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'm hanging on, hanging on like you tell me that I should
The only problem with this is that I'm counting down the days 'til when I'm not
Hanging on, hanging on because there is no need for that
I'm laughing with Andrew, and Colin, and Kyle
We can enjoy this tour for a little while
Or maybe we won't
I know that you're only looking out for me
I can't blame you anymore than you can blame me
I'm missing out, aren't I
On every word that you will speak, in every conversation
With the people that I won't meet
I think, I think, I think, I think that I am getting better
Well, who's to blame, because I sure as hell couldn't do this on my own
Is it, is it, is it, is it you that I should thank
Well, alright, I get it, that's too much pressure to put on you
I think it's the weather
I think that I’m lying
I know that you're only looking out for me
I can't blame you anymore than you can blame me
I'm missing out, aren't I
On every word that you will speak, in every conversation
With the people that I won't meet
you after you graduate, and we'll drive we'll far, then I won't bother you
I know that you're only looking out for me
I can't blame you anymore than you can blame me
I'm missing out, aren't I
On every word that you will speak, in every conversation
With the people that I won't meet
I can't come to terms with that
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I wanna run away from all these memories
I gotta get away from everything that is chasing me
Because I never seem to face the things that are probably the reason why
I spend my time alone
I'm not imagining that we're separating
It's not a mystery, the secrets that you thought you'd keep
But you really knew that you weren't into me
But I was into you, I'm still into you
So tell me something I don't know, I'm getting tired of this shit
I pray to God every night, but sometimes I forget
I'm losing faith in you and I'm losing faith in us
These years gone by have brought out familiar feelings of mine and I hope
You'll acknowledge my progress, but it's not good enough for me
I know it's sad, I don't know when, I hope I'll grow up eventually
I guess it's better off this way, you probably won't miss me
It's not like everything was meant to be something
More than me, guess I'll never see self pity's not the way
That's for another day, I'm not doing this today
So tell me something I don't know, I'm getting tired of this shit
I pray to God every night, but sometimes I forget
I'm losing faith in you and I'm losing faith in us
These years gone by have brought out familiar feelings of mine and I hope
You'll acknowledge my progress, but it's not good enough for me
I know it's sad, I don't know when, I hope I'll grow up eventually
I tried
I tried to make you mine, but it didn't work
Now I'm trying to draw the line
You make it hard
We were sitting by the campfire, looking at the stars
You asked me what was wrong
I wanna hold you in my arms
I'm losing faith in you and I'm losing faith in us
These years gone by have brought out familiar feelings of mine and I hope
You'll acknowledge my progress, but it's not good enough for me
I know it's sad, I don't know when, I hope I'll grow up eventually
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Kelly Greenwood (2017)
02:47
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I’ll feel so much better
When you look up from the floor
Why can’t you see that
I’ll feel so much better
Maybe you’ll talk to your dad
And we can recollect from high school
How does it feel?
How does it feel now?
I’ll feel so much better
If I just talk to Nick
But I don’t think so, I don’t think so
I’ll feel so much better
Maybe you’ll talk to yourself
And we can recollect from high school
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be alone, and it’s raining
I thought maybe I could hold you
You said ‘Baby, it’s like old times”
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Freshman 15 (2017)
03:14
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You've brought every conversation I've tried to start to an end with thoughtless filler responses like "yeah me too" and "that's cool." Forgive me for giving up and looking down at my feet. I've never noticed how much noise there is in silence. Like your short but forceful breathing and sighing from time to time I am reminded to mind my eyes when they meet yours in the mirror and I am greeted with a look that's trying very hard to kill me and so you turn on the music to drown it all out.
You've had every opportunity to end this night with a smile but you're clinging to anger even though you know that I'm the first to admit that I'm flawed and that my patience is finite but I feel justified in biting my tongue. And then I'm suddenly taken back to when I was a kid and we were never giving up and you can do anything you put your mind to. Apply my fathers advice to my younger self so I'll avoid confrontation and ride this one out.
