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Future Tense
03:44
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I woke up in the future and everything had changed.
Made peace with the present,
let the past all fade away.
Sometimes it all still freaks me out,
I feel my old self pulling back
but with the help of friends and therapists
I've come too far to relapse.
So tell me what else can I say?
World went and turned, and now I'm not the same.
Sunburn on my brain.
Everything has changed,
and I'm so glad that it did.
I nearly drowned in the day-to-day.
Everything has changed.
I've been cleaning closets and corners
where the dread and cobwebs thrive,
made Halloween decorations
from the skeletons inside.
Sometimes it all still freaks me out,
but that doesn't mean that I can't thrive.
There's nothing quite like a fear of death
to make you feel alive.
So tell me what else can I say?
I did the work, and now I'm not the same.
Sunburn on my brain.
Everything has changed,
and I'm so glad that it did.
I nearly drowned in the day-to-day.
Everything has changed.
Everything has changed.
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After Ever After
03:45
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I saw a silver streak in my hair
and started spiraling.
I've been thinking lately about
what makes for a happy ending.
No matter when it comes
it's always going to feel too soon.
When Death collects you in his snare
I hope he takes me with you.
Will I have to watch you go?
Or will you have to watch me go?
I'll want you as long as you want me too.
I'll chase you until we're wrinkled and old,
and then I'll crawl in the black with you.
Now in my mirror there's a person I don't recognize.
Who is this tired worn down man?
Where is the kid with thirsty eyes?
The electric kid who convinced you to let him in.
In ten thousand lives how many times
would you do it all again?
I'll want you as long as you want me too.
I'll chase you until we're wrinkled and old,
and then I'll crawl in the black with you.
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Your Parents' House
03:12
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I’m getting too old for this;
conversations in my head
with outdated drafts of
you that no longer exists.
I lost track of you
somewhere along the way
but I still think of you
when someone mentions Garden State.
I’m driving past
your parents’ house
wondering if you’re inside too.
I don’t even know the first thing about you.
You’ve been living your own life too.
I've seen you have a couple kids,
seem glad you married that optometrist.
Do you ever think about me too?
When Death Cab songs pop up on shuffle
do you wonder what we’d do?
I think I’m parked outside of a stranger’s house
wondering when your parents moved.
I don’t even know the first thing about you anymore.
And you don’t even know the first thing about me.
Somehow we’re strangers...is that true?
Am I anything at all to you?
There were so many good times too.
What draft of me still echoes and haunts you?
Another time, another place
if I did my best to retrace
the steps I took to find my truth
would they all circle back to you?
Dear phantom limb I can’t forget,
I still feel your fingers on my neck.
A paucity of smiles beneath
a plethora of thirsty teeth,
and every awful thing you’d do
I went and did right back to you.
Two Jekylls searching for a Hyde,
a snake that swallowed itself alive.
There were so many good times too.
Am I anything at all to you?
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King of Clarity
04:05
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You say you hate to be the center of attention.
You say it clearly from the stage.
You say you hate to be the one to cause a scene
as you call "Quiet on the set!"
from your director's seat.
Could it be you?
Camera one closes in
as Ockham's razor sharpens;
your friends all tell you that you've changed.
You said you'd never see yourself
become something you hate,
so you closed your eyes and just looked away.
You say you see yourself as calm and collected.
You swear it until you're blue in the face.
You've proudly crowned yourself the king of clarity,
but you can't even see how you could be wrong
mid-apology.
Could it be you?
Camera one closes in
as Ockham's razor sharpens;
your friends all tell you that you've changed.
You said you'd never see yourself
become something you hate,
so you closed your eyes and just looked away.
When the stage is blacked out
all except for the glow
of the ghost light
how do you see where you're going?
Nobody's perfect
but it's only fair that you know
that all your anxious fears are coming true:
you don't just THINK they're talking about you,
they're really talking about you all the time.
They're talking about you RIGHT NOW.
Camera one closes in
as Ockham's razor sharpens;
your friends all tell you that you've changed.
You said you'd never see yourself
become something you hate,
so you closed your eyes and just looked away.
Is there someone else's picture in your dressing room?
Is the mirror lying to you?
Or did you just let yourself drift that far away?
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The Way, Way Back
04:00
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He said that he thinks I’m a three,
whatever that means.
Who is he to assess me?
I can’t understand what she sees
in a man who thinks rules should be used
like hooks and strings.
Nobody wants to feel figured out
but everyone wants to be seen.
I’ve finally found a place i belong
and now I hope that I can take it with me.
I don’t care if he’s sober;
I’m not coming over.
I’ll sneak through the window
when I get home.
The people here all act like
they’re never going to die
so it comes as no surprise
they can’t even tell when they’re lying.
She says that she’s trying
but when she speaks
I just hear him.
Nobody wants to feel figured out
but everyone wants to be seen.
I’ve finally found a place i belong
and now I hope that I can take it with me.
I don’t care if he’s sober;
I’m not coming over.
I’ll sneak through the window
when I get home.
I wish time could move slower.
Summer’s almost over
and I don’t miss my old life in monochrome
Maybe you’ll think of me
as a supporting lead in your story,
maybe in time I wont even cross your mind,
but to me, in mine, you’ll always be
somebody who changed me.
Yeah you changed me,
and that was good.
And that was good.
I don’t care if he’s sober;
I’m not coming over.
I’ll sneak through the window
when I get home.
I wish time could move slower.
Summer’s almost over
and I don’t miss my old life in monochrome.
Nobody wants to feel figured out
But everyone wants to be seen.
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Lyric-centric Pop-punk for fans of New Found Glory, Real Friends, and blink-182.
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