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Seasick
02:30
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I can feel it
these waves of time
they pull me down
got me seasick
and soon enough
Iâm gonna drown
I canât keep pushing back the plans I got
impersonating something that Iâm not
port to starboard
rolling crashing
racing past my eyes
got me seasick
I can feel it
I can feel it
new start dead end
I fake my way through everything
all my old friends
forget how well I know them
through twisting gales I keep the sails aligned
recalibrate when something goes awry
port to starboard
rolling crashing
racing past my eyes
got me seasick
I can feel it
I can feel it
we get caught up in the little things
displaced from what we know
though Iâm not too fond of traveling
thereâs a long long wake behind me
and I can feel it
I can feel it
I can feel it
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2. |
Not Afraid
03:14
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crashing down in a fit of ferocity
an ice cold ricochet scattering across the lake
when I get through to you will you care?
for Iâve been living inside this sanctuary
walls propped up in a suffocating masquerade
if you knew the truth would it break?
still I fall from here (away from here)
I know Iâll fade away from here (away from here)
now theyâre rolling out the kerosene carpet
light it up, burn it down, theyâll see what they wanna see
did I fool you too, innocence?
somethingâs wrong and we donât talk about it
oceans shift a thousand times around me
somethingâs wrong and we donât talk about it
oceans shift a thousand times around me
still I fall from here (away from here)
I know Iâll fade away from here (away from here)
Iâm not afraid
Iâm not afraid
Iâm not afraid
Iâm not afraid
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Start This Over
03:33
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I fell apart this winter
snow piled on the ground
the hours start to splinter
now that youâre not around
and I go in circles
pacing through the dark
thinking âhow did it get to
spending our nights apart?â
wish I could start this over
say the things I shouldâve said
I know I feel like Iâm a different person
than I was the day you left
you used to pull me closer
spin up the silk cocoon
your head was on my shoulder
straight through the afternoon
so I run it backwards
right up to the start
thinking âhow did it get to
junk on the curbside
spending our nights apart?â
wish I could start this over
say the things I shouldâve said
I know I feel like Iâm a different person
than I was the day you left
I feel the weight
of all my mistakes
but I learned too late
wish I could start this over
say the things I shouldâve said
I know I feel like Iâm a different person
than I was the day you left
and I go in circles
pacing through the dark
thinking âhow did it get to
an empty apartment
junk on the curbside
spending our nights apart?â
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Caterpillar!
02:31
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How does it feel when youâre walking along and you fall in a jar where itâs always raining?
where do you go when your grandma is stoned and your dogâs on the phone with the DEA?
caterpillar! caterpillar!
crawling through the yard and
headed for the garden
caterpillar! caterpillar!
the leaves are greener on the other side
why does the sound of a bull sitting down give you all kinds of doubt about stock investing?
how do you sleep when your pockets are deep and you bought a TV while the glaciers melt?
caterpillar! caterpillar!
crawling through the yard and
headed for the garden
caterpillar! caterpillar!
the leaves are greener on the other side
caterpillar! caterpillar!
squirming up a branch and
chomping on the plants
itâs a caterpillar! caterpillar!
the flowerâs sweeter once you learn to fly
caterpillar! caterpillar!
crawling through the yard and
headed for the garden
caterpillar! caterpillar!
the leaves are greener on the other side
caterpillar! caterpillar!
squirming up a branch and
chomping on the plants
itâs a caterpillar! caterpillar!
the flowerâs sweeter once you learn to fly
caterpillar! caterpillar!
caterpillar! caterpillar!
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Turnaround
02:58
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we all wait for the turnaround
the fall of our despair
for this shrine is sure to drown
as the embers fill the air
tried to find some meaning in the mess
and came up dry but even though this world is bleak
youâll always be the waves upon the shore
they pulverize that common ground
when itâs fracked beneath our feet
we all wait for the turnaround
just a hopeless fantasy?
tried to find some meaning in the mess
and came up dry but even though this world is bleak
Iâll always be the waxwing at your door
tried to find some meaning in the mess
and came up dry but even though this world is bleak
youâll always be the one who I adore
who I adore
I adore
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Because You Love Me
02:00
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because you love me
the dark of the night lifts skyward ever so slowly
and when the dove sings
you offer the rhyme that turns the requiem rosy
how do I say what I want?
where do I always go wrong?
because you love me
the dance of the wind rolls softly through the still forest
and in a heartbeat
a delicate mist can whip right into a torrent
how do I say what I want?
where do I always go wrong?
all that I know is that yours is the hand to hold mine
if youâre so inclined
like warmth in the cold
we drift through the unknown
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