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1. |
Love, Love, Love
04:15
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is there any way
anyway that you can see this maybe turning out right
they took my bridge and my car
no thought if i could move on
i found some lightning that was there to grab me
and i remember when
remember when you came back when everything around me was lost
you told me stay where you are
you took a seat at the bar
and told me well that we'd be staying up late
(prechorus)
i never preach
but when their chemicals ignited
it dropped me right back in my life
just for a time
you had to be there when
(chorus)
love, love, love
and everybody's talking about me now
love, love, love
but you can just drive me right there into the ground
love, love, love
so i can feel the other side
if i come out
is there any way
anyway to see this for anything but what it is
he's falling down in the world
just like his father before
just like i know it's gonna take me someday
but i remember when
remember when you were there when all the lights they disappeared
and now the roles are reversed
and every word feels rehearsed
ain't even known you since we named the lake
(prechorus)
i rarely see just what i need
so it stays with me
so keep me crying
keep me whining
keep me high up life in shambles
when i say
(chorus)
(bridge)
some people stayed and
some drove away and
some can't be raised
that's nothing that new now
some people made it
others are jaded
the others say you're fool for waiting
some people changed and
some stayed the same and
some are afraid of something new now
some people made up
some people gave up
some people cut you down to get a boost now
(chorus)
love, love, love
and everybody's talking about me now
love, love, love
yeah i can hear them all from under ground
love, love, love
i wanna feel the other side
when i come out
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2. |
Fashionista's Party
04:53
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stereo was calling me
around the time that i
that i was meant to leave
drifting in and out
an awkward proximity
to argue the pop scene
if i was somewhere greener
drive them to their knees
(chorus)
we caught a fashionista's party
just to break up our demands
i got too stoned in the bathroom
you were drinking grander plans
and when you found me in the pantry
tried to make you understand
saying no i'm not your family
but i might just be your friend
when this ends
they planned their words for weeks
the reference complete
the black hole that is me
you fought them off valiantly
and quite needlessly
cos you won't ever leave
the odd word over dinner
drove you to your knees
(chorus)
we caught a fashionista's party
just to break up our demands
i got too stoned in the bathroom
you were drinking grander plans
and when you found me in the pantry
tried to make you understand
saying no i'm not your family
but i might just be your friend
saying no i'm not your family
but i might just be your friend
singing no i'm not your family
and i'll never be your friend
(bridge)
and you said
please take my hand
you've been hiding from our children
finding shelter in the math
then i said
please understand
you've been running from a failure
that you never gave a chance
then we danced
(instrumental)
(coda)
drugs right through the winter
drinks til summer's end
we only poked our heads to find we lost our friends
settled there on Park street
settled til it ends
there must be someone who deserves calm more than this
so don't take this the wrong way
get out while you still can
remember me don't stare at me through what is left
not like this
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3. |
We Live Alone
04:21
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get me up
i won't be forever wired
why does stagnating leave me tired
all along
they want to talk
but not with me it's been awhile
since i saw them all them kids
have piled up
(prechorus)
and i bet
more than,
i can ever answer for yeah
yesterday was the same
i've been here before
waiting for the end of winter
holding out for something bigger
i've held it all
let's just pretend you're not my only hope
(chorus)
we live alone
in silence
hoping for a chance to be best friends
we live alone
in silence
it's what it is
give it up
cos you just miscalculated
it's an hour from the couch
to out the door
and they'll want to talk
about everything you're missing
thinly veiled as a description
of what they want
(prechorus)
and i bet
more than,
i'll be ever asking for yeah
drinking faith from a paper
cup on the floor
not self aware enough to call it
always on the right side of something
your glass is full
no need to measure when you
made the rules
(chorus)
(solo)
(bridge)
in our sleep
we're never gonna cry or dream no
silver scenes on the screen
they leave us behind
the strangest things will keep us going
we've gotten good at being broken
we carry on
it's just the way it's always been
(chorus)
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4. |
Kept Inside
03:20
