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Quantify
03:34
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you can quantify your terror
analyze every corner
every crack in the
windows of your room
you can paint without vision
no expectations or revision
besides they'll all say
you said something
whether or not you meant to
filling up the prescriptions
and all debauchery ending
left before i grew up
before i could be a fool
and you feel like you might
fall off the face of the earth
and you take so much
and you give so little to
your worth
the thoughts winding
and tangling the nerves
in your brain
and you hope to some god
you wont always be this way
you can quantify your terror
reading up on the disorder
but calling yourself a faulty machine
wont do much of anything
desperate for some consistence
and when you're not down just at a distance
floating somewhere flatlined
in the stratosphere
and you feel like you might
fall off the face of the earth
and you take so much
and you give so little to
your worth
the thoughts winding
and tangling the nerves
in your brain
and you hope to some god
you wont always be this way
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Limited Hands
03:13
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we’re all trying to walk the straight line
between too much and too little time
oh what you want you say you cant find
we’re all trying to conquer the tight rope
while exposing our high hopes
out there on the line
my limited hands
my limited mind
my limited words
my limited time
we’re all just pennies on the scale
dated and frail
just trying to pay the bills
but will you miss it when it’s gone
when you've sung your last song
when you’ve painting your last one
i want to write
i want to swear
i want this out of me
by which way i don’t care
just let me let this go
right now, today
i don’t need validation
from anyone but me
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3. |
Texas Heat
04:35
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The Texas heat
Well it's something to rely on
When there's not much to rely on
And certainty
Seems only for the crazed
I guess I understand
The craze about it
But I don't wanna be
The girl standing
Under the lamplights anymore
Been there once twice
So many times before
I let my heart drift
A little too far ahead
And the moon a metaphor
For all things
Hiding their battered side
On the bed
Swallowing these rocks
You’d think id get a boost
From all the minerals
But I've been going at this
Sometime in the waiting room
With a man without hands
Beating me too
At a game I've played before
But forgotten the rules
So if you know em
Wont you please whisper them
Back to me
I cant wake up from this nothing
Solitary
Wondering why to bother besides
For the people you see
That tell me they’re so proud
We love you
Through the smog and grief
Sometimes I think
That things are getting better
So something must go wrong
I get these headaches and the weather
So unpredictable
Filling our lungs with mold
And I hope as I grow old
I get a little bit bolder
Swallowing these rocks
You’d think I'd get a boost
From all the minerals
But I've been going at this
Sometime in the waiting room
With a man without hands
Beating me too
At a game I've played before
But forgotten the rules
So give the guy your
Red ticket to the carousel
Constant pirouettes that drag you
Back down to hell
I've got nothing left but bile
So you can tell
The black eyed dog
That I've got nothing left
To keep him well
To keep me well
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I Never Knew
03:41
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I never knew that love
Could be so sweet
Walked your honey home
When you were fourteen
I never knew that love
Could be so sweet
I never knew that love
Could be so sad
Scooped up your darling
When things got bad
I never knew that love
Could be so sad
Could it be true?
Why didn't I believe ‘till you
Were holding back tears
In the middle of the room
She left so soon
I never knew that love
Could be that way
Didn't have a single
Word to say so I’ll
Hold on tight
Wont let go till May
Until you know her
As the summer breeze
Breathe her in
She'll fill your lungs with ease
And whisper secrets
Through the tall oak trees
Of what she's seen
I want to send you a letter
Send you a book
Tell you how beautiful
Your love looked
And everyone knew it too
Everyone knew it too
I never knew that love
Could be so sweet
Walked your honey home
When you were fourteen
I never knew that love
Could be so sweet
I never knew that love
Could be so right
We said goodbye by
The end of the night but
I never knew that love could
Be so right
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No Alibi
04:29
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i’m a wandering child
in a department store
between the aisles
shelves snake like a maze
stomach bubbling
i’m a fish in a pool
of piss and self-pity
the algae floats to the top
as if stagnance could be pretty
i’m an actor in a roll i no longer
know how to play
i’m a catholic, guilt ridden
with no God or faith
i’m a child begging my mom
wont you please lift me
so i can see where the light begins
is it the moon or just the beams
of headlights passing
leaving as quickly as
they’re seen
so if you don't say hello
i understand why
i say i work for you but sleep all day
and i never look you
in the eye
i wake up disappointed
hating myself
so i understand
if you just walk past me
i understand
if you've already tried
i understand
if you just cant help me
because i've got no alibi
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