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Floodwall
03:29
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I’m alone, in this crowded room
The blood on my hands and what's spilled on my shoes
And the strangers passing by
With their stolen glances from hazy eyes
And I know we'll both be gone by this time next year
(Stop running from it, you're just running from it)
Another version of me moved up north of here
(You’re just running from it)
I'm nineteen almost twenty and forgotten how it feels to be me
Most nights I'm too fucked up to even reach the kitchen sink
So I'm pouring it out on the page like my stomach down the drain
And if you ever hear this song just know I'm always out here standing
in the rain
Too many thoughts to put into words
So sink the truth right where it hurts
I'm not my mother's son cause I drink too much
And I could never be enough
And I know that somewhere deep down you're proud of me
(But from birth I've fought this urge to just fade away)
Between the bottom of a bottle and a balcony
(Spare me your sympathy)
I'm nineteen almost twenty and forgotten how it feels to be me
Most nights I'm too fucked up to even reach the kitchen sink
So I'm pouring it out on the page like my stomach down the drain
And if you ever hear this song just know I'm always out here standing
in the rain
Caught up with leaving you, I ache when I wake in the afternoon
An apathetic sense of freedom, bottomed out and lost for meaning
Ten stories up, the silence cuts, and all my blood runs thicker
Put the bottle to my head
I was the loading the gun you were pulling the trigger
Caught up with leaving you, I ache when I wake in the afternoon
An apathetic sense of freedom, bottomed out and lost for meaning
I'm nineteen almost twenty and forgotten how it feels to be me
Most nights I'm too fucked up to even reach the kitchen sink
So I'm pouring it out on the page like my stomach down the drain
And if you ever hear this song just know I'll always be out standing
in the rain
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2. |
451
03:06
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I’ve never been much of your concern
You use each mistake as fodder
So when the loneliness starts to burn
Just remember that you started this fire
I’ve never been much of your concern
The only thing you left me was hurt
So I guess it's just my birthright
When I get caught up in your words
Always hating and scathing and breaking your nails through my skin
(But I don't want to let you in)
Spare me all of your so-called good intentions
I’ve never been much of your concern
You use each mistake as fodder
So when the loneliness starts to burn
Just remember that you started this fire
You’re such a confident liar
(Confident liar)
Write me off like you want to
Don’t say it’s in my head, by now I know you
Stitch me up like a fresh wound
Then cut me out and cut me up again
And now I know we won't last through the year
Cause you wrote me off, your words so insincere
The signal’s coming in so clear
Words I just can’t hear, so now I’ll disappear
I’ve never been much of your concern
You use each mistake as fodder
So when the loneliness starts to burn
Just remember that you started this fire
You’re such a confident liar
(Confident liar)
Don’t call my phone
I’m busy wasting time alone
I’ve never been much of your concern
You use each mistake as fodder
So when the loneliness starts to burn
Just remember that you started this fire
You’re such a confident liar
(Confident liar)
I’ve never been much of your concern
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3. |
Empty Promises
03:12
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Hold your breath for me, and asphyxiate
As we melt into the seat, of my old accord
Down Crawford road, where the world didn’t know
That for six months I dreaded the afterglow
And I even discarded the book you wrote
Cause I’m too weak to face the truth
And I’m out here looking for
And I’m out here looking for some
Closure, though the years have left us colder
I still remember sitting in that parking space
As you threw it in my face
This is where it all comes out
Here’s where my world comes crashing down
I wish you’d bled maroon and gold when they called out my name
Just know those pictures her phone aren’t who I am today
Moved up north and left this shallow town
Crashed my car and you came around
But I miss long drives, and late nights passed out on your couch
And I’m out here looking for some
Closure, though the years have left us colder
I still remember sitting in that parking space
As you threw it in my face
This is where it all comes out
Here’s where my world comes crashing down
I swear to god this isn’t blasphemy
That Sunday afternoon’s the last time l felt anything
Left your heart in my hands, gave you empty promises
Cause I was just a selfish fuck who filled his fix and betrayed your trust, fuck
I’m still just looking for some
Closure, though the years have left us colder
I still remember sitting in that parking space
As you threw it in my face
This is where it all comes out
Here’s where my world comes crashing
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4. |
Bayview
02:29
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Remember those summers on the bay
You and I would waste our days
Looking forward to the future though we’d go our separate ways
Eighteen years by your side, we’d swim out with the tide
There will never be a place and time where I feel so alive
I miss the summer I once saw in your eyes
And all the back roads we drove are better left behind
It’s like you’re just a ghost that walks around at night
Despite your broken spirit you still haunt my mind
I used to be so sympathetic but now I just don’t give a fuck
Because my worst brought out the best in you
And good intentions aren’t enough
So I look decades in the rearview and soon the days turn into months
Now I’ve all but forgotten bayview cause you’re just someone I can’t trust
I miss the summer I once saw in your eyes
And all the back roads we drove are better left behind
It’s like you’re just a ghost that walks around at night
Despite your broken spirit you still haunt my mind
Then I fell back on you
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Telltale Richmond, Virginia
Alternative Rock quartet from Richmond, Virginia.
New EP "Lie Your Way Out" available now via Rude Records!
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