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Now, Now (early demo)
03:38
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It makes me so angry
When they say those
Mindless, hateful things
I get quiet
I can't stand to stand for this
But you will not stay here much longer
You will not stay here much longer
You will not stay here much longer
You will not stay here much longer
Now, now
Don't you cry
I will catch your tears in my mason jar
We will drive to the ocean or somewhere far
On one windy night beneath the stars
We will rain the contents of the jar
Over everything
All the stupid things that made you cry
Will taste the wind that night
But you will not stay here much longer
You just have to last the year or two
Distance makes the heart grow stronger
You will not stay here much longer
Now, now
Don't you cry
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Stupid contingencies
That keep me from sleeping
Often times I find myself
Weeping to the sound of the birds
Fading apparitions
That I've been chasing
All in the hope of some
Sun-shiny day where I'll be
Whistling to the sound of the birds
All of these big caged beasts
My soul's been keeping
We're waking
and they're shaking the bars
and screaming at the top of their lungs
Let, let me out
Let, let me out
And it's waking the birds
Aimless exaltations
My lungs have been screaming:
Praise be to the infinite being
In the sky I'll hopefully meet
When I die
And hopeless-
And hopelessness
Are mine for the keeping
Please, please just let me
Sleep through the night
And tomorrow I promise
I'll set things right
All of these fallacies
My heart's been preaching
Are breaking
And it's taking
Everything I've got in me
Up from out of my lungs
Let, let me out
Let, let me out
Let, let me out
Let, let me out
To be like a bird
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Titanium Bones
04:08
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Lately, sleeping soundly
Waking, wanting rest
Painful, burning singing
Hopeful, drink cranberry
Titanium bones
Won’t hold me
No, no, no, no
If only I were outside of my body
I would be smiling and lovely
And no-uh-oh-oh-ohbody could touch me
And no-uh-oh-oh-thing could harm me
I’d join the army, the air force
And the navy
No longer would anyone ask,
“Hey man, why you look so crazy?"
I would drive with the windows down
To a place I could play in the sand
Find one little darling’s one little palm
To embrace my shaking hand
No, no, no, no
Sad, sad sandpaper throat won’t hold me
No, no, no, no
If only I were dying in a cage somewhere
In England I’d be smiling and lovely
And oh-uh-oh-oh-verybody could watch me
And no-uh-oh-oh-thing could harm me
No, no, no, no
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5. |
My Will Grow Tall
02:28
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let me give compassion
to the people that I love
and love to the people I cannot
let my fuse be longer
than the nails upon the wall
let my roots in patience
make my will grow tall
let me lie upon the grass
let my lie upon the grass
let me taste this bitter tongue
and cough the smoke up from my lungs
let me taste this bitter tongue
and cough the smoke up from my lungs(s)(s)
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6. |
Feather
02:46
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Feather, waft on by
Climb your way down
From your cloud
I'll be gentle
I'll be careful
I'll be calm
Weather, blow on by
Find your way out
This time
Tender, trimmer limbs
I let her blow away
and come back down
and come back down
and come back
can't go over it
can't go under it
can't go through this alone
So take me with you
I'll be gentle
I'll be careful
I'll be calm
I'll be calm
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7. |
Cavern
02:06
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Where do I go?
All I hear is
the echo of...
Where did you go?
All I hear is
The echo of the echo of the echo of the echo of...
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8. |
Banquet
00:59
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driving you home in the snow
listening to Christmas on the radio
you look so beautiful
you were so sweet
I loved your hair and dress and jacket
and I loved your being with me
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I don't want you in my life anymore
I don't want you in my life anymore
I don't want you in my life anymore
I don't want you in my life anymore
Please don't stay here any longer
Please don't stay here any longer
I climbed down that mountain and
strapped myself to that rocket
I flew through stars and
I came back down
I don't like to come back home
When I could change
I don't like to come back home
Where things are still the same
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10. |
Ladykiller
00:51
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I cut my hair so I'd look like
a natural-born ladykiller
I think you look beautiful
and I want to look beautiful also
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11. |
Walk Out
04:18
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Take time to stop and think
About everything around you
If the world were to stop
And throw you through the air
Where would you land?
Take time to stop and look
At who you are,
Who you will become,
And who you need to be
When will they meet?
Take time to stop talking
And thinking about
What you cannot control
And let it go
Take time to stop
And walk out
Onto the frozen lake
And lie down
And look out at the stars
Can you see the earth spin
Or where the stars begin;
Where they end?
You cannot
So listen to the earth
Move beneath you
With the whales and the waves
How much time would that take?