Maybe I'm alone in this thinking. Stutter and I'm under a lot of pressure in case you forgot. Maybe I have been overthinking this.
I don't believe in much, but I believe in conversation (shit talk, and I'm holding them to the things they say as I'm walking away). Nobody asks for a lot but still they got their expectations
(Somehow I imagined this differently, spending another night at home).
But at least I'm here with you, that's something worth holding on to. Fuck them we’ll go home and stay in bed watching movies and it’s cool, I'll tell you I love you. Pretty girl, tonight it's you and me.
You’ve brought every conversation I’ve tried to start to an end with thoughtless filler responses like “yeah me too” and “that’s cool.” Forgive me for giving up and looking down at my feet. I never noticed how much noise there is in silence.
I don't believe in much, but I believe in conversation (shit talk, and I'm holding them to the things they say as I'm walking away). Nobody asks for a lot but still they got their expectations
(Somehow I imagined this differently, spending another night at home).
But at least I'm here with you, that's something worth holding on to. Fuck them we’ll go home and stay in bed watching movies and it’s cool, I'll tell you I love you. Pretty girl, tonight it's you and me.
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Sebastian Bauer (2016)
04:11
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I don’t wanna talk, talk, talk any more than we have to because what you have to say is gonna kill me. I just wanna hold my breath, listening to records. And I can see them spinning, my head is spinning. I am losing control.
I’m scared that I’m not good enough for you. And I can’t get out of my head. I know, baby, that none of that is true, I’m all right. Ask Sebastian.
I don’t wanna walk, walk, walk right out of your life because I’m afraid of being alone. I just wanna hold your hand, drifting farther and farther away. And I’m losing touch, reality goes, I am losing control.
I’m scared that I’m not good enough for you. And I can’t get out of my head. I know, baby, that none of that is true, I’m all right. Ask Sebastian.
How does it sound sung when you tell me I’m alright? Do you have a nice melody and do your words rhyme?
You’re telling me that you’ll never forget me but I never wanna be someone that you have to remember.
I’m scared that I’m not good enough for you. And I can’t get out of my head. I know, baby, that none of that is true, I’m all right. Ask Sebastian.
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Butterfingers (2017)
03:19
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I'll try, I'll try to make improvements to areas that you say I'm lacking in. And I try, I try to see what you see but I'm missing it. Good for me, there's no fixing this, is there. Well I hope, I sure hope that I am wrong because I would love to avoid any confrontation on the subject and I don't feel alone in that sentiment.
I try, I try to choose my words and articulate in way that don't only comfort me. And I try, I try to understand individuals and their actions and their thoughts and I won't draw any conclusions prematurely or punctually reading your reactions to every move I make. And I'm clinging to these wishful thoughts.
And I'm holding on with my fingertips but my callouses don't grip like they used to. And not for lack of effort or attempt, but a lack in technique.
Technique, technique. There's no coming up and over remembering she's older and true. The things that you tell me to do. I been leading you on, and I never meant to.
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I’m coming here to make you happy while trying to do the same for myself. You’ve got a fire inside you, the phrase applies in more than one way. The passion you feel I envy. I feel uncomfortable in this situation. No I’m fine, it’s alright, everything’s okay. I don’t wanna talk about this with you right now. Wish I was at home sitting up in my bedroom all alone, because we both know I’d rather play the recluse and you’re the reason everyone here’s got a smile on their face. But what about you, don’t listen to the voices in your head that’re telling you “Stop.”
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I am trying
And you are not
I, I loved you
And you forgot
I can’t hold on
Like you can hold on
To nothing
And I won’t last long
‘Cuz I can’t stand to see myself
Alone
I don’t know if you should listen to me
‘Cuz I don’t think that I have been thinking clearly
I don’t want to wait around anymore
But what do I know?
I don't want to start all over
With someone else
Because I can’t love her
Taste her breath
And hold her in
I just can’t do that
Like I want to
With you
God, it’s not so easy
God, they say it’s wrong
God, and they have no idea
And he won’t know about me
And I won’t know about him
Why don’t we end this conversation?
It’s in my head
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