Xasthur
Subject To Change
1. Holding Yourself Hostage
Free to live and free to die
I don't see you giving either a try
Don't think about what you've left behind
You can keep it all in your mind
And it'll be your own
You're never too old to run away from home
You never know what you'll find
Prison of choice wasn't as designed
Let it be theirs, see if anyone cares
They forgot to tax your feet
Pick a direction, don't admit defeat
You're never too old to run away from home
There'll always be another him or her
They only held you hostage where you were
Don't let the question mark be too dark
You're never too old to run away from home
We won't call it love or hate
There's so much you can't tolerate
There's no reason to live here anymore
It's just something you can't ignore
It's the best tip I could put in your jar
These days a dollar won't get you far
2. None of Us
Preaching to the choir
Doing it with no desire
What are these words you sing?
If you listen, think or care
It's not about anyone or anywhere
Your voice and their ear
Among the things that live in fear
How do they know what they want to hear?
You're using names that aren't yours
It's not who you are that opens doors
In return for your success
You keep on giving less and less
Steal from but never learn
I know where it comes from and
what you didn't earn
All business and no art
Nothing you do comes from the heart
Why's their name written on your sleeve?
They never gave us anything to believe
Always a lie when I ask how you feel
You'd rather die than keep it real
So many colors sitting at the back of the bus
Don't say you're one of us
None of us
3. Traffic in Seclusion
4. Shit Creek
Some say he's up shit creek
Dusted on crack, coke and tweak
He aging ten years every week
He stood still and never ran
Looking for himself in that garbage can
Left with opportunities blown
The company he keeps leaves him all alone
No cure and no way to heal
A forgettable past and a bad deal
He gave up on himself, they gave up on him
He's up shit creek and doesn't know
how to swim
Throwing away that paddle in your hand
He's up shit creek, his life didn't go as planned
Some look to yesterday, 'cause tomorrow looks too bleak
That's what happens when you're living on shit creek
A life he didn't ask for, a life he didn't choose
I leave him alone, 'cause he's got nothing left to lose
Letters to himself he keeps on writing
Refusing to live but he keeps on fighting
You can see some of yourself in him
When you're up shit creek will you know how to swim?
5. Proven to Be Broken
It ran its course, no more beating a dead horse
Can't keep on depending on something that's ending
What would make you the one
To change what's already been done?
Take a look at your life and why it stays the same
It's time to take some of the blame
The company you don't want
Is the company you keep
Drowning in water that's not too deep
Take a look at your life and why it stays the same
It's time to take some of the blame
Standing behind a system proven to be broken
Find the answers that go unspoken
6. Trespassing on Your Own Land
7. Parole Fearing
Now that I can see through the cards you're holding
It's about that time you should be folding
What about all that time you spent?
Were you just breathing air and paying rent?
Loitering with a car, never going far
Have you tested the waters of your soul
to see how shallow you are?
Got nothing to do after you've paid all those bills
Show us who you are using someone else's skills
You know your own end and you're on a roll
What would you do if you made parole?
Loitering with a car, never going far
Have you tested the waters of your soul
to see how shallow you are?
Early for your own funeral if it was nearing
You're always late for your parole hearing
Can't call it rape when you're running
from your own escape
8. Turning Tricks
9. Some Voices
Some voices are full of lies
Too afraid to think or try
It's all the things you wish you wish you would have said
Before it's too late and someone's dead
Those voices are only regrets in your head
Some voices we hear through and behind
Wondering which ones are out of their mind
Don't know what to feel or say
How could you let a scream get in the way?
Some voices don't want to change your spiral
When I speak the truth I'm crazy or a liar
Using the truth for hate
Speaking words that never grow or create
Some voices will never admit it
Those voices have already submitted
Some voices are used in excess
Voices never used to express
Never finding a solution
Never coming to a conclusion
10. Down on Their Luck
If they weren't already dead they'd just want to die
Here's to a living grave in which they lie
Knowing things that no one needs to know
They're walking with no place left to go
Left with a handful of broken tools
The streets got them wandering like fools
A full dumpster can't keep him fed
Living where I hear all the voices in his head
A lot of stories written on his face
He's got a lot of stories for never leaving this place
His skin is gray and dim
She was a bigger mess than him
He had to leave her
On the streets he caught cabin fever
He chose the wrong time when he felt her
She thought he had a home but he's living in a shelter
He tells his tale and he reflects
About the good old days in the projects
Telling all the losers down on their luck
Shouting to the world, he just doesn't give a fuck
There's no one on the other end of that phone
He's got an audience but he's all alone
He can't hear his own voice but he knows what you're saying
There's no other role he could be playing
Things that don't add up, things that have fallen apart
Their life's not much different than their shopping cart...
11. From the Inside Looking In
12. Share the Poverty
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