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12. |
Feel No Shame
02:58
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Feel no shame
I know it hurts you, darling
Feel no shame
You know the Son of God knows
You by name
Screaming “Daughter, daughter
Feel no shame”
Feel no pain
I know it hurts you, darling
Feel no pain
I hate to see the most
Beautiful girl in the world
Be drowning in shame
Girl, don’t drown in shame
Take no blame
I know it hurts you, darling
Take no blame
I know they hurt you but you
Will not stay
In this dreaded awful
Lonely state
Take the reigns
I know it hurts you, darling
Take the reigns
Don’t want to scare but you
Keep me sane
You always there and you don’t
Know your strength
You stronger than you know
You never were to blame
I love you just the same
I just wish darling, you could
Feel no shame
Feel no shame
Feel no shame
Feel no shame
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13. |
May
01:10
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You're real far away
but that's okay
'cause I think we may
fall in love one day
and it may fall apart
and it may not,
but since there's a May,
I'll be okay.
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14. |
Dog at Your Door
01:54
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I’ll be the dog at your door
When you’ve moved away from here
I’ll not pay any attention to the
Empty boxes and empty bowl
because I am full
All my fears fall down
When ??? pass my shade
and it’s you, if it’s you
and it’s you, if it’s not
It’s you, it’s you
(Written lyrics say "When shadows pass by shades")
(They also include a second verse):
I’ll sleep by the window
To hear your door slam, or your keys jingle
I’ll sleep where the sun hits the window
Because I’ll wait forever to feel your warmth
On the stairs
My ears perk up when movers
Come to take what’s left
And they take what's left
and they take what's left
and they take what's left
and I'm left
I'm left
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15. |
Clothes-pinned
06:41
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I’m scared for when you look at me
And search for the
Man that I used to be
and I’m not
and I’m not
I’m scared for when you’ll say to me:
“No more. No. You are dead to me”
and I’ll say, “yeah, I’m dead to me too”
I’m so afraid, I’m so afraid
Nice to meet you, I’m sorry
I’m afraid of what I’ll become
And all that you’ve done for me, I’ll destroy
And all of the times that you’ve pushed me away
I understand why
But it was nice to meet you
I love it when you look at me
And we go far away
To a place where it’s calm
And overcast
And there’s nothing but you and I
And your wonderful eyes
And some sheets on a line
In the wind, clothes-pinned
I love it when you’re close to me
And that, that is enough
You make me feel worthy of love
And I’m not afraid, I’m not afraid
Nice to see you I’m sorry
I’m afraid of what I’ll become
And all that you’ve done for me
All because all of the times that we run away
but Oh! the places we go when we stay
It was nice to be with you
You calm me down
(You’re a miracle)
You calm me down
(You’re a miracle)
You calm me down
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I had a dream that I nearly slept with Adrien Brody
But he was a tranny, so I wasn’t sure
If he was a man or a lady but then his wig fell off
And I said, “You’re Adrien Brody!”
And he went behind a glass door
But for some reason, I could not see him
So I went away
And all of sudden,
I was with all of the people I hate
Or at least dislike,
or at least don’t want to spend time with
In a dream
I tried to get a tattoo of a cross but felt bad about
How easy it was to get a tattoo of
anything that you want
So I said “I don’t really feel like getting a tattoo”
And the man who was drawing on my face
with Sharpie knew I was honest
And he felt bad, and I could not stop sweating and
I had all of these bloody holes in my face
But the guy who felt bad told me not to worry,
that he would pay for this one
So he put some money in the register
Which, in retrospect, doesn’t make sense
But it did in the dream
Then I got kicked out of wherever I was
and had to run home
And I recognized all the streets and the buildings and
I definitely jaywalked because I am a bastard
And I even recognized things that when I was awake
I realized I had never seen before
Although, one of them I might have seen
playing Super Mario
But regardless, it wasn’t really there
So I stepped on this rock and the rock fell down
And I made sure I ran through
this group of people I recognized
And they asked me stupid questions and
I gave them stupid answers
And then I started running by pulling the grass
with my hands and leaning back
Like Venom, and said “This is working surprisingly well”
Marvel must have gotten Joshua Winchester
into my head because he rode up on
A bicentennial bike and we started to fight
Like ostriches fight, or at least that’s the way
that I think they would fight-
Circling each other and such
And it was very impressive to do on a bike but
I still thought that I could take him
But before I could, I woke up and she said
“Goodness, I’m sorry for
constantly falling asleep on you”
and I did not say anything
and went back to sleep
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17. |
Ice Climbers
03:48
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You’re my up+b
You’re my pink coat
Let’s just lie here for a little while
Let’s just fly here for a little while
You’re my pink coat
Let’s just climb here for a little while
When you are down
I’ll catch you up
And I’ll pull you up
When I am down
You pull me up
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