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Discomfort
01:43
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(Instrumental)
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2. |
Lime Country
03:09
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Lime country’s calling
I miss the sight of early blossoms over the closed stations
Numb in the city
I’m growing plants in the kitchen
Living around ambulances and next room’s arguments
I wanted out once
Am I welcome any time soon?
I don’t want to stay longer than I should
Boy, would you look at that
I got the moon reminding me of you
Saving up strength
More messages from mother earth
A lifeline for this new Tokyoite
Numb in the city
I’m talking to Claude lately, how did you know?
The great game has been delayed
I wanted out once
Am I welcome any time soon?
I don’t want to stay longer than I should
Boy, would you look at that
My time’s up, I’m going to miss you
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3. |
Spare Pieces
03:22
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Springs in your steps
I’m not buying it
You had it for some time
I stayed quiet
Forget the deal we made
I see your swings a mile away
Paint my mornings with the sun
Then come clouds of grey
Suddenly
I think I wanted to stay down
Heard it’s warm down there with no sound
This ain’t no vacation
I’m at war
Spare me a piece of your soul
When would you ring the bell?
With remorse
Spare me a piece of your soul
You shouldn’t see me now
All blurry red
I pray all night
You walk it off instead
What are you waiting for?
See yourself out the door
Avert your eyes when I bring it up
When is it ever our day?
Suddenly
I think I wanted to stay down
Heard it’s warm down there with no sound
This ain’t no vacation
I’m at war
Spare me a piece of your soul
When would you ring the bell?
With remorse
Spare me a piece of your soul
Where were you when I needed you?
Low and away from myself
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4. |
Table for Two
03:36
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I saw a few months ahead waking up in bed together
Crawl back into whatever hole you made in your dreams and spend the day there
I’ve got a feeling
Butterflies and everything
Guess it’s what you want to hear
Ring and paperwork to prove it to you
I’m manning up it’s true
You saw years down the road naming our firstborn Leo
Just in time she’s back to haunt me
The men would swear there were no missteps
Fetch the facade
Demise in glory
Who orchestrated it?
Just say it, you’re scared
I can’t believe you don’t see anything between us and the crumbs you left there
I’ve got a feeling
Butterflies and everything
Guess it’s what you want to hear
Ring and paperwork to prove it to you
I’m manning up it’s true
How could you do this to me?
Every name I received
I’m no longer counting down the weeks
Let’s jump together
Then I’ll say forever
Don’t we have a few years to spare?
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5. |
Chipped Tooth
06:14
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I slip a bill, you punch my face
I’m making a difference today
Take it out in daylight
Crusaders come out at night
A fire burns bright
I don’t think we can keep this up too long
I’ve had my way
Let me take yours too
I wasn’t asking
No time permitting
I take as I please
Up the hill you’ll get the taste
I’m making no difference today
Take me in blue and bright
Crusaders come out at night
Let fire burns bright
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Self taught
I used to write down stories only for the love
Two years deep
Friends turning green
Now it’s whatever fills the page
Come down
Face the knife gently
The blade doesn’t need you long
Brand new scars to paint the wall
The present tense keeping me sane
I gave you this love
Grateful, you know what I want from you
I need you soft and at arms length
No one is going to save you
I’ve been waiting to talk to you
Meet me half way through,
what do you say?
What a way to endure life
Low, alone, you’re out of time
Self harm
Self destructive habits are ruining the touch
No words for you, or none from the heart
I’m stuck, starving for notes
You wasted the love
Clear cut I don’t ask any from you
You waste my love, beg to be saved in the end
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7. |
Helpless
04:04
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Helpless in the usual fight
Wake up in another life…I wish it was that easy
Restless late nights
I’ve been dying to talk to you over at your empty suite
Is it coming across to you?
I’m running low on help, don’t you agree?
Won’t you save me?
You’re safe with me
Caved in, it’s a mess inside
The vases crack once I leave
Perhaps you should get some sunlight
You refuse the offered hand
When you’re feeling Jupiter blue
Don’t just fly straight to the moon
Is it coming across to you?
I’m running low on help, don’t you agree?
Won’t you save me?
You’re safe with me
Oh no
Nobody wants me alone
I’m gently let go
I got my pills for my sorrow
Oh no
Where to? What for?
I’m a ghost, I am home
I opened my soul for no one else
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8. |
I'm Only visiting
03:34
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Don’t make me see you like this
I’m only visiting
Don’t make me leave you in red
I’m only visiting
I remember stitches
I can hear the crash
I remember swimming coach pulling me aside to show
Oh it was a perfect day
What a lovely night
Oh it was a perfect day
What a lonely night
Come make me shake you to bits
Were you only visiting?
We’re almost done, hold your breath
Hope you’re only visiting
Saving my tears lately
Used them up when it’s your turn
Cold florescent lit hallway
This close to losing you for good
I don’t hear you at all
Sunrise
The inevitable fall
I remember it all
Cover your eyes, I’m in hell
Just say the word and I’ll disappear if it makes it right
I could not wait for you to only be a visitor to me
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9. |
Do You See Me?
02:35
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Do you see me?
We can make plans to talk more plans
I’ve only ever felt real
When I’m being held in your hands
Your full name parachuting into frame with a kick and a flare
You left stars in me…rude of me to think
We meet in medias res one November
Early in the morning
Had you fallen as hard as me?
Do you see me?
Any little thing to keep you near
You were all I see
Look how far we’ve come
We still speak in megaphones
Under moonlight I’m easier to spot
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10. |
Forever
04:04
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It seems I knew you best in your sleep
Weren’t you calm when we practiced chemistry?
I leave my chair to get the door
Come back in and it’s not Tuesday anymore
It’s getting clear, you left here a minute ago
It’s felt like forever for weeks
You’ve been gone forever for weeks
It fogs up, the drop is steep
Spring to none
Forever for weeks
How did you really feel when you found me in your mothers car?
Ditches deep, I grab my jacket
Cover this brand new scar
Stayed in the cold and pass out
I waited on hold
Did you think we wouldn’t notice the black hole you’ve become?
from those habits of old
Forever for weeks
You’ve been gone forever for weeks
I can’t stand, my soul is week
We should’ve lasted however many weeks without you
I wish we could open up or take a moment to settle down for once
I’m left with these screaming matches and cops
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11. |
Otherwise
04:03
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Tell me something good before I’m a goner
I’ve been collecting dust since the summer
No one comes near a quiet corner
The silence is torture
Everyone holds up a microphone
Amplify a pleader
Grab onto me
Lose your grip, otherwise
We’re on borrowed time lately
What could have been
in between sleeps
Gone, signing off in uncertainty
Give me some time to seal my stitches
My calendar’s been missing a few pages
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