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Raft
05:54
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20 blocks in the blinding rain
all to say you never wanna see me again, I believe it
all the things I do are in vain
my kitchen tile is as cold as your toes
when you walk barefoot down the icy road
and I’m kneeling, this ceiling hangs so low
your backseat in a parking garage
you said this feeling of love is just a mirage, but I see it
under layers of camouflage
the first snow of the season came
I was somewhere over arizona in a plane. but I feel it
and I’ve never been the same
now I’m adjusting to the broken lights
it’s cold tonight so I’ll just stay inside and wait
for you to call, I don’t feel safe at all
and If I fall, I won’t blame you at all, blame alcohol
summertime I get a salty draft
Im in the great blue atlantic on a busted raft and it’s leaking
like a crack into a carafe
back on land I had a family
with some sisters and a mother and father who need me to make it
to take a leap on the sea
The beach is miles away but I see the lights
from high rise buildings with their glowing neon signs
will you meet me there, underneath the stairs
I’m aware, that you never cared, just know I care
I have a reason to doubt, that this will work out for you
despite all the explanations, you cannot feel what I’m going through
I try to stay awake, I don’t want to be found dead alone in my room
and when your life is finally over, you’ll know it ends too soon
its a slow death, but its coming fast
long live all our pointless laughs
25 and I’m supposed to be strong, But i’ve been blaming you on everything i’ve done wrong
so I apologize
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2. |
9 to 42
03:06
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Living day to day rolling fast and far away
and thats the life, I want to get beside
getting little sleep screaming hard 6 days a week
this road will keep, keeping me at ease
9 to 42 I’ll hit em hard I’ll break a few
my fingers bleed, staining these nickel strings
moneys running thin, lets rally up all of our men
tonight I’m singing, And ill sing until the end
hauling our gear up the coast and all the year
the seasons change, but we all stay the same
coffee flowing plenty, 7 hours till New York City
after midnight, the roads are always empty
interstate and tolls, Jersey comes and Jersey goes,
i’m gonna follow where westward winds will blow
doing what you love aint never gonna hurt no one
if you can do it, then do it while you’re young
i wrote you a song, every day for almost a year
and if you ever want, I'll sing them all for you to hear
cause what I couldn't say to you, was easier to sing it to a crowd
and if I see you out here tonight, I’ll sing it hard and I will sing it loud
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3. |
Come Back To Haunt Me
03:32
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come back to haunt me
a little less will do
come by my window anytime
pour you some coffee
press grounds for two
black as the night
sometimes when I’m lonely
when things are looking grim
I’ll disconnect my phone and I’ll ignore all of my friends
and if I’m feeling happy
I’ll smile from within,
do you remember when,
the sun never left the sky
when it grows dark, it always stays night, for a while
oh, my days gone
come back to haunt me
a little less will do
come by my window anytime
pour you some coffee
press grounds for two
black as the night
on a moonless night
and when it goes dark, it always stays that way for a while
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4. |
This Encumbrance
04:38
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I want, what my eyes are setting on
but I’ve been blinded by the sun, cause I’ve been looking up for way too long,
looking up for way too long
I’ve had enough, of what comes with growing up
I have had such shitty luck with it, If I can’t win then I’ll complain
I’ll say you rigged the fucking game
I won’t love another until I can love myself
I can lie, and say I hope that you excel, I hope that you are doing well
lights, projecting down and shining bright
but no one cares to see the sights, of my shitty boring life
I wanna die
I wanna die, Ive run out of places to hide
when me and that wall will collide, Don’t lie and say I tried
I never tried
I will steal and I will cheat and I will not think twice
the cream will rise, and I’ll be left behind, I’ll be left behind
I am sick of this encumbrance woven to my spine
intertwined, so lets lay here tonight
same, we’re going down this road again
I’m burning out with all my friends
and when you ask me where i’ve been all say it all depends on
when, before my loneliness evolved,
and left a scar upon my heart, now I am soaking up the dark, I’m trying not to fall apart
I’m tired, weak and feeling lonely, I want you tonight
by my side, I want it all to be alright, I want it all to be alright
I want everything to be alright, glowing and bright
party time, I wanna do everything right, I wanna get fucked up and celebrate life
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place, me by myself
in a storage shed in the south
near a rotting house
leave, me to figure out
why I have never been able to shout
or speak for myself
you think I’m a rat, but I’m a quiet mouse
the verses that i’ve written were about
the words that couldn’t come out
i don’t need your help, to wash out my mouth
the actor was invested in himself
when he got my attention speaking clearly of the season of wealth
in the hallways of this old abandoned school, my eyes are on you
graffitied ceiling tiles now stained with stale mildew, this is nothing new
and i’ll bring heaven down to this earth, to give to you
i swear that I’ll do, yeah I swear that I’ll do that for you
save yourself, I’m not worth your mental health
I’ll pick up the phone and dial your cell
and I’ll tell you myself
Regret, oh I have so much regret
I get drunk but I don’t forget,
I’m surprised that I haven’t killed myself yet
in the parking lot of neglected outlet store you Swore, it was me and you
the overpass roared thunder clouds began to form, we were going straight into the storm
and i’ll bring heaven down to this earth, to give to you
i swear that I’ll do, yeah I swear that I’ll do that for you
maybe, it isn’t all that bad
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up high 90 driving west away, just emptied my ash tray, backroads, bales of hay
chadbourn, bombed out store fronts, full of ghosts, projections of the past, they never seem to last
rural america is gone, the mom and pop old grocery shops, dark houses with their overgrown front lawns
towns of burnt down shopping malls I’ll find, a dead end for a life, unflattering in light
smoked out county bars, dead deer, and I, will stop here for the night, here for the night
so wake me whenever the sun, comes up shining bright over the dead crops and abandoned rusted sights
feel me out, burn me down,
haven’t I been here before, junction dust spread on the floor, no trespassing on the door, tonight
cities with forgotten names, its been decades since anyone came, the agriculture ain’t the same, not here
and I will yell your name cause no one is left to hear
littered corpses drying in the heat, the residents asleep, dream of better dreams,
pick me up a carton of smokes, right down the street where we, once talked of better things
so think of the lonesome tonight, pour one out for burnt down towns, american dream, that we once dreamt about.
