1. |
Being Is Being
05:43
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THE ARRIVAL
“it’s all still here” i say each time
well aware of every new “for sale” sign
most streets are the same as i left it
haunts that weren’t much different to begin with
senses still receive and the season sends
lost in the graveyard at the summer's end
it’s a certain romance i’m too caught up in
i’ll stay in the dream if the dream allows it
—
yeah?
if the dream allows it
no?
well if the dream doesn’t
that’s fine
i know i just realized
that’s right
i know its just night
that’s time
i guess i thought i found out
exactly how you preserve the moment
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right down to the breeze
the type of light dying through the trees
the perfect song to play
i’ll never listen to without that day
the colors of the dusk are glowin
being is being present in the moment
being is being present in the moment
yeah
—
each of these houses makes an old friend in me
the hills are still sloping at the elementary
just up LACROSS STREET
really these are the places that i have missed
some shitty playground where i had first kissed
an empty parking lot where i skinned my fists
what happens if each dream has the same basement?
—
is it the same basement
no?
well it’s the same basement
and that’s fine
i know i just realized
that’s right
i know it’s just night
that’s time
i guess i thought i found out
exactly how you preserve the moment
—
right down to the breeze
the type of light dying through the trees
it’s the perfect song to play
i’ll never listen to without that day
the colors of the dusk are glowin
being is being present in the moment
being is being
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2. |
Snaggletooth
04:02
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THE PARTY PREP
i’m feeling my skin
my gut
and my cool tight pants
flex my arms in the mirror
be the best
that i can dance
the light comes on easy
but wait catch me
on my good side
not trying to introspect
because i’m only looking
for a good time
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always in thought
always in thought
is how you grew
oh snaggletooth
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look away from my mouth
just close your eyes
and we’ll fake it
we’ll be the actors
at least that’s how i wanted
to be famous
do you ignore the bad parts
or is just me
losing it
hand me my favorite shirt
no not that one
it just doesn’t fit
yeah
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oh not anymore
always in thought
is how you grew
oh snaggletooth
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always
always
always in thought
always in thought
always
always
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3. |
Laugh To Bits
04:00
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THE PARTY STARTS
setting the scene
means so much to me
spend the entire time curating
everything down to a dot
everything so thought
oh everything enough
catch the envelope
pushed and closed
by each drink that i elope
the seasonal sends
the same old conversations
go ahead invite all of your friends
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and laugh to bits
invite all of your friends
let’s laugh to bits
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yeah
say the very same material
seems so unreal
laugh about for days
guess the airs gotten stale
invite all of your friends
and laugh to bits
reminiscence
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how about another drink in here!!
praise be to PARTY MIX
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learning to be
don’t mean so much to me
depending on each drink
everything down to a shot
every seagrams or scotch
oh everything in my cup
catch the air quotes
have we really “grown?”
not that we have much to show
the seasonal bends
the same old conversations
go ahead invite all of your friends
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and laugh to bits
invite all of your friends
let’s laugh to bits
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yeah
say the very same material
seems so unreal
laugh about for days
guess the airs gotten stale
invite all of your friends
and laugh to bits
reminiscence
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4. |
Hat
03:51
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THE PARTY GOES
so it goes and it goes so far
revolutions pass
and im still asking for a start
yeah
spent so long pretending where i can
just so party people say i’m according to plan
i just wanna learn to simplify
forever
so go on please tell me what your jobs about
oh i’ve already lost the name to this mouth
ha yeah man that’s crazy
oh how about me?
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i’ve been destined for a big ball of flame
decided my place is just a public display
and that’s how i like it at least i think”
this piece of mine is a hat that i wear
nothing on top my head but it’s still there
it’s who i’ll always be there is no changing!!
yeah
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and when i remove every single piece of my clothes!!
remove my shirt my pants and the hat still shows!!
its called “being home”
yeahhhhhhh
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yall mind if i grab my drink it’s just right upstairs
actually i think i might just grab some fresh air
and get a grip while i’m at it
pause performing
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on the steps i didn’t expect you to show
right back to that time we swam off of river road
almost caught in the undertow
man that was so funny
they closed the diner only a year ago
spent so many nights there just to stroke my own ego
all that's changed is how i take my coffee
oh me?
recently i feel like i only wait for the bus
can’t help but feel this is just where i was
exactly standing on LACROSS
oh you finally found me huh?
