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open to a woman who's been all turned around
she has no recourse for the trouble that she's found
now we meet the man who came and found her there
fully conscious of the risk in giving care
on your way first thing tomorrow. morning start.
this way is east if you can't tell the roads apart.
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little girl wants a pony
04:04
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take all those building blocks and rearrange
childish at my age
still going through a stage
seems you were starry eyed
it's hard to see
a little girl wants a pony
i shot it down when you told me
structures weak in the foundation
this is where we infiltrate them
big things left to rebuild...and it's no fun
i wanted to build a strong one
nothing to say or be done
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learn for an answer.
wrong, try again.
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no impression
03:43
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i felt ashamed that i lost my composure
it did no use that i can tell
i felt i had to go and see the ocean
because i really missed the smell
i built a house out of useless emotions
and then i burned it to the ground
i have no impression of the world yet
i need to get around
i have no impression of the world yet
i haven't made a good impression on the world yet
i need to get around
i don't know the meaning of the word yes
it's a word i've never said
i round the sun and i run into the real you
it's been too long my friend
i round a corner and i run into the real me
man, i thought that you were dead
i built a house out of useless emotions
and then i burned it to the ground
i have no impression of the world yet
i have to get around
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rest your swollen tongue
03:01
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use ears to rest your swollen tongue
this pen to write your second thoughts
this vest protects me from cheap shots
these fingers won't do what i want
these fingers won't type what i want
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the map you drew
03:51
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wanna make it disappear? you can when your sleeping.
each morning's memories commandeered, autonomy fleeting.
i go back and read the lines
blueprints of all the things i did
and you?
you reminisce about the time
we said the things we wanted to be true
as of recently, round two left me with weak knees
in fifteen minutes i'll pull through, expect that you'll see me
i learn the language of the signs
i won't fall off the edge they're pointing to
and i will learn to bide my time
when i get lost based on the map you drew
i go back and read the lines
chronology of what i did
and you?
you reminisce about the times
we said the things we wanted to be true
though i thought that we were close, a mind changes quickly
though i thought i was verbose, you didn't hear me
i learn the language of the signs
i won't fall off the edge they're pointing to
and i'm resigned to bide my time
now that i'm lost based on the map you drew
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wretch
03:03
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a wretch.
and i can't see it yet again.
where can i begin?
lay it all on me.
i can't feel it til i'm swallowing the pill.
to deal with things that you can't kill.
thinking and knowing all the same things now.
and i'll come back somehow.
all of the weakness is sincere.
and we're where i was last year.
here.
standing right back here.
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teach the kids
03:28
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i could talk all day about my choices
but talking wears away the shine
we talked so much we lost our voices.
you forgot the sound of mine
mine makes no one care
keep watch and be prepared
teach the kids, when they get older
a generation of divorce gives up quickly
on to new things
likes to let shit run its course
mine makes no one care.
keep watch and be prepared
constructions and elaborations caused the kinks...they often will
the future parts, that all got tilted passed the point of keeping...still
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puzzle
02:27
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at times i looked for you right here and i wound up over there.
how do we try to hide ourself if we have no mask to wear?
and i am racing to be lost. for the feel, i'm being found.
and i abstain from company, still you never share a sound.
you are a puzzle
i know i sought the things i've seen
you can make me more aware.
tell me that i'm living hell, that you can show me out of there.
is it too little or too much? which keeps my mind away from you?
if you can grant me inner peace, tell me heart to see you too.
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we make mistakes
i hate to say i take the long way back
my route contains landscapes of pain
i take the long way back
i hate to say i make mistakes
i take the long way back
my route contains landscapes of pain
i take the long way back
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