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Perish the Thought
02:45
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Last night I woke up in night sweats with a head full of regrets
It happens once every month or so
Our fragile lives are just a one way ride
So why am I surprised when you've gotta go
Because I never found the right time to tell you its part of my recovery
My intuition tells me you're
Don't you think its kind of funny how swore to god
You'd never feel this way about me
I passed up another hand at happiness oh what a surprise
Got a mantra in my head it keeps repeating I should learn to take
My own advice yet
I never found the right time to tell you it's part of my recovering
My intuition tells me youre gonna make someone very happy someday
I'll be crushed by the way
No, never mind
I'll perish the thought
It was perpetually you and me
I won't beg you to write my eulogy
Yeah, honestly I'm just so glad we're alive at the same time
And yet I never found the right time to tell you I'm part of your recovery
My intuition says I'm the lonely one
The skeleton
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2. |
Maps
03:08
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I bit off more than I can chew
You can’t have your cake and eat it too
A slice of life, you held the knife
And now I’m defective, dull, and cynical
I rebel based on the principle
When everything is happening so fast
How can I last as an outcast?
I need a map to find the time to rhyme a proper thank you
Still can’t express how much I need these words to somehow get through
Some might agree that it’s ironic and a little condescending
When you say you’re coming back to me
(What are we fighting for?)
But who the hell am I looking at?
Gonna give me a heart attack
Do you even know me?
For once, just let me do this for you
It’s so obvious that I adore you
And everything that you are brings me pain
For once, just let me do this for you
Can’t you see how much I adore you
And everything that I do is in your name
I need a map to find the time to rhyme a proper thank you
Still can’t express how much I need these words to get to you
Because it came to me who saved me, and it’s sad to say, it’s always you
I see my reflection and that’s who I attack
Self-worth is a code that I can’t crack
I guess my chemicals are way out of whack
(Way out of whack)
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3. |
Communication
03:21
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You took the words right out of my mouth,
What was left unsaid was needless to say anyway
Anyway…
With bigger fish to fry, you’re just the catch of the day
I’m off the hook, a bait and switch that left me high and dry
We’re all in the same boat now, try to take the wind out of my sails
Something even you can’t fathom
A loose cannon: Rusted. Abandoned.
You beg for my time, I was falling in lust with your mind
My soul was closed off, you opened the door
You drifted away
I asked why
You had nothing to say
I assumed the worst and then
I realized I fucked up even more
Can we just stop?
And try any variation of communication
Can we please just talk about it?
You don’t have to try
Just tell me the reason why
You took the words right out of my mouth
What was left unsaid was needless to say anyway
It just doesn’t make sense
(doesn’t make sense, doesn’t make sense)
I would have figured anyone else out by this point
So don’t take offense when you hear this song
And I got it wrong again
(I got it wrong, I got it wrong again)
So if you’re busy, that’s cool
I know happiness is a bit counterproductive
I’m no fool, let me reiterate
I’m no fool
If you don’t miss me, that’s fine
I get it, it’s about time to go get it
Let me remind you how you feel if you hit rewind
If we could just hit rewind
Maybe we can turn back time
You can say what you’d like
But I know what I saw in your eyes
Can we just stop?
Try any variation of communication
Can we please just talk about it?
You don’t have to try
Just tell me the reason
I got it wrong
I got it wrong again
It just doesn’t make sense
(It doesn’t make sense, it doesn’t make sense)
I would have figured anyone else out by this point
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4. |
Suffer
03:25
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get a grip, take a sip, get a hold of things
get some rest, take a breath, can you think straight
how do I face the facts when I'm flashing back
from the moment you left to the first date
maybe I'm a little obsessed or I'm a little possessed but
my body's acting on its own
and when I come to, I find you screaming over the phone
I wanna know that you're miserable
you can't be invincible
I wanna know
this might be a mistake
but jealousy is the only thing that's keeping me awake
a total masochist, I'm addicted
I just keep digging myself deeper
I love how the dirt feels around my throat
read over all the things you wrote
I just keep digging myself deeper
and I swore you were a keeper
I love how my name sounds on your throat
read over all the shit you wrote
I just keep digging myself deeper
I wanna know that you're miserable
you can’t be invincible
I wanna know
this might be a mistake
but jealousy is the only thing that's keeping me awake
a total masochist I'm addicted
I could have been over this before
but i would kill to see you suffer a little more
I admit i'm a prick i'm addicted
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I had such high hopes for you
And you dove from the pedestal
The pain was immeasurable
Deep down I already knew you’re a bombshell
So self destructive
The evidence is right in my face
Like how the moon hangs in space, you couldn’t miss it
So I won’t miss seeing you
Grab that bottle, drink it down and cope
If you really hate her, then prove it no chaser (no chase her)
Pull yourself up, you’re nothing more than a joke in her eyes
Are you really that surprised you got caught up and abandoned your inside?
