CABBAGE
1. All I Need To Know
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Under the light of a cigarette, you lose all sense of your etiquette
You’re acting wild, playing like a child
All tough and loud but without a sound
Calling everybody names, asked for help but nobody came
You’re black and green, somewhere in between
A hard place and a rock
With the clock ticking away, you’re time is drifting by
I can see a timid truth, in the teardrop in your eye
Tell me once, tell me twice
Tell me something that you shouldn’t
All the times you thought you couldn’t
Now you’d tell me but you wouldn’t
Tell me thrice, tell me nice
Show me all your deepest secrets
I won’t rest a day until you tell me
All I need to know
Now’s not the time to play nice
No teriyaki chicken no sushi rice
Eat what you can straight out of the can
Cos you won’t have long to sing your song
Keep your finger-tapping light
Or you’ll wake the neighbors in the dead of night
The city lights are as cold as ice
No mercy or sympathy
Something’s lurking in the shadows, away from prying eyes
Though I see it peeking through, come and see me in the light
Tell me once, tell me twice
Tell me something that you shouldn’t
All the times you thought you couldn’t
Now you’d tell me but you wouldn’t
Tell me thrice, tell me nice
Show me all your deepest secrets
I won’t rest a day until you tell me
All I need to know
Tell me once, tell me twice
Tell me something that you shouldn’t
All the times you thought you couldn’t
Now you’d tell me but you wouldn’t
Tell me thrice, tell me nice
Show me all your deepest secrets
I won’t rest a day until you tell me
All I need to know
There’s no telling what will be til I know
All I need to know
2. Human Sacrifice
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These uncertain times, keep failing me
Surrounding me in a secret
When two crossing paths, make contact
How do I react, how do I cope
If there’s a too-strong connection
A tether to the other side
Do I sever the chains that love me?
Or perish my only desire?
I’m not looking for a human sacrifice
I’m not asking for a heartfelt sacrifice
I don’t need a helping lamb
A sacrificial altar where I stand
You don’t need to kill yourself
To say that you love me
Quiet confusion, attacking me
Confounding me in illusion
Should there be such an affection
Like a loving infection
Do I heal these embraces?
Or perish my only desire?
I’m not looking for a human sacrifice
I’m not asking for a heartfelt sacrifice
I don’t need a helping lamb
A sacrificial altar where I stand
You don’t need to kill yourself
To say that you love me
I’m not looking for a human sacrifice
I’m not asking for a heartfelt sacrifice
I don’t need a helping lamb
A sacrificial altar where I stand
You don’t need to kill yourself
To say that you love me
I don’t need a helping lamb
A sacrificial altar where I stand
You don’t need to kill yourself
To say that you love me
That you love me, you love me…
3. Murasaki
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紫色
紫芋
紫女
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紫色
紫芋
紫女
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4. Love & Hate
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I can’t shake this feeling, I don’t know why am I reeling
It’s the most peculiar sensation, I’m not in tune with its vibration
I see you, standing there all alone,
and I had just put my heart out on loan
In a funny twist of fate, our happiness I’ve grown to hate
It’s such a fine line between love and hate
Gotta turn back now before it’s too late
I better figure out this mess I’ve made
Before I change my mind, but it takes some time
A limited desire, is what you get when you can’t make fire
I should have seen it coming long ago,
but I was wishing and I could not let go
I’m nuts about you, but it doesn’t mean that I can’t live without you
Ain’t it funny, how nobody seems to know
It’s such a fine line between love and hate
Gotta turn back now before it’s too late
I better figure out this mess I’ve made
Before I change my mind, but it takes some time
It’s such a fine line between love and hate
Gotta turn back now before it’s too late
I better figure out this mess I’ve made
Before I change my mind, but it takes some time
The heart needs time to understand
I can’t change it on demand
If what just happened was a mistake
How long can it take?
