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we're out here looking for attention
but there's something i haven't mentioned
we've got someone at home that's waiting
to sway this foolish heart
too right there's something in between us
cheap thrills masquerade as wanderlust
i think in points and how i was first
i'm sticking with my crush
just help me dig this grave when
(chorus)
i'm out with the wrong one again
i'm out with the wrong girl again
my head is spinning all around
can't believe the girls in this town
the girls in this town
kid myself
like no one has met her
it's understood no one else matters
there's something bout aiming for the stars
and idealistic scars
while you're here eating by your lonesome
it's clear i'm the one with the problem
tell myself you ought to be smiling
i'm taking back control
come on just give me this one
(chorus X2)
(coda)
that was the very last time that i felt alive
there with the diamonds in the sidewalk corner of 8th and 9th
and with our single last breath we changed the warning signs
well there's your meaning before i'd seen it
i could swear i was all right
swore i was all right
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2. |
My Guarantee
04:09
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you're on your way
you're on your way to
telling bout everybody
what you're gonna do
and i'm on my way
i'm on my way too
just happens my way
is to hang back and watch you
(prechorus)
these days aren't getting better
these nights are turning on me
these days aren't getting better
sometimes i can't think to breathe
(chorus)
my guarantee is running
out like the drug
i gave up on
your honesty is bearing
down like your home
i'll never know
you got your way
bring us some whisky they said
we want to see them all those rebel lights you do
and i've got my way
of telling everybody
it's just a matter of time til i am over you
(prechorus)
these days aren't getting better
your heart's been lost on your sleeve
these days aren't getting better
tell me whatever you need
(chorus)
(bridge)
you could be anyone
you could be anybody else
you could be anyone
the nightmare has been calling me
showing me everything i'm going to be
and with the turn of a key
why does it feel like the door's closed on me
and these days aren't getting better
i'm making misguided pleas
these days aren't getting better
her love has been boring me
(chorus)
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3. |
Friends With Cars
03:42
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we were counting cars like we used to
but you'd never know
i was searching hard for a sign of
should i stay or go
so honey let's drink too much tonight
two years ain't enough to figure out this life
you can waste it waiting there
or use your eyes
(chorus)
slow burn
running on empty
i learned
pretending to care
elevator love letter playing
from my stereo
you would never love anything if
i had told you to
so wouldn't you see this as you like
you can walk to someone who would share your mind
cos you don't know you'll look back
through starry eyes
(chorus)
slow burn
running on empty
i learned
pretending to care
and you're playing the fool
set on waiting on me
but i can't figure out
who i want you to be
slow burn
covered and bare
(instrumental bridge)
(chorus)
slow burn
running on empty
i learned
pretending to care
and you're playing the fool
set on waiting on me
but i can't figure out
who i want you to be
slow burn
covered and bare
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4. |
Paired Off
03:15
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where's my nerve?
guess i never had it
while we died
i found a good view
i fell down
in a last ditch effort
i came to
in an empty room
(chorus)
all my days
have been ending faster
all my loves
have been based on you
where's my girl
she was saved for later
all the nerve
heard that she's paired too
bought the lie
and your paper sunset
left coast meant
so damn much to you
inside jokes
only passed a minute
laurels left me
a restless fool
(chorus)
all my days
have been ending faster
all my loves
they'll be married soon
where's that girl
that i saved for later
all the nerve
heard that she's paired too
(instrumental bridge)
(chorus X2)
all my days
have been ending faster
all my loves
they'll be married soon
where's that girl
that i saved for later
all the nerve
heard that she's paired too
i like you
but could you lighten the load
yeah lighten the load
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5. |
Dazed and Confused
02:45
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you're all i ever wanted
was sure the space and dollars
would find their way and save the day
would cuddle up in time
could toss out my excuses
would find the lies were useless
you'd take my name and place
we'd never want or question why
(chorus)
why am i
fucking high
at your sister's reception
well it seemed good at the time
why am i
still trying hard to prove
you're all i ever wanted
was sure that all the problems
would slide away you'd make my day
won't feel the same in time
i'm finding brand new uses
for all my scars and bruises
far from the days i hid away
i'd wear them with such pride
(chorus)
why am i
fucking high
on the day my life was meant to come together
where was i
why am i
still trying to prove
(solo)
(chorus)
why am i
fucking high
at your sister's reception
well it seemed good at the time
why am i
so damn blind
on the day my life was meant to come together
where was i
why can't i
just run dry
well the clocks they never stop
no they refuse to leave my mind
why am i
still trying to prove to you
you're all i ever wanted
was sure that all the problems
would slide away you'd make my day
won't feel the same in time
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6. |
AOD
04:23
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forget what katie said
she don't speak for the band
maybe someday she'll be warmer
rather one day i'll be smarter
and give in
forget what robert meant
and all his failed attempts
to realize what we'll have
they say just stick with it
and i hear
"boy just play cool"
(chorus)
it's the kind of moment
where you don't know when it ends
if you're alive or dead
are we alive or dead
can't be sentimental
sentimental's where it ends
we play for life or death
we're here for life or death
you ask "well aren't we friends"?
