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I get stoned
Driving home
Looking out the window
I turn up
My favorite song
Wishing I could call you up
But, I’m not gonna think about that now
No, I don’t wanna talk about that
I’m not gonna pick my brain apart
I don’t wanna talk about that
I’m not gonna do that to myself, no
I get sad
When I look back
At all the time we thought we had
I lay down
And cry out loud
Give it up, and let it out
No, it’s nothing big, it’s nothing
I can get up out of bed, I’ll try
I don’t wanna talk about that
I’m not gonna pick my brain apart
I don’t wanna talk about that
I just gotta keep it to myself
No, I don’t wanna talk about that now
I get up
And write some stuff
Feel you here no matter what
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2. |
Morning Zoo
03:10
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I look myself in the eye
I wake up every morning
I kill my thoughts with a knife
Then blow a kiss to the silence
How long does it take
To find the peace that I want?
And how long must I wait
To decide that it’s over? Well, I don’t know
The morning zoo is alive
But, I just keep getting smaller
It’s my decision to lie
To settle down by the fire
How long does it take
To find the peace that I want?
And how long must I wait
To decide that it’s over? Well, I don’t know
Talk to myself all the time
Waiting on the long train
The Devil’s right behind
Stuck in the passing lane
How long does it take
To find the peace that I want?
And how long must I wait
To decide that it’s over and done?
And how long does it take
To find the peace that I want?
And how long must I wait
To decide that it’s over? Well, I don’t know
I got a piece of the pie
I could say ‘when’ if I wanted
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3. |
Crossed that Line
02:05
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Get it? I got it
It’s not what I wanted
He’s fucking dumb
Did it, I done it
I’m taking it from you
Is something wrong?
Oo, ah-wait
I crossed that line
Livin’, I wanted
To go out and gun it
I’m never done
Had to go
To the basement show
To have some fun
Oo, ah-wait
I crossed that line
Did you say somethin?
— (bass fill)
That’s number one
Every time
I look at you I
Feel somethin’ come
Oo, ah-wait
I crossed that line
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Outside my window
The birds dance alone
I sit back and take it in
Like some sort of medicine
Slow, feeling the wind blow
Again, through the walls
I fix something I can’t see
Oh, it could be anything
So close to a close call
Again, freakin’ out
I pray to the sky above
Give in or give it up
It’s alive
Oh it’s- oh it’s alive
So I pass the time, look to the side
I feel it all, frozen in my house
All around, it’s in the stars
It’s speeding toward the sign
Oh God, it’s alive
Oh it’s- oh it’s alive
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5. |
No Way
05:37
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Can it be that this was really
All there is?
I was starin’ so long at the sun
‘Til I was blinded
Losin’ track of the days
Ain’t nothin’ new
I read every conversation
But, I don’t know what’s true
Can you help me out?
I’m tryin’, but sinkin’ in this pit of doubt
I’m stuck
With a belly for a heart
At the bottom of a well
There’s no way you’ll control me
I’ll take a penny
For your thoughts
And I’ll throw it straight to hell
There’s no way you’ll control me again
I know
It feels like a dream we keep havin’
Oh, how I wish it wasn’t so
But, I know that
There’s no need to explain it now
Everybody lies
So why does that always catch me by surprise?
‘Cause I’m stuck
With a belly for a heart
At the bottom of a well
There’s no way you’ll control me
I’ll take a penny
For your thoughts
And I’ll throw it straight to hell
There’s no way you’ll control me again
There’s no way you’ll control me again
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I walked across the green grass
To where I knew you laid
The way the sun was shining down
I only saw your shape
But, I need to tell you everything
Before it’s too late
That I don’t regret a single day
And you’re so beautiful
So take this part of me
Last in the middle
Making sure to breathe
One more time
The window
I saw you through the window
We locked eyes and the window
Was open, felt the wind blow
I saw you through it
How could I have known that
You wouldn’t come back home?
