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Alkaline
02:25
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I've got an illness
I don't think you can cure
It bears its witness
But it is so obscure
I can't believe it
Oh, it would not occur that I would leave and
That I would not concur
You said you want it, but I could not see through
The scrying judgment
And thoughts of what we might do
You said you love me, I had to oppose that truth
You said you loved me, but now I think I love you
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2. |
2-Week Elope
04:05
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Yearning for another
But you masquerade away
Pass by hungry fathers
Buy a drink at a cafe
They don't quite get your order right
So you refuse to pay
You're a monopoly
You wanna disobey
You smile wide, say mind the gap
It's not like you were looking
For someone to marry
I said I know that
But I'd rather find a bride
Than find someone who makes me weary
No dear, you're not perfect
You're no damsel, you're not fair
You're hardly even hindsight
like the dandruff in your hair
You try to fix my issues
But we both know you don't care
You're an anomaly
You wanna shout and swear
You clench your fist, you bite your tongue
But still you spill out any words you had to carry
You clench your tongue, you bite the hand
That feeds the mouth that hardly says
What makes you angry
You pass me by, you look into my eyes
And then you look away like you still miss me
You crawl on back, you beg that I forgive
But you know getting me back's not that easy
Take me like a lover
But then leave me like an ex
Kiss me like you mean it
And then bite me in the neck
I'm here to boost your ego
Hell, I'm not just here for sex
But your apology left only you a wreck
Your sick facade, you call me odd
You show your friends how awful I would be to carry
You patronize, it's no surprise
I've realized since you wanted to be married
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3. |
Cynical
03:40
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When you're not living your own life
When you can't see beyond your eyes
You choose to live your own life blind
You pray, consult your cult of lies
You're handsome and I'm pretty cute
You said while down in cups of booze
You grab your keys, you're on the news
You're bleeding horseshoe-phone-pole blues
I lay here thinking about today And I cannot help but laugh a little
Your soul is twenty hours away
I would follow, but I don't wanna be
Cynical
I would follow, but I don't wanna be
Cynical
I helped you practice what you preach I told you not to break and breach
I left when you would be discreet I wouldn't want this to repeat
He broke you, shattered on the ground
You forward any little sound
I helped you swim, turned you around
You went and jumped back in and drowned
You're gasping, grasping at the straws
Even though I said that they were fickle
You tried to rationalize the cause
But all you found was that you were being so
Cynical
But all you found was that you were being so
Cynical
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4. |
Overexplain
02:18
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One, two, three, four
Alright
Plastic bag, sick for Scholastic Book Fair
Hair, you're driving me insane
You make me wanna over explain
East coast, west coast, not the best coast
Driving 20 miles just to end up back again
You make me wanna over explain
Connecticut is great
If you want a little state
But if you still want more
Rhode Island's a hundred miles away
I'm not one for the country
But a cabin sounds okay for what it's worth
Moon red bled out in the shed
You try to sing but you only complain
You make me wanna over explain
Death Cab, grab, you try to stab
You'll hear it out but you cannot sustain
You make me wanna over explain
Florida, I hear, is really nice this time of year
Who needs Tampa beaches when you're upstate hunting dear
I'm not one for a hookup
Cause my lust for love's severe for what it's worth
Backache, bake me up a cupcake
Never even shown and then complain it's all mundane
You make me wanna over expose
Compose and throw a shot out to Spain
You try to lie and maintain
But you can't escape how I over explain
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You don't look like one of God's kids to me, you look like one of the devils!
I find discomfort in your guided insecurity
But I'm indifferent to the way you say my name
You like to dance with unimpressive infidelity
But now you're drowning in a swimming pool of shame
I'm trying not to live my life so damn vicariously
But nowadays seems speaking out just ain't my tone
I'm betting words are flowing out of you so carelessly
I'm betting coins that you will end up all alone
I loved you for your illness
A sickness you can't sweat
But now you've wove your witness
But that seems to be as sick as you can get
Oh, to hear the tragic tale of your mother
Oh, to simply be a fly sat on the wall
You try to make a simple story of another
You try to tame the untamed words you can't recall
You try to tear me down with words like you're a pacifist
You try to make the whole damn story about yourself
You want to make me an unfavorable antagonist
You want to throw me in the deepest holes you delve
So put it on the high shelf, right there out of reach
You try to tell me how to live
But you don't practice what you preach
You wish that everything you tried to do was circumstantial
But the awful burning truth was just the one thing that's substantial
I loved you for your illness
A sickness you can't sweat
But now you've wove your witness
And it seems to be as sick as you can
Seems to be as sick as you can
Seems to be as sick as you can get
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6. |
Losing Time
05:54
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Well, I'd love to see where this thing goes
But I'd hate to see it stop
And I hate that's what we do
And I'll die before I string you along
Because I know that it hurt me
And I know that it hurt you
Because I'm losing time
For loving you
And I'm passing by
But just passing through
And the fine line of what I'd do
Just to pass that time with you
Just to pass that time with you
Just to lose that time with you
If I could make these days last forever
If I could make a wish
I'd say a word or two
Well, I would save every day like a treasure
And I would spend them all with you
There's no telling what we'd do
Because I'm losing time
For loving you
And I'm passing by
But just passing through
And the fine line of what I'd do
Just to pass that time with you
Just to pass that time with you
Just to find some time with you
Oh
2, 3, 4
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7. |
Up To You
02:52
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I thought that you were someone else
I misinterpret sights and smells
I thought that you would try to sell
Instead you only showed me hell
You never let me near
Thought it would take all year
But I should give up soon
Before I give it up to you
I left my phone on just for you
I drained my whole damn battery through
I passed you by to learn the truth
You said you just had me on mute
And you never let me near
Thought it would take all year
But I should give up soon
Before I give it up to you
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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8. |
Gold
03:40
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The only thing that I ask of you
Is don't forget why I'm here.
