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Verse 1:
Everything is not what it seems
So many pretty pretty things
Sometimes what you see is all you get
No future Shangri-La
Just compromise
With thoughts and lies
All your life
Chorus:
When the truth comes down
truth comes down
We better put our faith in something
When the truth comes
truth comes down
It's a miracle
lost and found
Verse 2
When reality starts to cave in
the mindless mob will suck you in
civility is thrown aside
where will you reside?
Chorus:
When the truth comes down
truth comes down
We better put our faith in something
When the truth comes down
truth comes down
It's a miracle
Bridge:
Can you handle it when the voices come to you
and they tell you something crazy like it's all up to you
Can you handle it when a fish starts talkin' to you sayin'
You are chosen
You are chosen
You are chosen
You are chosen
RAP:
Here comes the truth
straight down the pipeline
think you can hang
stick to the white lie
time will reveal
whose on the right side
truth will prevail
just don't get sidelined
red pill or blue
lie or the truth
whichever one you choose
you cant hide from you
when it rains it pours
cat dogs and wars
look into their eyes
see all their flaws
Temporary pain
the truth still
remains
its the one who lies
that casts all the blame
trust yourself
you hold the key
unlock the truth and
set yaself free
Chorus (Outro)
When the truth comes down
truth comes down
We better put our faith in something
When the truth comes down
truth comes down
Truth comes down
Truth comes down
Cause the truth is coming down
Truth is coming down
Better put our faith in something
Truth is coming down
The truth is coming down
It's a miracle
Lost and found
Truth comes down (yeah)
Truth comes down (yeah)
Truth comes down (whoo)
The truth is coming down (yeah)
Truth is coming down (yeah)
Truth is coming down (whoo)
Truth is coming down (whoo)
Truth is coming down (yeah)
The truth is coming down
Watch your heads!!
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2. |
Drown in Blue
03:59
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I'm on the move
I'm on the move
I can't stop
cause if I do
It's gonna get me
It's gonna get me
gotta keep moving
all the time
gotta keep busy
or I'll lose my mind
walk fast talk fast work fast think fast
see --- nothin' slow bout me
I'm a speed demon
I gotta be
cause if I ain't
the party's over
the party's over
it's not that my life is so bad, it's pretty good actually
it's just that the world can be rotten
and I don't wanna drown in blue
don't wanna drown in blue
I'm on the move I'm on the move
I'm on the move (I'm non the move
I can't stop ( I can't stop0
cause if I do (cause if I do)
It's gonna get me (4x)
SPOKEN WORD:
One time I did it, I slowed down, and sure enough, it got me.
Just when I was feelin' really good and clean and comfy
Like when your mama take you out of your bath and wraps you up with one of them towels with the hoods and pours baby powder all over you. MMMMMM. I was feeling fine.
And just then it grabbed me by the throat,
so hard, I couldn't breathe,
so hard, I could feel my chest burst
and the next thing I knew, my heart was racing
and I couldn't stop it and my usual optimistic self
was seeing the whole world in blueeeee
Afraid it's coming down on me
And my turn is comin' next
keep me a prisoner forever
And forever seems so long in blue
don't wanna drown in blue
Drown in Blue
Don't wanna drown in blue
Drown in blue
(I'm on the move, I'm on the move)
I can't stop, cause if I do
(Blue)
the party's over, the party's over,
(Blue(
The party's over.
The party's over.
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3. |
Falling Sideways
03:13
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Sitting at a café wondering why
The countertop is awfully high
How did I get here
How did I get here
Waiting at the station counting sheep
(Willoughby, next stop, Willoughby)
They are so tired they haven't made a peep
How did I get here
How did I get here
Chorus:
Once upon a time I had a dream
Once upon a time I had a dream
Had a dream
Had a dream
Had
A
Dream
Verse:
Hold my breath until my face turns blue
Don't diagnose me it's something I do
(are you comfortable in that chair?)
How did I get here
How did I get here
SPOKEN:
He said: A miracle is an event not explicable by natural or scientific laws
Why? Because a miracle is an event not explicable by natural or scientific laws,
he said
A miracle is an event not explicable by natural or scientific laws
Verse:
Falling sideways at the movie show
(so far so good)
That's Ok I was in the first row
How did I get here
How did I get here
Laughing at our screaming every day
I don't mind it, I just slip away
How did we get here
How did we get here
(how did we get here)
Chorus:
Once upon a time I had a dream
Once upon a time I had a dream
Had a dream
Had a dream
Had
A
Dream
Had a dream
(repeat)
Verse:
hold my face until my breath turns blue
happy ever after
how bout you?
