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Heavy
04:20
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And I called it heavy for that whole year
I never got close to you
And what was close enough?
When reality is based on love and doubt and fear
There ain’t a lot of choice to make
And I never had enough to say
Even now I struggle to keep you near
And that’s a risk I take
I wonder what’s best for you
When you keep on running till
Your heart was ready for one more tear
Tell me about your love for him
I used to love to hear you say
Now I know what it’s all been for
There’s nothing left worth waiting for
You left me then, you’d do it now
I’m hoping that I’ve changed somehow
But I still can’t say I know you well
But I can’t forget that time I fell
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Neighbors
05:04
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It’s all because the game we played
Wasn’t much fun after all
It’s all because the phone wouldn’t ring
When you told it to
And now we sit around
Waiting for the one or the other
To put it back together
It’s all because the time we spent
Left nothing in the bank for today
And don’t forget we lost the TV set
To the neighbors
And now we sit around
Thinking what’s to be done
Here’s looking at the two of us together
Please let the sky open up
And give us all easy chairs
We can sit in comfort here
And deal with these old affairs
Or just sit here patient-like and let
Time swallow me whole
All the time I think about the two of us
Making malt liquor from stone and I
And my insides, they’re not as quite as
Warm as they used to be
I’m not complaining, I’m not placing blame
On the coffee table, take it with a cookie
And warm up to a day that’s looking a lot like
Yesterday, I think it’s an identical twin
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Sometimes
03:56
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Sometimes I wonder why
Everything seems to pass me by
I feel like a man just looking to play
He can’t find his face one day
Lights out, say goodbye
Hold my hand, get another plan
Dreams are made and stars they fade away
Long ago I recall a place
When we were together, and now not a trace
Of anything left, big or small
The door was open at the end of the hall
Nothing left to say
We stand in each other’s way
A box of diamonds in each hand
Drop them on the ground
Watch them scatter around
A bit of light to see your way
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Mind
06:10
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What would change you between
Now and what you have seen
Going where you’ve been sent
After every attempt
And every experiment, one would agree
That we are what we can see
Given all reasonable cause
We can justify laws
Which are things which can break
When survival’s at steak
You push against that big wheel
That filters out what we should feel
I know there’s an eye inside me
That tells me what we should see
I bet you’ve thought about this by now
It’s all figured out
I bet you’re suffering somewhere in
That place you’ve been walking in
Let’s not pretend you know who you know
Or where you go
Try harder to maintain
A simple mind keeps you sane
It’s a movie. It plays in your mind
It’s on a looped reel you’re hoping to find
You try to fix it and fix the next one
Until you’re left with your confusion
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Travel Light
05:52
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If there’s a method you’ve learned, you’re forgetting
I’ve come far enough to misjudge a whole town
It’s much safer to guess than be certain
That’s just why they said “when there’s smoke, there’s fire”
You can feel the end, I wasn’t much smarter then
You can feel the end, it echoes through
If there’s an easier way I’m sure you’re withholding
It seems your heart is all you take with your handshake
Could I be the only one left here dwelling?
You knew all along you don’t give and don’t take
If there’s a sweet soul inside, however dimming
I can see your light it glows through your lampshade
You can sleep better when nothing’s stirring
So you travel light to play but you move on
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Lullaby
05:02
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7. |
Big Mess
04:51
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Someday you’ll think about me
You’ll worry yourself into fits
Someday you’ll think about me
And you’ll play our song, and you’ll notice things
And you’ll feel more, and I know your thoughts
Will hold you
I’ll make sure all of it’s spent
No way to finalize this
Closure is only a word
And I think it’s fair, I don’t make much there
I should dream more, I should raise my thumbs
And thank you, just thank you
It’s sure been a big time
After all we’re not such a big mess
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Swear to God
02:08
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I swear to God
Nobody knows who they are
Or what they do in love
I really mean it now
I really do
I watched you put on your shirt
I saw every move
Such a simple thing
Yet I shake my head in disbelief
That I could be with you
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9. |
Foreign Sun
03:38
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Bobby knows that she needs another way
The grass is brown and the sidewalk's blown away
She can’t find her way anymore
And she won’t ask him what it’s all been for
And she can’t stop until she hits another wall
A girl like that needs a place to go
When the morning finds her not at home
She tries to smile but she can’t really fool anyone
The girl is lost under a foreign sun
Another day another walk away
Another wait for flowers that won’t some today
She won’t try to find his door
She won’t ask him what it’s all been for
She won’t try to hide at all.
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10. |
Better This Way
05:28
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Up ahead's a thousand lives we might live
And when it comes it will be only one
Every choice you fool and fret what you decide
What would you change?
You can no longer hold me. It's better this way
And you no longer know me. It's better this way
There's the spot where you swerved left instead of right
Cruising off and out of sight, another life
If you found yourself back then at that time
You'd swerve again
You can no longer hold me. It's better this way
And you no longer know me. It's better this way
Just think of it like things happen for reasons. It's better this way
And you already told me, it's better this way
You were right. You had waited.
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Smashing
05:06
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When you say jump I say how high
When you say run I go
When you say fly I take off
When you say land I land
When I look in your eyes I see rivers
When I kiss your mouth I feel clouds
When we hold hands I feel oceans
When I touch your face I feel free
When you are near I feel orchids
When you’re beneath me I glow
When you’re beside me I free fall
When you’re above me I know
I simply want to be by your side
No matter the weather, no matter the why
I learned to dance at the touch of your fingers
And I learned to lie beneath loving sky
You look so smashing
Nearly all of the time I have you in mind
By myself
When I get lost I find you
When I am found you cry
When I jump up you follow
When I fall down you sigh
You were the one that promised me fun
You were the one that forbade me to run
You were the one that sat down beside me
You were the one that promised the sun
You look so smashing
Nearly all of the time I have you in mind
I’m by myself
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12. |
Up to Me
05:49
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If it’s still up to me, there’s going to be some big changes
If it’s still up to me, I’m going to see some big changes
And the rest of what’s left behind
Will follow me, ‘cause I never leave
If it’s still up to me, I’m going to be someone better
We’ll wait and see, over time we’re gonna see what’s to come
And the rest of what’s left behind
Will follow you, ‘cause you always leave
If it’s still up to me I’ll meet you in between the mountains
If it’s still up to me I’ll meet you in between the mountains
I’ll meet you in, in between
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