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July
02:49
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Lilly June
I will see you in July
This house is cold and empty
And the plants all fucking die when you’re not here
Lilly June
I will see you in July
Independence Day dependence
And the fireworks won’t fly when you’re not here
There’s an open room for you and your mind
But I’m hoping there’s still room or the time
For you to feel free
And still be one with me
Lilly June
I will see you in July
This house is cold and empty
And the plants all fucking die when you’re not here
Lilly June
I will see you in July
We’re treading water
It’s leaking through a keyhole
We bailed this ship out with empty paint cans
That was weeks ago
Left a place for your furniture
But the floor is a shifting earth of clothing
The keyhole is a shotgun blast we’re closing
There’s an open room for you and your mind
But I’m hoping there’s still room or the time
For you to feel free
And still be one with me
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2. |
Trying
03:50
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Usually on a night like this I would sleep
But I’m wired on two shots of your smell and some coffee
There’s something about this apartment and how we can’t sleep on weekends
If it’s alright, I’ll stay for the night and we can burn our candle at both ends
I don’t need saving
But you saved me anyway
Won’t drown in the gin but I’ll wade in the water carefully
I’m trying not to try so hard
I’m trying not to try so hard again
And if you’ll have me
I’m trying not to try so hard
I’m trying not to try so hard again
Your eyes still flicker the same as they did when I met you
Still the same little kid inside
We’d skip our class to spend all our money on breakfast
Just to talk away our appetite
I’m drunk off your skin but I’ll wade through your heart so carefully
I’m trying not to try so hard
We’ll be those kids when things get hard again
And if you’ll have me
I’m trying not to try so hard
I’m trying not to try so hard again
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3. |
Pines
03:50
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You were there when the pines gave way to the sand
You were there when the tide came up to our feet, and it melted my heart in your hands
You were there when the pines gave way to the sand
You were there when the tide came up to our feet, and it melted my heart in your hands
You were there when the pines gave way to the sand
Soaring hope pulled the slack from the rope, I would speak but I’d choke, you and I we could make this our end
Voices low or the lake will hear what we say
In the dark by the moon and the stars when your eyes met with mine we were miles away from this place
Voices low or the lake will hear what we say
And this fire is like a funeral pyre we are burned and rebirthed and our old selves lay dead in this bay
We’re not human anymore
You were there when the pines gave way to the sand
You were there when the tide came up to our feet, and it melted my heart in your hands
You were there when the pines gave way to the sand
You were there when it all came crashing down I am nothing more than a man
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4. |
Dead Friends
04:10
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Like you I will end up like dirt in the end
You wanted to be with all your dead friends
Now you’re not anywhere else but my head
I saw you on TV before all of this
You crawled out your car that you drove and you flipped
Your own meds only ever made you more sick
No one comes around here much anymore
The wind won’t let me win when it blows
It screams and bellows “so it goes”
As above so below
As above, so
The righteous man says eternity
For your impiety
The sympathetic folks claim that you’re now free
From your skin suit of anxiety
No one comes around here much anymore
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5. |
Walden
03:23
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Let’s run away
The only thing that I want to see is you
We’ll drink and we’ll sleep and we’ll dream so we don’t have to bother
This is a grave
Upper-class communists with nothing to give
And paper men who fold at the thought of their fathers
I’m sorting myself out again
I’m sorting my self out again
I’m sorting myself out again
I’m sorting my self
We shouldn’t stay
The only thing that I want to hear is you and my
Ears to the ground and you scream but I can’t hear you calling
Feel the decay
Wondering why not heaven now? And
We’re scaling the hill but can’t help but look back at at the fallen
Let’s run away
The only thing that I want to see is you
We’ll drink and we’ll sleep and we’ll dream so we don’t have to bother
This is a grave
Upper-class communists with nothing to give
And paper men who fold at the thought of their fathers
At Walden Pond we’ll make a life for ourselves and live it
The city is broke and it’s taken all I have to give it
At Walden Pond we’ll make a life for ourselves and live it
Far away
At Walden Pond we’ll make a life for ourselves and live it
The city is broke and it’s taken all I have to give it
At Walden Pond we’ll make a life for ourselves and live it
Far away
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6. |
Opposite Shores
03:11
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You’re not even trying to run through the motions with me anymore
I don’t blame you, I’m distant, and I’ve placed us both on opposite shores
I’m talking to some god and we haven’t spoke in years, and I’m drinking ‘cause I’m too weak to fight
If I can’t remember for myself, than how can I tell you what happened last night?
Pick me up at my friend’s apartment
Maybe don’t, I don’t fucking care
I’ll be piss-drunk and I’ll say some nonsense
I won’t even know that you’re not there anymore
I am willing but not able to be whatever it is you need me to be
But last night when you talked on the phone, were you doing it just to get away from me?
