1. |
The Stanza
03:28
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I have a history of loving all the wrong guys
In high school we studied Stalin, said I love that guy
But, I am cursed, oh yeah I’m cursed alright
In high school we studied Marx, yeah he had pretty eyes
I wonder why
And where we have to go
Where do we go?
I have a tendency of biting my nails when I’m bored
I sit on my computer for nothing, writing “I’m so bored”
But, I am trapped beneath my bed, oh lord
I sit on my computer for something to occupy my time
I wonder why
And where we have to go
Where do we go?
I have a penalty that I like to pay at night
And in high school I got yelled at by one of the wrong guys
But, I am first, oh yeah I’m first in line
In college someone told me that I have pretty eyes
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2. |
Down the River
02:33
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Close my ears
Eyes go down the river
Lights are clear
They’re working to catch my view
Walking down the shore
I’m trying to meet New Hampshire
But, New England is mean
I really wish that it weren’t true
Left a six-pack of Heineken on her grave
The world can hardly wait
Take my meaning
And throw it in the river
If it drowns
I guess it’s not a witch
I love to dream
Of her breath of heaven
‘Cause life is not a maze
It’s just a straight line ending in a ditch
Left a six-pack of Heineken on her grave
The world can hardly wait
Can the preacher
Ever really reconcile me?
‘Cause my sins
They reach so far and wide
And maybe hell
Maybe it’s just a waiting room
Or maybe it’s a place
Where the cowards run and hide
‘Cause all I know is that I left a six-pack of Heineken on her grave
The world can hardly wait
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3. |
Intense Judgement
05:04
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I know it’s sad when friendships die away
But, it happens to everyone every day
Putting on lotion on every inch you can reach of your skin
You give me such an impression, I surrender, you win
On the 2nd of July, I stumbled my toe
It was 2010, and my brother was in Mexico
I followed you up and then down in the land of the Cherokee
You told me a story of a woman, oh she was tortured so badly
My sunglasses magically turned my eyes into microscopes
I used these new powers to cross-section tiny seeds and dying hopes
We were located atop a tunnel above Interstate 64
We silently let all the cars pass, and one honked its horn
But, an intense judgment came o’er my face
This is neither the time nor the place
You disrupted my beautiful afternoon
Afternoon, to you too
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4. |
Key
03:36
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I have a key
It unlocks a door
I pay attention
When looking for
When looking for
Oh yeah I do
Walk backwards slowly
Pretend to commit a crime
My body’s nervous
Pores windy bleeding light
They’re bleeding light
Oh, it’s hot tonight
I’d love to vaporize
With you tonight
‘Cause I have a key
It makes things right
It makes me right
I’m so light
Yeah we’re alright
Oh, I have a key
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at 39, is annie the oldest cat on the block?
i fixed her a bowl full of food
unfortunately she did not
a tail it’s wagging on the block
she stares at all the parking lots
a girl cries out, “my cat, she’s 40!”
annie stares, i flick her off
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6. |
Space Blows
01:45
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Everything is louder now
Everything is louder now
Everything’s loud
Everything is louder now
The stars are finally hitting the ground
The stars are finally hitting the ground
Take in the sound
All over town, they’ll be running around
Cry your feelings off the shelf
You’re gonna paralyze yourself
Take my hand
I’ll take you back to where you started
The cries of the people in pain
Are not what they explain
I’m not gonna cry
No I’m not, not now
Everybody’s quiet now
Everybody’s quiet now
Taking my hand
Making no sound
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7. |
Collected
04:16
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If you could walk the earth and never draw breath
Would the fear come and try to arrest you?
Your fingers slowly fell off like a raindrop
Stop. Don’t play it louder than you really need to
‘Cause if you cry at the smallest comment
Your feelings will have been in vain
It takes some time to really want it
To know and to be something is the same thing
Every day I dream of 58
And how it’ll be so nice to finally have some answers
And if I know the G scale at the same point
I will freak and weep so hard I’ll fall over
But if my time was faster than a bullet
At least I spent it sitting down
I washed my hands clean as you stood and
Dialed the knobs on your bass amp
If the sounds follow where you run to
Within the ground, into your head
Running after something that’s above you
Will probably cause a ragged heart rate
And tell me how your body and your breastline
Made a mark on what you made
If faking exhales feels like undressing
Then maybe the key is to relate
Take your life a dime for a dozen
Put it in the pot of what he said
About your self, what it was and wasn’t
How does it feel to be collected?
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8. |
Cacao to Cacao
02:16
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Well, I had a theory
That everything lovable was far away
Please give me one more semester
My professor of anatomy
Now that the hot flame is gone
And all of our clothes are on
I guess I’d say
It’s time to cacao
Move your pillow off my shoulder
Face me and look me in the eye
Now your lips are barely parted
Lean into me like the tower
Now that our hot flame is out
You’re all I think about
Enough’s enough
Cacao to Cacao
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9. |
Have a Heart
03:35
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I saw a woman in my window
She was fair as the days that came and stayed the same
And if you ever would have left her
I’d tell you that you should be ashamed
‘Cross the forest I knew all too well
Sitting at the foot of her bed with eyes
Crying themselves out with impatience
For the eagle to fly back home
Give me a second with the arrow
We must go straight there and not reply
Your face is nothing, do you realize
The power of your foolishness? Do not reply
It could never be true of our love
Sit down use your head and have a heart
To cry for the slander you have made up
To flee from the structure you have maimed
Take one last sweeping look now
‘Cause we are going to stay the same
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10. |
88 Fingers Edward
03:46
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Every current song
Was sung during the past
There’s no way to describe
The amount of people I’ve seen
Staring at the traffic light
Forgetting that they can be seen
Lovely moments of the past
I sing about them currently.
Follow me back where we were
When everything was right
And we were humming, and our mouths were dry
We didn’t say it, but we liked when
18 was the age of walking in
And doing things you couldn’t
Do when you were younger, you were dumber
But, you’ll be older soon.
So, give me a nod and some time to look around
I’ve found that nothing is sacred
And how ‘bout Edward and his 88 fingers?
Jaws on the floor, I’d say he’s made it
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