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Plaza Ave
01:26
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Whiskey Is Not A Jacket
03:31
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I'm gonna park my car and leave the world I know
Surround myself with the unfamiliar
Wanna live in this moment forever
I need to clear my head and cleanse my soul
See if i can take you higher
Lets leave our woes in our area codes and warm our bones by the fire
I’m not at home but I'm not alone
You and me at the edge of the world
That's the only thing we’ll need
Lets dive into the aspects of your own reality
And I know that you’re waiting on that mountain
Fun while it lasted, didn't last long
Watch the days flow by us while we’re trying to hang on
I don’t mind, mind if, if I’m far from home
Because I know we will always be close despite our area codes.
Fun while it lasted, didn't last long
Watch the days flow by us while we’re trying to hang on
I don’t mind, mind if, if I’m far from home
Because I know we will always be close despite our area codes
To spite our area codes
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3. |
21 Grams Between Us
02:23
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I've just got no
self respect to call my own
Not okay since you’ve been gone
I think of how we’ve met
Probably try to get a reaction
say lets ditch school and smoke at the graveyard
We’re just kids, we’re reckless
and all these years later, never would regret it
You could be doing this with anybody else
You could be doing this, so why do you stick around
You don’t get it
Just forget it.
It’s hard to stay in touch when life gets out of hand
It’s easy to get stuck in this town and what you’re
Doing lately, don't talk crazy
I'll miss our conversations we’ll never have again
But you never know
When I lay my head down to the floor
Try to keep it together but I fall apart
Think of words you said, that I hold to heart
I can't think of you without falling apart
I still see your face, everywhere I go
In Strangers passing by, and people I don’t know
You could be doing this, with anybody else
You could be doing this, so why do you stick around.
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If all my love is all that I give then you’ll take everything until I’m dead
I need a new place to go
Stagnant and thinking bleak
You know it can’t be to you because you’re never there for me
I know you
Just take me too
Second wind, I’m pulling through
At it again
When you’re weak in the knees
You get knocked down with the first strike
I’d pick you up but you’re not available on Friday nights
Cell signals, but not for me.
As empty as the alley, I'm dry, I'm I'll at ease
Looks like tonight I’ll be drinking at cheaters
Give them all my money
Looks like tonight I’ll be drinking cheap beer
Bummed Cigarettes and breathing deep
I clear my lungs for the first time
Speaking deeply with a stranger
Waving smoke out of my eyes
Check my phone
Not even modern technology can take me where I need to be.
Looks like tonight drinking at cheaters
Give them all my money
Looks tonight it’s me drinking cheap beer
Looks like tonight I’ll be drinking at cheaters
Give them all my money
Looks like tonight I’ll be drinking cheap beer
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5. |
Insomnia
03:30
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I wake up everyday still tired
Feels like I’m going insane
Watch the hours fly by
Greet another sunrise
Moving Reluctantly
Pounding head
But I’m still alive, coffee won’t help me this time
Walking dead look in my eyes
Says stay the hell out my way
I don’t know, can’t deal
With this in the morning
Cause I’ll never get what i want
Good nights sleep and the weight off my
Chest it’s just been crushing me
All of this anxiety
Put my mind back to sleep
Walk these streets for the millionth time
Harrison’s acting up again
Feet on the pavement
Predetermined placement
Moving Reluctantly
My Paycheck
Spent before it’s cashed
Making these mistake again
Happiness within my grasp
6 cheap beers and me
I don’t know, how to feel
This way in the morning
Cause I’ll never get what i want
Good nights sleep and the weight off my
Chest it’s just been crushing me
All of this anxiety
Put my mind back to sleep
Please put body at ease
If I wanted to
See me follow through
I’d kill my bad habits
Sick of being depressed
Want to be my best
And show that I’m growing
Please tell me I’m growing
Cause I’ll never get what I want
Self defeat and my flaws are just
Killing creativity, addictions cause anxiety
Grow your roots along With me
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6. |
Purple Balloon
02:47
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Just for a minute
I'd like to forget about my problems
And how I’m dealing with them
Because I'll probably end up ignoring them
'till they’re screaming in my face
You know I wish I could trust the world
Without it trying to bucks off me
Not much it’s the same old secrets
It’s not that complicated
I never thought that a cheap high could make me forget my shitty life
Guess what you were right
Cause there you are stuck inside my mind
You don’t get second chances this time
That’s why I’m calling and hoping you're doing alright
Stuck on repeat
I see too many things I’m not resolving
Can’t shake the years and fears and history
You’ve thrown right in my face
I know I’ll have to pick a road
Don’t have any direction
Wont matter how I go
I’ll end up in the right place.
