1. |
Half of It
04:09
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Dressing up desire to pass
as coincidence
Won't say what I want
so nothing's my fault
All innocent beginnings with no
shit to hit the fan
Just splashing around in water
that's too shallow to drown
Keep playing out the half of it
I'll find comfort somewhere in between
I wrap myself up tight with all
I'm choosing not to say
It's hard to break something you can't
get close enough to touch
Keep playing out the half of it
I'll find comfort somewhere in between
Acting out a false intimacy
All that's lacking cloaked in mystery
chalk it up to it just wasn't meant to be
I'll find comfort in myself
Why count on anyone else
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2. |
Bad Day
02:28
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Stuck in you bad day
Mask melting off
Block me out with silence
It's got nothing to do with me
My smile widens
All I have to hide
From the pain that seeps out
Maybe it's got everything to do with me
All your honest words stay
Locked in your throat
Give them time to dilute into
Palatable half-lies
Just give it time
For now, just give it time
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3. |
The Fool
03:51
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Never fit into the normal way to be
No 9 to 5 routine
Got a wide open soul
Trapped inside this fucked up world
With the wisdom of a prophet and
The judgement of a teen
You'd be the fool, carefree
If it weren't for all the dread you feel
If you were free
If you were free to live a life you think is pure
If you were free would you fly away?
With no return
More honest than most would dare to be
You'd rather stall than fake it
What's the point in trying
When they'll never see it your way?
If you were free
If you were free to live a life you think is pure
If you were free would you fly away?
With no return
You think about how you could dissolve away
Like how it might feel to be
Chopped up into tiny little pieces
~ ooh ~
If you were free
If you were free to live a life you think is pure
If you were free would you fly away?
With no return
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4. |
Mud
04:19
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Piling meaning onto a
convenient story
Shape it into something deep
a feeling you trust
It all makes sense, it's wrapped up tight
Until it crumbles
and leaves you astray
It's all mud
We're all swimming through mud
Keeping tabs on what is best
for everyone else
But you have no clue how to
help yourself
There's always someone else to blame
when you don't get
what you expect
It's all mud
We're all swimming through mud
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5. |
Paper Cup
04:46
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You've got a lot on you mind
It seems to be that way most of the time
Ask me one thing
The way you talk at me, it's pretty clear
All you're looking for is a sympathetic ear
Do you care?
It's all pouring out and up
Like red wine spewing from your tongue
Though I'm nothing more
Than a flimsy paper cup
Go on
Fill me up
Break me down
In your own world you're blind to others' pain
You can't help but take up all the space
You can't see it
It's all pouring out and up
Like red wine spewing from your tongue
Though I'm nothing more
Than a flimsy paper cup
Go on
Fill me up
Break me down
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6. |
Silence
04:37
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A bunch of yes's got me here
Giving into attention
I know I'm not supposed to care
It's all just for fun
Your words are like cotton
They could float anywhere
And land on any meaning
When you say nothing it's perfectly clear
Your silence says that it's the end
And seals the comfortable distance that we've kept
Pumping blood fades to thin air
There's nothing there
Text me when you're feeling bored
A little entertainment
A witty banter back and forth
I could be anyone
Don't wanna say the wrong thing
So you say nothing at all
You're moving onto the next thing
And leaving me in a thick, clouded fog
Your silence says that it's the end
And seals the comfortable distance that we've kept
Pumping blood fades to thin air
There's nothing there
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7. |
Watered Down
04:50
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Openness mistaken for ambivalence
I keep emotions store away
If I state a need it only ricochets
I'll sit back
Be the calm to embrace your storm
Ride the wave of your version of us
Let our balance be my compromise
All the things I mean to say
Get watered down and pushed away
An accommodating filter
I can't turn off
I'll sit back
Be the calm to embrace your storm
Ride the wave of your version of us
Let our balance be my compromise
Soft and capable I'll end up
Serving everyone else
Soft and capable I can't
Respect my own interest
I fear what you can't help but ask of me
And all that I can't help but give
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8. |
Eye to Eye
04:55
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I know that it was just some little thing
Nothing more than an idea
A possibility
But you
You could have told me
You could have helped me see
Eye to eye
But that's alright
I know you didn't want to make
Something into nothing
And I guess this is the part
Where we pretend
To be friends
Though you
You should have told me
You should have helped me see
Eye to eye
But that's alright
The truth is that I've got someone too
But I washed my sheets for you
Yea I
I would've told you
I would've wanted you to see
Eye to eye
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9. |
Mess
02:57
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Your cozy nest is filling up with thorns
Gentle punches to the gut
Old memories, they don't sit so sweet
Keep lookin ahead
To cloud what's at hand
High expectations seem to form a curse
Better prepare for the worst
Trying to find peace without feeling naive
I'm curling away
From every warm embrace
It can't be picked apart
There's no logic to distill
You say it's not what you had in mind
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10. |
Walls
04:31
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Little lies keep
Flowing out of you
Giving others' a
Golden lens to see you through
Good intention can't make their way through
It's slipping from you, like you guessed
They know better, it's what you expect
It's got you thinking
you should give it up this time
Everything you hold in
Calcifies, you're nestled
In your walls of defense
You can't see over
Good intention can't make their way through
It's slipping from you, like you guessed
They know better, it's what you expect
It's got you thinking
It's not worth the fight this time
~ woof woof ~
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