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Grand Karmic Circus

by The Mercury Saints

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1.
Standing so close I can feel your breath But you keep me at a distance You say it's just my imagination, but this silence weighs a ton The innocence of lust, my one and only true love My particles, they separate If I move, I'll turn to dust Bid farewell to my life for another one; this is all I have become And you're all I'm thinking of, my one and only true love And the years, they stagnate softly And you cry yourself to sleep And your hateful words bounce off me, they don't affect me I'm in too deep I don't know what I did wrong In many ways, I'm the same person I'm a constant source of irritation; I get by, but it's been rough You don't love me enough, my one and only true love It's all been done to death So I don't bring it up You say it's just my imagination, but this silence weighs a ton And you're already done, my one and only true love
2.
Moving out's not laced with tears It's pretty much just having to move Divided up our DVDs While watching What I Like About You It's not so much the dignified thing I know I'll have to look back on someday But is it ever when we're playing The games that mortals play? You say you want the TV set But you've got no room for me Pleasant dreams keeping warm at night By the light from NBC You want to live in a box, I can't stop you It just doesn't quite feel like fate What a shock to find we weren't immune To the games that mortals play Who knew the biggest thing That ever happened to me would be Just a simple matter where you split up some bills And walk away forever? Now it's over, you cut your hair You probably bought some new clothes You look like a new person, so you must be I thought it'd be harder, but so it goes If I'd have known some tattoos could save you I'd have bought them so that you'd stay I could have loved you the rest of my life But that's just a game that mortals play Is it love or the rest of our lives Which is the game we foolish mortals play?
3.
Love Song 03:26
I don't know a thing about you Just see you sitting on a bus Precious jewel cased in a plastic seat I think you and me should be an us 4,000 empty seats, I sit down next to you Still you can't tell I'm trying to flirt Maybe it's because I'm not dressed for the occasion In my worn-out Droopy shirt But it turns out you're the kind of girl who likes that And I'm the kind of guy who likes you I ask you out to lunch, and you say yes And in that moment, I'm glad to be me Lunch turns into 7 hours Seems we can't get enough of each other's company You talk about your favorite kinds of ice And that's when I fall hard for you Before you said it, I didn't know That's a thing normal people do Then I realize they don't And that's why you're the girl for me I still remember every time I held your hand or kissed your lips But that goes away Because memory is just the breath I hold inside It needs refilling every day I don't want to stop breathing But your smell's still in my nose And that's just another memory But doesn't it serve to show That my future is your past Until you come home again
4.
L.A. Girl 02:50
She was a one-horse, dimestore runaway She had a one-track mind to see L.A. I should've known she'd break my heart someday But I followed her She sees herself just the way she'd wannabe Little did I realize she did the same to me You know, I look back now, and it's plain to see But I didn't She's just an L.A. Girl Saddled with a hayseed pearl And I don't fit her Barbie Dreamlife In her Barbie Dreamworld She keeps her eyes on the prize, and it's paradise She's got that one-track mind, so she don't think twice But there's no hard work; it's just a roll of the dice And that works for her She can't afford all the trendiest restaurants And it's all my fault 'cause I ain't got a lot So she spends all her time with dilettantes And I'm stuck watching it I'm watching my L.A. Girl Saddled with a hayseed pearl And I don't fit her Barbie Dreamlife In her Barbie Dreamworld I used to wish she'd crawl on back someday Now I wish I'd never given my life away There's just no competing with L.A. Not for an L.A. girl Oh yeah, she's just an L.A. Girl Saddled with a hayseed pearl And I don't fit her Barbie Dreamlife In her Barbie Dreamworld
5.
Misty 03:49
Where do you go when you hide from me? Are there clouds there in the sky? Because you know I'd like that But you don't let me in, and you never come out And now I'm alone, it makes me kind of misty Nobody knows the way back home every time So I thought I could help you light the way But my light was from a cigarette, and the smoke got in my eyes So I got a little bit misty My heart's on my sleeve every day now And I can't breathe—it's a crime—you call to take my life away one more piece at a time Fate falls like a candle and burns up everything that makes me want to cry But I know you don't deserve it, so I just get misty I drove past what used to be a restaurant you worked at before I even met you And it wasn't the same branch, but it still made me sad Time heals all wounds they say, but time will kill us all Then I fall to my knees, pray I won't always be misty
6.
