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untitled
03:20
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i wish you’d tell me to stop
daydreaming about us
i tried to tell me myself
but i’m not listening
i wish you’d make the first move
cause i don’t think i can
so come over here baby
and ask me a question
ask me the question.....
every time i see your face
i wonder what it’d look like
if you laid it on my pillow at the end of the night
and every time i read your name
i wonder what it’d sound like
if i whispered it in between kisses in my car stopped at a red light
how do i convince you?
can i help you realize?
i’m here waiting for you
so if you want me, please give me a sign
if only you lived closer
if only i were braver
if only i was hot enough
maybe i’d have you
and you look so good standing in that light
won’t you stay there for the rest of your life?
i could stand next you, maybe
take your hand if you want me to
god, i think i love you
but i’m nothing in your eyes
i just wanna touch you
let me know if that’s your vibe
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good love (bad timing)
04:47
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isn’t it just cruel that what we had was mutual?
it's never felt so natural
or so the story goes
ain't that just the way
you say you want to, but can’t stay
i would let my heart believe you
but i'm trying to feel okay
okay?
thought that i had found something so perfect
now i can’t help but feel like i never will
you can’t change a circumstance, don’t get no second chance
just accept the loss, kid
don’t you know it’s out of your hands if fate has other plans
guess the way that things worked out, there’s no way we’d survive
it’s a little tragic
but i still think i’ll think of you
for whatever remains of the rest of my life
would it be naive to think that we’re still meant to be?
beautiful things can’t always last
but maybe that’s just for right now
it’s weird to think we’ll live past 26
but if we make it, just for kicks
would you come find me in the sticks?
i swear i’ll wait
i’ll wait
i can't seem to fully comprehend this
but good love and bad timing mix like oil and raindrops
if you feel the same
if you feel the same
if you feel the same please let me know
let me know if you still feel it
but you probably dont……
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dandelion
03:40
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dandelion doesn’t think he’s beautiful
he asks me why i love him;
the other flowers are much prettier than he is
but i’m in awe of his persistence and golden presentation
cause despite all the resistance
he’s a master of adaptation
dandelion
oh dandelion, will you be my valentine?
dandelion doesn’t think he’s worth my time
he says “you don't deserve me”
he thinks i’d rather be with someone else
but he’s a poet, speaking softly to me when we are alone
and my heart it does a tap dance when he buzzes up my phone
you could fill a garden with flowers of every color
roses and forget-me-nots bloom with all the others
all those lovely petals are nothing but a bore
i’ll still sit beside him
on the sidewalk forevermore
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4. |
me on yr mind
04:13
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i’m thinking bout me on yr mind
my heart starts to flutter in my chest
just a guest starring role in your dreams is divine
i’m thinking bout me on your mind
i’m thinking bout you in those jeans
jumpin' and dancin' on my bed
and i think i’m in love but don’t know what that means
i’m thinking bout you in those jeans
wouldn’t it be lovely?
say you’ll be mine
have you got plans tonight?
and would you like to give my love a try?
i’m thinking bout you in a field
and you’re laughing and spinning in the sun
and the sun warms my soul and in you i am healed
i’m thinking bout you in a field
i’m thinking bout me acting strange
i stutter and fuck up my words
every time i’m around you it’s always the same
i’m thinking bout me acting strange
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5. |
death by a thousand cuts
03:18
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saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
flashbacks waking me up
i get drunk, but it's not enough
cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
i look through the windows of this love
even though we boarded them up
chandelier's still flickering here
cause i can't pretend it's okay when it's not
it's death by a thousand cuts
i dress to kill my time, i take the long way home
i ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
they say, "i don't know"
and what once was ours is no one's now
i see you everywhere, the only thing we share
is this small town
you said it was a great love, one for the ages
but if the story’s over, why am i still writing pages?
my heart, my hips, my body, my love
tryin' to find a part of me that you didn't touch
gave up on me like i was a bad drug
now i'm searching for signs in a haunted club
our songs, our films, united we stand
our country, guess it was a lawless land
quiet my fears with the touch of your hand
paper cut stings from our paper-thin plans
my time, my wine, my spirit, my trust
tryin' to find a part of me you didn't take up
gave you too much, but it wasn't enough
but i'll be alright, it's just a thousand cuts
i get drunk, but it's not enough
cause you're not my baby
i look through the windows of this love
even though we boarded them up
chandelier's still flickering here
cause i can't pretend it's okay when it's not
no, it's not
it's death by a thousand cuts
tryin' to find a part of me that you didn't touch
my body, my love, my trust
but it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough, no, no
i take the long way home
i ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
they say, "i don't know"
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when you come home
04:20
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our futures are the same brand of uncertain
separate but aligned, toes on the precipice
we’re entering the world, and i don’t know about you, but i don’t know what i’ll do
it’s a new year, i could start a new life
make new friends, call the old ones every other day
but when i imagine my new lover
he looks and sounds exactly like you
who am i kidding?
clinging to a fantasy
there is no more “you and me”
i’m still alone
you’re the one who got to leave
i imagine you’ve got better things to do
than think about some guy you used to know
you’ve got opportunities, the wonder of a new city
probably doing everything you wanted and more
but if you fall short
there’ll be roses waiting for you at your front door
when you come home
i’m a child throwing tantrums
i’ll cry and i will scream until i get what i want
but no one’s even listening, no one can give me anything
and thats what really frustrates me the most
i hold on to these stupid aspirations
i try and try to talk to you through
some kind of vibrations
it’s pointless, and it’s draining
but i’m desperate for connection
and terrified of ever being known by anybody but you
i’m a loser
and you’re all i’ve ever known
won’t you come home?
i’m prepared to wait
forever by the phone
for you to come home
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