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Simplify
01:34
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I cannot keep quiet that's the reason that we part
I'm the only one who speaks up when you've really missed the mark
But I know I can't decide for you that shouldn't be so hard
What I think I know is best for you is tearing me apart
I keep losing patience before arguments even start
As if I'm waiting for a reason to explode at some remark
But I'm stubborn and I know when I get home and I'm alone
I'll regret the extra malice that I took with my approach
You're a little wound up and I think you need a break
Let's consider that you fucked with me just for argument's sake
Then the only reason I continue standing in your wake
Is it's beautiful enough to justify the pain I take
You keep getting wrapped up in your petty little flaws
While the little bit you need is slowly slipping through your claws
But if you could only focus on the way everyone else's
Faces light up when you walk in you'd be frozen by the wealth
You've been given that you just keep locked away up on the shelf
While you're putting off the need you seem to have in you to help
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2. |
Talk
04:08
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Checking out, awful lot of noise but doesn't stop an awful word from leaking out of my
Dirty mouth, and you've heard them all before but something about my intonation makes you think I'm getting
Closer now, to finding my way out and sneaking back to something else that at least resembles
Solid ground, because I swore that I'd be smarter now, but it's all just talk
Talk, talking like I've got the answer
But if I miss it again there's a reasonable chance that her
Mind might start putting trust in fate
Do a god damn lot but I just can't wait
Take the long way down, locking all the doors and closing windows hiding out as if there's something
Creeping closer now, wouldn't say I'm scared but surely terrified to speak and my eyes
Are glued unto the ground, fists are balled up shaking I am minutes now away from my rightful
Role as problem child, know I swore that I'd be calmer now, but it's all just talk.
Talk, talking like I've got the answer
But if I miss it again there's a reasonable chance that her
Mind might start putting trust in fate
Do a god damn lot but I just can't wait for her
She knows that I'm nobody's saviour
So I don't get the point in her asking for favour
She'll drop dead expecting that I'll still care
Come a long damn way but I'm still not there
So hopefully, this time I can breathe again
Don't write me off, this is what I need my friend
I cannot lie, I cannot pretend
It's a simple shot, that brings these means to an end, to an end
Talk, talking like I've got the answer
But if I miss it again there's a reasonable chance that her
Mind might start putting trust in fate
Do a god damn lot but I just can't wait for her
She knows that I'm nobody's saviour
So I don't get the point in her asking for favour
She'll drop dead expecting that I'll still care
Come a long damn way but I'm still not there
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3. |
Passing Thought
04:00
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I am fuming although I just got out of bed
You turned on me was it something that I said?
If my habits push away even the best of friends
Then I will drown here clutching on to all my odds and ends
If I keep screaming they're gonna lock me up for real
This isn't patience it's just me dragging my heels
But you're not sick unless you're dead or so I've seen
I'm not ignoring you I'm just focused on the screen
But it's all we've got
Like it or not
Comes at a cost
That resenting those that loves you
Just leaves you as a passing thought
As you sit here and just wait around to rot
I'm alone here as much as I have ever been
I'd join a cult out there but I don't think that I'd fit in with them
Because I'm no good at falling in line and keeping time
So I'll scrape by soaking up pity committing petty crimes
The past while now has been anything but great
But I don't know if it is me or them I really hate
Because I am shaking before I even hit the floor
With help in sight or you won't get me out the god damn door
But I'm all you've got
Like it or not
Comes at a cost
That resenting those that love you
Just leaves you as a passing thought
As you sit here and just wait to fucking rot
So this was the year I swore I'd be waking up
But I've at this point pushed my resolutions off by months
But it's a long road and I'm a long way from getting off
And just because I'm breaking down doesn't mean I'm going soft
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4. |
Lost
03:20
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Stay there
Arms length and some paces away dear
Because that's the best that I can take here
And there's some things have yet to come clear, here
But all is not lost, as I had once thought it was
Hold tight
Because this is gonna be a long night
Swear I'm not here to start a big fight
But there's some things that still don't sti right, tonight
But I am not lost, as you had always thought I was
But I cannot complain because I know what I'm getting into
And I've always relied on patience but that's wearing thin too
I am fading fast but that's no shocker that's nothing new
But when my lungs collapse it all points back it all comes back to you
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5. |
Home Alone
02:58
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I'm trying to recall, but don't think there's any skill involved
I just remember fumbling my way into place
Don't think I'm the one to blame, best answer's one that never came
I'm only calling you by name because I forgot everyone else
And you know me, you know me and I'm just trying to go home
Something about growing up, gets easier with the heavier stuff
But I know you must have called my bluff when I was walking out on you
Little details I forget, and I am getting up in my own head
But makes it easier to get to bed and to make a cheap excuse
But you know me, you know me and I'm just trying to go home
You know me, you know me and that I'm better off alone
They have me almost wanting change, but at best think I could rearrange
Because I have waded past the point of pulling through
Some people call it uninspired, wait for someone else to start the fire
And I've decided it best not to argue
And you know me, you know me and I'm just trying to go home
You know me, you know me and that I'm better off alone
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6. |
Placeholder
04:20
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Overcommitted to being miserable tonight
Why are we fighting? I've been on your side this whole time
I'm in the background of somebody else's story with you
Enter for one act promptly forgotten when removed
Are you getting tired now is the weight of the whole world weighing on you?
