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Car Keys
00:55
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you left yr car keys on the table by accident
but i dont think that you've noticed quite yet
because you left with yr best friend to pennsylvania, went without me
and you dont have time for stupid things like that
and i was meaning to say goodbye but i forgot to
i'm not even sure if that would've helped
through all the good times and through all the bad times
you were here, and i was there
and i dont change, but you sure do, and you sure did
and i might've punched a hole in yr wall again
but i don't think that you'll give a damn
because you've been meaning to fix yr room up for two whole years now, i wont sweat it
i guess i helped, oh yes i helped, i never help anybody...
i ruin everything.
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2. |
Easy
02:46
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i have got to
block yr phone number
cuz you keep on callin me
when you get into trouble
and you talk as we ride home
as if yr glad that yr alone
and all yr friends are glad yr home
but you'd just rather be alone
it sounds familiar... (doesnt it?)
you crashed yr car and told yr mom you couldnt pay to get it fixed...
[she] paid for the whole damn thing and told you, "please try not to pull that shit again"...
you got off easy again
you always get off easy in the end
you got off easy again
you always seem to get off easy in the end
and i told you you looked fine
but what i meant is, "you look great"
and what you said is what you meant:
"you always say the same damn thing"
and as i laid down on the couch
you turned my whole world inside out
you said "i'm headed back down south,
and once i'm there i wont get out",
you broke my heart... (fuck)
i dreamt we went into the ocean and we never came back out...
you turned into a mermaid; i never changed, i still dont know how (to)...
you got off easy again
you always get off easy in the end
you always somehow get off easy in the end
i want
to come with me
when i leave home...
and if you dont
so help me
i will not
go
un
til
you
do.
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3. |
No, College Rules
01:55
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my friends are letting me know
they're all just down the road
i would love to go
as long as you promise that you wont show
i dont think that i could handle seeing yr face
the sun is peakin out
its like just between the clouds
and im going out
and im parked outside yr house
just hoping yr home
but knowing yr not
remember in yr room
we'd always crash way too soon
and i remember the moon
would always bounce into yr face
you looked...
so beautiful...
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4. |
Varsity
02:36
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i used to hate being a virgin
i would try to party every weekend
but no one likes a straight edge kid
and everyone was smoking and drinking
all my friends have been working out
and playing sports and talking about
all the varsity teams that are holding try-outs
and how they'll be trying out
i could make up an excuse, but frankly this is all i've got
if there's a letter for being friendly, well then maybe i'd have a shot
(wait...) probably not
just slept for 13 hours
and i still feel super tired
but i really really need to shower
if only i had the willpower
when writing songs get boring
i just lay down and do nothing
while i could be doing something like running
well, i refuse to stop my wallowing
i could make up an excuse, but frankly this is all i've got
if there's a letter for being funny, well then maybe i'd have a shot
...probably not
i could make up an excuse, but frankly this is all i've got
if there's a letter for playing guitar, well then maybe i'd have a shot
probably not/
i could make up an excuse, but frankly this is all i've got
if there's a letter for being an asshole, well then maybe i'd have a shot
... probably.
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5. |
Broken Couch
02:15
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im always angry at the sun
for constantly burning my body
i was fifteen, you were leaving
i kinda felt like i was wasting yr time
but you assured me i was worth it
you assured me you'd live alone
things dont pan out the way you say
things didnt pan out that way at all
you were leaving while i was sleeping
on the couch because you had gone out shopping
you started crying on yr kitchen floor
before you stomped out of the house without a word
you told yr best friend i wasnt invited
to stay at yr house in the first place
things were lonely when i got home
it was the first night in a while id spent alone
so i was a new friend, her name was julia
i kinda felt like i was wasting her time
but then i moved into her house
and i started sleeping on top of her broken couch
things didn't pan out the way you'd think
we just never felt compelled to in the first place
and then the phone rang, and i felt my heart sink
i was reminded of that something i was missing
you said, "im home now, and you can come back"
but i was scared id make another mistake
i started biking, i felt like crying
when i saw yr car pull into the drive
knocked on the front door, and prayed for an answer
and thought of something clever to say...
i kinda feel you were wasting my time...
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6. |
I'm in Love
01:33
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and i don't like bugs that fly
but i like the feeling of butterflies in my stomach when i'm with you
and i hate sleeping all alone at night
but i get this super funny feeling when i see my phone light up that its you
and i've said this so many times
but i think my lack of communication is starting to get to you
but when i look (oh) in yr foggy eyes
its hard to say a thing
i'm lost inside the mist
and at the station
where i left you
you jumped on a train
remember i told you
before you got on...
"i'm in love again"
and nothing is getting any better...
for me.
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7. |
I'm Falling Out of Love
02:17
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theres a hole in my heart
you dont fit the shape of it anymore
outgrew it over the weekend
or somethin'
...
theres a cancer in my lungs
filters the "i love you's" and blocks them out
and i know deep down
im an asshole
for falling in love...
and right back out...
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8. |
Tired All The Time
03:26
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i cant wait for school to start back up -
oh wait, yes i can
theres a bittersweet sensation that comes with never getting out of bed
where the hell is my toothbrush?
i swear i havent used it since mid june
i just got out of the shower
and i only have five minutes to get to homeroom
and i know that i could be a much better student
but i'd probably have to start to watch the office less often
i used to be asleep by the time
that school would just be getting out
and i should probably be studying
but i gotta finish this album off
and theres so many fucking deadlines
and ive never been the best at being on time
its gotten to the point where i dont even feel
like im in control of my own life
and i that i should probably be a better friend
maybe ill drive up north and see you at yr college this weekend
i hate being tired all the time
sleep deprived, borderline out of my mind
if you think work ethic comes slowly with time
and i'll develop it down the line
well, hey, yr too kind
i hate being tired all the time
sleep deprived, borderline out of my mind
if you think work ethic comes slowly with time
and i'll develop it down the line
you've lost yr fuckin' mind
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9. |
Can You Fix This?
