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Locked In
01:54
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I gotta sit down. I’ve been hustling all day, more like all summer and I’m starved. Fourteen long hours I’ve been gone. Yeah I missed you too, everytime I come home, I’m falling in love with you again. I guess it’s never too late to start cooking. There ain’t nothing wrong with a single cigarette, why don’t you go back inside, dinner isn’t ready yet. I’m sorry that I’m tired, but all I ever fucking do is drive. What’s a long day mean to you? You never fucking moved.
“You’re never around. Nevermind your friends or self, I’m all that you'll ever need, because that’s the way it is for me. Logical next step, now we’re done with school so naturally I want a ring.” I guess it’s never too late to start looking to be locked in long for the worst time, just a little lesson Toby learned the first time. I’m sorry that you’re tired, me too. I’m losing my mind, I’m burnt out from everything I do. What does six years mean to you? I’m only 22.
Lie, I’m a lie.
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Randy Wheeler
04:14
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Randy’s got an opinion and I think that I disagree, and I’m chalking it up to a different style of humor that’s lost on me. “You seem kind of familiar, because you think and you talk like me. And impossible though this attempt may be I’m always trying.”
Tell me, do you feel the pressure to perform? Complaining “you took all my time.” Don’t tell me “it ain’t worth even trying,” or so I’ll help myself while you’re “that’s cool, whatever.” I’ve been watching people around me who work until they die, and I can’t help but damn the time they tried to buy. My friend says “can you give me a reason?” I know I had one once, but now I can’t remember.
Decide what matters, pursuit of more? Look at me when I ask you if you’re sure. So get planning, every single day prioritize and sacrifice. You can’t do it all or you’re missing the chance I’m giving you now, so take it.
I’m drowning at the bottom of the ocean. I can’t breathe, I can’t stand, I can’t see. Cold water’s indifferent to me. I feel him smile, says he’ll put our plan in motion. “You look like you’ve lost your way so take my hand and…”
Randy doesn’t look at you like people, he’s got money on the mind, he’s got dollars in his eyes. Throwing around ideas that should be lethal, he don’t want a compromise, so ignore him and it's fine. It don’t matter, we’ll be fine.
Decide what matters, pursuit of more? Look at me when I ask you if you’re sure. So get planning, every single day prioritize and sacrifice. You can’t do it all or you’re missing the chance I’m giving you now, so take it.
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Goodness to Honest
02:50
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Who’s gonna feed my dog when I succumb? Because the end of the world is upon us and I for one have not prepared enough. Who’s gonna sleep beside me when it’s late? And I’m sorry for asking again but I have difficulty hearing what you’re saying when you stutter, and I’m no better. We’ll just solve each little crisis here together.
I took a little time off to look at what I’ve done and have and want and I came to realize that I am here alive goodness-to-honest, so I promise I will stay right here and I won’t waste my time concerned with things like Meyers and Briggs and how to respond to each situation.
I guess I’ll never know whether for worse or better, we’ll just solve each little crisis here together.
I took a little time off to look at what I’ve done and have and want and I came to realize that I am here alive goodness-to-honest, so I promise I will stay right here and I won’t waste my time concerned with things like Meyers and Briggs and how to respond to each situation.
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Notably, Nothing
02:54
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If I could just feel anything, I would stop sleeping away my weekends
Because we don’t talk nearly as often
I’m finding myself way more soft spoken
Than I would like to be
I can not finish anything
And I can’t stop thinking
About your bad habits
Because now they’re somehow mine
I find it funny
You’re alone and so am I
I wish it were healthy
To call you when I feel down
But, we shouldn’t talk every night
I get it
Yes I do
But I have so much of nothing to say to you
I talk with Colin by the fire
Feels like we’re both 16 again
We share the same dream
Now, we’re 21 and it’s still not dead
I know life’s only getting better
With my best friends, and the road, and the jokes, and the tour, and the music
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Remorse
03:04
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I’m sorry, no I’m not sorry
But I wish that I knew what I know now
Everyone that I love, they keep saying
“You gotta figure it out”
Can you show me how?
I’m trying yeah I’ve been trying
So many more times than I can count
When I tell you “I love you” I mean it
But I barely know how to get it out
I’m thinking yeah I’ve been thinking
“Just when does it start to go away?”
