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I took him to the river
I said bring your saints
We are drowning your ego
And all the girls you’ve met
I taught him about mystery
Dark magic and time travel
About live’s forgiveness
And destroying the tower of babel
I yelled river cleanse him
Drown his past in my love
Please wash off any trace or memory of love
the waters lingered around him
They turned dark and shallow
covered his body and his eyes
I yelled “he’s cured now”
but the water dragged him
down the hill
the water dragged away from me
the gods took him away to
silence my spell on the waters
on the waters
on the waters
I yelled “River cleanse him,
but don't take him away from me”
with my luck, I’m condemned to this shadow
I’m condemned to the will of the water
I’m condemned to the season again
I’m condemned to dark magic
I’m condemned to… time travel
I’m condemned to the will of the water
I’m condemned to the season again
I’m condemned to dark magic
I’m condemned to… time travel
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2. |
Music For Boys
03:12
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he crushed me like nothing in his hands
while I was singing songs about him in the bar
he says “How are you?” with a smile
how can you ask this? These scars are your fault
and punk rock boys sing songs about love
life and forgiveness and things they will
never understand
here we are
moving on
pretending silly questions don’t crush me
like bullets from his gun
here we are
fighting for air
I know it wasn’t real but still
I came
boys sing like a choir to their songs
like a bible to their souls
Music for boys and lies within
can we be honest just for these?
I lay in his bed for one last time
like a memory in my mind
I know it wasn’t real
but it felt like splitting continents
here we are
moving on
pretending silly questions don’t crush me
like bullets from his gun
here we are
fighting for air
I know it wasn’t real but still
I came
and you look up while giving head
and your regrets come back instead
I know it wasn’t real
but he held my face like he cared
here we are
moving on
pretending silly questions don’t crush me
like bullets from his gun
here we are
fighting for air
I know it wasn’t real but still
I came
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3. |
She Said
03:29
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She said “He’ll break your heart”
And he did,
Like he did with her a thousand times
Before me
She says his problem is
He cant say no
And I know that well cause after
All this he cant just go
He’s confident and good with lies
He just wants to keep you around
But I wonder when he lays with her
Does she ache? Does she acheee?
Maybe I should just go
Get away from the fire we are on
Cause Im nothing but two legs and no heart
To you
Maybe I should be stronger now
Get away and leave this town
That is infected with your ways
Your confidence and your money galore
Your harem of girls who are never enough
You have nothing to back yourself up
Except for your lies and your stupid pack of boys
Maybe I should have run to the hills
Get away from the way he speaks
Cause we have laid on the same bed
And we will a thousand more
Maybe I should just go
Get away from the fire we are on
Cause Im nothing but two legs and no heart
To you
Maybe I should be stronger now
Get away and leave this town
That is infected with your ways
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4. |
The Last One
04:21
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Crush me now
Say it loud
We are nothing now
And you are about to walk out the door
For the last time
I’ve learned to swim and not to drown
We are nothing now
But its about survival now
Get in bed with a random guy
Turn on the TV to distract
From the promises we were capable of saying..
Just stare
Ill see you go
You’ll be the last one
You did nothing to stop our poles from melting
Just stare
Ill see you go
You’ll be the last one
You did nothing to stop our fire from spreading
Here we are and we still
Cant put words
to what we feel
We are nothing now
But its hard to admit
Get in bed with a random guy
Turn on the TV to distract
From the promises we were capable of saying..
Just stare
Ill see you go
You’ll be the last one
You did nothing to stop our poles from melting
Just stare
Ill see you go
I am pretty sure I will never love again
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5. |
Holy Ground
04:05
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On the way back to the water
One thing you learn
If you survive the storm
Then nothing can stop you then
After being lost for so long
After we crashed and burned
…not even alcohol, not even gasoline
Holy Ground
Under your feet
Take me to the water
Take me back to the sea
Holy Ground
The promised land
Everything you owed yourself
Is here….
Holy Ground
Take me up
In your arms
Put me right back on the sea
Where you took me long ago
Before you burned all my skin
After being lost for so long
After we crashed and burned
…not even alcohol, not even gasoline
Holy Ground
Under your feet
Take me to the water
Take me back to the sea
Holy Ground
The promised land
Everything you owed yourself
Is here….
Holy Ground
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