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Over It
03:04
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What’s going through your head
Are you six feet under
Or just over it
Are you over it
All this seething over something you can’t fix
Indifferent to consequence
Is another moment of silence gonna help you
Get out of your head
When will it end
Is this really as bad as it gets
Are you over it
Are you missing something
A hollow rotting inside of you
Can’t be worse than before
Where do you run
Hardest thing you’ll ever do is change
Hardest thing you’ll ever do is wait
Are you over it
It’s always the same
This endless and empty shame
On your knees in the dark
Begging for mercy
Help me please
Crawling out of your skin
Let the worry begin
Beaten before
But you’ll never give in
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2. |
Told You So
02:33
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It’s not like I’m not doing okay
It’s just time to do better
Bad timing, bad weather
I’ll see you wherever you come to ground
Whenever you want to be found out
Silence is gold so why are you
Still running your mouth
If that’s all you wanted to say
You can call me any old day
Air your complaints and I’ll just
Keep on looking the other way
I wasn’t angry
I just couldn’t help running away
Saw me out just to say
You’re not ready to come home
30 already feels so old
A part of you knows I told you so
If there’s something you need to know
Come see me after the show
Smoke a cigarette
And make your way to the door
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3. |
Lazarus
03:14
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Headed for the state line
Drunk kids on a school night
Tall boys and boxed wine
Little libertyyyynes
We were uncaring
We were unkind
Let the engine run
With the headlights on for light
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
It’s way too obvious
We spend our days like Lazarus
Laid to rest and made to rust
Give it a little bit of time
It’ll catch up to us
You were always the little kid
Hung up on stupid shit we did
Never one to forgive and forget
Always standing on the precipice
Between being uncaring and being unkind
Shivering in the cold
Tried and failed to make up your mind
Give it a little bit of time
Until there’s no one left to remember us
No one can ever know
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4. |
Dependence
03:17
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What is this poison in my head
Anchored in the walls
And blanketing the bed
Let it sink in and linger
Until there's nothing left inside of me to shelter
I was always high
Without you to tide me over
Can I make it through the night
With nothing left to hide
Leave it lie there in my head
Dormant in the walls
And cast out from the bed
Let it sink in and linger
Break the mind that let it in
And make it suffer
I should know the signs
Hold me underwater
Drown me in my sleep
No secrets left to keep
Left to hide
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5. |
Aurora
03:57
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We boarded the windows
Locked all the doors
Took one long breath of fresh air
Before crashing out on the floor
We woke up in the morning
The month had flown by
But you know everything here looks better
Covered in ice
Aurora come out tonight
I bought a ticket
Hoping to use it
To come up and see you
When the snow had retreated
But I’m not a nice guy
And the temperature’s dropping
It’s only April so I’ve got two months of waiting
So come and see me whenever you get the message
The house looks the same since the last time you came
For a weekend in the summer camping out in the pouring rain
I watched you dance in the great expanse
Under an otherworldly green
Told me you don’t believe in second chances
So come meet me in Anchorage
Aurora
Don’t come around just to let me down
You never feel warm
It’s never all right
Living on the edge of the neon light
Trapped under ice
Trying with all our might
Come on and get me tonight
You never feel warm when you never see light
Living on the edge of the neon light
Come and get me Aurora
Don’t come around just to let me down
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6. |
Counting Days
02:45
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It's the little things
Creeping up on me
It's the little things
Won't let me be
Cracks in the wall
I don't see them at all
Just the little things
Like how my mind plays tricks on me
I close my eyes but it's all I see
I'm counting my days til I get away
From the little things
Ghosts in the walls
I don't hear them at all
Just the little things
And I know my mind’s playing tricks on me
I close my eyes but it’s all I see
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7. |
Tides
03:10
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Are we playing at survival
Cause it's sinking more than I care to admit
And as the water flows around us
It's always keep your chin up boy
Face the torrent
You're old enough to stop pretending
There's no call to arms or world war pending
It's in your teeth and in your bones
Plan to reap just what you sow
Final messages are on the wall
No one will catch us when we fall
You're old enough to stop pretending
Tied those ropes around your arms
And then you kept on sinking
Into wave and into foam
Wash over everything you know
Final message is you're on your own
No one will catch us when we fall
And we're gonna fall
Come on face the torrent
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Blame
02:08
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Is there a light
Out there in the darkness
Just beyond the glimpse of sight
Where you lie awake at night
Slowly bleed the days away
Bleach your bones though nothing's stained
Lay all your secrets bare to take the blame
No one listens anyway
Is there a light
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9. |
Salinas
03:34
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California’s calling me south side
Salinas in July
Step on the gas
And let the motor reply
Fall asleep in the front seat
Lou Reed repeating
Stephanie says
That I hope
It’s not always like this
The drugs and the silence
Trapped in my head
Without trace of intent
Of ever coming out of it
Trade it all back
All the rain in Oregon
Just to be back home again
I waited all autumn
To find my way back to you
But the further you go
The more I lose control
And I know that it’s already gone
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10. |
Cumberland Queen
03:59
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I got a call today
Said you're coming down to Clarksville
I’m at the station just in time to miss you
Every time you come to town
I don’t see you around
I’ve been pushing my luck trying to make ends meet
Because no one gives a damn
No good damn about me
Not in the Cumberland Queen
You don’t really want to stay the night
Just fucked up and need a place to hide
I won’t be taken by surprise
No this ain’t my first ride
I know you’ll never come around when you’re needed
Always on the run, always falling
I won’t be taken for granted
Cause you know it ain’t me cause your ass to leave
I’m so sick of this motel life
Broken screens and menthol lights
And no shine to anything
Always recovering
I don’t eat
I don’t sleep
Or wonder where you might be
Treading water endlessly
Until you come to bury me
It's four in the morning
Fog rolling in
I’ve got orders to report
To Fort Ord in a month
And you’re moving back home
Northward to Lebanon
I park my red VW in front of your room
Call the last known number where I could find you
And I know there are some things that will never come
That part isn’t new
I’ve gotten used to waiting on you
Waiting on you
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