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I don’t remember how to do this, Sitting at a table with our friends And when the sky turns black and bluish i pretend we’re the only people here. I don’t belong anywhere without you on my arm. I try to fight but it’s been such a long night, I’m spinning out. I don’t know how ill make it thru this I can hold my breath for one more year And when my eyes go black and bluish I’ll pretend we’re the only people here. I don’t belong anywhere without you on my arm. I try to fight but it’s been such a long night, I’m spinning out. You saved me from a life lived under rubble Of everything that I’ve ever done wrong I don’t belong anywhere without you on my arm. I try to fight but it’s been such a long night, I’m spinning out. It’s been such a long night.
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All We Ever
03:13
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I wanna own the things I rent, I wanna love my government, I want the money back I spent on the weekends I forget. I wanna fall asleep reading a book, I wanna be cool with the way I look, I wanna die before you die, I wanna love being alive. All we ever dreamed for was another yesterday, To just survive, that’s no reward. What I’d give to get away. I wanna get drunk with my friends And believe in God again, I want my life to mean something But my head can’t handle it. I wanna make my mother proud of me, I wanna call her back more frequently I wanna hold on to this time, Keep the ones I love alive. All we ever dreamed for was another yesterday, To just survive, that’s no reward. What I’d give to get away. The list goes on and on even when the day is done, As if no one ever told you “Don’t know what you got til it’s gone”. All we ever dreamed for was another yesterday, To just survive, that’s no reward. What I’d give to get away.
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Get Over U
02:58
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My idea for a movie: Everything turns out great for me. There’s no discomfort or conflict, And every door swings wide open for me. Because the reasons are fleeting. Did you abandon me? Did I pull away? I just can’t figure it out, so please don’t make me choose. What if I never get over you? Why am I falling to pieces? What if you’re always creeping in the back of my head? This type of praying is useless, But I’m too terrified to say it to you. So let’s just pick a new topic but please don’t make me choose. What if I never get over you? Why am I falling to pieces? What if you’re always creeping in the back of my head? And every little possible inconvenience? It makes me wanna cry! The engagement rings, now you’re having babies!?! And that’s great for you guys. What if I never get over you? Why am I falling to pieces? What if you’re always creeping in the back of my head?
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Only U
04:01
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Dreaming out the window with your headphones on, Tryna find a feeling but the file’s gone, Keep pushing up the precipice to Babylon And clear your history. Cuz the coulda shoulda woulda is the beating heart Of the hazy daze you get in when the sky gets dark When the clouds go gray and the good times roll away. It’s you who I remember on my last day alive. When life flashes before my eyes I hope the clips are all of you and I Cuz only you can get me through this life. Dragging my dumb ass all over Eagle Rock I’ve lived here for awhile but I still get lost You said you saw me walking like an astronaut, Fighting with gravity. My brain is better off in someone else’s head Cuz I get so dramatic when I feel like shit When the clouds go gray, let the good times roll away. It’s you who I remember on my last day alive. When life flashes before my eyes I hope the clips are all of you and I Cuz only you can get me through. Zooming out too far again, throw Atlas off his axis Cuz the universe is way too big! Let’s shrink it down a little bit! The earth is doing pirouettes while I’m just feeling sorry for myself. It’s you who I remember on my last day alive. When life flashes before my eyes I hope the clips are all of you and I Cuz only you can get me through Cuz only you can get me through this life. When the clouds go gray let the good times roll away.
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Doom Singer
03:19
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I turn on the charm sometimes, even when I wanna die, it’s true. (A smile to hide behind to get me through.) Another sunny day practicing my happy face in my room. (Cuz it’s joy I feel, it’s joy I swear, it’s not doom!) I love to hear the people talking about all the shit that they know nothing about And writing all their little words, as if those words have any worth when the sun comes down And burns us all alive. And during the wedding bells, our friends and family stand and turn to welcome you, (It was then I realized you would die too) Oh what a dark thought to have, but it didn’t make me sad, It was then I realized how much I love (you) I love to hear the people talking about all the shit that they know nothing about And writing all their little words, as if those words have any worth when the sun comes down And burns us all alive. It’s all for nothing and it’s nothing new, so kiss your friends in the afternoon, You’ll be having a blast when the screen cuts to black. I love to hear myself just ramble about all the shit that I know nothing about And writing down my little words as if my words have any worth When the sun comes down When the waters rise When the asteroids hit the city center And the food runs out and leaves us helpless And the killer bees And the World War 3’s, WMD’s, Every day a new disease!
