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Under the Beach Lyrics

Song 15

Let there be no doubt

(It's) time to set it all right
We've had the time; only, it's now
We've had our time to set it all right If we had the time, why not before?
We've had the time to set it all right

Let there be no doubt

We've had the time; only, it's now
We've had our time to set it all right
If we had the time, why not before?
We've had the time to set it all right

If we don't move, if we don't change
Being the things we should begin
If we don't move, if we don't change
End the things we know we should end
If we don't move, if we don't change
Act on this sense of urgency
If we don't move, if we don't change
Begin the things we should begin

Song 20

Given the stakes, we want to know
Patterns emerge, only mirrored
Finding out, finding out, finding out now
Given our state, we want to see
Patterns emerge, only mirrored
Looking in, looking in, looking through us

Seeing it only if we see ourselves
Feeling it only if there's nothing else
Feeling it only if we see ourselves
Seeing it only when there's nothing else

Have we managed escape into Cage?
(Staring at ourselves staring)
Will we now manage escape out of us?
(Staring at ourselves staring)
Can we see past ourselves mirrored back?
(Staring at ourselves staring)
Now we are watching ourselves; watch us grow

Given the stakes we want only ourselves, only meaning
In the glass, mirrored back at us clearer
Patterns emerge, only when are our eyes ever separate
From the glass, mirrored back at us nearer

Song 16

Looking out for ourselves
Looking out on our future
Looking back the past opens
Look back is not easy

Sizing up the jump, no, we don't wanna go

Let it go
Don't let go
Let it go

But looking back's at least clear
Looking back's at least over
Looking out into nothing
Looking out is not easy

Sizing up the jump, no, we don't wanna go

Don't let go
Let it go
Don't let go

We don't want
We don't want
We don't want
We don't wanna go
Sizing up the jump, no

Song 17

Sussing out all the conflicts that we don't recognize in other situations
Leaving out all the static that we can't penetrate with open eyes

Put it out, put it out, put it out
Let it burn, let it burn

So what is there's no end?
So what if there's an end?
So what if we're alone?
So what if we're together?

Put it out, put it out, put it out; burn
Put it out, or let it burn?

Sussing out all the conflicts that we don't recognize in other situations
Leaving out all the static that we can't penetrate with open eyes

With or without, willing to
With or without, try

So what is there's no end?
So what if there's an end?
So what if we're alone?
So what if we're together?

We're not telling you to go We're asking you to come

Song 19

(Knowing) It's a fine line
(Thinking) It's a fine line

Careful! What we learn changes us, even if we're careful

Even if we choose it, 'cause we're conscious, cause we'll choose it

Even so

(Thinking) It's a fine line
(Knowing) It's a fine line

Careful! Who are we later on? Even if we're careful

Even if we chose it, 'cause we're conscious, cause we chose it

Even so

Future selves! Believe us!
We learned
We learned
We learned how
We learned over time

Song 13

Growing out of those things
that were so useful before
We won't give it up until it's empty
Getting past those sad things
we do not need anymore
We won't give it up until it's empty

Put away those things that we don't need so that we can
Put away ourselves so that we can put away what is left
Lay down those things that we don't need so that we can
Lay down ourselves so that we can lay down the rest

Growing out of those things
that were so useful before
We won't give it up until it's over
Getting past those sad things
we do not need anymore
We won't give it up until it's over

Put away those things that we don't need so that we can
Put away ourselves so that we can put away what is left
Laying down those things that we don't need so that we can
Lay down ourselves so that we can lay down the rest

Is it so hard? Is it so hard to see?
Is it so hard? Is it so hard to do?
Is it so hard? Is it so hard to see?
Is it so hard? Is it so hard for us now?
Is it so hard for us?

Song 21

And in subtle wanting, meaning

And in between subtle phases
We are wanting to find meaning

And in between the subtle process of
Being/wanting, we're making meaning

And in between the vast
Subtle process of our
Being/wanting we have
Built our meaning from scratch

And in between the vast plates
Subtle forces testify
Being wanting (rêves concretes)
Built on nothing, they float free

And in between the vast open clouds
Subtle forces test our resolve now
Making meaning is a paving stone
Built on nothing, it floats freely false

And in spite of our vast
Self doubt, we take solace
Subtle forces hide the
Sadness in such sweet dreams
Making meaning becomes
Paving stones on our beach
Built on nothing we float
Trapped in our own design

And in spite of our vast self doubt
We take solace, we'll find
Subtle forces reveal something
In our sweet dreams, we'll find
Making meaning becomes inverse
Our own escape, we'll find
Built on nothing we float, freed
By our own design undone

We're not over that's it's empty, but still we're learning how
Under the sand, laying dormant, still we're paving stones

Song 14

We lie all we want to about what we have done
If we lie all we want to, who sets it right?
We lie all we want to; when will we be done?
We lie all we want to, so set it right

When it ends, then we are done
When we end, then it is done

We lie all we want to about what we have done
If we lie all we want to, who sets it right?
We lie all we want to; when will we be done?
We lie all we want to, so set it right

When it ends, then we are done
When we end, then it is done

This ground is finite, so we are
This air is finite, so we are
This time is finite, so we are
This dream is finite, so we are

What were our goals in hindsight?
Who were our friends?
Were we kinder in hindsight?
What did we share?
Always clearer in hindsight;
When will we learn?
Warning ourselves in hindsight --
Can we listen?

Song 18

We want what we don't have
Though we know how it goes, where it goes
We want what we can't have
Though we know how it goes, where it goes
We want what we once had
Though we know that it's gone, why it's gone
We want what we don't have
Though we know how it goes, where it goes

And we think it's greener -- the past is greener -- so we forget the gray
Why can't we remember? We don't remember whether we faced it or not
Are we the first to see it? Cause we can't see it as clearly as we could see
'Cause we think it's greener -- the past is greener -- and so we forget the gray

Inside out, inside out, inside out
(Forget the past)
We forgot who we were, we forgot
(Invent from scratch)
Inside out, inside out, inside out
(Forget the past)
We forgot what it was, we forgot
(Invent from scratch)
Inside out, inside out, inside out
(Forget the past)
Who we were, we forget what it was
(Invent from scratch)
Inside out, inside out, inside out
(Forget the past)
What it was, we forget who we were

And we think it's greener -- the past is greener -- so we forget the gray
We can again; forget again
Why can't we remember? We don't remember whether we faced it or not
We'll face forward; just face forward
Are we the first to see it? Cause we can't see it as clearly as we could see
If we'd listened; will we listen?
'Cause we think it's greener -- the past is greener -- and so we forget the gray
We can again, forget again

It's overrated, but we've forgotten now
Our sweet goals were sweet goals, are sweet goals
It's overrated, but we've forgotten how
To stay close -- oh, we're close -- we'll stay close

Song 22

Finding out what it's all about
What's it all about? We'll find out

We can't take it back
Now we can't not know
We'll take it every time

Oh, c'mon!
Cause we don't know why
Cause we don't know
Oh, c'mon!
Cause we don't know how
Cause we don't know

Finding a reason for what it's all about
What's it all about? We'll find a reason

A reason to find out
A reason to know how