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All Yr Boyfriends
03:29
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I never knew that I could meet someone that I
Never knew yet could torture and haunt me like you
All of these songs sound awful familiar to
All of those songs that you got so sick of before
And just like young flappers did back then
You’ll sing and dance your roaring twenties away
When you think back and decide all yr boyfriends
Just wasted yr time, they're still that much better than me
I held yr hand, you held yr reservations
I held you close and such high expectations from this
And just like young flappers did back then
You’ll sing and dance your roaring twenties away
Please put down yr notebook, with all the time that you took
You didn’t take a look around
Meet me at bus stop, hiding from the raindrops
Try to find yr way home from across town
Didn’t get your message, did you hear my heart break
Sorry that I let you down
How the hell should I know? It’s always my fault though
Sometimes you get burned when you play around
I never knew that I could meet someone that I
Never knew yet could thrill and excite me like you
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2. |
Spectre of a Girl
04:02
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Parking lots and midnight walks won’t feel the same at twenty-three
I’ll never free my thoughts again, I will miss you now and then
There I go, waste my breath, there must be a point to all of this
I’ll pay close attention, I want to remember
I am writing tribute
To a youth I never had
I might be exaggerating
Better than forgetting
You won’t do the same
There’s much bigger plans you made
What harm would it do
To spend my life longing for you
Or my image of you (just a spectre of a girl)
Was this ever real (justify the way I feel)
Just like film negatives when I hold these years up to the light
I might see a picture, dark surrounding points of white
The flowers on the furniture all still have their petals in full bloom
This is where I held you and we fell asleep together
I am writing tribute
To a love we never had
Certainly exaggerating
But it’s better than forgetting
You won’t reminisce
There’s better memories than this
So what harm would it ever do
To spend my life longing for you
Or my idea of you (just a spectre of a girl)
Was this ever real (justify the way I feel)
I am writing tribute
To the misery I’ll feel
In five or seven years
Nowhere near as romantic as it appears
You will leave this place
And so will be gone every trace
Of what we ever had
Whether it was good or bad
My idea of us (two lovers never meant to be)
Did I remember wrong? (Have I been longing too long?)
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3. |
Talk Kindly
03:27
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When yr world’s getting to you / You will find me
Out by the steps of that place where we met / please don’t mind me
You remind me
How your heart is still cold though the sun’s shining on you
Please talk kindly
I have lost all my strength after all that we’ve been through
Hiding my shame under fluorescent light / Going missing
Longing to feel like I did the first night / Feels so distant
I’ll keep wishing
For all of these answers I know I’m pathetic
I’m just guessing
I’ve had the wrong idea straight from the beginning
Not my sweetheart
In a couple of years I will just be a stranger
That’s the worst part
But I wouldn’t blame you if you don’t remember
When yr world’s getting to you / You will find me
Out by the steps of that place where we met / please don’t mind me
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4. |
If Only for a Day
04:39
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Yr the rain that falls on a desert night
It’s so hard for me to remember right
I’m no good for you, you tell me
I’m no good for me
What does it take to tell the truth?
I’ve lost the strength to run to you
I sure have some nerve, you tell me
Is this what I deserve?
Wasted too much time, can’t come crawling back to you
I’ve run out of rope, can’t go home on hope, I know
If only for a day
If only for a day
Yr the moon and stars that paint the sky
You light the way when the sunshine dies
Hold you as my crutch, I need to
You don’t ask for much
I’m too scared to say, promise you will stay won’t you
Do you think it’s fair? Not that you would care at all
Feels just like a dream, and what a nightmare it has been
There’s no waking up, you’re not there to pick me up no more
Wasted too much time, can’t come crawling back to you
I’ve run out of rope, can’t go home on hope
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I want air, I care
Here’s another mistake I made
But you want each other so why should I bother
I’ve got all these problems now
I’m alone
Going home
I’ve got all these notes and these words
but I forgot how to make some sense of them
It’s early morning
And I’m wide awake
The bells are ringing
I’ll stay in bed
Now that nobody wants me there
I’m totally sleeping in
And you can’t say anything
I won’t tell a soul
I know you don’t want me to
So if that’s the deal will you tell me what’s real
And which parts were make-believe
What’s the point?
Going home
Just stick to the melody
it’s carefully crafted then maybe you’ll listen to me
It’s early morning
And I’m wide awake
The bells are ringing
I’ll stay in bed
Now that nobody wants me there
I’m totally sleeping in
And you can’t say anything
And nobody told me that
It was yr wedding day
I’ll act like it’s okay
It’s early morning
and I’m awake
Those bells are ringing
But they’re so far away
And nobody wants me there
Just ask the bride and groom
I hope that yr happy now
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6. |
Sugar and Saccharin
04:09
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What'd you expect to see when the darkness sets in
The blinding light is fading away
Remains, smoke trails, the fun we had then
A promise in vain, to friends remain
Innocence of youth
Had we known the truth
Can you be honest? Promise yr not holding back
Retrace the space between then and now
Conscious, wasting, the formative years
Erase what you felt, the precious fears
Animosity
Malice, spite, and jealousy
Sympathy means everything / Hospitality and hostility
You’ll hide me away / Resolve it another day
I can’t deal with you
Can’t you see I’ve so much to do
Sugar and saccharin / Won’t make this right again
I feel all is lost / If you want to play then that’s the cost
Intrigue is frail, balanced between
Heartache and the weight of the rest of yr life
Clueless, searching, for patterns throughout
Hidden meaning, a lovely girl
Don’t waste yr time
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7. |
Peppermint
04:33
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If you hear All You Need is Love one more time you’ll stick
A ballpoint pen inside yr ear and end it all here
If I see yr face again, I might throw myself in front of
A bus, a trailer truck, it’s all the same to me
Like the piano down the hall, all yr brother’s alcohol
Don’t play well with for you, but it will have to do
Yr the thunder in the rain, yr the flowers on the grave
Almost bittersweet, surrender and defeat
And yr almost beautiful
When you’ve found you lost yr friends, act distraught pretend it’s the first time it’s not like it happens all of the time
When I’ve found out I’ve lost you, I should play it cool yr
Just another girl, not the perfect girl, yr all over the world
Like yr brother’s new bass amp shakes yr walls and ruins
Yr sweet dreams, yr the same for me, like I’ll never sleep
Sure as you never washed yr hair, I imagine you still wear
That dress of floral print, yr breath smells like peppermint
You were almost beautiful
Doesn’t matter where you are, like yr brother wrecked his car
You will lose control, you will free yr soul
Like the piano down the hall, won’t be used again at all
Watch me gather dust, leave me where you must
Where did all that sweetness go, when did maybe turn to no?
