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Dear Liberty
01:56
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It’s been 15 years
Since we lived our worst fears
I always said I’d die for you
Dear Liberty
What catastrophe
I write these words so I can feel
Something more than hopelessness
It’s been an ordeal
Since you died on Pill Hill
I immolated both of you
All brought to our knees
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Out Of Their Minds
01:34
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Recovery was so slow, at first
Some survived, barely alive
Would you believe that some wouldn’t be cured?
They went out of their minds
Refused to see
Danger all around them
Just not disease
How else can I put it?
Institutionalized fear was endemic
You know what they say …
We are own worst enemy sometimes
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We All Know Better Now
02:04
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In the "before times"
We had luxury
In the "after times"
We knew suffering
But we all know better now
We all know better now
If you could only see it now, Liberty
These shiny Portland streets
No want, no need
Just a blind, obedient puppetry
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4. |
Simple Thing
02:19
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Sometimes in my mind’s eye
I see the better times
Walking down Stark
Walking down lonely streets
It’s a simple thing
A living memory
I’m just living in the space
Between time and place
(with you)
Sometimes in my mind’s eye
I see the before times
It’s been so long
But it feels like yesterday
Loss
Regret
I’m only human
I miss you
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Her Name
01:24
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I know it’s weird,
But I wish that you could meet her
Although you’re not her mother
You’d still like her name
Remember that one night in the cemetery?
When I broke our last match?
You told me you were pregnant
I'd never felt so dead inside
I wish I could apologize
I wish we’d never left that squat
But now things are slightly better
When I say her name
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Oregone
03:00
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They came in droves
After the black helicopters took charge
A writhing mass of humanity
Marching up Pill Hill
It was a sight to behold
So many holding onto hope
So many deaths to unfold
It would take years
Before it all died down
It was just the beginning
Left to die in Oregone
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So many have years come and gone
So many fears have left their sting
So many rights turned into wrongs
Optimism turned ugly feelings
In the power vacuum
Many tried
To take control
But eventually
We just decided to cooperate
Yeah, things work better that day
We’re gonna figure it out
I should keep quiet
I shouldn’t be saying these things
Liberty
We paid a price
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8. |
Dead For Nothing
01:33
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Remember when
We climbed the hill?
To the reservoir?
Mount Tabor
They were dead for nothing
I keep living it like a bad dream
I can’t wake up from
All these years
It's fucking crazy
They were dead for nothing
Bones and bones ...
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9. |
The Reservoir
01:41
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I never made it the rolling hills
I stayed inside the dead city
I guess I couldn’t shake the feeling
That this was good enough
I guess it’s with the benefit of hindsight
That I know now you were mostly right
When you said you used to feel something
But then you felt you dried up and died
Heading down to the reservoir
Bodies floating in the reservoir
I still see them in my mind’s eye
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There is a fight that never dies out
Even in the good times
It’s always nagging in the back of minds
Even in the weird times
Surveillance society
Watching us
But ignoring the source of our disease
Fifteen years ago you died in my arms
I only wish we’d wasted more time than we did
Burned out on Burnside
But we had each other
I guess maybe it’s time to move on
I have a family now
Everything seems okay
As long as you just shut your mouth
And watch what you search for
Watch what you long for
Watch everything
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