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it’s hard to tell when it's genuine
what do you learn from conversation
i learn to entertain myself endlessly!
this piece of mine it’s a hat that i wear
it’s only in my head and it’ll always be there
if it’ll entertain me endlessly if i let it!
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and when i remove every single piece of my ego
remove my face my voice and yet that hat still shows
it’s just covering up a hole
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5. |
Decisions Decision
04:16
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THE HEART TO HEART
move your left hand
move your right
find your shoes
make sure you’re matching
left down the stairs
oh right you left your keys on your desk
go up again
yeah they’re in your pocket
right out the door
wait don’t forget to feed the cat
actually i left note
saying i’ve already done it
left on the bus
start the day
just make sure you’ve done it
in your own genuine way
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yeah
you’re doing it
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“why aren’t you making your own decisions?”
“too easy a victim to persuasion”
i won’t sugarcoat it:
“well what else would i be doing?”
breathe in breathe out
til you’re making your own decisions now
breathe in breathe out
so you’re making your own decisions now?
yeah
decision’s decision
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okay so you go “it’s so typical”
to say what’s genuine and what’s not
authenticity they say it’s the hottest commodity
yeah i think i read that online somewhere before
move the left advice
you can push it to the right time
alright fine
i’ll stop with the sides
because you know what each choice meant
even if it’s a voice in your head
not awarding
that validation
of our own decisions
yeah!
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you’re doing it!
well me, im playing the hits
you’ve got your reasons
aren’t they authentic?
but you know this
then know it’s not my decision
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6. |
Identical Yawns
04:34
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THE WALK
& i can’t tell if it’s the end of the season
or the start of a new one
because the sun sets at such a particular angle
against the big beautiful
blue sky
i’ve been looking for that unity i was promised at such a young age
thinking back to that old music i used to play
“im just a box in a box in a cage”
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things i didn’t realize that i missed
the lawnmower's shake on my wrists
a doused bonfire’s hiss
raking up the leaves before i head down to the haunt
that seasons so long
with an identical yawn
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of course i still love the friends
those ones i still mention
but somehow can’t keep up with
it’s always “i’m sorry we hangout less”
this week yes maybe next
i forgot to send you a text
the people who come to mind
when the light
wakes me up at the dawn
will i remember their faces?
only alternate mouths with identical yawns
identical yawns
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alternative mouths
identical
alternate faces
identical yawns
identical
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borrow the phrase
borrow the means
from a book you said you had been reading
it’s a dichotomy
what a pompous word to be
too many college teachings
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but i can’t tell if it’s the end of a person or the start of a new one
the past is only some names tangled
faces became mangled
but you know the sun’s angle?
i don’t want to think on how
they think of me
or if they even think on how
they taught me to be
like waiting tables at the age of 17
an overworked bag to beat
yet i remember it like a dream
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those alternate faces
identical yawns
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7. |
Imagine That
06:27
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THE GRAVEYARD
did you finally find me?
stand up for yourself
left your emotions at the door
sense has since left the building
no need for tears no need for fuss
ive got plenty of that anytime i ride the bus
you never hear me complain about my day!
complain among the graves
incapable anyway
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and it’s kinda funny yeah
can you even fucking imagine?
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what’s a life if youre always detached?
my inputs only a laugh!
what’s a life if its always a show?
bombing is how i grow!
what’s a life if you only stand and stare?
too caught up in my hair!
whats a life if its only drink after drink?
it makes easier to speak!
