1. |
In The Dark
04:26
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I tripped the curb
And I shattered the wine
Made a break for a train
That never arrived
But you understood
When I called to say why
We usually fight
But not tonight
Hungry eyes can miss the mark
But hands can find the softest part
When we're out here in the dark
He sleeps on the stairs
She gives up on her ride
The turnstiles are locked
Like four loving eyes
The windows are black
And the stars are bright
The city is sleeping
But we're alive
We look around
We make the best
Of what we've found
Forget the rest
We touch each other and make believe
That we're not so far apart
When we're out here in the dark
We double down
We make the best
Of what we've found
Forget the rest
Hungry eyes can miss the mark
But hands can find the softest part
When we're out here in the dark
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2. |
Minuet
03:59
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What the fuck?!
You got blood all over the bed
That's alright
I don't even mind, you're so fine
What did the trick:
We did all the drugs and you gave me a kiss
And you threw a fit
I don't even care as long as you're there
Kickin' it and having fun
Making out in the summer sun
I don't got it that bad
But if you got a plan
I could run with you boy
On the lips, on the mouth
North or south
Wherever you wanna go
That's all I need to know
You were so cool
I learned the minuet just to impress you
And most of the time I feel like a fool
I feel like a freak
But never with you
So whatchu want?
I could stay or I could get gone
And the older I get
The less I'll regret
Growing a part
Cuz you blew up my heart
Smokin' up and having fun
Hiding out from the winter sun
Say the word if you wanna run
And I'll run with you boy
On the lips, on the mouth
North or south
When you're ready to go
That's all I need to know
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3. |
Back
03:15
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I feel lonelier sometimes
When there's someone in my bed
Makes my fingers fall like lead
Makes my lips to compromise
Don't even whisper
My nerves are made of paper
Starve myself of space
There's no time to wait
Night is falling and I just wanna love somebody back
The thoughtful messages you send
Left on read is all you get
And I've been racking up the debts
While the flowers that you gave me start to bend
I never mean to leave you raw
And I don't wanna treat you bad
But all the lovin' that I had
Must have melted with the thaw
Don't look for something
All I can give is nothing
I can't guard your heart
Better not to start
Night is falling and I just wanna
Deal the cards again
Show me where it went
Night is falling and I just wanna love somebody back
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4. |
Honey
06:08
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You are the fruit and you are the flower
Seconds are precious, babe, but
I could spend hours
Lookin' at you
I am the bear and you are the honey
How rich, so dripping sweet
I could eat pounds of you
And never be through
Tap my veins and fill the drum
This is what I have become:
A hungry love
Burn my overcoat and move to the coast
Forget my friends, my family
This is the thing I want the most
See me doin' the most
Glow my skin and fatten my belly
Give up my selfish ways
Sell everything I ever had
If it'll make it last
Tap my veins and fill the drum
This is what I have become:
A hungry love
You are the sun and I am the leaves
I am the sea and you are the breeze
You give me everything I need
You are the anchor
Don't you ever set me free
Tap my veins and fill the drum
This is what I have become
Snares can never be undone
Feed the fever and succumb
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5. |
Love You
03:38
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Why'd I wait so long?
Why'd I wait so long to love you?
Took no time at all
Took no time at all to love you
I can give it up if I have to
I can give it up but don't want to
I can give it up if I have to
I can give it up
I can't just give it up now
I waited so long
I lived in the songs and I loved you
And I knew all along
So how could I be wrong to love you?
I can give it up if I have to
I'll give it up but don't want to
I'll give it up
I can't just give it up now
I can wait a long time
I can wait a long time to love you
So why wait a long time?
Why wait a long time when I already love you?
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6. |
Tender Get
04:59
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I know it ain't much
But I like when we touch
And I love the barriers
When we're coming outside
Boy, you know how to hide
When I call
Just see how we could spare each other
Come through
Am I taking up space?
Am I hit in the face?
Do I say too much?
And the timing's no good
But I think that we could
Someday
So just say what you want to my face
I'm not scared to show up
I know what it's not
But it's something we got
A tender get
And I pray and I cast
So I'll stop looking back
But I'm not done yet
And I know that I'm ripe for disappointment
Still, I want you
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7. |
Bear In Your House
03:37
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This time I'll give it to you straight
I'm taking all the blame
This time I'll take it on the nose
To give it to you straight
I wanna give you what you want
But how can I do it if you never wanna talk?
