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Love is Fiction
03:56
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‘Love is fiction’
She said
And then she opened up the door
She wasn’t sure, wasn’t sure, wasn’t sure
Of anything
Anymore
She said
‘If you are trying
You can make it through
If you make-believe
Enough it may become true
At least, to you’
‘Love is fiction’
She said
And then she rolled up the car window
I didn’t know, didn’t know, didn’t know
Her
Anymore
She said
‘I’m sorry, but know
This is for the best
If I made-believe any longer
There’d be no more me left
And no more you’
‘Love is fiction’
She said
And then she changed her mailing address
But I still, I still, I still
Get her letters
At my door
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2. |
Lotta Miles
04:06
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I asked you what you’re doing
What are you gonna do out there
Gone upstate
And outta the way
I thought the question was fair
You brought the dog we got together
(I never wanted him anyway)
Least you have him
A friend is a friend
And at least you are getting away
I never told you this but I
Tried to drive, I tried to drive
To where you wound up
But I never made it too far
I put a lotta miles on this car
Tryin’ to get to where you are
Put a lotta miles on this car
But I didn’t even get too far
Before turning around
A sliver of me wonders now and then
What it would be like if you had stayed
The bed would be full
The pan would be full
No more of this bullshit halfway
I never told you this but I
Tried to drive, I tried to drive
To where you wound up
But I never made it too far
I put a lotta miles on this car
Tryin’ to get to where you are
Put a lotta miles on this car
But I didn’t even get too far
Before turning around
When it snows up there
Who holds your ears?
Who brews your tea?
Who turns on the electric blanket
An hour before you go to sleep?
Put a lotta miles on this car
Tryin’ to get to where you are
Put a lotta miles on this car
But I didn’t even get too far
Put a lotta miles on this car
Tryin’ to get to where you are
Put a lotta miles on this car
But I never even get too far
Before turning around
I always turn around
I always turn around
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3. |
Remain in Ice
03:09
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Remain in ice
For as long as we'd like
In the cold
Wrapped all over
Like two ancient lovers
Of old
This is not going anywhere fast
Let's just let ourselves
Build us a past
Build us a past
Remain right there
In the light so fair
You are glistening
A silvery shimmer
We're caught in the glimmer
And we're listening
To the sounds of the world passing us by
Let's just let ourselves
Build us a life
Build us a life
Frozen in ice, we are crystallized
Frozen in ice, we are crystallized
Frozen in ice, we are crystallized
Frozen in ice, we are crystallized
But we know the thaw's coming sometime
In one of our tomorrows
But we won't know the time
Remain in ice
For as long as we'd like
In the cold
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4. |
Qualifications
03:13
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Cyclical analyses
Lobbing all your charts at me
Graphs of my behavior and my lacking
The stars aren’t aligning you say
As if you ever believed that shit anyway
Something something cosmic joke, I’m not laughing
We both had a hand
In the ground on which we stand
We’ve tilled the earth
And now we reap the reward
Cyclical docility
From appeasing to sniping so quickly
Gliding one way to the next, until there’s nothing left
But smoke in the air
Where you used to be
Where you used to be
Where you used to be
We both had a hand
In the ground on which we stand
We’ve tilled the earth
And now we reap the reward
And if that for you is uncomfortable
And if that for you is intolerable
Might I suggest
You look for something else
Something more?
Time! time will tell
Time! time will tell
Time—
Even though time isn’t real
It certainly contracts and expands
It expands!
It expands!
It expands!
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5. |
Skin on Fire
03:24
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Do you ever feel like your skin’s on fire?
Like you just stepped barefoot on a live wire
Electric current coursing through your veins
And you just need to shout
Do you ever notice all the little things that you
Didn’t notice on your first time through
Wrenching the details from the devil himself
And you just need to get out
It’s like a whirling wave
In the middle of your chest
Tell you brain to quiet down
But this is what your brain does best
Another twisting screw
Another tremulous step
And your skin is on fire
'Bout to have only your bones left
Do you ever see the fire drawing near
A distant glimmer, getting closer to here
But even though you got a fair warning
You just need to lie down
It’s like a spinning disc
Hurling right into your head
Tell your brain to quiet down
But this is what your brain does best
Another sink or swim
Another stair without a step
And your skin is on fire
'Bout to have only bones left
How is it that I’m on fire all the time
But also drowning down below deep blue?
How is it that I set myself on fire all the time
But also yell so loudly at myself not to?
It’s like a whirling wave
In the middle of your chest
Tell you brain to quiet down
But this is what your brain does best
Another twisting screw
Another tremulous step
And your skin is on fire
‘Bout to have only your bones left
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6. |
Used to Be
03:25
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Used to be a paranoid person
Always sure it wouldn’t work out
Used to be a quiet person
Never raise my whisper to a shout
Used to be a nervous person
Always certain the worst would never cool
Used to be a lonesome person
Never found my people at school
Maybe I still am
Do you think I’ve changed at all?
