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NOTICE: Me
01:15
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Someone needs
To mediate between my brain and my hands
Otherwise something might
Explode into bits
Suddenly
It's like my brain is full of Crown & Coke
My hands enclose the loving note
You passed back through the class
Notice me
God I wish that you would notice me
You could be discreet but selfishly
You could brush against my arm
Notice me
God I wish that you would notice me
You could be discreet but selfishly
You could type my name to
Start
I can't
I can't
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Cliffhanger
01:00
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This is so pathetic
Like a joke but I don't get it
Like a TV show
With a cliffhanger ending
You said let's go exploring
So we drove around the block
Until I tried to kiss your mouth
And then you said
Let me out I can walk
If you're still gonna hold that against me
Well I guess I can bring this up
I never actually loved you
All your fucking money just wasn't enough
If you're still gonna hold that against me
Well I guess that there's one more thing
I'm really fucked up right now
And I don't know which parts of this song I mean
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Landline
01:38
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I asked myself
How I got myself into this situation
Knowing the answer
Was some combination of bad luck and impatience
Is that true
Was I really your first boyfriend
If so, I'm sorry
I can't help I wasn't a man
Please ask me anything
One word is plenty
Just phrase it as a question
Like you want a response
Yeah I don't want your courtesy
I want affection
Is that true that I broke your heart via landline?
I can't remember
High school has been a long time
Is that true
Was I really your first boyfriend
If so, I'm sorry
I can't help I wasn't a man
If so, I'm sorry
I can't help I wasn't a man
I can hold my breath for such a long time
You should see it
You'd be impressed
I can hold my breath for such a long time
You should see it
You'd be impressed
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Say that you love me too
Or I'm through
For the third time
Do what Her Majesty demands
This slow dance has reached its end
One more step
And I'm going to collapse
Into a pile of Prozac
You can make up anything you want to
But that doesn't make it true
You can go by any name you want to
But that doesn't make it you
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5. |
Old Age
01:05
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You don't wanna be stuck inside
Of this sweltering apartment
I'm sorry my darling
We've got no other option
I've been strangled slowly by
The loneliness of your company
And it seems to me if nothing good is free
Then love is just a lie
You tell your children to survive until their own
Go back to the old days
Of numbing everything
Until you throw up in the sink on your birthday
Backwards into old age
Every word's a part
Of something larger and unsolvable
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Tattoo Charlie Bravo
01:15
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All of my emotions feel the same, feel the same
If you don't like where this is going look away, look away
You're not in my way you're in my path, look at that
All of my emotions feel the same, what a laugh
You covered your tattoo
With something cheap and new
But you can't erase mistakes
It's on your skin
It's in your blood
It's on your face
All of my excuses sound the same, sound the same
I can't shut my mouth and then I'm blank, drawing blanks
If I could I wouldn't change a thing, change a thing
Maybe I'd fight harder for my right to complain
You covered your tattoo
With something cheap and new
But you can't erase mistakes
It's on your skin
It's in your blood
It's on your face
You covered your tattoo
With something strange and new
But you can't erase mistakes
It's on your skin
It's in your blood
It's on your face
All of my excuses sound the same, sound the same
I can't shut my mouth
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7. |
Afterthis
01:31
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Feelings never change and time won't stop them
That's why all my friends have drinking problems
I've been shaking hands with the afterthis
I'm in a stretch limousine to the Great Abyss
The good life for one night
Then talk about it all the time
The good life for one night
Then talk about it all the time
The good life for one night
Then talk about it all the time
The good life for one night
Then talk about it all the time
This is not the present I'm happy believing
The simplest feelings become the most fleeting
Funny like a picture in the dust on your car
Empty like the muscle underneath my scar
The good life for one night
Then talk about it all the time
The good life for one night
Then talk about it all the time
The good life for one night
Then talk about it all the time
The good life for one night
Then talk about it all the time
The good life for one night
Then talk about it all the time
Feelings never change and time won't stop them
Would you be opposed to seeing me more often
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Three Concrete Steps
01:09
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Three concrete steps
Is the last thing that you'll see
I guess he was drunk
I guess that your black dress
Blended in with the scene
Your last thoughts
Weren't anything profound
The heat of the pavement underneath
Your skin or something that seemed to be
It's arbitrary and cruel
Three weeks out of school: Communications
I'm afraid that won't help you in this situation
Three concrete steps
In an alley
But the moon drew you in
Over the line
This wouldn't have happened any other night
This wouldn't have happened any other night
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Swanton Bomb
00:59
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If I'm not alone then where did everybody go
I need someone who gives me laughing fits
Not your stupid tender love and calculus
Nightmares everyday
I'm getting stabbed
I'm getting chased
I'm in my head so fucking deep
I don't know how to fucking leave
I guess the only thing I care about is
Me
Me
Me
It's almost like
I made a mess of what little is left of my life
That can't be right
Cause that would mean that I was wrong for once
You're so eloquent
By saying so much less than this
Anger's the theme of my character arc
I'm getting to the end
I don't intend to see it past this part
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10. |
Plenty of Abyss
01:44
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I knew you were going down
But I didn't know it'd be like this
You don't have to scream so loud
There's plenty of abyss to go around
I knew you were going down
But I didn't know it'd be like this
You don't have to scream so loud
There's plenty of abyss to go around
Last night in my dreams
It was World War III
And the guns were closing in
I held you close and said
I don't think that we'll meet again
Last night in my dreams
It was World War III
And the bullets were flying by
I held you close and said
I don't think there's anything after you die
I knew you were coming down
But I didn't think to make the bed
You never got past the kitchenette
When you came by before this
I knew you were going down
But I didn't know it'd be like this
You don't have to scream so loud
There's plenty of abyss to go around
Last night in my dreams
It was World War III
And the guns were closing in
I held you close and said
I don't think that we'll meet again
Last night in my dreams
It was World War III
And the bullets were flying by
I held you close and said
I don't think there's anything after you die
I held you close and said
I don't think there's anything after you die
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Joplin Rice Lexington, Kentucky
Joplin Rice is a songwriter living in Richmond, Kentucky.
He has released numerous other albums both under his own name and as Ezra Triste.
Every band he forms dies.
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