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4. |
Dance The Tango
03:23
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I read about your death
in the local paper
Said your age, 54,
Left a note
couldn't take it anymore anymore anymore
Anymore anymore anymore
I read about your death
in the local paper
not married, no family
Devoted to your job
But they forgot to mention how you liked to laugh
And how you loved to dance the tango
But they forgot to mention how you liked to laugh
And how you loved to dance the tango
Oh oh oh
you were a woman with no outside life
that is the story they'll tell us today
How to flesh out a life in so few words?
Explain such a tragedy, it is so absurd
they like to keep it simple
for the reader to understand
so they tell us her life was empty sad and bland
How to flesh out a life in so few words?
Explain such a tragedy, it is so absurd
I read about your death
in the local paper
Said your age, 54,
Left a note, couldn't take it anymore anymore anymore
Anymore anymore anymore
Anymore anymore anymore
Anymore anymore anymore
Anymore anymore anymore
But they forgot to mention how you liked to laugh
And how you loved to dance the tango
But they forgot to mention how you liked to laugh
And how you loved to dance the tango
Dance the Tango
Dance the tango
Dance the tango
Dango the tango
Dance dance dance dance dance
Dance the tango
Ooh oooh ooooh
Dance the tango
Oh oh ohh
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5. |
Dreamland
03:28
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Verse:
I love you
You don't know me
and here we are
On the pinnacle of fading away
Just like yesterday
Chorus:
Why don't we hold hands through the night
Pretend it's all alright
Like we're livin' in a dreamland
Livin' in a dream land
Verse:
I went to see my mom
She's not doing too well
Or should I say
Time is taking its toll ol ol
She said,
what's it all for
I'm still hungering for more
And after all is done
you think I've learned something to take away
do you think it's too late
for us
Chorus:
to hold hands through the night
pretend it's all alright
like we're livin' in a dreamland
livin' in a dream land
dreamland
she's livin' in a dream land
Bridge:
I don't have any answers that you want to hear
dealing with my own life
dealing with my own fears
Making it all up as I go along
Don't know where I'm headed to
Don't know if I'm strong
but somewhere out in limbo between right and wrong
Dreamland
livin' in a dreamland
Dreamland
I'm livin' in a dreamland
Chorus Outro:
Why don't we hold hands through the night
Pretend it's all alright
Like we're livin' in a dreamland
Livin' in a dream land
dreamland
she's livin' in a dream land
Why don't we hold hands through the night
Pretend it's all alright
Like we're livin' in a dreamland
dreamland
I'll pretend it's all alright
I'll pretend it's all alright
In our dreamland
Let's pretend it's all alright
Let's pretend it's all alright
In our dream dream dream dream dream dream dream dream
Oh oh oh.
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6. |
DFWME
04:23
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I'm just about to blow out
G-d I need to chill out
Lately I've been manic
Please don't let panic
But I didn't want to deal, I didn't want to feel
after seeing Him, Him, Him
I'm just about to blow out
G-d I need to chill out
Lately I've been manic
Please don't let me panic
But I didn't want to deal, I didn't want to feel
After seeing Him him him
It's hard to shake obsession
I know this is my lesson
DONT FUCK WITH MY EMOTIONS
DON'T FUCK WITH MY EMOTIONS
You see I work so hard
Putting up my guard
Stay on an even keel
When for years my daughter wouldn't even eat her meals
That's Ok, I'm fine
Thank G-d I'm not crazy
That's my everyday line
That's Ok, I'm fine
Thank G-d I'm not crazy
That's my everyday line
Meanwhile all the while
Shits adding to the pile
Doctors, therapists,
She's cutting up her wrists
Afraid of marriage bed
It's fucking up my head
It's hard to shake obsession
I know this is my lesson
DON'T FUCK WITH MY EMOTIONS
DON'T FUCK WITH MY EMOTIONS
Help Me Help me I am scared
Help Me Help me I am mad
Help me help me I am sad
Help me help me I am scared
It's hard to shake obsession
I know this is my lesson
DON'T FUCK WITH MY EMOTIONS
DON'T FUCK WITH MY EMOTIONS
Help Me Help me I am scared
Help Me Help me I am mad
Help me help me I am sad
Help me help me I am scared
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Marla Mase New York, New York
Marla Mase is a writer/performer from New York City. She writes songs, plays, erotica, blogs, & poems. She is known for her provocative performance style, intelligent lyrics & is regarded as a musical pioneer by her peers. Her songs are a fusion of rock-n-roll, spoken word, funk, punk, and Global Soul. Marla is backed by the True Groove All-Stars and is signed to True Groove Records. ... more
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