1. |
That Was Fun
02:19
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I can't write anything that I like
That I would listen to if I was you and you were me
And all these kids with their high school bands
Go out and play their songs and the faces clap their hands
Well that was fun, yeah I gave it a shot
You all moved on but I did not
And now it's done, and I missed my chance
I'll walk back home and try again
I roll with the unfamiliar and choke when I come up for air
At all the miles and millions of people waiting there
You know I don't get upset about it, swimming in the void
Just promise me if you were out there you'd help me if you could
Well that was fun, yeah I gave it a shot
You all moved on but I did not
And now it's done, and I missed my chance
I'll walk back home and try again
I'll try again
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2. |
Cardboard Box
04:44
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When you think about the future what do you see
Build a house and start a family
Use your gifts to get that paper
Do it now don't wait 'til later
Sounds pretty good but you know what I think
I can't focus on a single thing
And it's no joke but it's pretty funny
I got dreams but I ain't got money
Yeah I got dreams but I ain't go money
So let's just go away
In a cardboard box, you and I'll be hiding
In a cardboard box, we'll be there to stay
And in that cardboard box, no one else will find us
In a cardboard box, we'll live happily
I know it's weird and I know I'm joking
But if I'm for real this really ain't working
All of my friends and I are free
But none of us are who we want to be
None of us are truly who we want to be
Sounds pretty bad, but you know what I mean
Conformity or anxiety
And it's no joke but it's pretty funny
If you got dreams then you best have money
Yeah if you got dreams then you best have money
So let's just go away
In a cardboard box, you and I'll be hiding
In a cardboard box, we'll be there to stay
And in that cardboard box, no one else will find us
In a cardboard box, we'll live happily
You know it won't be expensive
Some cardboard and a few pencils
I'll bring my guitar and sing
And you'll draw pictures for everyone to see
In a cardboard box, you and I'll be hiding
In a cardboard box, we'll be there to stay
And in that cardboard box, no one else will find us
In a cardboard box, we'll live happily
In a cardboard box, you and I'll be hiding
In a cardboard box, we'll be there to stay
And in that cardboard box, no one else will find us
In a cardboard box, we'll live happily
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3. |
Back Up
03:29
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Woke up today and dreamed of fifty perfect ways
To make it big sell all my friends the success that I might make
I'm always happy when I speak in riddle or rhyme
It sounds so good 'til I write it out and read it a few more times
Just like my friends the best ones happen all too fast
Sometimes my thoughts spill out to them like the best songs that I have
And now my problems are spread out to different states
If I need someone's advice well then I'll just have to wait
So it's all just a waste now
'Cause nothing gold or silver ever stays
So back up, just back up
I don't want to waste your time
You don't want to waste all mine
Just back up and go get out there
'Cause I already got all mine, I already got all mine
Just back up
Got to learn to hold on to the ones I love some way
'Cause the people that I'm closest to are here and gone in a day
You'd think it nice, I never have to get too close
But it's never been about the outcome just about the ones you know
That's why it's all just a waste now
'Cause nothing gold or silver ever stays
Now back up, just back up
I don't want to waste your time
You don't want to waste all mine
Just back up and go get out there
'Cause I already got all mine, I already got all mine
Just back up
I already got all mine, and I don't want to waste your time
Just back up
I already got all mine, I already got all mine
Just back up
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4. |
Killer
04:12
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I've tried and I've tried I've killed and I've lied
Anything to get your attention
I wrote twenty lines about the look in your eyes
But hearing them didn't cause you to see
Sang you the works from a ten story building
But Spotify has nothing on me
'Cause your headphones play what you tell them to play
And you shut them off when your headphones play me
We're not on the same wavelength
If I'm an x-ray, you're a crest in the sea
But that doesn't mean that I can't keep on trying
To get you, to fix you and me
I die every time on your Facebook timeline
It takes longer to get back to me
Search for a picture that will give me a reason
Those pictures are like a one year story
But you only read mainly fiction and scripture
And there's no room for these fantasies
And the light that you need when you sit down to read
Comes from elsewhere, a place that I'll never be
We're not on the same wavelength
If I'm an x-ray, you're a crest in the sea
But that doesn't mean that I can't keep on trying
To get you, to fix you and me
Oh maybe I can be the slippers on your feet
Or the apple that keeps you so healthy
I'm content to be a flower by the tree
Just so long as you notice me daily
But from what I am sensing it seems like you're sensing
Something different entirely
And it don't make no sense how'd it end up like this
I'm a killer, I'm so sorry
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5. |
Driving
03:26
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Sick and tired of raining driving in your car
All the world's a stage but we don't know where we are
I should have known
I love the sound of rain falling on the hood
I want to crack a window 'cause the water feels so good
I should have known
The weather keeps on changing, I don't mind
My indecision kills you all the time
Nothing's perfect, but everything's fine
I used to fall, but I changed my mind
I hope the sun is shining and all is good
I hope you find what you thought you would
'Cause we're only human and we're always changing
And we should know
'Cause when the sun shines we get burned
We miss the cold we thought we would not know
That there's some kind of peace but I know I'll never reach it
I should have known
The weather keeps on changing, I don't mind
My indecision kills you all the time
