1. |
Renter Not a Buyer
02:56
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fell down the stairs
tried to give you a kiss
you said oh how cute
look how you drip drip
hand me some ice
I can’t take a joke
my lip is split
I’m late for work
I’m a renter not a buyer
I don’t stay long it don’t matter
how the floorboards creak
and the window seams
let out a fucking cold breeze
when you need it least
hand me your shirt
yeah you wear it better
if I don’t return it
hope you let it slide
no time for coffee
two blocks away
my mouth’s still bleeding
but I’m two weeks late
I’m a renter not a buyer
dress me up like someone’s daughter
put me on my side, call it a brick, call it a wife
call it anything you want
on the ceiling, I was air
I’m a renter not a buyer
I don’t live here, does it matter
I just coexist
in a half domestic
I just take my shift
in a sub-synthetic
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2. |
How You Act
03:22
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tried to take it in a different direction
said the wrong thing and it sent me back
feeling rushed and insecure
like a rock when you asked for a glass
that’s not what you meant
how’d you learn it?
it’s how you act
that surrounds it
head back to the car why don’t you
I’ll make the call so everyone knows
and you’ll hear second accounts of a future
a promise, you stole away the bow
but that’s a lie
and you can forgive it
it’s how you act
that surrounds it
yeah it’s messy, grow up your heart
do you think you did right from the start?
collect the lawn chair debris from my yard and paint
my doorway the color of a birthday card
happy birthday to you
that’s not what I meant
how you’d learn it?
it’s how you act
that surrounds it
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3. |
Change Your Mind
03:59
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try to build a wall
try to let a no fall
from a mouth that did wrong too
I took too long to talk to you
try to build a new routine
like trying to pick out the good memories
and I failed twice before
if I keep doing it like this
I’ll always stay a kid
change your mind, change, change your mind
oh anytime, why don’t you
change your mind, change your mind, change your mind
oh anytime, you’ve got to
change your mind, change your mind, change your mind
come on get up
just say no
it’s not what you want
you gotta let it go
so you can have it, I lost my steam
in the end, this wasn’t my dream
take out the trash, do my groceries
remember to be more forthcoming
and yeah, it is enough
it brings you right back to yourself
hell yeah, it is enough
it brings me right back to myself
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4. |
Real Life
03:45
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what is it you’re feeling
can you put it in a painting
there’s no saturation
it’s just the same old thing
stop talking in rings
you came here to say what you think
I’ve got a real life now
and I intend to shut you out
I’ve got a real life now
watch me turn the clocks around
oh it’s with my name too
I walk that path, I walk it like you
find two knees pressed against one another
it's the shape of my need in the shape of another
and I swoop down in circles to find
the baby in my arms but it wasn’t mine
'cause I’ve got a real life now
and I intend to shut you out
I’ve got a real life now
watch me burn the candles out
watch me leave the table cold
leaving with my hat and coat
stop to do one final dish
and leave before it’s finished
I’ve got a real life now
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5. |
Kid 1
02:50
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I can still be
that kid
let me hug you like that
pull the ribbon back
boy in bows
is that what my cavity shows?
through three holes
in a video
I’m starting to feel
how foolish I’ve been
as if it out slips and goes
all the life to live in
let me be that kid
but even that sounds wrong, doesn’t it?
a completely normal reflex
oh try and describe it
a decade crisis
I want to feed stale bread to swans
when love was a daydream in her lawn
I want bowls of coffee instant
know my heart this very instant
I’m starting to feel
how foolish I’ve been
when my grandmother took my hand
out on the streets of Compiegne
it was a contact tracing
of what is life gracing
oh to be that kid
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6. |
Castine
02:46
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oh no, we’ve gone too far it seems
I let the truck take over me
singsong arithmetic, we make
all of the flowers one big mistake
doesn’t it make you? doesn’t it make you?
doesn’t it make you wish you were smarter than before
doesn’t it make you? doesn’t it make you
wish you knew just what we were doing it for
the water’s cold, we’ll jump right on in
even when I’m mad, I am still your friend
gen, I still love her but I can’t do it again
soon I fear my body will end
doesn’t it make you? doesn’t it make you?
doesn’t it make you wish you were smarter than before
doesn’t it make you? doesn’t it make you
wish you knew just what we were doing it for
castine, lets the night sweep us on by
now we’re east of the light
and west of a promise
and everyone’s gone
to rest until morning
I promise you light
and I promise
a morning after
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7. |
Kid 2
01:39
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a whiff of peach
comes right on in
as if dripping down my chin
hold on to something
the cheek of wanting
in all seasons, reach
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