1. |
First Name Basis
04:18
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Don't tell me you never heard what I said
Don't tell me your stupid regrets
'Cause my words fell on deafened ears,
and I burned the letter I wrote to you
'Cause I always thought you were a little underwhelmed
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2. |
Don't Leave Me on My Own
03:58
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A little bit remains,
It's swimming in my head
The dream the casts you suddenly, without my answer
And if I made a guess, it would be that you've gotten on just fine
But without you what can I measure up to
I'm beside myself tonight
I’ll lay a while in the dark
Just to keep this on my mind
Because when I knew you best
I never felt I had control
But it's been right here inside of this
Your chain smoke, the mantel
That part of you
I figured it out and you'll never believe it
It's on me, to change this up
Just leave me to myself
Take a pause
Alive and paralyzing, sentimental rush
Conditions that weren't met
I'm inadequate and thrown into, but I’m not here for you
Your chain smoke, the mantel
That part of you
I figured it out and you'll never believe it
It's on me, to change this up
Just leave me to myself
Every time this comes around, it keeps me buried in the ground
And every part of me that screams, this isn't what I could have been
If I were to run into you, delayed from speaking without any intention to
I don't know what I’d say
Don't leave me on my own, sufficed to say I'm broken
Don't leave me on my own, I’m over the hill but now, it feels like I never even changed at all
Three years and it’s not gone, because there’s nowhere to move on,
And when I woke up to your best, I’ll make time to mark my steps
This is the worst I’ve ever felt, your pictures make me hate myself
And if this is how it goes, I’ll make the best of it I know
It turns out I never even changed at all
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3. |
Lampshaded
04:01
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I wake to silent soundtracks
To aching pains that always seem the same
Overcome, it betrays every step
Now come on can’t you see, come and confide in me
These frustrations start my day
Slip into dire straits, removed from apathy,
I’ll take two, to go and count my chances
Get all your words out, there all falling right through me
Talking never helps
Just medicates myself
A lie that is safe, consider it a gift
Or maybe I’m just wasting all my time
I know that this hard on you
Your confidence is shattered, no cause for tomorrow
But we will make it out, we will make it out
The circumstance that finds you
Sell me to the highest bidder
I’m waiting here, all dressed and set to go
But nothing seems to come my way
I can’t breathe in here
It tightens up my chest, the noose around my neck,
We pal around like it’s no big thing
But when I am by myself, it feels like its crushing me
Talking never helps
Just medicates myself
A lie that is safe, consider it a gift
Or maybe I’ll just write this down, again
I know that this hard on you
Your confidence is shattered, no cause for tomorrow
But we will make it out, we will make it out
The circle that confines you
I know that this hard on you
Your confidence is shattered, no cause for tomorrow
But we will make it out, we will make it out
A better day will find you
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4. |
Fruits and Veggies
03:16
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I always thought that you were fine
with the thoughts that flood and tease your mind
but you sat alone in silence on the floor
The years I spent alone with you
And you spent them with me too
Fell off the wall and cracked as you hit the door
And I said
That if you wanna feel better eat more fruits and veggies
If you wanna feel better eat more fruits and veggies
If you wanna feel better eat more fruits and veggies
If you wanna feel better treat yourself with more respect
So put me out on stage alone
And take your words and take them home
'Cause this was never what I signed up for
The actors left, it's you and me
Again with all our entropy
And all I have to say to you is this
That if you wanna feel better eat more fruits and veggies
If you wanna feel better eat more fruits and veggies
If you wanna feel better eat more fruits and veggies
If you wanna feel better treat yourself with more respect
If you wanna feel better
If you wanna feel better
If you wanna feel better
If you wanna feel better
Treat yourself with more respect
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5. |
Fifth Floor Altercation
02:28
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The pictures set wrong
Where everything’s askew
Not centered and off kilter
And its endemic
Of everything I hate
Packaged with all the frills attached
You'll sell it all out, like you'll care
They'll take everything you ask for
Write it all off, initialed
Your squaring the circle
And I’ll be pragmatic
And seeing that it’s done
A suicidal rite though a veil
This scheme is absent
And withering here
Dying clearly just as dear to me
You'll sell it all out, like you'll care
They'll take everything you ask for
Write it all off, initialed
Your squaring the circle
The plaster that fits the mold
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6. |
Smarter than Them
05:28
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Come out come out to hide again
Hope in the fallen conversation
When I was younger I was smarter than them
When I was younger I never played pretend
So take your lies
And leave their burning ashes out on the street
It’s enough to afford to live in a false reality
Through your corporate machine
The world is a game you can see it all around
The pieces were never put back in their box
Now we live in a global stress
Where the rich elite always get the best
Leaving us to sweep after their mess
So take your lies
And leave their burning ashes out on the street
It's enough to afford to live in a false reality
Through your corporate machine
So take your lies
And leave their burning ashes out on the street
It’s enough to afford to live in a false reality
Through your corporate machine
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It’s easy when you go
Much harder than if I show
Feeling this so long
And the lines that I’ve drawn
It's time I’ve spent giving up on
Another chance to become
And these days they pass by
They define ourselves in real time
Give into the loss
And feed me the nightly script
Cause I found out your tact, it cripples me with silence
No rational to respond with, just severed communication
And besides, there's no recourse
When you go to belittle the points I make
It's you I lose
Now with you I'll confide
That it’s nothing that I won't abide
I'll just stick to my side\
And the stage that we're set on
It defines the people we become
And you've just gone
To prove to me you’re not to be trusted
Cause I found out your tact, it cripples me with silence
No rational to respond with, just severed communication
And besides, there's no recourse
When you go to belittle the points I make
It's you I lose
And I’ve lost you now
You tell yourself
You never knew
It was all in the after
You sell yourself
To make it through
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