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Sound of Waiting
02:42
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everyone's got the way they say
how they get through a day
how they keep their sanity
if I had mine, it'd be something like this
with my hands at my side
all day balled up in a fist
and where I will end up
could be only up to me
and where you fall down
is where you'll always see
in your head, in your heart
is the sound of waiting
of course it's all relevant
gotta put on a face
gotta formulate your sentences
this life is not an experiment
in your head, in your heart
the sound of waiting
where you go, where you are
is the sound of waiting
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2. |
Bounce House
01:50
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Don't hold me accountable
I'm always the last to know
All there is, and all there was, and all that there will be
Manifest entropy
The only time I lie is when you ask "is everything alright?"
Everything is fine. Everything alright, alright?
The problem with fatalism is nobody wins
The problem with fatalism is nobody wins
Don't hold me accountable
I'm always the last to know.
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3. |
Habit and a Half
02:49
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where do I begin
to capture a moment
of being a little kid
sheer possibility
was enough back then
but longing won't do
provokes dormancy
call me what I am a fool
Andrew,
it was your basement by the airport
it was your dog behind a broken door
shaking hands and shaking floors
if you only knew how far we could go
if I only knew you knew it was a summer
and a habit and a half
is the past just the pretense
to calling my bluff
why am I addicted to this feeling
that I never have touched
is there a palpable sense
of us all giving up
i'm caustic to catalyst
that caused us to grow up
i'm thankful for your service and for your friendship
hope you're flying as i'm writing this to your next of kin
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4. |
Dresden
03:31
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Theres a hole in the frame of the window
And in the winter it gets cold
Who's to blame? Where does the guilt go?
There's bodies in these buildings, did you know?
There's fissures, can't you see, in the architecture
There's flaws inherently in a system that's so simple
Did you hear the bells of Dresden?
There were saints and gods there, too. What happened to them?
That's the hole where the church was
That's the hole where the guilt goes
And there's no blame. There's no sacrificing
They've taken it away. No, we took it back ourselves
Did you hear the bombs in Dresden?
Did you hear the bombs in Kabul?
Did you hear the bombs in... does it matter?
Did you hear a thing?
I'm a child, I'm a failure. You're the hole in the frame of the window.
I'm a child, I'm a failure. You're the hole in the frame of the window.
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5. |
Reflector
03:44
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I let myself down
push on the earth to get back up
you weren't around
familiar sight and solitude
I got the message
specific and directed
at how fucking pathetic
all these filthy habits are
I drag you into
in love in darkness, you are lost
what a selfish fucked up way to get out
raised hands in the back of the class so astute
but no one will ever call on you
if you only knew the burden you had
to carry the rest of your natural life
would you have graced them with your presence
would you have gone outside
would you have walked alone that night
will you let them all down
push on the earth at their expense
your nose to the grindstone
your tired excuses to get out of this
you said in a message
you want one day of respite
one day off, one day at home
one day to remember how to be alone
in love in darkness, you are lost
its the only way that you know how
bright lights you never saw you had
could guide you away, could guide you out
I breathe through my nose and out my mouth
im a thief with audacity to stay
at the scene of the crime with blood on my face
was a hand that fed, there was a life taken away
in love in the darkness
and you're lost
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6. |
Baron Von Bad News
03:16
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I'm sorry about your plans and what you wanted to do
But someone had to lose and I'm glad it was you.
You gotta blame yourself, there's no one else
I'm just the bearer of bad news
There's nothing more painful than facing the truth
Admitting to yourself that there is nothing inside you
Looking inside yourself and all that is left
The presence of a void inside the hollow of your chest
You gotta blame yourself, there's no one else
I'm just the bearer of bad news
You traded life for love and came up short
What a terrible burden
There's nothing else. I really wish there was
I'm just the bearer of bad news
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waking up is bound to kill me
perhaps it could kill us all
but why contemplate existence
or lack there of
when its forbidden to cast a shadow
long forgotten catastrophe
It's not a death wish
When every animal
Chews on the corner of it's cage
So why wouldn't I do the same?
