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I'm just waiting for the right time to let it out
I've been drawing shapes behind my eyes
I'll play the sacrificial lamb
You'll be the white knight
Yelling out catch me if you can
Catch me if you can
I think that I finally understand
Don't wanna think too much
I'll just go to bed
Don't wanna sleep
I'll just think a bunch instead
Swear to god I encourage this commotion
It's a rush
I don't think that I can stop
I enjoy it way too much
Burn the bridge or drive off it
either way
If you don't do it for yourself you know that nothing's gonna change
Let it build
Hold it in
It's a struggle to contain
All the things I wanna say
But I'm just waiting for the right time to let it out
I've been drawing shapes behind my eyes
You'll be the place it all began
I'll be the white lie
Yelling out catch me if you can
Catch me if you can
I think that I finally understand
I'm just a vessel for fate
No controlling what I make
I'll keep on pushing my luck
'til it puts me in the grave
I've got my foot in the door
I've got my voice in your brain
So up until I get bored
You know nothings gonna change
It's alright
Pull me out of the water again
Bring me to life
I'm doing fine for the day
But then I struggle at night
I get caught under the waves
I don't even try to fight
But you always throw me that line
You know could do it if you want to
It's all in the way you go about it
So I'll try it out this year
See if I can go without it
So full of apprehension
All my emotions clouded
I feel the build in tension
But I'm just waiting for the right time to let it out
I've been drawing shapes behind my eyes
I'll play the sacrificial lamb
You'll be the white knight
Yelling out catch me if you can
Catch me if you can
I think that I finally understand
I'm just a vessel for fate
No controlling what I make
I'll keep on pushing my luck
'til it puts me in the grave
I've got my foot in the door
I've got my voice in your brain
So up until I get bored
You know nothings gonna change
It's alright
I'm just waiting for the right time to let it out
I've been drawing shapes behind my eyes
I'll play the sacrificial lamb
You'll be the white knight
Yelling out catch me if you can
Catch me if you can
I think that I finally understand
I'm just waiting for the right time to let it out
I've been drawing shapes behind my eyes
You'll be the place it all began
I'll be the white lie
Yelling out catch me if you can
Catch me if you can
I think that I finally understand
I'm just a vessel for fate
No controlling what I make
I'll keep on pushing my luck
'til it puts me in the grave
I've got my foot in the door
I've your voice in my brain
This time I'm shooting for more
I'm sick of staying the same
It's alright
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2. |
Ugly
02:23
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One cold winter knight
It's just a flashback to one of the few things
I remember right
I always come back to the place it grew
But if I lose my mind
Can you teach me how to fake it
Cause I'm seeing all the signs
Out in public feeling naked
I used to run
But now I only crawl
It's said and done
Pull the trigger when it's time for me to go
I don't know everything
I just know what I know
And it ain't nothing much
No it's not that bad it just hurts a whole bunch
No when I fall back I don't roll with the punch
Man we'll keep going at it till somebody's won
So enjoy the show it's a wild one
And I think
I'm allowed to be
Just a little bit cynical
I can't help it
And truth be told I just don't care if its selfish
I always stand
Back off
How typical
And it's so nice to hear you tell me that
None of this is gonna matter in the end
I got so close
Tryna keep it composed
But really I don't think that I can deal with this again
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Falling back
Into the arms
Of someone else
'Cause you need somebody to touch
But I'm calling back
'Cause I don't care
What it'll do to me
I think I just need somebody here
So I'm falling back
Right into place
Wouldn't it be nice
If I could change
I'm getting used to curling up
On a block of ice
And they all say
You know it's gonna kill you someday
And you know you're setting yourself up for disappointment
You think you're getting yourself somewhere
But it's all for your own enjoyment
It's only gonna make it worse
It's only gonna bring you pain
But really I just want it more
Every time I here him say
It's gonna kill you someday
It's gonna kill you someday
It's gonna kill you someday
(well so what, well so what)
It's gonna kill you someday
(well so what)
But I don't think that matters at all
And things could always get worse
So I'm gonna keep my head down
And run into it headfirst
No I'm not like him at all
We're just both addicted to work
So I'm gonna keep my head down
And keep pushing through 'til it bursts
And I know I'm setting myself up to crash and burn
It doesn't matter how you touch me
And I don't care if you're concerned
I'll keep coming back
'Cause I don't care
What it'll do to me
And I don't need nobody here
Just let me push my rock
Let me starve myself
It doesn't hurt too mad
It always comes out so well
