1. |
Go Boating
03:37
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i think i hit a ceiling
on all these goddamnn sentimental feelings
go boating if you have to
when you pick a line, i stick to it
cause you could put me in your pocket
but i’d break all into smaller objects
and still you take one shard to shatter and steep
like candy isn’t safe to eat
there’s no homecoming
don’t go learn to waltz for nothing
and one thanksgiving, decatur square,
i’ll look and i won’t see you there
cause if you don’t wanna watch home movies
we’d just sit and count the turkeys
the first one dances on the second one’s head
and the second one laughs when the first one’s dead
and if i get all scared of not being used
you just hiccup til i get confused
and you draw on me in tiny patterns
whispering how nothing matters
like when we drove out to the guidestones
and we gawked at all the chickens crossing gravel roads
the second one clawed at the first one’s back
and laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed
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2. |
Oja
02:49
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i’ll take a minute and
give you a name that i can read
and you can sign it on
the corners of my masterpiece
cause it’s all that i can do to save
another head from your little black hat
and when there’s nothing left to take
at least i know you’ll leave me that
and there won’t be
anything left of me
when they cut out all the fluff
because cinema’s about the little things
twitching in the mouth
words are not enough
just be careful not to
autograph anything with legs
and you can have at all my
hundred thousand canvases
cause even in my dreams you set
another frame to your little white heat
and i can’t even leave my bed
a little old man under a little white sheet
and there won’t be
anything left of me
when they cut out all the fluff
because cinema’s about the little things
twitching in the mouth
words are not enough
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3. |
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fifty years ago i lost my city
scooped out ashen walls from bits of lime
every night behind my eyes that fire roars
it's the kind of thing that can't be healed by time
now the very stone that keeps you safe and warm
is on the docket to become a crime
cause i have held a trowel since i was a better man
and i'll be damned
before i let it rust away
i have always gotten by on clever words alone
but now i know
there's not much left to say
terror doesn't move you like it moves me
so i won't dwell on scenes so dark and grim
i know your social grace outweighs your standing
so conjure up a picture of your whims
i plastered up the palmer house all pretty
and i won't save the luxury for him
cause i have held a trowel since i was a better man
and i'll be damned
before i let it rust away
i have always gotten by on clever words alone
but now i know
there's not much left to say
when we call out in living fear
the answer's always strong and clear
union boys with hearts of steel
dedication, love, and zeal
they've lost eyes, they've fought wars
they've left their minds on foreign shores
they'll do their best, they'll do it all
do what it takes to save the walls
so if our kindness doesn't stick
or you folks are put off by it
we'll take a moment, sense the tides
and put up fists until we die
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4. |
I Remember Everything
03:52
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you can take your glasses off
and just get through the room by feeling
while i still hear you clear enough
through the patterns of your breathing
cause you loose sight when you’re old and start screaming
how “i can burn through an ant with these things”
there’s an art to remembering
and i just thought that i could help but i forgot
how it’s so easy to come apart
how it’s just a matter of years before we’ll be thinking
“wouldn’t it be nice if we were younger and then we wouldn’t have to”
cause it wouldn’t even matter to you
what i do
you can turn the record down
i know the cadence of the tune
and each articulated sound
in every word i ever thought to say to you
and you can try but it’d never get out
i remember everything
all in the melody
and i just thought that i could help but i forgot
how it’s so easy to come apart
how it’s just a matter of years before we’ll be thinking
“wouldn’t it be nice if we were younger and then we wouldn’t have to”
cause it wouldn’t even matter to you
what i do
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5. |
Truth
03:21
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focus on what you mean
and i can be a record
focus on pure honestly
not just another honest word
like anything i could’ve said
but didn’t feel obliged to
cause i don’t wanna get you all upset
and i don’t wanna lie to you
it’s not about being alone
it just gets hard to reconfigure
and i would be nothing if not the collarbone
in misshapen old pictures
i think there’s something wrong with me
so you can wrap your arms around me
but i can’t bear to tell you everything
focus on what you need
and i can be a river
you can save all energy
keep the silence in forever
and you can say that you love me
as long as it’s a statement of facts
and if you just want company
you don’t have to lie for that
cause if you wanna get to heaven
you’re gonna have to tell the truth
cause i don’t wanna force confession
and i don’t wanna hurt you
i think there’s something wrong with me
wrap your arms around me
it’s okay, don’t worry, i’m just speaking freely
like that’s all that i can do in lack of certainty
but you don’t have to tell me everything
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