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Everyone Was Incredible
05:59
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it starts in the middle
outside the strip mall
you got it all groovin'
your lips are chapping
but the chapstick is melted
a bullet of cherry
glitter in your pocket
your flip-flops are crooked
and the night is hot
alright, you back up to one week ago
can you say where you were
what you were doing?
there is something
that you've noticed in yourself
but tonight you don't feel like moving
that feeling stretches back
like a creek or a seam
all the way to the beginning
there's a sense that you're in some kind of struggle
but the adversary's hidden
so you start with a thimble of hope
that you will or won't
turn out like a certain someone
yeah, you know it's kinda vague
but you've never bought into new year's resolutions
cause if your tanktop is crooked
you just straighten it out
I guess it's just one of those things:
when you try to explain it
you feel like a hot mess
yeah, you try to put it into words
it turns out no wording's perfect
all you know is there's a feeling that you're chasing
but it's impossible to pin down
and inside that feeling is the key
but the chase has left you worn down
Ooo, little heart, little heart, come on
you can't live off of one emotion
you need some bread, water to get better
simmer in some better weather
turn back into a person
when the feeling starts in the middle
go back to the top
how does it feel?
it starts with the feeling
that no matter where you go or what you do
you always let someone down
but every time you try to readapt yourself
it solidifies that notion
you feel this way every time you feel anything
so you wouldn't call it a meltdown
it's just funny to think about how everybody
seems confident in their emotions
you stand up too fast
walk out of the party reeling
it's that good old-fashioned feeling
of falling apart
your cheeks are burning
your hands are cold
it's evening, it's morning
how does it feel?
how does it feel?
everyone was incredible
everyone was incredible
we were tired of listening
we got so inflexible
everyone was brave
everyone was incredible
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2. |
Desolation Horse
06:40
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staring at the water
never really knowing
everywhere I go, there's a shadow
more or less what is left
everything is the same
after the mourning
the chapel
the noises of the gun
the breathing
desolation
everywhere I go
there's a habit in my hand
there's a chair in a corner facing in
there's a sensation of falling setting in
there's a gut-wrenching feeling
that you can't begin
but there's a general understanding
that you can't give in
can I give in?
I'm waiting for a ride
I'll go where they go
quickly, slow
everything remains
after the feeling of dying
blinking the rain away
desolation
everywhere I go
is there a reason
besides finding the reason to live
I read a book about it
I couldn't think about it
some people can
I wanna be them
I wanna be able to find the reason
when the reason's getting thin
there's a gut-wrenching feeling
that you can't begin
there's a general understanding
that you can't give in
can I give in?
you wake up in the winter
and the air is thin
but the air gets thicker
as the year sets in
can I breathe in?
when the sun comes calling
you can finally grin
but the year starts falling
and the grey gets in
can I give in?
yeah you know the feeling
the general understanding
that you can't give in
can I give in?
can I give in?
can I give in?
can I give in?
can I give in?
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I was driving the '89 Horizon
when I pulled up
there was a figure by the gate
now, this is way back
sleeping next to the Maytag
and our first hello
was just the other day
we said something and went in
had a coke in the kitchen
it was 3am but you were wide awake
you said:
"I really am blue, baby
do you think it's the cocaine?
