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Sassy
03:52
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Standing by the the stairs
Easy to tell you don’t want to be here
Your dress is holding on
The straps are digging in and your heels are worn
Grab your hand.
Towards the car
Drive you tonight.
Take you anywhere
Let it back. Let it down.
Here tonight. We Reminisce as
We come and we go.
Feel alive. Feel so sure
Hands intertwined. We are young.
Leave it all below
Open the roof. Lean back
We’re gaining speed. The rush of the underpass
Glow from the city Looking neon
Where the beach meets the sea
Hand out the window Wind between your knees.
You know that you want to go
Morning’s coming up
Blinds are drawn.
Only a sliver (line/crack/bolt) of sun
Looked at me and said
“It’s time we were honest and made peace with the dead”
Held you close. I agreed
Escaped the hum. We have what we need.
Grab your hand.
Towards the car
Drive you tonight.
Take you anywhere
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2. |
Night Blues
02:47
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Born in the northeast
And raised on attention
Know his mother regrets it
More than she'll ever mention
When to college
Studied parties and trashy furniture
Working dead end jobs
This Isn’t the 30s that he’d hoped for
Looking for an exit but she just can’t find the key
Hard to see from the inside. Clinging to monotony
That was going nowhere. Trapped within the seasons cycles
Night blues every Sunday. Weekly parties kept repeating.
Says she knew it best
When he couldn’t ever settle
Always looking in the cracks
He’s stuck right here in the middle
Cheering games and dodging ruts
Of mental health and pride
He lost it on a Sunday
She left in the dead of night
Toughest decision
She ever had to make
Knows it's right but back and forth
depending on the day
I empathize. Try to relate
She knows I’ve been there too
The television’s droning on
But we ignore the news
Planning a vacation from our family, friends, and lives
Escaping for a moment to listen for the waves
The hum that’s always following seems to always know where we stay
We drove up to Boston. We were looking to hit Portland
Her cousin said “the waters cold but the views you’ve got to see them”
Chasing the feeling neither of us felt in years
It’s the way you only feel when you can stand what’s in the mirror
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3. |
Flight Home
04:06
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whats it to me? whats it to you?
The hours and time. They do confide
Sleepless nights on the warmer side
Of the Earth go quickly
It’s what we’re always chasing
Are you on the next flight?
Back to the city where we might
Stay awake until we see the sun
Lessons Learned and lovers lost
Distance has always got the best of us
Who's to blame for this?
Try and we do adjust
Temperatures that never thaw
They got the best of us
When I can't tell you
From the rest of the room
Memories and photographs
Still hanging up as I assumed
Want to know where we’ve been
Who's to blame for this?
Try and we do adjust
Temperatures that never thaw
They got the best of us
Breathe in slowly. Take it all in
Feel like you’re gonna burst
Slow your beating heart
Hands in mine and we’ll walk to find our home again
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4. |
Decompress
03:41
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Sunburn on your shoulders
Feel the wind in your nose
Dusk is looming over this state
Free at last here on the lake
A twinge in your stomach
Lazy for afternoon
Crumbs on the floor. They stick.
Only time knows what we did
chorus
tell me city life is lonely
Grown together. You know me
We rest our minds. We decompress. (We worry less)
Escape the hum. It won’t grab us
Feel what you’re running from out here
Tell me what would make you stay
It’s true. I know there is appeal
We cant hold it but we know its real
Cold rain on the window
Blanket wrapped around your legs
Fire starting to smoke
It's another log to stoke
You tell me your truth
I promise not to tell
We spend the night in here
Watch the embers disappear
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5. |
Dash (acoustic)
02:28
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Hold on. Hold on to handles.
But she won’t notice.
Her minds already made up
Her kids already shaken up
Front stage, in the center
She keeps looking over
He’s staring at her shoulders
Keep running. keep running. not stopping
Fingers pressed against your lips
Heading wherever this night is
Knowns this used to be easy.
But she feels the serotonin
Coursing through
Doesn’t matter to the city. it’s all her.
