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honey
04:40
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so you're not the butter that cuts the knife
but you've been the blade of my worries
when you sit with me on these summery steps and wait
till my desperation deserts me
and i get so perplexed
when I realize how hard I try to be a mess
I obsess, and I let myself play bird with a broken wing
but honey you take the sting out of everything
so I'll peel sunburned skin from my shoulder
bitch about the noise from the passing cars
it's sad getting older but I already know
that purpose doesn't get me very far
but that knowledge doesn't help to explain why
I try so hard to be a mess
I'm a wreck and what ruins me is my self induced suffering
but honey you take the sting out of everything
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you can always fall down
04:34
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when you light a candle
you think the flame is watching you
make sure you keep following your own little rules for safety
but you could just as easily be
the wax that melts down gradually
you can twist meaning into anything by your laws of self containment
if you start to gain too much ground
you can always fall down
you can always rebound
those sick little friends of yours
will never stop taking you back
when you were a coke-head
you thought the world was inhaling you
those circles just kept running you around
till the lucky streak struck though
the clarity was so confusing
you had to drink that trouble maker back
back to the old same lame crusade to prove
that the powerless aren't afraid of death
when you start to gain too much ground
you can always fall down
you can always rebound
those sick little friends of yours
will never stop wanting you back
you just want to wither
cuz you know you'll last forever
if you're just a memory
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hair pin turn
04:54
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rose taffeta
no one wants to wear it
it's a little stiff
it's a little garish
pin up girl tattoo
you wish you'd never gotten
strangers always notice just when you've finally forgotten
princess t-shirt
you cry whenever you wear it
so strangely painful
not knowing why you're embarrassed
so you line up at the bar
bumping elbows with the key players
you're always in the way
will they ever turn around?
hair pin turn
you're gonna change into nothing
if you figure everybody else out
then you'll understand yourself
so you cut off your old friends
and you cut up all your clothes
thought you'd learn to sew them back together
now you hang out in the back and watch them in a row
look down at your hands and fold up your notes
hair pin turn
you're gonna change into nothing
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4. |
if you break away
05:40
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I'm going to gather all the presents you've ever given me
sew them into my clothes
I can't stand to see a single souvenir
from the times when I was wanted gold
I'm going to take every chance you've ever offered me
try to catch you unaware
I don't care if that's not completely honest
your guilt tripping's just as unfair
can't we salvage anything at all?
why let it go to waste?
every breath's a waste of breath if you break away
I'm going to gather all the presents you've ever given me
I'm going to stand on the railing over the river
wondering wether I'd still float
I'll go out drinking and call you up at three am
you won't answer your phone
I'll sit and cry and look at myself in the mirror
to see how much I've aged since we last spoke
can't we salvage anything at all?
why let it go to waste?
every breathe a waste of breathe if you break away
what's the worth if we're the first forever
with this precise thing
I wonder if we'll last any longer than random memories
can't we salvage anything
why let it go to waste?
every breathe a waste of breathe if you break away
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disaster of will
03:44
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i guess i shouldn't say anything
but i will just wind up confused
convicted at your feet
i could never convince you of anything
can set me off worrying
but i won't arouse your concern
these debts make me physically hurt
but they don't bother you
none of this will ever change
because we don't try
and everybody knows the pressure's off when we die
i guess i'm lacking in confidence
i don't think
i make myself fake effusive bright bubble of fun
stale and empty as anyone
but let's go driving tonight
and i'll look out my window
at scenes moving by too fast to focus on
like we're not really anywhere
none of this will ever change
because we don't try
and everybody knows the pressure's off when we die
i'm a disaster of will
i've made a monstrous shape
i'm on a highway to hell
backed up a lane interstate
none of this will ever change
because we don't try
and everybody knows the pressure's off when we die
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