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Pennies
02:58
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I pick up pennies I find on the street
Everyday treasures mean something to me
I say someday it’ll all add up
If I find them enough, but you say I’m so dumb (dumb)
I find a quarter and also a dime
Still pocket pennies ‘cause they’re cool to find
It’s hardly nothing, but more for the fun
But it still isn’t much and you say I’m so dumb
And everything that I say (so dumb)
Who operates in that way? (so dumb)
And why’s the role that you play
Gotta drive all the joy away?
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2. |
Nice Try
03:32
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You could still be the good guy
When you tell this one the second time
Play your station in a better light
Scrap the hero and take all his lines
Did you or did you not?
You might regret it all
You could forget the fall
But you won’t
You could still be the good guy
If you find a way to twist it right
Maybe nail it on the first try
Maybe wrap it up inside a lie
Did you or did you not?
You might regret it all
You could forget the fall
But you won’t
I wanna walk that line
Of who believes and who decides
I know you paint your life
In brighter shades so it’s only fine
I wanna walk that line
Of who believes and who decides
I know you feigned your life
In brighter shades and it’s only fine
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Humanity
03:15
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More interested in humanity
Than maybe other humans are in me
More interested in humanity
Than maybe other humans are in me
And I feel like I’m up on the edge
And you’re around the bend
I want the shape to be kind of strange
But I don’t wanna feel out of place
I want the shape to be kind of strange
But I don’t wanna feel out of place
And the sky weaves ordinary gray
And every leaf is dead
I’m a colored piece of thread
I feel more frustration that I think I’ve ever had
But I don’t predict an avalanche, I’ve more restraint than that
I want the sky to fall onto me,
I want to live in the underneath
I want the sky to fall onto me,
I want to live in the underneath
And a fire burned right above our heads
And we’re all blown away
Made our peace with feeling blank
Maybe adulation is the same as self respect
As I lament the quiet times that people like me get
And in the end I find
You took the blame that wasn’t mine
You are as far from me
As I am far from you
And after everything
That we put ourselves through
We’ll see with clarity
The things we thought were true
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4. |
Real Love
03:09
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She thinks too much about the way she feels
And what she wants
The difference between the cover shots
And what she really needs is just enough
To make her see that
Real love
The kind you see on TV screens
The kind you buy in magazines
The kind they don’t still give away for free
Real love
The kind that only breaks your heart
The kind that tears us all apart
The kind that’s over if it even starts
They know they’re not a character to play
On some sitcom
Who knows what to say to anyone?
They always come up blank
A crush is fun but who will write their real love?
The kind you see on TV screens
The kind you buy in magazines
The kind they don’t still give away for free
Real love
The kind that only breaks your heart
The kind that tears us all apart
The kind that’s over if it even starts
The kind that calms you down
The kind with no exchange
The kind you give yourself
The kind you give away
A love you give away
A love you give away
A love you give away
A love you give away
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Textbook Camo
03:29
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“The way that you talk reminds me of my friend”
I think I’ve heard this one before
“You both have a way and I can’t explain it”
I guess it’s all in how you connect the dots
I don’t wanna be just anything
Without meaning to be
I don’t wanna feel like anyone
Has pieces of me
The way that you look reminds me of a man
Who used to love me for a while
But he went away and I can’t escape him
He was an error, but I guess you’re not
I’m not what you saw when you saw me
I’m bigger in real life
I’m bigger in real life
I’m bigger than you think I am
I’m bigger in real life
I’m bigger in real life
I’m bigger than you think I am
I’m bigger in real life (bigger in real life)
I’m bigger in real life (bigger in real life)
But you still don’t see me
I don’t wanna be just anything
Without meaning to be
I don’t wanna feel like anyone
Has pieces of me
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6. |
Better Friends
03:16
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I’ve bled before
I think I know how this goes
I count for more
Draw the ruined edges closed
Scars always look so nice
Pulling the stitches tight
Smile under cold dead eyes
Tell myself it’s alright
I’ve died for less
Been betrayed by better friends
Sometimes forget
From the start I saw the end
Scars always look so nice
Pulling the stitches tight
Smile under cold dead eyes
Tell myself it’s alright
Scars always look so nice
Pulling the stitches tight
Smile under cold dead eyes
Tell myself that it’s alright
I try to fight
Sometimes I lie to myself
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7. |
Fake Control
04:10
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How should I be? Don’t understand it
Nothing’s gone wrong, what’s my problem?
Can it be the sun only shines on another planet?
