1. |
Autumn Passing
03:39
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2. |
Anytime You Want
03:45
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a blistering summer
our hearts exploded on each other
we were basking in the light
i was blinded by your size
i was dumb, in love, and blind
i’d spend my days depleted, dry
and try to drink all of you at night
it was euphoric, sudden, and I
would have given you my life
now I’m making excuses
like I am dying to tell you something
and it feels so false to think
i could ever love again
at least that completely
and it hurts to think
you saw me so naked and completely
you saw everything and still had to leave
is it too much to think that I can take love with grace
and watch it leave just the same?
your force fades
memories soften and dissipate
and I wonder someday
if I’ll smile when I hear your name.
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3. |
It's All Coming Down
03:17
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still awake, half wanna die
this ninth cigarette won’t save my life
sydney moved, the band never plays
i lost your love this year
i lost some friends along the way
and I strain my wrist
trying like hell to turn the clock back
and I feel like shit
desperate, drunk, dejected
stumbling through the dark
i know that bird calling out in the night
this isn’t the first time he thought moonlight was sunrise
little bird calling into the night
high cries, high cries, high cries
calling out your name
we spent the summer swimming under starless skies
we spent the summer talking in whispers
you’d come at midnight rapping on my window and I
felt born again, it felt sacred
and I could call you a liar, but I’d still let you in
i could call you a thief, but that’s not what I believe
my family’s asking where you’ve been
i still love you and that’s what really hurts
but oh, I’m far too proud to walk around
a sad, wounded dove mourning your love
the loss of you
so I’ll play it cool, I’ll keep my mouth shut
save it for the night time
i’ll be alright.
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4. |
Oh Youth
03:51
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your voice feels like a sound to follow
your voice feels like a Friday night in high school
your name—I write it down on loose leaf paper
your name—say it aloud and the sound it still holds weight
i know that I’m a little hard to love sometimes
you know that I’ve walked through glass and circled back to your side
sovereignty
rest my eyes while you sleep soundly next to me
sovereignty
let’s build a home across the country
& you can choose all the decorations
our living room all filled with plants and light
& I’ll keep up with all the dishes
well I—I’ll try, I’ll try.
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5. |
Stranger Now
02:22
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i lie in bed through all December and wonder
if the story we were writing together is through
i lie in bed through all December with my headphones on
playing songs that remind me of you
i heard a song today
it made me cry
it made me wanna reach out and say something like,
“i really only wish for your happiness”
but you know that
& if you didn't, then I guess you do now
i mean, if you hear this song, if you listen
when the record is out
you’re a stranger now
we hardly wave, don’t say a thing
when we see each other around
you’re a stranger now
& that’s normal
it’s how life goes
i’ll see you around.
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6. |
Maybe You Don't Wonder
02:24
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how’ve you been?
i’m starting songs like they’re conversations
how’ve you been?
no, I know, that’s none of my business
but sometimes I think you’d like me to know
sometimes I think you’d like to know
how I’m doing, how I’m feeling, and why
but maybe you don’t wonder
& I’m sorry
i pass you the blame for the state of my life
& I’m sorry
that when I see I can’t my eyes
and maybe you don’t wonder
i’m still in the backyard at midnight doing nothing
i’m still drinking alone under the moon
i need a cause to justify this phase
so I’ve gone ahead and named it “You.”
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7. |
Small Joys
02:28
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8. |
New Color
05:21
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9. |
Sway
04:00
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it’s hard now to think of the places and nights
nineteen and alive, alive, alive
the eager, dark, dramatic eye
that blazes bright for a time
now every day a slow, too-bright Sunday
while years race like they have some place to be
so long swimming through the dark
in all this light, I don’t like what I see
time moves too fast
what I remember I remember through photographs
time moves too fast
& when it’s done it’s simply done
when it’s gone it’s gone
it’s hard now to see the rooms where I used to sleep
first light through my window in the morning
it’s hard now to hear the voices I used to know
i don’t, i don’t, i don’t, i don’t
we clutch onto these fragments
we invent the past
to know that we’ve lived
to feel like we’ve seen some things
like we’ve done something
we make stories of memory
we hoard the tales of our youth
what else would we do?
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10. |
How To Be Alone
01:29
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i wake up and go to work
spend hours typing things I don’t care about
i come home and go for a run
cook something for myself
cause I know how to be alone
i know how to be alone
i know how
i see my friends on the weekend
wyatt seems to be fine
i see my friends on the weekend
call my sister sometimes
i know how to be how alone
i know how.
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11. |
We Fell Asleep Like That
02:49
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i still see you lazing in the summer sun
watching scattered light on tangled branches
now I’m trying hard not to need anyone
i’m trying
those warm and distant summer days…
now the days are short and the face I’d memorized is vague
i once knew you like the place where we grew up
you’ve become an idea
a player in what once was
there’s no keeping
no comfort in your memory
you’re gone
there’s no keeping
no solace in what happens when it’s done
there’s no keeping
no comfort in your fading, you’re fading, gone
i try my best to remember
what it felt like that night
crying, shaking in your arms
your face in the lamplight
you put my hands on your stomach
we fell asleep like that.
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