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Marjoe
02:28
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Consult the pamphlet
You’ve got card tricks that need some work
I’m getting Carpal Tunnel from the flicked wrists and
Babysit visits our Friday nights become
And Lord knows I don’t mind driving you home
But what happens when the pot’s depleted?
And you’re not needed by anyone but me?
Nothing, nothing’s up your sleeve
And frankly, I’m disappointed
But still, believe that
Nothing, nothing hurts me more
More than you
I talked with Kaitlyn, she said “Give it some time,
I’d let the dust settle before you meddle in other’s petty crimes.”
I’m praying for a message, praying for a sign
Oh, what a gift it is to be dying with the Divine!
But what happens when the pot’s depleted?
And you’re so needed by everyone but me?
Nothing, nothing’s up your sleeve
And frankly, I’m disappointed
But still, believe that
Nothing, nothing lets me down
More than you
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2. |
Idaho Says Hi
02:30
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Planned obsolesce like old presidents and midsize family sedans
Making cognitive decisions to abandon my pretensions for good
Cool is occasional, just like weed and washing jeans
Tearing baseballs at the seams
Idaho says hi, and we miss you
Idaho says hi
Getting drunk at high school graduations for your brother
I bet he still has that scar
Scruffy faces and week-long couch crashings
Unfamiliar shampoos and moms
"Work vacations" and Oxy'ed morons
Friends-of-friends, till the end
Going with the flow
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Something to Say
04:07
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Standing in the shower for an hour
Looking for someone to blame
But all I hear is my name,
But I could never take the fame
The only thing that really makes sense to me is booze
And this book about JFK
But all work and no play
Made Jack an important boy
But the hands on the clock have me by the wrist
I’m pissed and I don’t know why
I wish I had something to say...
Something to die for!
But nothing’s in my way...
And I wish I had something to do...
But my plate is full,
And I can’t come out tonight
I picked up a few bad habits
Along with the best people in my life
But they all cause me strife
'Cause I could never put up a fight
When nothing on the Netflix looks good
And this weekend is a waste
And life’s a distant taste
And an unfamiliar face
But the hands on the clock have me by the wrist
I’m pissed and I don’t know why
I wish I had something to say...
Something to die for!
But nothing’s in my way...
And I wish I had something to do...
But my plate is full,
And I can’t come out tonight
I wish I had something to say...
Something to die for!
But nothing’s in my way...
And I wish I had something to do...
But my plate is full,
And I can’t come out tonight
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Making Light
03:00
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My interpretation of patience is growing thin
I wish I could relax, I wish I could sit back
And go to the ocean, where the pretty people congregate
But maybe that’s not my fate?
I wish I could throw all of my problems away
Close my eyes and hit the beach and spend the day
Making light of everything around me
But if I do, I’d be like you, and maybe that’s okay?
Waves, wash my feet so I can leave
But walking back through the sand makes it worse
So I sit, alone, on the shore for a little more
And think of you ‘cause that’s all I do
But maybe it’s not my destiny?
I’m not meant to have my face in the sun
When did I become so morbid?
When did I become so cold?
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I'm scared of how good it feels
I'm scared of how good it feels
I'm scared of how good it feels with you
I'm scared to get lost with you
I'm scared to get lost with you
I'm scared to get lost without you
And if I should ever leave
I hope I'm a better man for it
And if you should ever leave
I hope you're a better man for it
And I... can't wait to see you tonight
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6. |
Broken Mirror
03:52
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Your love is a broken mirror
I can't wait to see it clearer
And if I never do fall in love with you
Maybe that's okay?
Figuring out if I have upstairs roommates
Someone who hears me talk in my sleep
Ghosts in my halls
My bedstand won't stop vibrating
While my eyes they won't stop dilating
Evacuation plans
'Cause maybe there's more to it
I just don't know
I'm an adventurer until it's time to grow
Your love is a broken mirror
I can't wait to see it clearer
And if I never do fall in love with you
Maybe that's okay?
Tap-tap-tap
Tappin' my toes 'till it turns to a dance
Restlessness becomes a moral stance
Complacent afterlife
My bedstand won't stop vibrating
While my eyes they won't stop dilating
Evacuation plans
'Cause maybe our Star Wars is just Astro Turf
And maybe heaven is a place on Earth
Your love is a broken mirror
I can't wait to say it clearer
And if I never do fall in love with you
Maybe that's okay?
Your love is a broken mirror
I can't wait to see it clearer
And if I never do fall in love with you
Maybe that's okay!