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Screensaver
02:44
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Staring at my new screensaver, Wonder if I’ll ever come down. Wouldn’t it be nice to be loved by you Oh please don’t make me wait too long. If I never try I’ll never be rejected, Oh yeah! If I never try I’ll never be rejected, Alright! Stuck in someone else’s time loop, I wonder if I’ll ever get home. Does anybody feel like I do? Oh please don’t make me do this alone. If I never try I’ll never be rejected, Oh yeah! If I never try I’ll never be rejected, Alright! I can still hear the grind of your dreams crushed under mine, All the wants and the needs all get lost in between the glow of your light. If I never try I’ll never be rejected, Oh yeah! If I never try I’ll never be rejected, Alright! I can still hear the grind of your dreams crushed under mine, All the wants and the needs all get lost in between the glow of your light.
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I’ve been doing the bare minimum yet somehow it’s still not enough. What made you fall in love with me in the first place? Am I different now? Love me through the end of time. Who knows how much longer we have? What made you fall in love with me in the first place? Am I different now? What made you fall in love with me in the first place? Is it over now? I can’t come with the overbearing symphony at my window all night. Same song I’ve sang for all my life, take a bow and drop the mic. What made you fall in love with me in the first place? Am I different now? What made you fall in love with me in the first place? Is it over now?
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My Beauty
02:20
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I don’t want a lot, just give me a little, Enough to keep my calm. Did I spend too many nights in the middle, Jealous of the storm? Give it a rest, my beauty keeps fading, The brightest light nobody can see! Give it a rest, it’s so suffocating. Run, run, runnin’ down, I’m running back to the dream. I don’t want a lot, just give me a million hundred thousand more. Sever the ties with all my familiars, I’m rotten to my core. C’mon! Give it a rest, my beauty keeps fading, The brightest light nobody can see! Give it a rest, it’s so suffocating. Run, run, runnin’ down, I’m running back to the dream. You never really seem that happy, I never try to change your mind, Run run runnin’ in and out of time. Give it a rest, my beauty keeps fading, The brightest light nobody can see! Give it a rest, it’s so suffocating. Run, run, runnin’ down, Give it a rest, my beauty keeps fading, The brightest light nobody can see! Give it a rest, it’s so suffocating. Run, run, runnin’ down, Run, run, runnin’ down, Run, run, runnin’ down, I’m running back to the dream.
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You are just a footnote in a long book that I know I’ll never read Was I lost from the moment that we met or did you get in my head once again? Change your heart, wait your turn. I need more time with you. I’ll fight through the low low to the highest point that I could ever reach. And when I’m gone you’ll be lonely at the top, you’ll be waiting for the drop to come. Change your heart, wait your turn.
I need more time with you. Change your heart, wait your turn. I need more time with you. The cosmic leash, the lava flow, my body bursting like a volcano. It’s rushing back, back to me. The time release, the afterglow, I wanna glitch out of the world I know. I love to reap! I hate to sow :( Change your heart, wait your turn. I need more time with you. Change your heart, wait your turn. I need more time with you. The cosmic leash, the lava flow, my body bursting like a volcano. It’s rushing back, back to me.
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Statue Song
04:34
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You carved me out of stone, for 30 years you worked alone. You wore your fingers to the bone You left you left your wife, you left your home. You spent the first year on my face, A gift to God in outer space. And at the end of every day you packed your tools in your briefcase But I had to stay. Oh what I wouldn’t give to be that small, To chase the rushing river to the water fall. And since the scaffolding came down the tourists come from every town. They take their pictures and move on through the gift shop and beyond. Oh what I wouldn’t give to be that small, to chase the rushing river to the waterfall. Oh what I wouldn’t give to be that small, When the earth begins to shake I sway along. You’ve been gone for years now, Did you find a new frontier out there? My features are eroding without someone devoted to me. They just marvel at me. Oh what I wouldn’t give to be that small, to chase the rushing river to the waterfall. Oh what I wouldn’t give to be that small, When the earth begins to shake I sway along.
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Chris Farren Los Angeles, California
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