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I never did any wrong on purpose
Never took advantage or manipulated
If I did, it was an accident
Never with any malice or ill intent
You ignore my calls and I know it
So I don't try it anymore
I gave up on that a long time ago
I never put into words that feeling
Fireworks in the rain from the train tracks thinking
"Is my judgement that far off?
Could I not see my thinking for what it was?"
Still, when I look back on what happened
I don't feel sad anymore
I decided that a long time ago
And I don't mind being wrong
As long as you know I know I'm wrong
I know I'm wrong
I know I'm wrong
I've cut ties and I've tied loose ends
Gonna turn these weaknesses into my strengths
I'm gradually working my way up
I'll make something of all of this freedom I've got
But if I told everyone about it
I wouldn't have to try anymore
I discovered that a long time ago
'Cause I don't mind being wrong
As long as you're watching me be wrong
I know I'm wrong
I know I'm wrong
I know I'm wrong
I know I'm wrong
Dissect
Your main-character complex
Turns everything into a contest
And it all comes across disingenuous
Sometimes it's easier to care than to pretend to
Learn your limitations and stick to them
Soon enough you'll make friends that don't resent you
Stick by them, do the same things they do
And you'll do fine
We'll catch better waves
Wash away events of late
And this time I won't
Get in your way
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2. |
Beach Day
02:31
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And when I get back home
A phenakistoscope
Plays for me underneath the living room lightbulbs
And I'll hear as
They ask me where I've gone
I'll tell them what they need to know and nothing more
June through January
I've been missing
Heard them calling for me
I didn't listen
Still and sedentary
I know what I did's wrong
I never meant to do you harm
Wondered if we could move on
Pretend it never happened
And no one seemed to care
Who I was or what I said
'Til my opinion differed from theirs
And suddenly I mattered.
Still and sedentary
Blurry vision
If I'm wrong, then tell me
What to do different
And when I get back home
A phenakistoscope
Plays for me underneath the living room lightbulbs
And I'll hear as
They ask me where I've gone
I'll tell them what they need to know and nothing more
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Squirrel
03:00
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I'm just a kid, couldn't care less
About responsibility
Want you to care what I think and
Want you to like me
Let's run through the sprinklers
One last time please
Want you to tell me your secrets
That's what excites me
Even under these living room lights
The future seems pretty bright to me
Squirrelling away our savings
Gonna buy a beachfront house
As many as the driveway pavings
Those are the things I care about
I'm not the kid I once was
The kid that you loved me for
But honey I'm still a child
And honey that child is yours
Let me tell you how I've planned it
The places I'd like to live
And if I'm not what you need
Move on to someone that is
There's someone out there for you I swear
There's someone out there for you I swear
And how lucky they'll be
And how lucky they'll be
Off a string of highs
Looking down a staircase
No right or left to follow
Decision's already made
Off a string of highs
Looking down a staircase
No right or left to follow
Decision's already made
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I'm Just Like You!
03:13
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We're all going nowhere
Filling up on diuretics
Butterfly clipped hair
And a necklace with a ring on it
That you keep to pretend you're someone's wife
So I'll leave you alone
And I get it, I don't like us either
Sharp collarbones
And a tendency to tangent
But you can take me to the circle that you like
Won't you tonight?
And I'll follow you there
My map won't lead us anywhere
No oceans, roads or legends
Just a grid of abstract colours
And the town names have all faded into white
Sickeningly sweet
Yeah, these words rot your teeth
Nouns and verbs but so few syllables
Spoken like a toddler reads
Sounding every vowel and consonant out loud
And the tables have all turned against me now
But if ever there's a time to let me try
Won't you tonight?
Tonight
Won't you tonight?
Tonight
And if it's not today
Don't worry I can wait
I'm just like you
And I'm poised for change
You can watch this space
I'm just like you
And if it's not today
Don't worry I can wait
I'm just like you
And I'm poised for change
You can watch this space
I'm just like you
If it's not today
Don't worry I can wait
I'm just like you
And I'm poised for change
You can watch this space
I'm just like you
And if it's not today
Don't worry I can wait
I'm just like you
And I'm poised for change
You can watch this space
I'm just like you
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All's Well That Ends
05:00
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I was devoured
On my way back home
Flew for eight hours
Each six weeks long
And in that month that I had left
Before my age reset
I slept
In the clouded mountains
In the monster's bile
I drafted this message
Could never get it quite right
But when I pressed predictive text
The sentence started making sense
And I hit send
So the words were not mine
Won't you let me try again?
As meteor showers
Like raindrops fall
I only saw my reflection
In that stomach wall
And the sound as metal pierced
Through the atmosphere
Deafened my ears
And oh, her insides
Were soft and warm
It didn't stop my crying
It never felt like home
But the monster shed no tears
She told me "life moves on my dear
You're safe right here"
But it's only you I want
Day after month after year
All's well that ends
One way or another
All's well that ends
Without leaving me to wonder
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I know soon I'll be old
Must be someone else's fault
'Cause I did all I could
Trynna stay where I was, where I was
Every year tippy-toes
Like the waves on the coast
Like the wind as it blows
Hear it comes, there it goes
There it goes
I gotta get away from the adult world
I gotta get away from the adult world
I don't whinge anymore
I don't outgrow my clothes
I can sleep on my own
With the bedroom door closed
Door closed
I don't miss my childhood home
I've long since moved on
Like the people I've known
Here they come, there they go
There they go
I gotta get away from the adult world
I gotta get away from the adult world
I gotta get away from the adult world
I gotta get away from the adult world
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7. |
Buzzwords
03:19
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Buzzwords aren't worth the shapes
Your lips make saying them everyday
Do you feel it in your heart?
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