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The Void
01:46
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Here's to the void, it's where we've all been
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Compass Rose
04:37
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Let's reminisce, let's sing a song
about the tattoo on my arm
the radio on all day long
this perfect hell all to ourselves
Your misty eyes are smoking guns
a bullet hole between my lungs
I couldn't breath until you swore to me you'd never leave
Is your secret that you'll never cry
but rather carry all that you can hide?
But as I'm leaving you
your bright eyes lose their blacks and blues
The world is capable of calm
despite this needle digging in your arm
We all need lucky charms
and a way to go
a compass rose
And we always miss the sunlight
but there's beauty in a bay state night
And I dream of feeling a true love
but this feeling will do for tonight
so would you give me a light?
Don't be so hard on yourself
you're better than you'll ever let on
We've come so far for ourselves
and we might as well remember this when it's gone
My car, the cops, a bottle full
not a single thought of getting old
But January still felt cold
your body heat not heating me
You touch my swollen arm
You kiss me as your fingers trace the scar
We all need lucky charms
and our only compass rose just broke
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3. |
Home
04:16
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You're digging through my secret boxes
tell me what you're trying to find
A better case of the lovers
uncover it in my mind
But you won't find what's never been there
and the shade you color me
ain't the color that I am, no
Now you're building castles
from the dirt in my backyard
You say it's outside the box
you say it's art
But you're not done, take a photograph you love
and burn the castles down
the proof was enough
If this is home, then where is my heart?
Is it in the air
Or is it hidden in the walls?
If this is home then where is my head?
I'm back again
And I don't want to make a mess where I don't fit in
You stare right through me
like you knew me from another life
Oh, call it sympathy, but I don't think that's right
You're playing games to cover up the pain
You're playing games that will make you go insane
It's where I don't fit in
Have you ever fit in?
I called it simple but it never was
I called it better than it ever was
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4. |
Your Therapy
04:52
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You wait for me at the top of your street
because you don't want your friends to see me
but at least you agreed to meet me
And I love to see you smiling
but you smile when you're angry
like when I asked if we're dating
So could you date me?
Maybe?
Is it obvious?
Is it obvious that I want you?
I love to be your therapy
but it's tough talking about all your exes
doesn't matter how good the sex is
"It's not working for me, no"
you say impatiently from out of your window
But it's cold, let me in though
Not innuendo
but although
Is it obvious?
Is it obvious that I want you?
Come on, is it obvious?
Is it obvious that I need you to want me to?
And I'll die trying to understand your circumstance
You keep your love like a secret from me
You're so insecure, but what does that make me?
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5. |
Remember
04:02
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6. |
Gentleman
04:52
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Is confidence a fable?
I overcompensate until I'm stable, why?
Then it falls as gravity pulls out a piece of everyone involved
Walk them out to the ice, that's cunning
Fill their heart with fire, that's becoming
Well, I never could tell that we need a piece to hell
to help satisfy the beast
But I'm not sure of anything at all
The times are after me
cut and paste faces from magazines
covered eyes can't see
Where did the gentlemen go?
But what the hell does "gentleman" mean anymore?
Unclench your fists and get over it
you're doing more right admitting you're wrong
What have we become?
Is there a light in this tunnel?
And are there better plans in this bottle?
She figured you out before you opened your mouth
I hear her crying without making a sound
And I'm not sure of anything at all
She in the beauty queen of a kingdom come from tragedy
and he's the hopeless king of comedy
It's such a simple thing, but I can't let it go
Stuck in the mirror and I can't find my way back home
Lost in infinity, but I swear I've seen the end of the road
Reach for my hands, we can start again
She is the carvings and you are the stone
Where did the gentlemen go?
But what the hell does "gentlemen" mean anymore?
Unclench your fists and get over it
I am a child in the face of the world
What will we become?
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The Sea
04:41
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Call it cold or call it getting older
He called her name and turned away like he didn't know her
And she listens to the voices that guide her heart
But he listens to the words that tear him apart
"Can you hear me?" She screams from the edge
"Is there any way easier than trying to forget?"
He caught a wave and floated out into the ocean
He never believed he was worth the commotion
But she never mentioned that she was in love
And she never forgave him for just giving up
"Can you hear me?" He screams from the sea
"I'd rather die than act the way the world wants me to be."
So there he lies under golden skies
as he let his body and mind drift away
In a world that's cold, we just have to stay warmer
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8. |
Stories
03:36
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All the stories, there's something magical
Lifting tethers from around your throat
Complicated lies to tell a simple truth
In this part of me you see a part of you
The stories of the ancient stone
and all the carvings wear beneath the waterfall
Life may be a dream, so peel it off
Crutches grinding farther down each day
Books remain unread, pages fade away
Pieces of the past relived a different way
Crowded rooms in which you never meant to stay
The stories of an ancient war
It's such a miracle, and so wonderful
that we believe a thing while the world explodes
When we die we fold our hands over our chest
There's gotta be something better than this
Pray for the hopeless, not hopelessness
Say something different from what your father said
The world I live, the words I've read
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9. |
Open Road
04:44
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Even without this fork in the road there's still a long way home
and the west coast pulls me left away from this cold New England snow
But your dreams are quiet, peaceful in their might
and they're pulling you right
So I went up to the witness stand
I closed my eyes and clasped my hands
I prayed to anything that might answer my prayers
When you asked if my God was the open road
I couldn't say no
Is God just the open road?
I guess we'll never know
So now my path grows evermore consumed by trees and roots
and the branches overhead keep the sunlight from peeking through
But your path is bright, a humble uphill climb
You'll see above the tree line
So I went up to the witness stand
I closed my eyes, you held my hands
I felt them trembling like they would never hold mine again
Well, I've been thinking of the life you live
and I've been wishing I fit better in it
But I hear this calling, it's pulling on me
and it won't let you in
Is God just the open road?
I can't say no
If God is the open road
then it's yours to walk alone
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10. |
Asleep
04:57
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11. |
Changing
04:45
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There's something coming over me
I think I'm changing
All the people that I used to see
as those who had everything
They're all changing
And what I need to do has gone from black and white to black and blue
And my skin isn't keeping me as warm as it used to
I loved a girl who didn't love me
but that was years ago
And then I loved another one
who still didn't love me very much
and I let neither one go
But it's so much fun burning up my lungs all alone
And it's so easy writing songs with a broken heart
so I've kept one
You can tell by who you love
You'll see it in the ones you love
You can tell by who you love
Oh, that you're changing
Now I'm being called into war
and I'm all alone
But I'm still calling out for you
even though there isn't room yet for two
You've come and gone
But there's a fine line to walk between giving up and bursting into smoke
And I've spent my whole life listening so isn't it about time that I spoke
You can tell by how you love
You'll see it in the things you do for love
You can tell by how you love
Oh, if you're changing
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