Lyrics
Be More Boldly You
Waiting for the Good Guys to Win Again
It’s been so long I feel left out
A four year song from the Mudsling Tower
So lay it on me
Lay it on me
I’m not afraid, no
I’m not afraid
I’m waiting, waiting, waiting
For the good guys to win again
I’m waiting, waiting, waiting
For the good guys to win
I’m waiting, wait – stop waiting!
We talk of change and lend a helping hand
A screaming mob don’t make a band
So lay it on me
Lay it on me
I’m not afraid, no
I’m not afraid
I’m waiting, waiting, waiting
For the good guys to win again
I’m waiting, waiting, waiting
For the good guys to win
I’m waiting, wait – stop waiting!
There’s gotta be something left of
What I though we were building
So let me hear
It can’t all be debatable
Some things have got to be principles
So let me hear
I’m waiting, waiting, waiting
For the good guys to win again
I’m waiting, waiting, waiting
For the good guys to win
I’m waiting, waiting, waiting
For the good guys to win again
I’m waiting, wait – stop waiting!
Anthem for the Nerds
Figurines from movie scenes
Collectibles more than you have seen
Yeah, that’s me
Holding on was never wrong
Until you came along and smiled at me
Now I’m in retreat
Yeah, I’m givin’ it up for you, love
Yeah, I’m givin’ it all up
I’m givin’ it up for you, love
’Cause I don’t wanna break up
Yeah, I’m giving it up for you, love
Yeah, the hours that I’ve wasted
I’m givin’ it up for you, love
I’m givin’ it up
I’m givin’ it up now
So everytime you come around
I hide my superheroes in the couch
And my flix in the cloud
And everytime you’re telling me
My place is nice but somehow squeaky clean
It’s almost obscene
Yeah, I’m givin’ it up for you, love
Yeah, I’m givin’ it all up
I’m givin’ it up for you, love
’Cause I don’t wanna break up
Yeah, I’m giving it up for you, love
Yeah, the hours that I’ve wasted
I’m givin’ it up for you, love
I’m givin’ it up
I’m givin’ it up now
Wait! Can I get a word in?
I see you, so please be quiet now
Please! Let’s free your people
I can feel them everytime we kiss
No, I won’t miss
Thor’s hammer in my ribs
So from here on out my own self-doubt
And secrecy are no longer policy
This I’ll decree
Yeah, I’m givin’ it up for you, love
Yeah, I’m givin’ it all up
I’m givin’ it up for you, love
’Cause I don’t wanna break up
I’m giving it up for you, love
Yeah, the hours that I’ve wasted
I’m givin’ it up for you, love
I’m givin’ it up
I’m givin’ it up now
I’m givin’ it up now
I’m givin’ it up now
I’m givin’ it up now
I’m givin’ it up
I’m givin’ it up now
Stranglehold
I’m leaving like a bullet train
I’m leaving faster than you thought I’d make my way
And I’m guessing you’ll just stick around
I’m guessing you will be the last one outta town
This is easy
Easy-breezy
’Til you see me
Oh no Jon, you don’t!
Forget about our rigmarole?
You got a stranglehold
And you won’t let go
You got a stranglehold
On my leaving soul
But I’m leaving like the arrow flies
I’m leaving straight and narrow right between your spies
I will never be wholly rid of you
You will never be mine again tightening that noose
This is easy
Easy-breezy
’Til you see me
Oh no Jon, you don’t!
Forget about our rigmarole?
