1. |
1991 (intro)
00:27
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2. |
America Online
05:49
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If I love you, will you love me?
If I want you, will you want me?
I’m reaching, are you reaching out?
If I touch you, will you touch me now?
Through the wires to the heart
Phantom fingers fumble in the dark
I thought I did; I felt a spark
Are we all one beating heart?
If I love you, will you love me?
If I hurt you, will you hurt me?
I’m reaching, are you reaching out?
If I touch you, will you touch me now?
Through the wires to the heart
Phantom fingers fumble in the dark
I thought I did; I felt a spark
Are we all one beating heart?
Or are we strangers?
Am I a stranger?
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3. |
Dance With Somebody
04:17
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Take off your armor
Friend of mine
I have no arrows
But I got time
All your sorrows
Keeps you glued to your seat
Can we get you you outta your head
Into your feet
It’s not that the rest of us
Don’t have the blues
It’s just that some dance partners need a dance
Partner too
Is that you
Life’s too short to dance by yourself
Think you should dance with somebody
Life’s too short to dance by yourself
Think you should dance with somebody
Take off your armor
Let down your hair
You could sit on your hands or
You could get closer if you dare
And it’s not that the rest of us don’t have to fight
For every bit of love for and every bit of light
But tonight
It’s Friday night
Life’s too short to dance by yourself
Think you should dance with somebody
Life’s too short to dance by yourself
Think you should dance with somebody
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4. |
Seventeen
04:02
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I was a runaway and you were a Queen
Our tongues tied in the mezzanine
We were free
No strings on you no strings on me
I was a cannonball and you were the sea
When I crashed into your blue dream
We were free
Time takes no prisoners, you’ll see
When you’re seventeen
The thought of a spark could start a fire
Tube top and faded jeans
How we forget how we desire
Seventeen
We were seventeen
We had city dreams
I was a runaway and you were a jewel
It was Paradise in the land of fools
We were free
No strings on you no strings on me
Free
Time takes no prisoners, you’ll see
When you’re seventeen
The thought of a spark could start a fire
Tube top and faded jeans
How we forget how we desire
Seventeen
We were seventeen
We had city dreams
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5. |
Dream Away
03:39
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I was busy dreaming
Building us a world
Day dreaming up a good life
That wouldn’t hurt and wouldn’t spoil
The sun never set there
The water, clean and pure
In the beauty there was purpose
So certain, safe and sure
I could’ve lived this lie forever
But from far far away
I thought I heard you calling
You said I could not stay
And I woke up in a fever
My calculations were wrong
These pillars could not hold us
And the angels were gone
When hope makes you bleed
When life gets you down
There’s all the love you need
Underground
To make a way for the dark heart
To feel the love I’ve found
There’s all the love you need
Underground
We dream away…
A picture of a sunset
Above a turquoise tide
The beauty of a just world
And the convenience of a lie
I tore down that picture
There is no other perfect life
But in the dirt under my fingers
Maybe something will survive
When hope makes you bleed
When life gets you down
There’s all the love you need
Underground
To make a way for the dark heart
To feel the love I’ve found
There’s all the love you need
Underground
We dream away…
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6. |
The Search for Ecco
04:04
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7. |
Prom Night
05:02
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There’s an open road
And now an open door
And a pretty girl’s hand
Beside yours
Do you know what to do
As she looks at you
Can leap from the ledge
And bridge the two halves of the world
Hold her hand
We’ll never pass this way again
Hold her hand
Forever or a slow dance
A breath as deep as you make
There’s a chance if you take it
And a heart that you break is still a heart
Hold her hand
There’s an open floor
As the chorus soars
And a pretty girl’s hand
Beside yours
Who knows what you’ll find
But the threshold shines
Can you leap from the ledge and bridge the two halves of the world
Hold her hand
We’ll never pass this way again
Hold her hand
Forever or a slow dance
A breath as deep as you make
There’s a chance if you take it
And a heart that you break is still a heart
Hold her hand
Prom night turns to daylight rediscovered
Friends become lovers under covers
Hold her hand
We’ll never pass this way again
Hold her hand
Forever or a slow dance
A breath as deep as you make
There’s a chance if you take it
And a heart that you break is still a heart
Hold her hand
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8. |
Fire In The Sky
04:09
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I wasn’t looking for forever or a one night stand
I was just hoping for a smile or a quick slow dance
But when I saw you, there was nothing I could ever do
To ignore the smell of smoke across the room
I’ve had my mistakes
But my heart was clean
But I’m made of matches
You’re made of gasoline
The room around began to catch fire and disappear
Fighting fire with flames
If I burn down would you do the same
You tell me it’s wrong
But we’re both to blame
I wasn’t looking for a sign
When I touched you your skin was hot and eyes were clear
And the room around began to catch fire and disappear
I told my heart that I would keep it safe and locked away
But I found myself walking to you through the flame
I saw the flashes
I saw the fire grow
I saw the ember
I saw the cinder smoke
The room around began to catch fire and disappear
I see fire in the sky
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9. |
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Put two beating hearts together
