1. |
Only Time
05:08
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[Verse 1]
This is the only time
I have to write this song
So I’ll stay strong
All those other times
All those other lives feel so
So long ago
[Chorus]
Am I even the same person, and what difference does it make?
Am I a version of a version, and why do I think this way?
Is it a part of being human, always hating what you’re making?
And if so- how will we know
Where to begin?
[Verse 2]
All these animals inside my brain
We chained them up, now they can’t be tamed
But can we let em go?
How will we know?
[Bridge]
This is the only time we’ll ever have
So stand up, hands up,
Everybody’s running for their lives
And someone has a knife
And they’re pretending not to know
They’re reaching for the stars,
and taking some of ours,
they leave glitter on the bottom row
And everywhere I go, the people want to know-
Just how to be like them
[Instrumental break]
This is the only time
(This is the only time)
The is the only time
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2. |
Real In My Head
04:12
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[Part 1- Chorus]
Here I lay, awake in my bed
Listening to songs and music
That I’ll never write down
But it’s real in my head
And it’s beautiful- and it’s beautiful
Every night I wish I could show you
‘Cause it’s beautiful
But I’ll never write it down
I won’t write it down
No I’ll never write it down
No I can’t write it down
[Part 2]
What’s going on in my head?
It must be something- something I said
It’s got me all turned around
It’s got me lying on the ground
I still remember, some time ago-
It felt the music just burst from my soul, and I sang
I didn’t care who heard
Right now that seems so absurd
And I can’t help but to think
That since then I’ve been-
So caught up on something I said
And I can’t help but regret
That I never wrote it down
I didn’t write it down
No I never wrote it down
[Part 3 - Instrumental]
And I can’t help but regret
I didn’t write it down
No I never wrote it down
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3. |
1000//knives
09:36
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[Verse 1]
Have I never - been ready to receive?
Have I ever - gotten mixed up when you speak?
Lord knows, Lord knows - Lord knows
[Chorus]
When I realize, it never comes to me at the right time
Or I never realize, and it kills me
To feel it how you see when you were right
And it feels like - a thousand little knives
[Verse 2]
Would you feed me? Would you keep me safe sometimes?
Would you leave me? Would you hate me if I cried?
I don’t know, I don’t know
Lord knows
[Chorus]
Can we be free of - the panic that inhabits the real world?
We’ll keep each other
Can we take care of - and help each other battle the fever?
‘Cause it feels like - a thousand little knives
[Instrumental]
And I feel it, when I race around sometimes
But I feel it, less
I still feel it, when I’m chasing down the time
But I feel it, less
I don’t know, I don’t know - Lord knows
'Cause it feels like, a thousand little knives
And it feels like, a thousand little knives to me
'Cause it feels like, a thousand little knives
And it feels like, a thousand little knives to me
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4. |
The Finding Song
05:09
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[Verse 1]
I kissed the lion on the cheek
To try and find some physical relief
Found I was fortieth in line
They said, “Son, this usually happens all the time”
Met a man, he’d been there forty years
I asked him what on Earth could keep him here
He said he had moved up quite a way
He said, “Son, it just might happen any day-
[Chorus]
Besides, what did I ever have to offer?
What did I ever have to lose?
From birth, I was a lamb to slaughter, so I-
Go willingly inside”
[Verse 2]
Met a man, he’d been there for a day
He said he heard his dad been out this way
The first man cried, he thought he’d found his son
But it turns out they were not the only ones
[Chorus]
So, what did he ever have to offer?
What did he ever have to lost?
And so begins an absent father
The lie is buried deep inside
[Verse 3]
What if I stood here for a week
And found some happiness beyond belief?
Then who’d be the fool who’d drag me away?
Well, I saved him from himself, they’d probably say
So I’ll stand in line here for a week
To try to find some permanent relief
And I’ll kiss the lion on the cheek
But it will not bring the happiness I seek
[Bridge]
You need love
It’ll make you a better man
It’ll make you another man
It’ll make you a human
You need love
It’ll make you a better man
You can try go without it man
It’s gonna tear you apart, man
It’s gonna tear you apart, man
It’s gonna tear you apart, man
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[Verse 1]
Good things in the near and far future
Hold me together, a suture
But I’ve learned that the near seems to fall
When your focus is centered on the far, let it call you
Good things in the near and far future
A promise, revered out of fear, does it suit you?
I’m lost, the lies come off
You know the lies come off, they’re gonna come off, year
Good things in the near and far future
For all those who received, I salute ya
But for those who believed that there’s even
A reason for breathing the air that has turned so
[Chorus]
Sour
Selling your life by the hour
For a paycheck, but I’m lost
The lies come off, the lies come off
You know they’re gonna come off
[Featured rap verse]
[Chorus]
Sour
Selling your life by the hour
For a paycheck, but I’m lost
The lies come off, the lies come off
You know they’re gonna come off
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Atlas & Oracle Boston, Massachusetts
Filling in the blanks between ska and pop.
Start with Jubilee. The demo EPs are
mostly midi instruments.
Synth ska, ska adjacent, sometimes familiar, always fresh.
Modern messages that get stuck in your head.
Lyrical observations on life in America.
Do you believe that ska can save the world?
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