One Beat Lyrics

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	One Beat I’m a bubble in a sound wave A sonic push for energy Exploding like the sun A flash of clean light hope All you scientists can hold your breath Shall I decide to show myself? Oh oh If you think like Thomas Edison Could you invent a world for me Now all that’s on the surface Are bloody arms and oil fields Could I turn this place upside down And shake you and your fossils out? Oh oh Should I come outside and run your cars Should I run your rockets to the stars Could you invent a world for me I need to hear a symphony If I’m to run the future You’ve got to let the old world go Oh oh Your word for me is fusion But is real change an illusion Could I turn this place all upside down And shake you and your fossils out If I’m to run the future You’ve got to let the old world go Could you invent a world for me I need to hear a symphony Oh oh
	Far Away 7:30 am nurse the baby on the couch then the phone rings "Turn on the T.V." watch the world explode in flames and don’t leave the house And the sky overhead is silent, waiting Clear blue holds its breath And the heart is hit in a city far away but it feels so close Don't breathe the air today Don't speak of why you're afraid (Standing here on a one way road and I fall down, no other direction for this to go so we fall down) WHY CAN'T I GET ALONG WITH YOU? And the president hides while working men rush in To give their lives I look to the sky and ask it not to rain On my family tonight
	Oh! If you’re tired of the big so so Get yourself into some self control Play the game by putting on the brakes Slow down and make less mistakes Nobody lingers like your hands on my heart Nobody figures like you figured me out I would be lying if I didn't say to you No one comes close don't worry you got it! (There's fire if you want it let me know, I'm sick and I'm tired of letting go) The way I feel when you call my name Makes me go crazy to sane The way I feel when you’re close to me Finally not drifting out to sea Come on now I wish you would I’m the one who makes you feel good Never mind those things they say They don’t know it but I’m here to stay
	The Remainder One and one and one is two All this and more you said was true And if you’d left me ground to stand on I’d run so far away from you What do you do with a remainder? You round it up or round it down And if you’re scared by what you’re left with Destroy the answer that you’ve found You were the one When the day had begun The sun was shining on us Blinding me such That I couldn’t see There was a hole beneath me And then you watched me fall With no expression at all There is an absolute zero But you won’t find it on your own Only someone else can show you nothing And leave you with a gaping hole You were the one When the storm rolled in The sky was grey like your heart With no color at all I don’t know you like this You’re as reckless as wind And I couldn’t predict Just the way this would end
	Light-Rail Coyote Let’s meet in the city where the rivers cross, bridges there Let’s float down into the stream of Rich and Poor Pioneers A kid from a western town wants to be seen, and go out Let’s borrow my parent’s car Let’s stay out all night up there and Burnside will be our street Where the kids and the hookers meet Diners and strip club junk Bookstores and punk rock clubs I’m as green as this blade in the grass that bends in the wind that blows on the long weekends where I cross the bridge to the water fountains and drink in the hope that the city brings (Water, Building and Sin Big Oregon city draws you in A promise fulfilled or not Just hang on until the summer, it’s hot) We’ll make our home water-tight Work all day, play all night And hope we’re not washed away By deceit or tragedy And Joan of Arc rules Northeast Where the poor and the hipsters meet The grid that divides us all The River makes final call Out at the edge of town Where airfield runs water down Coyote crosses old tracks And hops on the Light-Rail Max And if you wanna be a friend of mine Cross the river to the east side Find me on the eve of suicide Tell me the city is no place to hide Take me out into a sunny day Through the grotto or the promenade You came to me in the nick of time Thankful for the things I left behind Oh dirty river, come let me in
	Step Aside Will you come knocking on my door? Pull me pick me off the floor I might need something to get me going Feel it one time IT ROLLS dig it When I feel worn out when I feel beaten Like a used up shoe or a cake half-eaten There’s only one way to keep on feeling Move it up one time IN TIME dig it This mama works till her back is sore But the baby’s fed and the tunes are pure So you’d better get your feet on the floor Move it up one time TO THE BEAT These times are troubled these times are rough There’s more to come but you can’t give up Why don’t you shake a tail for peace and love Move it up one time FOR LOVE JANET CARRIE CAN YOU FEEL IT Knife through the heart of our exploitation LADIES ONE TIME CAN YOU HEAR IT Disassemble our discrimination When violence rules the world outside And the headlines make me want to cry It’s not the time to just keep quiet Speak up one time TO THE BEAT