Lisp your words into point of views
Cup your hand around my ear.
And when the night grows dim and cold
Don't forget I have the hands you're meant to hold
Spittle softly all your soul. Your face is clean and soft like gold
I think that I have just been sold
Feed the fire, cut the lights out
Huff upon your cigarette.
Tears form hearts around your mouth
Lie and tell me that it's sweat.
And when the day just seems to never end
Call me crazy, I could help you find a friend
Someone sought to help defend.
Out of heaven he'll descend
I think that I am on the mend
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9. |
Steak Knife
03:30
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Passerby would pacify your little metal teeth
Grab a little gasp and find it's getting hard to breathe
Coward is the memory that's cutting from beneath
Fickle is the way I let out spittle as I seethe
You are just a ghost with ghastly presence from above
I am sanguine flowing from a bitten mourning dove
You would just complain that what I say is not enough
I am not well versed within the etiquette of love
You are not alive
Cut like a steak knife
Teach me to survive
Come and take my life
Press a little divot on the soft spot on my head
Leave me awfully damaged, better yet just leave me dead
Connor left a message on my phone, I swear it said
"Is it leading on if I'm afraid to give her head?"
Such a little bastard drinking liquor from a teat
Wouldn't it be better if he saved it for a treat
Hung himself thrice over even though they didn't cheat
Made himself a martyr, made a crown of thorn from leaves
You are not alive
Cut like a steak knife
Teach me to survive
Come and take my life
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10. |
Icarus
03:16
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Well, the moon was my main source of light
But it doesn't seem to burn quite as bright
Quite as bright as you, quite as bright as you
But the sun burns a hole through my eyes
And my wings start to melt as I fly
Watch me follow through, watch me falling through
And my fingers are bloodied and cracked as my hands try to grab
And I'm clutching my chest, yelling out
"Help, I think I've been stabbed"
And I'm trying my best to stay calm while you cry
"I don't think I could live with myself if you die"
But it took you too long just to notice who's holding the knife
Even black cats turn brown when they lie in the sun
And our lives seem to end just before they've begun
It's not right, that's not right
And the tragic old story of how we both passed
How you fell from the sky and your eyes turned to glass
And by night, you were light
And your fingers are bloodied and cracked and your heart's filled with smoke
And I'm holding your head to my chest as I feel myself choke
And you're trying your best to stay calm while you cry
"Please don't let me see heaven, I don't wanna die"
But I took too much time just to notice who's taking a life
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11. |
Lullabye
02:53
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You, you look like a criminal
But I guess so does everyone else
Nowadays
You, you look like an animal
Like you aren't scared at all
Nowadays
And my mother used to sing me to bed
Used to kiss me on the head
I remember what she said
She said to me
"Connor, you can do anything
And I'd buy you a diamond ring
And if that silly thing turned to brass
I'd love you still"
Now I look into modern day
All those songs seem so far away
I still cover my ears and try
To recall those lullabies
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12. |
All I Knew
03:40
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I'm made of excuses and ugly blue bruises
I'm not who I was months ago
I said things about you, all hurtful and not true
But I won't admit what I know
I knew you weren't troubled
You knew I was hurt
But you had your reasons
And I had my dirt
You kept your arms open
Intentions were blurred
And that's all I knew
I'm scared of the future
And resort to humor
To paint over what I have done
But you're so much smarter
And life's so much harder
Of someone who's looked down upon
I thought you were flirting
And that's what I feared
It made me so angry
But now you might hear
The words I insulted
And see me unclear
But that's all I knew
I took you for someone
Who couldn't take care
Who'd see their advantage
And take it with flair
I'm deathly allergic
To perfect affairs
But that's all I knew
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