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What We Want
02:40
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I want a hand to hold at night
I need one free to stop the fights
I want a horse to beat until he drinks
I want to scream "it's all your fault"
but I don't want to take your call
I want a bird to cage until he sings
You want a rollercoaster romance
you want the cheering of the crowd
you want the Cadillac back end put on your
Toyota Prius mouth
I don't grieve just like you
but sometimes my friends they die too.
I want some sage to cast a spell
but I don't want to go to hell
I want to be friends with everyone I know
I want to go so far away
but I don't want to leave today
I want to go high when everything goes low
You want to make up all the lyrics
but you don't want to have to sing
you want the comprehensive coverage
but you don't want to cover me
I don't grieve just like you
but sometimes my friends they die too.
You want a rollercoaster romance
you want the cheering of the crowd
you want the Cadillac back end put on your
Toyota Prius mouth
I don't grieve just like you
but sometimes my friends they die
and yeah, sometimes I do cry
sometimes my friends they die too
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What's the furthest I could get away from this place
what's the fastest I could get up on the interstate
heard you're staying on the other side of this town
all the same I hope I never see you around
You smoke cigarettes
so I stopped wearing my seatbelt
you quit listening
so I stopped caring how I felt
I can live pretty small
sleep on a couch and all
Maybe in a year or two you'll never cross my mind
my friend told me that if you cannot adapt you'll die
heard you got another boy to buy your menthols now
for his sake I hope he never figures you out
You smoke cigarettes
so I stopped wearing my seatbelt
you quit listening
so I stopped caring how I felt
I can live pretty small
sleep on a porch and all
I begged you to stay
and I begged you to change
but I got tired of the lies and wait so now
we can both go our separate ways
You smoke cigarettes
so I stopped wearing my seatbelt
you quit listening
so I stopped caring how I felt
I can live pretty small
sleep on a porch and all
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4. |
Luck or Pesticides
02:14
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Found four leaf clovers in a field
where a house had surely stood
and crawfish in a city park where we
never thought we would
and the clovers must be luck
and the crawfish gave us hope
but I wish that I had listened to my friends when they had spoke
Cause it wasn't luck it was pesticides
and polluted crawfish surely die
and I still see you lying on my kitchen floor sometimes
out of the corner of my eye
where my sleep demons lie awake
and I'll try not to make the same mistakes
Your lips were turning blue
and our hearts were getting cold
you said "If I can't live I'd rather die"
and that shit was getting old
so I hope that you don't mind
that I wrote you in this song
but the only thing I've sang about is you since you've been gone
It wasn't luck it was pesticides
and polluted crawfish surely die
and I still see you lying on my kitchen floor sometimes
out of the corner of my eye
where my sleep demons lie awake
and I'll try not to make the same mistakes
For your sake and mine
I'll stay away all of the time
not all that glitters bright is gold
going to catch a cold in the emperor's clothes
It wasn't luck it was pesticides
and polluted crawfish surely die
and I still see you lying on my kitchen floor sometimes
out of the corner of my eye
where my sleep demons lie awake
and I'll try not to make the same mistakes
and I'll try not to make the same mistakes
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How's the weather from the ground
you're not the biggest fish around no more
and don't get lonely now
you haven't even knocked on the biggest door
And I know you've got big dreams
of chemicals and fishing streams on your mind
can't think clearly half the time and
and the world may pass us by
but for now we're safe and high
in the trees only we seem to see clearly
I don't know what's right
but you don't fit this crime
if you have to preach these lies
then sell it with the rhymes and that's okay
Well isn't this just great
my apathy is turning into hate
I have to get away
or keep this cigarette inside my face
And my lungs may shrink and die
a surprise oh my oh my
I'll hang around
but I'm never coming back to town this way
and I know you've got big dreams
of chemicals and fishing streams on your mind
can't think clearly half the time and
I don't know what's right
but you don't fit this crime
if you have to preach these lies
then sell it with the rhymes and that's okay
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How Are You Two
03:31
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My bed's been cold since June
December's getting rough
and I've got more room for garland
without all your stuff
we've got Christmas cheer and Christmas beer
in Hanukah coffee mugs and
all the shit that mattered once
but never was enough
the angels sang a chorus
and I said a prayer
that no one would ask me
but god didn't care
How's Roo
how are you two
how's your dog and how's your mom
and how's your grandpa too
how's Roo
how are you two
how's your dad and how's your mom
and how the hell are you
Now I'm not saying it's abnormal
it's really just polite
to exchange pleasantries on Christmas Eve
in the colored lights
but Frosty shot the sheriff
and Rudolph brought the gun
and I know that's got to matter to
at least one someone
my diversion isn't working
and you all think I'm weird
If I stand really still
will you please forget that I'm here
How's Roo
how are you two
how's your dog and how's your mom
and how's your grandpa too
how's Roo
how are you two
how's your dad and how's your mom
and how the hell are you
Go to hell all these sleigh bells
I don't want to wake up
on Christmas Day all wide awake
and hoping for someone
Last year when it got cold
we wore each other's arms
then we took it one step further
and we wore each other's hearts
but you did some drugs
you took some pills
swore you were going to change
but every time I asked you to
you just sounded so deranged
you could have said you're sorry
you had time to turn around
but anytime you picked it up
you wouldn't put it down
How's Roo
how are you two
how's your dog and how's your mom
and how's your grandpa too
how's Roo
how are you two
how's your dad and how's your mom
and how the hell are you
2020 was a bummer man
happy new year for the whole year
see you around
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Lonely Company
03:47
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Can you help me
or can you tell me
why this problem's not a problem until you got here
can you greet me
with less questions
this problem's not a problem until you smell fear
Well isn't that convenient how the tables finally turned
