1. |
Like Crazy
04:54
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wait every day
i'm your stray
wait every day
like crazy
and every perfect day's
one more show of fake proof
i'm running out of ways
to say i can see through
(chorus)
every little thing
doesn't have to be for you
sleep as you wake
worlds away
we make mistakes
patiently
and under weight of wine
my head runs to join you
despite needs to survive
won't or can't forget you
(chorus)
(bridge)
so i say
never show
you would never know
from me
forced smiling
save the date
is it too late to save me
(chorus)
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stare down the barrel every day
we've seen too much to walk away
repaint the scenes just like we knew
we're burning out to keep us cool
i never saw them as regrets
always assumed there was no end
i walked an odd way and just knew
i've got it now i'm lost on you
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2. |
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i spend my nights on a
systematic plan to end my life
i see no other way to make it one more night
but i'm getting
bye bye designs
we were getting close but left some friends behind
and the spark we had may just be in my mind
but it's still alive
days go by
we could have had a lifetime at this point
she walks by
and while they're turning in
i wondered
(chorus)
how did i let so many years go by without having you
how did i let you be my last great hope, the best i could do
to go on
to be strong
just learned i won't be anyone
how did i let so many years go by without you
my friends and i we
made it to the end but stopped just shy
and while we saved the world the public screams and cries
yeah tell us why
we stayed behind in the
time when nothing's resolved nothing's right
the odds are stacked but we're together one last time
and we're set to die
days rolled by
between the drink and talk we thought we'd fly
while they'd fight
i couldn't help but watch
and wonder
(chorus)
(bridge)
i was heading west to cali
out of sight and out of tune
never crossed my mind to think
that i was moving back to you
and i don't want to be their backgrounds
i want to buy what i've been sold
but i found i lost their numbers
so i sat there growing old
and wondered
(chorus)
how did i let so many years go by without having you
how did i let you be my last great hope, the best i could do
to go on
to be strong
i bet it all on desperate songs
how did i let so many years go by without you
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3. |
Had to Try It
03:47
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no
this wasn't supposed to be
this awkward scene
but she found a way
to fuck this too
on your own for a minute babe
but you'd trade away
your independence for a mistake
we turn around
we turn around
and duck through crowds
to find an out
it doesn't matter now
passed table games
and drama queens
i took the lead
we didn't mean to see the things we'd see
(chorus)
said it's cool but we had to try it
so we tried it
left our backs on the concrete floor
said it's cool but we had to try it
so we tried it
left us piecing those last hours
woke and found some words for you babe
won't be your wake
without a hangover hanging round
self destruction has been calling
and at this speed
he looks a little bit just like me
crowds gather round
they gather round
to scream and shout
and in my eye we're going to the ground
just come around
yeah come around
we'll tear it down
and build it better than it was in sound
(chorus)
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so tell me now what can i do
this falls on you
this falls on you
so tell me now what can i do
this falls on you
it's all on you
(solo)
(chorus)
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so tell me now what can i do
this falls on you
it's all on you
so tell me now what can i do
this falls on you
this falls on you
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4. |
Reach Girl
03:48
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so i'm choosing my past
one that she'll understand
one that's calling me back
now i'm holding my breath
and i cancelled our plans
said you don't understand
no you won't understand
(chorus)
she's my
reach girl
she's my
reach girl
all my friends are already with
who they'll die with or get bored with
but she's mine
just go on bout your friends
yeah you love me like this
it's been years since you quit
but each drunken poet
conjures her through their pen
every idealist script
works to fade out on this
(chorus)
(coda)
now everyone says i am crazy
to lay at your feet
without asking for anything
i come around
with magic soaking
to ask you on knees
are you falling for anything
now i'm holding her back
and i die with each breathe
no you don't understand
does she know where you're meant
to stand up in the end
does she scare you like that
no one scares me like that
(chorus)
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5. |
Our Uninspired Summer
03:01
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as the sun comes
up above us
we're still safe inside our beds
snuggled up
one luxury that's shared
by princes and poor men
but when we wake up
the line divides us
and the weight falls on my head
so far to walk to
so much to go through
so i lie awake instead
(chorus)
our uninspired summer
will slowly fade away
we always see it coming
we never change a thing
as the sun drops
i am wondering
where the hours ran and went
apologize
and mend the ties
and hope for something different
like when we wake up
we're not addicted
tho we know we don't deserve it
we never stepped out
we never bled out
but we were safe inside our beds
(chorus)
(solo)
(chorus)
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we never ever do a thing
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6. |
(Oh No) She's Gone
04:46
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oh no she's gone
what's worse i've taken to waiting
oh no she's gone
what's worse i'm not gonna save me now
i spend my weekends
writing words to sing
i spend my free time
singing these words for you
okay that's not true
i just figured your friends
in a chorus is how i can sidestep
my courtship to you
(prechorus)
how do i get in her head from my head
how do i measure the things that she's said
well sooner or later
she's going to bed
and which side of your door
will i be on then
said
(chorus)
oh i'm ready
i can see she's gone
what's worse i've taken to waiting
oh i'm ready
can it be she's gone
what's worse i'm not gonna save me now
i spent my last night
drowning in the change
just wasting my time
fumbling like i do
but i got my plans
i sleep on them each night
yeah sure they're far fetched
but all i have so tell me what moves you?
