1. |
gainfully employed
04:11
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five years from now i’ll be dead
i am growing out my hair and emptying my head
it’s hard to put it down when love is what you’re lying for
i’ll never give it up i don’t know what i’m trying for
i need some space to breathe there’s nothing here worth dying for
i want to fade away but a promise is a promise and forever is forever, after all
five years from now i’ll be rotting in hell
nothing left to say but there’s still so much to tell
it’s hard to put it down when love is what you’re lying for
i’ll never give it up i don’t know what i’m trying for
i need some space to breathe there’s nothing here worth dying for
i want to fade away but a promise is a promise and forever is forever, after all
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2. |
shadow puppets
02:19
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every day there are pictures you don’t take but your mind does
every day there are choices you don’t make but your mind does
how much of myself is me? (not enough!)
how much of yourself can you see? (not enough…)
i don’t want to go home yet
(i don’t want to home, please don’t make me go home)
the sun makes the shadows
the trees make the shadows
i don’t want to go home yet
(i don’t want to home, please don’t make me go home)
how much of myself is me? (not enough!)
how much of yourself can you see? (not enough…)
how much of myself
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3. |
apple soup
05:03
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lots of ways to keep going
nowhere left to go
all of your good cards are showing
we can all see what you know
plenty of ways to keep moving
the singular urge to rot
who says you can’t win if you’re losing?
you might as well take a shot
(so)[when] ready,
aim, fire!
plenty of days left to get through
it’s the hours that put up a fight
the years mostly pass how they ought to
in groups of a few overnight
plenty of ways to keep moving
the singular urge to rot
who says you can’t win if you’re losing?
you might as well take a shot
(so)[when] ready,
aim, fire!
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4. |
i swear they answered
02:39
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my sight is obscured and i like it that way
being blind is a cure for the weight of the day
my senses ignored and i like it that
reactions endured
as if you had a say
there’s a room with no door
and i’m growing up through the floorboards
so jump if you’re sure
cuz they’re going with or without you
there’s a room with no door
and i’m growing up through the floorboards
move a little bit more
cuz we’re going with or without you
what did we turn up with?
that which turned us down
how did you turn out with?
all that you tore down
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5. |
neck brace
03:51
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walking in the park at night
because there no people there
can’t escape the traffic lights
[but at least i got fresh air]
must escape my house at night
there are too many people there
can’t outrun the coming light
[but at least i got fresh air]
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6. |
expendables
02:21
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i feel fine when i feel something
do you feel something when you feel fine?
all the casualties of traffic:
all the birds and bugs and rabbits
do they matter all?
well, do you think so?
do you move faster when days seem slow
is there some place you’ve decided to go?
all the casualties of traffic:
all the birds and bugs and rabbits
do they matter all?
well, do you think so?
do you see them at all?
well, i don’t think so
once or twice, i thought i was awake
once or twice, i made that mistake
but i know better now
all the casualties of traffic:
all the birds and bugs and rabbits
do they matter all?
well, do you think so?
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7. |
pleather gloves
03:42
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sure, it’s all a trap
and yeah, they’ll catch you
they’ll put you in your place again
[but run anyway]
navigate their map
still they’ll catch you
they’ll tell you to your face again
[but run anyway]
there’s no exit and we can’t make one
there’s no way out but we will fake some
there’s no exit and we can’t make one
there’s no way out
none of this is fair, it doesn’t matter
they make all the rules
and still we’ll [play anyway]
sure the game is rigged
and yeah they’ll beat you
they don’t want you to understand
but [play anyway]
you don’t have a choice
they can’t hear your voice
you don’t have a choice
but choose anyway
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8. |
spyder bite
03:36
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i liked my name when it came out of your mouth
wish there was some way i could *write it out*, *spit it out*
i liked my voice when you called me on the phone
wish you would call me up and *call me home*, *i don’t want to roam*
i felt so pretty when my name came out of your mouth
wish i could make you feel *pretty too*, *special too*
i felt so stupid when i called you on the phone
wish i could wall you back and *make it right*, *kiss your head goodnight*
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9. |
ticket
02:12
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you can tell us again
but we already heard you
you can show us again
but we already learned it all from you
and you, you always let the light find you
and you, you always find your light
lights down and curtain then!
when is it over?
and you, you always let the light find you
and you, you always find your light
just don’t be so obvious
and you, you always let the light find you
and you, you always find your light
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10. |
game green
04:10
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cut me open;
my blood’s so sweet it stains and melts your teeth
don’t let it spill on these old bedsheets
we can melt together and sleep for a while
until you decide to go and fix your smile
easier to play this game back down south
summer’s colors rush into your mouth
hold me closer;
i’m losing heat and i can’t bear to leave
euthymia never looked as good on me
wherever you may go my heart will always know
the sun will sing for you no matter what you do
easier to play this game back down south
summer’s colors rush into your mouth
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11. |
paint me on a horse
02:21
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every day you’re gone the world gets a little bigger
and it’s spinning quicker, i’m losing my balance
i don’t want to get up
when i’m falling down i’ve got no one around
i still call your name, the only thing that’s on my brain
i don’t want anyone else
i miss when we were 13
i missed your family on christmas eve
i miss when you were missing teeth
i wonder if you’re missing me
are you missing me?
(B: “uh, you know. five minutes…what do you mean?”
L: “i just have this feeling you’re not gonna come back”)
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