1. |
Good Morning, I'm Dying
03:28
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good morning, i’m dying
to see you
don’t want to lose you
or this winning streak
i’ve been having lately
because each heartbreak
throughout my twenties
depleted my self-esteem
now my brain keeps repeating
each kind word you said to me
if you’re building me up,
why’s it feel like i’m breaking down?
good morning, it’s raining
so i guess i won’t see you after all
but tomorrow’ll be better weather
we’ll feel better together
well i’ve been here before
at least a dozen times or more
fading memories
piling pictures where people should be
tomorrow never came (keep calm, be strong)
back to the waiting game (something better will come along)
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2. |
Last Light
02:43
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i had no eyes for the city
not with you there sitting next to me
‘cause this isn’t like the movies
i’m not gonna wait until the last scene
and i won’t hesitate
been looking forward all week to this date
my friends always tell me to take it easy
but you make me crazy
tonight, last light, red skies like blossoms in your eyes
as dusk turned to dark
we watched the dogs run and play and bark
and when i made some stupid remark
i swear your laugh lit up the whole park
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3. |
A Letter Never Sent
04:35
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i stared at a piece of paper
for an hour
a letter never sent
i couldn’t think of the right words
i would say to her
if i dared
falling down through memories
of those early days
when i still held her gaze
i wouldn’t trade them for anything
but in retrospect
it was for the best
‘cause we were never meant
the way it ended
she dreamed about her friend
how she wanted to be with him
and expected me to take it
without comment
falling down through memories
of those early days
when i still held her gaze
i wouldn’t trade them for anything
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4. |
The Longest Hallway
02:30
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the longest hallway
is the one i walk each tuesday
to an empty classroom
shrouded in morning gloom
of all things
i miss their voices
filling the air
with nonsense
‘cause i can’t think in this silence
so out of place
i might as well be in outer space
drifting aimlessly
but i will always
keep on trying
even if it takes a toll
i won’t let them go
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5. |
A Time Out of Time
03:27
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a time out of time
we’re both home again
like it’s 2009
staying up ‘til odd hours
watching austin powers
except we don’t get high
like a picture of a picture
our lives go on
through a silicon filter
working from home
happy hours over the phone
it’s all a blur
fireworks in the night light up the whole town
but we’re shutting down
outside sirens scream until we finally drown
we finally drown
rising anxiety
spilling over out of me
afraid for our family
bury me beneath the olive tree
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6. |
This is Not Enough
03:07
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this is not enough
this is not enough
nothing is enough
this is not enough
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7. |
Stunt
03:14
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it slipped through my fingers
dripped it still lingers
trip to the beach front
gripped by her stunt
stared at what could compare
shovel coal to power this urge to define the belief that someday i’ll come to my senses
and leave defenseless
and when it’s all over
we’ll get out of here
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8. |
Necrocene
04:29
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i listened to tape loops decay
and there in the night asked god for a quick
and painless end
just let me be another ghost in the walls
endless lazy days to sleep through it all
the ribbon wears through with every turn
around the machine head
so tell me why the new year’s gonna be different
it’s been so long since we were kids with ambitious
sins in our back pocket blueprints
writing freehand, nothing capitalized
don’t take me to involuntary stay
i don’t need anything from nurses who read
holy words on sundays
and sobriety just wasn’t meant for me
i bet i’d be living in sin if i could still afford the rent
the outside world is a necrocene
a bad dream i can’t wake up from
hide out in the crawlspace under my house
it seems the city’s got its claws in me
i hit the streets and the pavement’s so cold
gonna find the cure to getting old
counting down the seconds ‘til midnight
and the rows of houses
people watching times square on their tv screens
and the bullets we’ll pick out of our rain gutters
tomorrow
i don’t wanna be awake right now
please don’t make me stay around too long
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9. |
Pisces Moonlight
02:56
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another late night under pisces moonlight
the stars burn too bright as if out of spite
dwelling on the melting ice fields
or festering oil spills isn’t exactly ideal
nor is it making mountains out of molehills
because it’s real, it’s all too real
my body creaks like an old willow tree
the sap sticks to me every time i let myself weep
and my hair’s longer than it’s ever been
i feel it thinning by the minute
even if we could begin again
would anything be different in the end?
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10. |
Let the Right One In
05:02
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i didn’t think you were lying
when you told me you would
kill that old man
breaking his glasses so he’d fall down the stairs
show me again how you don’t care
i would gladly take a beating for you
but you just stand back laughing while i lose
when i get home i ask myself
if you’d have done the same
it’s warm and red and i’m losing color
did i let the right one in?
i’ll blame you
you’ll blame me too
but when i get away
i swear you’ll see
‘cause believe me
i don’t believe you
i wish i could say
i think you’ll change but
you never made good on any promise
so just cut your losses ‘cause if i’m being honest
i’ve had enough excuses
i swear i don’t care
every chance you get
you’ll take full advantage
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11. |
Sword and Sorcery
04:24
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there’s always something that’s left missing
from every song and story
could fill in the gaps but we’re all too busy
playing sword and sorcery
because there’s always a beast unseen creeping
just on the periphery
and as we inch each day toward the nothing
it watches patiently
we’re face to face
with the highest stakes
for the human race
with no clean escape
a light starts and there is music
before all returns to dark
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