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(fell from) grace
03:02
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I fell down from grace into some kind of wasted space
Now that I'm a resting place for stressed evil demons
I'm afraid that the work is worth it in the end
But I'll play pretend the world doesn't circle me
Like mine ain't the mind I perceive all the time
And I'd rather not imply that it's hurting me but sometimes I think
That maybe I will never be a book you read
The comic relief you need
And I'll always be the buddy botched, who did you wrong
And above all has been here too long
All you ever do these days is make me feel disgrace
Lille van, I have to pretend
That I'm more than enough to fend off any type of dread
Can I lament that you and I will never be any more than friends?
Never more than friends
Your world's filled to the brim with a million people
Mine is alight like a candle at night
And I'd rather not suggest that it bothers me but sometimes I think
That maybe I will never be a book you read
The comic relief you need
And I'll always be the buddy botched, a bullet you dodged
All the butterflies are moths
And maybe I will never be the one you need
The ground beneath your feet
And I'll always be a reason why, another time
So I think I've been here way too long
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I've been away for a while
Out of the town about some hundred miles
And as I am wandering nearer
Everything here and there is getting clearer
Try to imagine the motive
Why would I wanna leave here so unnoticed
Well I wouldn't be so offended
If, say, your actions weren't all pretended
Concentrate hard on the meaning
Was that the absolute right thing to say?
Picture the words said before
Does it mean just what you want to?
Hope you'll stay for a while and
I hope you'll be
Sending good vibes my way
To hold on to when you're away
And I'm stuck in a hateful daze for days and days and days
Oh, don't leave me misrepresented
Far from the way that the planets intended
Imagine me rolling in laughter
Like in a storybook, forever after
And not that it's all undeserved
It's just that I know that I haven't earned it
If I want a fraction of heaven
Then all this working can't be never ending
Give me some motivation
Something to keep me around till the end
Where is the way that I should be?
If there's a way that I should be
If you'd be 'round for a while that'd be nice but if not then I hope you'll be
Sending good vibes my way
To hold on to when we part ways
Send some good vibes my way
I've been stuck in a haze for days and day and days
So when I return on the morrow
Tell me what it is that you have to say
But if it should fill me sorrow
Bid me farewell and I'll be on my way
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Do you wake up at 6 AM
To the sound of tweets and fledgling traffic?
I've heard it all a million times
Armenian flags up in the sky
Was it snowing or just a chill?
Were you feeling numb or feeling ill?
Picture people walking into stores
Some forced and some are gleaming
Do you think they're the same entity?
At least I know the difference
No offense but if this is your best you're not trying enough
Do you reside by the fireside
with the ashes eating all this ember?
You'd only hate to see it go
If lukewarmth's all you've ever known
When you leave me don't take your time
Take all your things out of my mind
Picture people walking into stores
Some forced and some are gleaming
Do you call them the same entity
At least I know the difference
No offense but if this is your best you're not trying enough
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supposed to be?
03:30
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Another way to think it all okay
Is no escape from such a lonely place
What kind of a friend would've had so much say in your life?
Why has the grip that I had gotten more loose than tight
And losing control?
Well I wonder why it is
When puffy eyes are pinning me and I can't do a single thing
And the pressure's tiring when no one's found me interesting
I love what they've given me
But what does it mean for me if
They're not that into me?
Is this just what's supposed to be?
Pulleys unease like a performance piece
I'm propped up on these so everybody sees
What kind of a threat wouldn't have so much say about
The grasp that you had getting looser and looser and losing control?
Everything's nice when you look all around you
But my tired eyes only sees what they want to
So I can surmise anything that I want like I'm losing control
But I wonder why it is
When puffy eyes are pinning me and I can't do a single thing
And the pressure's tiring when no one's found me interesting
When I don't catch a single eye and bullets tends to miss
My mind and body start betraying me with some weird wicked disbelief
I love their felicity
And all that they've given me
But they're not that into me
Is this just what's supposed to be?
Is this just what's supposed to be?