Must be a burden so young to have been blessed with knowing the truth
Or maybe it's bullshit, maybe it's true to no one but you
And maybe I'm an ass hole, but if I am then what does that make you?
If I even once more have to hear somebody half in the bag
Tell me how much I can be if I just try I'll go insane
I'm perfectly unhappy sitting here and dreaming without a cause
And since you're leaving the room now can we just avoid the god damn applause
I don't know if it's there anymore
I don't know if I can pick my shit up off this dirty floor
I don't know if it's there anymore
I don't know if it's there
I don't know (x4)
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7. |
Yours
04:13
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Baby, baby, baby, why you walking away?
No it ain't it even late, the sun ain't come up yet.
Oh you know you leave a damn lot on my plate
And I'm struggling to make the adjustment.
But you're always surprised, when I come on, I come on, I come on to you
Honey look in my eyes, know I'm lying but dying to tell you the truth
But I always seem to have the wrong time, and I never seem to have the right mind.
Because you know when you hold me, then you own me, because for a while I don't feel lonely
You know you only, need to say a single word, then I'm yours.
You know in a heartbeat, I'm on my feet, because when I hear your voice I'm complete
The sun in my eyes and the stars in my sky I just want to be yours, won't you let me be yours.
What's the point of hiding? I'm already ashamed
Ate enough of the blame to calm your week nerves
And you drop by just to pull me away from this comfortable space I have carved out,
But you're always surprised, when I come on, I come on, I come on to you
Honey look in my eyes know I'm lying but dying to tell you the truth but I always seem to have the wrong time, and I never seem to have the right mind.
But you know when you hold me, then you own me, because for a while I don't feel lonely
You know you only, need to say a single word, then I'm yours.
You know in a heartbeat, I'm on my feet, because when I feel your touch I'm complete
The sun in my eyes, stars in my sky I just want to be yours, won't you let me be yours.
You've got it in you to run from me perhaps in a month you'll see I am the only one listening
This won't end up like it's meant to be but honestly I believe this could be fine if you let me just
Try to keep track of the little things forget the things I think might just be happening, we could be
What you expected that life could be bow-tied wrapped pretty dream won't you just let me be, let me be yours.
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8. |
Oversight
03:30
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Don't you lose hope in me
I'm well aware I skipped some vital steps in between
I'm holding on to the miserable belief
That you might, really think what I thought you thought of me
Trying to touch or something
Trying to keep you out of earshot but in arms reach
I hold on too tight not enough or too quickly
You want a steady hand that's what the hell I'm trying to be
I'm still on yesterday's beef
Don't give me anymore problems in which to sink my teeth
I'll have an opinion, it won't make sense
Playing the genius only seems to come off dry and dense
I'm just trying to shed a light so we can see another side
But god knows if I start a fight I'm still bound to be left behind
You can't look say I'm not trying even if things don't go right
I pull the wool over your eyes and oversee your oversight
Trying not to repeat
But in half a day we must have crossed a whole lot off the sheet
I can't remember, but I know I've asked
As I try to tiptoe around a sensitive past
Can we just let it slide
It's the only way I know to lift my hands up from my side
You sense my panic, and if not how
I feel I'm blowing this in increments now
Think I'm good on the abuse
Fighting off the urge to crawl off be declared a recluse
So maybe just one, to get us through
And push you further still away from the truth
I'm just trying to shed a light so we can see another side
But god knows if I start a fight I'm still bound to be left behind
You can't look say I'm not trying even if things don't go right]
I pull the wool over your eyes and oversee your oversight
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9. |
Sentimental
05:03
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Why are you holding back on me, are you trying to drive me crazy?
