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If I Knew When to Exist
02:01
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if I knew when to exist
I would do so right then
it's not that easy to exist in real time I claim
I do everything I know
is that enough?
what I know
nowhere near enough
if I knew when to exist
I would at that time
it's not that easy to be where we are all the time
in a bind
all the time
in a bind
all the time
if I knew when to exist
I would right then
it's not that easy to exist in real time I claim
but I try as we all do
in a bind all the time
if I knew when to exist I would do so at that time
If I knew when to exist like now
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Get It Back
02:55
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I wonder what happened yesterday
it seems I may have lost my way
if I find it hopefully nothing's wrong
it seems I may have lost my way
I would like to get it back
I would like to get it back
to get it back
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Feeling Real Again
02:26
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I want to feel high
but I want to stay low
looking for the place in between
where I am in control
this is how I feel
all this as I am
this is how I want to feel
feeling real again
some days are off
some are on
I try to find a way
to explain myself to me
this is how I feel
all this as I am feeling real again
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Find Myself Hear
03:15
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when I fear the end is near
I try to find myself hear
seeing another way
finding today
I think about all the ways
I try to stay out of it all
feeling another way
seeing today
when I think my aim is clear
I find myself hear
I think about this all the time
I try to make what's mine
seeing things that should not be
I kick myself it's only me
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As Soon As You Can
03:41
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I told you you would have the answer today
please join me
as soon as you can
if I knew what I wanted
I would find it right away
feeling things
seeing things in my own way
how to describe
to feel I'm sitting on the edge
not the world but a chair
with shaky legs
run to the corner to get away
the room is small
so I hit the wall
and then to find a field
like I'm sitting on a ledge
not going to fall because I'm already on the ground
imagining those clouds
the ones that lift us in the air
I see myself relaxing there
please join me as soon as you can
please join me as soon as you can
imagining those clouds
the ones that lift us in the air
floating relaxing there
please join me as soon as you can
please join me as soon as you can
if I knew what I wanted
I would find it right away
on solid clouds we can lay around all day
I told you I would have the details today
please join me as soon as you can
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How We Get By
02:06
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I try I hide
inside with my thoughts
my intentions not known
on every day like this one
not now
this is how we get by
keep a little bit inside
this is how we get by
I live
I will die I know
but right now I hope
I am not alone with everyone around
even if it feels sometimes even now
this is how we get by
keep a little bit inside
this is how we get by
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Instant Time
02:34
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I'm having an instant time
following what's mine
not a crime that I know of
suddenly all is real
maybe all too real
to realize what's going on
instant time
not wasted time
in my mind always instant time
if this real so real
trying to travel without moving at all
so much more
always more
can't contain it at will
instant time
not wasted time
in my mind
always instant time
can be difficult
if it goes by
take my place in line
I'm having an instant time
following what's mine
not a crime that I know of
instant time
not wasted time
in my mind
always instant time
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I worry sometimes about my luck
I have dodged a few
maybe a bunch
distractions floating in my head
it makes me wonder who I am at all
looking forward but not that far
deadly accidents
I haven't met my end
not quite
not now
not here
worse things worse things worse things worse things
better people than me
worse things worse things worse things worse things
better people than me
so many we have already lost
there is no way to estimate the cost
and I wonder sometimes why I'm still here at all
I want to know but I don't want to know
not yet
not here
not now
worse things worse things worse things worse things
better people than me
worse things worse things worse things worse things
better people than me
looking back over my head all the time
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If I Had My Way
02:52
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if I had my way
I wouldn't see what's going on every day
and if I had my way
most of what I see wouldn't be at all
if I had my way
I'd get away
I'd only look when I'm forced to
if I had my way
and not be in the way I would
there are some things I want to know
I will be gone but still I'd like to know
the future of our world
and how we survive
or not because we won't
if I had my way
I wouldn't watch what's on TV
every day
if I had my way
I'd go to sleep in peace
if I had my way
I wouldn't know
that would be fine for me
and after what will we see
there are some things I want to know
I will be gone but still I'd like to know
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Imaginary Consequence
02:17
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I can't have it
if I don't know what it is
hard to define in that way
I can't feel it
if I don't know what it is
I wish I could find out either way
imaginary consequence
I will see this until the end
there is more
but I don't know what it is
there is less
still I know it must exist
there will be another lifeline
it will be not another one of mine
I can't stand in your way
when I am sitting in your doorway
step around
jump over
see me another way
I can't have it if I don't know what it is
hard to define that way
I can't feel it if I don't know what it is
wish I could find out either way
imaginary consequence
I will see this until the end
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Every Day We Try
02:57
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I think all about this
I think all along
of the things we do
most of them are wrong
there's no guide to tell us
still we have to try
what is above us still we wonder why
every day we try
at least there is that
every day we lie
a little bit at a time
there's way to put us
in our place
we make this up as we go along
I think all about this
I think all along
of the things we do
most of them are wrong
every day we try
we try
I have a hard time knowing if what I do is bad
it's true I pay attention
and still end up wrong
I think all about this
I think all along
of the things we do
most of them are wrong
every day we try
of the things we do
most of them are wrong
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In Over My Head
01:58
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playing another hand
taking my time
I am in so far over my head
what's next
I can't pretend I still can win
I am in so far over my head
where can I go
is it too late to fold?
