1. |
The Slaughter
04:08
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I could follow
you to open windows
wait there for your signal
where i’ll dive
dive in open water
swim until the slaughter
claims me as a daughter
then i’ll climb
climb until i reach it
sweetest batch of peaches
teachers cannot teach this
i am mine
i’m mine for the taking
confident and shaking
sorry for mistaking
this as true
truly what i wanted
now i’m only haunted
letters corresponded
between me
myself and another
long and distant lovers
listen to your brother
she is bad
bad news at the doorstep
not what you would expect
make sure that you forget
all her words
how her words unfold you
everything she told you
doesn’t have to mold you
you can rise
rise up from the ashes
learning how time passes
slower than molasses
tick tock tick
tick until the timer
sounds as a reminder
take off all your blinders
you can see
see what you’ve been missing
Stop the pain of wishing,
Quit your reminiscing
like when you held my hand
on the drive from the sand
mountain range
i’ll never go back
i’m trying to change
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2. |
Lazy Susan
03:18
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I’ve been getting stoned for days
And no one really knows I’m lonely
I’m trying to recall the day
When you said that you thought you loved me
And how it felt to wake beside you… living in another state of mind...
I haven't had a dream in days
Could you even say that i’ve been sleeping?
You’re lighting up the darker days
If I showed you maybe you’d believe me
I’m dreaming that I’d wake beside you… living in another state of mind…
Listening to the record play
It’s spinning like a lazy susan
The sky jas gone from blue to grey
Is it weird I find the darkness soothing?
I’ll cancel all the plans we made… when the needle scratches, then we’ll fade away
I’m wishing that the song we sang
Reminded me of something different
Like all the freckles on your face
And not the way you needed distance
I’m waiting on the date and time… will you realize that you need me in your life?
Oh forever?
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3. |
Simulation
03:13
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i got you a thank you card, I’ll send it in the mail.
it wasn’t all that hard, I found the stamps on sale.
ones with intricate designs all over them.
stamps that represent how much you are a gem to me….
so won’t you stick around now. baby please?
kiss me softer now and all over the place.
i would prosper from a new love to erase
how i hurt when i was only seventeen
all the people who don’t give a shit for me, they’re gone…
only when it’s just you and me.
long drives keep me sane and sober and alive.
i tried keeping time but found time is a lie.
your cheek pressed to mine is all we can afford.
i’ll keep climbing over the seat through your door, we’ll see….
if our love is a secret we should keep.
i’ve been living in a trance my whole damn life.
i’m tired of living in my convoluted mind.
i’ve thought of everything i thought that I could be.
wanderlusted after places I could see…
i’m sure this simulation’s played out once before…
oh, once before...
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4. |
Virginia is for Lovers!
02:48
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Not everyone you meet is gonna fall for you
No matter how you treat them or how you follow through
Can’t make em stay
I try not to hold like i have to baby
I’ll find what feels better, i’ll let you go
Say “i’ll wait for you in Virginia.”
And I’ll go to you if I could have ya!
“Virginia's for lovers!”
So, why wouldn't we go?
I promised myself that I wouldn’t hold too tight
Cause every time i do, i’m just trying to feel right
So I’ll sing a song, top of my lungs
Like i am singing for the first time in a long time
Here it goes again,
Is it as hard as you thought?
Waiting on a fall?
Forever! Forever!
I swear I won’t write another song for you
Forever! Oh forever!
Oh forever!I swear I won’t write a song for you
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5. |
For Libby
01:38
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I’m feeling insane so I’ll try
Thoughts I hadn’t entertained in a while:
“If everybody leaves, then the problem might be me...”
Not sure what my place is in life...
Thought about how it ends, maybe twice.
Can’t think about it now—guess I’ll change my ways, somehow....
Not felt quite the same since that night.
And the details rearrange in their right.
Lost yourself in me, I’ll refund the finder’s fee............
For taking away who we used to be.
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6. |
Talking to Yourself
03:35
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Don’t you love the way it feels now?
To be talking to yourself?
Know the hurt can be so real, how
did you manage it yourself?
I had memorized the ending
long before i read the page.
Know you can’t just keep pretending
that this feeing wouldn’t fade.
Woke up thinking it was here still,
stuck myself in my old ways.
Holding on to all that fear, still.
Getting used to being brave.
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7. |
Little Packages
03:15
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We dropped ourselves off at the post office and paid all of our fares, sent them off in little packages. Mailed away our cares! We’re standing in the woods now and I’m smiling with these thoughts of you. They’re swirling round the playground where I made a laughing stock of you.
Deep between our teeth, we were standing with bare feet and skin. Tongue in my cheek, I was hoping you would let me in. Then you saw everything that you wanted to and how I was there with you—shivering on my back before we ever knew this world would leave us, yeah one day it’ll fade away. But you’ll linger on and on and on and on and on, until I forget your name. who?
In the kitchen, there’s a stove seeping gas into the dawn. I always leave the light on ‘cause I forget me when you’re gone…I forget me when you’re gone…. And in the morning we saw honeycomb on the walls, dipping into the ceiling where I chased down thoughts that fell from you, all your confused feelings. So, I hope you know how much I love you and how it feels––how does it feel? I hope I find love within myself, and I hope I.. what I find… I hope I find something real. I hope I find someone… that would be nice, that would be fun if I could find, find I’m someone.
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8. |
Tiny Watch
02:47
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I got a tiny watch on my wrist.
I keep a tiny watch on that list
of things i need to do.
But I spend my days with you.
Just like a spiderweb in the air,
I thought i felt something. Was it there?
Was our love all a lie?
Well it’s why we said goodbye.
If i could write you a song it’d go like this:
There are times I think we missed out on.
Baby, well those days are long gone.
I got a letter I just can’t send.
Thought I’d feel better, I guess it depends.
And should you correspond..
Well I don’t think I’d move on.
If I could write you a song it’d go like this: There are times I think we missed out on. Baby, well those days are long gone and I’m so glad that you are long gone.
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9. |
Clear the Air
02:24
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I’m not sure the last thing that you ever said to me was something very nice, now I think I’d ought to leave. You’re like an itch, but I’m in love. Yeah, I know you. You’ve had enough, you’ve had enough of me. I’m so lazy, I’m so bored, please engage me, life is short. Well there are several things I’d like to say to you so we can clear the air and I’ll finally try to move on. I’m really sorry that I used to get so drunk all of the time, yeah, I know that you probably hated that.
I’m really sorry for a lot of things. I’m really sorry that I lost the ring that you bought me… You know I love love. I’m not so great at the relationship part of it. I’m not sure that anything will ever be the same. There’s something ‘bout the way that I can’t forget your name. I gave up hope that we would live life together. I loved you so but you’d had enough of me. I’m so crazy, I’m so sad, I don’t love you, it makes me mad. Well there are several things i’d ought to say to you so we can clear the air and i can finally try to move on. I’m really sorry, I’m really sorry, I’m really sorry, I’m really sorry. You know I love love. I’m not so great at the relationship part of it.
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10. |
Candy Mountain Song
02:30
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The day you left, I fell for you. Thought your dodging, dark eyes told the truth. Oh, how they watched all the nights go blue. You left, and I took a piece of you. So when you go, won’t you take a piece of me? Well I’m not sure if I’ll be ready to see you go, just take a piece of me. We sang big rock candy mountain songs, inside your arms where I belonged. I sure hope you don’t miss me when you’re gone, I hope I was never wrong.
August is drawing near and I’m just glad to have you here. Go to sleep and know you took a piece of me.
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The Wanda Band Huntsville, Alabama
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