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The Wake
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Abney Park
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"Joe Versus The Volcano" sample:
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"My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake, and they live in a state of constant, total amazement."
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Sung:
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Debbie dates daily with a boy for every finger
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She leaves with one now and leaves another left to linger
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Coldly Debbie tells me it's a world of give and take
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But I say, Debbie, bring it closer to the wake
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In today's society, too little anxiety falls in the right place
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People hurting each other, no care for another
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Can you stand your own face? Listen to me now -
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People gotta stop hurting themselves
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Stop! Now, now, now - bring it closer to the wake!
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Listen to me now -
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Stop! Now, now, now - bring it closer to the wake!
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Billy blows bubbles that are filled with marijuana
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To rebel from all the troubles he was chained to by his mama
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Sadly Billy tells me that his happiness is fake
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But I say, Billy, bring it closer to the wake
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In today's society, too little anxiety falls in the right place
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People hurting each other, no care for another
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Can you stand your own face? Listen to me now -
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People gotta stop hurting themselves
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Stop! Now, now, now - bring it closer to the wake!
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Listen to me now -
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Stop! Now, now, now - bring it closer to the wake!
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Jason jets his Jag up to a speed that's past eleven
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Jason buys a house that makes him feel like he's in heaven
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Bill's been paying Jason, Bill's friends are Jason's take (at least for now)
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But I just talked to Bill, Jason's further from the wake - bring it back!
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In today's society, too little anxiety falls in the right place
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People hurting each other, no care for another
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Can you stand your own face? Listen to me now -
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People gotta stop hurting themselves
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Stop! Now, now, now - bring it closer to the wake!
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Listen to me now -
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Stop! Now, now, now - bring it closer to the wake!
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Now, you and I have been through much and we've both had Debbie's problem
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We've both used Billy's eyes to find our troubles and try to solve them
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But let's not use each other, for Jason's world was fake
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Only we can work together to bring us closer to the wake
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Listen to me now, people -
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Stop!
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Stop!
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"Joe Versus The Volcano" sample:
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"It's hard to describe the process. I'm not going to tell you who you are. I don't know who you are. I don't want to know. It's taken me all my life to find out who I am, and I am tired. Now, you're just - "
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