Try to stay silent, save the embarrassment
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8. |
Parasol
03:08
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Parasol, I’ll leave you behind / I don’t need you, I’ll walk alone
I know the rain will stop someday / I’ll just have to wait
My parasol, oh, parasol
I’m left out in the rain again
And you know it well / But his hand is wrapped around you
Does he need you more than me?
You think things are better this way / You don’t need me and that’s okay
The rain has to stop someday / I tell myself the same thing everyday
My parasol, oh, parasol
How’d I get tangled in this mess? Do you even care anyway?
And you know it well, but his arms are wrapped around you
Does he really need you more than me?
Parasol, parasol / I hate to say I need ya
Parasol, parasol / I’m not alright
Parasol, parasol / I wanna be beneath ya
Parasol, parasol / The light’s too bright
Now I can't believe this is you and this is me
It seems more like a film or a part of a novel
Parasol, parasol / I hate to say I need ya
Parasol, parasol / I’m not alright
Parasol, parasol / I wanna be beneath ya
Parasol, parasol / The light’s too bright
Parasol, parasol / I’m not alright
Parasol, parasol / The light’s too bright
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9. |
Return Remorse
02:56
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Cinema doesn’t shine as bright without you
The night sky doesn’t seem deep like it used to
Return remorse, couldn’t get much worse
Alcohol isn’t just for fun these days
The rainfall couldn’t wash the pain away
Return remorse, couldn’t get much worse
Count to three / Nobody
Will be home to hear you cry this time
Lost at sea / finally
Free to be who you want to be
Brave the storm / Free from harm
You don’t need no one from now on
Lost at sea / finally
Free to be who you want to be
Cinema doesn’t shine as bright without you
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Elena
03:56
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True disappointment / You’d never know it
Til you can’t escape
Queen of entrapment / Rules this apartment
And her tattered clothes
And I love you most, though you say I don’t know love
But I’m certain that you hurt me
Shifting through seasons / You must have yr reasons
Watch the leaves fall
Queen of attraction / Have some compassion
Yr my holy ghost
And I hate you most, but I really hate myself
And the things I do to alienate you
And I love you most, and I know this must be love
Because nothing else could hurt like this
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I decide what's in store for me / And I know how I seem to be
Raising my sights too high / Waving my hopes goodbye
If not for you / That one twenty-five
God, you made me / Feel so alive, so alive
And you're the kind of girl / That dreams are made of
Yes, you're the kind of girl / That dreams are made of
All you guys say what's new for you / Tell me now what I need
To keep my spirits high / And not to wave my hopes goodbye
If not for you / That one twenty-five
God you made me / Feel so alive, so alive
And you're the kind of girl / That dreams are made of
Yes, you're the kind of girl / That dreams are made of now
That dreams are made of now / That dreams are made of now
The kind of girl...
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12. |
Summer's Over
04:34
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Another night at the park turns cold
And no one cares if yr alone tonight another light goes out
Another day to waste away with me
The conversation turns to arguments with yr regrets and mine
If anybody’s right I’ll throw away my pride
What’s the point to all of this again?
I forgot through all these sleepless nights and boring fights you win
And if I was right then I’d invite you in
I don’t need another word
And I know yr going out the door
But if I’m not there to greet you I just hope you find a way to make things right
Another night the calendar discards
And I find that I’m alright but yr grin tells me otherwise
Will I ever be at peace with this
Yr condescending looks
The oxygen you breathe into my life
Is not enough to keep my lungs alive right now
Am I smothering you with my time?
But I believe that it was you that wanted me around this time
Am I wrong or are you just changing your mind
I don’t need another word
And I know yr going out the door
But if I’m not there to greet you I just hope you find a way to make things right
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13. |
Shimmer and Sigh
02:58
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Youth and heartache / Seem so strange to me
Hundred miles / I still don’t feel free
Dark in the night / Lost in yr eyes
One last goodbye / Shimmer and sigh
Empty pages / Don’t mean I’m empty
Broken pavement / Crying of our street
Silver moonlight / Thinking I might
Tell you tonight / But it doesn’t feel quite right
Drawing lines with me / Separate histories
Waiting there for me / Youth and heartache still
Lost in the night / Tall like streetlights
One last goodbye / Shimmer and sigh
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