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Opposite Directions
02:15
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slow it down i've had enough
i'm running out of ways to rationalize
the number of days you take in the dark
i'm running out of ways to say goodbye
what do we have now?
we're nothing but the ghost of potential
when you don't take the time to define things
you find the time to run away
(you got lost)
as fast as you can
(but i stayed here)
the opposite direction
(you got lost)
as fast as you can
(but i stayed here)
fuck expectations
my thoughts move me to place i don't want to be
you don't want to be
i can forget the promises
but not the feelings of your hands on me
when i was trying to end my tomorrow
you were aching for that taste of escape
(you got lost)
as fast as you can
(but i stayed here)
the opposite direction
(you got lost)
as fast as you can
(but i stayed here)
fuck expectations
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i was 16 when you first told me
not to hold your hand in front of your friends
you were always too cool, you were always too punk
you were always listening to better bands
but i was pretty young and i was pretty dumb
because somehow you convinced me you were great
but you'll never get those ugly sweaters back
and by the way that was a really shitty mixtape
i hope i never see you like that again
in the front of my car in the passenger's seat
oh you look so ugly when you cry
learn to use your left hand in the middle of the night
so you can get to work on time
no more early morning mess
you say that you're an anarchist
but you'll never quit your day job
i guess i gotta say i'm glad you moved on
because those drunk texts were getting pretty lame
and yeah she's really pretty, yeah she's really funny
but she's just a less curvy version
of me myself and i, we're so over it
me myself and i, we're so done
me myself and i, we're so over
so done, so over it, so done, stop calling me
i hope i never see you like that again
in the front of my car in the passenger's seat
oh you are so ugly inside
learn to use your left hand in the middle of the night
so you can get to work on time
no more early morning mess
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3. |
Lighter Fluid
02:30
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there's nothing to stop me tonight
from kissing every boy who looks my way
and i wonder if i could fall in love
with every person here
because we're all the same
and we're all looking for somebody else
someone to take away the dark things
that threaten to never leave
i pity the fools who fall in love
nothing that makes you feel good can last
because if things were in terms of forever
they'd all lose their shine too fast
ironically the only things that go away
are the ones that were supposed to stay
but he only wants me in the night
or in the day when no one's around
and i swear i could leave tonight
and leave everything behind
for this godforsaken town to sustain itself off of
to make something out of
i pity the fools who fall in love
nothing that makes you feel good can last
because if things were in terms of forever
they'd all lose their shine too fast
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4. |
Hips
02:31
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"please take care of me"
you said and spent the night
scars disappeared
as you left bruises on my thighs
you asked if you could touch my hips
because you like the way they feel
i like the way they fit with yours
hold me through the figuring out
of what we don't understand
floating in and out
things never happen the way we plan them
you asked if you could touch my hips
because you like the way they feel
i like the way they fit with yours
you asked if you could touch my hips
but you touched much more
don't leave me like this
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these rooms are so suffocating
the bricks that hold me up
are the bricks that cave me in
ghosts and fingers
memories linger
somebody please make them go away
honestly i've been picking apart
the reasons to not be
on a string anymore
honestly i've been moving
towards the cautious end of things
why hold on anymore
your palpitations mirror mine
the bricks that you have molded
crumble around your mind
you didn't mean it
you only said it
please be careful with the things that you don't understand
honestly i've been picking apart
the reasons to not be
on a string anymore
honestly i've been moving
towards the cautious end of things
why hold on anymore
honesty is sickening
when you've let yourself believe
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6. |
New Coast
04:00
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i don't really know anymore
what keeps me here and trying
because everyone's been lying
when they said they cared
i need a sunrise on a new coast
to take all this ash and turn it into something beautiful
i need a sunrise on a new coast
i need anything that's new at all
everyone around me is full of fire
they have reasons and sparks
they fit in with the beautiful ones
but i'll say goodbye soon
because i know what it's like in the night
when the things you've tried to forget
sit at the foot of your bed
i know what it's like in the night
when the things you've tried to forget
they pierce and they ramble
they pierce and they ramble
they won't let me go
i need something to keep me alive
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7. |
Grayest Places
03:32
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i've been driving to your house
underneath the inky skyline
the water froze to the glass
so i waited for you outside
stop this deprecation of the corners
where i should be safe from the grayest places
that suspend these teenagers
and selfish, perfect families
stop this deprecation of the corners
where i should be safe from the grayest places
that suspend me
in the spaces in-between
will you hold on til the new moon
i am letting go of you
are you drifting through shades of blue
i am letting go of you
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8. |
Overflowing
03:09
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something so personal
you keep it quiet in your hometown
this room is overflowing
so we keep our eyes cast down
the only promise i will keep
involves some form of haunting
break me
i'm building walls around my mind
so keep your distance
if you keep from doing what you're thinking
i will keep you in my plans
the only promise you have kept
was never meaning what you said
i'd rather be in my head than in your bed
if i carve deep enough i can fade away entirely
i'll never get what gets you off
i'll never get what gets you
all i wanted was to feel complete
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back on the road again
counting down to the city lights
remembering the ways
we wasted those city nights
with cold hands and close faces
and mirrored eyes
we left the world behind
so when the winter sets in
i'll be wrapped up in your sheets
knowing the new year's coming
with new people to meet
but for tonight you're mine
the best one i will find
so the next time you're in town
i'll be the one who comes around
i heard you got a job in fairfax
and you fall asleep on the train
commuting from day to day
and you find a new girl every night
to fill the space that we've created
so when the summer starts to end
i'll be headed for the coastline
knowing there's potential to mend
and make up for lost time
but that night you were mine
still the best one i will find
so the next time you're in town
i'll be the one who comes around
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10. |
Darkest Nights
04:02
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the last time i saw you was in the morning
blurry vision heals most everything
you taught me self medication
through the darkest nights
but i still want to wake up by your side
but i don't change with the seasons
i'm stuck in the past
you spend your nights in the graveyards
but the sun always comes too fast
you've got a universe inside your head and you locked me out
twisting insides, anxiety spills out of my pours
and the indents in my appearance
that show my emotion, you know i don't show that very often
to anyone
but you
but i still want to wake up by your side
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11. |
Overflowing (piano)
03:21
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