1. |
Numb
05:38
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There's memorabilia of a past life in this room
The shadow of new solitude
Of needing to just breathe next to you
I'll take my space in tune until someone busts me out
Put something bitter in my mouth
As we make haste to spread the blame around
Why we lay roots in different towns
Finally numb enough to go outside
Finally numb enough to go outside
There's nothing dangerous about this place anymore
Just well-lit vintage clothing stores
A life that your neighbors can't afford
Find something bigger if the small one fits you fine
A city running out of time
But you've abandoned all your picket signs
But the JMZ still runs on time
Man, we don't use the word "gentrify"
And they all did it, so why can't I?
Finally numb enough to go outside
Finally numb enough to go outside
Ooooh
Ooo-oooh
Ahhhhhhhh!!!!
Quiet on the phone is just quiet all the time
Is that what you want?
Get into a fight in your sublet every night.
Finally numb enough, still not having fun
Still not growing up, still not up to snuff
Saw you in a room, oh how I've missed you
Cry when you see me, love you Andy
Wrap you in a hug, rush through catching up
Squeeze your little hand, stay here with my band
Move to Ridgewood, Queens so you can be with me
The sunlight hits my cheek, and I'm ripped from the dream
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2. |
Know
03:37
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I've been running with my hands tied
Adding color to my windpipe
It's exactly what it sounds like
They don't need to know, know
Out there swimming through the riptide
Picking pieces from the hivemind
Making faces at a landslide
I don't need to know, know
Stand up, make sure you get there first
Sit down, it's yours, I won't even try
We communicate through white lies
Quoting scripture like it's foresight
I can't be there for you this time, you just need to go
It's not what you said it was, prophecy
Smiling like there's no one standing next to you, honestly
While the mother's suffering, primed to bleed
"I don't see what that has to do with me."
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3. |
Holy Place
04:54
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I want a seat around the outside looking in
I'm taking every bit of love from all my family and friends
And send them packing again
That's the way it's gonna end
I saw an empty pair of shoes on the highway last night
I felt the spirit floating up to a starless sky
I almost started to cry
That's how I wanna die
Resume the function while you're lonely rock yourself back to sleep
Omit the habit, find a sober corner so you can breathe
Lose the desire to speak
Fall back on quivering knees
Suppose the winter wasn't cold, would there still be a breeze?
Suppose that closing both your eyes would be a fine way to see
Suppose that's all that you'd need
Suppose we live in that dream!
I can't see you
I can't hear you
I can't feel you
I don't know
I can feel love slipping away
Used to be love every day
I'm done getting drunk on the couch
I hit the floor with it, filled with unfortunate joy
A quiet holy place where you can burn your fire at night
A way of living where you're never getting paid for your time
You work real hard til you die
It's not a grave, it's a smile
You can't just organize your way into whatever you like
Keep up your morals, spin your tires, while you're still doing fine
Leave all the garbage behind
You won't believe what you find
I can't see you
I can't hear you
I can't feel you
I don't know
I can feel love slipping away
Used to be love every day
I'm done getting drunk on the couch
I can feel love slipping away
Used to be love every day
I'm done getting drunk on the couch
I hit the floor with it, filled with unfortunate joy
I can feel love slipping away
Used to be love every day
I'm done getting drunk on the couch
I can feel love slipping away
Used to be love every day
I'm done getting drunk on the couch
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4. |
Death Fears
04:45
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I feel better when I'm alone
You respond with "I told you so,"
And on so it goes
Heavy eyes when you go to work
Stomach screaming beneath your shirt
How much more of this now?
I go home and I just bang my head
I go home and think about nothing
But I got tired of things feeling so loud
Not everything is terrible, the silence keeps me close to the ground
What does it feel like now?
But I got tired of things feeling so loud
Put down the phone it's time to go now
Complex rhythms that make you hurt
Bleeding out in the form of words
Calm down over there
Can't grow old with a cloudy mind
You're immortal if you can be kind
Death fears the adored
You can't touch me when I'm all alone
You can't touch what's in my head
But I got tired of things feeling so loud
My god, life can be terrible when you're the one who burns it all down
What does it feel like now?
