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Well she's moving to the city
Donning the face of a Sabretooth tiger
Well she's wearing a green bag
Thigh high boots and a killer's smile
Go
Well she wants to go dancing
Looking for bass and an old school bar fight
Well maybe baby she'll come home with me
Could this be drug lust at first sight
Go
In her mind
I am blind
She looks right through me
Looks right through me
I'm out of my mind
If she could choose me
Cause she's ready to GO
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Not A Love Song
03:20
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I was looking for another way
Or words to say how pitiful you are
Hiding in your bunker
Paved with stolen hearts
It can't be easy, being the brightest in the room
But there seems to be a problem with your mouth
You should probably get that checked
This is a love song but it's not
Because I hate you
So I guess its more of a hate song
About my special feelings just for you
I'd never tell, but I really admire the way
You always fuck shit up for yourself
You've mastered failing well
If there's an hour where I
See you as anything other
Than the gutless bitch you are
Would you take me out the back
And put me down
Cause I've wasted a long time
Pretending you're capable
And I've wasted the good lines
Hoping for something more
Now I think that it's high time
You knew
You lose
(This is not a love song)
Don’t drink too much, don’t drink too much
(This is not a hate song)
Don’t drink yourself to death
Cause it’s all you got left
If there's a minute where
I want to jump back in it
Would you punch me in the face
Or shoot me in the head
Just put me down
Cause I've wasted a long time
Pretending you're capable
And I've wasted the good lines
Hoping for something more
Now I think that it's high time
You knew
You lose
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Narnia
04:59
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Friday stick in the mud should remind you
Always looking back not in front of you
Mind's always running flat by the days end
Set me back, send me back
Set me back, send me back
Set me back, send me back
Back black black
Time keeps ticking away should remind you
Always looking back not in front of you
Friday stick in the mud not a preview
Set me back, send me back
Set me back, send me back
Set me back, send me back
Back black back
Narnia
Wish I was the one who had ya
You could sell your soul from a two way bridge
But it's not gonna lead you closer to redemption
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Goonbox
03:34
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Pour another glass of wine
In an hour or two you'll be alright
So what if the world hates you today
Roll me up a cigarette
Cause it's something i could never get quite right
And my lungs deserve to be punished
So fuck the world we'll run away
See something beautiful in each day
Even if our brains don't want to play
Take my hand and leave before light
I'm crazy but I'll love you forever
Story keeps getting better with every line
So baby,
I'll sit with you in the corner
No-body can put you there
But you can go now if you want to
Baby,
I'll be with you in the corner
No-body can hold you down
But I can do that if you ask me too
You taste like gin and old regrets
I think there's a part of you that I haven't met yet
But I bet she will be shiny all the same
And if you bring your darkness too
I'll introduce my demons to you
They can dance all night and play for days
So fuck the world
Just run away
See something beautiful in each day
Even if our brains don't want to play
Take my hand and leave before the light
I'm crazy but I'll love you forever
Story keeps getting better with every line
Baby,
I'll sit with you in the corner
No-body can put you there
But you can go now if you want to
Baby,
I'll be with you in the corner
No-body can hold you down
But I will do that if you ask me too
So fuck the world
Just run away with me
Because you're beautiful
I'm a crazy cunt but I'll love you forever
If you take my hand and leave before the light
I will promise you
Story keeps getting better with every line
So sit in the corner with the goonbox
We don't need no jukebox
Because you've got me
And I'll play all my favourite Taylor Swift songs
But I won't play them for too long
Because you might leave
So sit in the corner with the goonbox
We don't need no jukebox
Because you've got me
And I'll play every Blink-182 song
And I'll play them for way too long
So as long as you don't leave me
Please don't leave me
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The Human Song
04:42
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One hundred thousand words
Twisted contorted
In only a few verses
By my slight of hand
All things forgiven
Another promise to lend
But this was not chosen
With you i feel so clear
Step outside
Come meet all of my afraid
With you the end of storms is near
You're everything
Twisted contorted
One hundred thousand words
This was not chosen
But not just one of us is hurt
Please keep your hand in mine
Please keep my state of brain in mind
Step outside
Come meet this hurricane
With you the end of storms is near
You're everything
She's got the click
She's got the know
Barely gone a minute and you're already missed
People they gather just to watch her fall
Death of inhibition and your ever loving god
Barely coherent
Missing the beat
Got the light in your eyes
Moving sound with your feet
I know you cant see or hear me at all
Digital face with a digital pulse
Set your price
Choose your weapon
The perfect crime
Of last September
I chose you every single day
But you still turn away
I chose you every single day
But you still turn away
Set your price
Choose your weapon
The perfect lie
You won't remember
Set your price
Choose your weapon
The perfect lie
You won't remember
I chose you every single day
But you still turn away
I chose you every single day
But you still turn away
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The Divide
04:47
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Break the barriers
Build an awkward stage
Please don't speak,
Keep staring at me
I think we'll be okay
Teach me to reside
Along your faded lights
It's a game,
You saying my name
Like we're running out of time
Ooh
It's you, it's you
Tear down the divide
Hold my head in place
It's a shame,
This brain leaves a stain
And the smell won't go for days
Teach me how to hide
For I am in your way
Don't leave me please,
Can't you see I'm in need?
