1. |
Traffic on 880
02:48
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I'm always on about how I left my home back down south
Gotta keep my head up for the weekend, I’ll see you soon but I’m sick of leaving
This side of town’s losing sheen,
I’m starting to disbelieve that my home is where I’ve grown, but maybe this place is my stepping stone
To getting where I’m supposed to be
But I’m needing you right next to me
And thats all I know.
I feel at home.
With you my favorite tune sounds like heavy breathing
The road that leads to you — a southbound lane’s unending.
If every mile passed was all for naught
And the memories made, we always forgot
I’d do it all over and I wouldn’t change a thing.
This is right where I wanted to be.
They’re always on about how it’s way too fast and we might burn out
But if time is essence we’re doing fine, and at this rate now we’re making record time.
Well the wise man once had said to me that happiness is make believe
But I guess I’m not a pessimist 'cause I placed my bets on the best of this
And even if we don’t get that far I’m still satisfied with where we are
'cause we’re all I know.
I feel at home.
With you my favorite tune sounds like heavy breathing
The road that leads to you — a southbound lane’s unending.
If every mile passed was all for naught
And the memories made, we always forgot
I’d do it all over and I wouldn’t change a thing.
This is right where I wanted to be.
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2. |
Angst
03:32
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I'm always caught in all your thoughts with so much disdain
Couldn't help the way we cut things off, just thought we'd numb the pain
Another year to make it up for all of my mistakes
Another year for you to judge every move that I make
And it’s getting old, just like we are getting older now
If I had done as I was told, done as I was told
I might as well bury myself 6 feet under ground
Give what you take, reap what you sow
Forgive and forget, like they told you so.
Followed the guardrail on my way home, I lose myself as I lose all control
There’s a million different reasons for why I stay south
I'll tell you whats important so I don't run my mouth
I need this to break loose from the roots in my home town
But I needed this to shake the bones that make who I am now
'cause we’re getting old, we’re always getting older now.
If I had done as I was told, done as I was told
I might as well bury myself 6 feet under ground.
Give what you take, reap what you sow
Forgive and forget, like they told you so.
Followed the guardrail on my way home, I lose myself as I lose all control
Crash and burn, I never learn when to say no
It wasn’t clear, but the lesson here was to stay off the road.
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3. |
City Smoke
02:32
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Most days I find myself in a better place
Yet I cave every now and then from all the bends and breaks
But won’t you wait long enough for this to drag me out?
'cause if you stay, maybe you could see I’m doing better now
(Whoa oh oh)
The city loves its smoke tonight
(Whoa oh oh)
The diamonds in your bloodshot eyes
Looks to me as all the same
As you and I were yesterday
If lungs are sinks then watch my problems drain away
Half blinks, as my eyes are shutters in disguise
Reddening, like the sunsets on a west shoreline
Though I may lose myself in the constant high
Oh, I still make the same decisions every night
(Whoa oh oh)
The city loves its smoke tonight
(Whoa oh oh)
The diamonds in your bloodshot eyes
Looks to me as all the same
As you and I were yesterday
If lungs are sinks then watch my problems drain away
Start to speak but all my sentences are compromised
By desert tongues and tarnished lungs
Another weekend to get by
(Whoa oh oh)
The city loves its smoke tonight
(Whoa oh oh)
The diamonds in your bloodshot eyes
Looks to me as all the same
As you and I were yesterday
If lungs are sinks then watch my problems drain away
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4. |
Cindy's Song
03:33
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It takes a village to raise a child
I’ve seen the video proof, and man, it’s been a while
Since we’ve all been in one place at the same time
I always keep it on my mind
It takes love to grow a human
But it takes distance to grow up
Just wish I had more time up north but
I don’t think I’ll ever get enough (I won’t get enough)
No matter how far I go
This always make me feel at home
From palm trees to Nevada snow
I know I’m not alone, I know I’m not alone
It takes a family to battle cancer
It’s been a long year for us all, it’s been so long
And there’s no answers to living life
But we get along
When my crawl grew to stand you were right there with me
You showed me a world that some kids don’t see
And I’m grateful, but I miss you every day
How’s the tree in the yard?
Is it still dropping leaves?