And they wish I'd stop
But I know that won't help
'Cause this is what I want
It doesn't matter If it's only gonna kill me
Someday
(And they all say)
It's gonna kill you someday
It's gonna kill you someday
(well so what, well so what)
It's gonna kill you someday
It's gonna kill you someday
It's gonna kill you someday
It's gonna kill you someday
(well so what, well so what)
It's gonna kill you someday
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Fingers
02:56
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I see your reflection in the mirror
I feel your every move
And those eyes staring back at me again
Form a hole inside my heart
It’s like daggers in my skin
I feel their hands around my neck
I feel their fingers pressing in
I know this isn’t what they want but I feel my body start to give
This is not how I thought that this would go
But if there’s no fighting it I guess that I’ll just float
You sent me a message
It wasn’t through the phone
Your sharpened eyes could do it all alone
So I'll sit and watch you from behind the glass
'Cause the moment never seems to pass me by
Tell me
When you see me
Does it scare you
I’m not working on myself
I wouldn’t dare to
Make something better of myself
It wouldn’t be fair to
And I hate that I enjoy this
Yes I brought it on myself
I hope that you’re not disappointed
I see your reflection in the mirror
I feel your every move
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Hands
04:50
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My chest sinks in
My heartbeat slows
I feel your skin
Against my own
Unfocused eyes
Dart blindly up
Let you have the keys
And tie me up
He’s letting go
He’s letting go
He’s holding on
And he’s letting go
I’ll stop counting down
If you say when
And you’ll keep track
But don’t forget
That I’m not kind
I’m not kind
And she’ll say beautiful thing
I need a usable man
You know the time isn’t right
But I’m always turning these hands
You say he’s turning back time
You know you’re so full of shit
You always blink when you lie
You’re always lying a bit
But you’re not mine
And I know that
But when I walk inside
My light always flashes
So I’ll laugh until I cry
And it feels good while it lasts
But I know that I’m not kind
I know that I’m not that good
At holding things inside
Now I’m the one whose skin is flushed
To you it’s just a little crush
I wish you didn’t make me feel so happy I could die
And everything blows past me cause
Everyone is in a rush
But I ain’t going nowhere
She said bottle up those feelings
Keep ‘em secret
You won’t need them in my couch
And I don’t need to hear it baby
Sex is really all this is about
I’ve got you wrapped around my neck where everybody loves to see your hanging out
And I don’t need to see it baby
Put your fucking hand over my mouth
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6. |
WakeupBurnFreeze
05:52
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Don't ask too much of me
I won't settle in too comfortably
I'll keep running my mouth so insufferably
About every single one of my dumb beliefs
I won't ask too much of you
Just to hold my hand and see me through
'Cause I can't do it by myself
I don't wanna set the world on fire I just want it to burn
I don't wanna set the world on fire I just want it to burn
I don't wanna set the world on fire I just want it to burn
I don't wanna set the world on fire I just want it to burn
Don't ask too much of people
They're evil little cowards and horrible creatures
They don't know any better so they always hurt each other
Then the guilt cuts deep so they sit alone and suffer
Both my feet got stuck in the cement that they poured
I wonder why they did it right outside of my front door
Now the bloods cut off
And I can't feel a thing
So I'll wait right here till the doorbell rings
So I can go back in
To the same old porch that I've always known
But every piece of furniture has turned into stone
And now I'm all alone
And it feels really weird
And the wind keeps blowing
When I look in the mirror I see a pile of bones
Just waiting to disappear to some place called home
I don't wanna set the world on fire I just want it to burn
I don't wanna set the world on fire I just want it to burn
I don't wanna set the world on fire I just want it to burn
I don't wanna set the world on fire I just want it to burn
We don't talk anymore
And you don't breath
And I don't feel like before
You knew me
Now I can't move
Now I can't move
I don't call anymore
'Cause I'm beneath
The worth of my words
And this disease
Now I can't move
Now I can't move
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7. |
swallow (Pride)
04:17
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A vertical cut down the threads of the fabric
I feel it get closer and cover my eyes
And I know that it's something I do out of habit
I'll look off the cliff but I don't want to die
I'll walk past the old institutions I went to when I was convinced that the world's in my hand
And I promise I'm sorry for all that you went through
It's painful to think back but I'll do what I can
You know
We all miss you so much
Is it selfish to think I could've helped it
You said