	Combat Rock They tell us there are only two sides to be on If you are on our side you’re right if not you’re wrong But are we innocent, paragons of good? Is our guilt erased by the pain that we’ve endured? Hey look it's time to pledge allegiance Oh god I love my dirty Uncle Sam Our country's marching to the beat now And we must learn to step in time Where is the questioning where is the protest song? Since when is skepticism un-American? Dissent’s not treason but they talk like it’s the same Those who disagree are afraid to show their face Let's break out our old machines now It sure is good to see them run again Oh gentlemen start your engines And we know where we get the oil from Are you feeling alright now Paint myself all red white blue Are you singing let's fight now Innocent people die, uh oh There are reasons to unite Is this why we unite? If you hate this time Remember we are the time! Show you love your country go out and spend some cash Red white blue hot pants doing it for Uncle Sam Flex our muscles show them we’re stronger than the rest Raise your hands up baby are you sure that we’re the best? We'll come out with our fists raised The good old boys are back on top again And if we let them lead us blindly The past becomes the future once again
	O2 I wanna run away I wanna get away but I will never get up oh won't you help me up I rely on oxygen I depend on bitter snow I rely on oxygen I depend on bitter cold I want to know why it hurts to stay and hurts to go away will I be ok? Crawled out of the mud this filth you called your love slept for countless days but I will be ok I didn't know I could feel this low so afraid that I'll watch you go Take my strength out but I'm not down Write this reverse I'm not down
	Funeral Song Stay away from the haunted heart You swore to yourself that you’d make a new start But you just love the demon with the poison dart There’s nothing left to see Turn out the light Stay away from the burning house Once you get inside you’ll never get out We'll die together before the flames go out Did it burn you baby make you scream and shout? Build it up just to tear it down There’s nothing left but ashes of doubt Put it in the ground sing a funeral song Have the neighbors over and they’ll sing along Lowering the coffin on a love gone wrong Hey there now what did you bury today? Buried the hope I wanted to stay Nothing says ‘forever’ like our very own grave There’s nothing left of me Turn out the light No one here but me Turn out the light
	Prisstina She was a very good girl Did all her homework in school Always came home with top marks Teachers said you will go far So she buried her nose in her books And she never had time for those looks For the boys had noticed her frame Had grown into a figure number eight She went on to study ivy-league And to rack up points for her degree While the other girls fondled their dates She fooled around with her Bunsen plate But one night she was walking around She passed a club with music so loud She wondered what it would be like To stay out with a co-ed all night Call her your Prisstina Would you put her under glass? Would you like to study? ‘Cause she’s got such perfect class Oh, you want to tempt her With your dirty rock n’ roll Call her your Prisstina She’s such a pretty girl The party’s already started and the music’s drifting in Don’t wait on your fairy godmother she’s late on her way to you Should you trust that old Prince Charming You know he never did you any good But have yourself a ball, Prisstina, do all the things I would! She will go to the head of the class And all you boys need to get a late pass ‘Cause she’ll leave those dull lads behind Yeah that girl is ahead of her time
	Hollywood Ending You stay on ‘til you’re good and raw Go back and forth, a little see saw Praying that this ride will end But when it does you go again Can’t get that monster Out of my mind She’s got my hair and She’s got my eyes She follows me wherever I go Speaking for me and Wearing my clothes You hang on ‘til your hands are sore Blistering but you still want more You think there’s something here for you Go out and buy yourself a clue In Hollywood where all the lights are low And truth’s as rare as the winter snow She wanted a place arid as her soul Where her only job was never to grow old When the lights are shining Will you see my skin Or just the shell that I’m packaged in I’ve held my tongue And I’ve hid my sores If I’m less of myself Will you love me more
	Sympathy I know I come to you only when in need I’m not the best believer not the most deserving but all I have all I am all I can For him I’d beg you on bended knees for him… Precious baby, is your life hanging by a thread? A thread I’m standing on, praying on today All I have all I am all I can For him I’d beg you on bended knees for him I've got this curse in my hands All I touch fades to black Turns to dust turns to sand I've got this curse on my tongue All I taste is the rust This decay in my blood I don’t like the doctor with the deep long face Only wants to give us the very worst case I’d rather shout out and shake him and do anything For him I’d beg you on bended knees for him When the moment strikes it takes you by surprise and leaves you naked in the face of death and life there is no righteousness in your darkest moment We’re all equal in the face of what we’re most afraid of And I’m so sorry for those who didn’t make it and for the mommies who are left with their heart breaking Search for meaning in sores The sentences they might form It’s the grammar of skin Peel it back, let me in Look for hope in the dark The shadow cast by your heart It’s the grammar of faith No more rules, no restraint How angry I would be If you’d taken him away I wish I was wiser but instead I’ll be grateful I’ll say thanks For the joy for the love for the smile on his face I’d beg you on bended knees for him