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That's Not the Move
01:48
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It's all over for all of you as soon
as my book is adapted for the big screen
but first I gotta write it
So I asked
if you'd like to have a drink with me
I'm stalling, bored and in a roundabout way
unmotivated
but trust me that's not the move
If your objective is anything other than singularity
or an echo chamber of dreams
Took out a line of credit
so the first and the last thing
that you learned about design was lorem ipsum
stockpiling placeholders all over the place
you asked me to join your
"If we're... when we're 30" pact
I want so desperately to be invited
but I won't show up
no I won't show up
If your objective is anything other than singularity
or an echo chamber of dreams
exalting form over function once again
it's all that online shopping
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How is it that
the former me
is simultaneously better and worse?
what you see today is an artifact
a couple points on a number line
pop sensibility won't save you
from stories about the end of the world
I didn't miss you at that house show
I never missed being your girl
cos I envisioned something more substantial
than solitude
you had promised to be more convincing
The price was right
so I coughed up the change
for what was arguably better or worse
shift your focus to your student loans
so I can write a better second draft
pop sensibility won't save you
from stories about the end of the world
I didn't miss you at your parent's house
I never missed being your girl
like cosmos blooming in your doomsday void
I recollect another space and time
when you promised to be more convincing
I may never fall asleep again
with this song stuck
in my head
pop sensibility won't save you
from stories about the end of the world
I didn't miss you at your parent's house
I never missed being your girl
like cosmos blooming in your doomsday void
I recollect another space and time
when you promised to be more convincing
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3. |
No Unreal
03:07
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I think that I could write a thesis on the reasons why
everyone is dead to me
my anxious monologue is rambling inside my head
he doesn't even know what year it is
There is no unreal
There is no unreal
There is no unreal
There is no unreal
If you knew my story would you still think that I'm cool
Would cautionary inhibitions win?
There is no unreal
There is no unreal
There is no unreal to you
There is no unreal
I wish you could remember your dreams
so you could tell me in the morning
never mind it's stupid
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4. |
The Trades
03:06
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He says he sleeps but doesn't dream
he knows exactly who he is
I took a homemade boat to sea
and when it sank you said you'd get my stuff for me
You picked me up and then we watched Mom Jeans
Live on Saturday morning TV
You asked me questions to track it down
You wanted to know everything
about me
It's been 4 weeks to the day
this place lives up to its name
and all I ask is that
you don't forget me while you're gone
He says he sleeps but doesn't dream
I know that that's not how it works
Because I read it in the trades
right before I left you at the bowling alley
and just because you don't recall
doesn't mean that it never happened
It's been 4 weeks to the day
this place lives up to its name
and all I ask is that
you don't forget me while you're gone
We watched home movies by the beach
You said "we should consider buying property"
I never thought you'd let me down
cos you wanted to know everything
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5. |
On the Mend
02:53
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I'm on the fence
you're watching cable news again
I don't wanna fight
I just wanna sleep tonight
without questioning who you wanted me to think you were
can you go home?
I just wanna sleep tonight
I'm on the mend
After the third party of the night
It's clear that you need
a better source of objective information
presumptive gratitude
I just wanna go to sleep
I never wanted you
I just wanna go to sleep
presumptive gratitude
I just wanna go to sleep
presumptive gratitude
I just wanna go to sleep
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6. |
Y.A.F
03:19
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If you don't call me tonight
I'm gonna kill the vibe
in every karaoke bar downtown
With "Come Pick Me Up", "Love Hurts", and "Hungry Heart"
I'm sorry, but your party never stood a chance
cos I
I played it out
in my head
Just like Pretty in Pink
Why don't you wanna earn a spot next to me?
Why don't you wanna earn a spot next to me?
You're phrasing each statement you make Like a question
But no one says you have to know right now
So I'm hedging my bets resigned to the fact
I'll never be your girl
and it's unusually cold for the month of June
and you can't fall in love in a day in a half
but would it help you if I cut my hair?
Why don't you wanna earn a spot next to me?
Why don't you wanna earn a spot next to me?
You tried
and then I tried
then you stopped trying
but I'm still trying
because I like you
but I guess
I'll just have
to let you go
I know you won't call me tonight
So I'm gonna kill the vibe
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7. |
u, not you
02:32
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I booked a flight to DFW
You said I needed some time away from you
It's not over but it feels like it is
Just like this city, you make me anxious
maybe I was never cool
I just hadn't found something I cared about yet
but I'm around if you're around
and you can keep me on the line
but I'm around if you're around
and you can keep me on the line
but I'm around if you're around
and you can keep me on the line
but I'm around if you're around
and you can keep me on the line
So here's to never getting stuck in traffic
and a cost of living even we could manage
I'm not saying that I needed answers...
