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I'll be the lone blade of grass growing in your yard.
I'll be the last of the leaves trembling in your tree.
When the figs start to frost,
and the ground gets hard,
I'll be the first flower in spring.
I'll be the songs you hear birds sing. Something
in the distance, through a screen door, a telephone rings.
We set the clocks
every equinox
and lose track of the time.
I'll be the lone blade of grass growing in your yard.
I’ll be the last of the leaves trembling in your tree.
When the figs start to frost,
and the ground gets hard,
I’ll be the first flower in spring.
I’ll be the songs you hear birds sing. Something
in the distance, through a screen door, a telephone...
in the distance, through a screen door, a telephone.
..
in the distance, through a screen door, a telephone rings.
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I don't have a horse in this race.
If I did, it would finish last place.
What I wouldn't give just to save some face
Yeah, I'm tired of betting on the wrong pony.
I don't have a dog in this fight.
Turns out you were all bark and no bite.
And it doesn't feel better to know I was right.
I'm so tired of beating on a dead dog.
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3. |
Opening Day
03:04
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Never really wanted you all the way.
Guess you had a head start.
Running lines like it was opening day,
yeah you gave me a part.
Something so pure about us sitting there
between your room and the hall
below a threshold we didn't know
was symbolic at all.
Yeah
We can't go back to All Hallow's Eve,
and we may never be friends.
I liked the fishnet stockings that you wore,
but it's getting harder to pretend
that it ever meant much more to you. I know
you were some three sheets to the wind.
And I was kind of seeing someone at the time
but mostly just getting ghosted again.
Yeah
I never really wanted you all the way.
Guess you had a head start.
Tracing lines like it was opening day at the park.
Really hoping to make my mark.
I’m really hoping to make my mark.
I’m really hoping to make my mark.
Chalk it up to chalk it off.
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4. |
Guilty Party
02:53
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I can't help but feel like a guilty party in all of this.
But I kind of liked it, feeling naughty for a little bit.
When you took the reins and we left the table, it was pretty obvious.
I guess since we're both out of the stable, better keep that door open.
I can't help but feel like a guilty party in all of this.
But I kind of liked it, feeling naughty for a little bit.
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5. |
Pullover
02:08
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I know I'm a pushover
‘cause you left in my pullover.
It looked good on you.
Remember that night I took you home?
You asked me if I could pull over.
Something wasn't sitting right with you.
It's coming up.
I don't wanna bug you.
I don't wanna freak you out or catch any flak.
Even though I kind of dug you,
honestly I just want my sweater back.
But you've got my text
left to you on read.
Was it something that I said
or just the way I said it?
I'm sorry I ever sent the thing.
Just forget what you've seen.
I was being manic, yeah.
I was being manic, yeah.
Yeah, I was being manic. Yeah.
I know I'm a pushover
‘cause you left in my pullover.
It looked good on you.
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6. |
Bookmark
01:02
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Let's pick up where we last left off.
Here's a bookmark if you get lost.
I wrote the book on you.
I wrote the book on you.
Don't play dumb, it's not a good look on you.
I'm pulling each and every stop.
One chapter closes, and another opens up.
I wrote the book on you.
I wrote the book on you.
Don't play dumb, it's not a good look on you.
I wrote the book.
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It's been
years since
I lost my nerve.
You are
the paywall
that I deserve.
If I can't get through to you,
then what can I do for you?
It's been
weeks since
you took the plunge.
I am
the record
you can't expunge.
I gave you a life without me.
Now what should we do about me?
I gave you a life you could trust.
Have you made up your mind about us?
It's been
years since
I lost my nerve.
You are
the paywall
I deserve.
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8. |
What You Wanted
04:11
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What you wanted,
is it the same thing now?
What you wanted,
is it the same?
Is it the same thing?
Is it the same?
I'd dog ear every page
if there was anything left to save.
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9. |
E-Z-P-E-Z
02:56
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Easy, there's no easy feelings.
Peasy, there's no easy feelings.
I thought a heart was like a PEZ dispenser.
You take out all the love until it's gone.
I buzzed in, I swore that was my final answer.
Turns out I was wrong.
You're my only lifeline.
You're my only lifeline.
You're my only lifeline.
But I don't wanna use you up too soon.
You're my only lifeline.
You're my only lifeline.
You're my only lifeline.
I could use you up so
Easy, there's no easy feelings.
Peasy, there's no easy feelings.
Easy, there's no easy feelings.
Peasy, there's no easy. No.
Sometimes my love feels like a lifetime sentence.
But I don't wanna serve it all alone.
I thought a heart was like a PEZ dispenser.
You take take take take
Yeah, you take out all the love
until it’s gone.
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10. |
Diminishing Returns
03:50
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Loving you
is a hard thing to do.
Diminishing returns.
I don't know if I'll ever
learn my lesson.
You keep me guessing.
If I don't like the answer,
I'll rephrase the question.
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11. |
Nutrition Facts
02:06
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I know
I'm old hat,
but if you put me on your head,
I bet I bet you'd like me like that.
I thought
you were all that
and a bag of chips.
I didn’t check the nutrition facts.
The nutrition facts.
I'm just being funny.
I'm not sure you deserve the levity.
It's a measured stance, a passing glance,
an exercise in emotional brevity.
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12. |
Crutch
02:28
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You gave me a place to put
my sadness. I won't waste it, but
some days I think I'd trade it all
for a simpler time.
You gave my hurt a home and named it.
I could share the blame with
you, but it wouldn't
give you peace of mind.
I think you know that.
Yeah, you already know
answers to questions
I haven't even asked.
I think you know that.
What I do know?
Yeah, I'm open to suggestions.
You can take me to task.
I think you know that.
I think you know.
I didn’t know love could hurt this much.
Now I’ve got a frame of reference
where I used to have a crutch.
I didn’t know that love could hurt this much.
I didn’t know that love could hurt this much.
I didn’t know.
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13. |
Sizzle Reel
02:43
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We put on quite a show.
How much further can we take this thing?
I don't know. I'm just slicing up my sizzle reel.
Looks like you made the cut.
How much longer till we both get bored
and saddle up? How much longer till
we bust our hearts and break our trust?
I'm just slicing up my sizzle reel.
I'm just slicing up my sizzle reel.
We put on quite a show.
How much further can we take this thing?
How much further can we take this thing?
I don't know. I'm just slicing up my sizzle reel.
I'm just slicing up my sizzle reel.
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