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Tracklist:
1. Theme
2. Under the Republic (For Which It Stands)
3. Greenwich
4. Novocaine
5. System Error
6. Zeniriffic
7. You
8. fiat veritas, pereat vita
9. A Prayer for Myself
10. Open Letter to Ingrid Michaelson
11. Peacemaker
12. I Won't Be
All songs written and recorded by Jacob Grippen 2009
1. Theme
2. Under the Republic (For Which It Stands)
we march in file from our homes and from our farms
Connecticut was never prouder than right now
my name is Jabez and I'm marching with my friends
my father's mother's father's father made this place
we wake up Generals and we make them run away
scare the red right off their coats and stain it on their flesh
how long will this go on, our families are starving poor
but we'll go on and win 'cause that's what we came here for
la dee la dee la dee la dee . . .
my name was Crippen but they wrote it the wrong way
from now on it's Grippen and it will be for all days
we fight to death and death is great and so are we
we fight for home and pride, and to make our great land free
and now retreat we pushed those dogs across the pond
we'll go home now and make our lives return
we can celebrate our freedom with democracy
but this Republic cannot be run alone by we
la dee la dee la dee la dee . . .
3. Greenwich
you have impeccable timing
to make me calm myself
you came and said I miss you
I said I miss you too
the journeys we set ourselves on
intersect now and then
the plans we made to conquer our world
combine with our will to sin
and time rolls on
and time rolls on
that's the fate of life
sneaks up on you when you're out
that's the fate of life
feels like dreaming you hope it's real
feels like dreaming you hope it's real
the things I said before you
I meant every word
it's strange how what the world has in store
when you can divert me from my mind
reel me in with your beauty
snag me with your charm
I am the king of wishful thinking
but this time I mean no harm
and time rolls on
and time rolls on
that's the fate of life
sneaks up on you when you're out
that's the fate of life
feels like dreaming you know it's real
feels like dreaming you know it's real
4. Novocaine
when will we wake up
to the truth the surrounds
he's made his ruling
now let him enforce
destroy what you can't have
I will be waiting
when they come here crying
peace unto you and yours
impeaching your thoughts
how long will this flow on
and how you came into their world
where you made them leave their lives behind
then you waged your soul
when you made them go
how you said it couldn't be
living lives where both are free
a sovereign nation
constitutionally bound
guns and words and treaties
New Echota falls down
you are forced to wake your minds
because, I will remember
what you want to forget
5. System Error
rocks thrown through my window
makes this room so cold
the force behind them burns with rage
the lack of discussion speeds through the night
and I can't find the time to think
'cause I'm already dirt
feelin' like I'm hit in the eye
and I'm already hurt
comin' back into the light
and I know you don't know who I am
but you hate me anyway
ignorance and logic feuding foes
can't compute the same things right
inconsistent honor and truths untold
the world aorund us needs a hug
'cause I'm already dirt
feelin' like I'm hit in the eye
and I'm already hurt
comin' back into the light
and I know I don't know who you are
but I'll try to anyway
cause I'm already dirt
feelin' like I'm hit in the eye
and I'm already hurt
comin' back into the light
and I know you don't know who I am
but you hate me anyway
and I know we both love our country
so why can't we makes ourselves relate?