Stitched the seams and pull the levers
Strange desires
Sparks and wires
I signed the dotted line
That tethered yours to mine
No anesthetic
For hearts electric
But parts start to decay
When just your shadow half remains
The operation
Had complications
And the part of you that died
I’ll carry all my life
Lovers slowly decomposing
So it goes
It could’ve been Paradise
We could’ve had diamond eyes
I held so tight that I lost her
We could’ve been fireflies
But that fire died
Dead and gone
I was wrong
Love’s a con
And I’m a monster
[Monsters]
Hope lingers on
After the one you love is gone
Thought I smelled your ghost
In my winter coat
And our love became a void
Another echo in the noise
I can’t erase
What we became
It could’ve been Paradise
Could’ve been you and I
I played the fool
And you played the martyr
We could’ve been fireflies
But some fires die
I meant no harm
We were both wrong
Moving on
I’m a monster
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10. |
Helvetica
05:16
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11. |
Brooklyn
04:14
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There’s traffic on the bridge
But the skyline shines with a certain light
And I know you’re sick of it
But I know a happy hour nearby
And there’s a possibility
That one day things will get better for
The huddled masses in between
The shadows and the stars
Floating empire
Held up by fraying wire
I’ll cover you in winter like a blanket by the fire
And when the rent is too high
We’ll just buy cheaper wine
And hang on to see if whether
Constellations hold together or not
Four years in Brooklyn
And happy birthday darling
When we feel young again
I’d like to take you dancing
Cause there’s a possibility
That one day things will get better
For the huddled masses in between
The shadows and the stars
And there’s a possibility
That we’ll both go down together
Or free ourselves from gravity
And tumble through the dark
Floating empire
Held up by fraying wire
I’ll cover you in winter like a blanket by the fire
And when the rent is too high
We’ll just buy cheaper wine
And hang on to see if whether
Constellations hold together or not
I never placed too much faith in the stars
I never placed too much faith in my heart
But the siren call of the chandelier city
And inch by inch we’re breaking apart
As we’re rising through the dark
From the sky I bet the lights look pretty
Floating empire
Held up by fraying wire
I’ll cover you in winter like a blanket by the fire
And when the rent is too high
We’ll just buy cheaper wine
And hang on to see if whether
Constellations hold together or not
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12. |
Deep Blue
03:57
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I wasn’t looking for action
Just some distraction
Just a little weeknight
Booth in the back
I wasn’t looking for romance
Just a quick slow dance
On the off chance
That an off night
And a side glance
Might lead me to the wrong hands
I wasn’t looking for you
I wasn’t after forever
Just for whatever
I was one of the dark hearts
Who thought that they’d never
Truly be open
But this is an explosion
Of star crossed and
Blood rush and
Hair tossed and
Cheeks flushed
And weeks lost
I wasn’t looking for you
I said “I’ve never felt my heart like this”
She said “I’ve never felt my body”
I always thought the point of love was just
To keep from falling
Into the deep blue
I wasn’t looking for devotion
Just cheap emotion
But I found love, I found love like an ocean
On my second whiskey
Your eyes try to miss me
They lost control
I didn’t know I had a soul until the moment you kissed me
I wasn’t looking for you
I said “I’ve never felt my heart like this”
She said “I’ve never felt my body”
I always thought
The point of love was just
To keep from falling
Into the deep blue
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13. |
Night Skies
03:04
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Your house is on fire won’t you let me in
Your house is on fire won’t you let me in
I’m drowning in desire
Your hair
Your skin
The flames burn hotter the deeper you go in
Your house is on fire won’t you let me in
Your house is on fire won’t you let me in
I’m drowning in desire
Your hair
Your skin
The flame burns hotter the deeper you go in
1000 miles an hour, how does it feel?
A million horsepower, no steering wheel
Running off the shoulder, asleep on the stage
Exploding cold steel, fire beauty and rage
Your ship is sinking let me climb aboard
Your ship is sinking let me climb aboard
The flames burning hotter, oh my lord
Your ship is sinking let me climb aboard
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14. |
City Dreams (interlude)
02:17
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15. |
Last Train
04:22
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The top shelf tumbles
And the wall clocks run
Well scotch bottles and the soda guns
You missed the last train from the city tonight
Old friends see each other in a different different light
The alphabet city's
Dive bars drone
And two pilgrims seek a makeshift home
You missed the last train from the city tonight
Old friends see each other in a different different light
You missed the last train tonight
There is a song
Singing in the dark
Don’t get too close
Or it’ll tear you apart
There is a reason
For every season
Of the heart
There is a song
Singing in the fire
Don’t get too close
It cuts like wire
There is a reason
For every season
Of desire
The subway rumbles under union square
The morning finds an unlikely pair
Hotel lobby holding hands don’t blink don’t think don’t look in her eyes
Is this forever or is this goodbye
There is a song
Singing in the dark
Don’t get too close
Or it’ll tear you apart
There is a reason
For every season
Of heart
There is a song
Singing in the fire
Don’t get too close
It cuts like wire
There is a reason
For every season
Of desire
Half in light and half in dark is where start
Half in light and half in dark is where we are
Half in light and half in dark is where start
Half in light and half in dark is where we are
We are one beating heart
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