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no show hurricane
03:52
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from across the room you smiled
it wasn’t much until i noticed how the room began to swirl
i’m not prepared to meet another pretty girl
but still i’m scared to navigate this world alone
pretty soon you’re by my side
the sounds around us they subside until it’s only me and you
making small talk about tomorrow’s tropical storm
and how the nights stay awfully cold when the weather’s warm
if first impressions never last
why do i seem to care so much?
am i regressing to the past–
is that what i’m so afraid of?
i thought you’d never ask;
from way out here it don’t look like much
we’ll get there all the same
regardless of this no show hurricane
from across the room i smiled
it wasn’t much until i saw the way your eyes grew brighter still
oh i never thought i’d say these words so soon
but i’m finally back to singing happy tunes
if first impressions never last
why do i seem to care so much?
am i regressing to the past–
is that what i’m so afraid of?
i thought you’d never ask;
from way out here it don’t look like much
we’ll get there all the same
regardless of this no show hurricane
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2. |
sore throat
03:38
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woke up this morning with a sore throat
it’s not that bad just thought i’d tell ya
i’ll be back on my feet soon
just a little bit under the weather
whether we make it or not, we’ll be together
when i hold you close remember
don’t you know we’ll soon be better?
i’ll be back on my feet soon
woke up this morning with a broken heart
there’s nothing worse than being torn apart
when it’s over i know i’ll be fine
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undone
03:10
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it could be so simple
if everything turns out fine
but there is nothing left
why do i fuck myself over like this?
does it make me feel safe?
what am i afraid of?
why can’t i fix what i wanted to fix?
why can’t i do it all over again?
cuz i’d do it the same way
i lost my head
you know what i mean?
spent all this time wishing i was
someone else
who could see me differently
cuz it feels like you’d be fine without me
but i don’t mind
if you need space and time-
i want nothing more
than to be alone
before it seems like it’s too late
can you tell me something i don’t know
so why do i fuck myself over like this?
does it make me feel safe?
what am i afraid of?
why can’t i fix what i wanted to fix?
why can’t i do it all over again?
cuz i’d do it the same way
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4. |
tidy up
03:26
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maybe i’m obsessed with your point of view–
what’s it mean to you?
i’m a disembodied heart in an empty chest
i tore myself apart
maybe this is real, i can see the appeal
but it’s not always easy
so tell me how to feel when it’s not about me
tidy up my broken pride
i don’t know what’s gotten into me
but lately i’ve been-
i don’t know what’s gotten into me
but lately i’ve been holding myself differently
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without, noun
03:33
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i took a walk to watch the snow fall
from somewhere new
but still it looked the same as i thought it would
locked the door but left the lights on
in my bedroom window
saw myself from the outside
(i feel warm again
it’s a wonder we’re alive)
i wait a while under a street light
until it all lines up the right way
i realized i’d be here forever
thought about the things you told me
i found myself walking home
it seems i’m only passing through
(what is there to say?
nothing left to say)
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time no changes
04:59
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give me a little time to breathe
it’s coming all at once
remind me where i am and who i was
although i’d like to forget
i look around me
look for the time i’ve lost
think about what it cost
i’ve left you behind
think that i could find the space if i gave it
a little more time
although i’d like to look around
i think i’d lose myself
if i were to stay
if you call me from wherever you may be
i’ll cross all land
swim to the bottom of the sea
when i fall asleep, will i remember not to dream?
but i think i can see a way forward
from now till always
what can i believe? if i'm not broken
it probably wasn’t worth it
(we find ourselves moving on)
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new old house feeling
02:27
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lived here only a couple of months but it feels like it’s been a year or so
think i like it here and i don’t plan on leaving soon
summer’s just starting to hit me and it’s almost halfway june
mm yeah i like it here
forever holding
that new old house feeling
i know you know what i’m talkin about
last night in the living room, balloons around our feet
i watch distractedly while singing through the phone
follow our candlelight; escape into the street
i know we’ll be alright
as the world keeps spinning
we will always be
forever holding
that new old house feeling
i know you know what i’m talkin about
forever holding
that new old house feeling
i know you know what i’m talkin about
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paper trail
02:52
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9. |
would have been
02:05
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say what you'd say to me
it's been three months since we last talked
still think of you sometimes
but only when i'm feeling low
can you tell me why
i can't move to brighter feelings
i've lost track of how many times
it's not the same as what you've been through
all this time
been moving on slowly
cuz i'm not sure how i'm feeling yet
but it's getting harder to hold you
and i'm not so upset
can you tell me why
i can't move to brighter feelings
i've lost track of how many times
it's not the same as what you've been through
all this time
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10. |
what are we
05:34
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restless nights alone
jumping at shadows
i can’t find my way back home
it’s the best i can do
there’s so much i would like to tell you
but i’m stuck inside my head
and yes, i know, there is nothing i can
do but watch as you slip away
close my eyes and i
i wonder where you are now
oh i guess i’ll never know
if you’re wondering too
all along, did you really speak your heart?
for what it’s worth, i can give you mine
hollow feelings filling my head again,
still it’s better than nothing
or remembering echoes of things i may have meant to say instead
when it’s all over
will we fall head over heels?
cause that’s how it feels
when it’s all over
will we fall head over heels?
cause that’s how it feels (x4)
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11. |
tightrope
04:19
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trying not to fall trying not to fall
trying not to fall asleep
trying not to fall trying not to fall
trying to fall asleep
do you remember how nothing really mattered
when you thought it mattered most?
well i see clearly now; nothing ever matters
and that’s what matters most
i’d like to believe
in part of something bigger
why can’t i believe?
follow me back down to where we lose ourselves
in turn we’ll turn to dust again
help me find a way out of the looping patterns
traced into the sands of time
shattered fragments mirroring the image
of the fractured world outside
and if you come along then maybe
you can see me for who i’d like to be instead
it’s not like everything’s bad news
do you remember how nothing really mattered
when you thought it mattered most?
i’d like to believe
in part of something bigger
why can’t i believe?
will i ever leave,
are you even listening?
i’m trying to believe
i guess collectivity allows us to
talk about things created with others as
yeah a thing that is like
bigger than any one particular person
(right)
we need other people in order to create
this tension of subjectivity and objectivity
and that tension, that ambiguity,
is what allows us to be vague about things
in a way that lets us
create ourselves
(um)
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trying not to fall trying not to fall
trying not to fall asleep
trying not to fall trying not to fall
trying to fall asleep
do you remember how nothing really mattered
when you thought it mattered most?
well i see clearly now; nothing ever matters
and that’s what matters most
i’d like to believe
in part of something bigger
why can’t i believe?
follow me back down to where we lose ourselves
in turn we’ll turn to dust again
help me find a way out of the looping patterns
traced into the sands of time
shattered fragments mirroring the image
of the fractured world outside
and if you come along then maybe
you can see me for who i’d like to be instead
it’s not like everything’s bad news
do you remember how nothing really mattered
when you thought it mattered most?
i’d like to believe
in part of something bigger
why can’t i believe?
will i ever leave,
are you even listening?
i’m trying to believe
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