I could show more evidence
but it's not my concern
to referee the finish line
or aloe out the burn
if I'm going out I'm going out head strong
You found a part of me
that is not my cup of tea
and I can't give out credit
when the credit falls to me
at least I know your loneliness will keep you company
I wouldn't have it any other way
still I lie awake and wish that you had stayed
When it hits me
I feel weightless
bringing knives into a gun fight is beyond fair
hell thanks you
for being tasteless
ride a basket cause I can't afford the air fare
But someone drank the river of Styx
and someone threw a stone
but you my friend should learn to catch
before you try to throw
don't christen me with your bad luck
you can't see past your nose
don't kid yourself
you know I've always known
You found a part of me
that is not my cup of tea
and I can't give out credit
when the credit falls to me
at least I know your loneliness will keep you company
I wouldn't have it any other way
still I lie awake and wish that you had stayed
I can't just look the other way
or forget what I've seen
I used to keep my guard up
now my heart is on my sleeve
there is rage and love in me that you would not believe
a doctor crazed or monster when I'm free
You found a part of me
that I killed at seventeen
you're very quick to criticize
all that makes me me
I can find some peace of mind outside your company
I wouldn't have it any other way
still I lie awake and wish that you had stayed
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I don't have to fly a plane
to know that I cannot land it
and we swore we weren't gay
but we sure slept in a hammock
I still sleep to Lil Peep
when I miss chaos and tragic endings
would your friends still hang around
if they all knew you were pretending
about a lot of things
Hope this song finds you well in your bed
hope this song makes you drop that cigarette
hope this song won't get out of your head
hope my next song is about something else instead
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Compliments
02:14
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If you can't say something nice
don't say nothing at all
it's always been one of my greatest downfalls
so I wrote this nice song about you
and the rest of the album too
but ignore those
they're truthful you'll think they're gross
and nothing says "I love you"
like "give me your fucking car and I'm thinking of you"
you're always reaching out cause you're so
caring
I might say something nice
or I might start talking and not think twice
I wish I could be even more just like you
lying silent face up on the kitchen floor
and locking yourself behind a door
and leaving surprises in the shower and bathroom
cause nothing says "good morning"
like finding a tourniquet and syringe with no warning
your always leaving gifts cause you're so
thoughtful
You deserve a nice life
I hope you turn around and take advice
from someone who cares if you're dead in the bathroom
but do yourself a favor now
keep my fucking name out of your mouth
and move it along man
we haven't spoke in months now
Nothing says "I got this"
like wrecking all your family's cars and a cease and desist
you're always persevering cause you're determined
And nothing says "I'm stable"
like mooching off your mom bringing nothing to the table
you're always hanging around cause you're so social
And nothing says "I'm changing"
like repeating toxic patterns and staying fucking lazy
you're always fucking up because you want to
yeah you're only fucking up because you want to
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Both Sides of the Coin
02:13
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You do drugs
I smoke weed
I work a lot and sometimes I forget to eat
I'm a match
you're gasoline
that is why I'll stay away even if you get clean
And I can't be your rehab
and I'm tired of beating that dead horse
the co-dependent is just as bad
as the addict if not worse
You talk shit
I write songs
Just depends on my mood and what drug you're on
you wreck cars
I drive far
away from everything that you put in your arm
And I can't be your rehab
and I'm tired of beating that dead horse
the co-dependent is just as bad
as the addict if not worse
I have regrets
you have sex
with someone that you met on the internet
I'm still alone
I blocked your phone
cause I miss your voice but man I don't miss your tone
And I can't be your rehab
and I'm tired of beating that dead horse
the co-dependent is just as bad
as the addict if not worse
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Oh you can't change a man
if change was not part of his plan
just like you can't paint Ayn Rand altruistic
oh go get a life
a job
a cellphone and go call your mom
tell her she's right
that you are a statistic
one out of ten
will get lost and not found again
and I am the one
and I'm out having fun
I'm getting better by the minute
and further everyday
and if you would just look in it
I'd have nothing left to say
so come on and bring your shadows
I'll provide the rain
I'm getting awfully fond of pissing
on my own parade
Thank you for pain to create
and memories I'll take to my grave
I don't want you here
but I wish you could see it
I'm going to paint my life gold
and live until I get too old
I'll make a point not to dream
but to be it
I don't want you dead
I wish that we still could be friends
but that ship has sailed
you're the song in my head
I'm getting better by the hour
and further everyday
and you treat me like a coward
but I've never felt this brave
and I don't want to upset you
but I cannot live this way
and I think I've got to step out
of my own fucking way
I'm going to get better by the decade
and further everyday
and I'm ripping off the band-aid
cause I don't like your first aid
and my mind don't work like Dashboard
but I still hear Lampshades
when I can't sleep in this bedroom
"make the same mistakes"
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I'm on the wrong side of your track marks
I'm on the right side of my bed
there's a log in my room that I gave you
you said you loved
but that you left
and maybe you just didn't like it
quite as much as you said you did
and maybe even though it's almost been a year
I'm not quite over it
It took an album to work past you
that took an act of god to write
I'll play these songs everyday if I have to
if it helps me sleep at night
but maybe I just didn't play them
quite as well as I thought I did
and maybe even though I hoped that you'd get well
I really needed you sick
No one deserves to be somebody else's curse
and no one can turn without given the time to learn
it's time to let you go
should have burned that log a long long time ago
I hope you're good
and I hope that you understood
No one deserves to be somebody else's curse
and no one can turn without given the choice to learn
it's time to let you go
should have burned that log a long long time ago
I hope you see
and I'm glad that we're both free
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