You got a stranglehold
On my leaving soul
You got a stranglehold
But you won’t let go
A stranglehold
On my leaving soul
No more stranglehold
’Cause you’re gon’ let go
Just Like Balloons
Now that we’re older
Yet no wiser still
The Earth has commanded us
To move in for the kill
So now I lay dying
After trying too hard
You place a bandaid
On my bruising heart
Just like a movie star
We’re fleeting just like balloons
We’re floating just like balloons
Under these skies I know not to want
I’ll pull you in closer, hone in on warmth
I’m prettiest sleeping
And most useful by far
I’ve stumbled to greatness
Right into your arms
Just like a movie star
We’re fleeting just like balloons
We’re floating just like balloons
We’re floating, just me and you
They’ll drag me down
From my stand
Push me aside
If they think they can
I’m heavy weight
But not dead yet
A headful of dreams
I’ve not put to bed
All I need
And all I want
Is you by my side
Against all odds
You are love
Just like balloons
We’re fleeting just like balloons
We’re floating just like balloons
We’re wrinkling just like balloons
Agents of the Change
One night in a dream in Florence, I saw a song
Pre-Pumpkin Billy strumming, with hair down long
No matter our struggle, we’ll rally behind
All the dreams we want to find
We’re all agents of the change
We’re all agents of the change
That night in a dream in Florence, I saw a hope
Born of the destitution of normal folk
No matter our struggle, we’ll rally behind
All the dreams we want to find
We’re all agents of the change
We’re all agents of the change
We’re united by a name
We’re all agents of the change
A change in the weather
A planet for the better
A change in our purses
An end to our curses
A change in our leaders
A god for believers
A change in myself now
’Cause we all need it, somehow
One night in a dream in Florence, I saw a song
Heard all the paintings talk
We’re all agents of the change
We’re all agents of the change
We’re united by a name
We’re all agents of the change
March of the Ghosts
Mmm…
Mother don’t leave me
Yeah, I’m waiting on the shore
The boats are all leaving
There ain’t nothing here no more
The ghosts are all here now
Pushing towards the sea
White sands turn to ashes
Under their wicked feet
Mmm…
Forgetful, forgetful
Don’t worry, I won’t be
Mmm…
Forgetful, forgetful
Don’t worry, I won’t be
Mother, I’m next now
’Less I push out to the waves
This land was our land
But now it’s all our graves
The ghosts are all reaching
But against them there’s no fight
Like all of my kinsmen
I must swallow all my pride
Mmm…
Forgetful, forgetful
Don’t worry, I won’t be
Mmm…
Forgetful, forgetful
Don’t worry, I won’t be
Mother don’t leave me
I’ve been waiting here for days
Mother I’m next now
’Less I push out to the waves
Mmm…
Forgetful, forgetful
I’m sorry, I won’t be
Mmm…
Forgetful, forgetful
I’m sorry, I won’t be
The Nature of Things
Oh-oh-oh-oh my love
You’re more beautiful than the rain
On a forest mountain range
And oh-oh-oh-oh, how you fly
Like fireflies in the night
Gone in the blink of an eye
I’ll crawl back in
Onto your skin
I’ll crawl back in
Into your loving arms again
Oh-oh-oh-oh, you’re the air
Flowing through my lungs
Upon which my songs are sung
And oh-oh-oh-oh, you’re here
Like a mountain standing tall
Echoes on your walls
I’ll crawl back in
Onto your skin
I’ll crawl back in
Into your loving arms again
Icicles
I’ve been meaning to talk to you
With all this static I can’t get through
I’ve been thinking you wanted this
Worlds apart, yet bound by kiss
But I got you on speaker phone
So everybody else will know
Behind the ice I’m seeing gold
Seeing gold, and a love foretold
I’m holding, I’m holding icicles
I’m clinging, I’m clinging to waterfalls
I fear you are what my friends have said
A pipe dream with a pretty head
I lost all of my self-control
To a few locks of gold
But I got you on speaker phone
So everybody else will know
Behind the ice I’m seeing gold
Seeing gold, and a love foretold
I’m holding, I’m holding icicles
I’m clinging, I’m clinging to waterfalls
I’m holding, I’m holding icicles
I’m clinging, I’m clinging to waterfalls
But I got you on speaker phone
So everybody else will know
Behind the ice I’m seeing gold
Seeing gold, and a love foretold
I’m holding, I’m holding icicles
I’m clinging, I’m clinging to waterfalls