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8. |
Graceland
03:20
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I waited outside the gate at Graceland with you
You couldn't afford admission
and you'd never admit your guilt
So when they'd call your number
you could claim
that you were just a victim
of your own success
But it's one thing to have standards and
another to close your mind
for me to be more open
doesn't mean I've gotta
waste my time
my time
I never read the book you sent me when you
lost that bet that lasted all of 2017
Sometimes I still hear a song and it
makes me think of you
and I want to share it
and they say
each time you make a decision
the universe splits in two
to accommodate each possibility
so maybe there's a me out there that's
more well read
and who actually replied to that
message that you sent
when I got home
when I got home
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9. |
Rhode Island
01:51
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There should be a word for when you want
something bad to happen for the sake
of something happening at all
I should be
careful what I wish for
I caught the train while you were sleeping in
I guess you never really did hang
on a single word I ever said
I should've known what I was getting into
I never got to say
what I wanna say
You kept me at arms length
and I
haven't
seen the good in me
since you
went to
Providence
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10. |
Year of the Quarter
01:27
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Your interest was nominal at best
in the year of the quarter that lay
heads up on your desk
misquote Emerson
paint his words up on your wall
I have always said
that there is something to be said
about the fact that
our favorite singers are dead
and the broad appeal
that they just didn't possess
and the natural progression of time ain't kind
there'll be no glitter on the backdrop in my mind
always starting useless conversations
never found my place between the stations
yeah the natural progression of time ain't kind
I freaked out at the record store
you said that's what false insurance claims are for
we could fake our deaths
and escape with the money
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11. |
Big Fan of Cap'n Jazz
02:59
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You never listen to my stories anymore
cos every possible combination of words
I'm twisting to the shape of your last name
put pen to paper it's so perfect
you swear you see through my excuses every time
measured lines of central tendency define
I take the long way home so I can rearrange
the order of the things he thought he had to say
You haven't done enough for me
to mean as much as you do
so why am I the only
idiot who wants you?
We have potential but we just don't have the time
I think I love you but I know I wanna die
now my how are you is just an afterthought
I've readjusted expectations
I know you see through my excuses every time
measured lines of central tendency define
now my how are you is just an afterthought
you tricked the algorithm
or so you thought
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12. |
Uncomebackable
03:59
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I hate the sound of your voice
and I can barely stand it
when you're talking to my friends
and you're acting like we're cool
just forget it
I wish it never happened
wish you'd go back to your home state
you were such a waste of time
now I see through every line
that you fed me
Don't try to justify it
just pay me back what you owe me
alright
I always had to censor
every thought and emotion
cos you're so easily annoyed
and I've had it with your constant complaining
You've always got a drink in your hand
and you didn't really like my band
what kept us together?
Every time I cried you said it was the last time
and when you put the blame on me I believed you
I was so afraid of making you mad
But every single time you said it was the last time
When you yelled at me
in the restaurant parking lot
I knew it was over
you started throwing things
that was uncomebackable
we'd never recover
Every time I cried you said it was the last time
and when you put the blame on me I believed you
I was so afraid of making you mad
But every single time you said it was the last time
Every time I cried you said it was the last time
and when you put the blame on me I believed you
I was so afraid of making you mad
But every single time you said it was the last time
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13. |
Point 03
02:25
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Michael says no filter cos he's always on
never question methods that brought you here
the spectacle was rearranged I'm not your main
You get away with a lot
paste and patch and stitch together interstate
in another city baiting twenty-eight
with an index match in aggregate a point 03
and a locket boxed up tight
I stopped thinking of you as something
that could eventually be mine
I just need a session drummer
to help keep me in time
You're uninvited
caught me thinking schadenfreude like prime time
I stopped thinking of you as something
that could eventually be mine
I just need a session drummer
to help keep me in time
You're uninvited
caught me thinking schadenfreude like prime time
past the pull it's half past 9
depreciates
Mithridates elixir was well worth the wait
turn the mixtape over
let's review side B
the plan worked
seamlessly
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14. |
At Your Band's Audition
03:45
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Matthew,
I've got so many questions to ask you
but I couldn't think if you had the time
or if you wanted to
The front page
what's it that they're saying about you
is it true?
Oh honey tell me it's not true
Cos I'm not meant to be an audience
waiting so patiently
You're not meant to be a photograph
I won't be your picture frame
You tried out
and at your band's audition I tried to
strike up a conversation with you
my heart was weaker then
Struck out
there were no revelations or breakthroughs
as if shared adoration for that film were enough
but it wasn't
Cos I'm not meant to be an audience
waiting so patiently
You're not meant to be a photograph
I won't be your picture frame
Cos I'm not meant to be an audience
waiting so patiently
You're not meant to be a photograph
I won't be your picture frame
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