I wanna give you what you need
But it's not me
You used to hold me in your heart
Now you've dropped me to the floor
I guess there's only moving on
From what there was before
I had your lazy love
It didn't do the test
Please don't be sad about it now
But never call me again
It's a bear in your house
It's a knife in the eye
It's the beat of your heart
Once before you die
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8. |
War
04:49
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You send me to god
When you turn me away
What can I do?
What can I say?
My busted heart
Is on my sleeve
I need you to come home
So I can tell you to leave
So goodbye darlin'
I won't be waiting at the door
You got me longing for
The song you sang before
This means war
You're giving me nothing
But hunger and shame
Yeah, I know how it is and I should disappear
But I'm still in the game
And you push me away
And I feel like a fool
Knowing I'll never change you,
Honey, and neither will you
So next time baby
You'll be the one who winds up sore
I'll drive the knife and twist the blade
And then you'll know the one you've scorned
This means war
But my heart is in tethers
Whenever we meet
How can you ever break me
When you make me complete?
Just look in my eyes, love
Put your hand to my face
The breath you steal with every kiss
Has a sinful kind of grace, so
So long darlin'
I wont be holding for your call
I need a man who understands the need
To settle the score
This means war
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9. |
Bad Magic
04:16
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I can't bring you to my bed
You scrape the "whys" right outta my head
And when I hear your voice on the wind
You come crawling for my skin
And I'm inviting you in every time
I can't beat you so I need you to
Tear me in two with your
Bad magic
It's so good
Put me down
I wish you would
Come on put your little hand in mine
We're not fucking around this time
See that black moon prowling for ya
She's got me howling for ya
And I've got no right to bend the tide
Don't let go, the undertow will
Tear you in two with that
Bad magic
It's so good
Shred me up
I wish you would
When you look me in the eye so tough
I turn to water and you drink me up
And you come inside and you die with your eyes wide
You come inside and you die
I'll keep playing if you say you'll
Tear me in two with your bad magic
It's so good
Take it all
I wish you would
I wish you would
Cuz I want it all
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10. |
Like That
03:33
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With my feet in the clouds and my head in the sand
I fell in love with a fantasy man
With all of the bite that a blue heart has
And I know I don't want anyone at all
To haunt my telephone again
I didn't mean to love him like that
Goin' hard but I don't go rough
Loving myself is more than enough
Drowning my eyes in a gallon of lust
And maybe I could take my own advice
And bed myself tonight
I didn't mean to love him like that
And maybe there was nothing there at all
But I was fool enough to fall
I didn't mean to love him like that
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11. |
Riverland
05:17
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I'd like to sit on the banks
And think about life in Riverland
I know a lookout
But I shouldn't go alone
So I'm driving suicides
Along the shoreline today in Riverland
Safe from the bloodsucking bugs
Down there waiting for me
I could live my life
Safe and sound inside
Feeling like a bruise
Sucked up with the tide
Never fear that I'm
Missing all the fun
I'd rather run
Mostly I try not to dwell
On what went down in Riverland
Facing the day can feel like
Wanting the night to fall
I thought that I might tell everyone
What happened in Riverland
But maybe I got it wrong
So how can I
Hold him to the fire
Tethered to confusion
And dressing down my own mind
Wondering if I
Brought it all to life?
I'd rather die
Still, I think I know
How he got inside in Riverland
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12. |
Old News
04:13
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Old news, you're in trouble again
We're not going there anymore
Don't you know you flamed a friend?
Burned the accord in the war?
Loving you used to be fun
Then we were mother and sun
It's alright
Things that I'll never forgive
Making my heart like a sieve
But it's alright
Bloodied, dead in the grass
Shaking the rust of the past
I'll see you never
The last time I invited you in
You thought it would be like before
But there's no name for what you are
The scab where I severed the thorn
Glow of the life you could find
Haunting the hills of your mind
It's alright
Terror of being alone
Boiling the mean in your bones
It's alright
Feathers renouncing the fur
Now I can breathe like you were
Never here at all
Old news, I see you running
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