"If you need me to help just a text is enough"
But I'll shelf it and
We're all fragile and elfin
"The greatest of pressure is what I excel in" and
"If a human's immortal it just seeks an object to kill itself" with
It's a lie but I'll carry that weight 'til I
Drop off the face of the earth
All these little old places have changed
Know I'll fall once I feel the rotation
And it's all just the same
If we're living in hell
But I can be who you blame if that in any way helps
And I tried but there's no way of stopping myself 'til I die
Then I'll drop all this weight in the well
It's all fine
If there's anything wrong I can't tell If cover my eyes
I'm just scared of myself
Felt the planets rotation right under my feet
If I swallow my pride can I finally be free
It repeats in my mind like a countdown from three
This is nothing at all like how I thought it would be
I don't wanna set the world on fire
I just want it to burn
And how could you act like you're setting my free
If I swallow my pride can I finally be
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8. |
Chokehold
04:41
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Wrap me up in your warm hold
Keep me upright when I'm too cold
Let me lean on your goalposts
You can push me away if I get too close
When I lay down next to you
And you don't look my way
And my eyes stay set on the outline of your face
I'll give you your space
When I lay down next to you
But If I inched a little closer would you
Wrap me up in your warm hold
Keep me upright when I'm too cold
Let me lean on your goalposts
You can push me away if I get too close
When I stand right next to the fire
I don't move
I just watch
As it takes what it desire
But I'm not that ember
I don't have what you require
You can try to play pretend but I know you've never been a liar
Don't try to be
I wish I didn't feel it but I do when you lie with me
And every time I notice it I try to cut your ties with me
Laid down next to you
Trying to think of my best excuse
Could you
Wrap me up in your
Chokehold
Help me lose all my
Control
I keep on moving my goalposts
Let me eat my heart out before I'm too old
When I lay down next to you
And repeat the same mistakes
Trying to think of my best excuse
So I can keep myself awake
Not a thing that I said to you is what I really wanna say
Pretend I'm protecting you
But I'm really just afraid
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Candle
02:26
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A couple days in the summer
A couple hours in bed
But I’m sick of watching movies
Can I show you this instead
And I know everybody wonders
Just where the hell I want
But I can’t promise nothing other than that I’ll tell you when
So would you call me on the 15th
And light a candle
Burned my hand off
What a friend for misery
Laying face first
On the front lawn
Lift my head up
Now the suns gone
And I’ve been waiting here for so long
I’ll leave as fast as I can
You’ll run as slow as I walk
It’s so nice to call you my friend
You breathe as fast as I talk
I read the message you sent
I’m always in here just knock
Cause it’s getting scary out there
You know I’ve always been your rock
And I’ve been waiting here for so long
You said we’re all replaceable things
But if that was true
Then what’s there to do but
Set fire to my wings
And I’m burning up
Too close to the sun
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Good Morning
04:14
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Let me hold you
Let me bask in your warmth
Shine your light all on my lonely skin
Show me where my idea of me ends
Show me where I begin
Let me follow the sound of your voice
Tell you all of my sins
I thought I'd feel better when I
Was under the lights
But now I'm afraid
Afraid I might fall and the look in their eyes
Is colder than wind
I learned to fear heights when I was a kid
Then I fell from the hive
Another few months then I'm shedding my skin
Not much of a man but at least I'm alive so
Let me hold you
Let me bask in your warmth
Shine your light all on my lonely skin
Show me where my idea of me ends
Show me where I begin
Let me follow the sound of your voice
Tell you all of my sins
I thought I'd feel better when I
Did everything that I wanted to do
But everything's nothing
And nothing is true
So when it all crumbles it's funny see
'Cause the truth is a joke and it's always on my
Grab onto my ankles and ground me
'Cause there's nothing here really holding me down
There's a wall in my path
There's a rot in my soul
You know I've been so cold
Just
Let me hold you
Let me bask in your warmth
Shine your light all on my lonely skin
Show me where my idea of me ends
Show me where I begin
Let me follow the sound of your voice
Tell you all of my sins
Is it
Only
'Cause I'm moving around it too slowly
That I latch on and let it control me
Is it just 'cause I'm scared of the sound of it leaving my chest or the taste in my mouth
Hold on
'Cause my whole worlds about to explode
I tried coughing it up but it's stuck in my throat
I'm so tired
Let me drop all that's weighing me down
Let me feel every breath
Help me find a way out
Thought I was waiting for the right time to let it out