I’m holding, I’m holding icicles
I’m clinging, I’m clinging to waterfalls
Soar
Everyone needs a hiding place
Everyone needs to feel safe
Found mine in a dream I had
Outside a world gone mad
So I’m loving my lie
And I’m willing myself to fly
And I’m breaking but I’m going out in style
But I was never meant to
I was never meant to soar
Above the buildings and the boring life I led before
No, I was never meant to
I was never meant to soar
Everyone needs a fighting chance
Everyone needs a sword in their hands
Found strength in the dream I had
No gravity holding me back
So I’m loving my lie
And I’m willing myself to fly
And I’m breaking but I’m going out in style
But I was never meant to
I was never meant to soar
Above the buildings and the boring life I led before
No, I was never meant to
I was never meant to soar
Everyone needs a hiding place
Everyone needs a saving grace
Everyone needs to dig out a hole
But I was born with a restless soul
’Cause I was ever meant to
’Cause I was ever meant to soar
Above the buildings and the boring life I led before
Yeah, I was ever meant to
I was ever meant to soar
Above the buildings and the boring life I led before
The Ceiling
I wanna say I love it here
I really do
But something’s got a hold on me
And it’s got me fooled
The way that things have changed for me
I should be in awe
But I can’t help but to feel estranged
And a little flawed
I can not reach the ceiling
From where I’m standing
Way above the crowd
So help me out
I can’t believe I’m grieving
Again for something
I no longer have
I should do the math
But it seems I can’t
I’m never neither here nor there
I’m always at odds
A struggle surging through my veins
But it never stops
The way that things have changed in me
I should be in awe
But I can’t help but to feel estranged
And a little flawed
I can not reach the ceiling
From where I’m standing
Way above the crowd
So help me out
I can’t believe I’m grieving
Again for something
I no longer have
I should do the math
But it seems I can’t
Breathe out
And you’ll breathe me in and out
Yeah that’s, that’s how we begin
To fall to what, whatever our hole
But now let’s dig ourselves out
From way above the crowd
So help me out
I can’t believe I’m grieving
Again for something
I no longer have
I should do the math
But it seems I can’t
The Courage of a Worm
Hold
Hold your head up high in the storm
And pray
Pray Poseidon shan’t claim us all
’Cause everything I’ve done for you
Is what a captain does for crew
But I’m not sure I’m man enough to fall
I got the courage of a worm
And it’s going down
All the courage I was learned
It’s long lost now
And everything I’ve earned
Is breaking down around me
Plunging into the sea
Wait until the light has gone
And hope
Hope will carry through this storm
’Cause everything I’ve done for you
Is what a captain does for crew
But I’m not sure I’m man enough to fall
I’ve the courage of a worm
And it’s going down
All the courage I was learned
It’s long lost now
And everything I’ve earned
It’s breaking down around me
Plunging into the sea
My better angels leave me be
I am a failure as you can see
I’ve just my love left and though it’s real
It can not save me from the sea
I’ve the courage of a worm
And it’s going down
All the courage I was learned
It’s long lost now
And everything I’ve earned
It’s breaking down around me
Plunging into the sea
Easy Come, Easy Go
Took my playbook right out of yours
To even the score
Took your compass and pointed it South
’Cause that’s where things are going now
All our love just came and went
Like those pop-up boutiques down the Seine
Maybe our love just wasn’t that real
It had a dusty Hollywood feel
All the love that wanted out
Well, it leaves me now
All the love I thought I’d found
Won’t come back ’round
Easy come, easy go
Easy come, easy go
Ménage à deux in the streets of Paris
And you thought I could be
A writer, a poet, a star
And break not only your heart
Charly, the way that things turned out
Is a joke on me and my doubt
You became all the things that you said
And I a rhyme in the back of your head
All the love that wanted out
Well, it leaves me now
All the love I thought I’d found
Won’t come back ’round
Easy come, easy go
Easy come, easy go
Easy come, easy go
Easy come, easy go
Easy come, easy go – are we happy now?
