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Dear Diary, Uhh...
02:37
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2. |
On The Journey
04:00
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Are we going on the journey?
'Cause I expect you next to me
We'll laugh and drink tea
Just like the old days
And we'll talk about all the old friends
That we used to know
You told me
Back in the tenth grade
That you would hold me
And I'd be okay
You said to drink coffee
And talk about the people that we used to know
And we would all be so happy, once again
But in my old town there is an old place that is a crater of what I knew
You said I miss the friends we made in high school
I never see them again
I knew some of you that I called friend
And I remember the day you died
And all the times that you and I said hi
I didn't know you
But I wish I did
Is that cliche?
I don't know, but we were kids
Now we're going on the journey
And you expect me next to you
But I am going on my own journey
And I can't expect you next to me
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3. |
Run Forever
02:28
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I keep trying to figure it out
I'm only ever met with doubt
It seems that those that always had advice know about as much as I know
They were always so sure of it all
I followed them, so tell me, why did I fall?
Maybe this fish wasn't meant to clime a tree
I did my best to run forever
But nothing ever stays together
At least not this time
My clothes haven't been fitting right
Mom still tucks me in every night
Maybe this is the reason I can't get a girl to say hi
Everyone says "What is it you do?"
I've got nothing, if I'm telling the truth
It's all over when I realize I can't fake you out anymore
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4. |
TV Land
03:17
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'Til further notice
I'll be locked up all alone
In my room
Without a telephone
So don't bother trying
To get through to me now
You should have tried
When I was still on solid ground
Now I've chosen to live in my TV
I won't be a victim of your reality
Sitting home alone
Watching TV Land
Stars and HBO
Movies on demand
The world don't need me
Or at least that's what you say
I'm not important
In any single way
I grew old and collected dust
I sat on the sidelines, without any fuss
That's the reason you stopped paying
Any mind to me
They won't leave me alone, they're outside of my house
I didn't tell you all this so that you'd rat me out
Go ahead and worry your lives away
I'll be right in here, living in happy days
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5. |
Senses
02:16
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I need a place to lay my head, so I can sleep
A layer of all my fears and all my dreams
Will light up with the stars and I'll see
The constellations merge with me
My senses tend to leave me somehow
So I don't know to see
And my head won't let me figure it out
So I can't believe
I need someone to tell me that I'm doing just fine
That I've got all the time in the world to be
Who I'm supposed to be
Before it's time to leave
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6. |
Odds Are
03:47
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Maybe someday, I'll catch up to you
But for now, I'll keep doing what I want to do
I may not have all that you may have
But I've got to speak the truth and nothing else
For now, we'll just agree that you're right
I wouldn't want you kept up every night
I know you'd say that you feel the same
And that you're just saying what I need to hear
But you don't need to be my keeper
This thing that I chase goes deeper
And I just can't roll over and pretend that I don't care
Like you've done so effortlessly
'Cause I just can't pretend to be
Someone that I'm not and that I don't want to be
Hang on to your ego
While I find my way to the door
We did our best, but it wasn't enough
And you won't see what's straight ahead
Your words are raindrops on a picnic in the park
Your ideas, though few and far between
Are only ever house fires or giving up
And you probably don't care what that means
But keep on stacking things that you can try to hold against me
It won't give you a leg to stand on
And keep on trying to prove to everyone I'm wrong
It's seemed to work so far
Odds are
I will ride this out, no matter how far
And I will see the alignment of the stars
Odds are
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7. |
Whoa, Betsy!
01:38
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It's 5 AM and I can't sleep
The sweat, beading down my face
Swimming in this stinky van
Air, thick with three boy soup
I promise, I will change my ways
If you can drag us from this place
But can you fit all of our gear
Inside your mini coop
99 degrees, south
My face is gonna melt
I feel bad for The Crook's Den
Too bad, so sad, God bless
Treat 'em well
Left Betsy in the south
And our pockets withered out
20 hours up the east coast
Faith is broken down
But Ollie's sleeping sound
80 miles an hour all the way home
Keep your eyes upon the road, hands on the wheel
Pay no mind to how you feel
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8. |
Bros
02:52
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I find myself waiting for you to wake up when the sun is rising
No one gets up quite like me
In times like this, I ask myself "What am I doing here?"
