1. |
Weak In Your Light
04:15
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Come on and sit beside me, let our waters collide
Bathing me in the iris of your widening eyes
What can you share to keep my hands cuffed
Something so bright and blessed that I’m all but crushed
Just a reminder I’m in love
Weak in your light
And I can’t seem to wash it off
And that’s alright
Fumbling, frantic, following right down the line
Staring down a simple something
That’ll shape my whole life
Breathing and burning
Beleaguered and overdrawn
I can feel myself come undone
Yet there’s more
Just a reminder I’m in love
Weak in your light
And I can’t seem to wash it off
And that’s alright
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2. |
Sole Obsession
04:16
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You promise not to run away
I promise not to overplay my card
Feign survival
I must stop limiting myself
You and your sensational soul
Slowly reframing our roles:
Empty idol, strange disciple
I float across the temple grounds
Three whole years from side to side
To only seek and never find
My sole obsession
Finally I feel it fading
Walk me home and walk away
Sole obsession
Suddenly a different shading
Walk me home and walk away
Too far along to operate
Don’t offer me this measured attention
End the cycle
I must stop limiting myself
You and your sensational soul
Ornamentation and all
Empty idol, strange disciple
My sole obsession
Finally I feel it fading
Walk me home and walk away
Sole obsession
Subtly I see it changing
Walk me home and walk away
Walk me home and walk away
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3. |
Surely I Can’t Wait
04:03
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Truth is that I’m better off I know
But I can’t stand the pain
You rake yourself across the coals
Then you start a love song
I give up, I give in
End result: I find that I’m competitive
Shave my head and off I go
Lookin’ like a lost cause
But could you be the one
Right away
Surely I can’t wait for another
I can’t stand the pain
Accurate, if on the nose
Something about a backbone
I give up, I give in
I resolve: I’ll try to be a better friend
Hand upon the collarbone
Waiting for the applause
So could you be the one
Right away
Surely I can’t wait for another
Please please, one more time
I can’t stand the pain
Sing along in monotone
It’s just another love song
I give up, I give in
Signing off - It’s tired and repetitive
Place one hand upon the phone
Swear I’m not a lost cause
So could you be the one
Right away
Surely I can’t wait for another
So could you be the one
Sign your name
Surely I can’t wait
Be the one
Right away
Surely I can’t wait for another
Surely I can’t wait for another
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Kneel above the world, turning
A spotlight anywhere you’ve been
Every single Saturday night of your life summed up, seen
Terrified of finding nothing where you want it to be
So you float
Out of reach
I’m swimming in the shallow sea
Kneel above the world, turning
Every tawdry year weighs down on your heart
You watch it all, midwinter like the falling snow
Step inside me
Can you just remind me
What I need
You got what you want
Easier than facing what you’ve done
Searching for some safer harbor
But you find none
So you float
Out of reach
I’m swimming in the shallow sea
I watch you floating out of reach
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5. |
Too Much, Enough
04:51
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I pretend it’s fine - really alright
But I hear the sighing
Bleeding into the room
Prone to selfish revision
The details may be light
Destination’s known
It comes as no surprise
The collision
I can brace myself for the alarm
The decision
I debate myself, break myself
All for what?
So predictable
Too much, enough
A talk show that cannot help but hurt
Swimming in sweat
Television set
Too much, enough
Too much, enough
Too much, enough
Experts standing by
Ten at a time
Kindly remind me
To take some time
I’d like to breathe and consider
A gentler redesign
Expectations low
But that’s not what I like
It’s just
So predictable
Too much, enough
A talk show that cannot help but hurt
Swimming in sweat
Television set
Too much, enough
Too much, enough
Too much, enough
Neverending ride
Open my eyes
If I need reminding
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6. |
Spare Me the Decision
02:46
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Light above my head
Falls upon the table
And we sense it
And it weighs on my mind
You weigh on my mind
All night
But I care far,
Far too much now
And there is so much to say
Touch me on the lips
Spare me the decision
Can you sense it?
You want the fable
Whatever unfolds
But I care far,
Far too much now
And there is so much
So much to say
But I care far,
Far too much now
And there is so much to say
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Sightseer
04:19
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I could wander ‘round like a sightseer
‘til you say to me “child, there’s an answer here”
And if all I ever get is a reticent nod
I’d be falling madly in love
So now you see see see my selfish needs
Maybe I’ll have to feel this on my own
You can get what you want:
Experiences, I’m told
Maybe I’ll have to feel this on my own
You can get what you want:
Another kind of love
Idly shifting piles of the looseleaf
And you say to me “child, what about the last scene”
Talking to myself, I remember every breath
C’mon, kill me, please
Maybe I’ll have to feel this on my own
You can get what you want:
Experience, and a way home
Maybe I’ll have to feel this on my own
You can get what you want:
Another kind of love
Did I call too late tonight
All I do is work anymore
Bet I could fix up my face between 8th and 9th
And I could be what you want
Before I start lying to myself
What do I care what some tarot says
But when the car pulls ‘round I feel it in my eyes
I feel it
And they fall
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8. |
Stumbling Still
04:39
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Waiting for you, waiting for them
To finally come along
But it's just me, in my own head
So Jesus what do you want
But I've watched the mercury fall
And the winter come
Waiting for something good
I feel the rain washing away
The older lives that we led
Oh but Jesus, what I would give
Just to be wanted again
But I've watched the mercury fall
And the winter come
Waiting for something I know
But I've been stumbling still
Waiting to fall
Out on my own
In front of you all
And they talk talk talk talk talk
Under their breath
Just to remind me
That I'm not heaven sent
You know we're nothing to them
Can't get ahead
Can't get a break
I'm just limping along
Another cynical civilian
Stuck inside of the walls
But I've watched the mercury fall
And the winter come
Waiting for something good
So just forget it, leave it alone
I have walked 500 miles, now I'm going home
When your young gun seconds are done and through
Maybe if you're lucky you'll get older with someone you know
But I've been stumbling still
Waiting to fall
Out on my own
In front of you all
And they talk talk talk talk talk
Under their breath
Just to remind me
That I'm not heaven sent
You know we're nothing to them
I've been struggling to help myself
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9. |
A New Goodbye
05:21
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I fear I’m falling behind
The light’s obscured
A lure
Up to the second floor
Can’t keep up
I feel I’m falling behind
Is this pre-war? Oh
Every single night
You lie awake
Don’t tell me that I’m
A soft sacrifice
A new goodbye
I hear I’m falling behind
You’re unconcerned
With love
Now I’m wasted on half-assed charm
Every single night
You lie awake
Don’t tell me that I’m
A soft sacrifice
A new goodbye
I’ve clearly fallen behind
Your grand rebirth
But you’ll learn
It’s a common thing to suppress
A hard memory
We can run away from
Run away from our yesterdays
But I confess, I feel each one as they pass away
Every single night
You lie awake
Don’t tell me that I’m
A soft sacrifice
A new goodbye
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10. |
I Will Never Learn
04:55
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Lost in thought
Far away, when the stitches settle
Grant me one more twist
Open line to the tensile mind
But it’s a stretch
To try and make it better
Break me, bit by bit
Soft! What light?
Illuminate that I will never, I will never learn
End of my wits
Pausing there, on the second stair
I can’t forget
I will never, I will never learn
Frankly sick of myself
Reach out, hold my hand
Oh reach out for
I can hardly stand
To watch
Reach out, trace your hands
Along my lines
I can hardly stand
To watch
Long since locked
Far away, in the citadel
Safely derelict
I will never learn
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