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Rosegold
04:32
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Wait it out -
I said now go shut your mouth.
I said it’s worth no more but you think
- that it is all gold.
Weight it down.
I didn’t hold back your sounds
but all that’s left
you doubt and I just - it’s not mine.
Now you want to go out on your own
Where did you go? What is your home?
I can’t be certain anymore -
Call off your bets; it’s just rose gold!
Hold it back
They said they love the fact
I tried my hardest, I can’t - “Am I wrong?!”
Hold it down.
I said I go and denounce your
church of lies and
hopes that are no more.
Now you want to go out on your own.
Where did you go? Where is your home?
I can’t be certain anymore -
Call off the dogs; it’s just rose gold.
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2. |
Pounding Sand
03:52
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Let it all fade out.
Like they know how you’re proud.
I can hear their footsteps.
I don’t know, hit the ground.
I come back like -
You don’t care so -
I could be this -
Did this all to myself.
Can’t you know what you’re worth
I don’t care what they say.
They come back. It’s ok.
I come back like -
They don’t care, I’m -
I could be this…
Had it all on your side.
I don’t care, let’s decide.
I don’t care what they say.
Hold it back, not ok. I could be like -
You don’t talk, you’re -
I could be so -
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3. |
Contagion
04:33
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Let it go…
Like they say…
How it goes…
so you’re fine?
Got to be
just a little bit
underwhelmed
to stay right.
You’ve got to be
contagious…
Little known,
til they know!
How they are
just a little bit…
I’m so concerned.
Live and learn.
Not a lot…
just enough so
It stays flat.
Little dots,
watch ‘em spread.
Read the tear
on the map.
I read the news;
got so lost so
I didn’t know
where we’re at.
And how you are
just a little bit…
it’s not my fault.
Are you fine? Are you sure?
I think I’m just overreacting.
They say it’s all in your mind
I try my hardest to reach you.
And then you’re so out of line.
You want to stay
still alive so
you didn’t stay
in the bed.
I got to be
contagious,
and lay it down
in my head.
You got to be
contagious.
Scroll the doom,
like you know?
And how you are,
just a little bit,
I’m still concerned
Are you fine? Does it hurt?
I think I’m just overreacting -
maybe it’s all in my mind.
I try my hardest to reach you.
And then you’re so disinclined.
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4. |
Forgive the Same
03:26
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Long ago, so you know,
All you did, doesn’t show.
Something comes and falls back down.
Hit your face right on the ground.
What they said about you just can’t be true.
What they said.
All they know
It was long ago,
But people talk.
So your job’s a fucking bore
When you’re there, it feels a blur.
They don’t listen and it feels just the same.
I’ve got a lot to lose and not a lot to gain.
I wait around for something different - it’s the same.
It’s all for you and it is not for me.
I forget nothing and forgive the same.
All they say
It’s hard to do
What they want
“Are you ok?”
How you hate to listen more.
Someone said that you’re a whore
I can’t settle scores,
so I’m just moving on.
And what you said’s not forgiven - I hope you’d say the same.
I wait around for change - it all still feels the same.
It’s all for you and it is not for me.
I forget nothing and forgive the same.
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5. |
Colors
06:21
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How do you get along? What do you try for comfort?
How do you get it out in these streets that smell of sulfur?
Well, color me green with envy; lavender streets aplenty...
These colors, I swear, they are not enough.
What are you on about? What did you engineer?
All those tears I cried, it's like they fell on your deaf ears so -
what do you want from us? What do you want from me?
I'm coming up darker on your black side of hypocrisy.
Now we're two people who don't know who we are anymore.
I want to talk to you once before you're out that door.
I'm sorry. You're sorry more.
I've got this and you want no more.
What do you think about it?
The kingdom's dead for days.
Emerald towers and those golden roads go up in a haze.
It's hard to tell you the truth: I slept with someone else.
And looking you up and down this is harder than I thought I fell.
Now we're two people who don't know who we are anymore.
I want to talk to you once before you slam that door.
I'm sorry. You're sorry more.
I've got this and you want no more.
Coming up nicely, covered in rainbows...
Or, coming up roses? Have I been here before?
I'm coming up nicely, covered in rainbows.
Have I been here before?
What do you try for comfort?
I'm feeling like I'm in trouble.
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6. |
Working On It
03:02
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You have two faces so
relax into what you know.
I tried this but I can’t get past
the undercarriage of the overpass.
You have two hearts cast in a play that I wish was over.
And you’re deluded in all the missteps you take.
But I had this, I loved this, even your mistakes.
I tried my hardest, from my point of view.
“You’ve got the sweetest little face, don’t you?”
“I swear, I tried to be a good man -
And I had it under control. It just got out of hand.”
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7. |
Working It Out
02:22
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Hey. I want to work it out.
Had this thing just down and out, but you said it could be a while!
How you take this back from me.
Born a certain catastrophe.
What you’ve done it’s just for show!
All the places I want to go!
How you say that stays with me.
Misconstrued so accurately.
I tried my hardest, from my point of view.
“You’ve got the sweetest little face, don’t you?”
You had two parts, made a whole, could it be?
