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To Be Ace
04:39
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To be Ace is to be the best
cause you don't recognize the rest
To be Ace is over the top
and still rising cause you just won't stop
To be Ace is to take a stance
and dismiss all sycophants
To be Ace is to take it in stride
Burn the ticket and make your own ride
Well you might not have just what it takes
It's something that you just can't fake
You need panache and a certain grace
To be Ace
To be Ace
To be Ace
To be Ace is true and righteous
Suckin paint chips and huffin' nitrous
To be Ace is a piece of cake
Drop a dose on your coffee break
To be Ace is to live the dream
and if you gotta scream you just scream
To be Ace is to reject hate
and let love appreciate
Well you might not have just what it takes
It's something that you just can't fake
You need panache and a certain grace
To be Ace
To be Ace
To be
High functioning
Ne'er faltering
Try everything
Mind altering
x2
Ace!
To be Ace is to open the gates
walk through and embrace your fate
To be Ace is to make mistakes
and find beauty in a fucked up place
To be Ace is undefined
It ain't rare but it's hard to find
To be Ace is to blow some minds
Load out and get back to the grind
Well you might not have just what it takes
It's something that you just can't fake
You need panache and a certain grace
To be Ace
To be Ace
To be
High functioning
Ne'er faltering
Try everything
Mind altering
x2
Ace!
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2. |
Gelly
05:57
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3. |
Dear Theo
02:53
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Lookin' out my window, what do I see?
Bright green paint comin' down like rain
Concrete brick and limestone
Its all coming down
Take a picture and print it out
Uproot all the apples and the chestnut trees
See the roman empire comin' to its knees
Tear down the dry wall
What do you know what do you know
Good ideas come quick and then they go
Driving in a rainstorm what do i see
Drops of rain driving into me
Can you hear the growing of the crying sea
and If i fell would the trees hear me
Bring in the lobsters
Move it along move it along
Barely feel the boil then you're gone
I'm saint theresa in ecstasy
Keep your heart open keep your eyes on the roa
The heart it beats and blinks and then it goes
Tear Down the dry wall
what do you know what do you know
Good ideas come quick and then they go
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4. |
Weirding
07:00
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Weirding
We're weirding
Put the module on
Weirding
we're weirding
Get outside the song
You don't have to be wired to get weird
But it's good to be strange
When the weird stuff hits
have no fear
You're gonna feel no shame
Weirding
We're weirding
Passing through the void
Weirding
We're weirding
Time is just a toy
Cross the sea
Bridge the rift
Turn the key
to give the gift
You can't have supper without any sauce
You can't find nothin without getting lost
You can't build a house without breaking some rocks
You can't keep a good song stuck in a box
Weirding
Weirding
Weirding
Weirding
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You act like a god but you know you're a rat
You quack like a frog but you're ok with that
You don't have a choice, so what does it matter
Abandon your toys - the mirror must shatter
You could be a flower, but still merely human
Such is the power of the illusion
You don't wanna live like it's one long fight
But the man's got you stuck and he's twisting the knife
You're tossin and turnin all through the night
The person that you think about does not requite
The thoughts are getting louder- You're lost in the confusion
Such is the power of the illusion
You seen too much and you want it to end
You're lying along cause you killed all your friends
But it'd be the same if you did it again
You think you can't change cause you're playin pretend
You need a cold shower, but you deserve retribution
Such is the power of the illusion
You thought you were hacking into my mind
But you can't keep track when you're backwards in time
We're one and the same in a different zone
But I see your face and it's clear that you don't even know
Who you are and you don't really care
You shot for the stars and you fell down the stairs
You're covered in scars
But you hide em so clever
You're feeling bizarre - You fucked up forever
But you cower like a coward when you're offered a solution
Such is the power of the illusion
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6. |
Benefit
02:13
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May any benefit we may receive from making this music be shared with all.
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7. |
Snuff the Torch
03:51
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...and just like that
the darkness gave
one way and
another way...
