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You stayed up all night,
Waiting for sunlight
To rear it’s head, your dirty bed
Is overfed and overgrown
And everything I said to you,
Doesn’t mean a thing to you, I know.
But there’s warmth in my heart again,
I’m ready now to start again,
These games I’ve played, the love I’ve saved
Is gaining interests now, I swear
And everything I think about
Revolves around our falling out, I think.
And all this time your tall-told lies are falling slowly
On deafened ears and all my fears are calling out.
But when I pick up sticks and stones,
I play until I warm my bones
And then I think of everything
Before I give up everything
Or I say I do, I swear I do
I think that its time to press forward.
And to everything I’ve ever done
To lovers lost and battles won
I hope you forgive me
To everything I did for you
I screamed until black and blue
I fall over
And all this time your tall-told lies are falling slowly
On deafened ears and all my fears are calling out
And not long ago, you rubbed your nose
On my neck, and your breath would
Brush my hair, and all my cares
Would float away, until the day we
Stopped in our tracks
Mulled it over
One hand on head
One hand on shoulder
And I took your face
Told you darling, I’m—-
Stopped in our tracks
We mulled it over
One hand on head
One hand on shoulder
And I took your face
Told you darling,
I’m done!
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2. |
Streams
02:45
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I see streams of blue that are streaked with red
I know that men were tortured up the way
And I pray to god, that there is a god
To help my love return today.
I see lovers kiss and I feel out of place
My dog ran away and I'm still here.
I think to myself that I'm by myself,
And I can't make these thoughts go away.
And I'll take it back
If you'll think about it,
Cement crumbles
Isn't life a wonder?
And I'll take it back
If you say it back
Streams will turn
Trees into tinder.
Did the time run off somewhere where I won't find it?
It's life me here old, wrinkled and blinded
By the sights of life with only sighs of people
And I pray to god that I will find the chapel.
I see fireflies having sex in the night time,
I wonder if they care about their minimal life lines,
And if they don't give a fuck, then why the hell do I?
And if they don't give a fuck, then why the fuck do I?
And I'll take it back
If you'll think about it,
Cement crumbles
Isn't life a wonder?
And I'll take it back
If you say it back
Streams will turn
Trees into tinder.
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3. |
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Your eyes are covered by sheets of colors
Your love is a street that carries me away.
I try to explore your methods of kissing
It's new and exciting, I think that it fits me.
So let these sheets fall from your body's shape
Let me brush away your hair from your face, my dear
I want to caress you, to feel you, to hold you,
To know that you love me and say that I told you
This is love like a fossilized footprint
In 5,000 years they'll find it and hang it
So let them preserve us in basic cloth-made sheets,
We found on the futon to save our bodies heat.
And I knew right then and there that every person from before
Meant so much, you mean so much to me, as sheets fall to the floor,
And you become my covers, your head on my chest
Your body heat, I rise to meet your lips before we rest.
So be my life and live it, it's rare that I give it,
A brand new chapter ends happily
And in this first section I find our imperfections
And soon learn to love them and think happily only of them.
So let us just lay here, explore with our hand prints,
Carving the love that they'll find in our footprints.
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4. |
High Five Goodbye
03:30
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5. |
Petals
04:07
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All of your petals are strewn across the floor,
They are worn out, red and rusted, used up from before,
And every question ever asked was random now I fear,
But now we’re grown and now know those petals got us here.
Lay awake, I’ll lay and dream,
my dear.
The sounds of ticking on the fencing,
Picketing my thoughts of thinking rationally
It made me think the world was going mad.
For every crack in the sidewalk,
A new idea for me to dwell on,
Just as soon another stumbles in my path.
And I, wave a long goodbye,
I go, somewhere I’ve never known.
And as I leave the ground for soaring,
You take me to a place that I swore
I would never, ever,
ever go.
And every second I regret regretting,
Ever having ever letting,
You not let me take you
Where I thought we should go.
And I, wave a long goodbye,
I go into this great unknown.
All of our moments are sheltered in the past,
They were taken by our fingers, they were never meant to last,
But every snapshot ever taken was taken now I fear,
I can’t recall a single fall on cracks that got us here.
Lay awake, I’ll lay and dream, my dear.
And I, wave a long goodbye,
I go somewhere I’ve always known.
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6. |
Ghost
03:51
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I’m dinner for the dirt, I’m wasting away, I think
What’s the winner worth and what’s it matter anyways?
I’m dinner for the dirt, wasting away I think
What’s the winner worth, I’ll sell him to you anyways.
He says oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh oh.