Hands are tied as the lines are
Watching the passing moments through the window
Head against the dash to hear the stereo better
Closing. closing both her eyes
As he lets her drift off the shoulders
He's got her feeling anxious. tilts her head back.
On the light as it dims
On her pale skin
Keeps staring. eyes are caught in the lights ahead
She’s finding it hard to focus
Radio plays a different tune.
Doesn’t know what she wants to hear
But she’s certain that it’s better than this
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6. |
In the USA
01:42
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1.2.3.4.5.6.8.
Everything swimming in the USA
Won’t watch the news or listen straight
The kids are grown up
But they’re full of hate
Everything swimming in the USA
SOS Time to celebrate
Rich pull the veil over the screen
Making sure you’re burning gasoline
Black, white, brown, native, immigrant
All let down by their talking heads
Vote em all in again and again
This time will be different because He’s your man
Everything swimming in the USA
SOS Time to celebrate
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7. |
Clarity
02:23
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It’s going well, going well
A nervous laugh, nervous laugh
This is the longest part
From the car to your door
Goes smooth. Getting close.
Dim the lights. Music’s down.
Feel your breath on the nose
Current flow to her fingers
A battery to her tongue
Reaching for a redress
Needed to sleep but got none.
Tensions flowing over
Tell him what you want
Lasts a few more moments
Clarity when your done
Feel the rush
From just a touch
Taking the night off
You don't need so much
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8. |
Smile and Glow
02:49
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I could bark at the moon for a little light
I could call up your brother for a fight
Spent the last 2 weeks not right
Think I’ll get in the car instead
Aim nowhere and drive awhile
Ramble into the place I know
45 miles out and down the road
Boots are wet running in from the snow
Hang my jacket and my hat
Order a pint and catch a show
Don’t name it after me
Not the boat, not the kids, not the home
Don’t blame all on it me
I’m just a storm with a smile and glow.
I can tell them a story.
I can sing them a song.
They would all start to listen
They won’t stay long.
There’s mouths down the hall
There’s eyes in the walls
Whisper in their tongues
They’ve got me all wrong
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9. |
Scratched Mirror
03:52
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Alex is dreaming.
She swears that it was
Better back in the day.
Back when she still felt young
The kids are moving to a different groove she says
It feels heartless. It’s mechanic.
Nothing to make her feel moved
Novelty has expiration.
Faster than she had guessed
Cherishing memories.
Knowing the 90s were the best
Everybody knows how they got here
Keeping up appearances. Scratching up the mirrors
Refuse to pay attention to the signs on the road
Only listen to the songs that were pleasant on our ears
Listless in the West.
Back when the rivers were clean
Boats could float.
The snow would melt.
The air let her breathe
Fills her hopes with stories of the days back with the scene
It was youthful.
It’s nostalgic.
Veneer coming off at the seems
If it got us here then was it ever really worth it?
Alex is torn to this day.
Does her best to ignore it
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10. |
Body Salt
03:46
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Whats going on?
What have you heard?
Is she still running?
Running far away?
Out to find to peace.
A peace in her mind
I see something inside of me without you.
I can only hold on for so long without you
I can see.
I can see why you like it here.
A little dirty, little clean.
But That’s no mind.
You can look to me
For just one me time
You love what you see and you love what you do
But you never thought better for me than feel your body salt
Run from the past and hide from your needs
But you always thought better for me to not sing it fast.
You love to sing it fast
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11. |
River
04:28
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The water carries your heart to beat
The motion always soft and sweet
Lesser known but we don't mind
Hop along we've got home to find
Nothing missing and nothing is new
Right as we left it, time pardons you
Coming in fast. coming in last. We knew
Over the past, written in cast. Felt blue
A serpentine of days and coaster rides
You broke your heart over coastal tides
The sand is spalling. You're hard to hide.
If this started out too late
I won't promise if you can't wait
Plan it better for future cause
Sung way back under different laws
Pin is dropping and dust collects
We're both here and who isn't yet
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