I was just holding it in
I stopped biting my tongue but it stuck to my lips
I was right on the edge
You let go of my hips
I'm not exploring the depths
I'm just drowning in it
Breath
The essence back into my chest
Tell me where I should go
Show me what to do next
I bottled it up and now
All of its foul
I stopped biting my tongue and now
I can't stop running my mouth
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Forever
03:57
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It build and it dies
And it raises and smooths
Then I can't remember why I was worried at all
But that's just what I do
Fettered flight
Hit the fan
Then I'm shot to the floor of this
And I'm tied down so tight to this illustrious heap
All these books that I bought
All these words that I speak
And I can't remember why but that's just what I do
I'm no sycophant
You know that I really love you
And I'll keep falling for forever
'Cause that's just what I do
I'll keep holding it together
I'll keep all of these birds in my room
I'm not scared of the ground 'til its close to my face
I'm not nervous at all
I'm just deathly afraid
That I'll keep falling for forever
'Cause that's just what I do
I'll take the usual
Lets keep standing in place
You know you always make me feel beautiful
Though I've fallen from grace
Now I know the world tends to move without reason
But I spent so long thinking it revolves around me
My give and my take still feel so uneven
And I'm staying here
So you keep on walking
I'll keep falling for forever
'Cause that's just what I do
I'll keep holding it together
I'll keep all of these birds in my room
I'm not scared of the ground 'til its close to my face
I'm not nervous at all
No I'm ready to change
But I've been falling for forever
'Cause that's just what I do
I'll keep falling for forever
'Cause that's just what I do
I'll keep holding it together
I'll keep all of these birds in my room
I'm not scared of the ground 'til its close to my face
I'm not nervous at all
I'm just deathly afraid
That I'll keep falling for forever
'Cause that's just what I do
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12. |
Bouquet
05:36
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I have become
Something other than what
I expected I would
I'm not good
And I'm not kind
But I'm not cruel and I try
Just like I promised would
And I'm not special
Like I thought that I was
I am not remarkable or outstanding
I am just
I am just learning
I am growing each day into a beautiful, very large flower
I'm just part of the bouquet
And I am not alone here
We are beautiful things
Now I wanna tell you I love you but I'm waiting 'til spring
When you tell me I'm good
And I almost believe it
Maybe you're just peeking into the future
'Cause I don't yet see it though I try
But I don't think that I'm nice
And I'm not special
I am just learning
I am growing each day into a beautiful, very large flower
I'm just part of the bouquet
And I am not alone here
Forever in bloom
We are all just growing each day
Shrinking under the moon
And there's not anything good
There's not anything right
We are all just standing, reaching up towards the light
'til we wither
And we fall in the middle of the night
When there's no one there to see us
And there's no one that despite
Our roots wrapped around each others
In and ancient sort of seal
I will push your leaves away
You'll keep pulling my thorns near
And I'll be scared
'Cause flowers only last a week or so in a vase if you take care of them well
And now the empty sheets I used to roll inside are made up and filled with the smell
Of something blooming and my wintertime is warm
In a way that I've never felt
And I know you'd say
If I think it I should say it
If I feel it I should do it either way
But I'm not good
And I'm not kind
I am very, very selfish
I keep it all to myself and
I am swaying in the breeze
Trying very hard to bend
But I am very, very weak
I am broken into pieces very, very easily
When I said that I would change I didn't know what that meant
I am a very young tree
My base is spreading out below about as fast as it can
But I am very, very slow
And the ground has not end
No direction I should go
I always thought that I was free but I was really just alone
And now
Our roots wrap around each other getting twisted in a loop
We are tangled
We are knotted
Pulling my thorns into you
It doesn't matter where I hide
It doesn't matter where I run
And there's no point in being here if I'm not reaching for the sun
'Cause I am
Feeling something new that I have never felt before
And even if I'm terrified at least it's better than ignoring
All this pestilence I hide
And If I'm rotted to the core at least I gave it all a try
At least I'm looking for the cure
And if you wrap me in your branches to protect me from the cold
For just a little bit of time
Then I'm ok with letting go of all the rotten roots I clung to
All the pain that I adored
And every time I see the light
I'm cutting off a little more
'Cause I am feeling some thing new that I have never felt before
(This is nothing at all like I thought it would be)
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