either way it's just a ripple on the wake
see here we are holding on
like our lives aren't already gone
feels like everything is moving
far away"
we gotta move, baby
we gotta do, babe
it's all about you, baby
we gotta do something right
later that morning
I was seeing a friend of mine
it was 5am but she was wide awake
in a pitch blue bedroom
Marlboro and perfume
at the time I felt I had to see her face
she said:
"I really am blue baby
thinking about time's weight
and the way the light reverses down the drain
we can't get that time back
I hope you know that
I can't help but think about it every day"
we gotta move, baby
we gotta do, baby
it's all about you, baby
it's all about you, baby
it's all about you, baby
we gotta do, baby
we gotta move on
we gotta do something right
it's all about you, uh-huh
we gotta do something right now
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4. |
I Had In My Hand A Hand
03:07
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the apartment was cold and clean
my horse was parked outside
by the air conditioning
I had in my hand a hand
attached to an arm
to a neck
to a body
the body was cold and clean
the smell of the mouth reminded
of a lobby from my youth
in a church
new carpet and coffee
when the face opened up
and from behind the teeth
a man came crawling
5. Crumarine Creek
they take their time
it breaks when you bend it
you tear your eyes
from the place where it ended
you try to find
the lighter they lended you once
you speed on 6th
in a futile act of recklessness
and you drive
and you drive
till a glow gets into the gas light
and it seems in your dream
there's a lens through which you see
your body
asleep at the family property
Crumarine
thistles and whistle trees
you get up in your sleep
and the branch looks like a light beam
but you turn and you run
till the glow's no longer lightning
that's how we'll get away,
we'll pull away our eyes
that's how we'll run away,
we'll pull away our eyes
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5. |
Crumarine Creek
02:34
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they take their time
it breaks when you bend it
you tear your eyes
from the place where it ended
you try to find
the lighter they lended you once
you speed on 6th
in a futile act of recklessness
and you drive
and you drive
till a glow gets into the gas light
and it seems in your dream
there's a lens through which you see
your body
asleep at the family property
Crumarine
thistles and whistle trees
you get up in your sleep
and the branch looks like a light beam
but you turn and you run
till the glow's no longer lightning
that's how we'll get away,
we'll pull away our eyes
that's how we'll run away,
we'll pull away our eyes
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6. |
Graceland T-Shirt
06:25
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baby, I had someone on my mind
I'm sorry I didn't show you a good time
you said: do me in the morning
to my face, that was bold
I smiled, probably closed my eyes
but I'm cold and empty
empty as The Alley on a Monday night
I sold my Graceland shirt for a PBR
to a girl younger than me and I never drank it
I still picture her in that shirt
in that bar on that Monday night
good god, her smile
I wonder why I still think about Katie
the same Katie who disappeared,
or I guess we disappeared ourselves
I'm not hunting for anything
I just wonder why thoughts of people
I chose not to love
always come back to haunt me
how many times do I have to fall in love
for the first time
to realize what it taught me?
how many times do I have to walk home alone
to know what that really means?
choices: it's either loneliness or heartbreak
or a little bit of both
oh boy, oh no, I'm mean I'm okay
but every time I think about it
I feel like I'm dying
I'm gonna go out tonight
and find the girl in the Graceland shirt
I'm gonna walk right up and ask her to pinch me
wake me up, I know I was just talking
about acting too soon
but this time is different
just like every time
and who knows
maybe she'll buy me that PBR after all
Goodbye, nylon Graceland t-shirt
I wore you one time
you're going to a better place
Katie, I had someone on my mind
someone, someone my heart left behind
do you hate me?
I saw it once in your eyes
I'm sorry,
I had someone on my mind
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I don't wanna sit around
I wanna play in a travelling band
I got a drum kit now
you got a Superchamp
I used to wake up at sunset
marijuana and white bread
go a week in the back room
with your shirt off
that's a bad place to start
if you're looking for anything
I don't wanna settle down
I got somewhere to be
let the rain come down
I got a raincoat now
I used to wake up at sunset...
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8. |
A Little Freaky
04:48
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I'm not saying I love you
I'm just saying do you wanna
watch a movie in the kitchen
Hold up, it's gonna get rough
if we keep waking up together
I know that we both know better
I thought you were a shy one
but the second time I kissed you
it was topless for a camera on a Monday
such a strange way to make a new friend
a pretty good friend
a little freaky
a little stoned
a little tired
of waking up alone
I'm not saying I love you
I'm just saying can I get a ride
my license got suspended
I'm not saying I need to
but can I come up for a beverage
cause my place is a disaster
hold up, I need a camera
I wanna hold you
I wanna take you to the pictures
I'm gonna miss you
but in my pocket I'll have your picture
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