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925
02:50
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I hated working nine to five.
Last year I hated working weekends (well at least I’m consistent)
Consistently out of sync; with who I am and how I think.
I miss those days back when my jeans didn't fit.
And when our apartment was cold we made the best of it.
We spent our money on better things.
We lived in Jacksonville and it was always spring
You know that briefcase that I once got as a gift?
It now rests in the spot where my bong used to sit.
And every morning when I pick it up; somehow it's heavier (and man that fucks me up)
Because there’s this place I wanna be
And yet i spend most of my days trying to leave
There’s still this place i wanna be
A place that I can’t see
I think back to when I lived in an ignorant bliss
Now perspective rests where my privilege used to sit
When I was younger I was never mean
I thought my heart was pure (and my soul was clean)
Back in the day when I used to think Jesus was it
but at least now I’m smart enough to call it what it is
Fantasies from a forgotten time.
I’m like 30 now my destiny is mine.
There is this place I wanna be
And yet I spend most of my days trying to leave
There is this place I wanna be (and yet no matter how much I try to believe) There is this place I want to be
A place that I cant see.
There is a place I want to go.
And somehow I’m going to get there on my own.
There is a place I want to go. And no matter how; I’ll get there.
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Isolate
03:34
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I isolate sometimes
I’m sorry I go silent until I find whats right
My mind’s beyond the sea
Manifesting this vision before me
I’m sorry I do so much wrong before I find what's right
Everyone’s got something cheap to say
So I bury those bastards deep and just walk away
Sometimes I isolate sometimes
And I’m sorry I do so much wrong before I find whats right
And everyone’s got something cheap to say Don’t trust quick advice; find your own way
I run and hide sometimes
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Settled
03:06
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I've been gone for far too long
I’ve been gone for far too long
Keeping any part of my house
From washing into sea even just a little
I just wanna be settled
It’s been 10 long years building castles made of sand Collecting seashells by the seashore and counting them when i can Maybe I’m afraid of losing to the sea even just a little. I just wanna be settled
I’ve been gone too long
Wandering
First I was blind now I can see
Been gone for too long
Wandering
First I was blind now I see
I struggle everyday turning wet sand into clay
All day long
Ive watched every castle melt away
All built wrong
Ive been gone too long.
I just wanna be settled
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Blood & Influenza
02:58
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I have been spending my days in a glass box
My friends all say they’re leaving but I can barely hear them talk I can barely muster up the courage to say ‘help’
I just let them walk out the door.
What if I tried? What if I shattered there on the floor?
And these tiny blue pills; they are the cure to all my ills I just wanted to get some sleep and force myself to eat Because all I can taste is blood and influenza
I never mustered up the strength to say help
I just let them walk out the door
And when I tried; I shattered there on the floor
So I have been spending my days in a glassbox.
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The Great Pause
05:01
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Summer leaves until its fall again And winter brings the storm
Summer springs until its fall again And I wonder where we are
Theres a wind blowing
Where it goes; I don't know
And I’m peaceful in the storm Though I cant see where we are Though I’m lost inside the storm I cant keep from falling
Theres a stream flowing
Where it goes;I don't know
But the trees keep me from falling Into the sea.
Where we are free,.
There's a tree growing
Facing east in the morning
In the gloam; its leaves turn westward Towards the sea.Where we are free.
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