Incubus

24 advanced vocabulary words across 19 songs.

spontaneousPardon Me

unplanned; happening or arising without apparent external cause

A decade ago, I never thought I would be

At 23, on the verge of spontaneous combustion, woe is me!

But I guess that it comes with the territory

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intangibleAbsolution Calling

abstract; impossible to feel or touch

An intangible impression that's always everywhere

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evidentNowhere Fast

obvious; clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

I take a look around

It's evident the scene has changed

And there are times when I feel improved, improved upon the past

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catastropheNew Skin

disaster; an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

Infected and disastrous

It breathes chaotic catastrophe

It cries to be renewed, "Please renew me!"

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spectrumNew Skin

range; an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave

Reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear

Since the initial publication of the chart of electromagnetic spectrum

Humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear

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unclear; open to two or more interpretations

Something I read and manifested that's getting you down

Don't you dare come to bed with that ambiguous look in your eye

I'd sooner sleep by an open fire and wake up fried

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starkSick Sad Little World

bare; devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

Leave me here in my

Stark, raving, sick, sad little world

Leave me here in my

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myriadRedefine

countless; too numerous to be counted

So modify this third rock from the sun

By painting myriads of pictures with the colors of the one, go!

I'm sick of painting in black and white

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defyOut From Under

challenge; resist or confront with resistance

Anyone who does will end up smelling

Knowing this, why do I defy

Because my inner voice is yelling

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resistOut From Under

refuse; elude, especially in a baffling way

To resist is to piss in the wind

Anyone who does will end up smelling

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difference; a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

We could uncover the you, you deny

Between two, a small discrepancy

One complicates and one simplifies

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serenityIn the Company of Wolves

calm; a disposition free from stress or emotion

It helps to know serenity from ennui

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offensivePistola

attacking; the action of attacking an enemy

On the tip of my tongue

An offensive is poised and rearing

My intention: A bullet

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gravitySummer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)

seriousness; (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe

When we get there, we're gonna fly so far away

Making sure to laugh while we experience antigravity

Antigravity

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sphereVitamin

globe; a particular environment or walk of life

In a moment or two I realize

That the sphere upon which I reside

Is asleep on it's feet

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resideVitamin

live in; make one’s home in a particular place or community

In a moment or two I realize

That the sphere upon which I reside

Is asleep on it's feet

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indulgeNebula

treat; give free rein to

I lay my pencil to the porous page

And let my lunatic indulge itself

Wander off into you nebula

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coincidenceSmile Lines

a striking or unlikely combination of events

This isn't coincidence

There's no such thing

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autonomyIdiot Box

independence; immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

Tell me who to believe!

What's the use of autonomy

When a button does it all?

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converseYou Will Be a Hot Dancer

opposite; carry on a conversation

Ooh, now that the basics are down

Converse amongst yourselves

But, keep an eye out for the next complication

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perpetualWhile All the Vultures Feed

ageless; continuing forever or indefinitely

But of our own design

No more perpetual reticence

With our words we make shapes

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precedeWhile All the Vultures Feed

occur earlier; be earlier in time; go back further

Stay wide awake, yeah

Make haste 'cause predators precede

Stay wide awake,

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predatorWhile All the Vultures Feed

hunter; someone who attacks in search of booty

Stay wide awake, yeah

Make haste 'cause predators precede

Stay wide awake,

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conclusiveVersion

definite; forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question

To be conclusive,

I'd like to say,

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