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Since May
03:55
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I dont know if you care about what ive been up to
I dont know if you heard about my car crash
We haven’t hugged since May
And that may be a mistake
Ive been sitting in my room missing the way you treated me like shit
We don’t look the same
I guess that's what time does when we’ve been so far away,
For so long,
I heard you got a job serving coffee at this bar,
While i was selling televisions and giving my liver scars,
I heard a rumor that you took your boyfriend to the beach,
While i was writing songs about the times that you took me,
We haven’t kissed since May,
And that may have been a mistake,
Ive been drowning in tears from that day,
But we don't look the same,
I guess you lost the weight you gained from stress eating while dating me,
And you don't sound the same,
I guess you aren’t anxious about your voice like you were because of me,
And i don't love you the same,
I guess that's what time does when you’re busy hating me,
We don’t look the same
I guess that's what time does when we’ve been so far away,
We don’t look the same
I guess that's what time does when we’ve been so far away,
For so long, for so long.
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Darling, please
03:57
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Lay in bed
Stare up into darkness above my head
Wait for dreams to come
Please interrupt this melancholy feeling I'm drowning from
Cause I don't wanna wait
For the sun to rise this morning
To get some sleep darling please
Cause I just wanna sleep
Cause I just wanna sleep
Darling, please
Switch the pillow again
To the colder side as if that would help me
Fold my clothes again
As if that would help my fucking leg from twitching when I'm laying across on my bed with my legs facing east
That I only knew because I googled it because I can’t fucking sleep
With my head facing west
I cannot attest to getting any sleep with my head still on my neck
Cause I don't wanna wait
For tomorrow night to try this all again
To put me out of this pain, darling please,
Cause I just wanna sleep,
Cause I just wanna sleep,
Cause I just wanna sleep,
Darling, please,
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Gone In Bloom
04:33
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Tell me that you love me one more time,
Tell me about how we’re fine,
Tell me that all these fights are just “Really normal couple shit”,
“Nothings wrong here, we can make it right”
Tell me about you day,
About your class and how it sucked all of your happiness away,
Now you don’t want me in your life,
But you don't me to go away,
So i know, to you, that this may seem rash,
And, to you, i'm just another car crash in your life,
What do you want me to say,
What do you want me to do,
With myself now that you have, gone in bloom,
What do you want me to say,
To my family and friends,
That you said you loved, maybe you actually loved them,
But not me,
Tell me about your trip,
And how it changed your life, having me away from it,
And that you “could’ve gone far, had nothing to lose”,
But somehow i'm the one at fault,
So i know, to you, that this all may seem rash,
And, to you, i'm just another car crash in your life,
In your life,
What do you want me to say,
What do you want me to do,
With myself now that you have, gone in bloom,
What do you want me to say,
To my family and friends,
That you said you loved, maybe you actually loved them,
But not me,
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I'm a Romantic
06:40
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I don't know what to do,
With all of my free time that I used to spend with you,
Now, my late nights, have become my only chore,
Filled with empty bottles, shot glasses on the floor,
I don't know what to do,
With all of the pictures that i have with me, yet featuring you,
And now i don't know what to do,
With all of the habits i grew about cherishing someone and it was always you,
Why did you have to take up all my time,
Why aren't my hobbies as great as they were before you came into my life,
Why am i spending my nights trying to fall asleep to smoke filling up my room,
And why can't i write these lines without being fucking high thinking about my times with you,
It's fucking depressing,
That i am undressing,
It's fucking depressing,
That i am obsessing,
Over you,
Maybe i’m a romantic,
I can not be alone,
Flipping through many months of memories gone wrong,
Maybe i am delusional,
That you were ever mine,
You were too busy getting hooked on somebody else's B-Sides,
Maybe I'm a romantic,
I did everything for you,
Now i'm searching for someone who laughs like you,
Maybe I was delusional,
To think you loved me so,
But now you're on your cell phone talking about his voice that glows,
I guess that i'm a romantic,
With a shattered heart,
Looking for someone to fill my empty walls with art,
I guess i am delusional,
To think I could be here,
Without someone in my life to stop me from leaking tears,
Here i am; a romantic,
May the depression now ensue,
I'll be showing the next girl the same things i showed to you,
Here i am; delusional,
Saying i am fine,
Spending my nights smoking pot and eating out somebody's insides,
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I always think it's you, calling me,
Sometimes it's news, but never is it what i wanted to be,
Because you’re with your boyfriend and i, i'm sitting here smoking,
That plant that you told me to never touch, is now burning
I always think it's you, calling me,
Sometimes it's you, but never as much as i want, to be,
Because you’re with your best friends, sharing memories at your homestead,
And i am here waiting for your call,
I really wish that this was you, calling me,
To ask me how i'm doing without you because i am not fucking happy,
But, please stay where you are and stay what you’re doing,
i'm not worth the phone call at 2 o’clock in the morning,
Just please stay asleep, dreaming about other things,
And please, stay with your boyfriend who makes you more happy,
Than me, a romantic, who is drugged up and crazy,
Just please stay asleep, dreaming about other things,
And don't question my mind,
It's flogged up with ampersands,
And don’t feel bad,
And don't be sad,
It’s nobody’s fault but mine,
That i'm falling apart in time,
It's nobody’s fault that i,
Am falling in love,
With you,
Tonight.
