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Against The World
04:10
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I'll commandeer your heart, with everything I have left
Recreate a movie scene, with that last cigarette
Owned an 89' Buick Century
You owned the blood in my veins, you were cooler than me
Your southern drawl rolled off your tongue
As we rolled around in the backseat
You've got something that I want to use
Against the world
Treat me like that Springsteen record
You play over and over again
Even though you know damn well
"Thunder Road" always skips a minute in
But babe we're dreaming, ain't that what life is for
When I hold you, you hold me tighter
It keeps me begging for more
You've got something that I want to use
Against the world
I hate who I was a year ago
But everyone hates my new clothes
I sell myself short just to pay the rent
It's not my fault I can't relate to jazz standards of yesterday
But like you said, I'm good at something
I just wish I knew if I was alive
Your mouth on mine
Lost in time
Am I right
You've got something that I want to use
Against the world
Voicemail: Hey bud, even if you don't hear this until like tomorrow.. or whatever you know, while you're sleeping. It's just like, I know you wish you were home, and I know you wish you were making memories with everybody.. and I know this and I know that. But, you're doing what you need to do and then you know.. you're coming home. It's not like things are going to change.
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Wisdom Teeth
03:32
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You always recalled a relationship that I was not a part of
Holding out on my adolescent days
Your floral dress in Summer time
All those photos that you take
Won't you come back I'm afraid
Cause my wisdom teeth have hurt so much
Since you've gone away
Oh this phantom pain
It finds it's way around
What I could've been but still
I'll keep you stored away
In my youth everyday
You played your part right through
With a heart and mind
That belonged decades before you were born
You tip-toed into my mine
Reached into your pockets
Then you painted all the walls
Won't you come back to the state
Cause my wisdom teeth have hurt so much
Since you've gone away
Oh this phantom pain
It finds it's way around
What I could've been but still
I'll keep you stored away
In my youth everyday
You played your part right through
I don't remember much of it anyway
You'll move on back to California
And I'll move on through
With blood in my gums
You rested your head on my lap at our friend's house
I'm sure I just romanticized this far too much
So what
You're still my greatest accomplishment
That never was
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Quiet Life
04:29
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I want a quiet life
A stamp collection that sings to me
Only to me
I want a quiet life
A log cabin filled up with leaves
Only to me
Sure I'll feel more alone each day
Burn the bed and the marriage license
Wait for my lungs to slowly fill with
Water from your sister's early grave
Divorce broke her fragile heart
And I just tried to pick up the parts from you
It always shows
I want a quiet life
A bathtub and it's fish I'll feed
Only to me
I want a quiet life
A heartburn that brings me to my knees
Only to me
Sure I'll feel more alone each day
Burn the bed and the marriage license
Wait for my lungs to slowly fill with
Water from your sister's early grave
Divorce broke her fragile heart
And I just tried to pick up the parts from you
It always shows
Sleep away the days for days
Pray the cancer eats away
Your skin and bone from down below the bed
And then you'll forget the rest
Sure I'll feel more alone each day
Burn the bed and the marriage license
Wait for my lungs to slowly fill with
Water from your sister's early grave
Divorce broke her fragile heart
And I just tried to pick up the parts from you
It always shows
Stop freaking out
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Fair Weather
03:51
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The love I felt, always changed with the weather
But then you came along
To drive those fears away
Inside my mind, where everything stays
The louder parts now quiet
The wires never fray
Time will tell
A story we can keep to ourselves
In a moonlit dream you'll fall asleep
Safe inside my passenger seat
On the backroads home
To a place, where my heart will chase
Your's around for hours, in an empty room
Where no words need be spoken
As long as I have you
Because of you, my teenage self
Won't neglect it's health again
But I'm ashamed to say I think he ran
The love I felt, always changed with the weather
But then you came along
In my arms you would stay
Inside my mind, where your name it waits
To be my sedative for loneliness and common sense
Who needs it anyway
On the backroads home
To a place, where my heart will chase
Your's around for hours, in an empty room
Where no words need be spoken
As long as I have you
The love I felt, always changed with the weather
I couldn't help at all
Now I can't stop the fall
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Guest House
03:52
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Truth be told I've come, to realize
That mercy's connotations, don't coincide
With any fragment of, ordinary life
But I've been told with questions, the answer comes in time
But if I live without you
I've committed a crime
But if I stay inside your guest house
I'm doing just fine
But the truth
I'm blaming you
And everyone
For me
If only I could find you, in absent mind
Instead of in the wreckage, your first son left behind
But who's to really say
The choice was ever mine
You never even stopped to ask me
What I would've liked
And if I live without you
I've committed a crime
But if I stay inside your guest house
I'm doing just fine
But the truth
I'm blaming you
And everyone
For me
Oh, for, me
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Spearmint
03:39
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Swallow depressants
Read birthday cards I kept
Predisposition
That bastard son I had
I know I, I bother you
Did you know, I bother myself all too well
If I can't cope
Than I'll sever
All that I've known
But what's better
Than being free from everything
Everyday
And if I can't cope
Than I'll sever
All that I've known
But what's better
Than being free from everything
All for argument
Oh at the park bench
Where you gave me spearmint
To calm my stomach
Then we drank until we were sick
I know now, I bothered you
And you know, that passive aggression
All too well
If I can't cope
Than I'll sever
All that I've known
But what's better
Than being free from everything
Everyday
And if I can't cope
Than I'll sever
All that I've known
But what's better
Than being free from everything
All for argument
Maybe I'll be free today
Of over twenty-one years that I can't relate
To anything or anyone so I'll go it alone
Just like a rolling stone
(And now you can't get off your back)
I never saw myself getting older
I die young
Everyday
If I can't cope
Than I'll sever
All that I've known
But what's better
Than being free from everything
Everyday
And if I can't cope
Than I'll sever
All that I've known
But what's better
Than being free from everything
All for argument
Good
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Voice memo from house party on March 10th, 2014:
I don't know them anymore
But I did love them
Pace the halls where you once lingered
I'll pass out on the carpet
While I paint your picture
With colors I'll regret
I'm an architect of bitter form
It's a shame my blood still runs warm
Down and out it seems
I'm a miserable wreck
Full off self worth
Saturating me
Could've sworn you promised
That we'd share the same breaths
So batten down your door
Take the key from under the mat
I want to fight for your love
Carly Lesko:
I never pick up when you call
It's a chore I don't think I'll ever get around
To crossing off, so I'll break it off
Calling your bluff
You're no good for me, and I'm no good for you
So let's make a pact to pretend we never met
When we're in public
Fighting the truth
Could've sworn you promised
That we'd share the same breaths
So batten down your door
Take the key from under the mat
I want to fight
Under your porch light I tried to propose
You said I was crazy, and all that I know
We got in your car and you drove all night
Until I sobered up in the passenger side
There we sinned in a church parking lot
For the sake of being young
I wore your breath as my Winter coat
Even in the Summer months when your love is so cold
You always said "It's never the right time"
But what is the right time
Am I on your mind
You always say "It's never the right time"
But what the fuck is the right time
Am I even on your mind
I don't know you anymore
But I miss it
I can recall the sound of your voice
But the words are still a mess
You are the wolf that brought flowers to my bed
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Charity Bliss Seymour, Connecticut
Alt-rock outfit from Seymour Connecticut, Charity Bliss blends gigantic pop hooks with noisy rock guitars. Multi-instrumentalist Brendan Machowski creates everything from stripped down folk inspired tracks to larger than life sounds.
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