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Faceless (2014)

by Shrink the Giant

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1.
Southwalk 02:05
I had a Southwalk They made me two sock Couldn't listen I had a Southwalk CHORUS: You don't know my name Sleeping in your chair Couldn't be the same 'Cause my leg is low And time is flowing backwards In the classroom full of rubbish Feeding seagulls with a smirk You wanna take a walk? You got a shirt stain Rode the crazy train The kids are dancing You got a shirt stain CHORUS
2.
Fence side, you say you need more time. My mind is full of cross-hatched lines. I'll retreat before the knife goes in, Cause I have brighter threads to spin. CHORUS: I think I'm ready to go, whether you like it or not. You know there's greater control than any of us have got. And it feels like we've come so far, but this is just the start, Cause I've come to realize I'd rather live my life With a spark, on question mark - On a question mark On a question, I'm gonna make my mark. Tell me just where I need to be. I wasn't sculpted to be another repeat. Hand me the fire and I will take it and run. Show me the way, I'm pointed straight for the sun. CHORUS guitar/violin solo And it feels like we've come so far, but this is just the start, Cause I've come to realize I'd rather live my life With a spark, on question mark - On a question mark On a question, I'm gonna make my mark. On a question mark On a question mark On a question, I'm gonna make my mark.
3.
Lovely Lucy 03:06
Don't try to tell me where I should be paying my attention, 'Cause I can tell that you're working under less than good intentions. You disrespected your father, and your mother too. Do you even have to ask why I run away from you? CHORUS INTRO: But hey, I've got a plan and I'm sticking to it. And you coulda had one too, but you threw it (away). Don't try to tell me why I should end up just like you. Oh, when you call I won't come around 'cause I got better things to do. CHORUS: Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, lovely Lucy. Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, lovely Lucy. Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ain't following you, 'Cause of all the last things, that's the most last thing that I would ever do. Was it you who led King David astray? Was it you who told the Hebrews not to pray? You are the dragon who drew the third part with your tail, But bow down your seven heads 'cause my soul is not for sale. BRIDGE INTO CHORUS CHORUS bass solo BRIDGE INTO CHORUS CHORUS
4.
Sly 03:28
You've got your shield and you've got your sword; A hard drop on the sundown side. You're the kind of mind who wouldn't mind the silver screen. CHORUS: You're now torn - been knocking on a broken door. When it's over, it's over. You've won what should have been yours. Speak, now sleep. You're buried six feet deep. It's over, it's over. Gone with the demons in me. A curious move and you punk the prize - right in the face. Eye on the crosshair, licking your lips. You're sly. Now you're sailing back home on a burning, sinking, ship. CHORUS trumpet solo CHORUS X3
5.
Crash 03:37
It came – as you dreamt about your dream Of a time not long ago And you knew all that you know And it was easy You saw – things are not just as they seem When you close the world around you And the lies all felt so true and nothing mattered Cause the life that you had made Had grey of every shade but no one noticed Like the damage from the termites Stays hidden from the sunlight – until the fall And then – their angel faces cried They uncovered all the dirt As your hands delivered hurt The love was jaded Escaping from the scene With a rusted limousine in misted darkness No return address could ever fix the mess of the lives you traded You wake from the nightmare of your choices You want to go back home but the signal on the phone is always busy You show up at the door afraid of all the horror of your past You hesitate to knock – awaiting the unlocking of emotion You turn – cause you don’t think you can face them To tell them that you’re sorry This never was the story that you wanted told You couldn’t see it coming When the lights were all so blinding and you lost control You haven’t slept an hour Reviewing all the details of the day they died You didn’t mean to do it You didn’t mean to do it did you? You didn’t mean to do it You didn’t mean to do it did you? You didn’t mean to do it You didn’t mean to do it You didn’t mean to do it You didn’t mean to do it
6.
Riptide 04:11
You’re far from here You plant your feet The train passes by, but you never meet Tear it off so you start to feel I think about it I write it down Send it on its way, but you still might drown You just might sink It’s time to swim You better fight or you’re going in CHORUS: You’ve got to clear your head Of all the crushing things they said Learn to feel your blood flow Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh You’re in the riptide Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh You’re in the riptide Move aside It started calm Then you got wet It’s amazing how easily you forget Just how it was when it was smooth We pulled for you They moved you through You started helping when they needed you to You felt the strain You hurt your brain Do you really want to feel the pain? CHORUS Don’t fight the current to get free Don’t fight the current to get free Don’t fight the current to get free Move aside CHORUS
