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Boats
03:30
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Milk and honey sounds good, don't it
til you're stuck in the boats
and regardless of my buoyancy
I still can't stay afloat
'Cause you're tire's wrapped around my feet
and your body's sinking next to me
just a tool on your shelf
while you ignore yourself
Pint of liquor, pound of fodder
an excuse to begin
second go, a beta daughter
all the same in the end
with your fingers wrapped around my feet
and your frame impressed atop of me
just a notch in your belt
while you ignore yourself
take a look at yourself
would you look at yourself
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2. |
Opportunist
03:48
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I woke up early this morning, and I said to myself
what a great day to be swallowed by a whale
so I build myself a boat, and I headed for the sea
never will my love hear from me again
I woke up early this morning, and I said to myself
what a great day to be scooped up by a storm
so I grabbed myself a raincoat, and I ran into the wind
never will my love hear from me again
I woke up early this morning, and I said to myself
what a great day to be burned up by the sun
so I grew myself some wings, and I flew into the sky
never will my love hear from me again
I woke up early this morning, and I said to myself
what a great day to stay asleep
so I rolled my body over, and I fell into a dream
never will my love hear from me again
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3. |
Sometimes
02:36
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Hold your whole world
on small shoulders
you don't lock your doors at night
you don't really care who comes inside
Not worth blaming
it's just planes
dragging lines between the clouds
splitting cracks across the sky
A cry bellows
ringing so loud
the earth split beneath the ocean
sea sank a little deeper
And the siren
crawls to surface
where she weeps a little clearer
oh, if only you could hear her
I love you, sometimes
There's still broken glass on the floor
but I'm too thick
to let it cut me anymore
Oh, give me
one more time
so I can pretend
one more's enough, again
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4. |
Tides
02:34
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My lyrics ain't too lyrical
but they still creep down your spine
it keeps me near hysterical
that I can't afford your mind
I'll crawl into the space
between your sighs
between your sides
if just for one forsaken second
there was ever proper time
look me in the eye to tide me over through the night
or keep me in your mind, my dear, if not within your sight
give me your thick skin, and I'll give you my scars
we speak a shared frustration in the stars
I don't remember feeling this before
you can't see mine, but god, can I see yours
I'll crawl into the space
between your sighs, between your sides
if just for one forsaken second
there was ever proper time
look me in the eye, to tide me over through the night
or keep me in your mind, my dear, if not within your sight
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5. |
Neptune
03:16
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We'll make room in our house for our mothers
fools of the obnoxious birds that mocked us
decorate our mantle with the feathers
room in our house for our mothers
the fish can't yell, his mouth too full of water
the sea won't help, don't see why it should bother
the wave wraps my neck just like a collar
if I go down, king Neptune gains a daugher
we'll make room in our house for our mothers
fools of the obnoxious birds that mocked us
decorate our mantle with the feathers
room in our house for our mothers
Isabella dressed in paisley
overturned her mother's pot of daisies
they each looked to the other in amazement
when they sprouted roots and grew right from the pavement
we'll make room in our house for our mothers
fools of the obnoxious birds that mocked us
decorate our mantle with the feathers
room in our house for our mothers
as they made room for knobby knees and hornet stings
and cleared off their bedside tables for photos and toys
that remind them of who you were
before you grew too old to remember
and I may leave before the dinner bell rings
and I don't know if I'll ever come back over
but here, in my house, where two birds of a feather, we stick well together
I'll always keep room for my mother
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