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payphone
03:34
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another crowd of hopefuls lined up along this city street
and i dont think that if we met up I could walk away feeling clean
but I dont mind
no I dont mind
Ive never been one for perfection but I need to make this work
this means more to me than I'd like to admit and I just cant find the words
to make this make sense
but who needs sense?
and I dont know where Im headed
I dont know where to go
but I know your number by heart
and I've got some change so if I could just find the nearest payphone
you may love yourself more than I love you
I know thats not the case but one day it will be true
in due time
just give it time
a dimly lit room and a kevin drew album meant the world
but nothing compares to a plate of rice and a stack of DVDs
and it was mine
it was all mine
we've had fights for reasons just absurd
but last nights tiff I swear to you
i meant every single word
every fucking word
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I HOPE HE PLAYS GUITAR BETTER THAN ME.
AND I HOPE WHEN HE SINGS THAT HIS VOICE IS HEAVENLY
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I HOPE HE MAKES YOU HAPPY.
SOMETHING YOU COULD NEVER FEEL AROUND ME.
IF IM BEING HONEST SOMETIMES I HOPE YOU FUCKING DIE
I HOPE AND I PRAY THAT YOU DONT MAKE IT OUT ALIVE,
WITH MY HONESTLY AND VOCABULARY NEWLY CONJOINED.
BUT IF I HAVE TO DRINK TO BE HONEST THEN WHATS THE FUCKING POINT.
I'M A LITTLE BIT PAST TIPSY NOW IF YOU EVEN CARE.
HEY, HOW'S ABOUT A QUICK GAME OF TRUTH OR DARE?
I DARE YOU TO LAUGH WITH ME LIKE YOU ONCE DID.
I DARE YOU TO LOOK AT ME IN MY EYES AS YOU TELL ME ALL ABOUT HIM
I DARE YOU TO GIVE ME A FIGHT, TO COME OUT SWINGING WITH ALL OF YOUR MIGHT.
MAKE ME WORK FOR MY SMILE AS IF I ALREADY CANT SEE ONE FOR MILES
MAKE ALL THIS EMOTION WORTHWHILE. TRUST ME, I KNOW. HEARTBREAK'S IN STYLE.
HEARTBREAK'S IN STYLE.
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I want to see what you saw, to feel a force so strong it’d make me forget everything I had.
I want that wound open and raw, to provide an understanding of what happened to you when times got bad…
…Because maybe it’d make more sense. Maybe our interactions wouldn’t be so tense. Maybe I’d be okay with the way you left, with your progression at our expense.
You wrote you were something special for this world and I believed you.
Not concerned or at all fearful for what you weren’t prepared to bleed through…
…But if that dead necklace meant more than coffee, I understand.
If you needed both arms to carry yourself, please let go of my hand.
Self-preservation serves a real purpose and I understand it’s demand,
but I was left to slowly sink and I eventually hit that sand.
Whats sunken is still held in place by the anchor to which its attached, so I drowned with a hopeful smile and my expectations left unmatched.
So if I’m yesterdays edition I hope you’ll forgive my position when I confess that I’m not okay with that.
I hope you’ll forgive my self-worth. It lives and it’s strong. It tells me my head’s better off intact.
There’s something about that aura, that feeling of belonging that kept us both coming back.
And if you’re waiting for an apology for seeing what you saw in me, keep waiting. There’s nothing I’d retract.
So here’s hoping one day I see you walking my way with a scar left from your new opportunities.
Tears down your face, expecting me to offer my embrace but at that point, there won’t be any getting through to me.
I’m following your word! Regardless of what you think you heard, I’m just trying to work towards my own health.
I just hope you realize after all these painful nights, you didn’t leave us as much as you left yourself.
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those pretty noises, can you turn them down?
i think that I'm dying, do you want to go out?
because we can play some pac man or go to the library
we can order out some pad thai without the MSG
and they write books about this sort of thing
closed captioned heart beats spell hope five letters long
i think shes gone to nashville. she dont care for my songs
and if my heart hadnt withered than perhaps id track her down
but ive got a lot to stew on so I guess Ill hang around
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overrated
02:03
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I took a walk with the devil. She said she liked my shirt.
I took that same walk with God and got told I didn’t deserve to live or die under his roof. Up until now, I’ve simply blamed my youth.
I took a seat with the devil on a bench by Belmont lake. We talked about growing up and the importance in mistakes but when I sat with an angel she stayed quiet.
I guess she couldn’t relate.
I stepped foot into heaven for a day.
Never felt so outcast in 20 years of age,
but when I talked to a devil, I had to say,
“My good man, you sound just like me.”
He said its okay to be wrong! Showed me the beauty in a sloppy song, and theres nothing he loves more than hearing kids like me sing!
He liked what I drew and didnt look down on people who proudly shouted “I don’t want to be you.”
He’s weaving tall tales, I already know he is.
Telling me what I want to hear, putting up his bids for my soul
but I think I might give in, cause atleast he’s get a place in his heart for the rest of us imperfect kids.
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mr gaye
03:44
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Father Father, I know I’ve done wrong but who are you to judge me if i grow my hair long.
Unconditional is too strong of a word and it won’t mean a thing until everything’s been burned.
If life was a movie I’d know just what to say. If I was an actor, I bet you could find the time of day.
Mother Mother, your little boy’s dying, but he’s not in pain so you shouldn’t be crying.
This is my public school solution for walking on glass. If your feet aren’t already numb than I hope you run fast.
I don’t wake up and look forward to seeing you, but I’d rather that than assholes in yankee caps and girls I’ll never fucking talk to.
I’m doing okay, I think. I’ve got a general direction and a mixed drink. From what I’ve seen it’ll take me far. Here’s hoping I make it to my car.
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