It’s hard to grasp that all this time you were still thinking of me
I wish I could love you more
You’ve never given me less
You taught me how to love and find my sense of happiness
No matter how far I go
This always make me feel at home
From palm trees to Nevada snow
I know I’m not alone, I know I’m not alone
(No matter where I go
I’ll always have a home
With you and I know
I’m not alone, I know I’m not alone)
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5. |
Burning Bridges
02:57
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No heart, no brain
Fuck your attitude.
Apart from these games
I never fucked with you.
Be bold, stand out
Well I think you're overplayed now.
Tried to stay golden but you rust brown.
I'd like to think
That everything happens for a reason
And who's to say
What's justified and right?
But I know for one that you're still a piece of shit and even though all of our friends will see through it,
I hope you never get over this.
No heart, no brain
Fuck your attitude.
Apart from these games
I never fucked with you.
Be bold, stand out
Well I think you're overplayed now.
Tried to stay golden but you rust brown.
Grow up and grow out of all the shit you do
The world spins around, but it don’t spin for you
All your selfish intentions are never brought up in mentions and though unspoken I know just what you’re up to
Always scheming the next plot to find a way
Into a bed with a man that you'll leave the next day
Always itching for more, you’re always wishing for more
I wish you were half of the woman that you were before
No heart, no brain
Fuck your attitude.
Apart from these games
I never fucked with you.
Be bold, stand out
Well I think you're overplayed now.
Tried to stay golden but you rust brown.
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6. |
Smoke & Mirrors
02:37
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I should sew my mouth shut
So I could shut up
And we would never have to talk about how
I know I fucked up
When I took my god damn time trying to make things right, but now
The clocks left ticking in an empty room
There is no me and you
The clocks left ticking but I won't see you soon
‘cause there's no reason left to talk about it
Well, I fucked up
I'll say it again
I'm always burning at both ends
Yeah, I fucked up
I'll sing it again
It doesn’t change who I was then
When I gave it all and you took the fall
I misjudged my sense of seeing clearer
Somewhere in the mess I made I lost you in the smoke and mirrors
I blinked for a few months
And let my mouth run
But it never seemed to know where to go
So I swallowed my own tongue
And tried to make things right, when I should’ve let this go
Well, I fucked up
I'll say it again
I'm always burning at both ends
Yeah, I fucked up
I'll sing it again
It doesn’t change who I was then
When I gave it all and you took the fall
I misjudged my sense of seeing clearer
Somewhere in the mess I made I lost you in the smoke and mirrors
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Orbit
03:00
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Drunkards always lining up the streets
Spent a couple months lost in the sheets of a bed left unmade
You wonder how it ever got this far
A couple bad habits and you fall apart just like the rest of this state
So here's a little song for all your sorrows
I left out your name just in case
You find your way here
In my atmosphere
won’t you be the star that orbits my space?
You and I are one in the same
My head in the clouds, while yours faces the sink
Come spew out all your sufferings
We’ll sit for an hour, a chip in your smile
You’ll count all your curses as you start to compile
A list of reasons not to sing
Well, here's a little song for all your sorrows
I left out your name just in case
You find your way here
In my atmosphere
Won’t you be the star that orbits my space?
So here's a little song for all your sorrows
I left out your name just in case
You find your way here
In my atmosphere
won’t you be the star that orbits my space?
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All my friends are bums
But everybody is till they become someone
And college isn’t all that fun
Spent a hundred thousand bucks just to impress my mom (sorry mom!)
Maybe you’ve heard it all before
But ya don’t make friends like this anymore
'cause lately we’ll sit around bored
With our asses on the couch and brains on the floor
There’s not a thing that this can’t cure
I don't know much but this I’m sure
I’ll go wherever this goes
I’m always leaving wanting more
So pull me in just like before
But I know you won't
Heavy eyes and leather tongues
I think I’m falling in love
Golden minds, like setting suns
We will never be this young again, again, again
Again, again, again
We will never be this young again
I sit here but I never learn
My days are pages that will never turn
We just stand by and bide our time
I don’t wanna die working a 9 to 5
I don’t wanna die working a 9 to 5
There’s not a thing that this can’t cure
I don't know much but this I’m sure
I’ll go wherever this goes
I’m always leaving wanting more
So pull me in just like before
But I know you won't
Heavy eyes and leather tongues
I think I’m falling in love
Golden minds, like setting suns
We will never be this young again, again, again
Again, again, again
We will never be this young again
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9. |
Apple
03:08
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My head’s under water
My conscience, the ocean
All of these voices in my head
It's not like you love me
I know that you're angry
‘cause all of those awful things I said
About when we grow up
Would someone come save me?