I am trying to fit in with my new friends
I don't really know the rules
some kind of hold 'em
now I'm the one to lose my watch
my car
my head I hope to leave with
I am in so far over my head
in over my head
the pink slip to my car is gone
how will I get home?
too late to fold
lose
in over my head
in over my head
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In The Mirror
03:13
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if I told you what I saw in the mirror
not so much clearer
it was me
out of touch with the reason
we carry on every day
I get to wondering
when it goes away
what we see in the mirror
a reflection of all of us
what we are
going through every day in the mirror
what we see
in the mirror
we see us
as we have to be
but we don't want so much clearer
than it has to be
what we see in the mirror
in the mirror
in the mirror
in the mirror
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Nothing Real
03:04
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imagining reality
over time it will be
another wave of secrecy
what is it that we see
nothing real
is nothing real
I should know but I don't
no I don't not at all
not all
imagining sincerity
how would we react
like it isn't real
nothing real
nothing real that I can find
nothing real in my mind
imagining reality
over time it will be
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Searching For My Soul
03:18
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all along we see
and we know too damn well
you know it's true we feel but not that well
and I have seen how to hope
I steal away my soul
feeling facing it all might be too much
ooh too much
ooh searching for my soul
there's nothing else to do
but finding all there is as well
I'm looking for my soul where the angels are
searching for my soul anywhere at all
searching anywhere
where should I know
searching for my soul
facing it all
searching for my soul is too much for me
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all I know
all I see is is more than a shopping cart full of chemicals
from the lab
I find it at the store
and it tastes so good I wonder why
it's tested out on animals
we should know they approve
and so I
my taste buds would never lie
here are among the goods
we call them good like it's understood
all I know
all I see is more than a shopping cart full of chemicals
eat them up
you know I will
you know I will
yum
all I know
all I see is more than a shopping cart full of chemicals
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Think of All The Times
02:13
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think of all the times
I help you lose your mind
good or bad
imaginary real or sad
think of all the times
no one left behind
here we go again
I was here
you were too
we try to find something new
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To Get This Right
02:56
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looking for the answer
not hard to find
searching for the clue
I don't mind at all
I don't think I know
I bet you wouldn't know what I'd do
I claim to understand but i don't know what I'd do
to get this right
now
right now
I don't think I know
and I bet you wouldn't know what I'd do
I claim to understand but i don't know what I'd do
to get this right
I don't think I know
I bet you wouldn't know what I'd do
I claim to understand but i don't know what I'd do
to get this right
ooh
reaching forward seeing ahead
all in view
I don't think I know
and I bet you wouldn't know what I'd do
I claim to understand but i don't know what I'd do
to get this right
ooh
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Too Much to Lose
01:57
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what we wanted
what we see
if hard to know
we've got all we need
for now
for now
it might go away
I hate to say
there's too much to lose
too much to lose
take my hand
understand
without warning this all could end
you should know
I will be here until the end
understand
I hate to say it
but there is too much to lose
too much to lose
what we wanted
what we have
is all we need
take my hand
understand
there's too much to lose
too much to lose
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DartAjax San Francisco, California
DartAjax represents the solo recorded output of David Leonard, of San Francisco, CA. He (me) has played drums in a number of bands and still does. He plays all the instruments in the DartAjax stuff (usually drums, bass, guitar, and vocals). He wrote and recorded all of these songs on his own. ... more
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