I sit down at the table
And I fiddle with the phone
I wish you were right next to me
Instead I’m alone
But, I’ll always have the memories
Of our life together
So take this part of me
Last in the middle
Making sure to breathe
One last time
The window
I saw you through the window
We locked eyes and the window
Was open, felt the wind blow
I looked in, and I felt you with me
Yeah, I felt you with me
When you waved your hand
I felt you with me
Sue, you’ll always be my girl
So take this part of me
Carry it with you
Wherever it leads
Don’t be scared
The window
I see you through the window
And when I sleep, the window
You’re here with me, the window
You’re in my dreams
The window
I see you through the window
And when I sleep, the window
You’re here with me, the window
You’re in my dreams
I feel you with me
Yeah, I feel you with me
When I close my eyes
I feel you with me
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Empty
03:51
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I have, I have
I have, I have
I have, I have
I have, I have
She was walking
At night
Everyone said
Their goodbyes
She had to cry, I have
I have, I have
You followed her home
Before
Said some bullshit
“No one loves you anymore”
So what?
Shut the door, I have
How empty
Are you?
Are you sorry?
Tell the truth
You know, I have
I have, I have
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8. |
Break
04:38
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Break another open door
To figure out what’s really going on
I heard you go
A lonely figure, you were the only one
Lock the key and throw it down
Forget the crazy feeling, “I’ll just skip town”
I was watching you there
With your head in your pillow, you were running from
When the dark falls away
There’s nothing there
Not a thing
You’re okay
Go back to sleep
Lie, and bring me to my knees
The shallow cut, again it bleeds
So you bring it right back, bring it right back into the sun
I remember a bright light, then it’s gone
But, it’s on, right now
Your favorite show
Once again
How it starts
And how it ends
You watch until
You fall asleep
It’s just a bad
Dream
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9. |
Black Earth, WI
08:34
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How’d I ever know you
Quite like I was told to?
Make sure you love each other nice now
Oh, I was hypnotized
Caught up in the northern lights
Driving around in circles
Singin’ hey now
What was that sound?
Lighting a match
Just to f-freak you out
Oo, then on the other side
I saw fifty yellow lines
Pushing up against the window
And with one almighty lightning strike
The Great Lake rose up behind
Said, “Baby, you best turn around”
So I went back
I went back to the shore
To follow Her pathway
Forevermore
Crushin’ the blades, great freight train
Make the wind go away
And if that mockingbird don’t sing
Watch her do the twist again
And if she’s twisted up too tight
Let the dawn cut through the night
And if that day do slowly break
Make your way down to the lake
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10. |
I Want You (Fall 2010)
03:48
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I could tell that we’d be friends
From the first moment
We walked around and started talkin’
All about our favorite bands
Got a quarter dog and
Snuck you in at 2 A.M.
Now we’re drivin’ ‘round Michigan
Hours flyin’ by with the
Windows down just listening to
Maps and Atlases
We’re so lost, but it’s whatever
And I’m working up the guts to say that
I got my mind
Running to you
I know it’s hard to say why
But I really want you to
I got my mind
Running to you
I know it’s hard to say why
But I want you
No, I’ve never met anyone
Quite like you before
Yeah it’s right, I love this feeling
‘Cause burning all my blank CDs never meant so much to me
I got my mind
Running to you
I know it’s hard to say why
But I really want you to
I got my mind
Running to you
I know it’s hard to say why
But I want you
I got my mind
Running to you
I know it’s hard to say why
But I really want you to
I got my mind
Running to you
I know it’s hard to say why
But I want you
I can’t pretend
That I wanna just be friends
So, take my hand
Let’s hang out forever starting now,
The Fall of 2010
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11. |
Bad Reaction
04:15
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Lost in a vague way, I have
So many bad influences I don’t wanna shed
The most automatic lies
Weigh me down sometimes
What’s the one thing you love?
What’s the one thing you love?
What’s the one thing you love now?
Got some bad habits fully formed
Everyone laughed at me until they could not breathe again
I was a magician writing on the wall
Talkin’ big shit over you
Said, what’s the one thing you love?
What’s the one thing you love?
What’s the one thing you love now?
Drove to the graveyard where you were not
Found a nice little hill with an empty plot
I threw the wheels in reverse so fast
Lost in the headache didn’t look back
Screamin’, what’s the one thing you love?
What’s the one thing you love?
What’s the one thing you love now?
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