival and kid it still is
Success was survival and kid it still is
Success was survival and kid it still is
6.Failsafe
Lyricist:Carl Allan Newman
Ready to bolt at the first glimpse of failsafe
Signing my checks with a name that's not mine
Clocking the hours that spin round through the tail end
Scolding those hills ahead, we both had a hand in it
You and me both kid
You and me both kid
Raising a flag at the first sign of failsafe
Another red flag and we've lost half the team
I left the game to find you at the pavement
Scolding those hills ahead, we both had a hand in it
You and me both kid
You and me both kid
You and me both kid
You and me both kid
You and me both kid
You and me both kid
7.Unguided
Lyricist:Carl Allan Newman
In every story, every secret told
You are not the first to wake up
To learn your lines before you have the part
You woke up early and you walk up torn
You the temporary boarder
The heat wave humming in the house of cards
You spun chapter into rapture there
Yeah, you were as brave as traffic
You chased the spotlight into her arms
And you forgot that you could file the knot
That you were still the person sleeping
The heat wave humming in the house of cards
A play for the girl, a cross for a hook
Sinking into the green sea wonder
Under the sea, walking the floor
Over the waves, the wheeling thunder
Something's unguided in the sky tonight
There is something unguided in the sky
You wrote yourself into a corner safe
Easy to defend your borders
A fallen saint into a whispered time
Killing time because I have to, why?
Because it isn't mine, remember?
Killing time because it wasn't mine
You're earning your stripes, you're counting the stars
You're winding your barely working watch
You're lucky to be on the land like you are
Lucky you've already become
There is something unguided in the sky tonight
There is something unguided in the sky
And why wait for the weakened state
To lie next to the weaker sex?
And why wait for the weakened state
To lie next to the weaker sex?
You're earning your stripes, you're counting the stars
You're winding your barely working watch
You're lucky to be on the land like you are
Lucky you've already become
There is something unguided in the sky tonight
There is something unguided in the sky
There is something unguided in the sky tonight
There is something unguided in the sky
8.Entering White Cecilia
Lyricist:Daniel Bejar
Cruising the magnetic strip, I seized the ship
I wanted it to be me that was with you
Site unseen shot through with meaning
I ran to the door, looked around
I fell to the floor just to see if it was down there
Your little chorus of angels
Howling, 'What gives in? Hey, what is with you?'
Just look around at how the other half lives
So you did, but you couldn't decide it
Entering white Cecilia, entering white Cecilia
What's eating you tonight? Who cares?
There's a bunch of them
So what if you saw one of them go?
Cruising the magnetic strip, I seized the ship
I wanted it to be me that was with you
Site unseen shot through with meaning
You ran to the door, I fell to the ground
You had a view and the ballroom was down there
Entering white Cecilia, entering white Cecilia
What's eating you tonight? Who cares?
There was a bunch of them
So what if you had one of them go?
9.Go Places
Lyricist:Carl Allan Newman
Yes a heart will always go one step too far
Come the morning and the four corners I see
What the moral of the back story could be?
Come with me, go places
And a heart will always stay one day too long
Always hoping for the hot flashes to come
For the glue to dry on our new creation
Come with me, go places
Come head on, full circle, our arms fill with miracles
Play hearts, kid, they work well
Like classics play aces, stay with me, go places
Once more for the ages
Yes a heart should always go one step too far
Come the morning and the day winding like dreams
Come the morning every week blue shade of green
Come with me, go places
Come head on, full circle, our arms fill with miracles
Play hearts, kid, they work well
Like magic, play aces, stay with me, go places
Once more for the ages
Come one now, come all year, this story breaks free here
Tales from the back pages
From somewhere, Encida Deus ex machina
Good morning, Christina
Come head on, full circle, our path blocked but sure we'll
Make records, then set them
Make copies, win races, stay with me, go places
Once more for the ages
10.Mutiny, I Promise You
Lyricist:Carl Allan Newman
Sweetheart, I was trapped in transit my lost ride
When your wild eye wandered here
Lady go out by the sweetheart tree but don't let go
It's how my friend history here made me
What's the weight of the world worth to ya, kid?
Go write down what you see and see how far it can go
What's the weight of the world worth to your side?
Here is where you got lost and here is how you got by
And here's the mutiny I promised you
And here's the party it turned into
Heartbeat, you abandoned searches, your lost ride
You're in my lost country now lady
Sweethearts in the crosstown wild you don't let go
To the new live history goes with me
What's the weight of the world worth to ya, kid?
Go write down what you see and see how far it can go
What's the weight of the world worth to your side?
Here is where you got lost and here is how you got by
And here's the mutiny I promised you
And here's the party it turned into
Here's the mutiny I promised you
And here's the moment it turned into
And here's the moment it turned into
And here's the moment it turned into
Here's the moment it turned into
Sweethearts on the green, flung pistols in high tide
Like my friend history here told me
Clear-skied when the clear eye opened
My new moon to the new land, won't you come with me?
What's the weight of the world worth to ya, kid?