6. Zeniriffic
I'm so afraid of falling out of my tree
it seems my best laid plans always blow up on me
I'm so afraid of waking up in my bed
I'm so alone when I look in my eyes
'cause, I'm not sleeping soundly
and I'm wondering if I should ever love again
I can't compete with all these words in my head
what will it take to make these lies go away
when did this come and how can I make it leave
call me a spade and then play with my heart
well, I'm not thinking soundly
and I'm wondering if I should ever love again
confused and fraught with guilt again
fragile mind digs deep
you might get hit when I aim to throw
my brain on the sidewalk
in the rain on the sidewalk
these fading suns shine their light in my eyes
wake and recall what those signs could reveal
words, much like stones, should be examined from all sides
and I'm so afraid that I will know what this all means
and I'm not thinking soundly
and I'm wondering if I should ever love again
confused and fraught with guilt again
fragile mind digs deep
you might get hit when I aim to throw
my brain on the sidewalk
in the rain on the sidewalk
7. You
hide your hand inside my heart
tell me what you said you would
remind the day that it is night
put your head down in the dark
you can clean your mind
I will wait for the light
whisper what I mean to you
courting found another path
following your fine decay
I tripped on the way back up
you will calm the wind
I can see the light ahead
you say enough
you've said enough
you've done enough
to make me hold my ground
hold me like you said you would
control me like I said you could
you can clean your life
and I can wait inside this
I will wake up
and this will all be gone
you say enough
you've said enough
you've done enough
to turn me upside down
8. fiat veritas, pereat vita
the weight of my words
pushed my head down
my foot fell inside my mouth
left a bad taste on my skin
the world from outside
made me do my tricks
I caved and I dropped the ball
while Sergeants dropped their bombs
the truth waged its war
the truth waged its war on me
hollow minds are what I find
when choices come to choose
the winter of my words completes
what summer could only dream
the truth waged its war
the truth waged its war on me
you went out searching
for your sign
you couldn't find it
and you can't fly
you sat inside me
and made your wealth
I tried to save you
from yourself
the truth waged its war
the truth waged its war on me
9. A Prayer for Myself
months went by without a flinching face
time had chased us down
and we did walk inside a lonely world
and we did learn to lie
and how do you know you're living
and how did we give up feeling love
stumbled upon this crazy place
storm had chased us down
we did find ourselves alone that night
we did find ourselves again
and how do I make this feeling
and now do you know what I'm thinking of
you came to me
and I went to you
air was silver, wet and streamlined through
our fate was sealed
when I went that way
I'm loving you, I'm loving
fall out of your rainbow and in my arms
I won't make you go, I won't let you go alone
this ticking time, share your love with me always
but, you came to me
and I went to you
air was silver, wet, and streamlined through
our fate was sealed, when I went that way
I will follow you, I will follow you
I will follow you, I will follow
and how do you like your living
and how 'bout spending your time living with me
10. Open Letter to Ingrid Michaelson
Put on your glasses
sing my favorite song
hey baby it's cold outside
so put your sweater on
we'll hang out in Bushwick
and find our way back home
we'll take the L train
and they'll work us to the bone
Put on your glasses
sing my favorite song
hey baby it's cold outside
so put your sweater on
we don't need labels
but I've got one to use
you love the way I am
and its the same to you
Put on your glasses
sing my favorite song
hey baby its warm outside
so put your t-shirt on
Put on your glasses
sing my favorite song
hey baby it's cold outside
so put your sweater on
voice as sweet as candy
and a world that craves your fame
we'll get stuck on the Brooklyn Bridge
and sing our days away
Put on your glasses
sing my favorite song
hey baby it's cold outside
so put your sweater on
11. Peacemaker
finding out the world
is not what it was meant to be
can really calm the wind in your sails
faith in what you know
fails to make it disappear
and hold on to your memories
you're so high at seventeen
you wake up, wishing that you were twenty-seven
if you don't know what's wrong
the world will run you over
hang on, hang on to it, hang on to it
time will change your mind
by softening the blow
they will change your mind
it's all about the way you see your time
feeding time and place
the words are falling from your lips
make it up as you go
waiting on a sign
to fall into the world again
the people push us with their lives
you're so high at twenty-seven
wake up, wishing that you were seventeen again
time will change your mind
by helping you let go
and they will change your mind
it's all about the way you see your life
you're so high at seventeen
you wake up wishing that you were twenty-seven
and you're so high at twenty-seven
wake up wishing that you were seventeen again
time can change your mind, oh oh
and they will change your mind
'cause all is fair in love in love and war
'cause all is fair in love in love and war
'cause all is fair in love and love is war.
12. I Won't Be
Find your friends
tell them what they mean to you
fly above it all
greet the day with what you know
remember what it's worth
to be breathing air and feeling the rain
when come and watch me go
I won't be alone, oh no
calling my name
the world around sees these these things
walking back home
all we need is what we see
when you figure out these truths
you won't need fall
'cause I know you
when you hear these words are done
you will need to sing
'cause I won't be
