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 Up Discography
01. The Plan
02. Center Of The Universe
03. Carry The Zero
04. Sidewalk
05. Bad Light
06. Time Trap
07. Else
08. You Were Right
09. Temporarily Blind
10. Broken Chairs
UP #069
Built To Spill
Keep It Like A Secret
LP
1999 Up Records
Basic tracks recorded at Bear Creek, Woodinville WA
11/97 with assistant engineer Zach Reinig
Overdubs recorded at AVAST! Recording Co.,
Seattle, WA 12/97-2/98
Mixed at the Magic Shop, New York, NY 4-5/98
with assistant engineers Scott Norton and Juan Garcia
Mastered at Sterling Sound by Steve Fallone
Engineered by Phil Ek
Produced by Phil Ek and Doug Martsch
Built To Spill is Doug Martsch, Scott Plouf and Brett Nelson
Sam Coomes played keyboards on 10
All songs written by Built to Spill
except 10 - words by Uhuru Black
As always, Karena Youtz contributed to lyrics throughout
Art direction and design by Tae Won Yu
Photographs by Tae Won Yu and Jeff Smith
Layout by Jesse LeDoux
All songs ©1998 BMG Songs, Inc./All Smiles
Songs, Inc. ASCAP
©&P 1999 Warner Bros. Records
Under license to Up Records
The Plan the plan keeps coming up again / the plan means nothing stays the same / but the plan won't accomplish anything / if it's not implemented / like it's always been / and it makes me think of everyone / and the cause of this is evident / but the remedy cannot be found / cause it's so well hidden / this history lesson doesn't make any sense / in any less than / ten thousand year increments / of common sense

Center Of The Universe I heard what I said to you / and it was so out of sync / with the way I wanted to / make myself out to seem / I don't like this air / but that doesn't mean I'll stop breathing it / who doesn't think they're at / the center of the universe / being it / don't look now / just keep watching your tv / hating what's to see / waiting for someone to say something that's right / I heard what I said to you / thought it was all understood / but I wasn't getting through / I'd go on if I could

Carry The Zero I'm not knocking your want to carry that home / took it with you when you moved and got it broke / found the pieces, we counted them all alone / didn't add up, forgot to carry a zero / I can't be your apologist very long / I'm surprised that you'd want to carry that on / count your blemishes you can't they're all gone / I can't see your response putting them back on / like they're waiting for your guard to fall / so they can see it all / and you're so occupied with what other people are occupied with / and vice versa / and you've become what you thought was dumb / a fraction of the sum, the middle and the front / and now it's coming back hasn't come too far / I was trying to help but I guess I pushed too hard / and now we can't even touch it / afraid it'll fall apart

Sidewalk come on break it up / it's gone on long enough / what has it changed for you / the tubes tag along / the radar's got it wrong / what hasn't changed for you / can you wait for the sidewalk / waiting for you / can you wait for the sidewalk / can it wait for you

Bad Light never forget / what I think is true / what I want to do / what I got from you / and all that sun makes so much shine / how this is done like so much science / can't be explained through common sense / takes a firm background in remembering / and it takes some math / and there's so much more / it's so hard to read in bad light / it's so hard to see in bad light

Time Trap it's barely yours on loan / what you think you own / the place that you call home / the ideas in your bones / this would still feel dumb / back where you're from / do you want to change your mind / cause you could never know that / in a time trap / guess that's all fair now because / guess that's all there ever was / gray and sprawling / save your crawling / do you want to save your life

Else finally I don't mind / worthless tries at finding something else / best not talk too loud / you're not as smart as you require of them / your body breaks / your needs consume you forever / and with this lied the need / to be here together / funny thing with blood / try to stand but neither leg is awake / just this side of love / is where you'll find the confidence not to continue

You Were Right you were wrong when you said / everything's gonna be alright / you were right when you said / all that glitters isn't gold / you were right when you said / all we are is dust in the wind / you were right when you said / we are all just bricks in the wall / and when you said manic depression's a frustrating mess / you were right when you said / you can't always get what you want / you were right when you said / it's a hard rain's gonna fall / you were right when you said / we're still running against the wind / life goes on long after the thrill of living is gone / you were right when you said / this is the end

Temporarily Blind bet you can't tell I'm temporarily blind / and how much more can I get sunburned / there's one in everyone / the thought of you waiting for so long / turn your back on this hating / before I forget it took so long / turn your back on this waiting / I need to know where you're coming from / turn your back on their framing / who history doesn't teach it makes numb / turn your back on their taming / yeah they might let you say it / but it would take all day to explain it / (mumbled unintelligible nonsense)

Broken Chairs (written by Uhuru Black) broken chairs your body conforms to / out beyond the quieted garden / you can bring the man form into trust / through the holes in my everydayness / lends sustenance where starvation's necessary / cause my brain's a dictionary / of long spring days and the speech of crows / who themselves are mirrors of apprehensions / in the fallen sun / alright / you can make it stay

 
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