I'm drinking my allotment every day If there was a ration on, I'd probably go to jail, I'd say Because they'd tell me I had to stop, and I'd tell them there is no way No, I get by just by drinking every day I used up my tomorrows yesterday Spent them all on you, and then you left, and now I'm not okay I need to find a reason, I need to find a way But the time flies when I'm drinking every day I'm sorry I wasn't a perfect man I'm sorry things didn't go according to plan I'm sorry you don't love me now, but the drink, it don't let me down I'm sorry alcohol's a better companion I wish I'd found a way to make you stay Then again, I tried my best, but it turned out I had no say Because you're a selfish person; you always get your way But there's just one "I" in drinkng every day There's something strange about feeling this way You're the predator, I'm the prey; I get killed, and you get away It's insult added to injury; it's more than a little depraved But I don't mind when I'm drinking every day I'm sorry I wasn't a perfect man I'm sorry things didn't go according to plan I'm sorry you don't have a soul, but I'm happy to record it in rock 'n' roll I'm sorry if my love fell out of fashion I'm sorry I wasn't a perfect man I'm sorry things didn't go according to plan You weren't so hot yourself, you know; you took my whole life, and then you let me go I'm sorry Chivas has got more compassion It's regal, you know!
7.
All your lies, all the lies you left on me Like a stench I just can’t wash clean Think they smell it? Think they know I can’t believe In the person standing right in front of me? Yourself, you hid—you told me so But what you did, I’ll never know And it makes the lie you are so much more complete Malady Murphy Who are you? The cliché’s starting to make sense And who am I if I can fall for a myth? You’re a figment of your own imagination And I’m a fool for feeling so placated But if nothing was true, then you broke my word too And for that, I don’t think I can ever forgive you But it makes the lie you made us so much more complete Malady Murphy You are your father’s daughter, and I hope that makes you glad I know daddy’d be so proud of the girl that he wished he’d never had So you can try and run, you can say you’ve changed You can tell folks that’s not your given name But you know you’ll always have just one name to me Malady Murphy
8.
Saffron Eyes 04:15
She was a girl with saffron eyes Full to the brim with hope and lies Might've hid my light under her bushel for awhile But if you'd seen that girl, you'd have probably done the same Living gets hard, then living's reversed Unless you're living your life like your living's rehearsed She drained me bone-dry, but she was empty first That girl ain't got nothing left but pain All my seasons come to change Barren fruit that never meant too much to me anyway But I realize, I realize what it takes It just takes the next girl to take my breath away She was a girl with a rabid smile Just another stop on a ragged-ass mile Could've been better, but at least she had style Would've been nice if she'd had any class I'm floating on by like everything's fine Not much of a life, but at least it was mine Have you ever felt like a stranger to time When it hurts too bad to remember your past? All my signals have gone dead I'm trying to forget every word she ever said Hate to love what's in my head But it won't take more than the next girl I take to my bed She was a nice distraction then Just like every other place I've been I'd do things differently if I had her to do again Like I'd be gone before she woke up the next morning All my sorrows in a sack Pile them high upon my back I'll live longer if my heart never gets attacked But it won't take more than the next girl, the next girl, the next girl, the next girl, the next girl, the next girl, the next girl, the next girl, and all the ones after that
9.
The blister on my left palm Is from opening my beer And the blister on my right one Will never appear 'Cause I see myself in every girl between here and hell And I hope you can see it too But on the off-chance you missed it—I'm sorry, couldn't resist it Sent some photos to you The trials and tribulations Of the man I wanted to be Are all just indications Of my trite naivety But it's just as well, just another death knell between here and hell And, in truth, it's not so bad It's not irony if it's expected to be; this life's just got the one joke in store for me It's kinda sad So now I'm moving forward My life is just Plan B And the world's a little poorer Another good man's now deceased Now I'm someone else, someone stumbled and fell between here and hell But at least I see the relief leaves me free It's so tiresome to be the decent one in this soul-sucking life where all the decency's done Lucky me
10.
