1. |
within and apart
03:30
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where'd the days go
when did the nights get so long
time moves slow
on my own
and i remember
when i could still make sense of
how things were
lights above
lift me up
never goes how you thought it would go
but this world is a broken home
just enough for the memory to feel right
there's only so much time
in the dark outside after midnight
no arms can reach into this sky
you can feel when you're out of luck
think i never had enough
where have the days gone
i never know just what's wrong
can't see how
cast me out
and i could stay here
or i could disappear
it makes no difference now
our time is running out
if i could have just one more day
never goes how you thought it would go
but this world is a broken home
just enough for the memory to feel right
there's only so much time
in the dark outside after midnight
no arms can reach into this sky
we're within and apart
both the end and the start
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2. |
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even if i turned back time
i could never change your mind
committed to this place
i make the same mistakes
much farther
no time for arrivals, departures
what's final is final, i'm tired
and i can't see the sun
when i wake up and there's no one
and yeah i felt alright
when i was on your mind
now i'm just wasting time
just wasting time
because i never knew
what it would mean to you
when you were on your own
and now it's set in stone
forever
we're never enough for each other now
what's final is final, i'm tired
and i can't see the sun
when i wake up and there's no one
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3. |
outside
02:52
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light rays break through
consume your room
i'm not here with you
once you find me outside
no one is ever on your side
some days go by
change your mind
and you'll decide
that you can't live with it (on the phone)
passed through it (i hope you know it's okay)
i've been well
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4. |
never know why
03:36
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all out of time, infinite light
try not to care if it turns out right
given the ends, never made sense
to sift through yourself for anyone else
up until three
know it's all the same to me
and i'll put up with anything
but you can't change your mind
because i'm fading now
my dreams just stress me out
when you're feeling low, like you told me
you just lie awake in your mind
nothing helps
in the end
sleep through the day, staying up late
always inside, running in place
never know why,
hoping to find,
some peace from this weight
to take it away
call me right back
someday soon we'll all be on track
see you in the summertime
if we don't lose our minds
because i'm fading now
my dreams just stress me out
when you're feeling low
like you told me
you just lie awake in your mind
nothing helps
in the end
it's alright
i can tell the feeling changes
all the time
i can't make it stop
oh, this life
holds you to your promises
takes everything just to exist
won't ever make sense of it
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5. |
even in dreams
03:08
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make me complete
sleep at your feet
when i wake up it's a chore
just to walk out the door
i was losing my mind
so far from the guiding light
but when nothing was left
i could start over again
dreams are coming true
i'll waste them with you
cause i know that you'll leave as soon as i do
everything is quiet where you are
never any meaning in an ending
or all the things that never get to start
those days are through
feels like i'm just waiting for you to come home
or answer the phone
but it's been some time
and months pass alright
i've been making my peace
with how things had to be
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6. |
no answer
02:46
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no answer
no answer
i am
almost over
getting closer
to your house
will you
wait for me
when i read your text
feel it in my chest
no answer
no answer
back on my bike
with my hands freezing off
answered your call
i can't risk being wrong
no answer
no answer
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7. |
pkd
03:28
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tomorrow
you'll figure it out again
saw past and future glow
superimposed
glass panels and bright pink beams
i'm dreaming the same bad dreams
every night
we won't ever face it
until it's too late to call it quits
we won't ever face it
until it's too late to make amends
fate is habit
the tomb world
the earth turns underneath, underneath
the sky falls out from under me
i cant see the ground
can't see the ground
there is no signal in
the buzzing or the static
the feeling or the panic
feels like we're living in a funeral
like a note that's out of tune
ringing and ringing
we won't ever face it
until it's too late to call it quits
we won't ever face it
until it's too late to make amends
fate is habit
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8. |
keswick park
03:15
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won't feel the same
calling your name
lights in the dark
outside keswick park
and i've been in this place for ages
nothing ever really changes
when it takes it all from you
and the light fills up the room
we'll be figures in the moon
doing what we used to do
and i guess that things go on
been out of it far too long
but i can't change the past
time is all we have
when it takes it all from you
and the light fills up the room
we'll be figures in the moon
doing what we used to do
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9. |
timeless / ibis dream
03:46
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if you want to know yourself
ask yourself what you're not
nothing else lives on
give me up
and let yourself down
and you pass
through the ground
as you drown
and you drown
and you drown
and you muddy up the meaning
scramble up all of the pieces
disregard all of the reasons
you should paint what you believe in
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10. |
tell
04:01
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don't forget a word of it
make the best of everything
i've been up thinking every night
i've been seeing spirit signs
and if i could know just what you want
never felt this for any another
tell me did i waste my time
something felt but never spoken
wish i could see inside your mind
tell me all the things you wouldn't tell
i can't remember when
things fell apart again
but nothing is quite like it was before
thinking about when i had that dorm
and i would walk past the city stores
to the fourth floor of the apartments
later after it got dark
felt so sure none of it mattered
now i just feel so insecure
everything has felt so different since back then
and i'll do anything, just lift me up again
for some reason i'm losing sense every night
every night
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12. |
far from this world
04:20
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i wanna be far from this world
after the curtains drawn
bright like the morning
i can be certain now
i know that when i'm gone
another one takes over
in the blink of an eye
don't ask why i feel so tired
don't wanna be like this
i'm playing just to quit
i wanna be far from this world
just for awhile
i wanna be far from this world
i know the light won't stay
the picture doesn't change
but you're not in the frame
permanently absent
i know that after all
our conversations are over
still you're easy to find
life goes on when you're not home
i don't wanna feel like this
i'm just waiting for the kick
i wanna be far from this world
just for awhile
i wanna be far from this world
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13. |
light beyond (right now)
03:43
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i remember racing home
late at night, just to make it
while you were awake
and every night
i'll be up for hours now
figuring this out
hold me up, i can see it
light beyond right now
floating up to the ceiling
all that is, is right now
can't remember anything from my dreams
when i leave them they all just recede
and i don't know about what's past here
i'll wait another night
just wait another night
shed me of my soul
won't leave a thing behind
i say this every time
yeah i say this every time
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14. |
it all seems the same
04:44
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this is a day that you can't take back
i'm trying to face it
time is impatient
and when it feels like i am not here
not elsewhere either
elsewhere either
don't be late
make mistakes
bend or break
just play the game
play the game
the weight is in my head
i'm on a bed of nails
never sinking in
what measures out our debt
i swear i'll make amends
forgetting everything
let it pass
let it pass away
don't be late
make mistakes
bend or break
just play the game
play the game
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