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ankle tattoo
02:29
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I didn't mean to call you I swear
just couldn't go home to a 1000-yard stare
Your new place is nicer than the last
Once I sober up I'll be out of here fast
But tell me do you think it would be alright
If I could just crash here tonight
I was afraid to walk home like this
Aiming for you but worried I'd miss
It's funny how you hide your new ankle tattoo
Cause I've seen every inch of you
If it doesn't make difference I'll sleep on the floor
We both know better than to share anymore
i know I messed up but
I'm more messed up without you
I promise I'll stay out of your hair
unless you wanna act like we both still care
Someday I'm sure you'll find happiness
and when you do it'll be for the best
part of me knows I can drink this much
'cause you'll be there to pick me up
if the roles were reversed you know I'd do the same
But you've never needed to play these games
It's funny how you hide your new ankle tattoo
Cause I've seen every inch of you
If it doesn't make difference I'll sleep on the floor
We both know better than to share anymore
i know I messed up but
I'm more messed up without you
i know I messed up but
I'm more messed up without you
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Chelsea nights
02:55
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from next door i hear my neighbor having sex
pretty sure she's faking again
their steady beat keeps playing through the wall
on nights like these it's so hard not to call
there's a ghost of you that waits in my bed
pour black coffee and I'm up all night instead
Csus Fsus Am Dsus
now my eyes are open wide
glowing bright like Chelsea nights
just like they did when you were mine
Christ, i must be fucking high
just because it's lit
it doesn't have to go like this
just because it's lit
i don't have to live like this
i know i loved like it was something to get rid of
or a body i needed to hide
sure that's desperate but that doesn't make it a lie
at the very least i meant it at the time
messed up on dopamine and oxy
it's no wonder you said i was so toxic
now my eyes are open wide
glowing bright like Chelsea nights
just like they did when you were mine
Christ, i must be fucking high
just because it's lit
it doesn't have to be like this
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braille
04:07
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In the weeks after you left
I'd still find your hair on my sheets
Now I'm shaky at the thought of you
Was never any good at telling the truth
Most nights I stand outside your apartment
Waiting for you to call the police
But that's only in my head
For some reason you won't leave
I want to read your body like Braille
Love you until all systems fail
Don't know if you can hear through all of these doors
The way my body still screams for yours
Every night it's the same old game
Standing in the bar singing your name
Maybe I'll tell jokes to an empty room
On the off-chance your laugh starts to bloom
Too often now I'm drained of color
But waiting for you is one thing I can do
Could never pull the trigger one way or the other
But you always made me choose
Come on tell me are you alright
Your makeup's heavy around your eyes
Achilles had his heel and I have you
Lucky for me I'm just your fool
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bad for you
02:49
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You're the book I can't understand
I'm the ring you pull from your hand
We're the rush of booze on an empty stomach
I know we fought a lot but I kind of loved it
You're the nights when I can't sleep
I'm the hope you couldn't keep
We were slick like sweat on a beer
I don't miss you so much but I kinda wish you were here
We could never work things out
Not sure why you wanted to
But there's no room for any doubt
I've always been so bad for you
You're the cigarette that just wouldn't light
I'm the hand that wanted to fight
And we're the smile the makes you weak in the knees
You're long gone but I'm still dying to please
We could never work things out
Not sure why you wanted to
But there's no room for any doubt
I've always been so bad for you
You're the melody I can't sing
I'm the boyfriend who should've been a fling
I know it's all my fault
But i like to think you played your part
We could never work things out
Not sure why you wanted to
But there's no room for any doubt
I've always been so bad for you
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Ariadne
03:44
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I have this thread from Ariadne
I hope she's at the other end
Too many underground days
Waiting to see her face
But what if I'm still in the maze
And the monster took my place
Took my place
I leave while you're sleeping
And then I try to forget
The way we danced in the labyrinth
How you kissed my neck
I have this thread from Ariadne
No idea who's at the other end
We married at the altar of bones
You wore the bloom of youth
You can keep this crown
But it becomes your noose
I leave while you're sleeping
And then I try to forget
The way we danced in the labyrinth
How you kissed my neck
I have this thread from Ariadne
There's no one at the other end
I still carry your sword
You have my abuse
Someone finally cut the cord
To turn me loose
Turn me loose
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be good
02:56
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you pulled the trigger on a shotgun romance
are those your wedding bells off in the distance
I still drink at the places we used to haunt
bartenders say they haven't seen you around
they're all too polite to point me to the lost and found
i thought with you i could finally be good
but this hurts more than i thought it would
of all the things I'm happy to ignore
this hurts more than i bargained for
your said there's no sadness i wouldn't let in
but do you think I'll always be like this?
