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The Cluster EP

by Sam Gleason

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1.
All I Need 04:27
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Fall off the beat Slip out of reach Right out of sweet security An open field No place to kneel No one to ask you how you feel CHORUS: A rest from vulnerability My own sense of tranquility Is all I need Is all I need You along the side of me Smiling understandingly Is all I need Is all I need Cutting off your ties Stacking up the lies Do it all to find one lovely surprise Loner in the sea Making enemies Searching for a catch to sweep off her feet CHORUS So many opportunities If you grow the guts to leave You might find something for relief It's not a stretch Not that farfetched a belief CHORUS 2x
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His Favorite Show 03:28
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He's a bit fascinated by What he sees out of his bedroom window Watching the city streets at night To him was like watching a TV show CHORUS: What is the world but a show? What is the world but a show? I don't know What is the world but a show? What is the world but a show? I don't know What is the world but a show? What's beyond this window? I don't know What is the world but a show? What is the world but a show? He saw everything from His neighbor's affair to a drug dealer's business He sat there and watched He never said a word If someone asked you to jump into your television You'd like likely think That's just absurd CHORUS Obsessively staring through blinds and through shades He watches with joy, this long human parade But never wants to leave inside Never wants things to collide No one wants to be forced to hide No wants to be terrified like him He's a bit fascinated by What he sees out of his bedroom window CHORUS
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The Comedian 03:27
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I started a joke The minute I spoke But I've got no punchline A sarcastic approach May be encroached And not seen as fine CHORUS: But I'd rather get laughs Than an ice cold shoulder And I'd rather laugh at pebbles Than move a boulder The joke that I started O, so carelessly Might just turn around and suddenly The joke's on me Hey, the joke's on me Hide the face of tragedy Behind the mask of comedy Hey, the joke's on me All the things too sad to see Seem like such a distant dream Hey, the joke's on me Hide the face of tragedy Behind the mask of comedy Hey, the joke's on me All the things to sad to see Seem like such a distant dream CHORUS I started an act To help me attract What I could not make mine I started a joke The minute I spoke But I've got no punchline
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King in Denial 03:34
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Floating on the surface of immobilization The undertow is strong and pulls on my motivation A powerful current pulls you toward the depths And only those who swim strong will see success CHORUS: I'll stay here just a while It's good to be king Are you in denial? Until I'm shoved out the way And then I'll struggle For another day Pulling on the chains but the weights are massive It's looking much more comfortable to just remain passive Until the dust-collecting is too much to bare Until a slab of meat pulls the beast from its lair CHORUS Growing on the praise you got, you feel a bit bloated Risen to the peak with no fear to show it And then you hang suspended in the air with ease Until you slip and fall off this unending trapeze CHORUS2x
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O, Perfection 03:14
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Everybody wants to make things better Everybody's got a great idea Scrambling for a recommendation letter From established elders in their field CHORUS: O, perfection does not exist Last correction does not exist O, perfection does not exist It's an endless connection So don't resist Everybody wants to numb discomfort Nobody wants things to go wrong We made fancy machines and magic pills That only last so long CHORUS Everybody's trying not to argue 'Cause they want a smooth timeline So rather than break the peace I'm gonna go punch walls in my spare time O, perfection does not exist Last correction does not exist CHORUS

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released June 10, 2016

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Sam Gleason Albany, New York

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