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in the rain
we're watching our feet
find their way
& you say, 'follow me'
promises
we only ever made
been disappearing
from our heads, lately
like the rain
slowly fades away
from the streets
into the atmosphere
what hasn't lasted
it's in the past &
what's here & now
will too soon be then, too
& so let's make
our escape, dear
into
our ever after
she's smiling,
she's sighing,
she's lighting up
dividing
the colliding
clouds above
& i wonder
are we under
a sky that was
painted just for us
what hasn't lasted
it's in the past &
what's here & now
will too soon be then, too
& so let's make
our escape, dear
into
our ever after
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2. |
focus on the fading
04:36
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the scene is set & the choreography is unfulfilling,
it’s repeating history,
& i’m retreating to the future, unwillingly
i’m focusing on you,
but you’re fading
this has been happening
a lot lately
& now the balcony has emptied
& the lights have all burned out
the weathervane is missing
& i’m waiting to begin again
& if we could forgo the formalities,
we could move on with an uncomfortable ease
i’m focusing on you, but you’re fading
this has been happening too much lately
hello, i’m waiting for you to come back into view,
but my eyes are blurring up with the motions
as time is bringing me up to speed
while the records turn, the records turn
a soundtrack for burning
i could take what you left behind
& bring it back to you,
you made a wish with your eyes
closed so tight,
but the stars aren’t listening tonight
so let me, please, let me understand
hello, i’m waiting for you to come back into view,
but my eyes are blurring up with the motions
as time is bringing me up to speed
while the records turn, & the records turn
a soundtrack for burning
hello, i'm waiting
for you to come back
into view
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& all at once
03:29
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tell me now what you've been feeling lately
later on, when the world is gone
& these basement walls
become our parthenon
& it's just you & me,
a pull out couch & a box tv
too tired to be conscious
too wired to be thoughtless
every night we trade our minds
fall asleep to the sunrise
& there used to be these summers where
every day was a mystery where
anything could ever be
but it feels so long ago now that
there used to be so much time
too tired to be conscious
too wired to be thoughtless
every night we trade our minds
fall asleep to the sunrise
& all at once, you're gone
& it's on & on
second guess how to catch my breath as
we fast forward through the present tense
& all that's left now to do
is remember when we were
too tired to be conscious
too wired to be thoughtless
every night we trade our minds
fall asleep to the sunrise
& all at once, you're gone
& it's on & on
i will keep you
in my rear view
so that you're closer
than you might appear
second guess how to catch my breath
do you remember when
these basement walls
were our parthenon
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i cringe into a paper crane,
sublime describes
the feeling less than best,
but that's always the best
that i could ever do for you
throw the blame away,
but it's a boomerang
the notes you sang are like
the notes i find at night
when i just might, oh, i just fight tonight
cringe into a paper crane
i wish that i could be your boomerang
second drawer secrets are unlocked
tragic poetry's stocked up like it's stock
i can't afford to forget anymore
& i cringe into a paper crane
i wish that i could be your boomerang
you're awkward & perfect
with just enough of neither & i
just want to stop the world
curl up & hide
inside your arms
with eleven digits we'll connect the dots
& we'll make our plan for a getaway
i hate to need to getaway,
but we just to getaway
because,
where no one will find us,
no one will mind us
& i cringe into a paper crane
i just want to be your boomerang
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i took a walk, to get away,
to someplace further from yesterday
& all the stupid things i thought i had to say
to all the lovers that i've pushed away
& all the while, all i see is
your shimmering smile
the one that stole the scene of my
precious misery
the one that was in my dreams
before we would even meet
& i'm wandering, all around
while i'm wondering, all about
the clouds & the underground sound
& how i'm missing the here & now
how could i miss you before now
oh my god, you're right here,
right now
& all of a sudden i feel my heart rushing
& all of a sudden i am searching for something
memorable to say before you walk away
but all of a sudden, i've got nothing
but this love song humming in my mind
hey don't you love 'time after time' ?
