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Run for Cover
03:25
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Let’s get in the car and elope tonight
My hand-me-down jacket, the rich moonlight
It all fits together and feels alright until dawn
What happened to holding hands at school?
What happened to the cute little girl I knew?
All my friends know what’s going on
We’ll keep on waiting for tomorrow
We’ve been scarred and hurt
Holding on for someone
With no end in view
You better run for cover
She won’t let you be saved
So whatcha gonna do? (HEY)
Love (IS!) sand and silt
A catch 22, so screw it let’s jump right in
Keep the engine on, I’ll be right there
I’ve got a pocket full of hope and my mind knows where
I wanna be just anywhere but here
You say “don’t play a game with me”
“I always take things way too seriously”
And we all make promises we can't keep
But I’m sold
And we’ll seem too dumb to function
I draw the line, and bite my lip
I was holding on for something
Now that end is me and you
You better run for cover
She won’t let you be saved
So whatcha gonna do? (HEY)
Love (IS!) sand and silt
A catch 22, so screw it let’s jump right in
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2. |
Little Scheme
03:47
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I saw eyes green and glaring
Staring back at me
Through a sea of faces
Facing a travesty
Guess I’ll walk on over
You pull me by the sleeve
said, “I got a plan for you, are you all you’re chalked up to be?”
Well brace yourselves for me
If you know what I mean
if you know what I mean
(you do!)
Well I’m knocked down, at the end of my rope
And I’m certain that I have it and I have to explode
The feelings taking over my control
It never stops
Amazing me or driving me crazy
As a baby had a little trouble tryna behave
And I don’t think that I ever took to changing
Well brace yourself for me
If you know what I mean
ah, if you know what I mean
We’ll race to hit the streets
Like nothing that you've ever seen
ah, let’s try and cause a scene
Olly olly oxen free okay
(You can show yourself to me)
I’m falling over everything you say
(Say something sweet)
To me, you’re the only fix I’ll ever need
And so it seems
That I got caught up in your own little scheme
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3. |
Sharpen Up
04:18
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4. |
Kitchen song
02:46
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In case you were wondering, my inner monologue, has come back to my head
I think that after all this time I’ve spent without a thought of mine I am thinking once again
There is no way to tell if I’m insane enough or too well trained to,
Start a fire inside my house
Never mind it’s not worth doing, walk through life while never knowing,
What I cannot live without
I am finding it harder and harder to resist, the futile temptations of taking a risk
I’m hiding underneath my sheets...
Trying to keep the light out x4
In case you were wondering, my brain jumped out of its case and is, walking on the floor
Do I think of him or does he think for me, too late he's walking out the door,
A single key and 20 locks, a homemade bomb, a wet matchbox, see myself inside a room
Shut the door strike a match, walk away and don’t look back, some flowers wilt before they bloom
and I am hiding it harder and harder to resist, the stupid temptations of taking a risk
You’ll find me underneath my sheets...
Trying to keep the light out x4
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5. |
Steve Zahn
03:12
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This may be science, but I am not a scientist
Experiment on myself, I am pushing my limits
Are your eyes changing color, they look new to me in this light
Or are you a completely different person than who I was talking with last night
Cuz he likes to drive, and we like to get high and go places,
She likes to hide and I am running out of options
She drove out to find him, she’s pissed off about his past,
Made eye contact with her and now I am trying not to laugh
And there’s a picture in my closet, of a famous Japanese actor
As I am reaching in, he is looking out, he’s wondering what I am after
Cuz he likes to drive, and we like to get high and go places,
She likes to hide and I am running out of options
And it’s been a good year, a few more weeks then I’ll be gone
My heart is beating closer and closer to the tempo that I am set on
There’s a picture in my room pinned to my ceiling above my bed
When I am sleeping she is dancing, six feet above my head
Cuz he likes to drive, and we like to get fucked up and go places,
She likes to hide and I am running out of options
And he likes to drive (we like to lie)
And she likes to run (we like to lie)
I got fucked up (we like to li—**
And we like Steve Zahn (**iike. Steve Zahn)
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6. |
Model Trains
01:40
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Break in and then take on over
My brain is your model train
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7. |
Wide Open
03:43
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I left this door unlocked and open
Consider this a start
To where I’m making up for building walls
Around an empty skull and callin it
A chance for me to get a head
I forget to plan ahead sometimes…
So let’s break bread instead of break off
And here’s a toast to you
Cuz you were shaking up and changing patterns
Repeating and unchecked without a sign of ever slowing down
I forget to take it slow sometimes…
Break in and then take on over
My brain’s your model train
You are welcome here for now and ever x2
And so you stare with eyes wide open
My arms are just the same
They’re taking in and holding down your thoughts about our cat
And how she’s not afraid of anything
Oh I wish that we could switch sometimes
Switch places, but I’ll face it
The future’s not far behind
And yeah it’s sick and it’s twisted
The way that fate can unwind
It ties me up and gets loose when
There’s nothing left for me to try and I was spent
Before I spent a lot of time with you
Break in and then take on over
My brain’s your model train
You are welcome here for now and ever x2
And you are gold
So gold…
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8. |
Clementine
02:20
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There were once only a few souls divided, conquered, then embraced,
Now they rest in everything, too many to count,
They’re running out of space.
Picked a fight that I’d win against, thought I was sly cause I knew some tricks,
I underestimated pride and will to live,
The mirror you look in is vanity, reflects pain and agony,
Stuck staring down a loaded gun,
Best turn and run
Had to go home cause my words weren’t great,
Feels really different writing in another state,
But in the state of denial never let yourself defile,
Your own self restraint
Cuz everything you know is constantly changing
Get it while it’s hot boy, you better start complaining,
Cuz once it’s gone no one will care what you thought,
Or ever what you’ll ever think
So tell her that you love her every single chance you get cuz there’s no way to know
You might wake up alone you could die at any moment!
The mirror you look in is vanity, reflects pain and agony,
Stuck staring down a loaded gun,
Best turn and run
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9. |
Goodbye Blue Monday
02:34
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Of all the scars that I've got on my skin
Yours is the only one that got under it
A reminder of the stupid choices I made cuz I need to be loved by someone
And every hour that I tend to my wounds
Singing songs that sound like shitty show tunes and I'm
coming closer to forgetting about you or the fact I ever had a problem in the first place
There's gotta be someone out there for me
In this world there are lovers, fighters, and ones who fight to be loved
Uh huh, and I'm the one
Stuck inside his head
She's a mess
She's a train wreck set on fire heading off of a cliff
Woah but whatcha gonna do?
When she's falling for..
La dada da dada da dada dadada
Again I find myself in this position
A tug of war between my intuition and my
Rational leads to indecision and my
best impression of a calculator
Despite knowing that the myth is not true
I’m stuck thinkin’ bout a capital “Y” you
Got my head and my heart both working on
thinkin’ and feeling like it’s gonna be okay
La dada da dada da dada dadada
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