1. |
See
02:35
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In the evening
I feel it coming over me
Early summer
Swinging from a cherry tree
Start believing
In all the magic I can't see
Is it love
Or just another syncope?
I've been thinking
What's gonna happen after this?
And I've been drinking
Oh, just a bit too much I guess
When I start singing
Know I'm about to get depressed
I go up and
When I come down it's such a mess
All of these little ties
Cascading through my mind
See when I close my eyes
Walk in circles
Watching the minutes spin around
Wait for supper
And keep my feet upon the ground
Drink my coffee
Staring at the bolted door
Is this real
Or is it just a metaphor?
All of these little ties
Cascading through my mind
See when I close my eyes
I'm out of my head
I'm feeling myself
Get me out of this place
It's bad for my health
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2. |
Kevin
02:25
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Kevin is not himself
Waiting in line at the bmv
Faded travel posters
Of all the places he would rather be
Drive-thru window keepsakes
Sorrow sweepstakes she is on his mind
Double jacks and milkshakes
When his heart breaks he will be just fine
On an island far away
Kevin is somewhere else
Sitting alone at the hotel bar
Drinking to untie the knots that bind
Him to his ugly parts
Early aughts October
He is older than he thought he'd be
Two days clean and sober
Starting over his recovery
At the park on saturday
Kevin is in his head
Sleeping it off in the icu
Carnival incantations
Jubiliations of another youth
She looks at him so sweetly
He'd be happy to be her best friend
Someone else completely
But even then he feels the same again
He will never be okay
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3. |
Ohio
02:55
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Call from Massachusetts
I'm in Ohio getting sad
Yeah I get a little emotional
When I think about my dad
This little kid I used to know
All the time we used to have
Yeah I knew it would be difficult
I didn't know it'd be this bad
You've gotta go
I say goodnight
And fall into the frame against the light
You call me from New Orleans
I'm in Boston getting scared
I go on about the future
And how we get from here to there
And I say living in the present
Is so impossible to bear
I am trying to express to you
How much I miss your hair
You've gotta go
I say okay
But all I really want's for you to stay
I know I will miss this too
Don't know why I always do
You've gotta go
I say goodnight
And fall into the frame against the light
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5. |
Just Me
03:00
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I am the only one in the audience
Nobody else can feel what I feel
I look over my shoulder for the projectionist
But there is no one there behind the reels
It's just me
Now it's 7pm, I'm at drug mart
I walk through the aisles like a ghoul
I see you standing at the lottery vending machine
I walk by and I try to look cool
We lock eyes for a sliver of a second
My mouth is open but i can't bring myself to speak
So I just buy a pack of reds and I head out the door
Screaming down the empty street
It's just me
You look like someone
I will never know
You're going places
I will never go
Now I think if you knew me completely
You would love me like a mother or a dog
But I know when you actually meet me
You probably won't feel anything at all
It's just me
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