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If you love feeling alive
if you love feeling alive
then climb, up high
Do you love being alive
Do you love being alive?
It's fine
It's fine to be outside
So climb a very large tree,
stuck in the sand
If you love your life you should take that chance
If you're tired of being alive
if you're tired of being alive
You might cry
Do you hate being alive
Is it hard being alive
then I
then I advise
You climb a very large tree,
stuck in the sun
If you're tired of life you might have some fun
Climb a very large tree,
stuck in the ground
If you're tired of life you won't be let down
So climb a very large tree,
right to the top
if you're tired of life there's no need to stop
So climb a very large tree,
strong and tall
if you're tired of life it's okay to fall
So climb a very large tree,
stuck in the sand
To feel that living thing beneath your hands
So climb a very large tree,
and a very large branch
If you're tired life you should take that chance
so if you love feeling alive
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Fact Check
04:41
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Lately I’ve been fucking up
And it appears
Lately is a synonym
For 25 years
When I put your name in a song
Is it sincere?
Depends which syllables I stress
When I get there
Should I rewrite these words?
Should I show some more respect?
Or should I honestly sing
Every piece of shit,
That pops into my petty little head
Nothing rhyming’s ever true
It’s like phone sex
So I gather all my quarters up
And skip the fact check
When I put your name in a song
It’s insincere
To ever try to understand
Something so near
Should I carelessly spew
anything I want?
Or should I just try to sing
Something nice enough,
Because no one wants to hear a boring song
A voice is just a squeaky hinge
And the catch is
If I belt some nasty shit
I’ll get something
I’ll get something
Nothing rhyming’s ever true
But if the beats tight
You can cut up all your notebooks
Just get the tune right
When I used your name in a song
Was it sincere?
Well you won’t find the truth here
And that’s a fact dear
Should I sing this again
And again until I’m raw?
Or should I replace the words
With harmless hums and ha’s
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
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Education
03:22
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Who’s gonna save you now?
There’s no one here beside you
If you’re lost then you’re alone
And no one will ever find you
And you’ll wait and you’ll wait and you’ll wait
And you’ll wait and you’ll wait and you’ll wait
And you’ll wait and you’ll wait and you’ll wait
And who wants to help you out?
There’s no one here to cry to
If you think there’s something more
It’s because you have been lied to
And you’ll wait and you’ll wait and you’ll wait
And you’ll wait and you’ll wait and you’ll wait
And you’ll wait and you’ll wait and you’ll wait
And there’s no one here to talk to.
And there’s no one here to guide you
And there’s nothing here to get through
And there’s nothing here despite you
And you'll learn
And you'll learn
And you'll learn
And you'll learn
And you'll learn
And you'll learn
And you'll learn
And you'll learn
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Morning Time
04:18
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In the morning light
In the morning light
You open your eye
Then you open your eye
You'll open both eyes
And
Cry
It’s morning time
In the morning light
In the morning light
You open your eye
Then you open your eye
You'll open them wide
And
Cry
It’s morning time
It’s
Morning time
You’ll say it’s
Still morning time
In the morning light
In the morning light
You close your eye
Then you close your eye
You shut them both tight
And
Cry
Because it’s
Still morning time
You'll say it’s
Just morning time
You’ll shed tears
In the morning light
You’ll know fear
In the morning light
Nothing comes, nothing goes right
Sorrowing in the sunlight
Nothings raised abaft moonrise
Wallowing, sick of this life
You’ll shed tears
In the morning light
You’ll know fear
In the morning light
You’ll know nothing will ever be right,
In the morning light
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Joseph Landau Toronto, Ontario
Toronto Based guitarist/singer/accordionist. Go to my website to see more of my music.
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