It’s such a fine line between love and hate
Gotta turn back now before it’s too late
I better figure out this mess I’ve made
Before I change my mind, but it takes some time
It’s such a fine line between love and hate
Gotta turn back now before it’s too late
I better figure out this mess I’ve made
Before I change my mind, but it takes some time
5. Clueless
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I keep flubbing my lines, all the time
It’s harder to make sense, but I’m trying
Day-to-day’s not too good, it’s not the same
Could never see the point, till you came by
Long ago and far away, I could have seen you any day
But times have changed, we’ve been rearranged,
Gotta find another way
I’m clueless, dumbfounded without you
I’m clueless and I don’t know what to do
I miss you more and more as each day passes by
And until you set me straight, I’m clueless regardless
Nothing’s on TV, it’s all talk
It’s been a while since the radio stopped playing
There was a time not too long ago,
when we laughed at nearly every show
But times have changed, we’ve been rearranged,
Gotta find another way
I’m clueless, so lost and far from found
I fumble and I tumble to the ground
The lights are on but no one’s home,
It’s been like this for too long
So thoughtless, clueless
I’m clueless, dumbfounded without you
I’m clueless and I don’t know what to do
I miss you more and more as each day passes by
And until you set me straight, I’m clueless regardless
Circumstances throwing me around
My feet can’t seem to touch the ground
Day rolls over to night, with no end in sight
To the music of the lonely fight
Long ago and far away, I could have seen you every day
But times have changed, we’ve been rearranged,
Gotta find another way
I’m clueless, so lost and far from found
I fumble and I tumble to the ground
The lights are on but no one’s home, it’s been like this for too long
So thoughtless, clueless
I’m clueless, dumbfounded without you
I’m clueless and I don’t know what to do
I miss you more and more as each day passes by
And until you set me straight, I’m clueless regardless
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(Clueless)
6. My Soft Lithuanian Eyes
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Look into my soft Lithuanian eyes, you’ll find peace if you
Look into my soft Lithuanian eyes, cos my eyes are Lithuanian
In the cold, cold winter, looking for romance
The snow falling gently, pulls me into a trance
It’s a cold, cold comfort, that makes me forget
The dangers of those around; our pasts of regret
If we try to pretend that we’re someone else
From somewhere far away
It would be lying to each other’s hearts
It’s just denying, who we really are, if you
Look into my soft Lithuanian eyes, you’ll find peace if you
Look into my soft Lithuanian eyes, cos my eyes are Lithuanian
And they’re soft
The woods that surround us, are not a safe place to be
But we can make ourselves a sanctuary if we have, you and me
If we try to pretend that we’re someone else
With hearts made of gold
We couldn’t live like this, it’d be forgetting this
We couldn’t make fire out of this cold, but if you
Look into my soft Lithuanian eyes, you’ll find peace if you
Look into my soft Lithuanian eyes, cos my eyes are Lithuanian
Ooh my soft Lithuanian eyes, I’ll ease your mind if you
Look into my soft Lithuanian eyes, cos my eyes are Lithuanian
If we try to pretend that we’re someone else
From somewhere far away
It would be lying to each other’s hearts
It’s just denying, who we really are, if you
Look into my soft Lithuanian eyes, you’ll find peace if you
Look into my soft Lithuanian eyes, cos my eyes are Lithuanian
Ooh my soft Lithuanian eyes, I’ll ease your mind if you
Look into my soft Lithuanian eyes, cos my eyes are Lithuanian
(Come closer; I’m Lithuanian, come closer, look in my eyes)
(L-I-T-H-U-A-N-I-A-N)
7. Take It Slow
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​Rainfall on your window
It soothes the mind, warms the soul
Hiding under moonlight
Our breezy heat is all on show
Take your time, take it slow
Cos there ain’t no other place you’d want to go
Take it back, it’s touch and go
And I’ll show you all you’d ever want to know
You can count on me, you will see, all the fire and desire
Deep in you and me, TAKE IT, slow…
Night stars softly shining
Keeping dirty secrets
Hiding them deep under your pillow
Take your time, take it slow
Cos there ain’t no other place you’d want to go
Take it back, it’s touch and go
And I’ll show you all you’d ever want to know
You can count on me, you will see, all the fire and desire
Deep in you and me, TAKE IT, slow…
Take your time, take it slow
Cos there ain’t no other place you’d want to go
Take it back, it’s touch and go
And I’ll show you all you’d ever want to know
You can count on me, you will see, all the fire and desire
Deep in you and me, TAKE IT, slow…
Take your time, take it slow
Cos there ain’t no other place you’d want to go
Take it back, it’s touch and go
And I’ll show you all you’d ever want to know
You can count on me, you will see, all the fire and desire
Deep in you and me, TAKE IT, slow…
8. Contemporary Conversation
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Time oh so quickly, snuck up right behind me
Didn’t have time to react
Dazed and confused, I’ve contracted the blues
The world’s not the same, that’s a fact
I think I’ve fallen behind, they think that I’m losing my mind
But it’s far from the truth, I’m still stuck in my youth
The world I know is gone and far from sight
There’s too much contemporary conversation
Fooling myself when I pretend that I understand it all
Contemporary conversation
She’s in the back of my mind, gotta leave it all behind
Contemporary conversation,
Bring me back to the times that I know so well
Contemporary conversation,
Take me back to the days of my wishing well
Another new day is dawning,
One I’ve seen so many times before
But when I’m touched by the light it’s so different,
it confounds me more and more
I think I’ve fallen behind, they think that I’m losing my mind
But it’s far from the truth, I’m still stuck in my youth