I’m praying, yeah I’ve been praying
I don’t think I can handle one more day
I’ll keep quiet, yeah I’ll keep quiet
Because I don’t think that I know just what to say
When you tell me you love me I feel it
I see I’ve been wrong in every way
I want to hear what you’re saying
And I won’t hold it over your(‘re)
Head-ing out again
And I won’t blame you for that
I’m proud
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Still Care
02:51
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I drive past your house
Just to see what car you drive now
We haven’t seen each other in as long as I remember
It’s the only one with the lights on
On the whole damn street
I’m not sure why but it bothers me
Why do I still care?
I’ve been working on myself, I’ve been working on myself
When will I grow?
Yeah, I know I’m getting there, yeah, I know I’m getting there
We take one day off our lives
With every single one we smoke
For some reason I don’t care right now
And I’m trying to make it better
I’m trying to do it right
But for some reason, you don’t care right now
Why do I still care?
I’ve been working on myself, I’ve been working on myself
When will I grow?
Yeah, I know I’m getting there, yeah, I know I’m getting there
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Kickin' Rocks!
02:16
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I've been alone for too long, I've been alone for too long
I've been alone for too long, and then I met you, yeah
We can't get any simpler, it's easier when you're around at night
And I need some talking to
I can always count on you to let me know that everything's alright
I'm just a year behind you
Oh!
Now it's graduation, and I've still got another year without you
I can't handle you six hours north in the Adirondacks
You said I'll visit you, yes I'll call you every morning
It's been days and I'm starting to worry, are you alright?
I'm not alright
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Haunt Me
03:12
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Tell me why you have the right to haunt me
Every day and every night you’re with me
But I know someday, I’ll forget her
I know someday, I’ll feel better
But for now, I’ll remember
That I’m not broken
I don’t think that I’ll ever get tired
Of watching you grow up
You make our parents proud
But I know that’d be lying
If I said it didn’t hurt
I’m watching us grow apart and you not need me
Wishing we were young, holding hands in the street
Reading books, and watching TV
I’m alright
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9. |
Restraint // Apathy
01:11
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Show restraint, not apathy, until you cannot any longer.
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Couldn't Be
04:04
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I do not want any of this right now, so I’m looking ahead, and I’m pushing through, and I wonder if you’ll agree it’s overdue. Time enough will pass for this all to heal, but time’s thinking instead, I’ll keep seeing you. Every distant silhouette transforms in front of me.
Moved all your things out of our old place. Drove down in silence to move them in for you. You invited me in, I guess I’ll never see him again. Sat down beside me, then said:
“Why’re you feeling so distant? Look me in the eyes, don’t hide your face in front of me. I know one day you’ll find her, I hope she’ll be for you everything I couldn’t be.”
You’d made a list of questions that you had. Seeking some closure, an exit interview. Left your arms and closed the door, to the car and turned the key. I can make me something more, but I needed more from me. Couldn’t do this anymore, because I needed more from me.
“Why’re you feeling so distant? Look me in the eyes, don’t hide your face in front of me. I know one day you’ll find her, I hope she’ll be for you everything I couldn’t be.”
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I won’t waste
The little time I have
And I wonder how we got here
It’s really not so bad
Because leaving is sad
But staying can be sadder
When you wake up and you don’t
Go for what you’re after
Because I wanna know
What makes you feel like living
It’s about time that you got something
When you’re so used to giving
And I remember what you said clear as can be
“Nothing feels real unless it’s right in front of me”
I went to school out there
But they don’t teach you that
When you let your life slip by
You can’t get it back
Because I’ve spent weeks
I’ve spent months
Years in my bed
If only I had a pill to get these voices
Out of my head
I know I’m worth it
I know I am
I’m getting good at that
When I look you in the eyes
And see everything I lack
It takes some time
It takes some love
To go out on your own
When I walk right through that door
I see
We'll make this house a home
It really hurts to see
Everyone getting older around me
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Elephant Jake New York
Colin Harrison- Guitar/Vox
Sal Fratto-
Guitar/Vox
Kyle Mabee- Bass
Andrew Demarest- Drums
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