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Flies in my Teeth
03:05
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you should know that I'm a piece of shit
I get sad and don't know how to cope with it
I flake out on the people that I love
they say "give it an hour"
they don't understand that an hour's not enough
when you passively wanna die every day of your life
and there's this side of you that desperately wants to live a full life
but when you were just a kid
you never saw yourself making it past 18
if you even got that far
and it's hard to breathe with holes in your heart
said it's hard to breathe with holes in your heart
when you're halfway to 23 and living with friends
and the city took your car
hard to breathe when you hate where you are
you should know that I'm bad at staying in touch
and you should know that sometimes I really hate being touched
so just back the fuck up please
I need a 3 foot radius of space around me
'cause I'm drowning in overstimulation
I know you hate it when I get this way
but I promise you I hate it more
and I don't like to lie
but when I tell you the truth
it's not good enough for you
so lying becomes what I do
any excuse that I could use
to get out of the plans I made again
guess that makes me a terrible friend
and it's hard to breathe with this fucking apathy
filling up my lungs like mucus so thick and green
it's hard to breathe with these flies in my teeth
buzzing around my lips just waiting for something to feed on
hard to breathe when you're me
I said it's hard to breathe when you're me
and I swear this isn't personal
yeah I swear this isn't personal
but you make it fucking personal every time
every god damn time
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27 Club
02:20
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we have our own 27 club in Michigan
or was it 27,000
babies with scabs all on their skin?
this is more than just incompetence
this is evil
this was done with intention
who's disposable?
who's dismissible?
how can you fucking sleep at night?
the blood is on your hands
they say the "land of the free"
it seems damned to me
they say history repeats
G-U-I DOUBLE L O-TINE!
Old Ricky is a terrorist
and no, that's not extreme
how did you manage to get out of this with your nose so clean?
and people have the nerve to say
racism doesn't persevere
it's been 7 years and Flint still lives in fear
so who's disposable?
who's dismissible?
how do you fucking sleep at night?
the blood is on your hands
they say the "land of the free"
it seems damned to me
they say history repeats
G-U-I DOUBLE L O-TINE!
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"Fuss"
02:20
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a room, curtains drawn
jacket draped over the television screen
you don't want anyone to hear or see
you being vulnerable, chaotic, and excitable
said this is an audition
is that why you're all nerves?
break a leg, because you're up after this verse
the mystery of you and me
I like your energy
but you say we're on two different wavelengths
and I guess that's true
nevertheless
just wanna be close to you
a night in the dark
we're meditating--you don't wanna talk
but your eyes give you away
'cause you are vulnerable, chaotic, and excitable
if you could do it over
it'd never leave the ground
honeyed lips, take a sip
trying to wash all this down
the mystery of you and me
I love your energy
but you say we're on two different wavelengths
and I guess that's true
nevertheless, just wanna be close to you
there are things I'd like to do
I know you feel it too
you've been watching me
I know you like the view
you like me liking you
nevertheless, nevertheless
NEVERTHELESS
Just wanna be close to you!
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NTAWIWLB (Never Trust)
03:31
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Let me count the ways I pruned myself for you
Let me count the things that you just would not do for me
I'll collect these tears and put them in a vial
You can keep them as a souvenir of the day you fucking kicked me off a cliff
Let me count the times you basked in my light
The times I was so grateful just to fall asleep by your side
Let me count the months you would not kiss me in front of anyone
Made me think I'm hard to love
How dare you act like I'm hard to love?