Go write down what you see and see how far it can go
What's the weight of the world worth to your side?
Here is where you got lost and here is how you got by
And here's the mutiny I promised you
And here's the party it turned into
And here's the mutiny I promised you
And here's the moment it turned into
11.Adventures In Solitude
Lyricist:Carl Allan Newman
Balancing on one wounded wing
Circling the edge of the never ending
The best of the vanished marvels
Have gathered inside your door
More than begin but less than forget
But spirits born from the not happened yet
Gathering there to pay off a debt
Brought back from the wars
We thought, we lost you
We thought, we lost you
We thought, we lost you
Welcome back
Sleeping for years, pick through what is left
Through the pieces that fell and rose from the depth
From the rainwater well deep as a secret nobody knows
Less than forget but more than begun
These adventures in solitude never done
To the names of our wounds
We send the same blood back from the wars
We thought, we lost you
We thought, we lost you
We thought, we lost you
It will all come back
I know you want to run far away
From one more and that it's comin' at a bad time
Some cold place heartless ways for all we know
I know you need to breathe through
Come back, come too but it's comin' at a bad time
Tangled day for all we know
I know you want to run far away from one more
And that's comin' at a bad time
Some cold race heartless ways for all we know
I know you want to breathe through
Come back, come too but it's comin' at a bad time
Old scarred face survivor's guilt, for all we know
12.The Spirit Of Giving
Lyricist:Daniel Bejar
You went looking for shelter in all the wrong spaces
You grew gluttonous and famous with faces
Nameless and blank, superstitiously you name them
St. Christopher and Johanna
St. Christopher and Johanna
St. Christopher and Johanna
Overcome with the holiday spirit
Mark says the Herald angels won't hear it
And remember the wolves
That you run with are wolves, don't forget
They exist to give you something to regret
I'll beat them to it
With something sadder than that brass portrait
That shines through your morning din
Something sadder than that brass portrait
That shines through your morning din
I'll give you something to be sad about
Hey, the picture really captures your mouth
Poised to say, it's your turn to go down now
It's your turn to go down now
It's your turn to go down now
It's your turn to go down now
In the spirit of giving in
Glad prayer Mary come on
Glad prayer Mary come on
Glad prayer Mary come on
All I wanted was an answer to the secret
Ground floor Mary come on, outboard Mary come on
All I wanted was an answer to
Your money or your life? Your money or your life?
I was sick of America and her screaming decay
I was in a band we were singing 'Hooray' quite often
But your momma was poor, your daddy was poor
What you gonna do?
Your mother was poor, your father was poor
What you gonna do about it?
Glad prayer Mary come on
Glad prayer Mary come on
Glad prayer Mary come on
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13.Silent Systems
Words down this crystal lane*
Spread like long shadows through
One law friend to the rich
The next one no one knew
Hung for a sheep or lamb
Our hero knocks but once
One knock worth two pressed men
Our doors burst open then
Silent systems breaking down
Over the windows in my soul
We'll now betray this design
This old house and broken home
Silent systems breaking down
Silent systems breaking down
Mind your days in the sun
Secret until you're told
Silent in your consent
Gold in your chest this went
On horseback and hellbound
Son until he takes a wife
Our friend spun silver voice
Reflects upon his choice
Lost in the telling found
Inside the lion's den
Our hero in his church
Reflects upon his end
Kneel down upon this flame
But do not speak or follow
New logs but no new laws
Lost in this ancient cause
Silent systems breaking down
Arrow pare right on my soul
Share this certain favorite sign
And restore his rightful home
Silent systems breaking down
Silent systems breaking down
Silent systems breaking down
Silent systems breaking down
14.Fortune
There's a straight line between suburbia and graveyards*
And as we wander zigzag, short mysteries on our side
Then she reads them to me as we lunch on Sunday
Picnic baskets on the grave of Lola Montez
Bingo games and black lights
Apocalyptic, walking
Apologies accepted, spurred by sure design
Something fled on Henry(?)
Blazing blue down Cobb Street
We surround it, singing
(???)
I was the lucky one, too
I was the lucky one all the same
I was saved
In the summer of my (???) flame/fame(?)
I rock myself in its arms, forgiven
In the face of fortune
And with the lucky one, too
And with a broken heart, broke apart
Into pieces that were sold as art
I had to rock myself into famous places
To replace my fortune
To replace my fortune
To replace my fortune
A dance, we turn on rest here
Left like breadcrumbs for you
Dropped from these skyscrapers
Pieces from (???)
Apocryphal and shining
Come the new crop circles
Our avenging angels
Singing in a secret code
I was the lucky one, too
I was the lucky one all the same
In the summer of my (???) flame(?)
I had to rock myself in its arms, forgiven
In the face of fortune
And with the lucky one, too
And with a broken heart, broke apart
Into pieces that were sold as art
I had to rock myself into famous places
To replace my fortune
I had to rock myself into famous places
To replace my fortune
I had to rock myself into famous places
To replace my fortune
I had to rock myself into famous places
To replace my fortune
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