1. |
Take Care
04:49
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Lost in a daydream there was two of a kind
Two old spirits of a single mind
Did I look like I needed a hand
A big brother that could help me to stand
Living in a moment to places where we once stood
Where music blared but words were understood
To nights of torment and drowning my mind away
You caught me collapsing in the doorway
Who guided who to a state of bleak convictions?
These new passions became beloved addictions
I hate what I don't feel when you say, "I have to go."
When you've shown me everything that I know
Take care my friend
Me, I'll do my best
Without you here
I'll just do my best
Take care
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2. |
Fall Asleep
05:12
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I wanna be at home
In this vessel, alone
But with limits so slow
I just want to go
The smell of exhaust
The yank of my collar
I'm ripped to shreds
I was longing for her
The one in the photo beside your bed
Won't quiet the voices in your head
Close your eyes and count your breaths
Until you fall asleep
It'll be better when the sun comes up
Those little things might be enough
Close your eyes and count your breaths
Until you fall asleep
The smell of your perfume
Lingers on my clothes
And I feel so hollow
So hollow
It's suggestion of warmth
Teases me into madness
For something I need
But refuse to confess
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3. |
Nonsense
04:17
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What does it mean, if I tell you that
I think of you the most when I'm drunk and alone
Now does that mean there's love
Somewhere within me, for you
Even if it's nonsense
Words neither of us need to hear
I close my eyes
I empty the cup
The sooner I sleep
The sooner I wake up
You're not as distant as I thought
And I wonder if I'm stupid enough
To move the slightest bit closer
What good would that ever do?
'Cause I could never get to you
I'll never be the one that you need
So I'll let you live your life
Even if it means I'm alone
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4. |
Burn
03:59
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What were the chances
You weren't looking straight through me
Out of the window
Lost in a thought
That didn't include me
What are the chances
That someone thinks of me
The way I do of you?
There's a truth I refuse to accept
I wish I knew what I was trying to forget
As I write these words
Are thoughts erupting within you?
Of ways you could capture
How much you want me, too
With a fiery lust
That leaves me charred
On the inside and out
A living, breathing scar
Sometimes the only way
To feel any warmth is to burn
And I guess that's okay
I feel your heat
Now I'm okay
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5. |
Manic Romantic
03:58
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Shedding tension from the day
Shed layers and I'll do just what you say
Loving every inch that shows
As you slip into my clothes
Moving in all the right ways
Hair that flows down in waves
I wonder what you're thinking
Do you know that I'm sinking and drowning
In you
Sometimes I forget
How to breathe
Longing for you to turn to me
Your body against mine like it was always there
Kisses on your shoulders and fingers in your hair
I sound so pathetic and I don't know know what to feel
And that's how I know that this must be real
'Cause I'm a fool, a true fanatic
Your manic romantic
Sometimes I forget
How to breathe
Wondering if you'll turn to me
This time
I can't sleep 'til I've drowned it out
I want to taste the liquor on your breath
And forget
Let your self soar
I think I'm dying but I
I want more
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6. |
Glowing Low
05:19
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She brings the dawn
Shoos your darkness gone
Up higher she hoists
To shine on leaves, moist
Never asked her why
Guess I expected a lie
What's her intent?
And why so hesitant?
Day will be longer
Than others before
She's a star
Who would have known
She's got scars
Watch her glowing low
What joy she supplies
Hear her talk so wise
But hollow in her core
Haggard and so sore
The pain she can't escape
Clouds shadow her landscape
And she slowly sinks down
Dons a blood-red gown
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7. |
Bones
04:05
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Everyone, everything
Just passes me by
Force myself to belong
Hurts too much to try
This pain has made its home
In my legs, my back
In my hands, my head
It's blurred all the facts
Blurred all the facts
Buried under the earth
From which I have come
Choking on my own breath
Oh, it's all become so numb
With every word you say
I feel so much more alone
Now how can I spare warmth from
These bones made out of stone?
Bones made out of stone
Bones made out of stone
Don't move
Bones made out of stone
Can't feel
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8. |
Still Life
02:46
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Let it slow everything to a standstill
Hope the still life will be worth the bill
And oh, you think that you enjoy the rain
But you've only convinced yourself
That you deserved this pain
Don't you go down
It's what I get for
Trying to tune it out
So drink until you're too stupid to think about
Too stupid to think about the latest mistakes you made
The future you won't make
You won't make
So hold me down
It's what I get for
Trying to tune it out
And so I lied on your side of the bed
Until it felt right to move again
To move again
To move again
It's what I get for
Trying to tune it out
So hold me down
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9. |
Say It 'til It's True
05:16
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Bittersweet seclusion
The truest delusion
The easy solution
To panicked confusion
Is a grander illusion
Do what you do
And say it 'til it's true
Never mind your head
It's better to bare in mind
If I'm not getting ahead
I must be falling behind
Never mind your breath
It's always been shallow
Like a prayer before death
The pursuit of one's shadow
Do what you do
And say it 'til it's true
Never mind your heart
Just stick to the beat
And remember the changes
'Til the ritual's complete
And never mind your ache
Distraction over action
And pleasure for pleasure's sake
A simple transaction
Do what you do
And say it 'til it's true
There's all these things I should say
But it's easier to just walk away
And as pathetic as it might sound
I just want you to think about me
When I'm not around
Because there's all these things I should've said
But it was easier to just walk away
And as pathetic as this might sound
I just want you to think about me
When I'm not around
And as much as I want you here
She had a way of making you want to disappear
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10. |
Stay Here
03:34
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If I run, will you follow
To a place we will forget
Comforting memories
And strange displaced dreams
We all find our peace
Somehow, down the line
It will take years
But I promise, you will
Stay here with me
Don't you dare hold onto yourself
Stay here with me
I will wait for you this time
I'm so happy for you
He makes you smile
In photos I see online
Every once in a while
It's been a long time
Since we last spoke
"I've been alright, how are you?"
I'd say, if you would just
Stay here with me
Don't you dare hold onto yourself
Stay her with me
I will wait for you this time
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