1. |
The Arrival
03:52
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2. |
Consolation
06:24
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Did you see the news today?
When did things get this way?
Can't trust your fellow man at all
And as things fall apart
Don't it just break your heart?
These are the days before the fall
But if it's any consolation
Things were always this way
Always at each other's throats
Only hitting sour notes
The gap between us grows and grows and grows
Can't agree to disagree
Too much at stake to ever cede
So round and round it goes and goes and goes
But if it's any consolation
Things were always this way
Yeah if it's any consolation
We were always this way
But if it's any consolation
Things were always this way
And if it's any consolation
We were always this way
There's never any consolation
Yeah we don't get a consolation
Why is there never consolation?
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3. |
Hold the Applause
03:36
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Why do you think you're so special
Deserving of all the applause and all god's love?
Why do you think we all love you
As if you were touched by an angel from heaven above?
Why do you think you're still breathing?
Did you think it was all of the good works you've done on this earth?
Why do you think we're still listening?
Do you think that your glory is really as much you're worth?
Well hold the applause
Yeah hold the applause
Why do you think this is happening
Do you think you're the star of a story of your very own?
Why do you think it's all ending
Leaving you hopeless and hapless and all on your own?
Well hold the applause
Yeah hold the applause
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4. |
The Last One
05:24
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When you're on your own
And you're all alone
You are the last one
When there's nothing left
And you're so bereft
You pulled a fast one
Could have had it all
But you built a wall
Left without a goodbye
Everybody asked
If you were coming back
But it was all a big lie
Gave you one more chance
To judge me in advance
But we left it half done
So that was my mistake
Gave you a chance to take
And that was the last one
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5. |
Coda
02:12
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6. |
How Do You Do It?
05:07
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Think about the poor lost souls
Who never get to hear what you know
How do they go about their lives?
Benighted, beaten and blue
Until they catch a glimpse of you
Now suddenly you've opened up their eyes
How do you do it?
I'm sure you'll tell us all some day
How did we get along
Without hearing your special song?
How did we ever get this far?
Here you come all shining bright
To teach all of us wrong from right
You'll never know how right you are
How do you do it?
I'm sure you'll tell us all some day
Two steps forward, one step back
And then you're back on the attack
But we know you'll save us in the end
You've come to light our way
To make sure everything's OK
I wish that we could see you as a friend
How do you do it?
I’m sure you'll tell us all some day
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7. |
Your Big Mistake
04:58
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So you've decided that you're bought into the lie
No need to look too deep, no need to question why
The answer's just a dream away
There's no tomorrow when you're living for today
This is the choice you always make
This fragile thing you love to break
We suffer, bound up in your fate
Both paying for your big mistake
Consequence is not a word that you hold dear
You shift the blame and claim you had no choice but fear
Somebody's got to stop the train
If not for you the whole damn world would go insane
This is the choice you always make
This special thing you love to take
We suffer, bound up in your fate
We're paying for your big mistake
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8. |
Go On
03:53
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Sometimes
I can't help but feel
Like this is all unreal
Like this is just a dream gone wrong
Some days
I feel like I could stay
Live another day
When I should really be long gone
Go on
Some way
Maybe it's all OK
It'll just go away
Then we can all get back to life
In time
We'll see that we're just fine
If we just close our eyes
And we don't try to fight
Go on
I know they'll never come for me
So hey
I see that it's too late
I should have seized the day
And let my voice rise high
Don't cry
There's always next time
To stand up and fight
But for now, goodbye
Go on
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9. |
All We Know
05:01
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Somebody told me
The way it goes is all we know
Don't bother looking
Won't find another way
Somebody knows me
No matter how I hide my face
Somebody shows me
The way to lead the way
And all we know is
That you're up there and we're down here
And all we know is
Don't let it slip away
Somebody found me
And set me straight, I tried to wait
But somebody bound me
To tell the world the way
What if I told you
That all you need is in your reach
Just come and tell me
What else lies in the way
And all we know is
That you're up there and we're down here
And all we know is
Don't let it slip away
And all we know is
That deep inside we hold our lies
And all we know is
They'll steal it all away
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10. |
Without You
03:56
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Without you
It's too late
To pretend
It's been great
Without you
There's only
The dark things
That I see
Without you
There's only
The end of
My story
Without you
We can't breathe
But somehow
We don't see
Without you
No seasons
We must have
Our reasons
Why would you go?
Why would you stay?
Without you
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11. |
These Fears
05:40
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Do I sound like I'm OK?
Have I earned the right to play?
Did I seize enough today?
Are we better off alone?
Can't be trusted on our own
Are we beaten to the bone?
Help me
Help me
Everything's gone
Help me
Help me
Everything's wrong
All these fears I've realized
Come to look me in the eyes
Tell me all their pretty lies
So concerned with being right
Almost given up the fight
First the dying, then the light
Help me
Help me
Everything's gone
Help me
Help me
Everything's wrong
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The Archivists
Inhabiting The Archive, not much is known about the Archivists themselves.
At the direction
of two central figures, the Archivists pull from their extensive musical references and influences to craft something completely new and utterly compelling.
As much a high-concept art project as a band, The Archivists are a long-distance collaboration between the humans Jordan Hirsch and Adam Mitchell.
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