The world I know is gone and far from sight
There’s too much contemporary conversation
Fooling myself when I pretend that I understand it all
Contemporary conversation
She’s in the back of my mind, gotta leave it all behind
Contemporary conversation,
Bring me back to the times that I know so well
Contemporary conversation,
Take me back to the days of my wishing well
Contemporary conversation,
Bring me back to the times that I know so well
Contemporary conversation,
Take me back to the days of my wishing well
9. City Lights of Tokyo
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You better not wish for a summer breeze
If you know what to expect
You’ll soon find out that there ain’t no cloud
That can save you from yourself
You feelin the eyes lookin up surprised
Like you’re a sight to behold
Be sure it’s not fear of the common cold
You’re a world not of their own
Gotta brace yourself, for the loudest silence that you’ve ever felt
A place where time will never slow down
Where the night sky will never ever come around
Idols calling to be idolized, surprises come as no surprise
Longing for the, bright lights and the city sights of Tokyo
The crowded streets and the empty eyes,
The busy days and the early nights
I miss the, bright lights and the city sights of Tokyo
False idols illuminate
Every corner of our world
You gotta climb high to escape their cry
The soft glow of their night
There’s an aim to please everyone you know
In exchange for yourself
They live their lives self-sacrificing
With no promise of reward
Gotta brace yourself, for the loudest silence that you’ve ever felt
A place where time will never slow down
Where the night sky will never ever come around
Idols calling to be idolized, surprises come as no surprise
Longing for the, bright lights and the city sights of Tokyo
The crowded streets and the empty eyes,
The busy days and the early nights
I miss the, bright lights and the city sights of Tokyo
Idols calling to be idolized, surprises come as no surprise
Longing for the, bright lights and the city sights of Tokyo
The crowded streets and the empty eyes,
The busy days and the early nights
I miss the, bright lights and the city sights of Tokyo
10. Oxidize
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Looking over this flat plain, I see only pain
The songbirds sing and crowbirds crow their merry melodies
They don’t know where we’ve gone or where we’re going
What is waiting at the end, or how we get there
All the people I see, carry on believing
That there’s a better place, beyond their hurt, beyond injury
They just follow those before them who followed those before
So let’s stop taking their lead, let’s take this chance to breathe
Oxidize, let’s oxidize together
We only have this one moment in time
The only life in our lifetime
Oxidize, let’s oxidize forever
If forever is a state of mind, we can be immortal if we try
But don’t wait too long
Day by day, I feel slower, growing weaker
Pretending I’m still young at heart, as if that meant anything
I’m a slave to my emotion, to my fears
But what’s past is passed, and however long,
What’s up ahead is all my own
Oxidize, let’s oxidize together
We only have this one moment in time
The only life in our lifetime
Oxidize, let’s oxidize forever
If forever is a state of mind, we can be immortal if we try
But don’t wait too long
Don’t wait too long, we’re not that strong
We will forget how we’re wrong
Don’t wait too long…
11. The Night
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Digging deep where the sun don’t sleep
There’s a meaning you wanna keep
It’s a thing for you and only you
Ain’t nobody can take it away
There’s a light you forge when the world’s asleep
There’s a sow you gotta reap
So when the darkness comes around
You can light and fight your way
In a stubborn stand, you stay
Be a shelter to their rain
Listen to the sound of the falling reign
Gotta hold your head up high
Be careful not to drown
There’s a few who depend on you
Guide them to their promised land
Where their dreams come alive
There ain’t no book or holy guide, you’re taking life for a ride
You don’t need to know where you’ll go, just hold on to your hope
When the night, comes down on your darkest dreams
You can fight for your life but there’s no guarantee
When the night, takes hold and it won’t let go
You can win or lose but don’t take it as a “no”
Don’t run or hide from the falling sun, it hasn’t yet begun
Riding high, flying like a kite
All bruised and broken down
There’s a refuge coming into sight
Where you can figure out
Where you’re going and where you’ve been
Survival ain’t a sin
Some don’t make it out alive
Believe you will survive
There ain’t no book or holy guide, you’re taking life for a ride
You don’t need to know where you’ll go, just hold on to your hope
When the night, comes down on your darkest dreams
You can fight for your life but there’s no guarantee
When the night, takes hold and it won’t let go
You can win or lose but don’t take it as a “no”
Don’t run or hide from the falling sun, it hasn’t yet begun
When the night, comes down on your darkest dreams
You can fight for your life but there’s no guarantee
When the night, takes hold and it won’t let go
You can win or lose but don’t take it as a “no”
Don’t run or hide from the falling sun, it hasn’t yet begun
When the night, comes down on your darkest dreams
You can fight for your life but there’s no guarantee
When the night, takes hold and it won’t let go
You can win or lose but don’t take it as a “no”
Don’t run or hide from the falling sun, it hasn’t yet begun
Don’t run or hide from the falling sun, it hasn’t yet begun
Don’t hide your life from the spinning world, cos they’re waiting for you
12. Cabbage
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Stay away from the middle…
Stay away from the middle…
You will never know, when you’re in the middle of the road...
You will never know, when you’re in the middle of the road...
You will never know,
When you’re a cabbage in the middle of the road...
You will never know,
When you’re a cabbage in the middle of the road...