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THE ANIMATORS - Home By Now

by Alex Wong

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1.
Nice Guy 03:47
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I know that she won't admit but half the time she likes it some days I think it's all she gets bad attention is better than none at all she won't call but it's nice to know that she exists if not in heart and mind at least as ass and tits I wanna be a nice guy I wanna be a good guy (now it's time to get off the fence I don't care about consequence you might call it self-defense it's just lack of confidence) I don't believe; I won't admit that's the way she likes it I just ignore the things she says while in her bed (now it's time to get off the fence I don't care about consequence you might call it self-defense it's just...) I am the nice guy! I am the nice guy! I don't even know why I am the nice guy! always the nice guy! I don't even know why I know, I know she won't admit but half the time she likes it some days I think it's all she gets: bad attention (i am the nice guy! I am the nice guy! I don't even know why I am the nice guy! always the nice guy!) I don't even know why any attention I wanna be a nice guy I wanna be a good guy I don't even know why bad attention any attention
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Rearrange 04:40
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It's like you turned around and found yourself alone Disbelieving all the things you thought you'd known And if you never were a loner Maybe childhood's finally over It's not as if you have a terror of camaraderie But everybody knows that company loves misery 'cause Naked need is an attraction But you can't feign the right reaction Rearrange each day So no one's gonna ask how you're feeling inside Rearrange each day Keep the phone ringing and just watch the dollar sign You can't change what you can't change No one told you to change When your friends are strangers who's gonna change your mind? So intent on finding a place you belong But discontented when you're anywhere for long Were you ever so impatient? Or is it more like desperation? Rearrange each day So no one's gonna ask how you're feeling inside Rearrange each day Keep the phone ringing and just watch the dollar sign You can't change what you can't change No one told you to change When your friends are strangers who's gonna change your mind?
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Girl #3 04:50
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Some days she lies in her bed living someone else's life in her head Blazing a brilliant trail up to the Hollywood hills Drop the bills in someone else's mail Another day of sun in her face In the Valley air it's so hard to concentrate Another day of not yet And she swore fame before regret But it's so quiet on the set There's a light in the sky All these years she's been steering by Is it so far from a starlet to a star? A sea of S.U.V.'s and minivans Where there should have been a throng of adoring fans The trailer promised so much more before the best years of her life fell to the cutting room floor There's a light in her eyes that's still waiting to be televised Is it so far from a starlet to a star? Ten thousand light years through a telescopic lens You can just make out the light it sends Ten thousand light years through a telescopic lens Do you think we're gonna be here when it ends? Is it so far from a starlet to a star?
4.
The Drive 05:14
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You take the wheel, I don't know how long i've been driving Have another drink, another cigarette, to setle you down Just twenty-four hours to go, if we stay on 'till morning So keep your eyes on the road Breathe deep but don't make a sound From what I recall, this was the time of my life then even thirty-six hours awake couldn't settle me down Believe what you want — I never said I wasn't ready So keep your hands on the wheel Look back but don't turn around I live alone in a beautiful home There's only so much to see Well you still look amazing to me Fever pitch is coming The crowds are stampeding Nobody's making a sound When the world still looks amazing on the way down The faster we went, the days only seemed to get longer Even red and white lights in the rearview weren't slowing us down The seatbelts, the airbags, the rollbars all waiting and ready But I didn't know you could crash just by staring at the ground I live alone in a beautiful homeT There's only so much to see But you still look amazing on TV Fever pitch is coming The crowds are stampeding Nobody's making a sound When the world still looks amazing on the way down So just tell me the truth: Should I do what i'm told? Did we get there on time? Should I have the car towed? Am I just growing up or am I growing old? Am I growing old? Am I growing old?
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Better Not Say 04:26
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I would say I'm happy for you if only it were true And i could count the ways i adore you but what good would it do? While I was wishing for perfection on some romantic star I let you go the wrong direction as perfect as you are You're better than candy You're better than cake You're better than all that I asked you to take You're better than whiskey So you better not tell me If you're better off without me you better not, better not say You won't send an invitation and I won't send a card You'll collect your congratulations while I show off my scar And I can live with this conclusion 'cause I know you'll be fine But won't you leave me my illusion that i could change your mind? 'Cause you're better than Amy You're better than Kate You're better than one more desultory date You're better than whiskey So you better not tell me If you're better off without me You better not, you better not say You better not write me You better not call me You better not come to my door You better not hold me 'cause what if you told me you were better off without me? If you're better off without me If you're better off without me you better not You better not say There's a world that's just like this one in some far galaxy here someone just like you is embracing someone just like me
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Medicine 02:57
