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Elliott Smith – My New Freedom Lyrics 19 years ago
here's what i gathered. i listened to two different live versions. you'll see some words or phrases that have slashes. the stuff on the left of the slashes is from the crystal ballroom version and on the right is from a show on 2001/12/21.

you can go anytime you want
i won't watch if it hurts too much
if you stay promise you will be
better to you, and better to me

i don't wanna celebrate my new freedom
have/with a drink to you cuz you made it new
and i hate everyone/everything i see
everyone, everything

i know how to handle the situation
i forget other stuff if i drink enough
to pretend that i got people too
people i know, who know/care what i do

you were just trying to be nice
i never asked/i don't need your advice

i know how to handle the situation/i know how to celebrate my new freedom
how to be discreet and admit defeat
you can go and i'll say what i should

i'm doin okay, pretty good
(pretty good)

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Elliott Smith – Brand New Game Lyrics 19 years ago
Here are some corrections:

saw you dropped in the slot
sayin' I got a brand new game
running down the alley with an hour you bought
from a man with no last name
like an idiot animal
too stupid to shame

got a brand new game
got a brand new, brand new game
got a brand new game
got a brand new game

ape men in a cave
painting on the wall
nothing's going to keep
ambition's menacing glances
and nothing's that's got it all
from gazing over to where hope sleeps
artificially small
like a beast too tame

got a brand new, brand new game
got a brand new game
got a brand new game

no happiness allowed
cuz one's never enough, two is always a crowd

I've got a microscope and a slide
and a glass eye nature made
everything's impossible
there's nothing to do
but oppose this promenade

push the point to oblivion
and keep turning the blade

got a brand new game
got a brand new, brand new game
got a brand new game
got a brand new game

the meaning? gosh, i dunno.

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Mew – 156 Lyrics 19 years ago
156 is the chord progression playing during the chorus. the chorus is in c# minor, so when they sing 1 5 6, the chords are actually changing on the rhythm that 1 5 6 is sang-- c#min G#min Amaj. although the bass doesn't play the root of the 5 chord, which is G# minor, the 5 chord is very strongly implied in the instrumentation and in that synthesized string line which plays G# (the root of the 5 chord) right when they say "5". i dont know if this is actually why they say 156, but if it's just a coincidence that they're saying 156 and the chord progerssion happens to be 156 changing right in rhythm with the vocal line, then damn that's quite a coincidence.

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