Growing grapes in St. Emilion,
Surfing ash at Cerro Negro
Buddhist Monks of the Himalayas
can you show me where to go?

There's something in the air,
keeps me trapped inside this daze
I'll try my best not to care
I need to find some other way 

10 years on from Parkville
It's clear I have some time to kill
Hey past and present future,  
there's a chance I've slightly panicked

Redemption's for believers
Down in Rio de Janeiro
But I'm here with all the preachers 
Counting down towards day zero

There's something in the air,
keeps me trapped inside this daze
I should be moving back down-under
like another dog astray

10 years on from Parkville
I'm stuck grinding this old mill
Hey existentialists,  
Think I need some different kind of pill

To stop my mind from saying 
Your future's coming now, it's gone by, it went, bye bye
Your future's coming now, it's gone by, it went, bye bye
it's gone by, it went, bye bye

10 years on from Parkville
It's clear I have some time to kill
Hey past and present future,
there's a chance I've slightly panicked

My mind just keeps on saying
Your future's coming now, it's gone by, it went, bye bye
Your future's coming now, it's gone by, it went, bye bye
it's gone by, it went, bye bye

Parkville Panic

Back alley fights
among the erudites
are of hardly any use
As media stack
up on alternative facts
And it's swallowed whole as truths

Don't be scared, this won't kill us
Movies taught me how to wield a gun...

In the basements of their ivory towers
they'll recalibrate our brains for free
The United States of breed, kill, and devour
thank god for neuroplasticity

When the angry mobs
follow divining rods
It's time to call it quits
There'll be nothing left
save feelings of regret
as we crushed it all to bits

You're not alone, don't turn and run
It's not the human race, it's the dragon

For every thing in our lives that is sacred
We'll find a way to turn it to some ugly mess
Let's just make sure that all our efforts are weighted
against the continuation of our excess

We've got this illness 
and there's no medicine
And as I'm faced with the realness
I don't wanna wake up in the morning

Go outside, through the gate, towards the river
Carry on and feel the water soak your feet
And as you leave with cirrhosis of your liver
Remember how it all tasted so bittersweet

Ivory Towers

When I first saw you outside at dawn and all those who called were gone
I had hopes for something to come. Flowers and wine and undressing, in sum

And you'll never take me home, never lead me on, you will never love me 
I'm sitting on my own now thinking about the times that could've been
When did it all go sour? The previous hour's been a real nightmare
Gone were your warm glances, what remained was just this cold and blank stare

My heart and my head were alone in my bed, quietly admiring the sound of our names
But today when you said you'd end it instead, I wasn't expecting your counterclaims
For others who look, it's no parallax, it's clear as a bell you can't seem to relax
And as you're headed for the door, you go

I'm busted up by your love
I don't care what, I'm sure
And I know that this will all fall down
Clearly all my will is gone

I'm busted up by your love
I don't care what, I'm sure
And I know that this will all fall down
Clearly all my will is gone

And youíll never take me home, never lead me on, you will never love me 
I'm sitting on my own now thinking about the times that could've been
When did it all go sour? The previous hour's been a real nightmare
Gone were your warm glances, what remained was just this cold and blank stare

I'm busted up by your love
I don't care what, I'm sure
And I know that this will all fall down
Clearly all my will is gone

My Heart And My Head

Just one more taste of your cherry colored lipstick                 
How can you be so free of care, it makes me sick                    
For a while, I have tried, not to let you go
But I won't ever love you like that, I know

Holding on to what we got seems so safe
But mediocrity is just not that great 
And If I could, then I would, be a better man
But I'm not, so why would you want to take my hand?

Oh my, I see you try again
But I'm never good at things like this, my friend

Cause I'll never open up my heart,
It's been jaded from the start
And all my insecurities
have gotten the better of me
And on a winter's morning with the boughs weighing down
I'll live my life between the cracks, and take notes from underground 

Another year it came and went as before
Lo and behold, I'm incremented once more
In my mind, it is time now to say goodbye
You're so good, i'm no good, and you really don't need my lies

There used to be a time I wanted this
Now all I'm able to do is exist 
As melancholy turns to ennui 
I'll hide from the outside to let noone see

That I'll never open up my heart,
It's been jaded from the start
And all my insecurities
have gotten the better of me
And on a winter's morning with the boughs weighing down
I'll live my life between the cracks, and take notes from underground

Notes From Underground

We're at your place, hand in hand
There's nothing missing, no future to plan
But I can't shake it, that siren's call
I'll ruminate 'till we're dysfunctional

You and I, it seems, are bound to find ourselves alone
Watch seasons go, fall down, atone
But I'll still be waiting not waiting for you to reappear
with nothing to fear, when we're just being sincere

That time we dreamed of Mexico
I started thinking perhaps we could go
Now, here it's colder. You warned me, though.
This town would end up eating me whole.

You and I, it seems, are bound to find ourselves alone
Watch seasons go, fall down, atone
But I'll still be waiting not waiting for you to reappear
with nothing to fear, when we're just being sincere

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