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Lies a Secret
04:14
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You walk along the ridge and near the bridge beneath the sun I see you
Like a line drawn in the sand
He takes you by the arm and charms from you the kisses I can’t gift you
In these common affairs you dare begin
Within these lines there lies a secret
When all I wanted was to keep you in my arms
These warm relations, shipped about like rations
As if all the boys deploy for war
Bilged upon the anchor where I sank her to the keel I feel you slipping below
But in the end I fear it just begins again and I sink to meet you
At this place that we’d call home, but now we won’t
Within these walls there lies a secret
When all I wanted was to keep you in my arms
These warm relations, shipped about like rations
As if all the boys deploy for war
Within these eyes there lies a secret
When all I wanted was to keep you in my arms
These warm relations, shipped about like rations
As if all the boys deploy for war
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Ships
05:01
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I’m better off a boat
This sinking ship could slip with every tide
When you lower your clothes those skinny hips tear rips into my side
And it’s not often that I think of you
But when it happens you know it’s dismissed and that I know is true
On the outbreak of our new battle plan, understand
You take me as I am, you callous hand
If I surrender or bow to your commands, I demand
You take me as I am, or it’s no better than
I’m better off afloat
These metaphors leave shores for a new sea
But if my cover’s blown
Then I will gore your floor with my debris
And it’s not often that I think things through
But when it happens you know it’s legit and pointed strait at you
On the outbreak of our new battle plan, understand
You take me as I am, you callous hand
If I surrender or bow to your commands, I demand
You take me as I am, or it’s no better than
If you ever break my heart mark these words
You will be severed in the dark where no one will find you
Left to bear the mark, the light off the waters that you started
But never charted
On the outbreak of our new battle plan, understand
You take me as I am, you callous hand
If I surrender or bow to your commands, I demand
You take me as I am, or it’s no better than
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Sometimes Not Always
03:55
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Shirttails tearing from your waist
Well, so much for waiting
Raindrops scratching at your face
Well, look who’s complaining now
But I’ll be damned if I’ll sit alone and feel my hands freeze
Pockets show what I should have known before I handed you my keys
Sometimes, not always, assuming somebody’s doing it now
We forget then regret telling lies
But nobody thinks of the words they speak or their meanings
But it’s the same thing
Cocktail napkin like a ring hugging your finger
Proposing fast apologies but you’re not believing them now
And I’ve set in stone all the memories that have filled up your head
They have grown into anomalies and betray what I had meant
Sometimes, not always, assuming somebody’s doing it now
We forget then regret telling lies
But nobody thinks of the words they speak or their meanings
But it’s the same thing
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Stillness
04:20
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All our friends were smiling sober with eyes arranged
Witness to drowning brains
And all these things I won’t remember remain the same always
In your dream I was alone - oh, all alone
And I was making up while you were waking up
In the stillness I felt wrong - oh, all wrong
I should be letting go, you should be getting home
The dusty porch light of your front door guides the way to momentary flames
But the ashes of the embers turn to grey eventually
In your dream I was alone - oh, all alone
And I was making up while you were waking up
In the stillness I felt wrong - oh, all wrong
I should be letting go, you should be getting home
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Fire and Smoke
05:34
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It’s like a snowflake
This heart that your hands make out of nothing
But something’s not nothing
And then you painted a thought
But what you wanted it got
An honest opinion, recognition for plenty of talk
It spoke of a fire and smoke
You plead attention then I made a joke
You always looked like an angel pissed off on the bed
I felt like an asshole as I tried to make light of stupid things that I said
My hand’s in your pocket
But not for its contents
To be closer, it just wants to be closer
Like in the space where we’d meet
Beneath the blankets and sheets
I’d tell you a story as you laid beside me
But you fell asleep
It spoke of a fire and smoke
You plead attention then I made a joke
You always looked like an angel pissed off on the bed
I felt like an asshole as I tried to make light of stupid things that I said
We are the fire and smoke
You plead attention then I make a joke
You always look like an angel pissed off on the bed
I feel like an asshole as I try to make light of stupid shit
What I wanted to say
Is how much I need you and how much I want you to stay
But I fucked up and now you’re gone
And now it’s the story and now it’s the song I tried to sing all along
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Dear, it’s been moments since we talked
Seems like you’ve run out of things to say
You never needed anyone
And that seems just as true today
I may not be the clever one
I never put things quite as plain
But this seems less than I deserve
Yet more than one would dare to claim
Is it a momentary loss, or have you risen from this cross?
I guess I’ll never know
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