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Letterman
04:06
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your appetite is ripe
but it’s smaller than your eyes
scanning the room
to find the perfect prize that will paint you in the brightest light
i tried
to get it right but i am built from compromise
so tell me what is it like to be made of solid lines?
i’ve been listening
but i can’t relate
i’ve been leaning in
shouldering the weight
maybe tomorrow
if i can wait
high school hometown hero
let me wear your letterman
i want to know its power
i want to feel the weight of it
pick me up and put me down again
i want to know what it’s like to finally get the win
patience is wearing thin
she’s back out on that ledge again
and i’m getting in my head again trying to get it right
and i can see your face
air-conditioned on an April day
pushing food in circles on your plate
a metal aftertaste
i’ve been listening
but i can’t relate
i’ve been leaning in
shouldering the weight
maybe tomorrow
if i can wait
high school hometown hero
let me wear your letterman
i want to know its power
i want to feel the weight of it
pick me up and put me down again
i want to know what it’s like to finally get the win
i’ve been listening
but i can’t relate
i’ve been leaning in
shouldering the weight
maybe tomorrow
if i can wait
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2. |
Draw From Memory
05:20
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you were just my neighbor
living two doors down the hall
i was just a selfish kid
hiding in clothes racks in the mall
and i call
i call to you
the doctors told you i would be
taller than i ended up
i guess it's not like on tv
they don't always know their stuff
and i call
i call to you
and i guess i'll have to be patient
i guess i'll have to wait
until i'm ready to face it
until my head's on straight
you were just a figure
standing tall inside my room
i was just a promise
that i would be back someday soon
but i fall
i fall through
and i guess you'll have to be patient
i guess you'll have to wait
until i am ready to face it
until my head's on straight
you were just an empty page
i was meant to fill it up
but paint by numbers feels so strange
when you don't ever have enough
and i try to be patient
i try to wait
until i am ready to face it
until my head's on straight
and i draw
i draw your face
i draw you from memory
but the page stays blank
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3. |
Handwriting
05:52
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i keep a paper with your handwriting
on the dresser in the corner of my room
next to the books i asked to borrow
i swore that i’d get them back real soon
i keep a paper with your handwriting
in a frame at the foot of my bed
it always glimmers when the sunlight hits it
but i wish it’d hit you instead
and you won’t bleed through
to the next page
and i’ll be fine
it just feels so strange
Leah got a tattoo of your handwriting
in jet black at the crook of her arm
she only sees it in the mirror
or when she’s leaning on the hood of my car
and you won’t bleed through
to the next page
and i’ll be fine
it just feels so strange
i could never decipher your handwriting
but i always liked the way it looked
circular and soft
like an artist draws a wave
heavy with all the hands you shook
heavy with all the hands you shook
heavy with all the hands you shook
i make my bed
i dot my i’s
i call my friends
always say goodnight
i mark the place
two squares aligned
i catch your breath
i carry mine
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4. |
Birthmark
03:45
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i saw your silence in the cold winter air
it fogged up the glass & got caught in my hair
try to recall how i felt with you there
but i just have pictures, a birthmark of care
now all the flowers are coming up rough
they push through the frost 'cause they wanna act tough
you offer kindness, but i don't touch the stuff
reaching for reasons you don't go enough
now it's so crystal and abundantly clear
how things would shake out, how you'd spend the year
a better place is still no better than here
but you nod politely & lend them your ear
the church doors are shut & the crowd has died down
tomorrow you'll fly back to your new hometown
go to the grocery store to walk around
nothing has changed but the loss of that sound
nothing has changed but the loss of that sound
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5. |
Taller
03:23
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eyes glued to the mirror
and the mirror’s glued to your mind
think that if you stare just long enough
something will change
don’t you think
it’s gotta this time
just wanna be taller
just wanna be taller
just wanna be taller
just wanna be tall
turn to astrology
cause the church has done you wrong
and you can’t bear to face the void on its own
so you interpose the two and carry on
just wanna be taller
just wanna be taller
just wanna be taller
just wanna be tall
you wanted to see the whole picture
so you stood upon a chair
but it came crashing down
your footing lost, your ego found
was it worth all the fuss what you saw up there?
just wanna be taller
just wanna be taller
just wanna be taller
just wanna be tall
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6. |
Dirty Pic
04:20
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asked you for a dirty pic when we were on the phone
swore i’d keep it to myself, i wouldn’t tell a soul
i just need something to do, a way to ease my mind
it doesn’t have to be of you, anything will work this time
asked you for a cigarette when we were in the cold
i know i never smoke them, i just need something to hold
prostrate on your carpet with a fear of getting high
hold my breath and count to ten, anything will work this time
i want to trade places if only for a night
i want to be wrong and still feel so right
bat my baby blues in the limelight
i want to be alright
asked you for a ride, i just want to go home
i know you’ve had a couple, but i can’t be alone
quiet in the backseat as you cross the centerline
a momentary rush, anything will work this time
i want to trade places if only for a night
i want to be wrong and still feel so right
bat my baby blues in the limelight
i want to be alright
i want to be alright
i want to be alright
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7. |
Swear Jar
03:42
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i’m putting coins in a swear jar
try and absolve my guilt
i’m burning out like a seen star
something i read in a book
drive back home to the east coast
catch my breath on the way
ask you who do you love most?
what if they fade away?
i’m putting coins in the fountain
at the FSK mall
make my wishes and count them
i know i can’t get it all
blowing out all the candles
on your birthday cake
it’s still in the freezer
something we never ate
i’m putting coins in a payphone
just to see if it works
i know it probably doesn’t
but i gotta be sure
loss is a freight train
heavy and long
and you’re stuck at a crossing
trying to move on
you say, "get it together, man"
i say, "i’m already together, man"
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8. |
Buddy Holly
02:50
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we could grow old in stale conversation
we could buy records and furnish a basement
we could head east to my childhood town
the streets would seem bigger as we walked around
we could lock eyes, never look away
we could meet family over the holidays
play Buddy Holly for our wedding song
and all of our friends say
they knew all along
we could split up and think freedom feels fine
we could have run-ins but always play nice
we could shake hands, pleasantly call it quits
and when we’re alone wish the other didn’t exist
we could cut ties and swear that we’re good
we could go out when people think that we should
we could regret and think it was all wrong
until all our friends say
they knew all along
we could go one way and never look back
not sure which fantasy arc to enact
when my fingers are crossed, tied behind my own back
looking for the self-assurance
that i lack
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9. |
Affirmation
03:26
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i’m just seeking affirmation
when i call to you from the pavement
what happens if we never make it out
of all the cul-de-sacs they're writing songs about?
i just want your validation
when i touch your leg in the basement
what good does all of this waiting really do?
as if we could get our hands on something true
we all want something to save us
from the dull echo of humiliation
what happens if we never ever get it out?
of our biology and bloodlines full of doubt
i’m just seeking affirmation
when i crawl on my knees on the pavement
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Virginia Creeper Austin, Texas
a famous race car who learns there is more to life than just racing and winning
(cow rock from texas by genevieve & friends)
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