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Thinking Inside The Box

by dirtybirdpdx

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1.
Collapse 03:31
Oh no another, short fuse day I swear its true, its like the other day Listening to everyone else or throw it all away Everything you’re fighting, is right in here Show your face and the short fuse causes everything You can't do this on your own No matter what you say, the chaos is all over your ways I can’t stop the madness so much inside Like a hi-speed chase, stuck in drive, drive, drive Are you still following Collapsing at the seams No room for complaint No more curveballs thrown in the rain In and out of crazy town never letting out the clown Are you still following Collapsing at the seams
2.
Steady Head 04:05
Bring to me, suddenly Your world arrives, sight unseen Try not to blow your mind Thank you for your steady head One, for real, but I don’t need you to think and feel Lift your head and tell it all, tell me something I don’t know before I fall Its with me all the time, reminds me how to shine Sorry to be stuck in memory lane, when does fun turn into pain You’ve become something, something more What did you bring, subtlety, lingering, subtlety One, for real, but I don’t need you to think and feel Lift your head and tell it all, tell me something I don’t know before I fall
3.
Nu Balance 03:43
Bet you‘d come out on top for good And I’d take the bad, like I should Life don’t work like that, grab into what you had Like it should it don’t work like it could Never knew what to say, planning all the same A window with no seal slipped through and disappeared Everything is skewed, no sure it’s me or you What are we waiting for, when does this clock really start? I can’t change, start me up again I can’t change, get me going Tiptoe to death when does time work in your favor Gone with the wind, my voice prevailed Time to contain, shut the fuck up live this pain Judge, critique, and stare, A modern day Neanderthal, is it natural not to have it all I can’t change, start me up again I can’t change, get me going When does this clock really start? I can’t change, start me up again I can’t change, get me going
4.
I don’t want to give the gift of getting through this mud with you This mind control, letting go I can’t believe how fragile I’ve become, what happened to confidence Will I get I back? It’s all behind the lid I’m running into everything Trapped inside caveman like Every day is survival, rate Thoughts are everything but what if your thoughts are the worst kind of enemy How cowardly I found It’s all behind the lid I’m running into everything Trapped inside caveman like Every day is survival, rate
5.
We had you later in life, you were a true miracle So scared of what to become, completely random like everything else is Someone calls it god’s will, I call it natural, but its all really the same Because You come with real big tears, Way to make us bitter sweet day is tough Bringing so much fear You have no idea what I keep inside, I might blurt it out, I might slowly die But I’ve come full circle back to you and that should be enough because You come with real big tears, Way to make us bitter sweet day is tough Bringing so much fear
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released April 29, 2014

All songs written and performed by John Elkins except "Just What I Needed" written by Ric Ocasek.

Produced by John Elkins and Jeremy Wilkins.
Recorded by John Elkins at HEARTH
Except "Just What I Needed" recorded by Jeremy Wilkins at underwater research and design.

Mixed and mastered by Jeremy Wilkins at underwater research and design.

Additional programming and keyboards by Jeremy Wilkins.
Backing vocals on "Just What I Needed" by Britt White.

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