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I'm not brave enough; give me one more drink I'm not smart enough, and it helps me think I'm not happy enough, and i want to be happy I'm not tall enough, so I take this pill I'm not calm enough 'cause i never could keep still I don't know if it's good for me but everyone else is doing it around me Everybody take your medicine Everybody do the drug you do Everybody take your medicine So you keep on muddling through If it's strong enough, it could make my day Is it wrong enough that you'd take it away I'm not healthy enough and it helps me feel better I'm not cool enough to just say no I'm not fool enough to do what i've been told I don't know if it's good for me but it works Yeah it works for me Everybody take your medicine Everybody do the drug you do Everybody take your medicine so you keep on muddling through with your medicine In thousands of centers nationwide we got the best minds working overtime and they won't stop until they put happiness into a pill So will you take it? I bet you will! I know I will! Everybody take your medicine Everybody do the drug you do Everybody take your medicine Everybody do the drug you do
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A Perfect World 04:19
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It should have been okay We could have walked away before the sirens sounded This was just another score I've gotten out before but now you've got the place surrounded In a perfect world the leaves don't turn The seasons never come around In a perfect world the sun don't burn and I never let you in so I never had to let you down Now I wish I had a plan for meeting your demands You refuse negotiation and i'm trying to decide the shootout or my hands held high I'm afraid of confrontation In a perfect world the leaves don't turn the seasons never come around In a perfect world the sun don't burn and I never let you in so I never had to let you down So this is how it all plays out This is how it has to be It was the perfect crime I could've left without a sound but you were not supposed to fall for me
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Simple 04:10
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Her eyes are too wide for a city girl but she was downtown born and raised Don't even try to surprise her but she can be easily amazed She's seen enough, she oughta be jaded but she still feels all that she can And she's clever enough to be all complicated but she's easy enough to understand She's simple like a circle Simple like a smile Kisses like a grownup and loves me like a child After all this time I've been running away she makes it so, so simple to stay It's easy to start her laughing She can't hold anything inside And it's easy to bring the tears to her eyes but it's hard to imagine that anyone would try She's simple like a circle Simple like a smile Kisses like a grownup and loves me like a child After all this time I've been running away She makes it so, so simple to stay And when the light falls on the Chrysler building right she can be glad about it Through the day into the night Well i guess you'd call that simple right? She's simple like a circle Simple like a smile Kisses like a grownup and dreams like a child Simple like a love song Simple like a ring She might get the words wrong but she's gonna sing She's simple like an ocean Simple like sigh She'll tell you a story but she can't tell a lie There's nobody like her so why would i run away? She makes it so, so simple to stay.
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If Only 06:19
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The sun is slowly sinking on the turnpike The color of the flares on the road On the radio they say the driver jackknifed and walked off across the marshes Jet planes on approach to the runway Landing lights like pearls on a burn When you never even knew where you came from You can't return If only you told me where we were going If only you told me how i should feel If only the crimes we've done were made for these times We'd be home by now I was never any good at navigation I can barely read a compass rose And I never want to know the destination Just that someone knows If only you told me where we were going If only you told me how i should feel If only the crimes we've done were made for these times We'd be home by now
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How To Get By 04:10
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Keep the rhythm up and keep the timing up and Don't let them know you've lost your place Keep the curtains drawn and keep the nightlight on Disappear without a trace I remember when, well, things were different then You said they'd never understand us And all I want to know is that we're not so crazy All I want to know is that we're not cracking up Just a word or two is all I need from you And maybe, maybe, maybe maybe that's enough Keep your makeup on and keep your cellphone on and keep that suntan on your face Keep the payments up and keep on keepin' up 'cause everybody else is keeping pace I remember when you took me back again You said you knew that we'd regret this And all i want to know is that we're not so crazy All i want to know is that we're not cracking up Just a word or two is all I need from you and maybe, maybe, maybe Safety bars on the roller coaster don't fit right on my shoulders I'm still afraid of falling out Here comes another drop I wish that you could make it stop I'm tired of living upside-down I want to know we're still getting somewhere I want to know we're still doing it right I wish you would tell me we're all going crazy But maybe, maybe, maybe it's just me it's just me
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Help Is On The Way 05:58
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Holding on with all of your strength Counting on what's left of your faith with every breath feeling it fading The broken plans the chances you missed your aching hands balled into fists days into weeks, weeks into floating You have the training for this Just keep your cool and you'll walk out Catch your breath in the eye of the storm It's coming back much worse than before and it takes some time to mount a search and rescue So bite down and gather your strength You'll find out just how much you can take It's such a vital thing to learn We're coming now just as fast as we can but you have to know you must understand there's so many others! Stay at your post stick to your guns stay on the trigger till your cavalry comes Help is on the way Help is on the way Help is on the way Help is on the way HELP IS ON THE WAY HELP IS ON THE WAY HELP IS ON THE WAY HELP IS ON THE WAY

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released May 1, 2003

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