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Whitecoats
06:34
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a fanned array of options
a cooling sigh replies in spite
whitecoats are getting nervous
of all these lies that bind us to each other now
tell the kids you've fallen seasick
then run and hide 'til i've hit five
pick a point on the horizon
relax your eyes
the sky tonight reads like the history of light
for all the basic chemistry
the clockwork choreography
the flames are licking at our feet
cos we're so clearly missing something
we telegraph our insinceres
we kid but always on the square
our scars are spilling at the seams
revealing every missing something
we've had our fill of soft defeats
still glowing, gamefaced, building rafts
from debris of our old cities
in need of any little something
we've studied all the souvenirs
compiled the memories of years
somehow we keep returning here
where we're so clearly missing something obvious
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vs. Gravity
04:24
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is it safe?
have you fashioned a way
to render the centre of brutal mistakes
and replace all the space left with beautiful fakes
until no one can tell the difference
at this pace
which we've been hacking for days
but for every gimmick or trick of the trade
from releasing the ballast to cutting the brakes
we just can't seem to shake this
in a vault with a very short fuse lit
knowing if we're meticulous, we could get away with this
if we just keep our stories straight
but my empathy is diminishing
you would never quite believe how many people i've found
waltzing around with a smile on their face and their feet on the ground
while we're here fighting gravity
we take it pretty seriously
here's the thing
we've been capturing flags
closing in on a decade, it's starting to drag
even though from the start you've shown nothing but heart
there's an art to maintaining a functioning spark
so do you really love anything you've done?
do you really have faith in anyone?
if you can muster a yes
I'd suggest that the best course of action's
to sack up and stick to your guns
in the catapult with a lit lightbulb over your head
singing "swing for the fences, son!
fuck 'em if they can't take the joke"
me, i'm staying vigilant, on the front foot
with a constant policing of this little niche that i've carved
praying for the strength to let my children starve
i'm right here fighting gravity
counterpunching reality
holding back the tide
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3. |
Change Blindness
04:35
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for all your infrared and echolocation
you still can't walk your way out of a paper maze
why not allow yourself this simple celebration?
cos everything that can go wrong is probably gonna so...
cut up all the pieces
edit out the sequences that you can't stand
to look at anymore
learn to turn your blind eye on
to all those things you should ignore
for all your infrared and echolocation
you still can't walk your way out of a paper maze
why not allow yourself this simple celebration?
cos everything that can go wrong is probably gonna so...
25 a second
keep your senses guessing
bury the lead
with everything perspective
just be more selective
when it gets terrifying
i can still remember
how you used to hold my head above the water
til the tide was turning
that can be recovered
we could find each other
we could start again
for all your infrared and echolocation
you still can't walk your way out of a paper maze
why not allow yourself this simple celebration?
cos everything that can go wrong is probably gonna so...
i'm at a loss and if this is the cost
that's alright, it's just change blindness
i'm at a loss and if this is the cost
it's alright
i won't fight it
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all your silken fraying wires
radiating out in all directions
now shoot static through your temples
when they kiss corroded scarred connections
try and dull the endings
of nerves that once fired instinctive coded signals
ricochets reflecting
every buried poisonous transmission
they echo
help is never coming
are you anybody's favourite person?
