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watch the snow fall
03:14
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crack a smile and swim
such a lovely smile
crack a smile and swim
such a lovely grin
it makes you seem so thin
where the light shines
such a lovely thing
and the snow just falls around her
falling so far behind
on a pretty little face
falling so far behind
on a pretty little hate
and if the two of us could fly
in a colour we could both deny
and the snow just falls around her
and the snow just melts around her
and the snow just falls around her
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i'm forever clumsy,
yes i do
i sense that things are wrong with you
i pull the plug
i pull the plug
on my love.
a former dancing queen
on a life support machine.
a former dancing queen
on a life support machine.
a sudden new romance
randomness it seems
laughable in moments
of teenage dreams
i pull the plug
i pull the plug
on my love
a former dancing queen
on a life support machine
a former dancing queen
on a life support machine
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mothers of four
prettier than her pictures say
another day
she departs for her daily chores
dropping off the kids
shopping at the store
could you ask for more?
could you ask for more?
what do i tell her?
she wants to see me
i will forget her
she will forget me this spring
mother of three
wishes all the places she could be
senses her time has passed
the actors have been cast
she's come in last
what do i tell her?
she wants to see me
i will forget her
she will forget me this spring.
mother of four
prettier than her pictures say,
another day
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4. |
blue of noon
02:36
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she stands there
in the blue of noon
drunk on
last night's affair
hold on
blue eyes
long hair
blue eyes
like i used to
like i used to
when i'd want to
for you
like i used to
she stands there
in the blue of noon
drunk on
last night's affair
dark hair
blue eyes
long hair
blue eyes
like i used to
like i used to
for you
when i'd want to
for you
like i used to
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5. |
southern california
03:40
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dropped the cup
enough is enough
he raises his hand
to approve
southern california
is warm this time
of year
southern california
kick the habit
chased white rabbits
rolls up his sleeves
a routine
will he need the need
to need you
will he raise his fists
broke the promise
fall in bliss
such a shame
what people say
travelling solo
california
travelling solo
california
kick the habit
chased white rabbits
rolls up his sleeves
a routine
will he need the
need to need you
will he raise his fists
travelling solo
california
is warm this time
of year.
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6. |
fool ( heart stop)
03:57
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take a ride with me
my sweetpea
take a ride with me
come and see the sights
my bright light
come and see the sights
you make my heart stop
my porkchop
you make my heart stop
let's do something
my pumpkin
let's do something
i can be your stupid fool
i've been practising my whole life
i can be your stepping stool
if you want me to
take a walk with me
my bumblebee
won't you take a walk with me
let's call it a day
my fancy face
let's call it a day
i can be your stupid fool
i've been practising my whole life
i can be your stepping stool
if you want me to
i'll be anything you want me to
but i know i'm just your fool
i'll be anything you want me to
but i know i'm just your fool.
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7. |
perfect sound
02:39
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the sound of rain
beats on the pavement
covers up your footsteps
makes a perfect sound
you're shouting in the distance
it sounds as though you're happy
the rain it seems a veil
that i peer through to try and see you
in that perfect way
with that perfect smile
that little noise you make
that perfect sound
you smile
awkwardly back in
your bluesy kind of way
you look in my direction
but i am not really there
i sit and watch over you
until you know just when
and then i must find heaven so
i can hear you laugh again
in that perfect way
with your perfect smile
that little noise you make
that perfect sound
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and i guess
when she says she thinks of me
that should be enough
and i guess
when she says she thinks of me
i should take that as being enough
but it's rough
not enough time to sit and tell her
but it's rough
not enough...
...that i really liked someone else
i never did dance with her in highschool
that makes her kind of sad
at winter time
in her way she complains
a picture perfect day
in her way she complains
in the same move and the same song
but i find all around
in the pages of my book
but i found all around
what i make doesn't really make any sense at all
i never did dance with her in highschool
that makes her kind of sad
at winter time
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a brand new blue
02:57
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just stand still
nobody move
there's a flaw in her haiku
like a brand new kind of blue
there's a lie in all that's you
this is so unneccessary
days i miss in february
she calls it neutral
i call it blue.
perfect time and no regret
said it before but i forget
good intentions
and love's abuse
all those mistaken
i love you's
she calls it neutral
i call it blue
yeah she calls it neutral
i call it blue
just stand still
nobody move
there's a flaw in her haiku
like a brand new kind of blue
there's a lie in all that's you
there's a lie in all that's you
there's a lie in all that's you....
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did you know?
02:32
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there's a band aid on her arm
where she used to write my name
as a schoolgirl kind of joke
a personal teenage hoax
did you know
how it goes?
did you know
how it goes....
strange as it may sound today
it felt good for awhile
then those feelings seemed to crash
we don't need to do the math
did you know
how it goes?
did you know
how it goes....
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11. |
are we still?
02:36
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being here and just passing through
by myself
in my socks and shoes
sensitive to my situation
smile just to make it through
centre of breathing
softly and sadly
faith in this colour
am i breathing
are we still?
am i breathing
are we still?
being here and just passing through
by myself
in my socks and shoes
sensitive to my situation
smile just to make it through
centre of breathing
softly and sadly
faith in this colour
am i breathing
are we still
am i breathing
are we still?
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12. |
claire asleep
03:41
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her eyes
closed still
thinking of how we fall
casually glancing in my direction
the motion of the sea will hold her
she
no longer with me
touches her hand to the surface
as though to hold me once again
it would be
so easy
to give for you
it would be
so easy
to drown for you
i whisper
something that resembles
a clumsy haiku
she laughs
it must be religion
but claire is still asleep
her hair
fans out deep sea
waiting in carefully timed wave forms
i carry her sleeping form inside my head
it would be
so easy
to give for you
it would be
so easy
to drown for you
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13. |
failed
02:37
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she sways
in the prettiest way
we'd stay
til she feels it's okay to leave
and fulfill all her little needs
commence a desire to be cruel
to those few that remain but i can't
take all petty ways
but i stay
i'm her prey anyways
and i stay in her stupid game
cuz i failed
and i lose
cuz i failed.
she sways
in the prettiest way
we'd stay
til she feels it's okay to leave
and fulfill all her little needs
commence a desire to be cruel
to those few that remain but i can't
take all petty ways
but i stay
i'm her prey anyways
and i stay in this stupid game
cuz i failed
and i lose
cuz i failed.
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14. |
engines (unfinished)
01:57
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you bring
the sun into my day
the apple orchard
and orange trees
it seems that
tempeate
a good time
for goodbye
through the cobble streets
the smell of lavender
by the eiffel tower below
her voice
hums like engines
your machine
is my machine
today
we make mistakes
let time slip
into something
uncomfortable
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