1. |
Waiting Around For Gold
04:19
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Boys piss me off
All that you gave was a laugh
But that’s hardly worth a few months
And nights hover then expire
You talked all throughout them
And your love was so clinical and boring
Now it’s gone, and i’m gone too
But we’ll meet up again
Some night when it’s convenient
And say it feels good
Even better than before
Agree to try again
Even though we made better friends
When they ask me what i’m doing
I’ll say i’m waiting around for gold
And it just might last only one night
Or it might be a year or more
When it arrives our goodbyes
Will have already been made
When they ask me what i’m doing
I’ll say i’m waiting around for gold
Boys piss me off
You're damn paper thin
Others fawn
They salute you you’re a pawn
And I need to know
How to escape
Undo what we’ve done we know it’s wrong
And nights become one
In your room
What’s the occasion?
It seems we both forgot
Not to cry
We’ll never admit
Our friends were right
Chorus
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2. |
You Lie In The Dirt
03:05
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Countless pretty faces
Where to begin
Not the type to get plucked off the floor
Graceless and guarded to a fault
Rather move along then get to know anyone
Left to lie in the dirt
He broke it off
Now you need a new urge
To rectify and help you stand
Being alone is something you never had
Another wasted date means I’m sleeping in
Leave my dreams but leave my slippers on
There only exists what you put in
For a long time you felt like nothing at all
Socialize and Observe
How it’s rare when somebody else is sure
And genuine, interested in the subtle things
That you still have yet to say
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3. |
Too Drunk
03:08
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Touch my face with love like i don’t care
Slap my face my love without a dare
Right hands stronger than you think
Left cheeks fine while the others pink
Touch my face with love if there’s any there.
Too drunk
To stand
Touch my face it’s something we can share
Your part time worked up, full time vacant stare
Balance on the fence always on the brink
Which you will turn up is a routine thing
Touch my face to step back into the clear
Chorus ×2
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4. |
Driving The Truth
04:17
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Soft handshakes
Painted on grin
A little effort really wouldn’t hurt
Gaze right through
Out my head
Eyes that flitter looking for something better instead
When I’m right here
Concentrate
A conversation takes two to orchestrate
A greater problem
A boring puzzle
No desire to solve him
It’s like driving the truth
Stretching out one’s youth
I lost a tooth, i lost control of my whole life
Such an obvious stain
We sure love to point the blame
When all it really takes is one eye on the road
When it hurts to breathe
When no one can believe
That you can’t get up with the sun and the rest of us
But really who would notice
With eyes set on the prize
Flash cards
So hard
Already forgot your name
It’s like driving the truth
stretching out one’s youth
I lost a tooth, i lost control of my whole life
Such an obvious stain
We sure love to point the blame
When all it really takes is one eye on the road
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5. |
Solo Shows
04:39
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Roller coaster go go
Around one more time
Feed the hungry rush
The worst is the climb.
After the descent
The surprise is spent.
Carries you away with it,
But leaves your scent
Last words shouldn’t be thought of,
thought of as a game
No one wins
Wins anything
Most evenings are solo
Solo there’s no show
Slowly drawn blinds
Even though the neighbor’s don’t mind
That’s what i’ve been told
Everybody has a role
In the comfort of your place
Where you wake up with your face on.
He’s been hanging around,
Mostly afternoons
Let’s play a game called
‘spot all the open wounds’
I have got my logic
I’ve got cheap perfume
World give me some credit
Something to relate too
Tell me who would chance
Such an obvious mistake?
So fresh with open hands
But there’s none to trust or shake
Wishing wells don’t work
Years and years of hopes go down
But the guard has been put up
This is why we are so guarded.
