May You Live In Interesting Times Lyrics

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Interesting Times
And not a day will go by, when you don’t feel the same
Another day has gone by
And not a day will go by, when you don’t feel the shame
Another day has gone by
  When all the bright lights in the sky
  Come spinning down, skipping along
  Shouting from the treetops arguing
  When a block slides in
  May you live in interesting times
  Rearranging all the furniture, hearts, minds and beds
And not a day will go by, when you don’t feel the same
Another day has gone by
And not a day will go by, when you don’t feel the shame
Another day has gone by
  Inscribing a prescription
  For a psychotropic hex, upon your head
  Grab a tinfoil hat and come along
  To the end of days
  May you live in interesting times
  Rearranging all the furniture, hearts, minds and beds
And not a day will go by, when you don’t feel the same
And not a day had gone by
And not a day will go by, when you don’t feel the shame
And not a day has gone by

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Emergency
I’ve been hanging here so long I lost my fear – Of the fall
All the stimulation only has me afraid of – Being bored
  Feels like an emergency
  That’s taking it’s time
  But you peel away the urgency
  The flower petals fall to the ground
When I crossed that road I crossed the wires – Of the world
When our source of hope has turned around – Looking down
The buttons have been pushed to make me go – Just to go
  High above a tragedy
  Safe in your arms
  As I beg you for your sympathy
  Release your iron grip and let me fall
    I’ve got everything I need, I couldn’t ask for more
    I buy the poison and the cure, feed the rich and kill the poor
    I had the answer in my hand, emptied it and asked for more
    Now my hand is filled with yours, and I can’t let go
  Feels like an emergency
  That’s taking it’s time
  But you peel away the urgency
  Walls and cages crash from on
  High above a tragedy
  Safe in your arms
  As I beg you for your sympathy
  Release your iron grip and let me fall

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The Rest
Act one
Of the world, past curtains
And we are merely players in this short run
And we throw the tomatoes
And now we’ve made a salad of the stage
Front, and center, no one enters
And no one ever has and we’re all watching, waiting
For the action call
  And though we all know how it should go
  (Yeah we know it all)
  To do is such a bother,
  Leave it to the rest
  We know the reason for our troubles
  (Put a finger on)
  It’s always been the other
  Blame it on the rest
    Play our part so well
  At the door we entered hollow
  (Open up, say aah)
  Another power fills the vacuum
  Claim it for the rest
  An authority has spoken
  (Said to carry on)
  With a finger on the button
  Put you to the… Test

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Sunshine
Now I’m starting on a blank slate
I’ve really gotta put this thing together
But it seems all wrong
Put the hand before the plan
I’ve got nothing here at all
And there’s so much more I want to do
And I’m staring at the wall
I could be…
  Soakin’ up the sun and someplace magical
  But this is where I’ve got something important to say to you
  There’s something wrong
  Say the world is in a nutshell metaphor
  It’s hard to say one thing when you want to say everything
  It’s just too long
  Stifle a yawn…
    Now the whole world has gone up
    We’ve really got to get ourselves together
    But it seems all wrong
    They put the plan right in our hands
I’ve got nothing here at all
And there’s so much more I want to do
And I’m staring at the wall
I could be…
  Soakin’ up the sun and someplace magical
  But this is where I’ve got something important to say to you
  There’s something wrong
  Say the world is in a nutshell metaphor
  It’s hard to say one thing when you wanted to say everything
  There’s something wrong
  With this Doom Tone Con – We’re on
  Now move along
  Let the Three Two One – Go on

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Horses Head
I would kill the man behind the horses head
Spill his blood and share it with the everyman
He who fills the space behind the photograph
On a wall in every room in every land
  (Stay your arm)
  Take it out, as it grows aloud
  And the only way to kill it is to stab it now
  I scratched at it, and I’m bleeding now
  Slam on the foot in the door before it’s in your home.
As you are the wind that knocks him off his feet
I’ll become the ground that when he falls, he’ll meet
You will be the ocean come to wash him up
I’ll set myself afire upon a mountaintop
  (Fold, hold on)
  Stabbing it, is like feeding it
  And the only way to kill it is to starve it out
  I started out, and I’m starving now
  Slam on the foot in the door before it’s in your home.
    Pointing at the sun, It’s done
I would kill the man behind the horses head
Spill his blood and share it with the everyman
He who fills the space behind the photograph
On a wall in every room in every land
    Shade, Grow it in the shade
    Cellar Masquerade
    Reading from a printed page
    Shade, Keep it in the shade
    Cellar Masquer-RAID
    Running from a printed page
    Trade fortune for a wage
    Hunger for a plague
    Tomorrow for a grim new age
  (Hold your own)
  Take it out, as it grows aloud
  And the only way to kill it is to love it now
  I smothered it, and I’m smiling now
  Slam on the foot in the door before it’s in your home.

