1. |
Summer Love
04:32
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I'm a hopeless case
With grounded feet
Put my head on straight
Give me bloody knees
Cause I fell in love
With a world that's green
But I don't deserve
What she's given me
Set her leaves on fire
And I watch her burn
Just to breathe her in
Even though it hurts
If I could only paint my blue eyes over
Only could remember
How to be myself
If I could only wait until I'm older
Wait another summer
Wait to work it out
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2. |
To Love and Be
05:11
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My atlas arms
My nervous palms
It's easy rain at half past three
The air is thick
The water deep
Sweet afternoon infinity
I am Huck Finn
The best of me
A student of pure anarchy
This chaos life
The life I love
I long for love, for everything
To love and be
To love and be loved
A yellow rose
Electric light
I wanna sneak my way inside
The 14th floor
The balcony
I wanna see what I can see
To love and be
To love and be loved
My cotton kiss
My calloused hands
I do mean well
I always did
My best laid plans
I'm hit or miss
I wish you well
I always did
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3. |
Skydiving
03:56
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Love is letting go
See her in the rear view
Love is letting go
That's what they try to tell you
Focus on what's good
I never understood
Wanna tell the truth
Tell it to myself
Get it through my skull
Taste it in my mouth
Maybe I'm afraid
I know I have my doubts
Gonna hold on
To the railing
Turn the lights on
Or the TV
Learn to skydive
If I have to
Put a cape on
And a mask too
Bite my tongue, hard
Til it's bleeding
Kick my feet back
Take it easy
I don't know how
To find my way now
I'll do it somehow
And let you know
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4. |
Holden
03:50
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Save my cannonballs for summer
Take off down the halls, asunder
How I love you, how I want to, yeah
Pitch black night so full of wonder
Crashing ocean waves no thunder
All my life I've wanted to be outdoors
Delirious in her sundress, she's
Eyes a-flicker, looking restless
As the amber light that's staring back at me
Try to keep her in one pile
Try to calm her with a smile
No one understands this kind of thing
Blue-eyed heart
Open door
I don't wanna sleep no more
Undead ghost
Looking pale
On the road, on the trail
Bittersweet
Loaded gun
Never meant to hurt no one
Do my best
Always did
Out of practice, getting fit
Love is for the young and reckless
Spend our time in bed, no breakfast
Riding down those twisted avenues
Save my dumbass plans for summer
Call in sick and I'll call you lover
How I love you, how I want to, yeah
Blue-eyed heart
Open door
I don't wanna sleep no more
Undead ghost
Looking pale
On the road, on the trail
Bittersweet
Loaded gun
Never meant to hurt no one
Do my best
Always did
Out of practice, getting fit
While the metro areas burn
The very act of being hurts
You and I sit in our lawn chairs
Taste the salt air on the beach
Easy, easy, easy
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5. |
Godot
05:20
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Try to define your mystery
But I am only human I
Spent all summer trying to forgive myself
For a while I did
Planting roses in my backyard
Throwing little dinner parties I
Tried to catch it all on camera but I
Rain out of film
So instead I close my eyes
And wait for you
To come hang round outside
Try to fall in love with someone
Like I'm solving a jigsaw puzzle a
Planet full on lonely strangers in their
Own quiet little rooms
I see you on the highway, God I
See you on the television, I'd
Call you by your first name but I'm not
Sure that I can
So instead I close my eyes
And I wait for you
To come hang round outside
Instead I close my eyes
And I wait for you to come
Hang round outside
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6. |
Persimmon (Winter Song)
03:20
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Blanket of snow
On the porch swing
On the shed I painted
Red, errant leaves
Half-dead trees
Ah, Demeter how I
Miss you
And my eyes
Pale blue eyes I wait for
Warm persimmon light
Grey howling wolf
Sleeping bear
If there's love I'm unaware
And afraid
Numbered days
I could count them on your
Red right hand
And my eyes
Pale blue eyes
I wait for
Warm persimmon light
If we make it through it'll only be together
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7. |
Great Escape
04:16
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Fireworks on the shoreline
Angel planes up in the air
Someone told me that they do it every night
Stood in line for a t-shirt
Laid a blanket on the lawn
While my family rode the dragon ride
I could watch my body
Cross Michigan avenue
Love, watch it back at half speed
Bunny hops and laceless shoes
And when the winter came
We made our great escape
All my time is yours
I give it up
I give it up
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8. |
The Curse of Knowledge
03:25
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Getting older than I meant to
Looking St. Lazarus
At least I still have my sunglasses, bomber jacket
Yeah
You always give me shit about it
Draw a smile on my cheek
Say for someone so damn smart
That I'm lacking in technique
Yeah
Well, how could I know?
How could I could I know?
Don't know much of anything
Oh, but for love
I do know there isn't much
I wouldn't do
For you
Read about the curse of knowledge
Then I tried to fall asleep
But the thought kept me awake
That I'd know it all someday
How lonely that would be
So my mind is still beginning
And I like it best that way
But I still have my best friend
And I'm learning how to live
Yeah
How could I know?
How could I know?
Don't know much of anything
Oh but for love
I do know there isn't much
I wouldn't do
For you
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9. |
Holy Ghost
03:28
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Gave my ghost to no one
Moved my furniture around
I set up my chess board
Played a game all by myself
Saw your apparition so I turned off the TV
Prayed that you would help me fall asleep
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Friend Columbus, Ohio
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Life form got a message stuck in its head
Through the two
ears on it
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Not in a song
Major Organ and The Adding Machine's "Life Form (Transmission Received)"
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