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5. |
End This Year
02:23
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i would end this year if i weren't out of do-overs
but i'm fresh out of do-overs
and i'm saddled with something sick
it's got me acting unbearably open these days
i would end this year if i thought it would mean something
but it feels like we're freefalling
and the grandkids are starting to kick
and i won't ruin another birthday plan
we could end this year
so the odds can do what the fuck they choose
i built my bed around you
and i will lie in it
but we freezeframed a season
so i can see no reason we can't end this year
we could end this year
we could end this year on a high
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6. |
Whipjack
02:29
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i'm a line horizon wide trying for all encompassing
spreading pretty thin
you're a constellation placed to warn us off the reef
inches underneath the surface
we could take forever
weigh our worst against our betters
or we could take the evening and just swan around the garden
cos forever mightn't mean anything
in the scheme of things
there was this single summer that extended so much longer
than the rest of the whole year
and somewhere in the static
it's just richochets repeating
cos you know it might just mean
everything
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7. |
All Hands Bury the Dead
04:08
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and when it came to me it was like a fever dream
it all disintegrated suddenly til all that i could see
was decades of our dead clawing back our every step
the weight accumulated til the fall got built into the jump
you're keeping your head while i'm losing my mind
saying "we can't keep retreading these tired desire lines"
so i'll beat this new path repeating what you said:
"it's only together we'll bury our dead"
so from a lack of other options we accepted our own language
cos it's a constant war on all sides
i can't read the cues lately, can't see the signs
i guess i accept that you cannot read minds
but i'm trying to keep you in my line of sight
keep this under your hat, but i think we just might
turn out to be redshirts playing at spies
and all of our fuckups, all of our lies
can still be redeemed if we just keep our heads now
it's only together we'll bury our dead
i will not control myself
i'll make mistakes
but i'm making the best of a bad situation
whitecoats are waiting for me to crack up
i can't go of this
i will not control myself
let's make it clear
this is the best of a bad situation
and we can't sit waiting
cos if we don't move now, we're fucked
i will not control myself
i'll make mistakes
but i'm making the best of a bad situation
whitecoats are waiting for me to crack up
i can't go of this
i will not control myself
i'll make it clear
this is the best of a bad situation
so follow me over this one last cliff
and we can be shot of this
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Serene
04:24
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don't get me wrong
i'm aware of the strength it must take to project this serene view
and make it seem see through
but i see the storm cloud that follows you around like a cartoon
and i see the anvil shadow expanding
it starts me off on one
cos you're not having fun
i know it's pointed its whole war at you since the old days
down at the coal face
with your imaginary arms race
but i'm done pretending i'll ever be anywhere approaching
how i feel about you
so start me off on one
cos if you're not having fun
i'm not having fun
but we could take a summer
and build a shelter
to protect from these cynical seasons
so why would you gather yourself like an army
when you are someone's favourite person?
why do you carry your hurt like a trophy
when you are someone's favourite person?
why does it hurt you? why are you not bulletproof yet?
you are someone's favourite person
and if i can't fix this, then what am i gonna do, kid?
you are someone's favourite person
take care, take care
you need to take better care of yourself
take care, take care
you are someone's favourite person
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All In
06:30
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focus, idiot
you make your move and i'll follow
a moment's hesitation
the switch from green to indigo
with fistfulls of firecrackers
i'm using every trick i know
to build one perfect sentence
that fills you full of chemicals
and for the longest time it felt like i was paralysed
but there are times
i swear to christ
your eyes can swallow rooms of light
i need you to hide me
even just for a few days
the plates are slowly sliding
all these islands into place
maybe it's alright that your violence quells mine
but your violin swell smile could set things right
if i'm all gutters
you're all stars
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10. |
Tickertape
04:33
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we laid traps for the psychopaths
(are we always gonna feel this? are we always gonna feel this way?)
but you can't react 'til the flashbulb's flashed
(are we always gonna feel this? are we always gonna feel this lame?)
there's no tickertape parade
no cause to celebrate
all those promises we make
they come from a good place
won't be enough to save it
we got lost when it counted most
(are we always gonna feel this? are we always gonna feel this way?)
our clever way back home is covered in these clouds of crows
(are we always gonna feel this? are we always gonna feel this lame?)
there's no tickertape parade
no cause to celebrate
all those promises we make
they come from a good place
won't be enough to save it
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11. |
Goodbye for the Moment
04:41
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we fall in love like collapsing infrastructure
just to keep tabs on our debt
annie says i shouldn't lead with my chin
so i'm squaring my heels and adjusting my stance like a pro
all the old standards don't meet the demands
and the big hand's all little hand speed
all my old enemies started befriending me
and if you leave no note how am i to know if you're still alive?
felt the first wave of shocks
kick like a neurotoxon
and i felt the knots in my stomach grow taut
til i could see
with such clarity
how all my all enemies start understanding me
talking a language that i thought only we could speak
so i'll trust that your melody sings me away from the reef
slowed down a landslide to stand like a real life
but it's not the end of the world
it's just a goodbye
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Cfit Dublin, Ireland
Cfit began in bedrooms and homemade studios, as a side project for Noël Duplaa evolved into a collection of woozy, bruised, melancholy anthems. Playing their first gig at Electric Picnic 2010 as a three-piece, Cfit expanded to a five-piece to play Hard Working Class Heroes 2010. They have been listed by State, Whelans, goldenplec and The Star as one of the most promising bands in Ireland. ... more
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