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Leave You (Reprise)
01:29
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Easy to Kill
04:15
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Honey bee, sticky sweet
Make it all for you and I will take for me
Grass is green, whatever that means
Cut it with machines, to grow is but to be
Kill it easy
Kill it easy
Kill it easy
It's easy to kill
I had a dream, a simple thing
Waking up is hard, but so is everything
The tiger kills, the lion sleeps
The pig dies quietly and soon becomes the meat
But you will never ever know why dreams die
And you will never ever know why I cry
Kill it easy (one o'clock in the morning)
Kill it easy (coming in without warning)
Kill it easy
It's easy to kill
But you will never ever know why (like a dove in morning)
Dreams die
And you will never ever know why I cry
Know why (one o'clock in the morning)
Dreams die
And you will never ever know why I cry
Like a dove in morning
Like a wolf without warning
One o'clock in the morning
Coming in without warning
One o'clock in the morning
Coming in without warning
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Never gonna be your girl, friend
Girlfriend is a word
That I very seldom heard
So I split it into two
Cause I’m not that into you
Boyfriend is a guy
Who's mysterious and shy
But it's never gonna do
Cause I'm more of that than you
Never gonna be your girl, friend
I thought you were the one
Why can't love just be for fun?
Will you love me til the end?
But platonic as a friend
Sorry you won't do
I have complicated views
Want me to be your girl
But I want to be your man
Never gonna be your girl, friend
People gonna frown
When I turn it upside down
Am I confounding?
I think I'm gonna cry
I don't know the reason why
Misunderstanding
Misunderstanding me
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4. |
Don't Call
03:41
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I live alone, been alone for a long, long time
I don't wanna live alone no more
But I see you smile when you see me cry and
I don't know what you're thinking
You can't come upstairs cause I don't live alone no more
Because my thoughts are here and my fears don't hide no more
These are my things
Sitting all alone on the weekend
Thinking ‘bout the gifts I've been given, sh** I've been livin’
I'm inspired and I'm driven
Don't call, don't come
I'm fine here now
Don't call, don't come
I'm fine here now, been fine for years so now
My tears are drying and I've been finding some truth
To make it through
Spiderwebs like a spider, man
I screen my calls like my name was Gwen
Hey, kk ― don't wake me
Time to get it cause I'm giving a f***
Gotta get it now I'm giving you up
Hey, kk ― don't wake me
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5. |
Japanese Butterfly
03:05
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Come down
To the ground
From the cloud
Show him some love
And when they tell you it’s easy, it’s really hard
You flew in on a breeze with a silver cup
He learned Japanese just to say what’s up
But he never believed that you would come this far
Taking off is easy
You show him how to start
By letting go of secrets
In caterpillar hearts
Your chrysalis is changing
For better or for worse
Paint colors on your wings
Now you're dying in reverse
You tell him that it’s all right
To be the bigger man
But he is just a dumb boy
Without a coffee can
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My wake, ain’t been nothing but mistakes
Ain’t got nothing but heartache
Ain’t got nothing
But nothing from something is something that I want to be, babe
And I ain’t coming in there cause I think that I’ve been there
Bears repeating, repeating a pattern then patterning out once again
Babe, I want you to stay
We’re just having good times like we’re counting the days
Making love til we’re breaking up
Making love til we’re breaking up
Making love til the sun comes up
Making love til we’ve had enough
Making love til we’re breaking up
Hallways in the back of a dark place
Money walk on a cheap date
Ain’t got nothing
But money means nothing and nothing is cheaper than this
And I ain’t hanging out, I’m just filling with doubt
Making out, staying in, waiting to stop until it can begin again
Babe, I don’t understand it
There’s a card up your sleeve and I’m still empty-handed
Baby, baby, don’t you cry (no babe, don’t cry)
Lovers lost in a lilting lullaby
Come and give me your heart (give me your heart)
Keep your eyes open wide while I rip it apart
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Gas Station
03:27
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Anybody looking to ride? Anybody looking tonight?
You hear the girls on the street, they're going bang, bang, bang!
You put the gas in the tank, they're going boom, boom, boom!
I love you, but I got no money
Not looking for a discount honey
You hear the boys on the street, they're going bang, bang, bang!
You put the gas in the tank, they're going boom, boom, boom!
I love you, but I got no money
Not looking for a... uh-oh, let's go!
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8. |
When Tomorrow Comes
03:16
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Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
This thing is heavy
Just let it come down
The stars were heavenly
But now they're earthbound
Tomorrow's coming
I see in ultrasound
This thing is heavy
Just let it come down
Yesterday
There was nothing up in the air
The sky is full today
Yeah now there's something that wasn't there
When tomorrow comes
When tomorrow comes
When tomorrow comes
Let it come down on
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9. |
Ride the Wind
03:50
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Come ride the wind with me all night
Just take my hand, we'll be all right
Once we were young, but tonight we live long
And I won't ride the wind holding hands with a stranger again
Maybe love makes you cry
Maybe love makes you never die, never die
Maybe what you were looking for
Is what you were looking for
We're gonna live again
Until it begins again
Maybe love takes you low
Maybe love takes you where you just gotta go
Maybe the darkest place
Is that which you gotta face
The stars stretch across the sky
And to them we're gonna fly
My child, you know me well
I've been so sad and ill
Before I go to sleep
One promise you've got to keep
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10. |
Slide Back Down
03:36
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Easy come, easy go
Slide back down
Easy come, easy go
Slide back down
Can't believe that this dream's gone away
Can't believe that I'm in the same place
Try to wander to know where you're going
Try to know what you know without knowing
I believe in a God up above
I believe in a Mother's true love
Like a star in the sky you will shine
Burning out on a journey through time
Nothing up at the top of the mountain
And the fear of the fall never ends
Nothing left at the end of the summer
And the fear of the fall never ends
Nothing stays if you wanted to keep it
Nothing leaves if you want it to stay
Easy come in a world turning backward
Easy go, easy come, easy, easy!
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11. |
Conscious Wonder
04:14
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Are you conscious anymore?
It makes me wonder
Even the calm before the storm
Can't hide the thunder
Try to ride the wave
That takes you under
Are you conscious anymore?
I wonder, I wonder
My baby sold me to the cops, cops
They tried to put me in a box, box
But when a teardrop wants to drop, it drops
I know that anything that dies, dies
A little baby that cries, cries
But there's a magic living in your eyes
Afraid of anything that comes near
Praying that anything will come in clear
Watching you die is like my biggest fear
Hearing that melody that comes down
I can't believe it now you're underground
The grass is greener but my heart is brown
My baby says you don't die
My baby says it's all right
I'm chillin’ in the sunshine
Chillin’ in the sunshine
Chillin’ in the sunshine
Freezin’ in the sunshine
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12. |
Leave You
03:37
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I don't wanna leave you now
But I'm gonna leave you now
Before I go this I know was a one way trip
Which is more than I thought that it was
So when I leave just believe that it's all a trick
To put smiles where before there were none
There are moments that will make you cry
And there's a time and place for things to die
From what I've seen, not serene, but a blackened sky
So uncertain you gotta ask why
But when you ask just relax cause the answer is
That it's all just a blackened sky
There are moments that will make you laugh
So you can write this as my epitaph
My heart, my soul, my love, my home
My kids, my hands, my thoughts, my plans
My hopes, my dreams, my whispers, my screams
Shut up and be the light for me
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