1. |
Skeleton Key
02:55
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I’ve got it in my hand
A solution for any situation
It’s all according to plan
This familiar combination
Keep it out of sight
Hidden away from view
A secret unfolding
Revealing what is true
Skeleton key
To all your secret places
Lock it away
In all your hidden spaces
I’m everywhere you are
I have access to everything
Doors or gates or bolts or bars
I can get through anything
Keep it out of sight
Hidden away from view
A secret unfolding
Revealing what is true
Skeleton key
To all your secret places
Lock it away
In all your hidden spaces
I type your password in
Your defenses are down
But did you let me win
To keep me from getting out?
Keep it out of sight
Hidden away from view
A secret unfolding
Revealing what is true
Skeleton key
To all your secret places
Lock it away
In all your hidden spaces
Skeleton key
To all your secret places
Lock it away
In all your hidden spaces
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2. |
No Memory
02:50
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Jimmy had a problem in his job
He couldn’t focus cause his heart throbbed
Passing by her desk he would cry
Been two weeks since she said goodbye
Seemed to occupy all of his thoughts
What could he do? He was distraught
Seeing us put his mind at ease
Now he lives his life as he pleases
With no memory
No memory
At No Memory
No memory
Poor Becky she had been betrayed
Her friend revealed the truth she conveyed
Everyone learned the secret she had hid
An injustice she could never rid
Years later she hadn’t forgot
Trusting anyone still remained so fraught
She came to see us and what do you know
Her mind became as pure as driven snow
With no memory
No memory
At No Memory
No memory
Scars of the mind don’t simply go away
They can wound, disrupt and trouble you every day
We’ll provide you the helping hand you need
In a few short sessions you’ll be free, satisfaction guaranteed
With no memory
(Come see us)
No memory
(We’ll help you)
At No Memory
(Come see us)
At No Memory
(We’ll help you)
With no memory
(Come see us)
No memory
(We’ll help you)
At No Memory
(Come see us)
At No Memory
(We’ll help you)
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3. |
Two Hits
03:13
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Once is a blessing
And twice is a fluke
Keep the party going
While you're bulletproof
It might take your whole life
To get to the top
When you're high on the charts
You can't drop
One two!
Make it four on the floor
People lining up outside of the door
Making music
While the audience screams
Keep the motor running on the American dream
Once you're flying high
You think you'll never come down
Private jets keep you safe
From the ground
Changed your name now
You'll never regret
The folks you left behind
And you try to forget
One two!
Make it four on the floor
People lining up outside of the door
Making music
While the audience screams
Keep the motor running on the American dream
Alone with your demons
They haunt only you
Push away anyone
Who tries to get through
You blame the world
While you blame yourself
Every eruption
Another cry for help
But you're back on the road
Back in the studio
Whatever it takes
To play the next show
One two!
Make it four on the floor
People lining up outside of the door
Making music
While the audience screams
Keep the motor running on the American dream
One two!
Make it four on the floor
People lining up outside of the door
Making music
While the audience screams
Keep the motor running
One two!
Keep the motor running on the American dream
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4. |
Secret Handshake
02:54
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I got away as fast as I could
I had no idea where I was going
Or what I would do when I got there
But I kept running and running and running and running
The rising sun had yet to burn off the morning dew
Blades of grass glistened in the sun as my wet feet ripped through them
I wiped my brow repeatedly with the back of my hand
My eyes stinging from the sweat trickling into them
I felt the beginning of a stitch in my side
As the lactic acid started to build up
I kept running and running and running
And did everything I could to keep running!
We're waiting for your
Hope you know how to get through
I didn't know what road to take
I didn't know what case to make
I had to prove I wasn't fake
With something more than
A secret handshake
I turned the corner and sped down the alleyway
I was racing downhill, leaning forward I almost began to tumble
I didn't look down but I could feel the sidewalk fall out below me
Every touch of my foot began to get lighter and lighter and lighter
It was like I was riding the edge of a cyclone
The world rushed by faster, and faster than I could make out
But still I knew how to pour it on
Finally I saw it way off in the distance
I ran and ran and ran to get there
Soon enough I arrived, I sprinted up to the gate
And at the end of the street I screamed "Let me in! Let me in! Let me in!"
