Elementary

by Elementary

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1.
Caveman 02:15
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All this time I’ve been thinking ’bout you And I’m watching you rot but there’s nothing I can do It’s not that strange To build these little caves But please get out of mine I just don’t have the time to waste But please get out of mine I just don’t have the time to waste Months slip by and we’re running in the same race Not so bad but we’re running at the same pace Not at all it’s hard to keep a straight face But please don’t laugh at mine I just don’t have the time to wait Please don’t laugh at mine I just don’t have the time to wait This is hard This is what I wanted Kind of sort of maybe I feel fine All this time I’ve been worried ’bout you And I’m watching you rot but there’s something you can do It’s not that strange To build these little caves But please get out of mine I just don’t have the time to waste But please get out of mine I just don’t have the time to waste But please don’t laugh at mine I just don’t have the time to wait Please don’t laugh at mine I just don’t have the time to wait There’s only so much time And we’ve got bigger fish to fry So if you feel alright Don’t forget to please turn out the light
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Bet Your Life 03:15
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Baby what have you done? Life has only begun Don’t go throwing it all away on some hip fantasy All the fun that it seems Living to the extremes Only hides all the lonely times that’s the lone guarantee Would you bet your life on that, Oh wouldn’t you baby? Would you bet your life on that, Oh wouldn’t you darlin’? Would you bet your life away on me? Some of those from before All the ones you adore Brought a light to the world to fill the dark within Don’t be somebody else Recognizing yourself Dressing up ain’t so hot when the dress you wear’s wearing thin Would you bet your life on that, Oh wouldn’t you baby? Would you bet your life on that, Oh wouldn’t you darlin’? Would you bet your life away on me? Don’t want to lead you to loneliness But don’t want to leave you alone Staring back at me, “are you into this?” Oh no Come back down to the fact Once gone no coming back Sometimes dreamin’ is all it is and all that it should be Would you bet your life on that, Oh wouldn’t you baby? Would you bet your life on that, Oh wouldn’t you darlin’? Would you bet your life away on me?
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X-Ray Kids 03:13
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About a love that never happened Unwritten words upon a note left unsent A distant heart, so pure it’s see-through Unlocks the door forthcoming for a moment Colors don’t do any good If the people don’t see what they should A window sits, stone’s throw away yet It never feels the pain of struck emotion A mix of song, and chances promised And hidden messages that say much more than All in the world he could say But a difference it won’t make today Obviously this ain’t the only kind of love we see That gets no chance to be But while the thrill is slowly dying It’s nice to know that feeling for awhile The girl next door, she holds affection Or should I say she keeps it caged and locked in- Side. Nobody knows, that distant-heart boy Is just the one to get her heart a-pumpin’ Sounds from the stereo play All the lines that she wishes he’d say Eyes to the ground, perceptive ears set Decoding messages from sounds they’re hearing So there she sits, up by her window A tear betrays the loneliness she’s shielding Welcome to living my dear Where everything’s something to fear Obviously this ain’t the only kind of love we see That gets no chance to be But while the thrill is slowly dying It’s nice to know that feeling for awhile He gets that feeling deep inside within his heart She gets that feeling deep inside within her heart Open up, let it go Let it wake and rise and fall Time to feel, time to see, time to be Obviously this ain’t the only kind of love we see That gets no chance to be But while the thrill is slowly dying It’s nice to know that feeling for awhile
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Lights 03:28
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Well maybe I can’t explain Well maybe it’s obvious and there isn’t that much to say And maybe we’re on the same page or maybe you changed And really I’m the one to blame We get tired of everybody but ourselves And somehow this is part of me Am I inspired by something old and destructive? Oh my God am I defined By something I did not consider binding at the time Hey I just lost my place in line By standards I did not invent, and stay inside my mind And chase me up the basement steps but leave on all the lights When somebody came to play I couldn’t be bothered with details I was nervous but I didn’t know it was just a game These are the rules I knew and they were nothing new to you After all these years I did what I wanted to We get tired of everybody but ourselves And somehow this is part of me Am I inspired by something old and destructive? Oh my God am I defined By something I did not consider binding at the time Hey I just lost my place in line By standards I did not invent, and stay inside my mind And chase me up the basement steps but leave on all the lights Oh my God am I defined By something I did not consider binding at the time Hey I just lost my place in line By standards I did not invent, and stay inside my mind And chase me up the basement steps but leave on all the lights Oh my God am I defined By something I did not consider binding at the time Hey I just lost my place in line By standards I did not invent, and stay inside my mind And chase me up the basement steps but leave on all the lights Leave on all the lights
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Far Behind This Game 03:49
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So here we are again Conflicting points of view I think its love, you don’t know who I am A dead philosophy Was not, too long ago You were the spark inside my circuitry Why did you have to say no? My memory won’t let go It turns but it won’t budge, reporting dangerous Why did you have to say no? I wish it wasn’t so You turned out differently You’re nothing like the ‘You’ I had in mind And though it’s weathering Something subconsciously Wants every drop of fantasy to stay Why did you have to say no? My memory won’t let go It turns but it won’t budge, reporting dangerous Why did you have to say no? We could have been so good How you misunderstood All you’d left to do was learn my name So far behind this game far behind but now it’s done no need to start when you’ve just won I can’t continue, can’t advance No second place, no second chance But I remember how it was before Inside my head before you locked that door We could have been so good How you misunderstood All you’d left to do was learn my name So far behind this game
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Cold Comfort 03:22
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Older by the minute Steady second-hand won’t stop It says without going Guaranteed to make you drop I don’t want to leave this place too soon Slowly climbing more stairs every day I don’t want to leave this place too soon Slowly meeting more stares every day I ain’t never told no one what I’m telling you i used to say my favorite’s gold but now it’s blue next time you must promise me not to laugh (stop) and sigh laughing too uneasily what a funny guy Wicked welcome wagon Nothing here is meant to stay Flashing lights and sirens Frightening the birds away I don’t want to leave this place too soon Gently climbing more stairs every day I don’t want to leave this place too soon Slowly meeting more stares every day I ain’t never told no one what I’m telling you i used to say my favorite’s gold but now it’s blue next time you must promise me not to laugh (stop) and sigh laughing too uneasily what a funny guy

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℗© 2009 Elementary, All Rights Reserved

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released April 20, 2009

Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Ben Powell

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