But I got tired of things feeling so loud
So hard to know when it feels like home
I feel fine even if I waste my life
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5. |
Ground
03:48
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Looking down, wind lifts the spirit up from the ground
Fear in the clouds, shaking; try feeling weightless now
Wanna do something nice; maybe bring you dinner to your house
There's nobody home; dead in the parking lot alone
High off the ground
Waiting for the sky to spit me out
Terminal now
Twilight, quick death, out
Feeling my weight, trying not to fight myself today
Lay down to rest, separate the feeling from the head
I don't wanna see my friends, I can cop to that
When the light goes out, I might let them in
High off the ground
Waiting for the sky to spit me out
Terminal now
Praying for the rain the throw me down
High off the ground
Waiting for the sky to spit me out
Terminal now
Twilight, quick death, out
This is just a movie, I can't shake it from my dreams, I'm falling
We were barely friends when we slept, salvaging convenience at best
High off the ground
Waiting for the sky to spit me out
Terminal now
Twilight, quick death, out
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6. |
Rain
03:06
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It's an obligation to rise and meet the day
And you don't have an option; do everything they say
Always keep it even, always smile and wave
Always have an answer; things have been okay
Better than than sleeping in
Tired eyes, we'll go again
And I don't even wanna die
If it doesn't rain soon, I am gonna freak out
Everything is water, we can work it out
I'm stuck in my house on and off again
Busy on the weekends, tied up on weekdays
What would it even feel like if we didn't live this way?
Better than than sleeping in
Tired eyes, we'll go again
And I don't even wanna die
If it doesn't rain soon, I am gonna freak out
Sunny days in August only serve to bring me down
Go enjoy the weather, while the heat is still around
Everything is water, we can work it out
I'm still in my house on and off again
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7. |
Paid
03:36
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It's okay, I'm getting what I paid for
And it never stops, life in bloom
I feel alright, I'm living what I stayed for
It's small and disconnected, it's colder since my friends left
To do something dangerous, to find that "something more than this"
I came for something more than feeling through the darkness
Choked up and easily amused
Every day we rush to meet the same chores
Feel the weight of your job, light the room
Half an hour bleeds into a day or more
The changing of the seasons, do you still have a reason?
All your gardens
Tucked in margins
But are you still here?
Hello?
You didn't have to worry; it's all a game to you
I see you walk around; I never speak to you
I came for something more than feeling through the darkness
Choked up and easily amused
I came for something more than feeling through the darkness
Choked up and easily amused
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8. |
Not Moving
04:43
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Misconception, hung out to dry over the weekend over my dumb tongue
Sent you a picture of dirty glitter, of pills and sweat in a so-so mixture
Condescension, make sure you mention I've grown up, though we've split up, but
I'm splintered sunlight, morose and uptight
There's no room for compromise cause
Time's not moving any slower now
We'll never figure it out
Silence is fleeing, modern life competing with private thoughts, when does it stop?
Narcotic fiction, lonely benediction, blissed out fun on 81
Control the quivers, stillness is for quitters, roots grow down if they know how, but
No empty meaning, only empty fiending, not quite old just young and cold but
Times not moving any slower
There's no fear of getting older
Time's not moving any slower now
We'll never figure it out
We'll never figure it out
Time to start living on my own again
(We'll never figure it out)
Time to start living on my own again
(We'll never figure it out)
I'd like to see you, I hardly know you
Sure'd like to see you, you're only wasting your time
Time to start living on my own again
(We'll never figure it out)
Time to start living on my own again
(We'll never figure it out)
Wouldn't mean a thing, wouldn't mean a thing
Wouldn't mean a thing, wouldn't mean a thing
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9. |
Speak
04:10
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Is this real or is it something I found in my teeth
You communicate your action, but you won't even go there
Where you from? It's nowhere; we can hardly speak
Getting caught up in the reason, quick motion and sleep
You forgot about compassion, but everybody loves you
And you're so quick to judge you; just you
I can't buy into the affection, tense when I
Find colors start to show
I can't give everyone attention, tense when I
Find everything's the same, and I'm the one who changed
Maybe I'm the one who's eager to crucify me
Quick to anger, righteous passion, I know
And I'm so slow to speak, I'd do exactly what you've done to me
To make sure nothing grows; What do we know?
I can't buy into the affection, tense when you
Find colors start to show
I can't give everyone attention, tense when I
Find everything's the same, and I'm the one who changed
Try nothing, forceful, bolder than the rest
Obnoxious, dutiful, and easily-impressed
Work job and telephone you find something to send
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10. |
Quiet
05:10
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Now I know that I can't give myself the option
Breathe in, breathe out, enough's enough, that's fine
But what comes next when you bleed through an entire season?
And the love you have left is a side effect?
But now straight to the point, you fear everything that's bigger than you
You know that you do
Smaller, safer, sounder, get away
I've been looking for some peace and quiet in my head
I control the daydream laying face-down in my bed
Sleeping a lot, only so my body's feeling rested to sit
All day to make money just to put it away, it's only a phase, but it fits
Sometimes the world feels smaller when it's me without the others
Like being undercover, like being alone
But you don't have a choice, you will drown in something bigger than you
When you make the move
Justify the time and get away
I've been looking for some peace and quiet in my head
I control the daydream when it's weightless in my bed
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Big Nobody Rochester, New York
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