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Lay Me Down
02:57
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lay me down
take it slow
you're not just anybody
i get lost in my body
but with you
here and now
is it real
don't know how
to feel
you have seen
some of what i've seen
you're obscene
i'm dreaming between
night and day
left and right
here and now
then and there
day and night
lay me down
oh my soul
stick around
hold me close
i can bear you
let me know
is this where you
wanna go?
even now
breathing in
loving out
loving in
i'm still battered and bruised
i'm still sad, i still use
but you're okay
you're alright
then and there
here and now
day and night
lay me down
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Favorite Songs
03:53
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i used to see you all over the place
now you can't even look me in the face
would you rather that whole chapter be erased
or is my character just better off replaced
so if you think it's best
let's shake hands, forget the rest
i already have to deal with everything that's left
and how all my favorite songs you just don't get
don't worry babe, no need to fret
there isn't anybody placing bets
on how you're gonna deal with your regret
what you give is what you're gonna get
so if you think it's best
let's shake hands, forget the rest
i already have to deal with everything i'm not
and how all my favorite songs you never got
from phoebe, to joni
from louden to tom
you hear the words
but you listen all wrong
and you've only heard maybe three of my songs
would you get what i mean or just say they're too long
so if you think it's best
let's shake hands, forgive the rest
i already have to deal with just how much i bled
and how all my favorite songs you'll never get
from phoebe to joni, from louden to tom
you hear the words but you listen all wrong
and you've only heard maybe three of my songs
would you get what i mean or just say they're too long?
they are too long
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i could drown you in sugar
i could drown you in wine
i'd even drown myself in nicotine
if i thought i'd be just fine
i keep sleeping later, later
i keep spending too much time
i keep coming home to empty beds
and sleeping in my grime
i woke up and drank two coffees
forgot to eat til four o'clock
guess i must have gotten hungry
because now i cannot stop
i keep telling myself 'no more'
then i go on eating still
i keep going till there's no more
or there's no more time to kill
i am running faster, faster
when i turn to look behind
am i running backward, backward
in fast forward or rewind?
and i know that it's a cliché
it was cliché at the start
that you're worse off having known no love
than with a broken heart
are you worse off having known no love
than with a broken heart?
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Mockingbird
04:01
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which way the moss grows can tell you enough
when you've lost your way in the wood
the you who's not lost knows it's time to get tough
you're not lost you've just misunderstood
how many blankets and how many shoes
do you need if you're not going far?
in winter it's one thing, but don't get the blues
it's july and you've got your guitar
and the mockingbird sings all night
taking wing if not taking flight
in the morning the sun comes
to tell east from west
will you take what you need
and abandon the rest, then?
six dozen roses and five dozen swords
delivered and left at your door
so pick up your kisses and put down your words
we don't have to fight anymore
please don't turn around when i'm saying my piece
you said yours and i swallowed my tongue
if you can't understand you can listen at least
and pretend it's a battle i've won
as the mockingbird sings all night
taking wing if not taking flight
in the morning the crows come
to pick up the mess
will you tell them 'hello'
will you say you know best, then?
it's almost nine years since we kissed in the rain
now they tell me your cancer is back
i wish you good health and i wish you no pain
and i wish i could do more than that
we were young and in love
then i got tired of
who i was when i was with you
so i told you goodbye
in your car and we cried
then we said nothing more and made do
and the mockingbird sang all night
taking wing if not taking flight
and i'm mourning for something
but what could it be
that you must need somebody
but you don't need me
now the mockingbird sings all night
taking wing if not taking flight
is it fucked up i'm crying like you've already died
i don't know if you're dying, i don't know if i tried
enough
mockingbird sings all night
mockingbird sings all night
whatever he's saying it's right
mockingbird sings all night
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A Camping People
03:08
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maidenhair ferns, a westward breeze
columns of sun fall through bay leaves
which way the path goes, we can't see
but it feels like family
we almost drowned, she broke her bones
he found the balance in the stones
take care of you, we're almost grown
but we're still family
eyes that grin behind straw hats
henry miller, remember that?
golden meadow take me back
to my family
we were poppin' squats when we had to pee
spilled peanut butter, you licked my knee
slid down the drainpipe feelin' free
and feelin' like family
scaled the river in bare feet
drank maple coffee, way too sweet
but there's plenty more for all to eat
because we're family
we hit the gorge and then hit grimes
i almost fell a couple times
then we sat around the campfire makin' up rhymes
feelin' like family
two of clubs and ten of hearts
pass the sketchbook, we'll make art
spend time together, and time apart
like a family
vince went to sleep on a cardboard box
mike skinned his elbow on too many rocks
and we learned so much on those late night talks
'bout our family
those were the days
where we would go
so we lived in real time, and time still flew
for our family
we lived in real time and time still flew
but we're a family
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Interlude (Virgo season)
00:41
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Roadside
04:49
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I'm at a roadside reststop
in I-don't-know-which town
and I wanna get home but the rain's coming down
and where's home anyway?
I'm alone anyway
I keep giving you warnings, but you won't leave my head
I keep waking up mornings thinking I'm in your bed
and I love you so much that it hurts not to hate you
I hate you so much that I just wanna shake you
in my arms, in my arms
'cause all that you been saying
amounts to the same thing
and I'm running to and fro, you know
driving fast but feeling slow
I know I wasn't perfect, and I wasn't easy
but if that's what you wanted why didn't you leave me
we were bad anyway
don't know what's left to say
I was getting out of town, getting far from you
right away I went down, my aloneness just grew
to the size of the ocean and the weight of the sea
I'm just going through the motions, this ain't even me anymore
'cause all that you been saying
amounts to the same thing
and I'm trying to go away
but some part of me's trying to stay
but I better get going before it gets dark
but the rain isn't slowing nor is my beating heart
and what's love anyway?
you said it the other day
I guess I wanted you to hold me without holding me down
now I'm getting dragged under, you're not even around
are you skating on sunshine, have you let go of all this
tell me do you feel sorry, tell me do you feel honest anymore
anymore?
'cause all that you been saying
amounts to the same thing
and I wanna let go, but we won't say goodbye
tell me where do I go? I can't run, I can't hide
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Saturn's Return
02:55
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checking in with where we've been
not knowing where we'll go from here
you go all out when you go all in
learn what you want and what you fear
is it the same?
is it the same?
i've been around and i've stayed put
how far to go till i belong?
a thousand miles or half a foot
i'll stay here till i've stayed too long
and it's the same
and it's the same
and one day we'll die
and one day we'll know
when we say goodbye
we'll be saying hello
and i won't be surprised
if nothing else i'll know
that when one thing dies
something else can grow
i've known you enough to know
if we don't quit we'll never learn
saturn comes, and saturn goes
so brace yourself, it will return
and if you could fly
would you start from the ground
would you get too high
or would you keep your head down
and if you hit the sky
would you soon hit the ground
would you say goodbye
before you went down
and one day we'll die
and one day we'll know
that when one thing dies
something else can grow
when one thing dies
something else can grow
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