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Nine Songs

by Joplin Rice

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1.
we're taking on water & i'm going down with it like any good captain on a slow-sinking ship i drink how i love: like too much is just enough we're taking on water we're floating above some sunken city that no one cared to name won't you stay with me & shoulder half the blame and remind me again why it's so holy to stay friends you were my light & that's the end we're taking on water & not a drop to drink something feels different but it still looks the same soak up the sunburn & walk against the wind i'll be calling you later but don't answer it some stolen whisper just loud enough to hear i guess that i'll miss her waving from the pier remind me again why it's so holy to be friends you were my light & that's the end
2.
Left & Wrong 03:04
i've been lost for so long in the better ending that never came along i've been frozen in time but the cold it doesn't bite when the drugs don't feel so cool anymore what the hell else is your free time for and i'm struggling to talk about what i've already figured out left & wrong too far gone left & wrong too far gone to belong don't pretend like it's a natural way to get rid of every passing day pinning posters to the wall lying down so you don't have to fall every word feels like a waste every kick feels like a quick embrace i'm not romantic or in charge but sometimes that's the easy part
3.
Long Shot 02:03
it's in my head alone is best until the sickness ends this light deceives cause it's still me it's just a different skin it's a long shot through a tight knot people say it's easy well i wish it was for me and no offense i guess i meant it on the other hand my head makes friends my heart pretends i really let them in it's a tough sell gonna catch hell people say it's easy well i'm glad it is for them
4.
Tinker 02:20
played another game and watched him fall onto his sword took the drunken beggar boy and made him think he was a lord with a life worth fighting for no peace here tonight i'm watching you one blink at a time and all the lights outside are spinning like they're sick but there's nothing wrong with this i am alive shaking all their hands just like a dull assembly line took the stupid soldier kid and made him think he was a knight with a love worth dying for
5.
The Wire 02:08
don't be scared it's just a prick and there's really nothing like it stay awake or you'll be sick when you're up it's a different kind of dream i guess it's a conversation that we never had it's a different kind of dream i guess it's a conversation that we never had to have so don't feel bad if it goes wrong don't hold out i'm in this too and i need it more than you do just say when or you'll be sick when it's up
6.
Heatseeker 02:48
no one sees you when you're there do you do it when you think it? the beam of light invites the stare do you see it when you feel it looking through the walls turning every corner like a cannonball so do it it's a heatseeker & you can't lose it holy happy incomplete all the differences are shrinking satisfied alive repeat the summer sun rerun is sinking hiding like a kid dodging every outstretched arm delivering just take it it's a heatseeker & you can't shake it
7.
he looked the wrong way didn't see that she glanced back such a soft attack he didn't dream that night at all he lay awake inside a vision of himself he lay awake beside someone else she got a room a faded painting of the ocean bolted to the wall i guess she knew but she never let it slip until he asked "hey there is there something wrong?" he thought the wrong things started mixing beer & gin staggered home again he sat up waiting for a call that never came suffocating in a vision of himself never cared to think about someone else she took her keys left them in the lock that night after he fell asleep i guess she knew but she never let it slip until he asked "hey there is there something wrong?"
8.
Place 02:34
just say the first thing i can think and grab the first thing i can drink and when it's gone i get distressed run to the first arm that's outstretched and then deny all of the rest their good intentions don't mean shit to me i don't wanna know i don't wanna see my face in the mirror it's a trick that's not me i'm not sick i don't wanna go i don't wanna find my way other people are a place where i go to escape don't take the first deal that it makes you can do better & remain yourself if only just the skin sometimes it's more than you can take but when you're sure you can't endure just hug the floor & take a breath again
9.
Over Again 03:59
honest showing not much left i know i might seem angry tired instead call me something i've never heard i know it must seem stupid i keep every word turn me on call me when you're long gone it's over again & over again help me hurt less never want i know it seems unlikely it's just a thought sleep in sunlight sing with the wind i know i must seem bitter but i can't pretend

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9 songs off my chest to put the hundred in between to rest.

dedicated to the man on the cover.

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released December 20, 2016

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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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