1. |
2020
02:58
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When I get
Nervous at night
I find
I find
Your skin
In the pale moonlight
It’s a sign
There’s not enough sometimes
In some ways, it’s reassuring
To know there’s something bigger than your own
And you know that I’ve been hurting
I’ll just take my genuine human connection to go
No one’s sure
Of the date or time
Is it wrong
Is it right
I’m scared
Of the vast and might
Of the plane
And of taking flight
In some ways it’s reassuring
To know there’s something bigger than your own
And you know that I’ve been hurting
I’ll just take my genuine human connection to go
Avoid getting stuck in the crowds
Sounds that are loud
I’m not ashamed
You tell me I should be proud
Our situation’s not the same
It’s a pain
In some ways it’s reassuring
To know there’s something bigger than your own
And you know that I’ve been hurting
I’ll just take my genuine human connection to go
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2. |
Open Window
04:24
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She asks me was it amicable
I say I don't know what else to call it
They ask me how I'm doing on my own
I say I'm bad but I'm better than I've been
I tried to write a song about myself
Just like I used to, just like I always have
But who I am now is someone
who's messed up 'cause of you
So what am I supposed to tell them
What am I supposed to say
I feel like an open window
They're gonna see right through me
And see that I'm blown apart
I'm blown apart
I'm blown apart
We promised not to tell anyone
Just how bad it really was
Sometimes I'm not even sure
who I'm protecting anymore
I try to write a song about something else
'Cause I'm getting sick of you
But every time I try
I end up here
So what am I supposed to tell them
What am I supposed to say
I feel like an open window
They're gonna see right through me
And see that I'm blown apart
I'm blown apart
I'm blown apart
And I know that there's been days over the past year
When I haven't thought about you one time
But when you're in the room you fill the whole room
And it feels like this whole life's been about you
So what am I supposed to tell them
What am I supposed to say
I feel like an open window
They're gonna see right through me
And see that I'm blown apart
I'm blown apart
I'm blown apart
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3. |
Heavy
02:30
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Polyester small hands
Were you laughing at me?
Because right now, I can’t tell
the forest from the trees
You were throwing plastic
At the cars you saw below
Can I hold onto this one?
Before it’s time to go
When it gets heavy
Where do you put it down?
When it gets heavy
Ooh
Standing in the kitchen
The cops were in our yard
Hid behind the doorframe
When it gets too hard
I was in the backseat
With my head in my hands
The radio was on
Playing your favorite song
When it gets heavy
Where can I put this down?
When it gets heavy
Ooh
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4. |
Metro
02:28
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You left me alone
Yeah I was at the Metro
And I cried all the way home
Yeah I cried all the way home
But you were too preoccupied
With what you left behind
You wanted me around
To stick to you like Velcro
But now I’m the one that’s nowhere to be found
Following through on your plans isn’t always a bad thing
Sometimes it’s fine if the end goal is simply the stop
I’m not excited to see you tomorrow,
Although it’s a short distance
You’re at the escalator at the top
Say my name out loud
I coat my lips in ChapStick
It’s a taste I’ve always known
A place that I’ve outgrown
My skin is stretched out thin over
My swollen fingertips
Your eyes are dark
Your lies, they are elastic
Literally lower than I thought you’d ever go
Following through on your plans isn’t always a bad thing
Sometimes it’s fine if the end goal is simply the stop
I’m not excited to see you tomorrow,
Although it’s a short distance
You’re at the escalator at the top
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I know you're scared that I won't love you
once the times get tough
But baby it's been tough for a while now
I know I've proved to have a fickle
and a weary heart
But baby you can hold it
for as long as you can handle
I'm in and I can't get out
You've been around for a while now
Know you'd like me to say that I'll love you forever
But all that I can say is that I don't know how to stop
When I told you that
I'd love you forever
God, I hoped I was lying
I always hoped I was lying
When I tell you that
I'll never know how to stop
God I hope that I'm lying
I always hope that i'm lying
I'm in and I can't get out
You've been around for a while now
Know you'd like me to say that I'll love you forever
But all that I can say is that I don't know how to stop
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6. |
Take It on the Chin
02:58
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Last spring
I don’t know exactly when
But I’d given up
On trying to make you understand
So I focused
On trying to get through the day
I held my breath
I bit my tongue, I turned around, and I would say
I’ll just take it on the chin
Maybe I don’t really need a win
I’ll let this one go
Cause you just build me up
to tear me down again
And I know I’ll never understand
what’s happening
So I’ll let it go
Last fall
I said I still like talking to you
Last fall
I had nothing else left to do
I was finished
Taking it in our bedrooms
and the dorm stairwells
but I still found myself taking it everywhere
I’ll just take it on the chin
Maybe I don’t really need a win
I’ll let this one go
Cause you just build me up
to tear me down again
And I know I’ll never understand
what’s happening
So I’ll let it go
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7. |
Return Again
02:48
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I kind of love
The kind of love
That can be obtained from us
If we cared 'bout each other
Just enough
Just enough
Your true essence of being
Does not translate into words so easily
But dissolving bridges
Building walls before my eyes
Why did I have to be so oblivious
To miss the sub-sequential chance
The relentless anti-devotion
Established that it wouldn't last
Against stuck on the fence
But will it return again
Now I resent
Wish I had spent
More time when we were friends
Now it's too late, appreciate
I tried making amends
I really am so different from the rest
But it doesn't change your mind so easily
I blew all my lucky starstruck chances when you were easy to find
And now I see
Why did I have to be so oblivious
To miss the sub-sequential chance
The relentless anti-devotion
Established that it wouldn't last
Against stuck on the fence
But will it return again
I must have been a fool to love you
So hard for so long
Unable just to separate from you
From right or wrong
Why did I have to be so oblivious
To miss the sub-sequential chance
The relentless anti-devotion
Established that it wouldn't last
Against stuck on the fence
But will it return again
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8. |
California Song
03:00
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Sometimes I smell the salt off the bay
And it reminds me of that day
Sometimes I feel the breeze off the sea
And it always reminds me
Of when I was so sad to be here
But I was so glad to be near ya
When all I really wanted
Was to get the hell out of California
I woke up at 2 AM again last night
I tried to blame the fireworks in the sky
But I know it’d be the same either way
Cuz I get the same sinking feeling when I think of you
Now all I really want
is to get the hell out of California
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9. |
Letter To You
01:09
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I have been sober my entire life
Thoughts untainted in my head
Right now you're stuck down south in Florida
And I'm stuck in my bed
I want to know if love is real
And if it's not where am I led
My whole existence now a concept
Just based on a book I've read
And how much longer will it be
Till I do see you again
I turned 20 during quarantine
Feeling young and old and new
A bit unjustified of sorts
And so I don't know what to do
My stamps are coming in the mail
So I will get to write to you
Oh I know it's strange
I do not like all of the change
And I want it to be August any day
But it's May so I'll wait
And I'm yours either way
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Sproutfit Waltham, Massachusetts
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