1. |
Sour
03:00
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Found you deep in the dirt
And sheared the roots
That clawed their way up over your face
Fawning over everything
As life aligns for you
Now how tattered you are
Out on the roof
A flag would wave up over your head
And although it was white to you
It flew a sour shade of red
Cause I’m at my most insincere with you
Don’t bother climbing up
Just listen close
And you’ll hear what you need to hear
That I trust you so implicitly
I just can’t help but see
The flaws that you bring out of me
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2. |
April
03:24
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For some time
You were a wild thing
Who split the wood
For fires that burned you alive
Rot your mind
So when the world ends
You don’t feel as accountable
For tending roots that crave
Salted wounds over flames
Still in your tomb
Cups and plates spill
Across the room and on
Is that your way of saying
You’re not just tired?
Oh my god
I’ve been this way
All my life
I know it’s fine
But I hate the fact
That you’re having fun
It’s all the same outside
It hits the grass and then it dries
But never loosens the roots
From the ground alive
Slow to rise
Sewn to a boxspring
Content to rust
And fine sewing circles
In your wrist
Brave the waves without a hook
Better sick from the ocean
Than dead or marooned
But my feet are numb
And my mind says no
For some time
You were a wild thing
Who split the wood
For fires that burned you alive
Rot your mind
So when the world ends
You don’t feel as accountable
For tending roots that crave
Salted wounds over flames
They won’t see the light that you’re making
Your eyes could be vacant to them
You think you’ll play it cool?
You think you’ll power through?
Oh my god
I’ve been this way
All my life
I know it’s fine
But I hate the fact
That you’re having fun
It’s all the same outside
It hits the grass and then it dries
But never loosens the roots
From the ground alive
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3. |
Once, Too
03:19
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The tide is sobering
It’s just a harbinger in my room
And it pulls for me
To know, by-and-by
What makes the ivy bloom
So don’t wait for me
Cause I won’t be moving on
The salt is soaked
Into the mooring knots
And don’t fight for me
Your knuckles will soon be raw
I’m impressed enough
By the the blood in your eyes
And the cuts to your jaw
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4. |
So Long
04:02
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Late to fix you
(close your heart)
It’s strange, but not new
(close your heart)
If I back in
You would say that luck
Cheated you
You would sit and
Load your heart
Let the vice back in
And the burn will too
Turn off the light
But dread if I go
You feel the need to blur it up
Just cause it’s dangerous
Thrown off the side
It’s your right to float
But keep this in mind
It’s unoriginal
I don’t know why it’s true
I don’t know what to do
The night’s beaten
But the sun won’t come up this time
It’s not a miracle
To watch you inch on by
All in, I’ll swim
And drag the bottles in
But I don’t know what to do
Just count the lines on my face
And hope that you’ll try to
Take some time with
Lies you’ve been told
Through the years
Consider it an age to
Flood your arteries
Inching by
Invites the vice back in
I don’t know why it’s true
I don’t know what to do
The night’s beaten
But the sun won’t come up this time
It’s not a miracle
To watch you inch on by
All in, I’ll swim
And drag the bottles in
But I don’t know what to do
Just count the lines on my face
And hope that you’ll try to
Take some time with
Lies you’ve been told
Through the years
Consider it an age to
Flood your arteries
Inching by
Invites the vice back in
Instead of wasting time
Instead of scraping by
Just shy of an unknown life
You could take some time with
Lies you’ve been told
Through the years
Consider it an age to
Flood your arteries
Inch on by
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5. |
Little Belt
03:15
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Unhook yourself
Another lure is hollowing out
A blank slate in the shape
Of your mind
Sirens will call you again
When the radio’s off
Feel their humming
Harpooned in your ribs
Relax
Things are good
But who knows
When their harmonizing will draw the rope?
Avoiding the poison
Is good enough for you
For now
Learn something new
You’re in your prime
When tongues will tie
But overnight, you’ll forget it
Cause in your own mind
The thoughts are all nice and so clever, right?
Your sirens are
The swell and crest
That crash to fill your empty chest
Calm as it demolishes
You feel yourself
Dissolve into the depths
The waves help to rinse
Your fingerprints will melt
Into the belt
Until your body can flood
The body it’s in
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6. |
FM
03:08
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I’m just a waste of time
You go your own way
But I won’t go on mine
You take a look over the steps
Say the fire escape’s too high
So you’ll burn instead
You’re just a friendly plague
If I don’t cure myself
You’ll contaminate
But is this something I should mourn?
Though your fire is much too bright
At least it keeps me warm
We’re just a nine-to-five
Any song that comes on
To help a boring drive
You put your feet up on the dash
Wanna sit and rest your eyes
‘Til we run out of gas
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7. |
Rerun
01:48
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A new trial
To another new horizon
And now we’re running
For as soon as it arises
You’re overgrown
Without a thing to lose
But they say it grows back
And the days get better with age
You’re told that you need a reason
To feel that way
I’m no match
I’ll wave through the fog and the rain
Then sit and rattle the chains
But does it count as a sickness?
Cause I don’t think you would notice if it did
And I’m not so bright
On my own
Feel it creeping in
Feel it creeping in
Feel it creeping in
Feel it creeping in
Feel it creeping in
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8. |
Rerun, Pt.2
03:54
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Lie still
While my mind spills
Cause I’m so saturated
Wrecked and soaked
But you keep raining down
On all sides
Ghost in my life
Night’s pale
My mind’s stale
Cause I’m wrung out, sedated
Empty bones, you can break ‘em
With a long sigh
But my throat’s too dry
And I don’t have a life
I never really thought to prune
The dull, rotting roots
Where they found you
Bright trails
I know my eyes will fail to find
Once phosphorescent
You were frozen cement
And I was warm, dry
But coasting by
Now you’ve re-bent the roots
In tune
And I like that they treat you well
Cause this time I’m unexceptional
Still whine over sewn-up ventricles
I know your hear it as a hollow sound
But a heart breeds a pulse
No doubt about it
And this time my arms don’t bend at all
To un-rust my brain with chemicals
I know you see me as a fossil now
But it’s fine, in time
Somebody will dig me out
You face ‘em off
One by one
You’re a natural
Cause you live
Like you’re almost alive
But there’s something still rustling
In the room between the rocks
A subtle hue of you
Still glows on the reef
So venture off
Untie the roots and run
Your hands are rough
Because you live like it’s honest
To keep things to yourself
But that remains to be seen
Yeah, I’m not sure if I’ll last
But at least I’ll glow in the pavement
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9. |
Alright
03:44
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You found it too slow
The life, the wait
And the thaw
To sharpen your knife
And tighten you gauze
But now the room seems so small
Your clothes, they won’t fit
Thumbtacks in the wall
A twin bed you’ll miss
You never learned how to fight
You pick the phone up at night
You use the same line
That life’s alright
And you’re okay
Life’s alright and I’m okay
But it’s fine
Some will say
That in time
You’ll have your way
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