the suspense is terrible, i hope it never ends
as much as i hope we never get along
I'll make sure I'm no fun from now on
i thought with you i could finally be good
but this hurts more than i thought it would
of all the things I'm happy to ignore
this hurts more than i bargained for
there's something physical about your absence
a dotted line across my mattress
no, you won't hear from me
but we burn in effigy
I thought with you I could finally be good
but this hurts more than i thought it would
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screaming my head off
03:50
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I should've figured you'd be here
Drinking someone else's beer
I'm glad it's dark so you can't see my face
I've been by myself so long
There's this strange aphasia I can't shake
My words are hollow, looping around what I'm trying to say
There are other things on your mind
Like why I could never make up mine
Our hearts used to feel like
We'd never get enough
We said that we'd go slow
but I'm sitting in the car screaming my head off
Wondering how long it is until I can go
If you think back
You know I did this from the start
All of my decisions primed
Just to break your heart
We gave it some time, I took a dive
Threw the whole fight to some other guy
But I wake up at 3 am
Afraid you're here to talk it over again
Our hearts used to feel like
We'd never get enough
We said that we'd go slow
but I'm sitting in the car screaming my head off
Wondering how long it is until I can go
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come on, come on
03:03
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I see you've got your yoga pants on
Drinking red wine on the couch
Good thing we didn't have any plans
There's no way you're going out now
Where the hell's the take-out menu
I think you had it last
If you find a coupon
I'm pretty sure I have enough cash
Come on, come on we said we wouldn't cry
The door's right there no one's locked inside
I won't leave a mark where my head hits the wall
We do this together or not at all
It's been awhile since your last dye job
Your roots show like rings on a tree
Haven't trimmed the hedge in a month or so
But I don't think you'll see
Which came first, this marriage or the gray hair
We should try to last another year
You know I don't mean to be cruel
I think tonight I'll sleep in the guest room
Come on, come on we said we wouldn't cry
The door's right there no one's locked inside
I won't leave a mark where my head hits the wall
We do this together or not at all
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howling at the moon
04:06
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i know you loved going out
to forget how it all went south
i still picture you at the corner bar
how long you've been there i can't tell
Night falls on Wicker park
you're by yourself out raising hell
on those nights I'm howling at the Moon
I can't hear it, but you are too
up all night to greet the dawn
somehow surprised that you're still gone
i left the city to plant a garden
i buried lilies like your name
every year they grow back in
never blooming quite the same
i can't hurt you like I have before
so i stay home and stare at the door
on those nights I'm howling at the Moon
I can't hear it, but you are too
up all night to watch the dawn
somehow surprised that you're still gone
Kid myself with a couple new tattoos
or drive all night chasing after you
i know I've tried being honest
but i don't think i can be trusted
on those nights I'm howling at the moon
I can't hear it but you are too
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10. |
cutting room floor
02:58
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Your laugh is in my head just like a song
Bright as neon in the window at my favorite bar
I don't sleep well now that you're gone
Dreaming my fingers are tracing up your arms
But then I wake up back where I belong
Wanting to kiss you hard enough to leave a mark
The answer's in here somewhere I'm sure
Down among the leavings on the cutting room floor
The pieces of us before the other came
Which one of us is wrong and most to blame
You were a field of lavender, calling me in
I'm a drunk on a bender, flat on the pavement
What if I'm only happy when I have you around?
What if I'm only myself when I'm acting out?
What if this feeling doesn't go away?
What if fucked up is where I stay?
The answer's in here somewhere I'm sure
Down among the leavings on the cutting room floor
The pieces of us before the other came
Which one of us is wrong and most to blame
We're both ghosts now, there's nothing to fear
But I wait here like a dog, hoping you'll appear
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stoner & the sweet nothings Darien, Illinois
writer. noisemaker. probably two cats in a t-shirt.
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