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Yr Aim
02:25
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Hey kids, whatcha know about speed metal at yr age
Don’t they teach you nothing anymore, what a shame
Just go to my MySpace page, and listen to my profile song
And then I bet yr gonna sing it all day long
Whatcha know about how to dress, it’s pretty obvious
You gotta know which clothes impress all the girls, you gotta take the bus
Get yrself down to the mall, throw down for a shirt or two
They probably won’t like you any more than they already do
Will there come a day / Where you won’t have to pray
Wishing you could love yrself / God, does anyone even like themselves?
Do yr best to comprehend / That the cycle doesn’t ever end
It's just the people who change / But do they ever really change?
If yr AIM is true / Then my AIM is true
Hey kids, whatcha know about being a punk rocker / I know yr lying
I got the new Anti-Flag record / I listen to it all the time
I got it from a friend online / Who got it from a friend online
Sure, we all got friends online
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The angels knocking at yr door / Went thumbing through yr sketchbook
They’re impressed by how sad it looks / Yr sleeping in yr bed at night
With such lovely dreams, real friends and chocolate ice cream
A real beautiful boy to take you home
When you want to, even if you never want to
Wouldn’t it be nice if they just asked?
The angels knocking at yr door / Went looking through yr wardrobe
They just wanted you to know / They love yr band t-shirts and yr
Stolen shoes, though they don’t mean much to you
You would love it if someone
Walked a mile, before you’re exiled
Sent away x number of days
The angels knocking at yr door /Ain’t sure what you believe in
But they’ll call it even / At least they know you better than that
Yr heart is tender, even when you lose your temper
You try to remember to forgive
Won’t forget you, even if they let you go
You’ll be sure to let them know
The angels knocking at yr door / Saw you posting on the internet
Telling strangers of how much you wept / And a beautiful boy said he understood
Those words of love, the pain yr speaking of
He said he’d be there to take you home
When you want to, even if you never want to
Ain’t it nice he knew to ask?
Then an angel came knocking at yr door / Saw you fighting with yr family
And he just wanted you to see / There’s a whole wide world out your front door
Free of feelings like anger and inadequacy
You’ll be finding serendipity
On the open road, who knows where you will go
With yr angels and your dream boy
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Hard Situations
02:26
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I learned, explored the sea where / You learned to speak softly
You came to tend my sail and / That’s when my sea legs failed
And there hiding under strange depressions / The tide can tear it all apart
I’ve tried to navigate the seas in question / Be still my beating heart
Though you don’t want me to / I’d do it all for you
Voyage through heavy storms / You’re there to keep me warm
When we reach the sunny shore / I hope that you’re finally sure
And there we’ll circumvent some hard situations / The time can tear it all apart
I’ll leave it up to your discretion / Be still my beating heart
Though you don’t want me to / I’d do it all for you
I’ll never meet no one like you / Across the ocean blue
Don’t know what I’d do / Lose my sun, my moon, my stars for you
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You Poor Thing
03:36
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High school bleachers, will stay just where they were
When you go home at night, you can rest assured
And yr teachers, they couldn’t let you know
That no one listens to emo anymore
They’re leaving you behind / Is it a surprise?
Do you mind? / You poor thing
Who could blame you? When you look back
Are yr memories intact?
Such a shame, your favorite song is in a movie
They won’t believe saying you knew that band before
I will miss you, do you remember when they said
That Joy Division’s out of vogue again
They’re leaving you behind / Why even try?
Wave goodbye / You poor thing
Spin that record / You bought secondhand
And just know I’ll always understand
Wave goodbye
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Honey, Honey
03:12
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I never heard you say you’ll miss me like the lights in December
Or “won’t you please stay,” leave me something that I’ll remember
Against the woodgrain of the front door, yr old apartment
Where I would pray that you would not compartmentalize
The golden years, honey, honey, you’ll bring me to tears
Under yr neon lights hung like stars honey honey that’s how it starts
Afloat yr seven seas, are you there to carry me?