That I had this, I loved you and goddamn,
you loved me.
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8. |
Forest Down
09:40
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I tried to cut your forest down.
I wanted a field to run around.
They gave me the run around and I couldn’t - back down.
I wanted to cut your forest down.
And that sounds so crazy to say out loud.
I wanted a field, my own to plow, but I couldn’t.
I tried to cut this forest down.
And that sounds too crazy to say it now.
But I wanted a field. Let me run around. But I couldn’t.
You and me, now.
Don’t waste my time now.
I want to talk more less often now -
let this weight down.
I tried to cut your forest down.
I wanted a field, my own for now.
They gave me the run around and I couldn’t…
I tried to cut this forest down,
and that sounds so crazy to say out loud.
But I wanted a field; let me run around. I couldn’t.
You can have no remorse when you’re sitting up high
on your little horse.
For a little bit longer, then, I couldn’t wait,
I couldn’t stay…
You and me, now,
waste my time now.
I wished you’d talk less more often now -
Just bulldoze this down.
I tried to cut your forest down.
“Are you listening to me when I say it out loud?”
You say that it’s nothing, and we can just be,
“Why don’t you stay there?”
You say, “It’s not over. It’s all in your head.
What you want, you’ll regret it in the end.”
Knifed our names into the bark -
I couldn’t stop.
You and me, now,
Don’t waste this time now.
I want to talk more less often now -
Burn this thing down.
Take the pieces of my soul.
Burn them down in a muddy hole.
Sorrows of the past behind me.
Needles and a cap before ye…
I said I’d cut this forest down.
Place is so unrecognizable now.
Stuck my journal into the sap
so it could stay.
Painted the cabin, the woods in my mind,
Look at the rubble, the branches, intertwined.
How you are, for a little bit more, I couldn’t stay.
I tried to cut this forest down…
How you are, it’s how you wanted it now…
Wanted a place to call my own.
Wanted a place to be lost, not found.
What you said you don’t want now...
…I think I want this now.
Make the crown of wicker twig.
Summon children from the crib.
Wilted now from winter glory.
Sharpened axe and clear the forest down…
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9. |
I Need This
03:40
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I got this
So, I need this.
You want this,
irregardless.
You’d give this all up in an instant
for fame of your art.
I just need you a minute.
You trade on your misfortune.
I come back; it’s alarmin’.
What you’ve got is too much to stay annoyed.
Taking it all off but just for the Polaroid.
I’m on your time.
You’ll see. I’m so fun!
You wait - this is nice.
My god, you’re so right.
You sent your baby photos.
I got them; they’re adorable.
But you say it’s a lot to resist me.
And I love to hear that, so come here and kiss me.
I’m on your side.
You’ll see, it’s all fine.
Don’t wait - I’m too tired.
You sure? It’s all fine.
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10. |
Ocean Now
07:29
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Yesterday, oh, it didn’t go my way.
Had this whole story and it was erased.
Had this whole thing but it went away -
How’d you know
I want my space?
Don’t try to stay.
Oh.
Had this all down with my fears allayed.
Wanted a go but it was decayed.
How you all talk like it’s not my day.
What they want -
I promise peace
for how I’ll be.
Oh.
I’m in your ocean now.
What they all said was the going rate,
how they take shots and then still assuage.
Hullabaloo for a time dismayed -
You’ve got to try this out, for now;
it tastes that good.
Oh.
I’m in your ocean now.
What they didn’t know.
And how you want to stay.
What you want to talk,
it never goes away.
How you want to go -
What they want to say.
How you got to go -
It never goes away.
What they’ve got to do.
And how it all became.
So it all decayed -
I know I want to behave, still.
Let it all just go.
Let it all be known.
Left it on the shore -
you always gotta know…
You always gotta be!
For what they’ve got to say!
And how they’ve got to know -
It never goes away!
I’m in your ocean now.
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11. |
Flies
04:33
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You had too much going you just can’t explain.
You’re dehydrated worse than yesterday.
And then the flies surround you at your kitchen sink,
And the trash grows higher and you just can’t think.
Afraid to take out the trash; it just feels insane.
They said out there it’s so bad and it might take days.
You chase this ball all the way and then it just rolls away.
What can I say? I swear I tried my hardest today.
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12. |
On My Own
06:26
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I’ll wait for your kindness and I’m stuck in your fight.
I’ll wait for your kindness and I’m still in your fight.
How you’re mistaken and plain just so brazen.
Thinking of only you and not where this takes us.
You got this on lock and it’s sore in my spine.
You got this all wrong and you’ll see in good time.
How you’re mistaken and always concerned.
Thinking of only you, and not what I heard.
I’ll just try this on my own.
I’ll just try this on my own.
I’ll just try this on my own.
I’ll just try this on my own.
Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah. Ooh.
What did you just say cause you’re misspelling my name?
Wrote down all the tasks for the ask you couldn't say.
Tsk tsk, for what I know. I’m sure how this goes.
Thinking of only you - coming up there for blows.
I’ll just try this on my own.
I’ll just try this on my own.
I’ll just try this on my own.
I’ll just try this on my own.
Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah. Ooh.
<screaming>
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