like it's your best defense
beggars masquerade as choosers
written off as bitter losers
then you win
so what of honesty
and how it's killing me?
the tone and words you speak
just make me look crazy
so i say
"boy just play cool"
(chorus)
(bridge)
somewhere down at the bottom
someone's always rescued me
but lately nobody's coming
give me some more time to think
kill myself to say
"swear they must remember me"
you ask well aren't we friends
like you're scared i might leave
now's the kind of moment
when you don't know when it ends
if you're alive or dead
alive or dead
can't be sentimental
sentimental's where it ends
we play for life or death
life or death
(chorus)
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7. |
Another World
04:02
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hate the way that you found me
awkward
between the kings and queens
to think of how i was spouting
to now
you lump me with 03'
(chorus)
but there's another world
i see to
i'm gonna be there soon
we laugh at how this works
all night long
we laugh at what i do
hate the name that you've taken
almost
as the one i have made
i always thought it was safer
to run
somehow you would miss me
(chorus)
but there's another world
i see to
i'm gonna be there soon
it keeps me moving on
but your door's closed
where am i going to
we all got photographs
held onto
they never let us move
they show us at our best
so young so sure
how could we ever lose
(solo)
(bridge)
can't you see this summer we've been building
and with one week left
you want me to laugh
don't you see september you've been dying
but i'm not ready yet
no i'm not ready yet
(chorus)
cos there's another world
i see to
it's gonna be here soon
it keeps me moving on
but your door's closed
where am i going to
we all got photographs
held onto
they never let us move
they show us at our best
so young so sure
how could we ever lose
<you're out there alone for one more day>
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i drop you off to work
about all i can do
cos since they took him off
darling my life's fallen through
now i drive back to sleep
airborn ranger in bed
just til i ink this script
and i fool myself out west
(chorus)
trainstations in november
don't ask me questions now
i don't have answers to
like if you are the one
darling i don't have a clue
cos now the floor is gone
i take to st. andrews
i leave you for someone
just to find out i'll miss you
(chorus)
(bridge)
i'm only here for the summer
but i'm staying on through the winter
we got a couple hours left to last
this waning afternoon
and in the back of this old bookstore
we see toys and hear the tunes
well if i hold you for too long
well darling could you please excuse
i don't think anyone's been lost
as much as i am needing you
i'm only here for the summer
but i'm staying on through the winter
(chorus)
<train stations in november>
we got a couple hours left to last
this waning afternoon
and in the background of this bookstore
we see toys and hear the tunes
well if i hold you for too long
well darling would you please excuse
i don't think anyone's been lost
as much as i am needing you
i take you off to work
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9. |
After Noon
01:06
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your house
friday night is saved
i've got something to do
show up
by myself round eight
with bottles of home brew
and i don't know anyone but you
i don't know anyone
waking up after noon
and i'm killing time with you
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10. |
This Labor Day
05:16
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let's make a pledge
that apologies
no longer have effect
cos i'm sick
of the way i claw
then seal lips to your neck
and i doubt
when i come around
your words are what i meant
that's all right
there's a key in my hand
to a car parked outside
there was never any hope
of anyone
to talk about us left
the lives we might have known
would all explode
or sputter to their ends
i'm not the same boy
with the same voice
called you sunshine years before
but don't you worry
you won't notice
there's no choir at your door
this labor day
been 12 years
since i gave you
all my plans to rule the world
but you sighed
and you saw through that
least that's what i said to hide
all the times
that i'd scrape and make
to give life to this lie
so goodbye
was a time and a place
we could live but it's in my mind
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well i can wake up every day and feel the same old/manic mess
and i can make you all feel better bout the lives you left
like i tried to be a better man than everyone
yeah i tried to be a better man cos it looks good
and they say i'm just a little far from presentness
and they say i'm just a step away from ignorance
and i'm half the world away from ever making sense
and i stay until the welcome's ripped out from my chest
(chorus)
and i'm wrong
i wrote you a song but just forgot your name
and i stopped you at the door but hell i'm glad you came
and i babble tattle ramble on bout hollywood
and i swear i'm gonna kick or buy this neighborhood
(bridge)
i was the same before i met you
that's for your sake in case they blame you
but it's not on you
no it's not on you
(chorus)
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