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7. |
With Me I'll Carry...
06:50
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heaven knows I have an aptitude for giving up
It’s been 5 hours since I’ve tried to fall asleep
an alarm is in the distance screaming 6 am
the dawn chorus is swearing
Heavy eyelids I have hunger pains, a tired brain
Skip the coffee because it makes me want to smoke
hands are sweating in the winter, call it clammy
when we shake, make sure to call me out on it
Is this temporary, the way I’m living life
the world is scary, and I just want to see your face
With me I’ll carry a fear of everything and everyone I meet
someone bravely sailed the open sea to make their name
and I’m too scared to leave my house
The list is growing of what frightens me, why I lose sleep
If only I could catch some breeze, without gritting my teeth
heaven knows theres someone I wanna come home to
I’m talking myself off a ledge every night
I am nervous but somebody had to do it
Trying to save, save my own
Is this temporary, the way I’m living life
the world is scary, and there's nothing out there for me
With me I’ll carry a fear of everything and everyone I meet, they won’t be waiting up for me
i wanna be young again
i wanna be brave
I’ll mark all the hollies
I pass on the way
tonight I’ll be a rich man, I’ll wear all of my rings
by the morning they won’t be there, because life, is always so much better in dreams
Is this temporary, the way I’m living life
the world is scary, and I just want to see your face
With me I’ll carry a fear of everything and everyone I meet
Is this temporary, the way I’m living life
the world is scary, and I just want to see your face
With me I’ll carry a fear of everything and everyone I meet, and nobody has to care for me
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when the parties are over I’ll lay my head alone to sink into blindness
all the passing visions of packed out rooms move spinning around my shyness
back then I was reading way too much into this
I’m gonna get back on my feet, I’m gonna get a grip, just like you know I can do
when the bus stops running we’ll walk the mile to my house and close the curtains
when the snow stops coming thats when we’ll emerge out, you’re gonna love me i’m certain
stay safe, stay warm, in my arms I know you’ll be
half drunk half stoned floating on a wave in the sea, the sea of loving me
will you come, out tonight
when the parties are over we’re gonna take that hike, to the top of the world
and I’m gonna see my girl
are you coming out, i want you to come out tonight
when the parties are over we’re gonna take that hike to the top of the world
and I’m gonna see my girl
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9. |
Formative Years
10:14
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if one would ask I’d say I knew you very well
with flowers in your hair and bracelets strung from various sea shells
formative years are gone and I’ve been formed all wrong
not well informed I’m well ignored and I’m not sure whats going on
when I was 17 I got high on the beach, I’d always think I’ll never drink
cause it brings out the worst in me
surf all day and then I’d come home at night, my sandy skin and haywire hair would bother you
but thats all right
abandoned warehouse, and a miniature golf course, we went at night, brought our flashlights
anything to keep from being bored
there is a rock quarry near 544, we’d park beside a chain link fence, most glorious view in town we swore
i drove to charlotte for that parking lot tour, the bands were shit, I was feeling sick, now I hate
charlotte even more
when no one cared about how we were received, anarchy but we still want peace we wore our ideals on our sleeves
with time to kill we’d drive around all night
see that old church there, ricky said lets go inside
but sometimes you know your limits and you’re filled with fright
maybe some other time
we drove 10 hours south right down to west palm beach
I saw rebecca waters in a parking lot she was out of reach
she was my first love straight from loxahatchee
she kissed me in 2008, Orlando got the best of me
with time to kill we talked until sunrise
youthful dreams and lit phone screens, you said you’d be my bride
but sometimes when you’re young, you’ve got some hills to climb
maybe some other time
You know, that I would treat you well,
we parked under that dimming sign you explored me I’m overwhelmed
tonight we’re gonna be alright
and oh, what a relief
when we came home our parents finally got some sleep
and oh, what are we gonna dream
we’ve only got a few more years until we’re in our 20’s
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10. |
Jackson Wood
04:58
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when I walk out, of all these local shows
social torture laid into me with all these words that i have spoke
and I want to, want to be a hero
but I’ll just crawl into this bar, and I’ll sit down and get drunk
I make songs, that I’ll only sing alone
i heard about all your arguments, you swear that you won
all the bare thoughts, that I thought back home
have cumulated into, irrational hated of everyone
what my mama said has got a hold on me now
and I will never think of anyone but myself
I said I’m nervous gonna stay in for good
just hop on this bus, like the whole world thinks I should
I’m hoarding magazine clippings that mention Jackson Wood
all the women, I’ve ever met in this town
have formed a band together and vowed to bring me down
when my time ends, they’re all just gonna laugh
when you treat yourself like shit, everyone is gonna treat you like trash
what my mama said, is gonna hurt me for good
I’m in this broke down car, and its smoking underneath the hood
all my greatest shows were years ago
now everyones asking who the hell is Jackson Wood?
and nobody knows, and nobody should
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