We're waiting for your
Hope you know how to get through
I didn't know what road to take
I didn't know what case to make
I had to prove I wasn't fake
With something more than
A secret handshake
We waited for your
We all knew that you'd get through
I didn't know what road to take
I didn't know what case to make
I had to prove I wasn't fake
With something more than
A secret handshake
I didn't know what road to take
I didn't know what case to make
I had to prove I wasn't fake
With something more than
A secret handshake
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5. |
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On the level
But not the right time
I knew the answer
Or so I thought
Ai yai yai yai yai yai thought
I was so certain
This search was right
But all the while
It was just spite
Ai yai yai yai yai just spite
Oh, look at the lights here
So bright, they’re guiding me home
But I’m not yet quite there
Right town, wrong address
And so I seek
Rekindled flame
And if the embers
Can be the same
Oh could it be the same?
I was left hanging
My heart strings torn
If I could find you
I won't be forlorn
Ai yai yai yai yai forlorn
Oh, look at the lights here
So bright, they’re guiding me home
But I’m not yet quite there
Right town, wrong address
Oh I was here
Just looking for you
Oh I was here
Just looking for you
Ai yai yai yai yai yai you
Oh, look at the lights here
So bright, they’re guiding me home
But I’m not yet quite there
Right town, wrong address
Oh, look at the lights here
So bright, they’re guiding me home
But I’m not yet quite there
Right town, wrong address
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6. |
Please Move
02:59
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Ooh ooh ooooh
Ooh ooh ooooh
Ooh ooh ooooh
Lookin’ down from a thousand feet
Vision so obscured
No markers or guides to show the way
With footing so unsure
I’ve been in this place myself
So many trying times
But if you can take a step right now
The rest will fall in line
Ooh ooh ooooh
Ooh ooh ooooh
Ooh ooh ooooh
Is the world crashing down upon your head
No exit you can see
A little sign that it’s OK
A smile you can free
I can see how you got here
Twistin’ on the vine
Trust that if you step right now
The rest will fall in line, but
Please move
I know it seems impossible but
Push through
Bright colors are seen all around what
You do
You’re not alone I’m right here now but just
Please move
I know it seems impossible but
So many ways that you can go
There’s one that you can find
Trust that if you step right now
The rest will fall in line, but
Please move
I know it seems impossible but
Push through
Bright colors are seen all around what
You do
You’re not alone I’m right here now but just
Please move
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7. |
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Played out on the table
With a custom tarot deck
Revealing your fortune
Takes your whole paycheck
Can you see it all in your crystal ball?
The illusion reflected back at you?
You’ll know it when you see it
It’s obvious and true
You’ll know it when you see it
The truth is not a secret
Made a living out of mystery
Revealing it slowly
Following all the crumbs
Pretending they’re holy
Can you see it all in your crystal ball?
The illusions reflected back at you?
You’ll know it when you see it
It’s obvious and true
You’ll know it when you see it
The truth is not a secret
A verbal sleight of hand
You describe to obscure
At best there's nothing there
But you can't be sure
Can you see it all in your crystal ball?
The illusions reflected back at you?