(prechorus)
(chorus)
(coda)
now everyone i know is here in between us
you made it a point to be closer than i was
i can't be i can't be can't be
what you need
i'll move to new york and we'll see what all you think
and then you ask
did you mean to do that?
well that all depends
what all'd you think of it?
another week where she leaves me
not bad enough for me to make a change
another week where she loves me
not good enough for her to change her name
she's sold on the weather
she's sold on what i can't do
depending on what you're looking for
it may be time that i lose you
i'm sorry
i just stumbled into this diplomat's party
to see all the ways i could ruin my body
i've no plans to stay but god look what i'm missing
i'm falling again does this make a good story now?
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7. |
Across the Room
04:04
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across from you in a crowded room
without a reason why i'm standing here at least one i could give to you
next to me there are lips moving
and while i can't tell what he's on about
the funny thing is i can hear you laughing
apart from me and what you can see
well i'm a fairly well adjusted loss
of composure and chemistry
i want to know that a light exists
i want to push away the distance
so you're close enough
so i can feel you laughing
i want to feel you laughing
sit out
you reticent driver
give us just a night
an hour just a chance to die
now here they come
well where did my friend run
he holds you while i nod
i think i just dissolved into the background
still close enough to see it
to see that you might like him
to see that you been laughing
my better half is somewhere in the middle
and i'm gonna fuck it up
i'm gonna fuck it up
i know
my better half is right there in the middle
and i'm still not reaching out
can't think to help myself
and i'm laughing
oh god why am i laughing
why can't i stop laughing
when all i've done is help him
i know by now there's a light i've missed
but is it leading me to her
or hurtling to obscurity
no time to dwell she's not on the floor
now they've just walked right out the door
and all i hear is everybody laughing
everybody's laughing
oh no where did my life go
trying to take stock in a rented room
i start to fold
so long i just let my blood go
it never once occurred
i'd need the things you'd take
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8. |
Where Are My Friends
04:31
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just cos we risked our lives for the stereo
don't mean we're set to go alone
can't you admit it see now they left us here?
no second act just fears unknown
(prechorus)
where are my friends
where have they been
they've gone off for the weekend
i'll bring them back through strings and jokes
but they will never know
(chorus)
we're getting by
the only way we know
we're building something
til we're not alone
he'll say my brother died for the stereo
go through my things say he came close
cos there's an age where you learn you have no choice
but die or redefine your hopes
(prechorus)
(chorus)
(bridge)
this is a deceptive road
wide open til you can't move
we'll be the heroes for each year we've missed
and all the screendoor homes
we're gonna die in a small town someday
lonely bitter alone as the stakes
i gave you all of my time to escape
you'd rather give up your life and save face
nothing risked and no changes we stay around
and around
and around
and around til that day
(chorus)
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9. |
Off the Table
04:05
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i'm sorry that i
won't be around for awhile
i think i let you down
i'm sorry i've been trouble
i like the idea of you
that's til i looked around
but what am i supposed to be
a lifeless saint or cynic in your grave?
i'm sorry that you find it
so easy to rely on
the shit i never say
but in a moment you will
be coming back in style
no we don't know change
and you'll die for my pretty phrase
and i should have the guts to stay away
but it's cold outside
and it's not my night
in the face of my dream's failure
i run back to this disaster
i'm yours tonight
just for the night
i'm sorry for suggesting
that you run
just i know my mind
i'm sorry i risked your life and lost
but i thought i would try
i thought i'd try
i fought one night
i'm sorry i'm off the table
i'm sorry i'm off the table
i'm sorry i'm off the table
i'm sorry i'm off the table
but you're gonna be fine
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10. |
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so
i don't want to stay
but i refuse to go
convinced it's better dying cold than brighter/happy on your own
so i play my role
claim my daily toll
i'm a thief who'll steal your youth for fear of the unknown
that
haunts
me
(chorus)
we can only make a mess now
we can only hold our breath now
we can only cause more problems
fall apart when we would solve them
so
are we even friends
are we even close
lately you just say things i don't ever want to know
push you off the ledge
then throw down some rope
you deserve much better things that i could give but don't
think
i
do
(chorus)
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we can only make a mess now
we can only go to bed now
fall asleep on all these problems
wake up on them in the morning
(bridge)
and these dulcet tones
all these gifts i rewrote
no they don't hold up
no they don't mean enough
and the sounds we crave
well they're so hard to make
that are too hard to fake
that you need everyday
(chorus)
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we can only make a mess now
we can only go to bed now
fall asleep on all these problems
wake up on them in the morning
i watched you die
just out of time
and i just stood by
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