1. |
stealing honey
02:36
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parted ways
heat lightning in the sky
hum is blaring on my midnight drive
and you've made quite the impression on me
cause being with has got me grinding at my teeth
i've been close to death so many times
but nothing shakes me more than when you look in my eyes
cause loving you is playing frogger in the street
it's gonna kill me but the thrill is so enticing
my cards are dealt
i know what i'm in for
you turn away i end up craving more
and fool me twice and its a shame on me
but when you're shameless its another repeat
i've been close to death so many times
and if i stay with you i'm gonna lose my mind
cause loving you is stealing honey from a bee
it might be sweet but the risk is not worth it for me
loving you is playing frogger in the street
i should know better that you're not that worth it for me
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2. |
new year's superstitions
03:01
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fireworks damaging the clouds
as thousands of people scream
"this year is going to my year"
and a rough autumn got me into that trap
so i went to a new year's eve bash
at a place that held small parties
i had been to on and off
but as soon as the countdown ended
out of nowhere it all went wrong
the whole ground started to shake
everyone went pale
and a brawl broke out in the garage
as the walls crumbled to the ground
so the owner of the house fled the scene
when he took a walk outside
and i decided to tag along
eighteen below freezing at 4 am
drunk as hell avoiding all of the road blocks
ended up walking eight miles to a waffle house
squashed some beef along the way
and felt a new bond as we ate our food
and as i stared at my plate of hoppin' john
i couldn't help but notice that
all these new year's celebrations seem off
i can make all the resolutions I want
but every single year is still a curveball and
all these new year's superstitions won't work
i can eat all the good luck food i want
but even the first minute seems off
yeah it seems off
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3. |
phasing
02:38
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end of shift midnight
get me out of these fluorescent lights
and into the cold
ice pellets fall from the ashtray sky
on these dim lit backroads
sneak you out to the abandoned house
black smoke billows from the garbage fire
harebrained schemes fog it all for a gathering
intoxication as a farewell
cause we've been flipped around
phasing in and out of the whiplash
i freeze up staring
is it you or me or both of us that's gone?
the wreck just never stopped
your problem is you just don't care
my problem is i care too much
and there's a role reversal somewhere someday
i'm just sick of being shaken up
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4. |
free venison
03:37
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trailing off
embers on the woods
locusts on the porch
salinity and thirst
sharks moving around the pool
beat pulsing through ribcages
sucker punched
stripped down to nothing
spewing on the doorstep
box of signs left to rust
oversaturation of lust
blurry sight testing trust
inhibition turns to dust
stay aware
dont let your guard down
dont let intuition escape you
for the future strive to look back on this night
with nostalgia and not more trauma
wide awake
til you're blinded by the headlights
and you're free venison
think youre straight
til you find your pack is not your own
then you're free venison
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5. |
quarter life crisis
04:15
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aimless walks
excessive melts
reflected in drops
horizon stare
floorboard sift
at the edge of the parking lot
waistline deep
the world is zooming
but here we are stuck in park
but maybe the experience
will leave us better off
it's a quarter life crisis
try to figure it out
you're among a bunch a people
who are just as overwhelmed
they will say to just to wing it
but it doesn't always work
cause the lack of all control
is gonna make you go berserk
work all night, school all day
study all night, sleep all day
drink all night and smoke all day
starve for hours then stuff your face
pill to wake and pill to sleep
fuck someone new every week
try new drugs to not feel bleak
repeat repeat repeat repeat
smoke all night, smoke all day
worry all night, sleep all day
new love interest dissipates
feeling lonely masturbate
pill to study pill to eat
forget the day of the week
try new drugs to not feel bleak
repeat repeat repeat repeat
it's a quarter life crisis
try to figure it out
you're among a bunch a people
who are just as overwhelmed
they will say to just to wing it
but it doesn't always work
cause the lack of all control
is gonna make you go berserk
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6. |
sophomore slump
03:23
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decrepit halls on half baked mornings
i'm sick of all the droning lectures
i hope that this is a good investment
second year i second guess
a beautiful day, the world is my oyster
i'm trying to get my vitamin d up
by basking in the sunlight
taking a stroll around the campus
feeling pretty sinister
as i listen to belle and sebastian
on my headphones grinning
daydreaming about insurance fraud
getting hit by the school food truck
suffer only minor injuries
then i can get my royalties
then maybe i can pay off all this debt
im gathering at
XSU
Excess University
so after months of classroom struggles
i'm sitting in the dining hall
staring at the read receipts
from every potential date i met
when a glowing man approaches me
hits me up with small talk
my first thought is what's the catch
i hope that he's hitting on me
but then his true intentions show
when he brings up the man he loves
he says i should know him too
his name is jesus
it's always jesus
and he notices my damages
says im broken and prays for my wounds
i guess i should expect this instead of dates
when i'm a desperate dejected mess
every second chance I get is a shameful follow-up
sophomore slump
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7. |
progress as a palindrome
22:22
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it feels like every step forward
is just another step back
looks the same in either direction
its progress as a palindrome
lets hope that this all is acknowledged
don't wanna end up on a loop
its passing off as entertainment
its progress as a palindrome
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