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Broken and Weathered
07:49
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You know what you've gotta do but it hurts you
You know that it hits hard at home, you're afraid of being alone
You're fed up but you'll take it, you're the shoe she had to break in
Now you're broken and you're weathered, you're worn out and a part of you has died
And I don't wanna say I told you so, but I told you so
And I don't wanna hear you didn't know, cos I know you knew
Your boyhood charm has faded, you allowed her to erase it
Now you've got what you were after, you know the truth but you insist on telling lies
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Quips and Stones
04:49
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All of the Above
07:30
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Cheap wine, cheap grace, cheap love
Which one of these reels you in?
It's all of the above
They all go down smooth, taste nice
Even looks like the real thing
But it never fills you up
And you'll make it by
With one foot out the door and the other drug behind
Just like your friends, piled along the road
Discarded one by one, never cared for and it shows
Now you're close to show the face I know is really you
At arms length your friends can't be there when you feel alone
Scarred hearts, deep wounds, lose ends
Which ones did you leave behind?
Well I guess that all depends on who you talk to,
The amount of alcohol consumed,
To try to forget the good times and the bad, that they had with you
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Shark vs. Shark
05:24
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If you leave will I go?
Replant shallow seeds never grown
Drug along this darkened path, never sure if I'll get back
String me along thru waters high
My feet leave the sand as my toes hold tight
And I urge you to not let those clams hide, but drag them ashore and let them die
I squeeze those words right out of you
It leaves us feeling black and blue
And it takes so long to heal right
Let's burn all the doubt and scorch in the sun
Repent all those sins we did when we were young
Let the ocean spread our ashes and make us new
But it's not that easy, and instead it's shark vs. shark all night
I can't shake this fear that the end is near
And you twist in the sword so deep when you keep all those things from me
I'd rather have someone shoot me in the chest than stab me in the back
But my back remains red and my chest pure white
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Big Plans
05:15
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Let's put on clothes that feel uncomfortable but look nice
and we'll see all the sights of the town
We'll make a scene at the place we went last year
Cos we are young and a beer's five dollars
Let's make big plans that sound great
then never do anything but hesitate
Talk like you're big, live like you're small
and never amount to anything at all
Let's reassure ourselves that we're fine
And talk about the future like the sun's in our eyes
but it takes money to make money
and it takes time to feed you all these lies
Let's dot our t's and cross our i's
we'll undo all the doing that doesn't seem right
fake mistakes and feel the weight they leave
play all the chords wrong and roll up my sleeve
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Self Loathing
03:47
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Self-loathing is such an awful thing
It gets inside your heart and cuts off all the strings
Nothing to fill it up, nothing to make it sing
You might think you'll hit it if you swing
But that's why self-loathing's such an awful thing
It may seem to be a phase, something you can penetrate
But it always kicks you when you're down
And it can, it will, if it hasn't already
A person divided against itself can't stand
That's why we're all made with two hands
One to make you fall, one to help you land
And one mouth to blurt out lots of stupid things
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Chasm
08:56
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Tempted and tried all your life, burned by the saved hand
And no sleep comes, all called to wait for this
It don't seem to shake me, what's at stake?
Laws and rules won't blink twice in the face of apathy
What I perceive is mistakes piled up like towers high
I don't believe what you say, my heart bleeds like night chokes the day
It don't seem to shake me, what's at stake?
Just some fiction to laugh off in the face of the holy
Bone of my bone, flesh of flesh, lured by the snakes lies
Cursed to the ground he will be, wrapped 'round our throats until satisfied
It don't seem to shake me, what's at stake?
It won't seem to quench you when you'll drink from the sea
It's like salt in your water when you're parched from the heat
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The Liar
04:19
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I wanna take you down with me
I wanna make you believe me
I'll make you promises that I won't keep
Like giving you dreams that make you wish you'd never sleep
I wanna break you so slowly
I wanna trick you to want me
I'll make you promises that I won't keep
Like giving you dreams that make you wish you'd never sleep
I wanna hide you from the truth
I shall deny you any hope
Someday I'll make you hate yourself
And one day you'll hate everyone else
I wanna make you so empty
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Inst
02:09
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Twine
07:51
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Come my lover, into the light
Where the darkness cannot hide
Open my wounds and feel my scars
With your soft kiss be still my heart
Our souls weaved in the Spirit's twine
Unlock doors we'll open in time
Joy and sorrow, we'll have our fill
But thieves and robbers cannot steal
rings and treasures, crowns we'll bear
Whatever it takes to get us there
So with this ring I thee wed
I'll stick with you until I'm dead
Sickness and health, rich or in debt
I'll see this thru without regret
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Elvis Costello Songs
03:49
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I keep waking up to Elvis Costello songs
But I'm alone and that dream meets reality
It's the one where he said that we're spiritually dead
And I mostly agree as I nod out of sleep
But I keep reasoning that sin's not the death of me
And he chimes on, pontificating duality
I open up those words and ask that they speak to me
But I speak too much and forget about listening
I stumble in my brain and I pray but it's in vain
That well is not for drinking, he must be metaphorically speaking
about forfeit souls? Nothing gained? Either he is the Lord or he's just insane
Son of God? Rise from the dead? Either he is the Lord or he's lost his head
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