Call me Baby Love just a little while longer I know we're finished, but it'll help me get to sleep tonight You were my best friend in a way I thought that they were only lying Now you're just the person who fucked up my life We lived in our own world to the detriment of others Population: you and me I saw that TV show with the opening theme song we always danced to But somehow it's not as funny as it used to be It's all the shit we had, I threw it out on the front lawn I set it on fire, I gave some of it to a homeless woman And even if society tells me that love is all you need, I think I'd rather just let it bleed I'll benefit from some friends, but I'll never fall in love again Let's go bowling for our anniversary Being with you was always so much fun Everyone loves you, but they leave the room, and you talk shit about them Wouldn't they be shocked to find it was me who was the nice one Never apologize to me when you're wrong Don't take care of me when I'm down with the flu Remember how you never respected my wishes, not even one time? That was fun; you are great; I definitely miss you It's all the shit we had, I threw it out on the front lawn I set it on fire, I gave some of it to a homeless woman And even if society tells me that love is all you need, I think I'd rather just let it bleed You didn't quite do me in, but I'll never fall in love again Call me monkey like you used to... for some reason You liked to talk about, um, something and how you were small Honestly, I've forgotten most everything there is to know about you I'm not trying to be hurtful—I've really drawn a blank here—thank you, thank you, thank you, alcohol It's all the shit we had, I threw it out on the front lawn I smashed it to pieces, I gave some of it to a homeless woman And even if society tells me that love is all you need, I know I'd rather just let it bleed You didn't quite do me in; I'll just never fall in love again I'll benefit from some friends, but I'll never fall in love again And when I finally feel spent—oh, yeah—I'll never fall in love again
11.
Whatevs 01:16
Well, I've had you on my mind for quite a while It's actually been years if I start rolling back the miles But I'm not writing any heartbreak songs today 'Cause I just don't care anymore It made me sad to think of you like this But now I think my wasted time is what life really is Well, I got no reasons why, and I don't know, and I don't care I don't want to see your face in places—you're not really there I'm moving on You know, memory's a funny thing to me It takes us back to where we're happy no longer to be But now my hindsight's 20/20 like the past is on attack And it's plain to see, really you never loved me back And that hurt me when I found it out But, like I say, I just don't care today
12.
So many years and so many lies But hurt is a beast with so many eyes It finds me again and again I've been true, and I've been tried But I'm not built to run and hide Unlike you and your so-called friend How can you live with what you did to me When I'm stuck living with this misery? All my stories begin with “we” But we's you and him now, and I'm just me When it's over, was it ever real? Worst of all, I feel forgotten So no we, no me, and if not, then I've got nothing left for you to steal You said I'm crazy, I've got trust issues Of course you were lying, but, baby, now I do Is it still closure if the wounds open the same Or if it is just what it is? My eyes are open too, and I see who's to blame Now I'm out, now he's in, now I know where you begin and end, now you're his All this time, I thought I loved you Hard to do and hate you too Suspended in between, both disintegrate So I lived numb, but I still dealt And I learned I just loved how I felt So all that's left for you now is the hate You could've saved me if you'd told me about Your cheatin' heart, but now I've figured it out Is it still closure if the wounds open the same Or if it is just what it is? My eyes are open too, and I see who's to blame Now I'm out, now he's in, now I know where you begin and end, now you're his
13.
Hanging Tree 04:05
At the very best, I'm dead At the worst, I'm just gonna have to live with it Cut me down from this hanging tree I'm at the end of my rope If I made love to another woman In what used to be our bed Do you think I'd ever get to sleep at night Or would I set that motherfucker ablaze just to ease my weary head? So that's my story that never happened Written down for all the world to hear Let this be the only record, and after this You don't exist, my dear To quote the poet Elliott: You're just somebody that I used to know Just like God knew Lucifer Before He sent His angel down below Let all my sins be remembered Let knowing you be the penalty I bear Let all the suffering I create in your wake be freebies I've paid more than double what's fair There's no eternal sunshine for this spotted mind There's no shelter from the storm It's just like they say with butterflies: Chaos comes in the prettiest of forms But, oh, I've learned my lesson I've learned all pain, it comes from happiness So I'll stop trying to find joy I'm sure existence must have some other purpose And if I lose my reason If I should fall for love with someone new I want you to know you played an important role in that I'll be looking for a girl exactly... the opposite of you So I take a life I loved Stick it on that hanging tree If I'm lucky, it'll strangle Quickly

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released February 14, 2015

The Mercury Saints:
Doug Banks (drums, ukulele, backup vocals)
Tyler Duckworth (rhythm guitar, harmonica, steel guitar, lead vocals)
Jason Fincher (bass guitar)
John Pinkston (lead guitar, keys, backup vocals)

Additional Instrumentation:
C.J. Mask (Hammond organ on "Misty")

Production:
Recorded & engineered by Banks / Duckworth
Produced by Banks / Duckworth
Mastered at Title Song • Creative Audio by C. Jason Mask

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