Easy come, easy go – are we wiser now?
Easy come, easy go – are we happy now?
Easy come, easy go – am I yours somehow?
Oh No!
Hold down the fort with me, will you please?
It’s all that we got left of family
Hold down the fort that’s keeping you
Under lock and key, unable to move
And oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Raise that flag on high, man the battlements
The enemy’s at our gates and looks to be coming in
Why are you drinking to defeat?
Stand with your brother, sister, for family
And oh no
Oh no
But oh no
Oh no
And you finally raise a hand
But you use it just to strike me
And the foes come pouring in
And you kneel down beside me
Saying ”Please don’t hurt this man!”
I see you clearly now
I see you walking out
And oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Be more boldly you
See you shining though
Be more boldly you
Unleash what you can do!
Aaah…
Be more boldly you
See you shining though
Be more boldly you
Unleash what you can do!
Aaah…
Be more boldly you
See you shining though
Be more boldly you
Unleash what you can do!
Aaah…
Be more boldly you
See you shining though
Be more boldly you
Unleash what you can do…
Aaah…
Botify the People
Botify The People
Don’t share the wealth
You’ll share health
Keep ‘em crawling, crawling further
Up the ladder ’til the murder
All of those lines
Fine printed lines
Keep ‘em happy not reading
All the bullshit that we’re feeding
Yes you are
A star
On a chart
In a machine heart
Lie after lie
Time after time
Make it look like we’re caring
Your objective: get them sharing
Big Data dumps
Subscriber bumps
We’re a business, not a pre-school
Just tell them what I told you
Yes you are
A star
On a chart
In a machine heart
We need to spotify all of the artists
And shopify all of their guest lists
No need to amplify our reasons
When we can botify all of the people
Kick up upstairs
Like someone cares
What we do with all the money
Keep it close to, to you honey
Yes you are
A star
On a chart
In a machine heart
We need to spotify all of the artists
And shopify all of their guest lists
No need to amplify our reasons
When we can botify all of the people
Don’t give me truth
This is post-you
Swear I’ll cut off all the branches
Throw you back into the trenches
And there you ‘ll be
Just without me
Back to crawing, crawling further
Up the ladder til you murder
Scream into the Void
I’m a guilty soul
I though on my own
I’d change where we’re going
But here I still am
Feeling all scammed
Broke and still paying
(Whistling)
No Instagram Reels
Or Facebook Lives
Will get things rolling
So I’m wondering
If this is my thing
And who am I fooling?
I scream into the void
I scream into the void
Nobody answers
Beholden to their masters
The algorithms changing faster
Another stillborn beauty voided again
I scream into that void
It’s not people I reach
Just gatekeeper code
Love with a price tag
It’s funny and sad
A code makes me mad
And I forget what I came here for
I scream into the void
I scream into the void
Nobody answers
Beholden to their masters
The algorithms changing faster
Another stillborn beauty voided again
I scream into that void
Marketing tools
For all of us foold
Look at my trajectory
It might be reversed
At least I rehearsed
And nail it later
I scream into the void
I scream into the void
Nobody answers
Beholden to their masters
The algorithms changing faster
Another stillborn beauty voided again
I scream into that void
Nobody answers
Beholden to their masters
The algorithms changing faster
Another stillborn beauty voided again
Plastic
I’m floating like a piece of plastic
Floating through the air
I don’t belong, I’m a pollutant
Welcome nowhere
I never knew how to make it
I never knew how to take all of those turns
In their world
That’s why I’m turning
My inside in now
That’s why I’m burning
My prison down now
I wish I was as useful to myself as
To machines
I’m plastic like the most of us
That never get seen
I never knew how to make it
I never knew how to take all of those turns
In their world
That’s why I’m turning
My inside in now
That’s why I’m burning
My prison down now
I never knew how to make it
I never knew how to take all of those turns
In their world
I never knew how to fake it
I never knew how to fake it, taking turns
With all the world
That’s why I’m turning
My inside in now
That’s why I’m burning
My prison down now
Light the Liars on Fire
Lately been feeling kind of vaguely
Like I should start to say things
Although I have no way in
Bubbles causing all my troubles
They burst not from my squabbles
