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No Swimming
04:32
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It's 5:30 in the morning
Why the hell am I awake?
My head's nothing more than a river/ My head's the Raritan River
And it keeps flooding away
It's alright to be marginalized
It's alright to have a ceiling over your life
And it's okay if that's how you meant it
'cause that's how I got it through my thick head
And I can pretend it's everything
That you see me working through
It's everything that I would have hoped for
To stay true to you
It's that same old line
That I keep crossing again
Until thoughts come pouring out
But I'm all out of time
And I don't think I could make that excuse for you
Locked all my doors and I'm attached to this bed
I think I need a better end
Think I need a better end
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2. |
Reminder
04:17
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I guess it's coming off as a bad reminder
To you and your perfect frame
It's something I thought up while
You were quiet and waiting
For me to fill up with old summers
And the smell of how thought it should be
Disconnected yet you still talk about it
Like it's got no bearing on you or me
I tried.
I know this probably doesn't make much sense
That I can't get this out of my head
And all these tendencies
You thought they had left
And I'm stuck here and I'm with you
And I don't know why I'm doing this again
I guess I'm coming off as that reminder
That piece of paper that you stick in your pocket
And it's serving as some last minute remorse
But I need you to be more than that frayed wire
You always come off to seem
Unable to send out that signal
Forever inaudible
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3. |
Leading On
02:57
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I am more than I'm leading on
And I am not much at all
I am afraid that I fear the fall
If I'm the leak then you're the wall
And I never went first
'Cause I was never taught to learn
I learned how to play in time
Just winging it line by line
And I've had it up to here
If you've got your story you're good to go
And if I had followed you
Then I am sure I'd be handcuffed to:
"If this is not what we're after then I'd rather change
and be cold than dying young and living old
so please don't call me on the phone"
And if the words were ever said right
Then I am sure the ring would be too fine
So we don't have to go home
And I wonder what she thinks
Six more years and I'm on the brink
And I told all of my friends
that I am nothing without them
And if the words were ever said right
Then I am sure the ring would be too fine
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4. |
Ceiling
04:10
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I think I hate you
I want to so bad
I think I need a better plan
To get you out of your head
Your crowded last words got me thinking
You don't like to talk all that much
You hurting headache, you concrete mistake
I never thought would last this long
I think I hate you
I want to so bad
You don't reach so you don't fall
And it's getting under my skin
'cause over and over again
I'm ending up where I began
I'm open ended with endless mistakes
And I never thought I'd last this long
And I'm, I'm hitting a note
I haven't hit in so long, should you know
Perfectly ignored by whatever you had to say
I never thought that I'd falter under this weight
Maybe this room is sold
And I thought this tape would hold it up
Fixed into the shape of a leather belt
And for you it comes with ease
Under these circumstances
Perpetual difficulty
And I'm, I'm hitting a ceiling
I'm folding so far back into myself
Perfectly ignored by whatever you had to say
I never thought that I'd falter under this weight
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5. |
Lake
05:47
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I've been waiting here for so long tonight. Waiting for you to come outside and let this moment wash over you until it colors everything but I don't think it'll take much time for you to swap it out for something else. I don't think this can even be shelved
Whether it's a candle burning bright or when I led you through the night, the lake was what we pledged our hopes on.
So let me take some more time just as a steady precaution. "I'm my own enemy at night," you said. "'cause I've been putting this off for way too long, my head it hurts from what I've heard."
Whether it's a candle burning bright or when I led you through the night, the lake was what we pledged our hopes on.
Even without your glasses on, the moon wasn't even out that long and I was waiting.
I think I need some time to run this over just so you know exactly what you're in for. So there's no more mistaken words left hanging from the ceiling or drying out on the floor. Oh, I know you'll just leave it all out for more.
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Parkside
04:38
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I only picture photographs
'Cause I can't remember
What it's like to be seventeen
When you said that we could run from here to there
And you won't catch me
I said, "I could do this all day"
With the wind in my back
And my hands on my knees
And my dirt-stained feet
I'd keep going if everyone and everything never collapsed
I only picture photographs
'Cause I can't remember
The sky shading in a darker hue of blue
'Til you became unrecognizable
Five feet in front of me
For just tonight you'll look like someone else
And I can't tell if we're all that different or if
This just comes with age
But I need you to know that up in my head
It's not just empty space
I only picture photographs
'Cause all that I remember
Is how you called to let me know you were parked outside
And then you said,
"Can we sit on the sidewalk and just keep quiet and listen?
'cause soon we'll be spread so thin across state lines"
And I said, "I'm not so sure what this means for you. It's turning 11:30, I need to run home, pretend I've been up in my room"
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