Nothing's perfect, but everything's fine
I used to fall, but I changed my mind
The weather keeps on changing, I don't mind
My indecision kills you all the time
Nothing's perfect, but everything's fine
I used to fall, but I changed my mind
I changed my mind
I changed my mind
I always change my mind
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6. |
Used to Feel So _______
03:33
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Anyone can do anything that's nothing that is new
In this world we're in
So why can't I impress myself with anything I do
If I win or if I lose
If I lose
This making music thing it is my favorite thing to do
But I force myself to write
And when I'm not here singing it's all that I want to do
Now I'm here and that's not true
No that's not true
I tell you, I never reach, I'm looking back
And all the gold's in the thing that I lack
I cannot see the things I have
I used to feel so
Give me that
Give me something special, satisfaction in the now
I don't want to disagree
Or take away the thought I could be doing something else
And I'd finish so easy
So easily
I tell you, I never reach, I'm looking back
And all the gold's in the thing that I lack
I cannot see the things I have
I used to feel so
Give me that
I need the different, I want a sound
That'll make me stick around
In the present, without change
I need the same
The thingy that I'm searching for is right in front of me
Let these eyes just see
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7. |
Something Came Up
04:24
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I'm jealous of you and your family
The night that you're promised to have
Another day and family dinner
Hey maybe I could get used to that
Yesterday was something different
'Cause today I'm not quite feeling like that
I lay it all out to dry then I scrap it when I turn my back
Something came up
Something came up
Something came up
Something came up
Something came up
Something came up
It's written all over the ceiling
The things I was trying to say
Someone else gave them new meaning
Now they'll cry at the end of the day
'Cause something came up
Something came up
Something came up
Something came up
Something came up
Something came up
All these societies, bedrooms, walls, and anxieties
All these societies, bedrooms, walls, and anxieties
All these societies, bedrooms, walls, and anxieties
All these societies, bedrooms, walls, and anxieties
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8. |
Tow Trucks
04:23
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The tow trucks are towing other tow trucks
And the doctor calls in sick
Mr. Policeman is trying to keep the peace, man
But he just can't help himself
Driver has lost his direction
And the suicide hotline phone
Says "I could give you some much needed help man
But I just need some of my own"
Everyone that you think has got the answers
Is looking for answers, too
And somebody is out there looking to you
So pretend like you do
And so it is with me and with you
I am no different
The only thing I know to be true
Is I am no different
And everyone that I think has got the answers
Is looking for answers, too
And somebody is out there looking to me
So I pretend like I do
Everyone just comes from something
Everyone just comes from something
Everyone just comes from something
No one tells you that they do
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9. |
Beers
03:58
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It's all kind of fuzzy because of the rain
Blurred all the windows as we watched Stranger Things
I sleep on the twin bed or maybe the floor
This shit always happens, but we still do it more
So let's drink a few beers that your sister left here
There's this new Chance song, we can both sing along
And it go
Lost twenty-eight dollars to get trapped in a room
I'll admit that I'm wrong but that means you'll have to, too
And six days later when you always have to leave
It's not a sad song, but I'm not too happy
So let's drink a few beers from the party you had here
I bought Slaughter Beach, Dog we can both learn to sing along
And it go
I'm excited to get there, but I'm anxious to leave
You said it happens to you, too
We both don't know what it means
I'm excited to get there, but I'm anxious to leave
You said it happens to you, too
We both don't know what it means
So let's drink a few beers while we're still stuck in here
It's still raining out there, but we're oh so safe in here
And I'll just sing this song and I'll probably play it wrong
And we'll work it out 'til next time
'Til next time
'Til next time
'Til next time
'Til next time
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10. |
Holiday Fame
04:00
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Can't tell where these steps go
Two steps move forward then back to the floor
Paradigm made for a song
But details are difficult, memories wrong
Try as I have to
It always slips through my fingers, my fear I missed out
Maybe something better if I stay in the crowd
In my favorite flannel with my jet black guitar
Or the white-walled apartment or alone in the car
I guess I'll give it a go
'Cause I tried to tell you I thought you should know
That I'll never be you
When I saw you outside on the phone
Couldn't muster the courage to clear my own throat
So I'll never be you
It always slips through my fingers, my fear I missed out
Maybe something better if I stay in the crowd
In my favorite flannel with my jet black guitar
Or the white-walled apartment or alone in the car
Which one will I be today, the loner or the DIY hero
Closer to holiday fame than I am to making a decision
Closer to this holiday fame than I am to a God damn decision
There's something else you should know
It's not about decisions or the Mr. Smalls show
Between my ear and my shoulder there's a pull
And I can't describe it
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In this life I can't be free
Thought I could be whatever I want to be
'Cause that's what my mother told me
Here I am, boy to man
Entire world in the palm of my hand
And it's coming to me
No matter what I seem to do
No matter how I run from you
I'm just
Another cog in the machine
With all the love but too many dreams
I've got
Too many dreams
Too many dreams, I've got too many dreams
I've got too many dreams
And none of them will be reality
And none of them will be reality
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