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New Trash Endeavors
03:14
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It's a combination of life being unpredictable and you being super dumb
Dream clouds go hard like marshmallows dried up from the sun
With my mouth full of soap in hopes, my reticence goes unnoticed
With my hat brim low and my phone glow, I'll never be alone
I know it's hard to face
The paradox it creates
If you're graceful, they'll hate you
But if you're clumsy, then you'll fall
The class it takes to wear a white tee shirt without any stains
Might've been the one I skipped in exchange for paper planes
So, I learned the new dance craze to cut through the corn maze
And make some new friends
But they've moved on to new trash endeavors, and I'm still the same
I know it's hard to face
The paradox it creates
If you're graceful, they'll hate you
But if you're clumsy, then you'll fall
Getting through my head: "Everything's fine"
The future's not far ahead, just show me where to sign
Ignorance is bliss, but so is cliché
Hardened and cynical just like a lump of clay
I know it's hard to face
The paradox it creates
If you're graceful, they'll hate you
But if you're clumsy, then you'll fall
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Never Be Lonely
03:40
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I'm starting to hate the future
Because of its contempt for me
And I know that it's human nature
To crave security
But when I'm all by myself
I think and think and think and think some more
'Cause I know that I'm in Hell
When I can't hear the voice say:
"You'll never be lonely
You'll never be lonely
You'll never be lonely again
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Watching rain race horizontally across your car window
As you confess to me what I already know
Fidgeting and making the glove box open and close
I closed my eyes and felt my way home
We're three miles from my house
Only buys me so much time to plead
If only this played out like it plays out
On T.V.
Feeling deep, feeling profound
But I never made a sound
Life in this spacecraft is the coolest form of isolation
Until there's danger until I'm scared
There's no room for two so I hold on to myself
Now there's finally room to breathe
We're three-hundred miles above my house
Only buys me so much time to breathe
Hope this doesn't play out like it plays out
On T.V.
Feeling deep, feeling profound
But I never made a sound
We're three-hundred years from now
I'm scared too so follow my lead
Hope the future plays out like it plays out
On T.V.
Feeling deep, feeling profound
But I never made a sound
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I've Been Sober Before
03:59
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I’ve been sober before, but it ain’t ever felt like this
And I’ve been angry before, but it ain’t ever felt like this
I wish I could convey how I feel just once more
I’d pour myself some Pendleton, a little more than before
I need to feel less quicker, ‘cause I can’t tell whose skull is thicker
Maybe it doesn’t matter?
Maybe none of it matters?
I’ve been sober before, but it ain’t ever felt like this.
I need to feel less quicker ‘cause I can’t tell whose skull is thicker
Maybe it doesn’t matter?
Maybe none of the matters?
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Exaggerations
03:46
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I fall between the chasm of sanity and the construct of my imagined reality.
That shit you heard from your friends are exaggerations,
But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take it to heart
I’m a cautionary tale of everyone’s failings, rolled into one
But that’s too much credit for someone who once said that the world is not enough
This is in memory of all the times I sat alone in my room wondering what you’re up to
Rest in peace to loneliness and self-seclusion, ‘cause it’s time to go outside.
But if there’s one thing I’ve learned from the past,
It’s to forge it, or forget it!
Make out like a dirty bandit, or stay home... and mourn.
I fall between the chasm of confidence and struck with anxious paralysis
Taking comfort alone for granted and not quite stickin’ the landing
Are two of my favorite past-times
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12. |
Just Chemicals
05:18
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Whether we're sharing a bed or our deepest, darkest thoughts
It's all just chemicals
And whether you're holding me close or you leave me here to rot
It's all just chemical,
Until it's not
My breath is about as long as my patience
And I'm aware my problems make you anxious
But I heard you're going with another man tonight
And I don't mind, but you seem to put chips on others
And I know they're not the ones who see you fold
'Cause whether we're sharing a bed or our deepest, darkest thoughts
It's all just chemicals
And whether you're holding me close or you leave me here to rot
It's all just chemicals
Until it's not
My neck is about as long as I can stretch it
And I'm aware that faith can't be bought on credit
But did you forget?
That I heard you're going with another man tonight
And I don't mind, but you seem to put your chips on others
And I know they're not the ones who see you fold
'Cause whether we're sharing a bed or our deepest, darkest thoughts
It's all just chemicals
And whether you're holding me close or you leave me here to rot
It's all just chemicals
Until it's not
Who am I?
Who are you?
Is this just a chemical reaction?
Don't lie
Don't lie
Just lie here
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Watching rain race horizontally across your car window
As you confess to me what I already know
Fidgeting and making the glove box open and close
I closed my eyes and felt my way home
We're three miles from my house
Only buys me so much time to plead
If only this played out like it plays out
On T.V.
Feeling deep, feeling profound
But I never made a sound
Life in this spacecraft is the coolest form of isolation
Until there's danger until I'm scared
There's no room for two so I hold on to myself
Now there's finally room to breathe
We're three hundred miles above my house
Only buys me so much time to breathe
Hope this doesn't play out like it plays out
On T.V.
Feeling deep, feeling profound
But I never made a sound
We're three hundred years from now
I'm scared too so follow my lead
Hope the future plays out like it plays out
On T.V.
Feeling deep, feeling profound
But I never made a sound
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Tyler Scruggs Atlanta, Georgia
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