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1. |
flax drive
05:39
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Streetlights
under street signs
streetlights
and the moonlight
(close to my own heart
close to my own heart)
I wanna move slower
I’ve contrived the longest possible way home
I hope I’m getting closer but (when i move away)
I’m pretty sure I’d never be what you want
(when i leave, will I see you smile?
when i leave, when i move away?)
(when i leave, will I see you smile?
when i leave, will i see you smile?
when i leave, will i see you smile?)
I see your brown, ochre and white
I see the brown in your eyes
I see your brown, ochre and white
I see the brown in your eyes
I’m gonna hurt myself
I’m not trying to
I’m gonna hurt myself
I’m gonna hurt myself
I’m not trying to
I’m gonna hurt myself
We all are leaving soon
you don’t wanna live like this
we all are strangers soon
you would rather be in bed
(when i leave, when i leave, will i see you smile?
when i leave, when i move away, when i leave, ooh
when i leave, when i leave, when i move away,
when i leave)
(will i see you smile, when i leave?
when i move away, when i leave?)
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2. |
this time each night
01:55
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i doubt i'll learn how to heal
who the hell comes through intact
but troy, we'd miss you for real
don't tempt me like that
I came like a thief to steal
to make a night that would last
i never know how to feel
i'd look to you as a measurement
burn a house with me inside
when we've served every purpose
i'm not sure i feel alive
how much can it worsen
it's not a question of
it's not a question of opportunity
it's not a question of
no i question my capability
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3. |
november
04:55
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i wish i could be different
i wish i'd be the same
i wish i could be constant
at least i know I'll disappoint myself again
everything feels harder
i can't make it stop
you'd frown more than smile
I'd wonder if I'm better off
you are
i see your disapproval
it was something i said
i look for my removal
i shouldn't be awake but i know I'll go out again
sleep's uninteresting
so i stay awake all night
tomorrow comes too quickly
always right on time
i neglect my own well being
but only care about myself
I'm not proud of anything
and i refuse your help
la da da da da da da
la da da da da
you told me you miss me
i don't think i ever would
you told me i try too hard
i can't stop but i know i should
i wish things could be different
but i don't know what i regret
i build myself up on your feelings but
i hope a couple hundred miles will be enough to forget
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4. |
numbers
02:48
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I'll try to be
someone better than me
i'll try to see
there's someone else for me
you said not to cry
did you really think i would
sometimes i wish I'd die
before i lose it all for good
but you don't ever need to worry
if i want you
would you ever
worry
or would you ever want me
or could you never see it
or would you ever want me
i think that we could dream it
one night together we'd sleep
in a night together we'd sleep through it
yeah we'd sleep through it
you made me promise
i wouldn't wait for you
find somebody else
fuck that, i want you
fuck that.
i want you.
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5. |
in dreams
05:12
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i was really hoping that
you wouldn't have to leave
sometimes i wish that i
didn't wear this dumbass heart on my sleeve
i was never really good
at being discrete
i was hoping that you
would wanna leave with me
'cause I think you're really beautiful
yeah i think you're really beautiful
i don't really know what to do
i was just hoping i could stay in love with you
do you really believe me
when i tell you you're all that i need
whatever you want
is goddamn sure what i'd be
in every dream i see your face
and you don't think someone had the idea
to put us both in the same place
i don't claim to be
someone you wouldn't tire of eventually
but i really think i'd make you happy
i really think i could make you happy
i'd do my damnedest to make you happy
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6. |
haunt
02:14
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i can feel you tearing me apart
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7. |
ephemera
06:05
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we'd build a home
at least you'd make me whole
when we're apart i could fold a map
and bring us close
and only knowing peace
you would rest in me
dress ourselves in each other
brown and evergreen
are we in love
am i what you want
am i really someone that you
would ever want
you are for me
there's nothing more I'd need
and every new encounter
will answer to your memory
lewis said the pain we have now is just the happiness
the joy we'd held before
so for me great pain you'll be because
no one's ever given me so much joy before
ephemera
oh ephemera
as long as our numbered days
i would wait
yeah, if you would let me
i would wait
you're so beautiful
you make me feel whole
i want someone i want you
to breathe my life into
all i ever searched for
ever hoped for ever prayed for
has been found in you
all i wouldn't give is the sum of the absence
within my mind of any thought of you
ephemera
oh ephemera
meet me in
the very end
we'll leave and fly off
in opposite directions
and i said
I'd be okay
and i thought that i was lying
until today
you taught me how to love
how to give myself
how to really want someone for
nothing in return
and if this is what it takes
then i won't beg you to stay
and I'll be okay and i can walk away
ephemera
oh ephemera
i see you in colors
i see you in dreams
i see you in what i love
i see you where i want to be
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cardinal South Bend, Indiana
my name is troy, and i made this
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