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give me sweet mornings
where we call out late
dropping everything
for a look that tells me
that the world can wait
give me sweeter nights
don't turn out the lights
they all end too soon
every finite moment
that i'm staring into you
(chorus)
give me all your light
that you kept inside
give me all the dreams that keep you up
my first sight when i'm waking up
and i'll give you all my life
give me afternoons
with nothing to do
sunset afternoons
where we share a glance to
say let's never leave this room
(chorus)
give me every fight
just to make things right
just there to remind
us there will never be
another you and i
(chorus)
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5. |
Maybe on the Way Down
03:40
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friends
a word for dead ends
at one point i needed lists to keep my ties
these days
can count on one hand
can just count to five
and shoes
once had a use
once had a need an urge to tell the truth
now i
i can't be bothered
for a lie
(prechorus)
the only time you cross my mind
is when i check the time
and drink myself to death on what could have been
(chorus)
maybe on the way down
maybe when the wheels all come off on your life
then maybe we could be friends
maybe we could reach the end of my life
we just might deserve a try/no it doesn't hurt to try
you, you could be you
but not the you that's falling short for you
the you that could be bothered for the time
and i,
i could be me
in all the brilliant ways i want to be
your dream, your manic pixie
like you for me
(prechorus)
the only time you cross my mind
is when i'm aiming high
and trading out could be with what could have been
(chorus)
(solo)
(chorus)
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6. |
Street Signs
03:38
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so long
you made it
or maybe not but hey they're not complaining
you
you got nobody you can lose
you messed up
won't say it
but one by one you saw them graduate from you
you kept your smile
for the room
(chorus)
i didn't mean to let you fall so far without me
i didn't mean to make you walk so far alone
find a light
a street sign
any kind of clue to buy us some more time
that's all
i didn't mean to let you fall so far without me
your best friend
you meant it
a face that meant the world in that small place and time
don't ask you what they've been up to
exploded
and scattered
so put some noise on over what's the matter
you you got so much work
left to do
(chorus)
(bridge)
and now the fork's in the mirror
can barely make it out
remade for who now belongs here
think what you'd think of you now
(chorus)
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7. |
Footnote
03:31
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riding in the simple summer
the one i'm gonna call forever
when times are darkest, counting hours
i'll put me in your grandma's foyer
and it's all downhill from here
they must have spied us through that window
yeah it's all downhill from here
we only didn't cos i got yellow
(chorus)
and there's nowhere to go from here
your mind has turned months into years
i keep on driving any change could end it
i leave me blind so i can keep pretending
but there's nowhere to go
riding through the tinted summer
that honeyed air won't let you sober
with days below ground, O.G. theater
and nights you're watching me live up there
it's all downhill from here
we found a spark in a west coast winter
yeah it's all downhill from here
we stayed up early and broke some records
(chorus)
(solo)
but i, i'm barely a footnote
and i, yeah i know
(chorus)
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8. |
Right for the First Time
03:22
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Waste your time
but you don't check the second hand
Not quite right
But you give me the benefit
i
Could spend this one with you
Don't sing sweet
Cos they'll run all away again
don't have much just keys and a couple grand
i don't use this rented room
(chorus)
i won't be
your light
you won't be
my stars in the sky
we won't be
what you
you saw through your child eyes
one five four
i'll write you a simple tune
won't be much but
each word is just for you
nothing's quite complete
so we got a reason
what's it for
as if everybody cares about it
500 don't make break
Much anything
i
Could spend this one with you
(chorus)
i won't be
your light
you won't be
my stars in the sky
we won't be
what you
you wanted with child eyes
one five four
i'll write you a simple tune
won't be much but
each word is just for you
nothing's quite complete
so we got a reason
(Bridge)
we took the 101 tonight
and found ourselves new space and time
We gave those hours right up
So freely most every night
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
(Chorus)
one five four
i'll write you a simple tune
won't be much
each word is just for you
nothing's quite complete
so we got a reason
four one five
i don't know another way
to save our life
been this since the salad days
be my queen
