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You tried to be, but you were never cruel
So I’ll give you a warning before the credits start to roll
I think I’m an unremarkable exit
Written down in the margins of your afterthoughts
I think I’m what happens
When all of the lights in your room go dark
So you want everyone to love you
You want everyone to love you
Except for me
You want everyone to love you
To love you
Like I do
All this time I’ve tried to waste
Running through the same damn place
And staring down the tunnel with you
Nothing you say is true
‘Cause you want everyone to love you
You want everyone to love you
Except for me
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Does It Matter?
04:26
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In this crumbling state around us
You're the only one I want to hold
Think we can manage that today
God knows we won't make it to when we're old
The water's rushing in, wish I knew exactly what I want to say
What I know is that I’d give anything to see you on the subway
We're getting way too old to do this silly chasing game that we play
I’d give the world to see and talk to you in a taxi heading to the plane
In this crumbling state around us, you're the only one I want to hold
I think we can manage that today
God knows we won't make it to when we're old
Let's both give it all up in a second
Just to see each other standing on a train
I think we've got a little less than a decade
I know what they say, but it feels too late
I’ll hold your head close to my chest
You can listen to me breathing, slow and forced
The world receding
We couldn't make it to the moon
Even if we wanted to
I think that ship set sail long ago
That's what everyone's been told
So we'll grab a raft and paddle 'til our arms break
In this crumbling state around us
You're the only one I want to hold
I think we can manage that today
God knows we won't make it to when we're old
Let's both give it all up in a second
Just to see each other standing on a train
I think we've got a little less than a decade
I know what they say, but it feels too late
Wake up the same every day
Pulling the coat over your face
Tell a man he's fine ‘cause
He'll never run out of time
Paddle til our arms break
Paddle til our arms break
In this crumbling state around us, you're the only one I want to hold
I think we can manage that today
God knows we won't make it to when we're old
Let's both give it all up in a second
Just to see each other standing on a train
I think we've got a little less than a decade
I know what they say, but it feels too late
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Hannah in the City
03:48
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Woke up with your hair in my face
Bright morning light streaming like a cascade
You’re half asleep while you trace your fingers around my thigh
Hannah, do you think we could stay a few more minutes?
Hannah, I think you forgot to shut the blinds
If I’d convinced you to stay in the city, would we have had a chance?
New apartment south of Seattle
We could pretend we know how to slow dance
Around the boxes underneath the quiet glow of broken lampshades
And you look to me and to the street
Shake your head, take my hand, Hannah
Hannah, you’d take me to the backyard
Behind the Japanese maple tree
Use your left hand to pull me closer
Right hand on my cheek
In the city, we’d sit on the fire escape
Cheap wine, legs off the edge
Your hand is resting on my knee
Hardened eyes, you’re always on the fence
(You’re always on the fence)
If I’d convinced you to stay in the city, would we have had a chance?
New apartment south of Seattle
We could pretend we know how to slow dance
Around the boxes underneath the quiet glow of broken lampshades
And you look to me and to the street
Shake your head, take my hand, Hannah
So Hannah took me to San Francisco
Where she showed me Pacific Heights
“Bet you couldn’t race me across the street,” she said
Blinking through the flashing lights
I wrote a letter under a different name, it got lost in the mail
Now every word sounds the same
And every day just feels stale
(If I’d convinced you to stay in the city, would we have had a chance?)
If I’d convinced you to stay in the city, do you think you’d just resent
The new apartment south of Seattle
While we pretend we know how to slow dance
Around the boxes underneath the quiet glow of broken lampshades
And you look to me and to the street
Shake your head, take my hand Hannah
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Last Bus in the A.M.
