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Futureproof
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I know you're drifting back into your head
to how she kept her books beside your bed
and kissed you slowly through the afternoon
but that was back when she adored you
I’ve seen the purple mountain’s majesty
witnessed a lover turn away from me
felt the cold clasp of winter
yet still the moon it shines without her
you found love but now you’re on your own
you want it to be futureproof
you can save a picture on your phone
but you can’t save your fleeting youth
futureproof
futureproof
the road is sprawling out in front of you
you wanna do just what you wanna do
so rip a page from Kerouac
and make a promise not to circle back
you found love but now you’re on your own
you want it to be futureproof
you can save a picture on your phone
but you can’t save your fleeting youth
futureproof
futureproof
oh no you’re holding onto something
that wasn’t what you thought it was
over it’s over now
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Loans
03:19
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everyone’s got their own plans
a map of brooklyn on the backs of their hands
but no one ever seems to find their way out the door
you could say you’re unworthy
and settle for a bit of jersey
or you could cram in the train as if there’s something to fight for
they’re always saying
“you’ll never make it on your own.
why don’t you take another loan?”
before you know it
you’re hardly fighting for yourself
owned by everybody else
and I’ll never understand, no I’ll never understand
maybe it’s time to revisit Camus
that myth of sisyphus is sizzling you
and a stone with that kind of weight could put a dent in your interest
for all the times you could lie awake
and ponder if there was a better mistake
it doesn’t matter doesn’t matter you’re screwed either way
they’re always saying
“you’ll never make it on your own.
why don’t you take another loan?”
before you know it
you’re hardly fighting for yourself
owned by everybody else
and I’ll never understand, no I’ll never understand
scrawled in pen across your palm
remember all you’ve got to pay
you’d better find a way
looming thick above the calming river
all you’ve got to pay
you’d better find the way to all you’ll ever know
that’s the way it goes
that’s the way it goes
that’s the way it goes
that’s the way it goes
that’s the way it goes
that’s the way it goes
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Bug Eyes
02:07
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the street was buzzing low as darkness wove around
one of those nights that float a foot above the ground
she stood close to him, moonlight cast across the square
and smiled softly as a hush fell through the air
and he said “don’t give me those bug eyes”
they carried on the way an oak collects its rings
another chapter written every passing spring
and as the skies lit up with auburn, red, and merrigold
she saw in his face the fact that they were growing old
and he said “don’t give me those bug eyes”
“don’t give me those bug eyes”
there comes a time we all must place our pencils down
maybe tomorrow maybe fifty years from now
when he came home from what what meant to be a routine test
she knew at once and felt a sinking in her chest
and he said “don’t give me those bug eyes”
“don’t give me those bug eyes”
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