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if i stay up for days without sleep
and choke down black coffee to get through the week
if i thrash all night and pour sweat through my sheets
i’ve just been looking for you
and if i go out walking alone
cozy up to the first “open” light i see on
i’ll laugh the loudest so nobody knows
i’ve just been looking for you
if the devil makes me do it
his hands deep in my dreams
you’ll only love me long enough
to start to see the seams
so i’ll wait until morning to pack
‘cause each time i leave town, i’m scared i won’t come back
if you notice i’m gone or anyone asks
i’ve just been looking for you
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Don't Let Me Die in L.A.
02:42
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the lights go on. they call your name.
a circus tiger, you pace the cage
so far from home. sold for parts.
you fixed your teeth, they broke your heart
just don’t let me die in l.a.
success is safer from far away
don’t let me die in l.a.
too young to play your greatest hits
feign your ignorance, pray for bliss
alone again. too high to move.
at the edge of the infinity pool
just don’t let me die in l.a.
success is safer from far away
don’t let me die in l.a.
say it’s gonna be ok
say it’s gonna be ok
just don’t let me die in l.a.
success is safer from far away
don’t let me die in l.a.
it’s a luxury - the risk you take
supporting roles we’re born to play
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i was scared i’d always be the kind of secret that you keep
and spill to blue-eyed strangers when you’ve had too much to drink
yours is still a face that i can draw from memory
i wonder if you ever think of me
i heard the west was won over amplifier hums
and turned to 3d movies once the audience was gone
maybe it was nothing more than salt on screaming slugs
now can we just call it what it was?
you walk through life with guilt to spare
a cloud that trails you everywhere
you’re so young, it’s so unfair
beyond your years, beyond repair
beyond your years, beyond repair
we drink until we speak like we’re pulling out loose teeth
and wrote of all our missives down in disappearing ink
you could match them blow-for-blow and never miss a beat
while i’ll just wince and turn the other cheek
you walk through life with guilt to spare
a cloud that trails you everywhere
you’re so young, it’s so unfair
beyond your years, beyond repair
beyond your years, beyond repair
but that’s a different story
for a different day
you know they’re gonna worry either way
you walk through life with guilt to spare
a cloud that trails you everywhere
you’re so young, it’s so unfair
beyond your years, beyond repair
beyond your years, beyond repair
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Julia, Grieving
02:13
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julia, grieving, she stares at the ceiling
like it’s gonna say something back
silence is golden, she traces the crown molding
like a train stuck on its track
he’s never coming back
survived by your children, the world of the living
a sugar glaze over the past
it was good ‘til it wasn’t, what he would’ve wanted
a curtain in front of the cast
he’s never coming back
julia, grieving, with fifty good reasons to
fifty-one good reasons not
a day at a time, but then days will add up to
a life wasted playing a part
he’s never coming back
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Summer Turns to Fall
03:21
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each summer turned to fall
vanilla scented candles
degrees hung on the wall
he never called.
he never calls.
your wilted muscles flexed
on cherry cough drop mornings
when you could see your breath
did you pray that there’s something left?
gather pieces of this mess and build a life from scratch
did you keep your windows clean?
waste your time with magazines and blank computer screens
you know what i mean
there’s some you don’t forget
suffer through five semesters
before the lessons clicked
did you pray that there’s something left?
gather pieces of this mess and build a life from scratch
did you keep your windows clean?
waste your time with magazines and blank computer screens
you know what i mean
did you pray that there’s something left?
the burning smell of “real success.” top of your class.
did you keep your windows clean?
paint the front yard ‘til it’s green - just like the real thing
oh, you know what i mean
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i used to know the score
apple cheeked and summer born
a blatant disregard for everyone who came before
there’s streets that i don’t walk down anymore
if you’d seen me at my best
heart pounding out my chest
these kids will pick at our remains until there’s nothing left
there’s names i’ll only say under my breath
if i needed a reminder
when i start to feel unsure
sometimes when I get bored
and everything feels like a chore
i like to take myself out on a quick self-guided tour
of streets that i don’t walk down anymore
the streets that i don’t walk down anymore
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Jessi
02:37
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maybe i was lucky
circling the drain
the city never loved me
but at least i ain’t afraid
will you come back new?
did your screws get loose?
did you know you’d have to go so soon?
something for the swimmers
delivered with a wink
the world’s not gonna listen
why speak when you can sing?
will you come back new?
did your screws get loose?
did you know you’d have to go so soon?
play one for the wild ones
play one for the bros
play one for the babies
the kids who’ll never know
will you come back new?
did your screws get loose?
did you know you’d have to go so soon?
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8. |
It Still Haunts Me
02:19
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i wanted california before the ceiling got too low
my eyelids got too heavy and my hands they got too cold
now i’m so afraid i’ll feel it everywhere i go
it still haunts me
he hoped the money’d change you, and eventually it did
you’ll never see it coming if you don’t know what it is
now you smile through pictures with his finger on the lens
it still haunts me
no matter what you do
no matter where you go, it still finds you
the plane went down in silence, no one shouted, screamed or cried
they kept their seatbelts fastened and their tray tables upright
their names were in the paper, like they’d won some kinda prize
it still haunts me
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Spaulding
02:22
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they can smell my fear
get me out of here
falling up the stairs
touch me if you dare
dance around the room
darling, where were you?
dance around the room
darling, where were you?
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For Pill Hill
02:39
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a place to live, a place to die
a place to rise in three days time
to fill our lungs with songs and rhymes
and wipe the sleep out of our eyes
i want to
i don’t want to
i want to
i don’t want to
i want to go
a place that burns, a place that shines
a sun to stare at ‘til i’m blind
i brace myself for what we’ll find
’m close to understanding why
i want to
i don’t want to
i want to
i don’t want to
i want to go
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11. |
Terrific Street
01:42
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someday, maybe any day
somewhere far away from me
someone, maybe anyone
wild animals on terrific street
lucky breathing on my dice
you don’t need to tell me twice
unsolicited advice
something doesn’t feel quite right
someday, maybe any day
somewhere far away from me
someone, maybe anyone
wild animals on terrific street
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