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The Past Again
04:13
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you were so close to the end, ya know
but it's so far away from you now
and you rambled, and you gambled
and you damnd those who fled your warmer house
who's dead in your head now?
You choke to know the songs you wrote
now golden rings are bitter things
on your toes, you'll overdose on doubt
we were hangin' out at my parents' house
with our backpacks strapped across our laps
I went to her place, saw a new her face
we were braced, she relates, something had changed
isn't it strange?
You choke to know the songs you wrote
now golden rings are bitter things
all you know's your comatose without
a ghost as medicine
you're in your head tryin' to claw it out
don't try the past again
you were a christian man
now sort it out for yourself
you choke to know the songs you wrote
the golden things are hard to see
it's dark to me, it's dark to me, it's out
Do you need a friend?
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2. |
Love You Too
03:05
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A broken year has finally passed
lipstick match smokes hard and fast
it burns, like you, to hold on to
riding fast unlock the latch
the walk alone was dark and had
a hint of the truth that eludes you
it speaks of all my hopes and fears
the lonely nights and friendly jeers
of those who love me, they could love you too
Oh blue, they would love you too
take my life away
but let your love light
stay on to illuminate
I can't believe a single thing
you ever said i'd be
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Take another ride by my side, dear
and watch it all just reappear
I been passin' time
writin' rhymes that you won't hear
until you're far away from here
and though my feelings are clear
don't fear, cause I'm not comin' near
"but when do you think was the last time someone cried over you?"
we could take it slow, as long as you know
I don't wanna take it nowhere at all
I'm writing notes to myself of words you spoke
so that I don't forget how to fall
it's all the same, any way nothin' changes
but nothing stays the same
now who am I gonna call?
and who are you gonna call?
when your back's against the wall?
When do you think
was the last time someone cried over you?
and when do you think
is the next time that you'll find somethin true?
and how do you think of me?
do you ever think of me? do you?
cause I can't think of one night that I
haven't thought of you
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4. |
The Motions
04:37
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You and I are not alone
but we are walking lonely roads
side by side in parallel
your smell's a memory
that I cannot rebuild
huddle close to me, be still
I know what you want is love
and it's me you're thinkin of
but you will pay another toll
and walk a distance not yet known
we hear the same wind, the same waves
and repave the concrete
withered by the rain
blistered feet don't give me pain
is there meaning I've not heard
written in your every word that says
I'm not goin' through the motions
this boulevard of ours is an ocean
you've lost your love
If it's just what you always choose
can you still call it the blues?
You and I have rusted chains
where wrists would bleed to ease the pain
but I'm not goin' through the motions
if you'd crack the door, I'd kick it open
you've lost your love
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5. |
Gloria
04:12
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Gloria, I'm callin you home
I miss the feel of the open road
I can't sing without you screamin' loud
you'll take it out on me
you'll be so proud of me
you won't kick and shout
when you see me out drivin' around
broken down
Gloria, don't think I'm ungrateful
we had good times, you led me through
drifts of snow
but you broke down and left me
on the side of the road
that happened long ago
and I'm still out here, ya know
walkin' 'round, 'cause I don't
need you anymore
don't wear that lonely face
your teeth rustin' out in your parents' driveway
I won't even be that phased
I don't need you now
Gloria, did you even try to fight?
you're just scraps now
the good shit's been left behind
and I loved you so much, now I can't even
I can't even try to drive
around all the places you and I'd
hit down when we owned this town
I wanna drive
Gloria
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6. |
Your New Haircut
04:41
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Your new haircut is swimming at the foot of my bed
it's not the sideways glances, but
awkward chances you dread
I can hardly remember the words you said
but they're there in the hair
fallin' from your head
you burned off every follicle
you slaved over so long ago to get
to fall in the right places
to look through at the faces you'd wet
with tongues or laughs or kisses
is it harder to miss than to forget?
I guess
The time has come for killin it
desire, or my unwillingness to rest
or test myself a little bit
get rid of all the little shit you left
Your new haircut is all that I could want it to be
you cut off that old part of you
renewed yourself for everyone to see
but if I'm being honest, all I want's for you
to grow back into me
I can't see anything
My new haircut's been growin'
since the day you left
I wanna get it all out of my face
I'm afraid of stepping back
you always liked it shorter
the last time that you saw me
you just laughed
what was that?
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7. |
The Permanent One
06:35
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Take off your dress clothes
the come inside is barely moving
and I'm already gone
I'm not your best hope
and I'm not listening to you anymore
we made a mess, though
half asleep, I'm lying, shaking
in the cold
you wore your best though
but I can't tie a knot if not for you
or I'll choke
You gave a spark and we used it to blast off
up and up for the whole Earth to see
when we hit the black, I couldn't hear you
can't you see me falling?
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8. |
For You Here
04:39
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I have known all along
the red world's where we belong
escaping fast among no stars
no more bills or speeding cars
a place where everything is ours
and government allotments
our brand new apartment
on the Great Escarpment, dear
The possibilities are clear
I want only for you here
I have known all along
the red world is a song
I will sing for you to know
that rivers here slowly flow
and how our children would grow
the possibilities unknown
impossibly your white face shone
this foreign gravity won't hinder me
when you're floating away
just like before
Please, won't you leave with me tonight?
we will rise in that beautiful light
purified, you and I
and all of the arrangements
you're lookin' at my faces
callin' me deranged and scared
but I am looking through you
who's the one who used you?
and gave you that thousand-mile stare?
I wish you'd abuse me
scenes on my face would move thee
like yours, to me, a beautiful mirror.
The possibilities are clear
I want only for you here
I want only for you here
I want only for you here
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