Just when I pay them double
Now I can’t help to be
The things they need from me
I’m always one step off trend
I’m never ahead of time
No matter how early I’m
Collateral, expendable
Light the liars on fire
Let them burn on the pyre
All their promises made
Vanish once they get paid
After that it’s just me
And the heaps of money
I am unwittingly laying down at their feet
I am unwittingly laying down at their feet
I hope that all you are
Is a glitch between our stars
I hope that all you’ll be
Is a fleeting memory
But sadly there’s no way that time-traveling
Is any way of answering what here and now are asking
I’m tired of trying to topple giants
A faceless mob of tyrants but honestly just liars
Let them burn on the pyre
All their promises made
Vanish once they get paid
After that it’s just me
And the heaps of money
I am unwittingly laying down at their feet
I am unwittingly laying down at their feet
I hope that all you are
Is a glitch between our stars
I hope that all you’ll be
Is a fleeting memory
I hope that all I am
Is a strike right through your plans
Conversations with an Algorithm
All day locked up in my home
Staring down my endless phone
Trying to crack that secret code
Trying to squeeze into that, into that, into that mold
We’re searching for life
On our mobile device
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm
All night wide awake in bed
Lettting the world into my head
Trying so hard ot let things slide
Knowing full well it’ll cut me, it’ll cut me, cut me of this life
We’re searching for life
On our mobile device
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm
You change your song
And I try changing along
We’re searching for life
On our mobile device
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm
Oh lo and behold
That’s how we go
Oh lo and behold
That’s how we go
Faith in the System
I can not love
What I can not touch
I can not feel
Something pre-meditated
Why am I here?
Am I only to please?
Faith, faith
Why don’t I have a little faith, faith
In the system and it’s ways?
‘Stead I scream mindfuck and rape, rape
I’m too crass for goodness sakes, sakes
Why can’t I be a litle slave
To the system and it’s perfect ways?
I can not see
A person by watching their feed
I can not talk
Through someone’s business mind warp
Is it just me?
Should I bow to the machine?
Faith, faith
Why don’t I have a little faith, faith
In the system and it’s ways?
‘Stead I scream mindfuck and rape, rape
I’m too crass for goodness sakes, sakes
Why can’t I be a litle slave
To the system and it’s perfect ways?
My need to feel
Just a dying scream here
Faith, faith
Why don’t I have an ounce of faith, faith
In the system and it’s ways?
‘Stead I scream mindfuck and rape, rape
I’m too crass for goodness sakes, sakes
Why can’t I be a litle slave
To the system and it’s perfect ways?
But the Boy is Dead!
I feel so strung out on my own
No pulse, no vital signs to show
All my tax returns I’m ready to burn
Of the universe I’m trying to learn
Just got this inkling in my head
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
I feel my fuse is about to blow
Got all this love that needs to grow
You look at me weird all because of my beard
Let out a sigh, take out the pruning shears
While I lay naked on my bed
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Snip-snip-snip, chip away at the life of me
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Snip-snip-snip, get a line inside of me
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Snip-snip-snip, get that clickbait into me
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Snip-snip-snip, suck the life right out of me
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
I feel so strung out on my own
No pulse, no vital signs to show
Oh my CEO are you ready to dance?
You flash some bling, I soil my pants
Don’t be a stiff is what you said
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
That sure don’t mean that he don’t dance
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
That sure don’t mean that he can’t dance
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Everybody’s gotta do the dance
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
So don’t give me attitude, just dance
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
KIA
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Do it my way
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Spotify-a
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
You are…
Oh, my word, but the boy is… dead!