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Crier
04:00
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When I wonder if you will get close enough for me to be sure you'll stay
I'm really wondering if you will get close enough for me to push you away
Each night I lie awake and memorize every word you say
And I wonder if you will get close enough for me to push you away
Why can't we be real enough to say what we really mean?
That we're in it for the thrill of it, to fall apart at the seams
We'd rather keep our perfect lover hidden safely in our dreams
Yeah, we're in it for the thrill of it, to fall apart at the seams
I see something spark in the dark
Could it be the start of a broken heart?
I only got what was coming to me, baby
'Cause you told me you were a liar
You only got what was coming to you, baby
'Cause I told you I was a crier
I met you in the space between what I say and what I'm thinking
When I think that I am floating, then I find that instead I'm sinking
Between who I am when I'm sober and when I'm drinking
When I think that I am floating, then I find that instead I'm sinking
All at once the moment has passed
Did we ever imagine the moment would last?
I only got what was coming to me, baby
'Cause you told me you were a liar
You only got what was coming to you, baby
'Cause I told you I was a crier
One step forward, two steps back
Wash it white and paint it black
I would give the world to you
Only if you want me to
I only got what was coming to me, baby
'Cause you told me you were a liar
You only got what was coming to you, baby
'Cause I told you I was a crier
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Jilted Lullaby
04:14
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I’m wondering when all my pretty words went away
When did I discover I had nothing left to say?
When I was stumbling down, searching for the bottom
And I finally found, there’s nothing worse than autumn in the city
Feeling shitty, missing you
You know sometimes a mirror is the last thing that you need?
Sometimes your reflection is the worst thing you can see
When you know that you’ve lost, but you don’t know how you did it
You don’t know at what cost, you could drown at any minute
In an ocean of stunted motion and deepest blue
Where is all the beauty that my lonesome guarantees?
I’m waiting for the big one that’ll bring me to my knees
But all I’ve got are demands for answers I am missing
And some halfhearted plans, and pointless reminiscing
For the old times, the silver gold times when it was new
So how now do I measure just the life that I deserve?
How do I clear my greedy eyes and see beyond the curve
Of my most childish dream, something noble as redemption
Or some offered reprieve, or better yet, exemption from the grind
When my own mind imprisons me
And I’m looking through the bars to see a world I do not know
A place where I am wild, one more place I’ll never go
Feeling sleepy and blind from my gratitude and sadness
Really wish I could find all that attitude and madness
It’s so frightening, this loss of lightning, this loss of me
Well I heard that song you sang to me when you thought I was asleep
A jilted sort of lullaby, so clumsy I could weep
I never asked for your love, never asked to reciprocate it
Getting so tired of, yeah I’m starting now to hate it
Hear it calling, feel like stalling, and running free
I just need one more chance
I’ll just take one last chance
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Spit the blood out from your cheeks
Forget about these last few weeks
I could’ve told you what you need
But you were never listening
You could’ve told me anything
But you don’t speak or think of me
You act like you were just sixteen
Another fucked up drama queen
Can you hear me, are you listening when I cry out your name?
Can you see me trying, I’m still crying, don’t you feel ashamed?
And your hands are filthy, you’re caught guilty, won’t you take the blame?
Can you feel me near you just to hear you say you feel ashamed?
You always knew just where to hide
When I came running to your side
Said you can’t breathe when I’m too close
But you’re the breath I need the most
Can you hear me, are you listening when I cry out your name?
Can you see me trying, I’m still crying, don’t you feel ashamed?
And your hands are filthy, you’re caught guilty, won’t you take the blame?
Can you feel me near you just to hear you say you feel ashamed?
Maybe I’d have done the same
A heart to break, a soul to claim
It never was the song we’d sing
To love in spite of everything
It never was the song we’d sing
To love in spite of everything
Can you hear me, are you listening when I cry out your name?
Can you see me trying, I’m still crying, don’t you feel ashamed?
And your hands are filthy, you’re caught guilty, won’t you take the blame?
Can you feel me near you just to hear you say you feel ashamed?
Can you feel me near you just to hear you say you feel ashamed?
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4. |
Dial Tone
04:02
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We built our love and we took off our kid gloves
And we walked around in our grown up skin
And we were signing autographs with big shiny movie laughs
And never acting out the mess we're in
And now we've opened up all the shutters, been blinded by all the others
We don't know where the right turned to wrong
I can't find any semblance of kindness, your heart grown as hard as a stone
I have tried to put everything aside for you, how am I now all alone?
Crying into a dial tone
I've been blind for such a long long time
And I’ve been trying to learn how to see again
I’ve got amazing grace written all over my face
And I’ve been getting looks from the crowd I'm in
So now I'm breaking things just to fix them
Taking drugs just to quit them
Staying lonely for the sake of the song
I can't find any semblance of kindness, your heart grown as hard as a stone
I have tried to put everything aside for you, how am I now all alone?
Crying into a dial tone
I’m in love with you and
You're in love with me
But you've got all these walls up and I can't see
Over your numbing defenses and your halted advances
Won’t you please come back home baby, please?
I can't find any semblance of kindness, your heart grown as hard as a stone
I have tried to put everything aside for you, how am I now all alone?
Crying into a dial tone
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