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Atheist
03:00
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On our initial descent into Chicago
Katie leans over my lap
looking out the window
For a glimpse of the house we were kids in
She says “I hated it then
but now I kind of miss it”
Shirts in the microwave, trash in the sink
Quarters in a mason jar for every time she smokes
She says “if we keep this up, girls, in no time we’ll be broke”
I don’t remember getting older
But I’m slowing down
I don’t know if I’m gonna miss you
Where I’m going now
The 20th of October
Hair of the dog, a blanket on your shoulder
Reading the menu in an accent
Trying to get you laughing
She said some kids from the Christian school
Came to sing her a song
It went like “angels watching over us all our little lives”
I don’t know if I buy it but it does sound kinda nice
I don’t remember getting older
But I’m slowing down
I don’t know if I’m gonna miss you
Where I’m going now
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2. |
Talk
02:57
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Someday I'll fix my shoes
For somebody else to use
When I can touch their face
and stay in the same place
But I'm terrified I won't
I was raised over the phone
Your word was a wave then
Endlessly breaking
I'm a chip off the old block
'cause I'm all talk
I'm pretty busy
So please forgive me
If I forget to
Not forgive you
The way that I see it
You're no longer needed
and if I'm not mistaken
your ship never came in, anyway
I'm a chip off the old block
'cause I'm all talk
I will no longer grieve you
when I have to see you
it's no use denying
you belong to the dying
And I couldn't care less
Life's just a real slow death
Yep, that's what I was taught
Okay, so I care a lot
I'm a chip off the old block
'cause I'm all talk
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3. |
Lose This Number
03:56
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Bobby helped me track you down cause
I just saw your name in the paper
You said “of course that reminded you of me
Don’t you know that’s how a name works”
I know you don’t have to forgive me
Hell, you probably shouldn’t
I got scared and I took off
I wanted to try but I couldn’t
That night you shook me but I wasn’t sleeping
Afraid of the thunder
Asked me to come in the bedroom
Pulled me under the covers
Lose this number
It’s like I was born on the back of a bullet
With your name written on it
This city will probably kill me
But it’s the only thing keeping me honest
I want to crawl into this daydream I’m having
And live here forever
Confetti blowing into the ocean
The three of us finally together
And the whole time I’ve just been asleep here
20 years younger
Smell of sugar and seaweed
Indian summer
Lose this number
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4. |
Unforgivable
03:34
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The fall was pretty nasty on that, we can agree
but they're never really clean and sometimes neither is the break
By the time I left you, the room looked like a bruise
a curtain breach let pink and blue light wash across your face
Is it so unforgivable to wander off the course
We had a pretty good run but I just can't fucking do it anymore
I was eager to commit once, not for forever
'cause if you remember, I never once said "you should never say never"
that's gravity for you when you're stuck up and stupid
it turns you into a student for thinking you were so clever
Is it so unforgivable to wander off the course
We had a pretty good run but I just can't fucking do it anymore
I'm not afraid to call it the way that it is
looks like you wasted a wish on some supposed second wind
and I don't care who sees me behaving so ugly
I just hate that you loved me and that this is how it ends
Is it so unforgivable to wander off the course
We had a pretty good run but I just can't fucking do it anymore
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5. |
Northsiders
03:43
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I was new in town, kinda goth
I met you in the science quad
You asked if I had any pot
“we’re going up to mikey’s spot”
Covering important ground
Tried coke at my cousins house
Yeah I’m probably addicted now
things that children bluff about
Didn’t notice it was getting late
You offered me a place to stay
“We live up in the palisades
Tell your folks you ran away
Besides you’re a north sider now”
Nothings going to change it pal
We were so pretentious then
Didn’t trust the government
Said that we were communists
Thought that we invented it
Morrissey apologists
Amateur psychologists
Serial monogamists
We went to different colleges
You said that we would always be
Branches on the same old tree
Reaching away from
Each other for eternity
You know I can’t argue with that
Nothings going to change it now
We could’ve a last hurrah
When I was working in the smoothie shop
But I couldn’t get the weekend off
She told me I was getting soft
I read an article about the accident
