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Compromises
03:27
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You said you don't know where you're going
I said I will wait for you and drop what I'm doing
Did you ever think that we'd
Talk about things like this?
To me, you are selfish for wanting some time
To you, I am selfless for having a life
Whenever you're ready, I'll be right here
Waiting to let you know that I don't want you back
Oh, sweet and beautiful compromises
Oh, sour and harrowing compromises
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Voyeuristic Heart
03:30
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I've seen the sunrise one thousand times
Due to all of my sleepless nights
But no substance or sobriety can replace the beauty
That I've found in this world's flaws and insecurities
Have you ever been in love with people in love?
When you achieve the feeling, you will know the meaning of heartbreak
I've seen a heartbreak too many times
To count on my feeble and aging fingers
As I pick up the pieces and put it all together
I found out that sometimes worse can be for better
Have you ever been in love with people in love?
When you achieve the feeling, you will know the meaning of heartbreak
No one ever really falls in love
They plummet to rock bottom and then they shatter
And all that's left is an effigy, comprised of all the envy
Of the ones who survived the perilous fall
I have never been in love with myself at all
When I achieve the feeling, I will know the meaning of heartbreak
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Fiction
03:35
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All that we know is what we're told
It's time to be bold and snub your nose
In their direction
With no protection
I'll believe in you
If you believe in me
Let's just wait and see
How far we can push the envelope
You're not in love with me
You're just in lust with me
Disappointingly;
That's just how this story goes
The feelings we hold, they can't be left alone
They make you cold, and yearn to atone
For your indiscretions
A love insurrection
I'll believe in you
If you believe in me
Let's just wait and see
How long until you let go
I'm not in love with you
I'm just fond of you
And you know it's true;
You idealize what you don't know
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Excuse The Mess
02:57
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Now you've appeased your want
Best laid plans, a jaunt
You got what you wanted
"Just don't tell a soul"
So you came, but you left
This shitty excuse for an
Afterglow
Nothing to show
Guess I'll just
Lay in our mess of regret
Now another haunt
Humble brags now taunts
Yet again, that craving
"One's just not enough"
That last drink, much too strong
Instead of swooning, you're
Vomiting
Face on the floor
Guess you'll just
Lay in your mess of regret
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Downer
03:47
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You're a sweetheart
You're the best parts
You're really great
But I don't think of you that way
Oh, I'm so thoughtful?
Oh, I'm your favorite?
You think I'm great
But you don't think of me that way
If our bond is strong
Is it really worth the risk?
My thoughts are haunted
By history that repeats like this
Aim from your hips
Shoot down with your lips
Man down, man down
Stand down, stand down
If you change your ways
That sadness will fade
But happiness
Happiness, is only a phase
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6. |
Metaphors & Maps
03:43
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If you could breathe beneath the ocean
Free from all the ungodly commotion
The deprivation of oxygen
Just might make you feel
Feel the same as we've all felt
From all the damage that you've dealt
The suffocation of overwhelm
Just might make you see
That it's time to go far away
So wherever this journey takes you
Don't let the pressure break you
A sudden conscience for the mistaken
Will create your final words
"Oh please, don't lead me off
Of the beaten path
Coz I've never been good
At metaphors or maps"
It's time to go far away
It's time that you chose
Which emotions to feign
To end your regime
Of guilt and pain
It's time that you fold
Discontinue this reign
Of isolation and deprecation
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2:17am
02:17
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8. |
Shame Spiral
03:06
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It's hard to find someone new
When everyone's in love with everyone but you
Oh, the joys of lacking empathy
But you sit and stare, fighting your apathy
Why is finding love such a challenge?
Why is the heart such a callous phallus,
Always itching to penetrate?
It's easy to lose someone too
When everyone's found love with everyone but you
Oh, the spoils of being so lonely
You can't help but feign the joy of being by yourself
Why does the heart ask for too much?
Oh my god, I wanna fall in love
But I fucking hate everyone
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Fall
04:21
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Twenty bucks says I live through this
It's not that much of a drop
How long do you think you float for
Until you hit the filthy pavement?
Oh no, the pressure's on
Everyone's face is so long
And I'm second thinking
Just then, my foot slips off
Something begins to feel wrong
But I guess here goes nothing
So now I'm laying here from the fall
From way up high, so goddamn high
I don't know how I'm still breathing
I don't know how, I don't care why
I need some time alone
So please stop staring at
My broken body
As I ache through another breath
All I can do is wait for death
To take me home
As I ache through another breath
All I can do is wait for death
To take me
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Cause to Harm
04:09
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It was raining all day and night
The entire evening made me want to cry
But as much as I wanted to produce those tears
My heart would not comply
I left the bar at two in the night
And I cursed the stars up in the sky
For why I can't feel like the others feel about anything at all
This is a call to arms
For all the broken hearts
This is a cause to harm
When it all falls apart
Our body weight in alcohol
Run, skip until we free fall
How long until we feel better enough?
Better than ever?
We'll stay at the bar until two in the night
And drunkenly stare up in the sky
For reasons we'll never quite know
Maybe still we feel you're hanging around
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