He says I do not know, I don’t know.
I put my best dress on, thrown over the skeleton,
I put my best face on, not impressing anyone,
I put my best vest on, button ups shut me up,
Put my best foot forward, doesn’t matter anymore
He’d go oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh
He’d say I know you know you don’t know
She’s fighting her way, she’s fighting her way
Through the
bar room now,
Her fists are flying everywhere,
She’s slicing her way, slicing her way
Through their hearts now, oh and arteries aren’t stopping her
They’d go oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Just say I will not go, I won’t go
Gravity has no meaning to me now,
‘Cause you are here and you’re bringing me down
Gravity has no use for me now,
But you are dead so I’ll float around
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Just say I do not know, I don’t know
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7. |
Michigan
03:16
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You find a pearl in every bed
But in my head you’re finding sand
And my plan it falls to pieces and I begin to give up hope
But you, you gave it time
You comfort it and wait for it, you hope for it and say that it’s
Mine if I want it, I swear that you should have it,
I’m picking up your habits and I’m leaving it all behind.
I think I’m going to Michigan,
Where I’ll never see you again
Everything will finally be alright
Finally I’ll be alright
Shadows on the television coming through the window
Made me make a bad decision turning on the radio
Now NPR is dwelling on scandals in Connecticut
The weather is so cold, I think I can handle it
And I am leaving 316 and going somewhere else.
And I am driving 75 and thinking to myself.
I think I’m going to Michigan,
Where I’ll never see you again
Everything will finally be alright
Finally I’ll be alright.
Every song I’ve written lately shows me that I’m demonstrating
Getting use to losing things I never even thought of saving
I swear that I will leave this time, cross the Mason-Dixon line
Blasting this song as I’m driving to
Michigan,
Where I’ll never see you again
Everything will finally be alright
Finally I’ll be alright
And you fall down, like a waterfall I meant it all
I never said a word I didn’t
Mean to be so heartless but the hardest thing was
Knowing that you never meant a thing
Michigan,
Where I’ll never see you again
Everything will finally be alright
Finally I’ll be alright
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8. |
Birds
03:47
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I have trouble waking in the morning
The birds chirping are beautiful and haunting
I hear them and I’m wanting new things
New bells to ring and new songs to sing and
I’m living a life so easy
Walking through it I feel beautiful and free
I see you and you’re living easy
And I want it to be, and I want it to be
I have woken I see stars fall and follow them
My blurry it wishes on all of them
I pass ideas of riches and grandeur
In favor of a picnic in a pasture so
Take my hand and let’s get messy as
Everyone will look at us in jealousy, but
It’s so easy when you’re living easy
And I want it to be, and I want it to
I’m going so fast so slowly
I’m leaving this town for one thing
I’m burning out so fast, it’s something
I’m leaving this town for one thing
And every day you come undone
Fighting a battle that you thought you’d won
But now you are back you’ve seen the signs
That tell that she was there the whole damn time
I am down for the count, but don’t count me out
Imagination but I hear you shouting
I’m no lion but I’m good at hunting
And I will chase you if that’s what you’re wanting.
I’m going so fast so slowly
I’m leaving this town for one thing
I’m burning out so fast, it’s something
I’m leaving this town for one thing, you.
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9. |
Family Trees
04:20
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Little lanes are living lies they’re old and dated in this life
Horses don’t walk down their cobblestone streets,
And long lost lovers are ruining his mother’s car,
But even that doesn’t last for long.
These tree roots are eating me up,
My bloodlines are beginning to rust,
It’s okay if birds need to leave now,
We’ve got two mouths to feed now.
These garden states are leaving,
Leave me out of all your grieving,
Cries you know we will all rot,
You know god damn well where we came from.
We’ll eat our greens,
We’ll live our lives
And every damn time I get this high,
It makes me think
That all our dreams,
Are just skin deep and kept for branches
These skylines are artificial
Build them back up from the anthills now.
These blueprint printed post cards
Reading through all of my thoughts now.
We’ll eat our greens,
We’ll live our lives
And every damn time I get this high,
It makes me think
That all our dreams,
Are just skin deep and kept for branches
We’ll eat our greens,
We’ll live our lives
And every damn time I get this high,
It makes me think
That all our dreams,
Are just skin deep and kept for branches
But truth be told, the whole world is burning
Down we fall, living lives it’s only,
Truth if I find the lies while falling,
Down and I’m as far down, down, down, as I’ll go!
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10. |
Bombs!Bombs!Bombs!