A labyrinth of long talks and late nights
I swear, I really tried to do everything right
I swear, I really tried to do everything right
I swear, I really tried to do everything right
I’m always underestimating what you can and can’t hide
It’s like a worst case scenario has got it out for me
A living, breath manifestation of a self-fulfilling prophecy
I always make it about me
Well I tried to be there in hopes that you’ll pull through
Now you’re gone and I feel how you used to
It’s not fair but I don’t care
No baby, I don’t care
I swear, I really tried to do everything right
I swear, I really tried to do…
And the words I couldn’t get out 700 something days ago
Finally become relevant again
What do I do?
Where do I go?
Nobody exists on purpose
No one would end this on purpose
I swear, I really tried to do everything right
I swear, I really tried to do everything right
But I don’t care
I don’t care
I don’t care
No I don’t care
I don’t care
I don’t care
No baby, I don’t care
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6. |
Chrissy Cashflow
03:00
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we're always sitting on the sidelines
missing every single deadline
break the skin and dive into your fears
we spend each day saying are we gonna make it
swallowed up in debt and then we celebrate it
and now we're finding out maybe we don't have it all figured out
cold hard cash your possessions and your pride
what do you get to keep when you get across the great divide
life has a bone to pick with you death has a job to do
and it won’t be easy
it's the middle of the night I find myself in a cemetery
and all of the residents curse me with envy
put yourself in their shoes get a bit impromptu
grab life by the collar and live it how you want to
cold hard cash your possessions and your pride
what do you get to keep when you get across the great divide
life wants to teach you a thing or two death has an attitude
take look in your own eyes and say leave it to me
cold hard cash your possessions and your pride
what do you get to keep when you get across the great divide
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7. |
Transitions
04:17
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I know there's a reason but this guilt trip's too much for me.
Know it's too late but I can't let this happen over and over.
I'm not sure what I did to earn this but I'll admit I'm still not fully furnished.
But everyday gets better than the last.
Since I woke up today I guess my body wants to move on.
If you're still in bed today then get your fucking socks and shoes on.
Cause what life has in store can make you feel lower than the ocean floor.
But we all deserve more.
In my darkest hour, I stand all alone in the rain. I'm glad I still have air to breathe and it shows.
What do you do when you lose somebody close to you?
And even though they want you to stay strong you just let it pull you underneath the ground. And how about the girl who thought she finally had the one.
And now that it's all over she'd just rather have a gun.
And even if that person comes in they're worth anything at all.
She still won’t give a dime that's how another person falls down.
I know it's in season but this heat is too much for me now.
This could be the worst dilemma that I have ever faced.
In my darkest hour, I stand all alone in the rain. I'm glad I still have air to breathe and it shows.
Cause I don't need another plot twist and I guess I could be pretty pissed, but I'm finally getting over this and it shows.
When I was younger I thought that the first mistake was the last but alas I see that it was just the beginning of those games we play.
Not to win but to stay alive. I'm alive.
All good things come to a bittersweet end.
I don't want to be somebody who lives to get ruined.
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8. |
Select Your Character
03:17
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We’re all born so content
And our lives are torn asunder
From the pressure we’re all under
To be what they’d expect
He tries to be the guy that everyone would need
She tries to be the one breaking necks
She never gets respect
They ignore her intellect
Thinking for yourself just isn’t cool
We’re all so wired in our wasting life to build a link
For those that couldn’t care less about us at all
Disowning yourself is pretty cool
We’re all born so content
And our lives are torn asunder
From the pressure we’re all under
To be what they’d expect
In the mirror you can choose the person you see staring back at you
And press select
So as you stare at the TV deciding who you want to be, remember
There’s no wrong or right answer
I know this might seem a little out of reach
There’s no wrong or right answer
Do this
Do that
That’s what they call acceptable
Be this
Be that
We don’t care if you’re comfortable
Because thinking for yourself just isn’t cool
We’re all born so content
And our lives are torn asunder
From the pressure we’re all under
To be what they’d expect
In the mirror you can choose the person you see staring back at you
And press select
We’re all born so content
And our lives are torn asunder
From the pressure we’re all under
To be what they’d expect
In the mirror you can choose the person you see staring back at you
And press select
And press select
We’re all born so content
And our lives were torn asunder
From the pressure we’re all under
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9. |
Rather Be the Fog
03:05
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these bones may be old but my heart still beats
it's too young to settle for a fleeting face
she's a devil with exquisite taste
I'm shocked and appalled at the way you
can disappear at least twice a year'
am I the only one you call home
they'll put your face on my tombstone
I'll be the city but I'd rather be the fog
that suffocates and suffocates you it won't take long
I'm so stationary and maybe that's what's convincing you to leave
you always leave
you can't just come back
that's how the cycle flows
maybe the next time you're in town
I'll convince you to come around
I said I'll be the city but I'd rather be the fog
that suffocates and suffocates you it won't take long
now I'm no sanctuary and maybe that's what's convincing you to leave
you always leave
Why though?