Probably reaching for her cigarettes
And missed the break lights up ahead
I hope it was an instant death
Sometimes I imagine us way down the line
Getting fat somewhere in the country side
It’s crazy how things shake out some time
Maybe that’s enough magic for me
Nothings going to change it now
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6. |
Twin Soul
03:52
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Our cheeks were frozen
Watching the storm roll in
We missed the ferry
Got stuck in the city, barely
covering our heads
With a coat, when you said
We could be more than friends
It’ll never be this good again
I’m gonna hurt you and myself too
Cause that’s the only thing
that I know how to do
You’ve been away for months
The bands finally breaking up
Charlie’s a fucking tool
Says he’s going back to school
The radio plays tunes
You wrote in your childhood room
I turn it too loud
Pretend you’re here right now
I’m gonna hurt you and myself too
Cause that’s the only thing
that I know how to do
You told me not to
But whenever you’re gone I do
Let my thoughts go
Hypothetical
You met your twin soul
While you were on the road
Twisted in the sheets
Said it didn’t mean a thing
I’m gonna hurt you and myself too
Cause that’s the only thing
that I know how to do
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7. |
Seven Lakes
04:03
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The beds were all made
I slept on the floor
First time in love
She called you a whore
We thought that they might
Try to send you out of state
Nothing could be done then
To keep me away
I hope you catch a break
Oldest daughter
Seven lakes
Treading water
Sealing up the crawl space
found your little stash
Won’t be like your brother
We’re gonna get you back
Tried too hard to convince us
You were no longer at risk
The medicine can only
Help you if you’re sick
So you’re gonna have to stay
A little longer
Seven lakes
Barely treading water
The birds here sound just
Like an old arcade game
You ask what I’m up to
More of the same
I’m gonna turn the page
Build an altar
Seven lakes
Underwater
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8. |
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You idiots in
your leather jackets and glasses
You know I could still kick all your asses
Harry, I had a thought
If I dust the old ax off
Maybe we could give this thing a real shot
Let’s get the old band back together again
Let’s get back in the room and let the magic happen
Let’s get the old band back together
After the baby
everything changed
I only have a couple a night these days
I’m glad that I came
I really like the new name
But with Anna on bass
It really doesn’t feel the same
Let’s get the old band back together again
Let’s get back in the room and let the magic happen
Let’s get the old band back together
I’ve been gigging around
It’s really bumming me out
That suddenly no one wants to
Play it fucking loud
Let’s get the old band back together again
Let’s get back in the room and let the magic happen
Let’s get the old band back together
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9. |
Keep You Down
04:22
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I could've told you they loved you
From the way they stood still
But I hope you didn't notice
And that you never will
It isn't hard to imagine
You won't need me someday
Cause I know something that you don't
You never did anyway
Our love's already
begun to brown
And unless I can convince you
No one could want you now
You're gonna see how easy
It is to fool around
I have to keep you down
At some point you decided
You were burning through self esteem
So you locked up whatever was left
And trusted me with the keys
You thought I'd figured it all out
And that's completely insane
I think you should've considered
No one remembers my name
Our love's already
begun to brown
And unless I can convince you
No one could want you now
You're gonna see how easy
It is to fool around
I have to keep you down
Your oversights gonna cost you
Maybe eventually
See I've been betting against you
Unintentionally
Our love's already
begun to brown
And unless I can convince you
No one could want you now
You're gonna see how easy
It is to fool around
I have to keep you down
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10. |
Single For The Summer
03:57
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You said that you forgot to
Put the candles in the cake
Double digits but i heard you
Tell the waitress "8"
You didn't need a ticket then
To walk me to the gate
I showed the woman next to me
Your picture on the plane
Things are gonna turn around any day now
You made me run from clover park
Your dad was still at work
Took my sweaty hands and put them
Underneath your shirt
Can we be single for the summer
Drinking 40's on the roof
I told you I was dying then
It was technically the truth
Things are gonna turn around any day now
It’s gonna happen any day now
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