In situations, hard to read
One day, I'll wake up and remember all the things we used to do
And all the facts I have to bear
You come to me in dreams, I ask you if I make a decent man
I never had a way with words
But in the end, I come up short
I never felt too proud
Someday, my corpse will wash ashore
And all my fears will drown
And it goes:
Easy does it, here it goes
When I'm hanging with my bros
Can't you see that I've figured it out?
I'm going again and again
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9. |
I was at home.
01:24
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While you were out, hanging with all of your friends
I was at home, writing a song
While you were out, getting high
I was at home, sitting all alone
While everyone was having the time of their lives
I was home, questioning the reason for mine
Not thinking that I wanted to die
But wondering how I should spend my time
All alone in a closed off box
I threw away the only key to the lock
You almost fought your way in
But I shut you out
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10. |
Take your time.
02:28
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Take your time
Free your mind
All we know
Is what you show
Take your time
You'll do fine
Don't let them tell you who you are
And you don't have to be
What they're expecting you to be
You do you and you'll do fine
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11. |
Post-Mortem
02:36
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I wish that I could die for a day
And come back in time to rescue you from your sorrow
'Cause I feel if I were taken away
You'd love me more than you did yesterday
If you were at my open-casket funeral
You'd probably have more to say than you currently do
If you could never ever see me again
You would probably love me too
If I could leave you thinking that I would never return
And hear what you would have to say
I'd come back home to you and then we both would know
That we are both here to stay
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12. |
The Next Day
04:18
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Early morning, brand new day
Wake up, take a step outside
Newspaper headline reads
"Attempted Suicide"
I wish I knew where my head was
'Cause I sleep and I dream and I don't feel the pain anymore
And you are there
And everyone's getting along
And I don't have to explain
When I get back, I promise, I'll fill you all in
On just where I was and how I got to the state that I'm in
And I swear on my grave that I'll never lose myself again
And you'll be there
And everyone will be getting along
And I won't have to explain
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13. |
Paved Paradise
01:41
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I know if I sit in this parking lot
Long enough, I'll see you again, eventually
But nothing will have changed
I will have gone nowhere
Oh well, whatever, who even cares?
Not much is different, I still listen to the same old bands
I seem to be a bit stronger now, until I see your face again
There aren't even parties at my house, anymore
I sit alone all night and wonder what all of this is for
Writing stupid songs and hoping that you'll see my name
In the paper, on a magazine, or on a tv screen
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14. |
Other Friends
02:55
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Maybe we should stay right where we are
'Cause we won't go
But we're young and we're fast and life don't wait for no one
We don't wait for no one
Someday, we'll be ready
When we're finally ready
We'll be older, then
And we'll have other friends
Maybe we should get back to where we started
Where did we go?
We're young and we're fast and I don't want to lose no one
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15. |
Milburn
03:37
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I'm sorry for the things I said
I'm sorry that you weren't around to hear them
I'm sorry for the way things went
I'm sorry for the way things ended up
We're living in a town that don't exist
We're living in a time that don't exist
So I say farewell
Where has the time gone?
Where have you gone?
Where has everything gone?
Why has everything gone?
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16. |
Walking In The Clouds
08:26
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It's been five days into a three week stay
And nothing is going how we planned
Packed it up and ran away
Now I'm not sure if I can
Keep on telling myself that it's all worth it
Keep on fooling the guys into thinking that it's worth it
I'm walking in the clouds
Day six was hot and long
And then the serpentine belt broke off
But thank God for friends and hurt
Reminding me what all of this is worth
And I'm sorry for being so vague
But it's time to go out and break a leg
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