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Door
03:30
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Well it’s all the little things,
And it’s the beating heart in me
That makes this room feel so full.
With just a taste of empathy
There is little that I love
Like wretched air in my lungs.
We hold a simple, fragile piece
If there’s a tear inside of you
You scream it within these walls.
For just a bit of everything
We keep it lit within ourselves.
For safety in the dark
(chorus)
I don’t want to live this way
I don’t want to live this way
I don’t want to live this way
I don’t want you to go away
There is a hope inside of it
A bloomed bit of your mind
Gives a sense of safety
Well it’s all the little things
Just a beating heart in me
That makes my chest feel so full.
(chorus)
I wish I could find you in the crowd
Parts of a whole, moving together
Let’s live here ‘til we grow old
I’m still alive
(chorus)
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2. |
What He Is
02:23
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You’re hurt by my decisions,
But you never really listen.
You don’t know where I come from
Or my perspective on these things.
I’m not trying to be combative
But the strange and simple fact is
You passed your judgement Without
hearing me
And I’ve got something to say
It’s a matter of perspective
you don’t know how I live,
I wish you spoke my language
As opposed to banishing me.
The world is full of bad ones
if you could simply listen
You’d realize that we have the
Same enemy
And they hate all of us.
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3. |
Weak
03:23
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And if it seems like I’m trying to escape
It’s cause I am.
But this place has turned me
Into stone.
And If I seem like I’m feeling a bit better
Despite myself
I might be better off alone
(chorus)
Eve-ry-one
Is looking at me
Like I’m so damn weak
So damn weak
So damn weak
Like I’m so… damn WEAK
And if it seems like I’m losing control
Well I’m not.
I tread closer to the edge
Everyday
I’ve taken myself all apart
So many times
So I think I might be okay.
(chorus)
Cause I’m losing my mind (my mind)
As I walk towards the light, it feels better every time
And I wish you all well, and I know you’ll be fine
I’m just a bit overwhelmed by the state of this place.
In this moment
I feel…
Overwhelmed, overwhelmed, overwhelmed.
By the state… of this place
(chorus)
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4. |
Chicago
04:32
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I drove out to Chicago
To ape around and swing from rope
To hear half smiles I haven’t heard
Since last I held a heart that broke
(Chorus)
I’m feeling bad enough to dive in
How long’s it been since we had it
I’m not gonna tear you down again
Cause it’s not what I’m here for
You’ve been dying since the day that I left.
Yeah, I don’t smell the same
I’ve drained a pack a day since the day I left
And there’s a burning in my lungs
Not half as bad as the burning in your head
(Chorus)
Left you here alone, I was all by myself
The tears on the tops of your arms were revealing as well
I know you don’t know how to suffer, but I’m going through hell
Wish I could assure you of better days, but who can tell?
I’ve said some terrible things and
I’ve broken some fragile hands
I apologize for
All the times I was less than
Was less than truthful
It’s only me, I never meant to break it in two
I regret all the things that I said on the last time I saw you
I buried it under a mound of regret and I’m long overdue
For my lack of compassion to come back around, cause it has to
(Chorus)
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5. |
Empty
04:38
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I remember how it was when
There was still a town to come back to.
The places we used to spend our time
Each one of them has a piece of who
I used to love.
Hanging out behind the salt piles,
Staring out across the glass
Laying in the lawn on warm days
And bundled up through the winter.
(chorus)
Cause I’m not afraid
Of what they’re afraid of
I know how to tell
If you’re too scared to come back here
Cause I am just a fool
With a feeling in my stomach
Cause all of it could end and
It would be a goddamned shame
So remember what you found here
Struggle through the details of the play
Maybe you will all come back to it,
Perhaps next year or someday.
(chorus)
I should not be allowed
To watch over myself.
There is peace in this place
There are pieces of you in this place.
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6. |
Magnet
04:39
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(chorus)
And I, and I
Well I was so sad
As I watched you sit there staring at me
And I, and I
I was torn in half
As we both sat in silence, you hate me
In just a little bit I’ll
Be fucking done with this, I’m
Getting sick of these walls
And of the way you touch your hair
So take a minute to take
A deep and longing breath
And push the words out
I hope you know how truly bad this is
(chorus)
For just a second I’ll play
I’ll play along with you
That you didn’t cut that deep
This is easy to undo
And we can pile it on,
And kill it from within
But we both know it’s
Not a game and we can never win
(chorus)
You broke my back when I broke your thumbs
I hate the devils that we’ve both become
There’s a bit of meaning buried in your chest
And you hated me cause I found a way
To kill all of the things I truly hate
To escape here with some scars I’m scared to show.
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Everyone thinks I'm just alright,
I'm starting to hate the way that I feel.
I wish I could tell you that I'd make it through the night,
But I can't, because all the little thing, they eat me up inside.
Everyone thinks I'm just alright.
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8. |
Do You Feel Better Now?
02:58
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And can we span the distance
Between two points?
Where we live on this earth
And where the lines join.
Cause I’m not afraid
Of what you’re afraid of
I’d like to see what you’ve built
And help you test what you’re made of
And do you know the difference
Between me and you?
Cause we both run when we’re scared
And only bleed when we have to.
I wish I could just scream and
Send the world tumbling sideways
We’re all trying to feel more secure in our own bodies
To dig deep and hear what our hearts say
Do you feel better now?
How many times have I asked that?
Do you feel better at all?
Would you like me to leave?
And can we span the distance
Between two points?
Where we live on this earth
And where the lines join.
Cause I’m not afraid
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9. |
Bleached Out
02:50
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It feels so dangerous here
Like there’s no hope in the world
Your gut is full up with hate
We hope it kills when you fall.
You don’t know where to end
Drag them all through the mud
And ask them “Where does your god live?”
“Is it way down in your heart?”
And tell me how do you feel?
Do you feel safer behind a wall?
You’ve got a mouth full of ignorance
And the heart of a demagogue
Opine alone in your home,
We’ve got not use for you, none at all
The violent nature of ignorance
And fear that’s driving your message home
And now we’re fighting each other
For lack of reason, lucidity
You’re gonna burn this place to the ground
We can’t undo what you’ve started here
And tell me how do you feel?
Do you feel safer behind a wall?
You’ve got a mouth full of ignorance
And the heart of a demagogue
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10. |
Cody
03:28
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I’m edging myself out.
It’s what you don’t know about me that’s killing me.
The pain in my arm, It thickens my blood.
And you’re holding onto
A persistent lack of faith.
I’m holding myself up.
It’s subtraction by addiction, such a simple thing, and
I don’t know you, cause I don’t have to.
So pack your things
Come with me while I
Fall apart again
And I wanted to be with you
To be by your side (to be by your side)
And I know that they all miss you
Cause they ask out loud and they wonder
Why you left them and
Where you been?
Were your last moments
Filled with joy or pain.
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