now polka dots are swirling in my head
as i say something less than what i meant
but you're looking through me
& i'm getting more into you
i'm getting more & more into you
time is a dead mans alibi
for tasting the seasons
& making a frame
to put our picture in between
do you know what i mean, i say
& you say i know
exactly what you mean
& all of a sudden i feel my heart rushing
& all of a sudden our hands are touching
then you lean in, as i lean in
& with our eyes closed we feel our smiles
& all of a sudden the whole world is humming
& all of a sudden i am certain of something
it's been a long time
since i knew
that i wanted to know somebody
the way that i could understand you
the way that i would understand you
the way that i just understand you
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6. |
about that dress
02:39
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i was a wiser man
when i knew you less,
& i've died a thousand times
about that dress
for words to mean
as much as i mean
i need to conceive
a new language to speak
but lucky for me
you know what i mean
la da da dee
your eyes, & your mind
are both so kind
thank you for my
brand new life
spin me around
in your new dress
spin us around
in your westcott dress
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7. |
there's nothing like you
02:13
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we're riding the exploding sidewalk,
the trees are trying to run away, you say
but roots are stronger than intentions, sometimes,
& sometimes you just want to stay
you hold my hand unconventionally,
but that’s so like you,
you bring a silence that's so loud & so lovely,
just like you,
but there’s nothing like you
that purple cashmere is perfect for an autumn day
when we’re listening to ‘grey’
& i can’t wait to see you wear it so well,
like you wear me, oh, you wear me out
you keep my head in the clouds
but now without a frown to be found
you turn my lips upside down
& you make the rain come up
from underneath the ground
everything is backwards
& better than yesterday
& every tomorrow with you is my favourite day
you're a midnight sun & a midday moon
you're all of my dreams somehow coming true
& i just wanna drive away & listen to ani all day
what do you say?
let's drive away & listen
to ani all day
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8. |
toronto
01:40
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we drove to toronto
to see the death cab show
you told me you didn't know
if you'd ever wanna go home, again
& i said, yeah i understand
we could stay right here
on this lovely little island
in the park
we can sell the car
we'll sleep under the stars
& we will never be far from
where we are ourselves
we are ourselves
& there is no one else
who knows me like you know me now
we drove home from toronto
& we sang along
to all of our favourite songs
& you held my hand
& you did a little dance
& i can't stand
how fucking cute you are
la da da de da dada
& toronto is never too far...
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you're gliding underneath
the city that never sleeps
& as you come up
from the dark
right back into the dark
you say your inspiration
has gone away dreaming
while you lay wide awake
waiting to believe again
& all that i can do is say
i know you'll be okay
you're stronger than you know
& i know you'll figure out a way
to make the best of this
& these are all
platitudes but they're true
& i wish i wasn't so helpless
& so far away from you
but i know
that we'll be home soon
& i know, i've always known
that my home is you
& i love to think of you
striding with that sexy confidence
through union square
wearing your favourite
pink laced underwear
under your favourite dress
& your hair
is a perfect mess but for
your sparkling purple clip
goddamn you're glowing
don't you know it
now i imagine
your fingers
finding my palm
& we're taking a nap
i always sleep easier
with you next to me
you can push me away
it's okay
but please
don't forget to
bring me back
cause i understand &
i will always come back
& i know
that we'll be home soon
& i know, i've always known
that my home is you
a secret letter
that you left for
me to find in my
middle drawer with
purple words
from your purple heart
dated nine days ago
but it's never
old news to me
cause i swear i wear
my heart on my sleeve
for you & everyone to see
so close your eyes
in brooklyn tonight
cause i'm walking proud
with you next to me
you're always
with me wherever i go
& i know
that we'll be home soon
& i know, i've always known
that my home is you
& these aren't just words,
these are promises
& i love that look in your eyes
when they're inside mine
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10. |
slow down
05:52
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underneath your crossed out words,