03:23
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Fingernails grow old and rotten
Old and rusted soon forgotten
I don’t care. I never did care for that set.
So game, set, match,
your king is taken,
Black or white it doesn’t matter
I know now, I know we’re all doomed.
So bombs, bombs, bombs go down, down, down
Planes in the skies are crashing round,
What a cacophony, what a symphony of sound.
Towers crumble into stone,
Back to ground from where they’d grown,
But they’ll all come back, they’ll all rise up again.
Bones are battered, beaten, broken,
Taken from skin, kept as tokens,
Ivory chains hanging from you neck!
So love, love, love, it’s now or never
Soon we’ll die and last forever,
And immortality isn’t spent alone.
And bombs, bombs, bombs go down, down, down,
Planes in the skies are crashing round,
What a cacophony, what a symphony of sound.
Towers crumble into stone,
Back to ground from where they’d grown,
But they’ll all come back, they’ll all rise up again.
Bombs, bombs, bombs go down, down, down,
Planes in the skies are crashing round,
What a cacophony, what a symphony of sound.
Towers crumble into stone,
Back to ground from where they’d grown,
But they’ll all come back, they’ll all rise up again.
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11. |
I'm Here, I'm Happy
03:53
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Oh….
Please take your hands off of my old friends,
I cannot handle making amends with you.
I used to think you were something more,
But 4 years later and I see that I was wrong.
The whole time, it goes on and on
Like a coal mine, digging your nails into
My skin so soft, so naive,
You did this to yourself no matter what you think.
And our book keeps going like a piece of fiction,
That I never would believe if I hadn’t written it,
And now I’m reading through all of your words,
And I’m left with a truth that’s even more absurd
Oh…
My mind is tainted, miscolored, and stained,
It draws on pieces of your old games,
These tattered memories are all I’ve left,
In all of my life and I’ve no regrets
And it’s a new game with familiar faces,
And our old frames that are free from places
That remind me of who you once were,
But never really meant and it’s all a blur.
And our book keeps going like a piece of fiction,
That I never would believe if I hadn’t written it,
But now I’m reading through all of your words,
And I’m left with a truth that’s even more absurd
Oh…
Your lies formed from diction made friction between us
I’m left with a fiction of something you made.
I’ve made no decisions on visions for futures,
But your thoughts are crazy, insane and deranged.
And our book keeps going like a piece of fiction,
That I never would believe if I hadn’t written it,
But now I’m reading through all of your words,
And am left with a truth that’s even more absurd
Oh…
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12. |
Waiting for Sunlight
07:12
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Waiting For Sunlight
You stayed up all night,
Waiting for sunlight
To rear it’s head, your dirty bed
Is overfed and overgrown
And everything I said to you,
Doesn’t mean a thing to you, I know.
But there’s warmth in my heart again,
I’m ready now to start again,
These games I’ve played, the love I’ve saved
Is gaining interests now, I swear
And everything I think about
Revolves around our falling out, I think.
And all this time your tall-told lies are falling slowly
On deafened ears and all my fears are calling out.
But when I pick up sticks and stones,
I play until I warm my bones
And then I think of everything
Before I give up everything
Or I say I do, I swear I do
I think that its time to press forward.
And to everything I’ve ever done
To lovers lost and battles won
I hope you forgive me
To everything I did for you
I screamed until black and blue
I fall over
And all this time your tall-told lies are falling slowly
On deafened ears and all my fears are calling out
And not long ago, you rubbed your nose
On my neck, and your breath would
Brush my hair, and all my cares
Would float away, until the day we
Stopped in our tracks
Mulled it over
One hand on head
One hand on shoulder
And I took your face
Told you darling, I’m—-
Stopped in our tracks
We mulled it over
One hand on head
One hand on shoulder
And I took your face
Told you darling,
I’m done!
Sunlight (Bonus Track)
I’m sad and I’m wanting my wants to be gone
My needs to be filled and an arm to hold onto
It’s times like these in credits of movies
Where couples are smiling and all reminiscing
That I am wanting those wants again
I’m tired of hating them
It’s time to go outright
And step into sunlight again.
So let’s be a light bulb and be bright again
We’ll hold hands and circuits will light up our friends
And what I want most is isn’t your roses
It’s noses and freckles and tickling your toes and
I am wanting those wants again
A friend to live within
It’s time to go outright
And make light in this night again.
So give me a half again,
Wanting to hold a hand,
Every old heart, it wants to be whole again
Found myself drowning in
Waters so cold it seemed
Every heart’s hollow with little between
So make me, take me,
Away from this place I have found myself in.
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