I heard you moved away, you don’t need anyone in our hometown
I always thought you’d stray, but not without so much as a goodbye
I hope those motel rooms make yr dreams come true, pure inspiration
Maybe they can give you all you wanted, pure isolation
Away from me, honey, honey, I hope you see
Will I ever be the same, honey, honey, when I hear yr name
Watch you disappear, I will hold you close to me
Afloat yr seven seas, are you there to carry me?
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Violet and Green
04:02
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Dormitory halls made her world feel meek and small and alone
Union bookstore where she made it feel more like a church years ago
There’s a longing in the air, Dickinson, Plath, and Flaubert
Her perfume lingers there
Though she’s heard it all before, I wonder if she'll listen anymore
And I know, I’m not strong enough to tell her
In my soul, I know she deserves much better
Leave my heart in every letter
There’s a girl who sits and reads with her long brown hair blowing in the breeze
She lives inside my dreams seems to tower over me at five foot three
There’s a longing in my heart, Emerson, Kant, and Descartes
No, I never saw true art
Though she’s heard it all by now, I hope it don’t offend her anyhow
And I know, I’m not strong enough to tell her
In my soul, I know she deserves much better
Leave my heart in every letter
There’s a garden in the sun, where her poetry grows free
becomes tangled in the violet and green
And I know I’ll never see from the cold fortified steel
these gates remain locked perpetually
And I know, I’m not strong enough to tell her
In my soul, I know she deserves much better
Leave my heart in every letter
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Yoga
03:54
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Over backwards, good intent and recognition / Things you will dismiss
Over sideways, rivalry and imposition / You’ll remember this
Mirror poses / Learning to be still
Please be good this year / If you won’t no one will be
And you’ll find / Clarity and peace of mind
New instructor, mold yourself the way they tell you / And you’ll fit right in
You’ll recover, as soon as you find a place to be you / And you'll fit right in
Mirror poses / Don’t say anything
Please be good this year / If you won’t no one will be
And you’ll find / Clarity and peace of mind
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8. |
Love Me Don't
04:41
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These things are delicate, so please listen
There’s a reason, for this distance
No I didn’t want to deceive you
If it’s what you want I believe you
This was never meant to amuse me, so predictable to accuse me
Must I be the one who’s understanding when you’re the one who’s so demanding
Feel your kisses and how they hurt me
Break me, burn me
When I say no you never listen
Believe me, just leave me
You make it harder when you insist
Make it harder when I resist
People always say to be careful
But we never learn just how painful
Parting ways could be when you’re vengeful
But we never learn to be gentle
Feel your kisses and how they hurt me
Break me, burn me
When I say no you never listen
Blame me, shame me
Feel your kisses and how they hurt me
Break me, burn me
When I say no you never listen
Blame me, shame me
It’s never fun to say goodbye
Love me don’t don’t make me
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Carry the Torch
03:21
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At once you meant nothing and everything to me
The look you gave told me nothing and everything that I could ever need
If we’re going to call names then I’ll call your name until my lungs collapse
You said this town only hurts you, and the fighting only makes it worse
I’d only want to make it better, make you happy, but I can’t find the words
If we’re going to take sides then I’ll be right by your side eternally
And a bitter goodbye doesn't begin to do you any justice
If I carry the torch I’ll be sure to burn this whole place down with me
At once you meant nothing and everything to me
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10. |
Sunday
02:40
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My sunday morning girl went home
And I won't call her on the phone
Although one day I called her mine
I know some things change with time
My sunday morning girl is gone
She came and told me we are done
Just another lover lost
And now I have to pay the cost
If things in life don't come for free
Then what was she doing with me?
These things in life don't come for cheap, I know
My sunday morning girl is free
And that's the way she wants to be
She said this bird don't need a cage
And in her book I had no page
They say that things in life take time
She's already made up her mind
But I’d still want her to be mine
My sunday morning girl went home
She'll never call me on the phone
Though she's already gone away
That's where my heart is gonna stay
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