& underneath your breath
live all the things you wish you would have said
all the things you wish you could have said
& i thought that i said all i should
but i thought i should tell you
that i was wrong
she calls me up
to call it off
but we talk enough
to recall our love
& though we remain, we know
it's not the same
& we're just delaying
the pain of saying
that the changes that
we have made
as people apart
have pulled us apart
& now we're too far
from where we are
supposed to be,
but i hope that we can
slow down,
& remember it's you & me
she can't see the stars
& so she counts the cars
driving away, driving away
& she underscores the circumstance
witha revolution, a simple dance
as all the noise from the city streets
combines harmony with cacophony
she knows that there's just no a way
for us to fix what this distance ripped
slow down
& remember it's you & me
she can't see the stars & so
she counts the cars
driving away, driving away
& she underscores the circumstance
with a revolution, a simple dance
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11. |
everything
04:13
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i wake up, & make up my mind,
to be the one that you wanted to find
i wake up, & make up my mind
to the the one that you needed to find
cuz you take in the time
that i let pass me by
& you hold me tight
to quiet my mind
so here is my deepest truth
the root of the sweetest proof
we're for each other
like the sun & the summer:
i would do anything, including everything,
to help you be sure of
yourself & your gorgeous soul
& when i sing you a song
i wrote for you you sing along
& you sing it so perfectly wrong
& i know that you know the words
but this is a brand new verse
one that i'm sure that you haven't rehearsed
& you're singing behind the beat
in perfect harmony
how do you know how
to get to this part of me
i was on my way
then you met me halfway
now here we are walking
into a new day
where everything
is just like we sing
& i would do anything, including everything,
to help you be sure of
yourself & your gorgeous soul
but sometimes you say some things
that hurt me so deeply &
sometimes i say some things
that i wish i never had
& then we are fighting,
then we are lying,
then we are dying,
& then we aren't finding
everything
we wanted to sing for
everything we thought
we were meant for
& i would do anything, including everything,
to somehow get back to
the way that we were before
before before is gone...
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12. |
intense & subdued colors
07:34
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you look away, you look that way
& then you look this way
& i forget just what i meant
to come over here to say
i forget everything
except for you
now backs at yours, we're on the floor
with a scene from 'much ado...'
memorizing lines as i am mesmerized by you
& all the plans that i ever had
they fall away as i fall for you
& i don't know where to go now, but i don't care
as you say we'll figure that out
together in the morning,
this is surely our fate forming
& i could have sworn i saw snowstorms coming
but your kiss brings in the sweetest heat
& february has never been so
warm here in the northeast
through march & april,
our hearts are insatiable
in may & june our love is in bloom
& by july, we're singing 'summer nights'
while august just offers the line
about the cold & how it ends
but this isn't a movie, she says
a tired day & a thunderstorm night
& somehow this southern drive
is flying by
while in our minds
we rehearse our goodbyes
before we even arrive
& then i say, can't we delay,
& spend just one more night?
cuz i don't know how to let you go now
& you say i know but we'll figure that out
together in the backseat
gimme one more taste of your sweet heat
& i could have sworn we were
frozen in this moment
but then reality speaks
& the mystery of letting go of
who you love deepens
& so we take
the exit to
the house of your youth
& in your bed, i am in my head
in a little motel, hiding from the end
although we knew
that this day would come
we didn't plan on this kind of love
like gravity, you fell into me
& now i can't see how we can leave
all we could be behind
but time decides & overrides
& softly the sun is rising in the east
& you hold me tight as if i could leave
but more than the light
is dawning on me
& i know that you need me to be
strong enough
to be the one
to say goodbye, & so i'll try...
my heart is made of gold, you say
but gold is just a stone, i say
& it sinks, yeah it sinks
i thought i was strong enough,
but i’m always so wrong about stuff
now i’m full of reasons
to avoid filling the void
& i’m a little bit,
yeah i’m a little bit,
full of quit
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zach chase Syracuse, New York
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