-
yeah
imagine that
haha
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did you finally find me?
because no matter after how many drinks you’ll still end up in this cemetery
makes me wish i could pay back everyone that i know of
instead of this fucking bank that owns my diploma
of course it’s not that easy
i still find them saying
hey bud here’s a head buzz a head rush
from everything you imagined
you experienced
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and that’s how it has to go sometimes
imagine that
actually i have no choice but to give respect
even it’s just a little bit childish
haha
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is there a life to live that won’t leave you scared?
about every single mark you make you’re left to repair?
i imagine it is no different from this
a destiny is a choice conditioned
entertained the days all for some fucking desk job
treated each face that i met as just a simple prop
i imagine they're no different than this
a destiny is a bond commissioned
and that’s all it ever be
me and my destiny
did you finally find me?
i wish we could dance all night like we used to
but it seems like no one else stays up like we fucking used to
i imagine we’ll be no different than this
a destiny is a life demolished
so i’ll spend my life sinking drink after drink
just so i find it easier to get back to the dream
so fuck it
i imagine i’ll be no different than this
my destiny is my entire life inebriated
and that’s all it ever be
me and my destiny
did you finally find me?
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8. |
Details
05:01
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THE WAY HOME
it may seem like the party is gone
but i dont think it was really here to begin with
i can't help but laugh just to shrug speech off
and of course i know that everybody else does this
silence is the one thing when i think imperfection
anyone can party martyr so we all laugh to bits
all we can change are only the substances
the only thing we cant is really just the conversation
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on each of these places we've come to know
and on some etc etc on howve you grown
these details of us on how we've been good and bad
each brings me to that excitement that we once both had
a detail that i swore long gone and dead
but with each streetlight it feels like a resurrection
its a love that i believed i knew how to give
surrounded in the place where we both learned how to live
ill never forget back when we first met when you and i we were only kids
and you know ill always love seeing you even if the details aren’t particularly new
so all we’ve is only got conversation
and we've already got the details
yeah we’ve got what to work with
now what were those details?
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who cares what we do with them?
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i know who said "remember when" is the lowest form of conversation
you know sometimes it doesn’t really hurt to indulge in
because it wasn't left up to decision's decision
who knows and who really cares if it's actually genuine??
if time brings me back to you even if its miscalculated
i won’t care if our details start to feel a little bit fabricated
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because you know i’ll carry you through into every single year
but wasn't something new supposed actually happen here?
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wasn’t it?????
oh what was it?????
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well it wasn’t done for conversation!!
because i can’t find myself in any other situation
without your details
your details!!
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9. |
Lacross Street
06:00
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THE MORNING
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day glow on the horizon
as it breaks apart the fog
cut through the front yard
into the neighbored sprawl
each morning spent
waiting for the routine to start
too young to care but too old to think
how the stop will stay as my part
the breath of my consciousness
is so carefully emptied
each step that i take
until i’m on LACROSS STREET
on LACROSS STREET
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silence surrounds the hands in my pockets
as i await my destiny
strokes of a deep yellow and indigo
blown out by the iridescence above me
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OKAY
i mean if you guys really want me to?
alright youve all convinced me
like this
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oh it’s where i learned to be
each morning standing on LACROSS STREET
each day an eternity
still been standing on LACROSS STREET
no matter where i’ll breathe
i’m still on LACROSS STREET
and when the dream leaves me
ill always have LACROSS STREET
--
still standing on LACROSS STREET
yeah
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oh LACROSS STREET
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when my skin feels the breeze
i can only thank LACROSS STREET
oh when the sun hits the trees
i can only thank LACROSS STREET
when these houses speak
i can only thank LACROSS STREET
did you finally find me?
i never left LACROSS STREET
still standing on LACROSS STREET
yeah
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oh LACROSS STREET i dont know how you did it
but i dont need the drinks to figure out if you did or didnt
because sometimes i wish i could go back to where i was
6am beneath a streetlamp waiting for the bus
on LACROSS
--
on LACROSS
on LACROSS STREET
on LACROSS
still standing on LACROSS STREET
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yeah
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its where i learned to be
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eating over the sink of the universe
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