My head is an anchor made of lead
And I'm constantly treading
To keep myself over
But the ocean floor takes me instead
I'm drifting away again
I know you're trying
Your best to be everything you wanted to be
But the push is a shove to your conscience
And all my senses overloaded
I think I need some sleep
Won't answer a phone call
Can't talk out my sorrows
I left all my messages unread
You be the apple
For all of my arrows
I'll shoot at my silhouette instead
And it's not that forgiving
That man in the ceiling
I’m always watching where I tread
Take heed to my pleasures
And pocket your treasures
The linen lines our coffin beds
I'm drifting away again
I know you're trying
Your best to be everything you wanted to be
But the push is a shove to your conscience
And all my senses overloaded
I think I need some sleep
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10. |
Your Concern
03:45
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Let me down
Let me down slowly
So that I won’t even notice at all
'til its done
'til its done the damage to my self esteem
I am my own worst enemy
Now won’t you call a cab for me I’m broke as shit;
I wish you left me out of this but even though
My father knows whats best for me I learn my lessons when I bleed
Don’t fight my fights or patronize me
Don’t fight my fights or patronize me
Cannonball out into nothing
I wanna free fall and never stop
Spiraling down this path that I’m bound
If I crash, won’t you let me burn?
I’m none of your concern
Let me drown
Let me drown slowly
In a puddle of my own thoughts
Even then
Even then I hope you won’t resuscitate, I love the things you love to hate
Now won’t you recall the million things in which we fought?
The million wars in which I lost
Won’t satisfy or dignify this,
I’m not a prize for you to shine with
I’m not a prize for you to shine with
Cannonball out into nothing
I wanna free fall and never stop
Spiraling down this path that I’m bound
If I crash, won’t you let me burn?
I’m none of your concern
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11. |
Sad AF
03:35
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Things, things really suck right now
There’s too much weight in your hands — there's no room to put it down.
Your mind, it's been dying to shout
But the words that you thought would come out stay shackled to your mouth.
Don’t take this to your liver, don’t take this to your sleep,
The world might fall for a moment but what's a day to week?
There's no wound time won't heal, just give your skin some air to breathe
The scars might last for a while, but they sure look great to me.
You watched the kites you built get stuck;
The trees that you once knew to love all gave you bad luck.
He played your favorite game of Jenga blocks
You set up a tower for him to constantly knock.
Don’t take this to your liver, don’t take this to your sleep,
The world might fall for a moment but what's a day to week?
There's no wound time won't heal, just give your skin some air to breathe
The scars might last for a while, but they sure look great to me.
And though you swear you know your way home
The corner of 55th looks unsettling at the end of the road.
Well does this southern air keep you warm? It never seems to storms here at all
Mom and dad think we’ve got it all made but we don't. No we don't.
Don’t take this to your liver, don’t take this to your sleep,
The world might fall for a moment but what's a day to week?
There's no wound time won't heal, just give your skin some air to breathe
The scars might last for a while, but they sure look great to me.
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I'm not a saint
Mama knows I sin
Couldn't walk on water
So I learned to swim
A swim to a crawl,
A crawl to a stand —
But if I stand for a cause then I won't reprimand
Well I like my skin
Colored and all
'cause life is art
If you're willing to draw
So pick up your pens
Your bristle and ink
Then paint your heart on your sleeve
So that it won't ever sink
You got a long way to go,
You're a long way from home
But if it feels right to leave
Then at least you should know
That your friends are your friends
Like your home is your home
You got more than one
That goes for both of those
And though I said it once
I'll say it again
As the days turn to months,
This year comes to an end.
It kept me on my toes
Like a garden rose
'cause anything that buds
Changes when it grows
And all the shit that we smoked,
And all the words that we spoke,
And all the times that we choked from all the laughter
Are worth their weight in gold
'cause the best story told
Is the kind where you finally find
What you've been after
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Western Pacific San Diego, California
hello, internet! i'm derek, and this is my personal music. enjoy! <3
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