I wish I could see me through your eyes
Just to see if I’ve changed at all
Used to be a colder person
Always warding folks away with a shudder
Used to be a sanctimonious person
Never admitting it to myself, much less others
Maybe I still am
Do you think I’ve changed at all?
I wish I could see me through your eyes
Just to see if I’ve changed at all
Do you think we change?
Or do we plant roots and fix
Upon a single phase
Oscillating only as if
A moth in a jar—
Different sides
Of the same
Jar?
Always different sides
Of the same
Jar
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7. |
Wear Your Worry
03:34
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When it’s late
And you need to go
Say goodbye
To the whole damn show
Never regret
A single move you make
I’m so jealous of you in that way
Walk into a room
And embrace the crowd
Say hello
To the whole damn house
Never second guess
A single move you make
I’m so jealous of you in that way
I’m so jealous of you in that way
You don’t wear your worry
Like a dress no more
You let it fall down
In a mess to the floor
You don’t wear you worry
Like a dress no more
I’m so jealous of you
I can’t bear it anymore
When you see something
And you know you want it
You go right up
To the glass and grab it
Never mislay
A single move you make
I’m so jealous of you in that way
I’m so jealous of you in that way
You don’t wear your worry
Like a dress no more
You let it fall down
In a mess to the floor
You don’t wear you worry
Like a dress no more
I’m so jealous of you
I can’t bear it anymore
I look into the mirrored glass
Try to look through the eyes that look on back
But I am stuck inside this solid shell
Given as a gift at birth
And I’ll take it with me
A gift at birth
And I’ll take it with me
To hell
I wear my worry
Like a dress through my life
Wraps ‘round my belly
Like the edge of a knife
But you don’t wear your worry
Any day or night
Tell me, baby
How do you live that kind of life?
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8. |
Waking
03:59
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Last night I was anyone
For at least an hour or two
Sometimes I wish I could be everyone
Doesn’t that sound nice to you?
Dislodged from life and time
Able to just lift away
Pull soul from skin, pull heart from mind
Abandon mortal ways
Is it time to wake up now?
Is it time to wake up now?
Is it time to wake up now?
I want to be the soft skin of a plum
The eyeball of an eagle
The blister on a thumb
Reduce me down to a drop of steam
To a single period
In a book nobody reads
I want to be a print left in the snow
The sail upon a boat
The fire fly’s glow
Reduce me down to a particle of ice
As the meteor skates by
And out of sight
Is it time to wake up now?
Is it time to wake up now?
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9. |
In This Light
03:22
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‘Do you remember...’
Is how you start under autumn moon
The fire is an ember
A tiny hibiscus bloom
You keep blowing on it
Making that little baby glow
You’ve got something on your mind
I’m not sure I wanna know
If you’ve got a secret
Maybe it’s best you keep it in
‘Course if you need to share it
I can’t do anything
You know how I get
When things twist and turn away
From the careful plans
I've spent years trying to lay
The wind blows by
The chimes behind me sing
Goes a lone butterfly
(Thank god — something distracting)
I’m not even sure
I’m not sure I even want to know
Perhaps it is best if we
Stay as we are by this fire low
Looking across the smoke
You are bathed in a pinkish hue
In this light
You look just how I want you
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10. |
Ghosts
02:36
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We’ve got ghosts in the attic
We’ve got ghosts in the cellar
We’ve got ghosts in the bedroom
Don’t know if it’s getting better
We’ve all got ghosts inside us
They follow us around
We wear them like bracelets
In and out of the house
Don’t think we can get rid of them
If we can I don’t know how
They cling to us via memory
It’s always been this way
Don’t know what the scientists
Have to say
If there’s a cure I’ll take it
I’ll swallow any pill
They like to sing in unison
They never get their fill
We’ve all got ghosts inside us
They follow us around
We wear them like bracelets
In and out of the house
Don’t think we can get rid of them
If we can I don’t know how
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11. |
Erosion
08:31
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Whoever said leaving is the easy part?
It’s what we dread most of all
Waving our hands before pounding hearts
And fielding call after call
Where once I laid with you
Will no longer be a place
Where I will lie with you
You’ll be alone at night
You’ve got your wish, all right
You’ve got your wish, all right
I never said I wasn’t some kind of monster
Or not to blame for the wreck we’re in
But I don’t believe in nows and forevers
So I guess I’ll just begin again
And again
Begin again
Where once I laid with you
Will no longer be a place
Where I will lie with you
You’ll be alone at night
You’ve got your wish, all right
You’ve got your wish, all right
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