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Out
01:43
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Cast away my keys as I stumble to the street
There are no headlights to cast light on the ground beneath my feet
I can think clearly for only an instance as I watch taillights fade in the distance
My vision blurred - I couldn’t hold the act anymore
I’ve not felt gravity that strong before
Collapsing onto my hands and knees under the weight of what's happening
And it felt less like I was holding myself up and more like I was pushing the world away from me
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Romantic Violence
05:45
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You asked to drive me home, my friend offered too
I wanted to be alone, to be alone with you
Making you uncomfortable, talking about your past to pass the time
Its not so terrible compared to mine
With my hand in my pocket and my heart on my sleeve
We pull up on my driveway, but I don’t want you to leave
I reach for your shoulder, and you close your eyes
You pull me closer, and your lips touch mine
Hearts beating, what will become of this?
I can hear you breathing, and it sounds a little like…
What a surprise, your body pressed against me
You cover your eyes cuz you don’t wanna know what I see
We move to the back of the car and shed whats left on our skin
I never thought we’d get this far, too strangers touching
This is my dad’s car, should we have gone this far?
Move to the floor, she screams for more
Come see me again. Can I come over?
Turn out the lights, lets be alone now
I cannot describe how much this means to me
We’re half asleep, my hand traces your body
You look up at me, searching for the opportunity to say that you love me
You’re nervous, I can tell
You asked me to stay with you, while I move on to somewhere else
A moment of silence, you took the words right from my tongue
Romantic violence, we fight because we’re young
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The kids that I went to school with are all getting engaged
And I’m still having trouble getting out of bed everyday
And I’m always late for work
I never answer my phone
And I’m afraid that I am destined to die alone
I used to take pride in my intellect - I thought that I was brimming with knowledge
But now I see I’m far too dumb and poor to ever attend college
But I still have aspirations
and I still love to dream
And I hope that I’m not as hopeless as I seem
When I’m not brilliant, and I’m not colorful - and I am hardly an artist -
But, if there’s one thing that I know that I’m good at, it's complaining
And with every second that I choose to waste, my life is fading
I need to stop sleeping in past noon
I hope I get my act together soon
When I was younger I dreamt of adulthood and I hope this isn’t it
Because now I’ve been around over twenty years
and I still haven’t found a place I fit
It's hard to go out and meet new people when my anxiety makes me stay
But that's alright, I wouldn’t have anything to say anyway
But I’m blessed to have such fucking awesome friends who don’t get bothered a bit
But I’m afraid that one day they’ll have enough and stop putting up with my shit
It doesn't surprise me that I’m this lonely when I’m not the person that I want to be
And yet I criticize everyone around me
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Arrhythmia
03:13
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I don’t really want to go outside anymore, I just want to lay in my bed
I can hear the precipitation as it falls to the floor because the clouds are all in my head
And though I know it would be good for me to get some sun, I just feel so uninspired
Lost in a state of perpetual exhaustion because my heart is just so tired
Its so tired
I’m so tired
of this
of me
I don’t want to go outside, I just want to lay in my bed
Lost in a state of perpetual exhaustion
My heart is so tired
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Over Again
04:24
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It caught me off-guard with the way that it crept upon me
and I had not prepared myself; it’s true
And to most it’s not that hard, so why do I have difficulty
keeping in touch and learning to follow through?
Oh, life is changing for me - where has the time gone?
If I had the chance, I would do things over again.
Nearly impeded by the thought that I’d fail; I’ll try not to give into the fear
and maybe then things will be just fine
And though the train is set upon the right rail - and though I am getting by here -
it doesn’t mean I long any less for that lost time
Oh, life keeps changing for me - where has the time gone?
If I had the chance, I would do things over again
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Change The World
04:46
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I recognize that my habitual behavior tends to attract odium
But I yearn for everyone to stop and examine themselves before stepping to the podium
I want to be the semanticist defining success for myself
Because I’ve learned a preference - to live with love than to live with wealth
Tell me the truth, will you cry if I can’t change the world before I die?
I'm well aware that I am not proficient in my life
but I learn more everyday
And I find it's hypocritical of those who say that I am not living life the right way
Because now that I'm older I see that it's true -
No one really knows what they're doing
But it's understandable, because just like everyone else,
I too find life confusing
But would you tell me the truth, will you cry if I can’t change the world before I die?
And I hope that when the time comes, I will have lived a full life
and that I'll be prepared to say goodbye
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7. |
Out(ro)
00:45
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The Aftergreens Minneapolis, Minnesota
A little sad...but kinda rad?
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