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Incident
Do what you want, It’s all the same
Up at the top, Nothing will change
What you are, So far away
From what you are, To us – Flies
  As time goes by it hurts to feel this pain
  I sealed my lips I’ll take this to the grave
  Please tell the kids about it when they’ve grown
  I sealed my lips it hurts to feel
It’s in your bones, Say what you want to say
Still we come, And take it all away
From what you thought, The closer you get to it
In the truth, You’ll find – Lies
  As time goes by it hurts to see her pain
  She leaves a golden flower on the grave
    My how you’ve grown, I’m sorry that I couldn’t see it
    See you come into your own
    I have everything that I wanted, And suffer to have it alone
    Suffer to be all alone, When I die
  As time goes by it hurts to feel this pain
  I seal my lips and take her to the grave
  Please tell the kids about it when they’re grown
  I sealed my lips it hurts to feel
And when they’re grown, Take them to my stone…

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Collectibles
On a walk with a bite in the air
The smell of the leaves and the grass in our hair
And the trees in the forest are orange and barren
And on we go
Counting through twenty-four hours a day
The sun is a million miles away
And the moon shows its unflinching faces of gray
And on we go
  We won’t Let our sense of wonder
  Get dried up and plundered
  And the mystery that fed our souls
  Be buried in the numerals
It’s really not work, It’s like climbing a hill
And the priming of nature to bend at your will
Thought it was great till they sent you the bill
And on we go
Back in the day we would smile and stare
At the oceans and earth and the fire and the air
Now the screens and the speakers are everywhere
And on we go
    There was dream from long ago
    Where we would feed all the animals
    And be sure to eat all our vegetables
    Before they become collectibles
    To behold it is beautiful
    And to embrace it is wonderful
    Watch as we replace them with tangibles
    Before we become collectibles
    Where will we be at the end of the day

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Uneventful Day
  It was an uneventful day
  Nothing happened today
  It was an uneventful day, Hooray
  It was an uneventful day
  Nothing happened today
  It was an uneventful day, Hooray
When you’ve been around and seen this town
They painted red today
See no wrong, keep your nose down
And it won’t stain you
Been around, Seen the town
Painted red today
See no wrong, in taking on
An uneventful day

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No Thought
Should have given it a try – But I haven’t had the time
I’ve been digging through the lies – Finding truth inside a crime
Should be swept under a rug – I can see it in your eyes
And the key to where to tug – Can be found in what you buy
    The hearts and minds – Packaged and ready
    Come get your box – Beaten and bloody
  And it’s out collecting, Everything you are
  Where are you connecting, What’s your favorite star?
  What is your direction, Where’s the party at tonight?
  How is your life?
If I didn’t pay a thought – To the things to which I ought
Where the trails always lead – Simple power, simple greed
Then I never would have seen – All the lines and what’s between
And the power where it lies – That the trails lead through me
    The hearts and minds – Packaged and ready
    Come get your box – Beaten and bloody
  As it’s out collecting, A list of who you know
  What are you intending, How much do you owe?
  What were you expecting, Where’s the party at tonight?
  How is your life?
  And it’s out collecting, Everything you are
  Where are you connecting, What’s your favorite star?
  What is your direction, Where’s the party at tonight?
  How is your life?

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Paper Goose
Gonna climb up on the roof today
Try not to be swept away
The air is Slow and calm below the clouds tonight
  Spread the wings and snap in place
  This Paper Goose is gonna fly today
  Before the shiny stars come out again tonight
    Lick a finger, check the wind –     Go for a dive
    And send her back up the ladder again
Watch out for that apple tree
As I eat all the raspberries
Before the stars come out tonight
My heart flutters but the spirit soars
Familiar ground yet unexplored
When dreams come out into the light
    Lick a finger, check the wind –     Go for a dive
    And send her back up the ladder again
      Savor the exciting (Aah)
      As we watch it gliding to the ground
      And hear the sound
      Wings cut through the wind
      (Before) The stars come out tonight
…When Dreams come out in to the light
  Spread the wings and snap in place
  This Paper Goose is gonna fly today
  Before the shiny stars come out again tonight
    Lick a finger, check the wind –     Go for a dive
    And send her back up the ladder again
    Before the stars come out tonight

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Quares
Don’t You worry, You won’t fall off the end Of The World,
–I watched the world Fall off the end – The Suffering
((I watched the world Say I’m dying, I’m dying – The Suffering, ))
It goes on without ending your worries, You were brought up at the
–It goes on without end The Beginning Brought up at the
((I’m crying, I’m crying The Beginning, I’m trying, I’m trying))
End of the World, Might not live to see it end
–End of the World, I might Live to see it end
((End of the world, I’m dying, I’m dying))
  Before you declare a victory
  Over us and secure our misery
  Pick a date on an anniversary
  At a time when you knew we could not see
  Throughout the years we ignored the family tree
  The shame on you that caused the shame on me
  We’ll remember that anniversary
  Of the time when we were almost, free
    Vae, Nimis noceo
    Quare, Queso
    Conor, Moneo suum
    Vis, Vires scelero  (aahs)
    Edo, Maero
    Reus sordeo
Where did we go wrong?
We didn’t write this song
We just learned all the parts and sang along…
  In the age of the true duplicity
  Say two things and you do the other three
  Now the method is displayed and understood
  Evil as the root of something good
  Still denying your complicity
  As the cause of our criminality
  Difficult to follow the history
  Makes me wonder if we were ever, free

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Your Signature Here
Show your flow, Said the man behind the counter with reserve
Hedge your bets, And appreciate the balance of your term
  Crash on the sheet
  But the capital proceeds to
  Claim a value and a future
  We defer, to terms and withdraw
    It’s a sin to make to have to own
    A form we never signed (A sin to own)
    And it’s so thin, so thin, to win to owe
    Draw blank and form a line (To win, To owe)
I don’t get it – I don’t get it…
  I don’t want it…
  To trade your liquidity
  To endorse your securities
  Arbitration maturity
  To withdraw authenticity

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