1. |
Maladroit Stride
04:33
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I cut off my jeans last night
just to be overly dramatic;
a show of just how goddamn pathetic I’ve become.
I’ve crash-landed on a new front porch in an adobe hole
‘Cause we were never really good enough.
The light bends through the tree branches in my yard.
The weather is the only honest thing I know.
I find myself buried in a thick blanket of the summer’s snow.
This place is getting too cold for me;
Resisting the itch of gravity from the balcony.
I’m a stranger in an old town called home;
Face planting on the sidewalk, alone.
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2. |
Hair Snatch
03:55
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When will this be over?
Targeted and underslept
I should have called you so you know
That my grip’s been swallowed up by now.
Let’s just forget about
This helplessness I’ve thrown around
And end with “I Love You.”
Truth be told, I’m getting there.
Eyes wide, I try not to stare
From the bed where you sit
As if my gaze will conquer it.
Let’s just forget about
This helplessness I’ve thrown around
And end with “I Love You.”
It’s over now.
My mind survived.
If only I could win every single time.
It’s over now.
My mind survived.
If only I could win every single time.
Single time
Single time
Single time
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3. |
Reverse Origami
03:21
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That’s when I first noticed the way it feels.
The iris of my mind’s eye parading from the sky.
The answer lies within, you once showed me.
Must I ask the question?
Must I ask the question and risk unfolding?
Is it chaos, or is it peace?
I stand by while my dreams sleep.
My inward journey left me high,
but as I plummet I don’t ask why.
Find my bones lying about in the garden
you always wanted.
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4. |
Turned to Fog
03:38
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I remember a dream of you,
passin through,
when I am blue.
Come see me, darlin’.
I left the lights on.
Will you remember me
long after I’m gone?
After I’m gone
After I’m gone
After I’m gone
After I’m gone
Late nights on the East Coast,
bottle runnin’ low;
Then the wind caught us and we were
Never to be seen again.
Never to be seen again.
Never to be seen again.
Never to be seen again.
Never to be seen again.
Never to be seen again.
Never to be seen again!
Never to be seen again!
Never to be seen again!
Never to be seen again!
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5. |
Smudge
05:40
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I’m starting to think that your lack of integrity was my lack of insight.
I was clouded by bullshit everyone else can appreciate.
You always looked like a dream to me!
All I should’ve seen is manipulative machinery.
Spare me the candid attitude.
You think you’re so damn cute
‘cause the internet liked your post
Just know that I would have loved you the most.
You hopped in his truck and you sped off fast
for a quick smile and a vindictive laugh.
And as your lips grew longer, they met mine at half mast.
I could taste the revenge in your spit!
Next time you’re down his throat, I hope you choke on it.
Woo!
Spare me the candid attitude.
You think you’re so damn cute
‘cause the internet liked your post
Just know that I would have loved you the most.
Tossing and turning
My stomach is churning
And I’m still learning
That I can’t stop yearning
For You.
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6. |
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Get inside and lock the door
before I get too fuckin’ bored.
It’s hard enough to know what time of day it is
when I’m preoccupied with all this hate and
My mind is screaming, “There she blows!”
The whale comes up and away she goes!
Time is ticking and the lights are out,
I scream and scream until my engine breaks down.
I know it’s hard, your life ran out and you’re at the door.
You came to me with your head in the ground.
I don’t know why I even bothered to try!
Ay, yai, yai.
My sympathy for you fades away
as your proceed to tell me today’s the day
you’re gonna get your life on track,
but then you fall off the horse and break your back.
Laying there like you’re the winner,
you get to tell your stories over dinner.
Here it comes again!
I roll my eyes behind my head
where they never cry.
I know it’s hard, your life ran out and you’re at the door.
You came to me with your head in the ground.
I don’t know why I even bothered to try acting like I give a fuck.
Your sly words I once heard as I whispered happy goodnights
are gone from me as I’ve heard ‘em all before
(Heard them all before)
I just wanted a piece of you I never saw
And it’s too late.
(I swear) I swear it.
(I swear) I swear it.
(I swear) I swear it!
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7. |
Tight Rope, Man
04:55
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Your trail leaves a trace.
My nose picks up the scent.
Eyes closed, I blindly follow.
Your voice appears, I open my eyes.
I thought being a better man was easy.
I keep my eyes closed while I walk the line,
but the line is much too thin
and the wind is blowing.
Some choices can’t be made.
I can climb uphill
Or relax
As I tumble down.
I thought being a better man was easy.
I keep my eyes closed while I walk the line,
but the line is much too thin
and the wind is blowing.
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8. |
Tripping Up
01:10
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9. |
Ego Death
05:47
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What is this?
Trapped here inside my bones!
My mind is feeble,
and there’s no way out!
Sometimes I get a little closer
to feeling the planets rotate.
Spinning on their strings,
dancing in the dark.
My mind (my mind)
Won’t give it up (won’t give it up)
It tells me to exist
Inside a framework (a framework)
I had no part in this.
I’m made of parts of you.
I’m made of the twirling blue.
Come dance with me and all the stars.
Feel nothingness bend your helpless heart.
My mind (my mind)
Won’t give it up (won’t give it up)
It tells me to exist
Inside a framework (a framework)
I had no part in this.
I had no part in this!
I had no part in this!
I had no part in this!
I had no part in this!
I had no part in this!
I had no part in this!
I had no part in this!
I had no part in this!
I had no part in this!
I had no part!
I had no part!
I had no part!
I had no part!
I had no part!
I had no part!
I had no part!
I had no part!
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10. |
I Am Not Better Than Me
05:51
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How many times has this path crossed my feet?
Where I look across this well-traveled street,
and I see a light-filled space entitled, “Me.”
Entitled, “Me.”
I have told you that I want this more than you do.
I’ll take one step closer, then I’m blinded by the sun.
I wanna feel the air graze my cheeks,
and be happy it stings.
Happy it stings
Happy it stings
This introspective shit has gotta stop;
It’s tearing out my insides.
They’re lost and abandoned in this empty lot.
But I can’t help but notice your longing face
when I press resume from my comfortable space.
When I press resume from my comfortable space.
Around and around it goes.
Well I guess this is life as it shows its ugly face at me.
Just let me feel free from the confines of my fake harmony.
From the confines of my fake harmony.
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