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10. |
You Know the Type
04:00
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So here's the issue I said I'd never hurt you
I was a stray you found me far away from home
I spent a year saying Man I don't belong here
save your breath and games for someone else
I remember the time you said
Maybe I'm just a little jaded and I wonder
when the sun comes up in Jersey and it got me thinking
Whoa honesty's the key and honestly
You were the worst thing about me
Even though you're the type I'll never understand
I'll say thanks cause now I'm a better fucking man.
So now you're back to the same old shit
It's obvious the world would be better off without it
So I can't wait to see you,
You know that I can't wait to see you gone.
Everybody see's, everybody agrees that you're a train wreck all around
And that's why everything seems better from the other side of town
And to this day people still say "What's going on in her pathetic life?"
And to this day I still don't fucking care, cause she's a dove, she's a fucking nightmare
And if things still stay the same or I could find a way to change our future
Going once, going twice, I guarantee I'd still choose her
So that's it, enough we're done and
We're tired of them dragging us all six feet under
But it's not for nothing I know it never was
Cause in the process it made me a better person for the one
Now if you know what I mean then say yeah! (YEAH!)
So let's vow to never fall back into this rut again
If you know its a type you know what you gotta do
Just move on with your life and stay fucking true.
It’s been so long since we’ve talked
So long since I’ve thought about the life we had
But looking back, it’s not so bad
And just in case you’re listening, I hope you know I’m over it.
Sometimes to get by you gotta say "Hey man fuck the bullshit"
Whoa honesty's the key,
You didn't even know the first thing about me
Even though you're the type I'll never understand
I say thanks cause now I'm a better fucking man.
I can't pretend I didn't hear the things you said
But I can still wish that you would just drop dead
You what you did and you never gave a fuck I knew you were the type and now your time is up.
Now your time is up. Your time is up,
Your time is up and that shit is over. It's fucking over.
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11. |
Yeesh
03:14
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From up on your high horse
Unaware of the scorched earth
Preoccupied with all your smoke and mirrors, it’s dealer’s choice
Don’t go looking for trouble, it‘ll find you
Beat around the bush with your head in the clouds
(with your head in the clouds)
While I burn it down
First come first serve the rest are hollowed out
It’s so dark in here
It’s so dark in here
I met my maker face to face and their eyes were rotting out
It’s so dark in here
It’s so dark in here
Daylight’s burning, ashes to ashes,
An embarrassment of riches
The clock is turning over a new leaf
It’s the end-all, be-all, Big man upstairs
Meet your maker
That’s blasphemy (Yeesh)
You’re being facetious, Heed my warning
But I won’t waste a bullet on you as far as it concerns me
(I’m not buying what you’re selling)
A Superficial, beneficial return on investment
(I’m not buying what you’re selling)
Check please!
First come first serve the rest are hollowed out
It’s so dark in here
It’s so dark in here
I met my maker face to face and their eyes were rotting out
It’s so dark in here
It’s so dark in here
I get so caught up in my selfish ways
We get so caught up in our selfish ways
We’re all so caught up in our selfish ways
All rise! So Doctor, what’s the verdict?
Apparently, the truth is they don’t much I’ve heard
If they keep things up this way, they’re going to rattle the cage until you eat those words!
It’s a parasite at its grassroots, destined to suffer, ruin, and reproduce
It’s not yet self-aware or prepared for ascension
Without a cure, it will become a threat to our dimension!
Well, I beg to differ!
It’s clearly infectious!
But all life is precious!
IRRELEVANT!
The bottom line, when the only thing worth knowing
There’s a virus on the planet Earth that won’t stop fucking growing.
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12. |
Cakewalk
03:42
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Coming to grips, feels like I’m grasping at straws again
Insatiable, sensational indulgence
Place our bets under false pretense, in my defense
But I can’t shake the feeling time with you is time well spent.
I can’t quite put my finger on it.
As a rule of thumb, I’m wrapped around your fingertips
Anticipation, cut off circulation
Impatience, end of conversation
Don’t jump the gun til cards are laid out on the table
A sleight of hand, can’t catch our breath, feelings disabled
What is love if not a label? Greater truth or a cruel fable?
You hit the nail right on the head of my thick skull
Contents under pressure, a constant endeavor
A fleeting thought on the rocks,
Sweetie we can’t expect a cakewalk
I can’t quite put my finger on it.
As a rule of thumb, I’m wrapped around your fingertips
Infatuation, cut off circulation
Temptation, end of conversation
A far cry from the stories we were told
Dried up tears, refusal to break the mold.
Over the years, patience gets old
Can’t buy back the things that I’ve sold
(a far cry) A far cry from the stories we were told
(dried up tears) Dried up tears, refusal to break the mold.
(over the years) Over the years, patience gets old
(over the years) Can’t buy back the things that I’ve sold
Did you leave enough room for dessert?
Or did I spoil your appetite?
Can I walk a mile in your shoes until my cold feet hurt?
My cold feet hurt.
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A Place In Time Silver Spring, Maryland
Pop/Rock from Silver Spring, Maryland.
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