02:13
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i saw you sitting in the kitchen, yr hazel eyes fixed to yr phone
and i was looking for my keys, i kinda felt like goin' home
then you glanced up at me, looked in my eyes and then you said,
"hey, now where do you think you're going, how could you possibly go to bed?"
all these people i dont know are makin me feel real uncomfortable
but you're not.
i don't know how you pull it off...
usually i run away
when someone tries to connect with me, or be my friend
but you're something special. you're something incredible.
i never needed someone else to feel like i was all by myself
you said my hair looked really curly
i said, "i guess i never really noticed".
and it was cloudy so you couldnt see a single star
and so we scrunched into the back of my tiny car
the road was slick from a sheet of summer rain
so i floored the gas, and i didnt use the brakes
and you had smiled.
you had smiled.
i think i'm in love again..........
can you fix this?
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10. |
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the last time that we met was at yr house
you werent very tired so you got drunk
so sat there, sober, and feeling really freaked out
but isnt that what being straight edge is all about
saw an suv pull in towards the garage
people that dont like me start to get out
and its not their fault that you were feeling down
but the drugs they brought were making you feel left out
so you went under... i felt nothing
you were dancing by yrself before you asked me to come closer
i sat down... the stairwells empty
i was worried that you'd never come around
but it was almost midnight and you were talking
to that guy who bought you ecstasy and the other small white pills
you took him by the hand and pulled him closer
its like summer all over again: he starts to whisper in yr ear
he says, "i bet yr good at what you do...
take me to yr bedroom, i can make you feel brand new"
but then you close yr eyes and let him go
he just stands there disappointed [be]fore he tells you hes going home
we're alone again, record spinning, static playing
and im way too tired to drive myself back home
we were sleeping on the couch inside the back room
nightmares blaring in the center of my skull... (oh)
if i wasnt so depressed all of the time...
i'd make you feel a million things ive never felt in my life
if i could just control my broken mind...
i would stop thinking about you and start trying to feel alive
if i wasnt so lazy all the time...
well id build myself a wall to keep the evil out
and leave my shitty past all behind and
if you weren't so fucked up all of the time...
id tell you that yr something that ive never seen before
and if i say i never loved you, im lying.
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11. |
You
02:13
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you'll never
get better
if you dont try
to break even, oh
and if you werent so beautiful
then would you try to stay up all night?
to make my head hurt with stupid riddles?
you lay siege
on my heart
and get through
the battered walls.
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12. |
Me
00:47
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cyanide and suicide and feeling like im gonna die
out of time like all the time like every time i close my eyes
if pigs can fly then i can fly but pigs cant fly so i cant fly
i'll stay inside and slowly die and i just wish that i could fly
away from here away from here my friends are never ever here
that makes me feel insanely weird i kinda wanna disappear
retreat, retreat, admit total defeat
give up my friends and all my dignity and give into the pain
thats just me...
yeah!
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13. |
The Great Wall Between
03:09
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i was told that all the rain would wash away the pain
and i dont feel like it did, and that's been driving me insane
all of the wolves, they haven't howled for like the past twenty full moons
and the rooster still aint up, and the sun's gonna rise soon
i wanna try to jump the gap, but it's just miles of rugged water
and im scared that if i fail, the crooked sirens will pull me under
and i'll be the king poseidon, and i'll live inside a bubble
and i'll disappoint the fish; i'll abuse all of my power
...
...i've always liked the woods; they're deep enough to disappear
and no one notices i'm gone, and i can run from all my fears
of inability to socialize, or understand another
i dont have friends, i have acquaintances, but no heart to call them brothers
and if the god up in the sky just wants my brain to always fry
then i'll just lay down in this field, look at the sun, let my brain die
and here's to caroline! here's to moira! here's to connor! here's to ella!
all my "friends" scream out in happiness as i just let out a sigh
...
...so hate me if you want, i hate me too
there's several things i've said that i have done i'll never do
and if the sea, it wants to wait for me, it will.
and if it wont, i guess i'll live, i guess i'll live, i guess i'll live, i guess i'll live.
i guess i'll live, i guess i'll live, i guess i'll live, i guess i'll live.
i guess i'll live, i guess i'll live, i guess i'll live, i guess i'll live!
its just you and me and the great big wall between
its just you and me and this massive wall between
its just you and me and this giant wall between
its just you and me and this fucking wall between
its just you and me and this great big wall between
its just you... and me... and this wall.
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14. |
Packed Suitcase
03:49
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the ocean swept away yr fears of awkward silences
i was at naked as my body could possibly get
the sand and sea shells felt so good against my feet, so i went deeper
i couldn't see the dented shore
the tiny fish that bounded out of the water had landed right in front of me
the tides and jellyfish cooperate, yeah they dont hurt me
and i could spend my whole life wading forever
if only i could breathe underwater
theres no place like home for the holidays
or anything in between
you will live to take yr chances and die another day...
...
i'm keeping it quiet, she wants to make louder
why wont she let me take a shower
im going clean no matter what - that's not a metaphor, i promise
this is the last time that we'll ever go on vacation together
the thought of that makes me depressed
and i am scared that when we leave here
there'll still be things that we'll regret
theres no place like home for the holidays
or anything in between
you would all of yr memories away for a packed suitcase...
au revoir! x7
au revoir, o, friend...
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