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a drive through Richmond
I'm gonna form a band
Ill be the best drummer
And you’ll all be my fans
I’m just trying to take it easy
i’ve got all my friends
It makes me feel better
Than I really am
And Teya would love me
she would hold my hand
we would have each other
at least that was the plan
I want to be a writer
a master of words
Make it crystal clear
how i’ve been hurt
But life has a funny way
To turn you around
A whole new direction
a new face in town
When I drink nothing matters
and nothing ever hurts
I become someone different
for better or for worse
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City In Spain
04:19
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There are a few things
That can keep you alive
it can be obvious
Like sleeping well at night
But I took a trip today
To a city in Spain
in a last ditch attempt
to finally get away
it was black and white
There was wrong and there was right
I’ve been talking too
A good friend of mine
said I’m a little lonely
But otherwise I’m fine
Some days I walk the beach
or drink all night
I live at the top of the hill
and its a wonderful sight
and its not mine
and thats just fine
I know what I’m up to
been running my whole life
i didn’t get away from anything
frozen in fear this whole time
with Spain as my witness
ill admit to myself
I cant handle the pressure
Of anything I’ve felt
It’s black and white
There is wrong and there is right
There were good times
many happy times
I had no money
but I knew you loved me
and I had problems
I was the problem
But I tried to stay kind
Keep it black and white
Im not really angry
so lets not be angry
i’ll take the next flight
ill come home and ill be fine
and when the dog bites
Ill just let it bite
Try to sleep at night
And that should solve them
All my problems
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3. |
Like Honey, Like Salt
04:12
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Ive been overwhelmed
Buildings falling all around
Suspicious looking clouds
Glass all over the ground
I was working in the sun
When they said we gotta hide when the rebels come
And I hardly made it out
There were moments when I had my doubts
and its kind of funny
But mostly sad
I get a way for a while
before I have to go back
Im always getting sick
And I don’t know how my wife handles it
But I never ask
Im a coward when it comes to that
And she’s like honey
And I’m all salt
She is golden and I’m just not
And I’m slowly drowning
In all of these tangled plots
A simple story it Is not
And who the fuck wrote this it just
Goes on and on
They’ve got me running in a surprise marathon
And I cant breath
My strength is gone
And they’ll kill me if I take to long
and its kind of funny
But mostly sad
I get away for a while before I have to go back
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4. |
The Grips
04:00
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It takes one to know one
I can see it in your eyes
They look just like mine
What have you done
You can’t help it
It’s not for you to decide
you’re in the grips
Hardly alive, hardly alive
My daughter what can I say
The fault is mine
I have let you down
It’s out of my hands now
And I am so afraid of you
and I know you are too
The last time I saw you
it took me a moment to recognize
Skin pulled over your bones
Sunken in cheeks, sunken eyes
And the anger
all the violence
you showed no remorse
or care of any kind
Oh the violence, the violence
My god what can I say
The fault is mine
I have let you down
there’s blood on my hands now
and I can’t take care of you
if this is the path that you choose
And I won’t be around
To bury you in the ground
but your mother will see it through
and she’ll be numb just like you
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Head Flowers
03:53
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it’s time to go back
To all the places that I’ve ran away from
A few times in fact
Who’s keeping track
I keep my house haunted
So I don’t get lonesome
I like the eye contact
And not with the living
But with the dead
They only say things
Worth being said
Its time to face the facts
so they did it to you
They had to do it to someone
its a sad contract
But its all just an act
well the curtain opens up
And I’m acting to no-one
But I’m fine with that
Flowers from the crowd in my head
Say it might have been my best one yet
But for me the play feels so long
Even with the stimulants I’m on
And all the ghosts fill the house
But they all leave when I come out
And i don’t know where I’m supposed to be
No-one placed that mark for me
But you can still find me backstage
Waiting for the light to change
If that light ever burns out
you’ ll never know what this plays about
So ill just wait patiently
For that light to call me
For that curtain to open up
Find out if I’ve rehearsed enough
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My boy is upset
My daughter is homeless
My wife can’t look me in the eye
There is a knock at the door
One I just can’t ignore
no I’m not sure how I got home last night
but I think I found a clue
the car in the driveway is missing a piece or two
i can feel it in knees
the specific way they bother me
If I keep doing this I’ll die
its not going to be easy
but I’ll do it for my family
This angry ocean needs to dry
so Give me something I can bite
This is going to hurt, but thats alright
Ill bite through my cracking teeth
if it gets me back on my feet
I’ll show my daughter living proof
If can do it, she can too
She can too
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7. |
Nail Bed
05:04
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Well I guess I got what I deserve
A hard lesson to learn
I worked so hard
For what I earned
well deserved return
The ones I love can hardly survive
And its all my fault, its my design
and they are the nails on the bed I lie
They bare my weight, they equalize
But I don’t lay flat on my back, I roll around from side to side
And I admit its a loosing fight
They cant hit back, their cuffs are tight
and they know full well all my lies
Sometimes they pretend to ease my mind
But I cant keep it straight in my mind
I go back and fourth all the time
I know they can see right through me
And smell the liquor through my teeth
and I know they don’t doubt
How hard i’ve tried
to stay clean
and calm myself down
When I hit the ground
and it hurts to breath
and somehow they’re still around
To hold me up
It’s not what I deserve
It’s not what I’ve earned
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i have failed you, in just about every way
standing in the water, just another awful day
And I’ll just float away, wont make a sound
when I make it out of town ill find a place
With no-one around, then I’ll drown
Your mother will be there, to fix all of my mistakes
just like she’s always done, I hit the gas she hits the breaks
And every thing i’ve built, I always break
nothing scares me more, than a peaceful day
singing birds far away
I don’t trust the song,
it knows something
But it just won’t say
Standing in the water
Just another awful day
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9. |
Morning Bed
05:29
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I woke up in my morning bed
Didn’t get much rest
My wife asleep beside me
A cat on my chest
on the walls shadows move
strange men pat my head
smile wide and unnatural
say I haven’t seen the worst of it yet
i want want to tell her what just happened but
I always forget
but they always come
make my mourning bed
I think I know what I want to write
But I forget how to hold a pen
and the words are hard to catch
like rabbits thought the forest of my head
I lay down in the thickest grass
I even hold my breath
I can hear them all around me
but they scatter before I’ve had the chance
I want to explain what I’m after
But I always forget
and I’m not sure
Where they went
I wake up in my morning bed
And I’ll die in my mourning bed
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