I'm a fiend
And I feed in the insane
There's a screaming in the corridor
But I swear, I got rid of those
Leaving just halls,
No doors,
And thin walls
But is she right?
How did she know?
That I played with fire
But I'm feeling cold
Hearts are like houses
Mines filled with ghosts
How sweet the echo
How dim the glow
The light in your eyes
Spinning circles within
Spinning circles within
There's a screaming in the corridor
But I really thought I got rid of those
Leaving just halls
No doors
And thin walls
There's a screaming
I can feel it
As you push me,
Turn me around again
No creepy corridors
I'm hearing just halls and walls
No creepy corridors
Fuck you just one more time
No creepy
Cause I'm telling you one more time
No creepy
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7. |
Margaret Olley
03:40
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n/a
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Paradise
03:46
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I want you to like me
So I don't have to even like myself
I want pictures that cover me
To tell those happy stories
Not just reminders of my own personal hell
And all these things I want
Tell me do you want them too?
I want a fucking theme song
That plays when I do something real cool
I want a house with a hundred dogs
Just redirect the shelter
Let them play and love and swim in their own pool
And all these things I want
Might take a life or two
But out of all these things that I love
I like them better when I'm with you
Cause I want you
Paradise
It's in your eyes
I hope you sleep tonight
It takes a little time
But we'll be alright
All these things I want
I want to have them so badly
All these things I love
I love to love them madly
I want, more time oh
All these things I want
I want to have them so badly
All these things I love
I love to love them madly
I want, more time oh
I want you
I want you
Paradise
It's in your eyes
I hope you sleep tonight
It takes a little time
But we'll be alright
Paradise
It's in your eyes
It takes a little time
But we'll be alright
We'll be alright
We'll be alright
All these things I want
I want to have them so badly
All these things I love
I love to love them madly
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9. |
Turtles
01:45
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She said
That I don't like you
And that’s okay
Cause I like turtles better anyway
She left
And I was thinking
About our love song
Can turtles really sing?
I don't know much about turtles
I think that they're amphibians
Turtles like jelly
And they'll bite you on the dick
It's not easy being a turtle
You'd have to be a real strong guy
Stronger than what I am
Have you ever seen a turtle cry?
She said
"You never notice me
What do you think about?"
Cause I don't pay attention when she's around
She left
And I was thinking
About her smile
Turtles can hold their breath a really long time
I like turtles
They're better than people
Turtles don't understand
But they don't pretend they do
Yeah I wish I was a turtle
I'd chill in the ocean
And bite his fucking dick off
Cause he tried to steal my girl
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Ventilator
03:20
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It's as if you had a tomb
In the centre of your womb
Does it feel like you're dying inside
Are you sure you're breathing?
I see you looking for
A conversation but I want more
There's blood on your hands
But you swear you were bored
Are you sure you're breathing?
Is this living?
Tell me what you're waiting for
Are you still breathing?
Asking answers for questions you know for sure
Are you dreaming?
Do you hope for so much more?
Are you still breathing?
Are you still breathing
Ventilator
It's always more than it seems
The uncertainty makes you weak
A lung doesn’t help you breathe
A life doesn’t help you
Was it better before?
When the hope that you have feels so impure
You've never been so sure
It's enough to make you
Is this living?
Tell me what you're waiting for
Are you still breathing?
Asking answers for questions you know for sure
Are you dreaming?
Do you hope for so much more?
Are you still breathing?
Are you still breathing?
Ventilator
What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
Is this living?
Tell me what you're waiting for
Are you still breathing?
Asking answers for questions that you know
Are you dreaming?
Do you hope for so much more?
Are you still breathing?
Are you still breathing?
What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
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11. |
Trash
04:22
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I was never trying to bore you. But shit, that's where we are just the same.
Everyone is picking up pieces for you, 'til we all fall down again.
Stacking coke cans up on your fence post; I love the way they sound in the rain.
Only ever draw things in black colour crayons.
All you ever see is grey.
Trash, it's all just Trash. Everything I ever had
It's just one big fad.
I never wanted to ignore you.
I think back where we were yesterday when you stole what's left of my attempt to adore you, just to go and strop in the rain.
Lying face flat down on your side-walk, oh you haven't seen the sky in days.
Only ever happy when the light is dimming - the shadows make you feel okay.
I never thought that it would end this way, insurrection always feels just the same.
You can't keep living day to day, insurrection always feels just the same. You can run, you could run but you still can't get away.
Insurrection always feels just the same.
You can run, you could run, you can run, run, run, run, run.
Stacking coke cans up on your big high horse.
Ever wonder when it goes away?
Only ever sought out the black colour of crayons to draw a lighter shade of grey
Trash, it's all just Trash
Everything I ever had
It's just one big fad.
Ever wonder when it goes away?
Ever wonder when it goes away?
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Human Dinosaur Machine Lismore, Australia
Human Dinosaur Machine's writing motivation has always been a brutalised, honest look at all the fun highs and sad lows
regarding well being and mental health and the music strongly reflects this.
"HDM are like caged tigers with broken teeth - too wild, too angry, too loud, too BIG! to be boxed into a recording studio" - Rob Hirst, Midnight Oil
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