I'm done wallowing in this shit
Trying to wrap my mind around it
I've had it, I've had it
I'm done giving the best of me to some fucking prick
who doesn't even have the spine
to meet my eyes and tell me why
I'm through trying to make sense of the shit you do
'Cause I don't have a clue
All I know is, it's not me--it's you
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5. |
If I Kiss You
02:55
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vinyls scattered on the floor
millers on the table
someone's trying to impress
but I just care about the music
and now he's tender
'cause we're on a bender
and he's begging to go down on me
doing lines in the bathroom--but not of what you think
feed me another drink
I know you have an agenda
he thinks I'll surrender
to the hand that's reaching for my ass
he is lost and finds himself through me
I'm trudging through the snow to sleep in a bed that isn't mine tonight
would that be fine tonight?
and in return, I will crash and burn right before your eyes
If I kiss you tonight, it'll be the last time
I am crying in the tub
'cause there's poison in my veins
would they still want to devour me in such a state?
someone's trying to escape
another's trying to tempt fate
I am naked in the grass
laid out by the river
there's a finger up my--actually, I don't wish to remember
how he took what wasn't his
the bruises on my body took a month to fade
I am stumbling to the road, a voice calls out
the assailant's getting close--it's time to pick up the pace
when you tell the boys "No"
they hear the words "Mine to Take"
then call it my mistake
If I kiss you tonight, it'll be the last time!
Fuck your agenda
Thinking I'll surrender
I will always remember what you took from me
And if I kiss you tonight, it'll be the last time
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Shed
01:42
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I've gotta get out of here
I've been living in Michigan for too long
I've gotta go and face my fears
to shed this skin that I've been living in
that I've been living in
that I've been living in
I've gotta go and get a life while there's still some life to get
I've gotta go and learn how to love
in ways that I have never known before
I've never known before
I've never known before
Oh if I took the time to breathe,
a lot of things wouldn't have happened to me
And if I took the time to think
I would have remembered to breathe
I've gotta go and do my time
in the jail of my own arms for my crimes
I've gotta go and face the music
'Cause it takes two, and I hate to do this
And I've gotta get out of here
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Relatively Unscathed
02:48
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You know you don’t need to be afraid of me
I whisper to the mirror
and shake my head
‘cause I’ve heard that one before
I said you don’t have to stay with me
If I’m just not your girl anymore
I can understand the urge to abandon
A cryptic lipstick stained,
mascara running down the face
at least three times a week
I know the future’s looking bleak
I know that when you look at me
you wonder if you’ll ever see the sun
in my eyes again
So please don’t give up on me just yet
I swear I’m trying my best
I can relate to the agony of the wait
while you watch me bend and break
attempt to learn from my mistakes
If I can take my time tiptoeing this line
I might just make it to the other side
relatively unscathed
So please don’t give up on me just yet
I swear I’m trying my best
Please don’t walk away just yet
I swear I’ll never let you down again
So please don’t give up on me just yet
I swear I’m trying my best
So please don’t walk away just yet
I swear I’ll never let you down again
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Service with a Smile
02:46
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So I guess that I'm just bad news
Ex-partners-in-crime
You draw the line wherever you see fit, and I'll draw mine
Every time I hear "forever"
I hear promises as broken as your ipod when it fell out of your pocket
and got ran over by a car
Guess you didn't think that I'd remember that, did you?
We were only 14 then
I know you're trying to forget
If I could say "how could you?" in a thousand different ways
then I would run right to you, and I would scream it in your face
And then I'd ask one question:
Have you ever heard them say that quitters take it all?
Yet you're still walking tall
And I feel so small
So I guess that I'm just crazy, since you're always on my mind
But I am constantly reminded of what lies behind us
You were lying on my bedroom floor, too drunk to fucking see
I was reminded of the times when you'd be lying next to me
and we'd stay up till six in the morning, being idiots
we were the baddest kids
I know you hate to reminisce
If I could say "how could you?" in a thousand different ways
then I would run right to you, and I would scream it in your face
And then I'd ask one question:
Have you ever heard them say that quitters take it all?
Yet you're still walking tall
And I feel so small
Forever ends
And so do friends
I hope you're fucking content
If I could say "how could you?" in a thousand different ways
then I would run right to you, and I would scream it in your face
And then I'd ask one question:
Have you ever heard them say that quitters take it all?
Do the quitters take it all?
Do the winners ever call you back?
Would you ever want it back?
Could you ever take it back?
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