I don’t know why I only want to die sometimes
Tied to the ground and I can’t escape it
Holding me down when I shouldn’t feel this way
Quiet surrounds, but it’s all frustration
I don’t know why I only want to die sometimes
Die sometimes
And when the sky falls all around me
I only smile, it doesn’t matter anyway
As if the fire has never found me
I don’t know why, but I don’t want to die sometimes
Die
Sometimes I can hold all the pieces in a row
Fake control ‘til I feel the sorrow go
As far as I know that’s the secret and I need it
Take control ‘til I believe it, I can see
How should I be? I’m so lost without it
I try to believe, but I often doubt it
The sky is as blue as I feel about it
I don’t know why, but I just want to die sometimes
Die sometimes
I try to be so nice to myself
I try to be so nice to myself
I try to be so nice to myself
I try to be so nice to myself
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8. |
So Hard
03:38
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Won’t pick up the telephone
Won’t answer at all
Well I’m probably the selfish one
Cause I never call when you want me to
It’s so hard to be friends with you
It’s so hard to be friends with you
Then in the afternoon
We’re headed to play
Now that I hear from you
Just called to say you won’t be there
It’s so hard to be friends with you
It’s so hard to be friends with you
Leave it to happenstance to see you again
You can’t cancel on our plans if we leave them unplanned again
And I won’t hold out
It’s so hard to be friends with you
It’s so hard to be friends with you
Yeah I think it’s impossible to be (friends with you)
Anything that you want me to, I’m not (friends with you)
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Outsider
03:57
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She looks back at the quiet place she couldn’t wait to leave behind
It’s too bad she missed the infinite, too late for her to find
She directs all the negatives to anyone who’s near
And elects a course directly to wherever that’s not here
Outside her the colors keep on changing
Outsider, you always saw so strangely
It’s so hard to trace the path she takes from anywhere to here
Did she ever feel the warm embrace she says has disappeared?
But she always goes alone and it’s always so unknown
And she wraps herself in discontent that she can call her own
Outside her the colors keep on changing
Outsider, you always saw so strangely
Is it just breathing different air?
A different altitude somewhere?
Beyond the shadow of despair (shadows follow everywhere)
I hope you find yourself out there
In the quiet place you couldn’t wait to leave behind
It’s too bad you missed the infinite, too late for you to find
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Islands
02:23
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Some men are islands proud of the wreckage on their shores
They’re laughing, smiling, crushing ships upon approach
Who needs a harbor when you’ve got a rock to throw?
The water takes you slowly
Out on the ocean, lonely tenders of the grave
Shunning devotion, think they’re stronger than the waves
Who needs an anchor when you’ve got hot air to blow?
The water takes you slowly
I don’t want to watch you drown
But it’s gonna be so hard to feel bad for you
I don’t wanna be around, but I might wanna know
Out where the land ends, broken pieces in the sea
Better abandoned, floating free from anything
Who needs connection when alone is all you know?
The water eats you slowly
I don’t want to watch you drown
But it’s gonna be so hard to feel bad for you
I don’t wanna be around
But I might wanna know (might wanna know)
Might wanna know (might wanna know)
I might wanna know (might wanna know)
Yeah, I might wanna know
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11. |
Clouds
03:48
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How do you wanna sound?
There’s still time to open up your mouth and make your mind up
Moving in minutes now
There’s no going back to yesterday to make the time up
Because you couldn’t decide
Between nothing at all
And blowing the cloud out of your mouth
And climbing the wall
Because you couldn’t decide
Which side you wanna be on
Until it’s already done
How do you wanna sound?
There’s a person there inside yourself if you could find it
Who are you trying out?
Put that person on and bury who you are inside it
How do you wanna sound?
There’s no going back to yesterday to make the time up
Because you couldn’t decide
Between nothing at all
And blowing the cloud out of your mouth
And climbing the wall
Because you couldn’t decide
Which side you wanna be on
Until it’s already done
I wanna die in the silence
The kind of sound you hear when no one is listening
We can be quiet
Because I need to hear everything and I’m tired of the fear
That I’m not quite loud enough (not quite loud enough)
Not quite loud enough
Not quite loud enough
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12. |
Better Days
03:30
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What do you say to a dying friend?
Do you tell him all the plans you’ve made for when he’s well again?
What do you say to a dying friend?
Do you reminisce on better days before the light was dim?
It’s always hard
When all we’ve got
A memory of the stars
Is all they are
What do you say to a dying friend?
Do you let him know your sadness or should you be brave for him?
What do you say to a dying friend?
That you learned so much from her that if she’s gone she’s still within?
It’s always hard
When all we’ve got
A memory of the stars
Is all they are.
One day I will close my eyes
And I will go there too
I hope that I see you
One day I will close my eyes
And I will go there too
I hope that I see you
What do you say?
(to a dying friend)
What do you say?
(That the memories you made mean this is really not the end?)
What do you say? (what do you say?)
What do you say? (what do you say?)
What do you say? (what do you say?)
What do you say? (what do you say?)
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13. |
Sunlight Creeps
02:55
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It’s the window to the mind and the sunlight that shines in
Staring long, and you’ll go blind to the darker times within
Something pulls you and you can’t say why
But it’s the only warmth you know (only warmth you know)
If it’s starting to make you tired
You can close your eyes and go
Crawling deep to fall asleep in the heaven you create
You were gone and nothing changed, was it really an escape?
Something pulls you and you can’t say why
But it’s the only warmth you know (only warmth you know)
If it’s starting to make you tired, you can close your eyes and go
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Tooth Lures a Fang Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Power Pop
Zach Starkie
Katy Evers
Nic Pater
John Kathman
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