So why wouldn't I do the same?
punishment fit for protectors
the fruit explained with callous intentions
eternity never could have felt so long
involuntary penance isn't a penance at all
I've been alive too long
Failed, forgotten purpose
So leave me in the dirt and detritus
I can't feel
So why am I still here?
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8. |
There is an Exit
03:06
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I spent all my time wasted
on something I thought I should be
lights are on, doors are open
I watch the ceiling fan swing
we walked outside in the morning
I put a blanket down by our side
it was cold felt the wind blow
so we set the picnic all on fire
I keep thinking
that day was something worth us holding onto
you said the cycle's vicious
you said it like you meant it too
I laugh now at the thought of it
made me sick once, now it makes me see
but your brain is black and blue
im just watching the time
im just watching the time go by
so I shuffle on ahead
the storm knocked us out of bed
we stood up, tried to shake it off
and fell in love when we reached the rooftop
and I can't try to speak out loud
I keep pushing right through the crowd
hear a noise get distracted
I think it over reenact it
I keep thinking
that day should have been forgotten long ago
its buried in the back yard
press your hands straight into snow
it'll keep us all awake
it'll keep us all alive
it'll be the last thought
that enters your mind
and I won't be there
no I won't be there
be aware there's a window
that you're fully capable of jumping through
and see the stairs, at the bottom
is an exit that I could take you to
I won't speak out, I won't laugh loud
ill let you set your demons free
be that as it may, in the morning
ill be gone, I won't come looking for you
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Simple ghost, you're nothing more and nothing less
Than a mirror with nothing to reflect
And every photograph of you is just pictures of pieces of paper
Scattered
Will I be forgotten?
I don't want to be forgotten
I suggest that time is nothing more
Than a countdown until I'm drunk again
And every morning I wake up, I wonder if I didn't
Would it matter?
Will I be forgotten?
I don't want to be forgotten
Simple ghost, you're nothing more and nothing less
Than a mirror with nothing to reflect
And every photograph of me is just pictures of pieces of paper
Scattered
Will I be forgotten?
I don't want to be forgotten
I know how this ends for people like me
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10. |
Unglued
03:36
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tell me how you really feel
but first make it worth your time
if you don't know
then I don't know where this is going
you've spoken all night long
without getting tongue twisted
then you grab me by the wrist
off a cliff and we just skipped in
where you just went
you know that's past my boundaries
don't get me shit
about having my boundaries
fuck you and your
manipulative bullshit
turned my phone off
the moment I got answers
it took all year long for me to come unglued
but now that I have I think I see a real you
found my brain, my heart, my soul
but where is my friend
won't deceive myself again
or waste my trust on you
this wasn't a matter of friends
it was a life lesson
it was your chance to prove
your character, your ability
to muster up some courage
instead you chose to flee
won't waste one more second
trying to right what you have wronged
the problem is the problem never was one
to you at all
if you've gotta go
now's the best time as ever
to just go
if you've gotta go, just go
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11. |
Worried
02:24
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Tell me, should we be worried?
It seems such a simple thing
Does it bloom and blossom or
Like turning out a light?
I know, I know, I know
I'm afraid to die
I just wish my life
Was a book I could put down for a while
I know, I know, I know
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Rifts
04:50
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is this where you go
when you don't have a home
to run away from
cause the bed was too cold
and here's where the clocks
get tangled in knots
time becomes your master
that's not what im after
if you cant stay that's okay
sorta saw this coming
better not to keep on wondering
but I could play the charade
about the look on my face
thought it was sort of funny
smiling with your tears still running
I know it makes me ache
every second that we have to wait
there's not a lot to say
fate's not a choice we make
why can't I know
the path we chose
I can't wait for you
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