1. |
couch surfing alien
04:29
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wake up
zapped here
where i am is unclear
askew
rearranged
some landmarks are interchanged
colors warp
sounds bleed
its my world
but without me
i just seem to be
some couch surfing alien
trying to find its home
this reality
so strange yet familiar
is this what i called home?
this timeline is not my own
i fall out and come back a clone
i cant say i wish it was the same
but can i adjust to this new name?
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2. |
hotel info channel music
02:50
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up in the smoky mountains
down at an indoor pool
i emerge from the water
gasp for air and rub my eyes
they say my soul was cleansed here
but im still a sinner
i wander down the streets
the snow zigzags down to my feet
im tired of seeing my breath
im sick of the stench of cigarettes
is this as good as it gets
because without you here its full of regret
i see you more in my dreams than in person nowadays
and its got me thinking how it ended up that way
frozen on the balcony
compelled by the skyline
gravitate towards bed
as i check my phone for the last damn time
and fall asleep to
hotel info channel music (x4)
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3. |
whim
05:38
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and when things look grim
we'll still run on a whim
and when things look grim
we'll still run on a whim
we'll be in our dreams again
we'll be in our dreams again
we'll run on a whim
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4. |
psychedelic christmas
03:04
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winter glooms over and darkness turns its face
sneaking out to hide away
i cannot recall a holiday i spent sober
i cannot face my family's expectations
spent our youth fucking up
the strangeness lives on
the memories feel faded
as another year slips by
i cannot recall a holiday i spent sober
i cannot face my friends' disappointment
spent our youth fucking up
the strangeness lives on
the memories feel faded
as another year slips by
you dont need drugs to have a psychedelic christmas
the world around is more than it seems
inside you'll find
time is slipping by
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5. |
glass temple
02:12
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no one knows you quite like you
would you even really want someone to
with that weight on your shoulder and a stolen crown
in your glass temple waiting for the world to drown
and i've seen this all before
see-through skin shows you're not so pure
as i climb uphill and swim upstream
there's rock slides separating you and me
a shock on the wrist and a flinch goodnight
in retrospect we wouldn't really pair right
as i play back the films to show the hope is dead
some memories are better buried instead
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6. |
left side
03:57
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there's never a time
there's never a time when i dont think back
to when we were both alone
we sat in the fields
we sat in the fields and we were happy
but i never sealed the deal
i'm missing a piece
i'm missing a piece
that you could've fit
i just wanted your comfort
i just wanted your comfort
i just wanted you to be comfortable
and now i'm feeling on the left side
i had the chance to be a part of your light
now you're living a better life
i'm watching you live a better life
cause you're on someone else's left side
had the chance to be the man on your right
now you're living a better life
im watching you live a better life
and i just wish you here with me on my left side
i had a taste
i had a taste but didn't take a bite
now i can't even have it at all
i told myself
i told myself i wasn't good enough
i'm not sure if its true or not
now i'll never know, no
no I'll never know
i couldn't hold on
now i'm watching you slip away
now i'm watching you slip away
you were right there and you slipped away
and now i'm feeling on the left side
i had the chance to be a part of your light
now you're living a better life
i'm watching you live a better life
cause you're on someone else's left side
had the chance to be the man on your right
now you're living a better life
without me in a better life
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7. |
sight to see
05:42
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our meetup was destined
after years of isolation
of trying to find solace
from the mistakes that i have made
and their haunting presence
and being slowed down
by years of regret
i'm too young to be stagnant
in your new life i can tell
that you seem to be doing well
and i lose my train of thought
stuck on you and the life i wish we had
but you and the new enlighten me
learn from young elders
my path isn't over
i need to learn to let go
i'm moving past my mistakes
i'm living here and now
i see the world around me
and the opportunities to come
and seeing people bounce back
was the kick i need
it was a sight to see
the frame is readjusted
i am seeing more clearly
experience catharsis
from the moments yet to come
and if i keep wallowing i'll miss the ride
cause there are still sights to see
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Certain Trips Atlanta, Georgia
Specific journeys and particular travels from a shoegaze, noise pop, dream punk and psychfolk influenced mind
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