You’ll know it when you see it
It’s obvious and true
You’ll know it when you see it
The truth is not a secret
Classic and convincing
Watching and listening
Hinting and phishing
Spinning and twisting
You’ll know it when you see it
It’s obvious and true
You’ll know it when you see it
The scales fall from your eyes
You’ll know it when you see it
It’s obvious and true
You’ll know it when you see it
The truth is not a secret
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8. |
Color Me
03:37
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We don’t see the world
The way that others do
They have clear delineation
We have super saturation
And I knew I’d get you
Right from when I met you
I said my favorite number
Is the color blue
When you say my name
Blue color floating in space
When you say my name
You color me in a whole new way
When you flash a smile
You speak to me with light
Your words’ reverberation
Give me a strange sensation
And I knew I’d love you
Right from when I met you
You said your favorite number
Is the color blue
When you say my name
Blue color floating in space
When you say my name
Connected colors and shapes
When you say my name
Blue color floating in space
When you say my name
You color me in a whole new way
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9. |
Walk Steady
03:19
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Birth and death, have yet to meet
Tired flames, embers ‘neath my feet
Dreams alive, with harps and halos
While I wake up to sulfur and volcanoes
The voices tell me what I already know
I try not to listen, but still they flow
A silvery lady, tempting and ready
Gather conviction and walk steady
Unbalanced, afraid on the wire
Farther to fall as you move higher
The net below, a tenuous goal
Falling through to a six deep hole
The voices tell me what I already know
I try not to listen, but still they flow
A silvery lady, tempting and ready
Gather conviction and walk steady
Wild horses run without thinking
Drawing speed from a feral upbringing
Death and birth we understand
The start and end of the same man
Wind blowing through the tall grass
Another shot taken from another glass
The voices tell me what I already know
I try not to listen, but still they flow
A silvery lady, tempting and ready
Gather conviction and walk steady
The voices tell me what I already know
I try not to listen, but still they flow
A silvery lady, tempting and ready
Gather conviction and walk steady
Walk steady
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10. |
The Way It Isn't
05:36
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Run away the summer is ending,
Thinking back I cherish the memories
You were my valentine from elementary
When we were young and so complimentary
The way it isn’t
The way it was
The way we felt
Without flaws
The way it isn’t
The way it was
The way we felt
Without flaws
When I dream everything you said lives on
A travesty commentary on a life lived long
It’s hard to give up on the one you love
They fly away on the wings of a dove
The way it isn’t
The way it was
The way we felt
Without flaws
The way it isn’t
The way it was
The way we felt
Without flaws
Innocent eyes do not see the rough roads
Hearts full of hope don’t decipher the codes
When the lightest of spirits lift the heaviest of loads
They keep moving forward ignoring crossroads
The way it isn’t
The way it was
The way we felt
Without flaws
The way it isn’t
The way it was
The way we felt
Without flaws
The way it isn’t
The way it was
The way we felt
Without flaws
The way it isn’t
The way it was
The way we felt
Without flaws
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11. |
Is This Real Life?
04:44
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We spend so much time interactive
Our physical experience redacted
To a digital simulation
A haptic feeling of salvation
A fantasy in tunnel vision
Safe from natural collision
Is this Real Life?
It’s what we have left
When our souls are bereft
How will we know the afterlife
From the warm glow of a flashlight?
We are trying to keep our eyes open
Through the immersive explosion
Augmenting a forced display
In a delicate pixel ballet
In the space between fact and illusion
We give in to beautiful delusions
Is this Real Life?
It’s what we have left
When our souls are bereft
How will we know the afterlife
From the warm glow of a flashlight?
We become our own avatar
We forget who we are
We are close but still so far
We burn out like a dying star
Is this Real Life?
It’s what we have left
When our souls are bereft
How will we know the afterlife
From the warm glow of a flashlight?
Is this Real Life?
It’s what we have left
Is this Real Life?
It’s what we have left
Is this Real Life?
It’s what we have left
Is this Real Life?
It’s what we have left
Is this Real Life?
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Berkeley Social Scene Berkeley, California
Berkeley Social Scene is a collective of musicians loosely centered around Berkeley, CA. Ken, Glen, Martin, Sam, and Geech
form the core of the group.
BSS participates regularly in a variety of songmaking contests and challenges, such as Song Fight!, Nur Ein, and February Album Writing Month.
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