Pretty man
Proto Manson
Desecrated grave
Zombie fandom
Daddy set you up
To be chosen at random
Certainly never
Sang my anthem
Bloated corpse
With half a finger
Spinning all
Through it's annointment
To any body
With half a 'head'
It's nothin but
a dissapointment
Step outside
Close the doors
Leave the cult and
Snuff the torch
You do your dance
In rich man's clothes
You take no stance
And everyone knows
Your passionless tone
is trés mauvais
Why don't you all just fade away?
Not a God
Not even good
You claim to rock
I wish you would
Claim to jam
You don't even sweat
You should get a job
And an Ace cassette
Step outside
Close the doors
Leave the cult and
Snuff the torch
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8. |
Gingerly
05:13
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With delicate caution
With egregious grace
I flow through life
Gingerly
Cause each moment is precious
A porcelain vase
Dripping liquid divine
Into the sea
Gingerly
One cannot grasp it
It slips and it slides
Spill it or smash it
Lord knows I've tried
But with a subtle panache
and a dreamlike pizazz
One can flow in a flash
and be free
You know how - Gingerly
Descended of the Nephilim
You wouldn't understand; you've never been
You never even tried to see our way
You're reckless and you wrecked the day
So I just go, and I just flow away
Gingerly
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9. |
Open the Gates
17:56
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Now
It's finally time
We can decide
To change our fate
So
Roll back the Blinds
Reset the time
and open the gates
Open the gates x6
Now
It's finally time
We can decide
To change our fate
So
Roll back the Blinds
Reset the time
and open the gates
Open the gates x6
Gather all the cash
Put it in a pile
Cover it with gas
and set it on fire
Dance on the ash
Feel your heart elate
While the markets crash
and we open the gates
Open the gates x6
Gather all the cash
Put it in a pile
Cover it with gas
and set it on fire
Dance on the ash
Feel your heart elate
While the markets crash
and we open the gates
Everything is coming true
Get the radio in tune
You hear me and I see you
Everything is coming
Everything is coming
X2
Static clears to find a groove
Hear the air between the two
Colors blend behind the blue
Any melody will do
Pull one out and watch it bloom
Sure as beauty, death is true
But something new is coming
something new is coming
Everything is coming true
Get the radio in tune
You hear me and I see you
Everything is coming
Everything is coming
X2
Something new is coming true
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10. |
Paint Chips
05:10
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Baby's first paint chip wasn't nothing special
He took it off the wall with a rusty bit of metal
Stuck it in his mouth and he sucked til it was gone
Next thing that you knew he had travelled way beyond
Pretty pretty paint chips all in a row
One by one sliding down his throat
Once he knew the magic he could not resist the taste
Purple was his favorite but no color went to waste
The rarer was the better; the hunt became a thrill
Silver gold and fuscia off of cars and window sills
Pretty pretty paint chips all in a row
One by one sliding down his throat
Pretty pretty paint chips
Manicolored paint chips
Lost forgotten paint chips
Dry and rotting paint chips
Yummy Yummy
Yummy Yummy
You have to understand, it's a cautionary tale
Only so much paint will make a body fail
The hunger took his mind - he couldn't get that fix
He sucked himself blind and he died in that ditch
Smothered in paint chips, our hero choked
A soggy rainbow clogging up his throat
Pretty pretty paint chips all in a row
One by one sliding down our throat
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11. |
Spin the World
07:05
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I hold out hope
For lasting love
Got a hungry soul
I can't get enough
Feel it down low
See it up above
I'm giving up control
So give it to me rough
Please
Spin my world
Spin my world
I hold out hope
The truth will out
I ain't no dope
I know what it's about
I feel it in my throat
Hear it when I shout
I have it when I hold
So I spin it all around
and around and around and around
Like I
Spin this world
Spin this world
I hold out hope
Against all odds
Deep down I know
All is not lost
I'm singing to you
No matter who you are
If you sing out too
We can all be stars
And we can
Spin this world
Spin this world
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Ace Bandage Brooklyn, New York
Jam Band from Brooklyn, NY.
Originals and covers, jams and
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