1. |
Introduction
00:59
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Thank you for joining us. We are
the Ghost Funk Orchestra, and for
the next 40 minutes we’re going to
take a peek into your subconscious.
You’re not afraid to look, are you?
Well, let’s find out together.
Let’s see if we can get some of those
inner demons to climb their way
to the surface.
To enhance your listening experience,
we recommend turning off your lights
and unplugging your telephone.
Better yet, close your eyes.
Allow your mind to wander.
This is a perfectly normal part of the
experience. As long as your headphones
are on, you’re safe and hidden.
Enjoy ‘An Ode To Escapism.’
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2. |
Overture
01:36
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3. |
Little Bird
04:15
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Little bird
You’re not saying a word
Look around
This is your town
Make the most of this situation
Dig the roots of infatuation
Never knew they took you for a fool
Never knew they took you for a fool
Never knew they took you for a fool
Never knew they took you for a fool
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4. |
Stoop Talk
02:08
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5. |
Step Back (Wild Child)
02:15
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I’m making bad decisions
And blame it on the rain
Left to my devices
I’d waste another day
Why should I go outside?
There’s nothing but evil out there
Step
Back
Wild
Child
Step
Back
Wild
Child
They made a small incision
To look inside her brain
What did they discover?
Just more of the same
How did we get this low?
And why do we move so slow?
Step
Back
Wild
Child
Step
Back
Wild
Child
Step
Back
Wild
Child
Step
Back
Wild
Child
You’re doing great.
Are your eyes still closed?
Don’t forget to breathe.
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6. |
Fuzzy Logic
03:07
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My home
I can’t seem to find
The right direction, but
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
Waiting for something
Trying to find the light side
Of my reflection
Before the moment’s gone
Ooooooooh...
Made a home from an anthill
Every corner I could fill
Surround the creeps and
Keep them warm
But who’s to say if I’m
Better than the passerby
For keeping heart
Away from harm?
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7. |
Pause I
00:29
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I know that sometimes it seems
impossible to face the world.
So much drama and ugliness, right?
If you close your eyes does it
all get easier?
Or is the darkness behind your eyelids
where something more sinister lives?
Who on earth is that pesky voice that
keeps telling you to hide for days
in your bedroom?
You’re still breathing, right?
Good.
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8. |
Quiet Soul
04:10
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Quiet soul...
...why leave home?
Quiet soul...
...why leave home?
Quiet soul...
...why leave home?
Quiet soul...
...why leave home?
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9. |
Mourning
00:38
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Morning is heavy
Waking up reluctantly
Between me and the mirror
I’m not all I can be
Reheated coffee
Next to where I lie
Between me and my phone
Need a love of my own
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10. |
Drop Me A Line
03:28
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Hung my heels on the towel rack
By the glow of a vanity mirror
Every station’s dead, they said
Such a shame there’s
Nowhere better than here
So I won’t
Leave it alone
Can’t see out of the window screen
Through the steam
Rising up from the floor
Swear to god the heater never worked
And they never put a lock on the door
But I won’t
Leave it alone
Am I more than a phone?
Am I more than a phone?
Am I more than a phone?
Tight throat and a heavy chest
Should I breathe or
Collapse to the floor?
All those voices
Well they don’t make sense
Every gospel bottled up as the cure
Still I won’t
Leave it alone
Am I more than a phone?
Am I more than a phone?
Am I more than a phone?
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11. |
Pause II
00:25
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Now that we've gotten to know
each other a little bit, let’s talk
about how you like to show yourself
to the world. Come on, you can tell me.
Is it really all that honest?
All those other folks live such
interesting lives, don’t they?
How could you possibly keep up?
It must be exhausting, but
is it all real?
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12. |
Queen Bee
02:45
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Pulled myself out of a black hole
Put myself together to go be seen
Painted a picture of a burdened soul
Far too encumbered to be a queen
Why should I have to care?
Why would I mind if they stare?
Fact is that fiction is all they seem
To know of me
Read deep into a fractured history
I’d take back the pictures hanging
On that wall
If they really meant anything at all
Why should I have to care?
Why would I mind if they stare?
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13. |
Korban Olah
02:00
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14. |
Toujours
02:17
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Le fille dans le miroir
Est simplement
Autant heureuse, que
Son monde
<<Qui vivre verra>>
Mais non
Toujours
Mon coeur
Se cache
De l’horreur
Mais qui as le temps
Pour danser?
Mon cerveau est tellement
Mâché
Je vais tout quitter
Pour rester
Caché...
(Caché)
Caché...
(Caché)
Caché...
(Caché)
Caché...
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15. |
Pause III
01:02
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Inhale...and exhale.
Great! Now was that so hard?
You could have been doing this all along.
But I bet you weren’t.
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16. |
King Of Misdirection
03:23
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I was staring at the wall
Until the paint began to bleed
And the covers on my bed
Turned into paper
(Say it again)
The world was spinning
Outside
My
Door
And sea began to rise
Up from the floor
(Say it again)
Now someone told me,
“Don’t turn on the TV!
Until we figure something out
There’s nothing good on there to see!”
(Say it again)
Well I’m not really one
To follow their advice
But a break from all the madness
Might be nice
(Say it again)
So now I’m stranded with my phone
Wondering when they’re gonna call
Cause this waiting game is
Getting pretty old
(Say it again)
But I feel safer
Inside
My
Walls
Than I do when I go out
Into the cold
(Say it again)
If my boots were made to walk
And my lips were made to talk
And that heart of mine is
Beating like a drum
(Say it again)
Give myself some time to breathe
Cause we all know that’s
What I need
Until the King of Misdirection
Takes a knee
(Say it again)
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17. |
Cost Of Living
04:09
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Suddenly
Think I see
Someone off in the distance
And they’re looking back
Who
Could
It
Be?
Maybe I
Ought to try
Somewhere else for a season
And run away
Run away
Costs nothing more
Than a home
I’ve read my predictions
Silly as they tend to be
Nowehere to go
The more I know
Wasting time
Feels sublime
To turn it off for a moment
And I’m shutting down
So
Long
To
Me
No one’s home for
The telephone
Ringing off of the table
Should we let it fall?
Fall to pieces
What good to know
Something more?
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