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Don’t run
When the devil comes
Don’t run
When the devil comes
Well, the streets
Are on fire with passion
And the streets
Are on fire with need
And the streets
Are on fire like a funeral pyre
Till the whole damn world
Takes heed
I don’t know
Your situation
But I’ll tell you
What I feel
You don’t run
When the devil comes
Cuz this is how
We heal
Don’t run
When the devil comes
Don’t run
When the devil comes
Sometimes it comes
In armor
Sometimes it comes
With shields
But armor and shields
When they get set down
Are the heart
Of what will be
We all got
Two sets of eyes
Eyes of love
And ones of fear
There ain’t no love
In the devil’s eyes
On that
Let’s just be clear
But if we love
One another
We will see it
In our eyes
That’s how we save
Each other, bae
Won’t the devil
Be surprised
Don’t run
When the devil comes
Don’t run
When the devil comes
The devil hates
When we don’t run
The devil hates
When we have fun
The devil hates it
That we won
Fuck that devil
Fuck that devil
Don’t run
When the devil comes
Don’t run
When the devil comes
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2. |
The Unformed Stain
04:03
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No light shines
Through a broken mind
When there’s not
Much left to save
One more child
In the drunken wild
Where I took more
Than I gave
Caught the stank
Of the general’s rank
Got the message
Loud and clear
Now I’m claimed
By the unformed stain
In the lexicon
Of fear
Please
Take me home
Please
Call my name
Wrote my tale
In alcohol
It’s a
Disappearing ink
Now I pray
For just one day
When I still know
What I think
Please
Give me peace
Please
I’m begging you
Please
May light shine
On my open mind
Let me please just
Have a taste
I’ll explain
All the unformed stain
If I might just
Find the grace
Please
Give me hope
Please
So I might
Cope
I’m gonna
Find myself
Alone
I’m gonna
Find myself
Alone
Ooooo
I’m gonna
Find myself
Alone
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3. |
Ghosts of Dive Bars Past
02:34
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4. |
Tragic
02:28
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There’s a tattooed man
Informed by twisters
On the wind
He doesn’t know
He’s malinformed
He’s like his evil twin
But I relate to the sadness
Sadness
Pouring from within
I knew this man
From before the plan
And I just think it’s tragic
Tragic
Remember back
When we were friends
And loved each other well
That was before
The Qanon
That drove him
Straight to hell
But now he’s caught
In the madness
Madness
Down that twisted well
Yeah we were friends
Till the bitter end
And I just think it’s tragic
Tragic
Come on man
You know better than that
The whole wide world thinks
You’re mad as a hatter
There ain’t no lie
You can justify
Your message board
Is shattered
Shattered
There’s a lonely man
Who’s lost his friends and family
Now he’s down to gamers
Locked in mass insanity
But I relate to the anguish
Anguish
Dying to be free
They’re hangin’ on
To a stupid con
And I just think it’s tragic
Tragic
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Can you feel our soul
Can you feel our soul
We are the broken whole
My baby
Can you feel our soul
We are the broken heartbeat
We are the broken bond
We are the ones
Who live through this
And all that lies beyond
Can you feel our soul
Can you feel our soul
We are the broken whole
My baby
Can you feel our soul
When you fuck with
The Queen of Justice
Then you fuck with
The God above
When we come to
The Sea of Justice
Then we come with
A Sea of Love
Can you see our faces
All our lovely races
Every sex and gender fall
In all our flowing places
Can you feel our soul
Can we heal our soul
What was broken
Can be whole
COME ON AND
HEAL OUR SOUL
Can you feel our soul
Can you feel our soul
Can you feel our soul
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6. |
Nothing is Wrong
03:31
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I got a dog
And his name is Bite
He sleeps all day
And he barks all night
Eats rubber babies
And they squeak until dawn
But you’re with me
And so nothing is wrong
I got a job
So I’m grateful for that
Pouring live monkeys
In a chemical vat
Brought home a lemur
That was sixty feet long
We ate for weeks
And so nothing is wrong
But oh
It’s hard to walk
When you have no feet
That’s where the stump
Hits the street
I could be rich
If I had something to pawn
But you’re with me
And so nothing is wrong
My dad’s a robot
They replaced him today
He does the dishes
Mama says he can stay
I would have missed him
But it’s not like he’s gone
And you’re with me
And so nothing is wrong
At church, there’s issues
Cuz the Devil came back
Screams through the sermons
And he eats all our snacks
My mind is aching
But my faith is still strong
I’m friends with Jesus
He says nothing is wrong
Hey, wait a minute
There’s something wrong
Whatever happened
To the snake on my keychain
It’s on the dresser
Taking hits from my bong
And you’re still with me
And so nothing is wrong
The weather tells me
That the hammers will fall
And they might cancel
Daddy’s masquerade ball
Got my umbrella
We can dance until dawn
Strap on your eye patch
You’ll see nothing is wrong
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7. |
85 Sublime
01:49
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8. |
The Long Way Home
09:58
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Can you feel the shame
Of so much bad behavior
Can we share the blame
With a Trump as your savior
It’s a long way home
It’s a long way home
Now the moment
Of truth has come
What we want
Is an answer
Will we all learn
To live as one
Or succumb
To this cancer
It’s a long way home
Can’t you see
It’s a long way home
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9. |
The Antidote to Fear
03:34
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Hello my friend
It’s good to see you
I know how hard
It’s been to be you
Cuz everyone
Can feel it too
It’s not just me
And it’s not just you
The whole wide world
Is sitting here
I come in after
All these years
I come in laughter
Not in tears
I come from
Deep inside
Every heart
That’s open wide
I am the antidote
To fear
Hello my friend
So nice to see you
I know it’s been so hard
To free you
We come
From deep inside
Of every heart
That’s open wide
We are the antidote
To fear
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John Skipp Portland, Oregon
Bestseller author/editor-turned-filmmaker, musician, cheerful force of nature, and all-around Renaissance mutant.
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