Pick me up at my friend’s apartment
Maybe don’t, I don’t fucking care
I’ll be piss-drunk and I’ll say some nonsense
I won’t even know that you’re not there anymore
It’s tearing me apart that I’m tearing you apart
I’m tearing you apart and it’s tearing me apart
It’s tearing me apart that I’m tearing you apart
Again and again and again
Pick me up at my friend’s apartment
Maybe don’t, I don’t fucking care
I’ll be piss-drunk and I’ll say some nonsense
I won’t even know that you’re not there anymore
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7. |
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I can't sleep
When you aren't pulsing through me
And when I do I dream
That you and my demons are chasing me
Behind the wheel
In my drunken nightmare fantasy
I can't sleep
I wake up to reality
How old are you, anyway?
I'm old enough to know that I'm up to no good
How old are you, anyway?
I'm old enough to know that I'm up to no good again
I’m up to no good again
Met up last week
At a party with my family
At seven drinks
Had my eyelids falling in front of me
I'm falling asleep
In all of the places that I shouldn't be
When you're with me
The lights in the room are spinning
How old are you, anyway?
I'm old enough to know that I'm up to no good
How old are you, anyway?
I'm old enough to know that I'm up to no good again
I’m up to no good
How old are you, anyway?
I'm old enough to know that I'm up to no good
How old are you, anyway?
I'm old enough to know that I'm up to no good
How old are you, anyway?
I'm old enough to know that I'm up to no good
How old are you, anyway?
I'm old enough to know that I'm up to no good
EXPOSE HIM
I can't sleep
When you aren't pulsing through me
And when I do I dream
That you and my demons are chasing me
I’m old enough to know that I’m up to no good
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I can’t feel my face when I drink
But this time I don’t think the liquor is talking
I recall when we first met
You asked “how bad could it get?” but I don’t think I was listening
How would you like to feel, my darling?
Not like this
You take the sidewalk and I’ll walk the street
You take the sidewalk and I’ll walk the street
I wished that the airbag would swallow me whole
Or crush my bones to make them match my shattered soul
But it’s worth it a million times over, you’ll see
So I’ll take the fall and all will fall on me
How do you want things to be, my darling?
Not like this
You take the sidewalk and I’ll walk the street
You take the sidewalk and I’ll walk the street
I ran away but you followed behind me
You take the sidewalk and I’ll walk the street
You take the sidewalk and I’ll walk the street
I ran away but you followed behind me
I couldn’t stand to hear you say you’re sorry
How will you stay forever, my darling?
Just like this
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9. |
It's What It Is
04:00
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Problems
I’ve got stupid ideas on how we can solve them
Like running around this house with the lights off
You can’t see me
And I can’t see you
Even if I wanted to
Has there ever been a night where we end up alone
I’m piss drunk on the couch while you’re staring at your phone
And we can’t leave this place ‘cause I can’t drive us home
Leave, but don’t shut the door when you go
Don’t shut the door when you leave
Don’t shut the door
And well' will figure this out but for right now well why can’t we
Leave well enough alone
Well enough
Just leave well enough alone
Leave well enough alone
Well enough
Just leave well enough alone
Well enough alone
Leave, but don’t shut the door when you go
Don't shut the door when you leave
Don't shut the door when you go
Afraid to be the book you no longer can read
When the stories and prose just can’t sate when you need
Anymore when you found pages incomplete
When I’m marked and I’m shelved there’s no blame left from from me when you leave
I remember asking if something is wrong
Is something right?
Problems
I’ve got stupid ideas on how we can solve them
Like running around this house with the lights off
Leave, but don’t shut the door when you go
Don't shut the door when you leave
Don't shut the door when you go
Don't shut the door when you leave
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10. |
Starting
03:54
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I’m starting to think about the time
When you told me you loved me and I wasn’t so certain
That love was ever going to be enough
I’m starting to think about the time
You said that trying sometimes won’t be quite enough
But I’m still me and we’re still us
I’m starting to think about the time
You said I’m two different people in public and private
And I know you were right, you were right
I’m starting to think about the time
When we slept on the beach by the sands and the pines
And I swore we could fly, we could fly
Found me out by the ocean
Chain wandering endlessly
You’re not even going through the motions with me
Found me out by the ocean
Chain wandering endlessly
Leave
I’m starting to think about the time
You said let’s run away and dream but I couldn’t make you follow me
Wait around and watch the plants die
I’m starting to think about the time
You asked, “how bad could it get”, but I don’t think I was listening
Still an open room for you and your mind
Something isn’t nothing and I’m something and I’m someone when I’m with you
We’re not human anymore
I still see you for the first time somehow
I’m starting to think that I’m enough to be enough for now
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