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fallen (again)
02:45
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I've seen this play out once before
No, I've seen this at least three times more before
You bear no brunt of this here blow
Once again my face has soaked my pillow
My pillow
And when I get too down and lonely
It helps to know I'm not the only one
But if you ever wondered why
I'll tell you I've fallen in love again
And tell you I've fallen in love again
You've gotta feel it now and then
But it'd be something if I asked again
Again
I've got some kind of love for days
I get pathetic when it's brushed away
Away
And when I get too down and lonely
It helps to know I'm not this only one
But if you ever wondered why
I'll tell you I've fallen in love again
And tell you I've fallen in love again
I'll tell you I've fallen in love again
And tell you I've fallen in love again
And when the words are tinted blue
And there's really nothing else to do
To do
When the words are tinted blue
They'll be searching for another hue like you
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waved at the waves
01:40
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Time ago I was so comfortable
I waved at the waves as they would tumble-ble
Some people are so irresponsible
To atone for what they weren't culpable-ble-ble
Do you have the heart to deny my boy a balloon
And the coldest assurance that you were right to, too?
You were my balloon
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counting days
04:01
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When you have a hot cup in the morning
Think the sugar rush is boring
Eyes are peering out the window everyday
Are you taking daylight from the drive thru
Burning sunshine nine to five
And like to crack a couple cold ones on the way?
Are you counting down the days to better days
And hope that somewhere on the way the noisy noise of boys will go away?
And is that a lot to have to mind or are you so adieu or die
You want a better way to weather every other day?
Would you take the carrots from my vision
Strip away the brash ambition
And decide for me so I won't have chose?
'Cause I tend to wander the uncharted
Just to end back where I started
Running races that I only seem to lose
And I'm up against a wall or, to be honest
Maybe I felt I was promised something you know I wouldn't refuse
But if a brittle uninspired bit from me still makes you laugh
Or makes you wheeze at least I know you're still amused
How many days do you waste counting days?
How many days do you waste counting days?
Just to wait
Just to wait
You deserve every pleasant word
That you haven't already heard
But it's so like me to talk about silly things
It's the nerves, not me and the jealousy
You deserve every pleasant word
That you haven't already heard
But it's so like me to talk about silly things
It's the nerves, not me and the jealousy
I hope my roots are in kinesis
And I want them to mean business
Like a self made individual's attitude
I wanna take pride in the meaning
Celebrate with you an evening
Without wondering if I'm ruining the mood
And I bet it's boring when the setup gun's a quiet blunder
Quite unlike a bolt of thunder
Blue-ening the tune
So if you saw me on the porch next to the window playing sweater weather
Then you should've better read the room
How many days do you waste counting days?
How many days do you waste counting days?
Just to wait
Just to wait
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8. |
for a while
02:52
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It's such an awful shame to me that you don't feel the same
But you keep acting nice to me as if I need your sympathy
What if I had the heart of someone else like brother nature?
Would that change the game at all or would there still be something wrong?
No, it's not your fault
I know it's not your fault at all
I know it's not your fault
But I can't help but feel ungrateful for a while
I want an absolutist point of view or something new to do
So I can do my dues and I won't have to think of you
I need a warmer Sunday, ice cream shake, and cups of coffee grounds
So I can mope around like some nascent poor dumpee clown
Know it's not your fault
I know it's not your fault at all
I know it's not your fault
That I would feel a little tired for a while
I pray the little things still make me feel alive
Sometimes I wonder why the nighttime sky would humor me an astral sign
And I would want a bell shaped and soft bodied beast
Your funny friends and I would be enjoying your sweet company
No, it's not your fault
I know it's not your fault at all
I know it's not your fault
But I can't help but be dramatic for a while
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if you must go
02:54
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No one's gonna tell you when they go
You can only hear the footsteps on the floor
And it might as well be a one way open door
There's no rush to tear apart my heart
But we either are or we aren't
And I can't sustain this silence for so long
Take control
Like you and the boys are only ever getting older
And that's for sure
Take me to that time of my life
Because sometimes I get feeling like
You would take me to the greatest height
And I'll fall fall fall fall
No one's gonna tell you not to go
Like who am I to tell you not to go
So if you feel like you must go
If you feel like you must, go
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