7.
Super Eights 03:43
I’m awake, I’m awake; oh I’m awake No time to waste, I won’t wait; let’s go away Why don’t you see my thoughts the way I do? ‘Cause I know just what it is I want to do Open up my skull – what do you see? Super-Eights of you, laughing at me Laughing at me-ee-ee-ee! Laughing at me-ee-ee-ee! The story’s old, but the plot is new Spindles spin, voices choose Stories told by me and you Tales we win, heads they lose I’m awake, I’m awake; oh I’m awake No time to waste, I won’t wait; let’s go away Why don’t you see the world the way I do? ‘Cause I know just what it is you ought to do Open up my skull – what do you see? Super-Eights of you, laughing at me Laughing at me-ee-ee-ee! Laughing at me-ee-ee-ee!
8.
First World 03:17
Fingers never saw the stains. Never had a song to write. Couldn’t really know the pain; Don’t have to when you really never have to learn to fight. Fingers click to raise the game. Never gets the story right. Hunger doesn’t feel the same; It don’t have to when you really never know the day from night. It’s time to see the size of every people’s monster's eyes. They are so last in a first world. They are so big in your small world. You’ll waste away. You’ll waste away. Fingers open up the door. Never want to punch the stone. No more fighting in this war. Don’t have to when you really never have to be alone. It’s time to see the size of every people’s monster's eyes They are so last in a first world. They are so big in your small world. You’ll waste away. You’ll waste away. You’re in a first world. You’re in a small world. (X5)
9.
You think I think I am better than You think you are nothing but a Creep and crawl around my skin When all you are is suffering. You're a different breed and you don't know but I think you are just like me and you are Specialties in all I see But there's just one for you and me And we don't need perfection yet Just sing with me our strange duet You're a different breed and you don't know but I think you are just like me Let's fly Let's fly
10.
Faceless 05:11
Love is lost A lying truth Did you lose it? Did it lose you? Alone Alone Wish that I’d known How you’d fallen Sunken weightless Drifted home CHORUS: There’s a light on In a dead man’s house I hear breathing Though the flame’s gone out The voices always call The ache is never dull Inside your spinning stall The neighbors look inside To see your chosen God But you can never hide [Don’t let it be you Don’t let it be you It’s so easy] X4 Pay the price Pay it soon You’re not alone With your sweet tooth I’m here We’re here – there there Wish that you’d known How we’d call Hurt is faceless For us all CHORUS
11.
Fast and Far 03:39
All of us – and all of you are one And when you lose, you never lose til you’re undone Give and take You’re here and you’re there Running for the curve You never swerve until you’re scared No need to be scared CHORUS: Our eyes are wild and free and brighter than the golden setting sun (Oh oh oh oh oh) X2 Bare feet are moving through the grass brain clouds won’t spoil all our fun (Oh oh oh oh oh) X2 These floating teletrees will someday be ours ‘Til then we’ll learn to deal We’ll learn to live with all of our scars Run fast and run far Run fast and run far Don’t stone wall the ones who love to love you. Just let ‘em know their thoughts are not past due Grab a pen or grab a steel blade Let it softly shout, You’ll write your solemn vow and get away It’s time to get away. CHORUS Run, run, run (run fast and run far). X2 CHORUS
12.
I wanna see your heart break down. I wanna see your feet give out. And when your smile begins to fade, I want you to know that you'll be okay. We're still young and bold, But our hearts will grow old and tired from The weight of the world And when all is said And we're done - we're dead Will you dance with me Till the lights don't meet? I wanna see your heart break down. I wanna see your feet give out. And when your smile begins to fade, I want you to know that you'll be okay. You'll be okay.

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THIS IS THE 2nd TWELVE-SONG ALBUM BY SHRINK THE GIANT.

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released December 4, 2014

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Like Bowie and Beck, Shrink the Giant's discography seems to suffer from a multiple personality disorder. They boast an infectious diversity of styles, with mood swings from playful to thoughtful, marked by outbursts of indie-pop mania and occasional, alternative, spacy seclusion. If Paramore adopted the child of Metric and Flaming Lips, it would probably be named "Shrink the Giant." ... more

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