take me
vienna to venice beach
we're right for the first time
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9. |
Love You Like I Can't
02:57
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was it in the little things
A look that's only for you
Or was it in the simple things
was just the first love you knew
but make no mistake about it now
yeah he can love you like i can't
and did i only want that
when you're all that i've seen
no i gave myself more credit then
but you were right in front of me
But you're all that i wanted
You're all that i need
do you see me hiding
well i've been dancing with myself
do you see me hiding for no one else
well i don't think about it now
(instrumental)
do you see me hiding
well i've been dancing with myself
do you see me hiding for no one else
Stay up with me one time
and i can show you something else
you'd have that yellow dress on
and i'd play a days away song
then you said
i came with somebody else
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10. |
Shutting Down
04:31
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when i show you my work through
i throw you off
you don't know what i mean
how have i made such an age
and not know what to say
(prechorus)
and i know you like what you see
and i know you get what you need
but still sooner or now i'll still lose everything
just know sooner not later
yeah sooner
just
(chorus)
stop shutting down at everything
why is my mind tunnel blind
every time for anything
cover your eyes i've got something to hide
i'll just miss you
am i better or worse off to know
just which year's on repeat
why can't it be a bad moment not me
see one more's on the way
(prechorus)
and i know you and just what you'll say
is there value in hearing the same (full stop)
my expectations
have poisoned my chances
but aren't no expectations
a sign of a...
(chorus)
(solo)
(chorus)
stop shutting down at everything
why is my mind tunnel blind
every time for anything
why is my mind tunnel blind
every time for anything
sooner or now it'll catch up to me
it's my mind making matter
with my soul under siege
set the science aside
it's been no good to me
save for drowning out voices
surely wearing from me
there's no sparing of senses
when you see it coming
so i'll
cover my eyes i've got something to hide
i can't win every time
but could change my reply
but still don't be surprised when i'm quiet tonight
i just miss you
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11. |
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(chorus)
will you come along
and i'll sing you a song
like when we were both young
and the world was all ours
could you once not let on
just once don't let it happen to you
happen to you
june came on like a boss
as if to whisper that all is not lost
but i waste it just blaming horizons
the moment is gone
i don't track much the days
of empty rooms and a band that still played
with the flower that blew out i shrank down
with no way to pay
(prechorus)
when i'd wake you
with hammers and strings
when i'd save you
not from anything
just so sure you
should be smiling when i'm gone
(chorus)
will you come along
and i'll sing you a song
like when we were both young
and the world was all ours
could you once not let on
just once don't let it happen to you
but you sent them along
cos you're still holding on
swore the words were all wrong
and the colors all gone
cos you can't once let on
no you won't it happen to you
here's a two sided town
where dreams are lost
but where nothing gets found
and i spent what i meant to get out
to get you to swoon
and i'm drinking all night
i missed my twenties so i'm living them tonight
in the seconds between bad and worse
i'm chasing them too
(prechorus)
and i'll make you
with chords and with strings
i'll replace you
with crowds who will sing
the good of you
i'll swear you're smiling
when you're gone
(instrumental)
(chorus)
+
but you sent them along
cos you're still holding on
swore the words were all wrong
and the colors all gone
cos you can't once let on
no you won't it happen to you
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12. |
If You Go (Bonus Track)
02:41
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and if you go
i'll leave you all alone
i'll teach myself to not look for you anymore
someday things they will settle down
if you don't
it's on and on again
i'll complicate your life if you would let me in
i need you to not stand for it when
(chorus)
summer takes you
i need you to
find your way back to me through this storm
tell me that you'll
come back down soon
i know you're not sure
anymore
and if you go
just leave me all alone
convince myself to not rely on you so much
when i can't explain myself why you're gone
and everything will drip
the lines i tried and failed to catch more
than your feet
i want you here not sympathy
(chorus)
summer takes you
i need you to
find your way back to me through this storm
tell me that you'll
come back down soon
i know you're not sure
anymore
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