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Album: This Is Happening (2010)
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  • From this position
    I will relax
    From this position
    I can see the whole place

    From this position
    Oh, just relax
    From this position
    I make some stand
    I make my peace with the man

    And it goes pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow
    It goes pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow

    From this position
    I can see both of them
    From this position
    I totally get how the decision was reached

    From this position
    I can say "serious" or "cop-out" or "hard to define"
    From this position, from this position
    It's kind of like eating myself to death

    You on the outside
    Me on the inside
    There's advantage to both
    (Advantages to both)

    And me being uptight
    And you being all right
    There's advantages to each
    (Advantages advantages)

    From this perspective, from this position
    I have a good grip on both of them
    Because I have stayed home
    And have learned a little more about my neighborhood
    Which is important
    You know, there's a lot of good places to eat

    So it goes pow, pow, pow, pow, pow
    Pow, pow, pow, pow
    Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow
    Pow, pow, pow, pow

    So it's pow, pow, pow, pow, pow
    Pow, pow, pow, pow
    It goes pow, pow, pow, pow, pow
    Pow, pow, pow, pow

    With you on the keystroke
    And me on the gangplank
    There's advantages to both
    (Advantages to both)

    And you have been all right
    And I have been filmed being ridiculous
    Oh, eat it, Michael Musto
    You're no Bruce Vilanch

    Now, I have been untied
    And you are all cross-eyed
    There's advantages to each
    (Advantages to each)

    And I'm coming back, coming back, coming back
    Until there's nothing left in the well
    Is that what they call it, the well?

    I'm paralyzed
    And looking through you
    But if nothing's right
    We try anyway

    As we compromised an aggregate person
    I'm amazed at my decision to blame

    On this occasion, there are a couple of things that we know that we learned from Fact Magazine
    One, the king wears a king hat and lives in a king house
    Two, your time will come, but tonight is our night
    So you should give us all of your drugs
    Three, we have a black president and you do not, so shut up
    Because you don't know shit about where I'm from that you didn't get from your TV

    So while times have been tough
    And times have been tough
    You have been put down, washed up, erased out
    But honestly
    And be honest with yourself
    How much time do you waste?
    How much time do you blow every day?

    So pow, pow, pow, pow, pow
    Pow, pow, pow, pow
    Oh, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow
    Pow, pow, pow, pow

    So pow, pow, pow, pow, pow
    Pow, pow, pow, pow
    Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow
    Pow, pow, pow, pow

    The return of the police
    The return of the police

    With you on the inside
    And me on the outside
    There's advantages to both
    (Advantages to both)

    With me being wired
    And you being tired
    There's advantages to each
    (Advantages, advantages)

    From this position
    I feel an affinity for the both of them, which is confusing
    But honestly
    I should be careful because otherwise, I'm being, I'm being, you know, what's it called?
    Oh, fuck it

    Reclining, I'm getting used to it
    Like kissing under a bridge
    It's an entirely new
    Discovery, discovery, discovery, discovery, discovery, discovery, discovery, discovery

    And then a couple of weeks at home
    And then a couple of weeks away
    And then home and away, again
    To use up your desire for
    Discovery, discovery, discovery, discovery
    Discovery, discovery, discovery

    For an instant
    You could have pushed through
    But it's a plagiarized
    Regret anyway
    But what you want for now
    Is someone to feel you
    And that's the thing you like
    Is planning to stay

    And all this time
    It's so nice
    It's so nice
    It's so nice

    The return of the police! Writer/s: James Jeremiah Murphy, Nancy Whang, Patrick Mahoney, Tyler Pope
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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