I've been slipping through the cracks in my mind they've opened into canyons this time
You say things very plainly but I'm prone to overthinking
And you must admit it's not that crazy
Although that word seems to fit me lately
I'm not sentimental baby, I'm just fucking mental maybe
This time you won't be what's on my mind
I'm not broken hearted it's just best that I departed
Before I turn into a monster that I'm not
I can't stand to watch you be something you're not
I've been toeing the line between family and stranger, for a while
And since I moved back south it's sort of felt like handshakes, distance and polite smiles
You have been dishonest with me from the very get-go
And I'm finding that it's easier just to up and leave than gain back control
I've questioned the past six months of choice nearly daily
But it's only been the past six weeks I've heard my engine failing on me
I can't tell if you are really broken or just patronizing
But don't you give that look to me I'm falling apart at the seams
I'm not sentimental baby, I'm just fucking mental maybe
This time you won't be what's on my mind
I'm not broken hearted it's just best that I departed
Before I turn into a monster that I'm not
I can't stand to watch you be something you're not
So the bottom falls out once I've put it all together
Because I'm hung up on trying to plan for perfect weather
Due time to simplify this rollercoaster
But I'm trying to pull you closer, waking pissed off and hungover
This time you won't be what's on my mind
I'm not broken hearted it's just best that I departed
Before I turn into a monster that I'm not
And I'm not sentimental I'm just trying to be gentle
Though I can't explain to you exactly why
I'm not broken hearted but can we not get fucking started
I can't stand to watch you be something you're not
I can't stand to look and still can't bear the thought
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10. |
As It Comes
04:24
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You've gotta take it as it comes my dear, no I'm not sure how to be more clear
Things will fall apart despite your plan
Because I'm a fighter at the best of times, a poet with no words in mind
A white man fucking up just because he can
I'm in a dark and lonely, scary place but I will be back I swear someday
Bearing gold that's meant for someone else to hold
See Scott and Dave have talked me through enough that I must owe somebody love
Or at least something it resembles
Hold on
I don't have the answer
And frankly I am nowhere close
Wait now
I'm rolling over
This doesn't have to come to blows
You've gotta stop blaming the world my friend sure eventually it's bound to end
You might get ten good years if you start now
Because you're all wrapped up inside your head living day to day like you're half dead
Yet as life has passed you by you wonder how
As you fight to get the power back, and wrap your head around the simple fact
That you're not gonna be heard just because you're loud
If complacency is the way to happiness then I can stand no more of this
It's been a while since you've been proud
Hold on
I don't have the answer
And frankly I am nowhere close
Wait now
I'm rolling over
This doesn't have to come to blows
So this is living getting lost in subway lines
But I am up to my neck in this I am up to my neck in it
I'm not leaving I just found the other side
Because I'm up to my neck in it, and I have to get out of it
You've gotta take it as it comes my dear no I'm not sure how to be more clear
Things will fall apart despite your plan
You've gotta take it as it comes my dear no I'm not sure how to be more clear
Things will fall apart despite your plan
Hold on
I don't have the answer
And frankly I am nowhere close
Wait now
I'm rolling over
This doesn't have to come to blows
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11. |
Ain't That Hard
03:05
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It's not about
The way the words catch in my mouth, my overstatements clearly failed
But it's hard to tell
If I should be getting high as well, these days I've been overwhelmed
Life gets hard, don't you understand you've gotten this far
And life just really ain't that hard kid
Keep it clean,
There's ears here all around us we can't just say anything
Now in spite of me
I'm questioning my answers I'm exhausted beyond belief
You know life's not fair, but when you think that you have had it up to here
Life just really ain't that hard kid
Oh there's a hope
But it's miles away if you keep running away when you're close
Bunker down
We're halfway through the rough patch we can mind our business now
And it's those god damn sounds
That shake the ground around us I can barely stand right now
But you know life goes on
And when you think that there'd be nowhere else to run
Life just really ain't that hard kid
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