1. |
Take Me Back
03:50
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take me back
to somewhere i know
barefoot grass
and summer clothes
when i knew your secrets
and i knew myself
for a second
all is well
cause i remember
loving you
do i have to ask?
or do you already know?
you are my center
you are my home
and there’s a hanging picture
and there’s a fireplace
and there’s an easy feeling
for a thousand days
cause i remember
kissing you
it’s august and you can’t stop crying
the party’s over and the fire’s dying
oh no
i’m forever
missing you
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2. |
Let The Engine Run
02:55
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let the engine run
the future's coming on so fast
the innocence you've lost
i don't think you'll get it back
everyday's a gift
but i don't really give a shit about it
running for your life
it's alright
but you always doubt it
trying to find my way
let the morning come
fresh sunlight across the glass
who you are
who you were
it's a balancing act
everyday's a gift
but i don't really give a shit about it
running for your life
it's alright
but you always doubt it
trying to find my way
everyday's a gift
but i don't really give a shit about it
running for your life
it's alright
but you always doubt it
feels like the weight of the world
has been resting on your shoulders
with a mind on fire
and a heart gone colder
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3. |
Pray
03:20
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it’s a long day trying to refrain
from the same shit that keeps on coming
down down like a rain cloud
when you’re not around
two-step to a regret
and a phone call you cannot answer
straight-faced with tears coming down
let me go
i don’t got a reason
to stay
let me go
my hands are too tired
to pray
cobblestones down a long road
headed back home
to where i started
deep breaths
up the mountain
in your heart
time flies in a long line
with a quick mind
and fears you’ve covered
the comeback from the relapse
everybody singing
hold on brother
let me go
i don’t got a reason
to stay
let me go
my hands are too tired
to pray
so when the night settles
who will you call
when the night’s over
i’m nowhere at all
let me go
i don’t got a reason
to stay
let me go
my hands are too tired
to pray
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4. |
Blue
03:14
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it seemed unimaginable
watched you packing your things
your t-shirts and valuables
your records and rings
and you told me to listen
and you begged me to care
you said, “love is impossible
and life isn’t fair”
now you’re leaving
and i’m losing you
the lights went red to green
and i’m now blue
you laughed like a carnival
with flowers in your hair
when i met you in hollywood
i wasn’t sure you were real
now i can’t touch you
now you pull away
now you burn right through me
and my heart blurs and breaks
cause you’re leaving
and i’m losing you
the lights went red to green
and i’m now blue
i thought you’d always be with me
i’m out of touch touch with reality
cause you’re leaving
and i’m losing you
the lights went red to green
and i’m now blue
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5. |
Witness
04:25
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pink and blue in the sky
driving through flamingo heights
with you there by my side
what am i gonna do to make this right
the morning feels like forgiveness
you are my witness tonight
and i won’t beg for permission
i’ll ask real nice
do you love me?
there’s a knife in my mind
cut out the joy til i’m going blind
and my stomach is sick
one more problem i’m trying to fix
the morning feels like forgiveness
you are my witness tonight
and i won’t beg for permission
i’ll ask real nice
do you love me?
come back
you can crash at my place
i won’t ask
i’ll get back
to learning from all of my mistakes
the morning feels like forgiveness
you are my witness tonight
and i won’t beg for permission
i’ll ask real nice
do you love me?
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6. |
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cast out
in the middle
i doubt
you know my name
passed out
tired of running
want out
of this game
i’m changing with the seasons
letting it all go
please just leave me where i am
while the light is fading
i’ll see you around
we’ll paint the town again
your mouth
draws me closer
come down
i feel no pain
without
a direction
the chase
remains
and if there is a reason
i don’t wanna know
please just leave me where i am
while the light is fading
i’ll see you around
we’ll paint the town again
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the rain's coming down
where are you now?
i see you in old photographs
i see you in the broken glass
i see you in the falling rain
where are you now?
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8. |
Spin
02:24
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spin me around
take me out
of my broken patterns
summer love
young and dumb
i still miss you like a drug
my heart’s breaking all the time
this fleeting world
it’s a carnival
you tried on the feeling
but it didn’t fit
you felt like shit
all your clothes you took them off
my heart’s breaking all the time
so hold me
know me
now
so hold me
calm me down
my heart’s breaking all the time
spin me around
take me out
of my broken patterns
summer love
young and dumb
i still miss you like a drug
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9. |
All My Years
02:27
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we settled down
found a nice town
just you and me now
life came through
and we became true
what would i do without you now?
when i make you cry
do you love me?
you know i’ll always be right here
when i make you cry
do you want me?
i’ll give you all my years
low shoulder song
someone to lean on
each morning yeah we can dream on
some ups and downs
breaking now ground
keeping cool or calming down
when i make you cry
do you love me?
you know i’ll always be right here
when i make you cry
do you want me?
i’ll give you all my years
they’re yours
yeah i’ll give you all my years
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10. |
This Life
03:47
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i was helpless
you were my friend
i was looking backwards
over and over again
i was so foolish
we were so young
all the commotion
around who we’d become
now i feel broken
just like you
lost in the moment
not a thing to do
what’s the cost of this life?
it’s a dirty gutter
there’s a billion dollars
i went to college
so did you
now i get wasted
i kiss the pavement
and i miss when you didn’t know my name
now i feel broken
just like you
lost in the moment
not a thing to do
what’s the cost of this life?
i’m lost in the water
since it started to rain
hell is here with me every day
yeah i feel broken
just like you
lost in the moment
not a thing to do
what’s the cost of this life?
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yellowbirddd Los Angeles, California
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