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6. |
Everyday (It seems)
06:21
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Everyday, it seems,
Easier to talk about you,
In the past tense,
Everyday. it seems,
Harder to flaunt about you,
Like you made any sense,
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7. |
Mic test
06:22
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You say you're unhappy
I feel the same
You say you have anxiety
And that it's hurting your frame
They say that you're fine
And that you'll get over it
Now tell me how many times
You trusted a word that they said
This isn't a phase only in your mind
This isn't a change you'll get used to in time
It's not growing out it's growing deeper
So give her a chance
Explain what's in your mind
Give her a pen that she won't use to write that she's fine
Cause she's not
This isn't a phase only in your mind
This isn't a change you'll get used to in time
It's not growing out it's growing deeper
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Pull me by strings
05:44
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Just maybe i'll take on drinking again,
Drinking alone,
Alone and dependent,
On you, nothing else
Else in this world,
Drinking alone in your world,
Just maybe i'll take on thinking again,
It's been a thousand years,
And now i've forgotten,
Just how to believe,
In my self,
I'll never forgive myself,
And I know,
It may surprise you,
To see me this unhappy.
And I know,
That it may arouse you,
But just to let you know I won't be abused,
When you're needy and when you're easily,
Able to pull me by strings,
No I won't do it,
No I can't do it,
Anymore,
Just maybe i'll take on reading again,
That book that you gave me,
I never read past,
The first fucking page where it said your name,
That book has been sitting on my shelf,
And I know,
It may surprise you,
To see me this unhappy.
And I know,
That it may arouse you,
But just to let you know I won't be abused,
When you're needy and when you're easily,
Able to pull me by strings,
No I won't do it,
No I can't do it,
Anymore,
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9. |
Prom Night
03:27
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I am scared of what I may see,
if i leave my room without __ _,
And i am scared of who i may be,
If i never leave my room without __ _
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Dear
03:51
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I see that you have found someone who makes you more happy than me,
Or maybe it is just that you don't know how much i think of you daily,
And how a day without you here is such a waste of time,
Its wasting all my years,
Which could be with you dear,
Dear ____
I will sit right here and scratch my eyelids closed shut,
Trick my mind into thinking that you are happy but he is not,
So maybe you will walk away so we can waste some time,
Watching Netflix movies on the spot,
With you,
Dear _________
Your eyes are pulling me in for seconds at a time,
The thoughts that you think up instead of working at the five and dime,
Are taking my soul for a walk tonight,
Around these pain filled years,
That we have been in,
Dear _________
I often think and ponder how our lives would be if i never gave up,
Started using drugs and alcohol to help me get my hopes up,
I wonder what you would have thought if i asked for us to dine,
But that isn't what proceeded, instead i depleted,
Im sorry,
Dear _________
I wonder if we ever had a chance from the start,
To be together as high school sweethearts,
But now we are Seniors, there is no time left,
To make all those memories that we could’ve had,
Instead of eating supper and going to bed alone,
I often think about her and where the time has gone,
Now i have to accept the fact that she is happy,
Without me in her life,
But thats okay here,
I'll be alright here,
Just know she's happy here,
Dear _________.
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