Chorus
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6. |
Make It Better
03:29
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There was this one time
I went into it blind
Seeking satisfaction
And he didn’t seem to mind
Sometimes they’re like that
No need for facts
Already forgot your name
So here just write it on the back of my hand
Here I go again
Falling in love with a one night stand
Don’t you remember
Me from September
When we got together
It was quick now or never
It’s the best kind
You can leave it behind
Home again alone again
With nothing on your mind
Chorus
Make it better
I don’t know how
The best kind of addict
Always let’s you down
×3
Chorus
After years you’d think that it would get better
It’s been years and it’s not getting any better
Years and years go by you’d think it’d get better
Cause it’s been years and it’s not getting any better
After years you’d think that it would get better
It’s been years and it’s not getting any better
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7. |
The Declaration
04:34
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There is guilt that we use
Other blues are a nuisance to keep around
Run that shame out of town
It just keeps hanging on
Formed a motherly bond
Lose the grip
Think i through
It’s got nothing better to do
What a marvelous way
To issue in a new day
Of assertiveness
I’m pretty sure you will like it.
I won’t cry and I won’t beg
I won’t lie around and wait
I made my mind up and i think it’s about time we fuck
There is not much to say
It is in the looks you gave the looks i gave
Let’s just take the plunge be brave
It was clear
From where i stand
Painful beauty
He was tanned
There is will
There is might
There is also what’s right
Fair is fair and I’ve grown up
To live without the things i want
It has not been a blast
When I look back on the past
Now I look for tomorrow
I persist, i’ve got mischief
I will know when to stop and start
All the while guarding my heart
Chorus
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8. |
Charm In A Phonebooth
04:06
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One more time
From down the line
A brand new find
Came into view
With inception there is faith in love
You sent me treats
Made my eyes weep
Your in my chest
So I can’t sleep
And with so much track
How did we fall off?
Bam bam
Guess where I am?
I take the bait once again
Charm in a phone booth today
I can never call back
So spend a jealous afternoon on my back
And hold onto thoughts of the next ring
Realize that it’s the eyes
Eventually we’ll need to see
To rid this solo love that we have built up
Words get rushed
And can get crushed
When the wires do the talking for us
But that won’t stop the coin drop dial
Chorus
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Strolling the sidewalks
We never watch where we walk
So we collided truly blindsided
A moment of chance or
A serendipitous bump
It’s hard not to read too much into what you want
Less out of habit
And more to the back than the front
Spiraling upwards is sure and then unsure
Live on the ground floor
That way you’ll never jump
The future is up to what we get up to
I could be what you wanted
You could be what I need
But we’ll never know
Cause we don’t let ourselves get too close to anything
×2
If I’m off your radar
And you’re off my whole damn map
Then how do we find us?
Who will remind us?
It always gets later
And you always have to drive back
What’s happens tomorrow
Is regrets and sorrow
Chorus
Carry a white flag
That way i’ll know what is what
Cause misunderstandings reek of bad landings
Your cheeks really show off
And you stutter more when you're drunk
Stammering through this
There’s never a witness
I’m all indecision
Too comfortable in my spot
Dying for action
A basic connection
I had the lighter
You went and bought a new pack
And just for tonight
You can do it inside
Chorus
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10. |
Hit The Heart
04:07
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So dramatic you should charge like it’s an honor
Play the addict and break down when you lost your scarf
Blame that one on me on something you can’t even see
Blame that one on me on something you can’t even see
Hit the heart a little hard
And make it feel better
×3
So ecstatic to leave your mark on your target
Never planned it but he let you down and you took it hard
Saved up picked up steam but you never let off anything
Saved up picked up steam but you never let off anything
Chorus
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Last left on the counter
Followed by a shadow
One of us is complete
The other one is sallow
Wedding ring finger
We forget about that
Even we love her
I’m the slut that throws it all to shit
I’m a little bit older than you
And you’re the worst thing for me right now
It’s you who will make the first move
I’m a little bit older than you
Every day assault on
The chest against the pavement
Every inaccessible thing to fixate on
I almost will to happen
I think it could have happened
That night in the basement
I was acting more the girlfriend than I should have
I thought myself replacement
Chorus
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12. |
Songs I Already Sang
04:37
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You were hard to believe
Most of the time
No matter the lines I got
Something felt right
In my own naive state
Truth rose too late
A good liar rides their wave
Suffering fate
You sang songs I already sang
The truth hangs all around the stage
When you came clean
It through me off
Fell to the floor
Dramatic and raw
Trust became cracked
A surprise attack
I watch where i walk now
Don’t show them my back
Chorus
×2
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Leisure Life Demos. Recorded in 2010, released in 2020. Seems appropriate.
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