03:51
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Sorry, just didn't think I would stay late
It's okay, cause we're all too scared to say anything anyway
I’m trying to give less of a shit
Cause everyone's got a handle on their emotional fits
It's the middle of the night and I’m running around
Classic people-pleaser wearing the crown
Center of attention, middle of the crowd
Don't know how I got here, or how to get out
Just wanna stand outside, hiding out in plain sight
Maybe I just drank too much
Or maybe I need to catch the very last bus
We're all going crazy but the story's just started
And now there's no getting out
Phone's lost and I’ve got a dead body smile, yeah, I don't know where I am
Think I can get away with it for awhile
Before the night has run out
You've gone and met someone else tonight anyway
There goes my whole point
Of shitty beers and too many people around me talking
About their highlight reels
So he wants her back, it's an over-told tale
She's on the fence, she doesn't know how she feels
He's on his knees and he's making a fuss
While I’m really just trying to catch the last bus
Ben's leaving the party but he'll get a DUI
Riley's getting a cab, but she'll probably cry
We're all being nudged at the edge of a cliff
And throwing bottles at the wall until something sticks
Phone's lost and I’ve got a dead body smile, yeah
Phone's lost and I’ve got a dead body smile, yeah
Nobody here knows what they're looking for
You get the feeling you should maybe just go
It's like we're nineteen, party queens in a fistfight
Never gonna die
But we're never gonna feel right
Maybe I just didn't get enough
Familiarity's a hell of a drug
Phone's lost and I’ve got a dead body smile, yeah
I don't know where I am
Think I can get away with it for awhile
Before the night has run out
You've gone and met someone else tonight anyway
There goes my whole point
Of shitty beers and too many people around me talking
About their highlight reels
It keeps coming and coming in waves
It keeps coming and coming in waves
It keeps coming and coming in waves
It keeps coming and coming waves
All of my friends
All of my friends have gone home
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5. |
For Grace, After a Party
03:52
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Hop the fence around the house
Even though the exit's right over there
But you're not paying any attention to me
I’m a dull thorn in your side
You say you'll walk me home tonight
But you won't stay any longer than an hour
You're talking to yourself as we walk along the path
And I don't think my head is quite intact
(But I say)
Don't let the morning bring us down
‘Cause I like having you around
I write so you can read it all
Under the vague excuse of a diary
As you brush your hair to the side and ask me how I’m doing
Share a smoke or two or three
Keep a lighter in my pocket just for you
Reading books that I don't even like
Just to quote them out of the blue
Don't let the morning bring us down
‘Cause I like having you around
You stop outside my door and say,
“It's getting late, I should go home"
While I look at my watch that doesn't work and say,
“That sounds good"
You hug me, say "goodnight"
And you leave without a fight
And you don't look over your shoulder
Like a cool guy
And I stand there and wonder
What songs you'll listen to tonight
As you walk home past the streetlights
Don't let the morning bring us down
‘Cause I like having you around
Don't let the morning bring us down
‘Cause I like having you around
You sent a text that night
Asking if I got inside alright
I say “Of course i did, my door was a foot away"
So you call and say “Hello,
I just wanted to say I hope you sleep tight"
And I say “Hey
Thanks.
You too."
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6. |
Good to See You
04:17
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Will you walk me
Through the cracks in our pavement?
In the summer where we made it?
We'll get married on your terrace
And now I see you
Fixing your new lover's hair
Turn the light off in the bathroom we shared
Dream of a flight with you
Well we won't
We won't be here for a while
Hold my hand in the meantime
We'll go out in style
Maneuver the roots in the dirt
Follow your feet in the dark
I’ll kiss your fingers in the car
We'll go out in style
Been a few years now
Do you think that I still look the same?
You wear color now
And I don't hang my head in shame
I’ll take a picture
(Go to the places we've never been)
Take a picture of you and me
(Cut out my face 'cause I’m wearing thin)
In the place we found under the trees
(Forget what you sound like against my skin)
Bury it all and say a eulogy
Well we won't, we won't be here for a while
Hold my hand in the meantime, we'll go out in style
Maneuver the roots in the dirt
Follow your feet in the dark
I’ll kiss your fingers in the car
We'll go out in style
Well we won't
We won't be here for a while (good to see you)
Hold my hand in the meantime (good to see you)
We'll go out in style (good to see you)
Maneuver the roots in the dirt
Follow your feet in the dark
I’ll kiss your fingers in the car
We'll go out in style
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Bestfriend Toronto, Ontario
recently started watching malcolm in the middle for the first time and really enjoying it. hal's a stud
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