I never thought that a cheap high could help me forget my shitty life
Guess what
you were right
Cause there you are stuck inside my mind
I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry for wandering off
I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry for drifting apart
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SMF
01:50
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We stand on elevators you look confused
On what floor you’ve arrived on
I know we’re growing old
But every year feels the same to me
Wide eyed but dead asleep
You gave your only coat
And I don’t know how to pay you back
Cause in and out
Of these circles I float
There’s not enough time in the world
To do everything we need
So I’ll hold onto the memories
That’s all that’s left of me
Where ever did you go
I hope hope you’re feeling free
Since I’ve become a ghost
There’s nothing left of me
Hating haunting memories
Taking all that’s left of me
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8. |
The Shore
03:25
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Here I sit
On the shore
Of a beach
Made out of pure depression
And here comes a Zeppelin
Made out of my anger
Assume the position
Now wait for my crushed heart
That’s all we're good for
Anger starts churning
And I can’t stop screaming
They say they can’t see
Me having a mean streak
Guess they don’t know me
Or I’m good at hiding things
Cause I
End up taking things out on the wrong
Person only trying to help me out
Emotions rising, and we don’t wanna
I think I should leave, guess I’m gonna go
Drive away to Bidwell park and stare all day at monkey face
Sat for ten hours just frozen in place
Forgot my money so can’t fill my gas tank
Stranded on empty that’s how you're feeling
And I’m so so sorry
I am the reason
I made the mistake
Won't be repeated
So hope you forgive me
Emotions rising, and we don’t want to
I think I should leave guess I’m gonna
Empty this bottle
Quicker that you’ve seen
Drive to the next town
Flip off the police
Pick up old habits
Smoke till my lungs bleed
Open my eyes to find out it’s all just a dream
I’ve no doubt in my mind that we wouldn’t be better off
If I hadn’t met you, if we hadn’t taken the time
I’m glad we survived in this existence that we call life
Circumstances made our choices which is the reason we’re here tonight
I’m glad we survived.
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9. |
Uncertain Marigold
03:31
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I’m trying everyday to not let everything get to me.
These days I’m more like a nuclear reactor
Could go off any time
Not even you can cool me down
I think I need some help
Get out of your own way
I know that its scary
Don’t know what you do but you do what you have to
To keep going
I smashed my face into the wall
It didn’t fix anything at all
I try to run but I just fall
Made it to the bottom after all
Not even you can calm me down
I think I need some help
But the problem is me
Get out of your own way
I know that it’s scary
Don’t know what you do but you do what you have to
To keep going
Going (x7)
Get out of your own way
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Scraping change just to get by
Another lazy Friday night
I’ve been working all day I need to get high
Low is my self esteem
But you know I try
Just to muscle up and fake it and make it and
Put on a smile tonight
I’ll hate myself when I have the time
You’ll get your turn and ill get mine
It gets better sooner or later
You won't feel this way forever
See that after it doesn’t matter
It's just another passing year
You lost your friends
You lost your mind
You’re down on luck
And you’ll be sleeping alone tonight
You don’t say what you can't take back
A white lie and a heart attack
Just because you’re drunk it doesn’t mean it’s not true
And when the lights go out I'll think of you somehow
900 months is not enough
When I’m around you I don't feel black or blue
I need to know just how you keep me grounded
You’re out of friends
You lost your mind
You’re down on luck
And you’ll be sleeping alone tonight
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11. |
Slam Drunk
04:07
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I dropped a piece of myself in Sacramento
another one in San Francisco
on my way home back to Chico.
Back to Chico
It looks like sunrise but it's 1 am
I'm looking outside see the fire swallow the land
I watched it burn till there was nothing left
Tell me I’m alright
you don't know how long I've waited to hear those words from you.
Got kicked out the venue and lost in the avenues
Said and did some things that weren't fair to you
Never been so lost before, better make peace with the truth.
I dropped a piece of myself in Sacramento
another one in San Francisco
On my way home back to Chico
Back to Chico
It seems i'm losing pieces of me everywhere
Everywhere I go
Tell me some good news
Tell me what you wanna do
You’re leaving me waiting
Loose ends are hanging
Caught in my head again
I dropped a piece of myself in Sacramento
another one in San Francisco
On my way home back to Chico
Back to Chico
It seems i'm losing pieces of me everywhere
Everywhere I go
It seems I'm losing pieces of me everywhere I go x4
You called but I don’'t answer.
I got drunk and lost my phone.
Losing pieces of me x3
everywhere I go
Losing pieces of me x5
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12. |
No Goodbyes
05:21
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You said you want to leave this place
I told you that there was no escape
You thought it’d make your life better
All it did was make things worse
How do you find the will to stick around
When you love the folks but you hate the town
I wanna know what keeps you holding on
A strength you held, just to let it go
But it’s not easy
Time time makes us all drift apart
We’re getting boring and we’re getting older
I want to know what keeps you holding on
To this place and things we’re doing
I don’t care about the things people do or say
And I find comfort in the silence of a freeway
Shining light on that pitch black interstate
Miles I’ve gone but I would keep on going
But it's not easy (x2)
So pack your bags and have a drink with me
So many years, not much to say
I’m happy for you as you drive away
Watching your single tail light fade
But it's not easy (x2)
So no goodbyes
You’re not dying it
We’ve got a lot to do
Me and you
So I’ll see you when I see you
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