1. |
Old Dogs
03:34
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Your sharp teeth fall short of breaking skin
(you'll never come back in)
And cardiac muscles are strong for my protection
(Leaving you outside makes me feel so thin)
But you're a habit worth
Replacing by these new tricks
For this old dog
Who never thought he'd
Stay here so long
So long...
Does it help your strung out lies
Tangled and twisted
Like wires to liars
(You've always had this nasty fascination)
Mixing polarities
The hot and the cold
Like the syntax and cyanide
You whispered in my ear
Each night
You're coming down from
That high you had from
Bloody knuckles and
Sweat stains on the carpet
I'll leave you out tonight
Your teeth are weaker than your bite
I hope it's warm outside
Your perspiration hangs you out to dry
We are hard to come by
Old dogs are loyal till we die
Old dogs are loyal till we die
We are loyal till we...
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2. |
Away From Home
02:29
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Since when does giving up become the only option
Oh well I guess it's for the best
We've run our course and it's time to move on from the poison of conflicting heads
It's not worth all the struggle
And the threat of losing friends
Let's start the next part of our lives and never look back again
September brought a chill
I only thought that I could feel in winter
I wished it was just the cold instead
And now we're off to better things
With the words we voice and the songs we sing
I guess we each had different minds
On what we though was best
Let's drink to all the nights we shared
To the lasting memories these past three years
It takes a lot to move on from what you know
Some things we just let go of
Some things we simply learn from
It's the changes you have to make when you're away from
When you're away from home
I don't regret a single word
It seems it's just a change in winds
We'll keep in touch so nothing's lost
That time ends
Ours begins
I'm not done talking
I'm still full of breath
I'm not done talking
I'm still full of breath
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3. |
Atlanta
03:22
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It's a picture perfect skyline
When you're laughing with your brothers
Every mile another exit sign
Some better than the others
And fixing flats at 4am
Somehow beats the gateway whims
Of routine and rotation
And it has me begging
Please! Please!
I'm on my goddamn knees
We came here for the stages
But we left with all these memories
This stretch of road is endless
I'm claustrophobic as it is
I'm young and stupid
And not paying attention
I'm here to make mistakes
And drag my friends along
I'm lifting gaming cards
Or playing Pokemon
I miss the old state
But I'm up for the next one
From tearing up the Walmart stall
To not taking a shit at all
Watch daniel Bryan kick some ass
While all along we get the
Chance to play in different states
And new faces for every day
It ends as quick as it will start
Now my heart is screaming at you
Please! Please!
I'm on my goddamn knees
We came here for the stages
But we left with all these memories
This highway food it tastes like shit
But eat to live and live for this
I'm young and stupid
And not paying attention
I'm here to make mistakes
And drag my friends along
I'm lifting gaming cards
Or playing Pokemon
I miss the old state
But I'm up for the next one
Walk out with magazines
And hiding the playing cards
I'll bring this home with me
I'll bring this home with me
This highway food it tastes like shit
But eat to live and live for this
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4. |
Bangarang
04:06
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You could've been my best friend
Even though we never met
From happy thoughts to granting wishes
Your laughter was my medicine
And maybe only moving lights
Will bring you life again
But you gave me my childhood
So take me back to Neverland
O captain, my captain!
Please heal my wounds again
Just one more safari
Well scratch the fives and eights
Let me hear you crow again
Just once for goodness sake
Just grant me this one last wish
While screaming Bangarang!
Bangarang!
You are not the fisherman
Forget what Hunting said
Possibly you're lost at sea
But just listen to the music
You'll always be in our hearts
Beyond 200 years
Please, oh please just come back Jack
Cause you'll be way too missed
Just please don't go
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5. |
Seven Days
03:43
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Haven't I bled enough for you
Come back before I dry out
I've saved up for the coming months
But breathing hard won't let it last
Winter is coming so bring a coat
Cause outside's not a pretty place
And even with the softest skin
The roughest winds will take their toll
Why does this winter feel so cold
I said its an arduous place
But it's a world where the sun will warm my face
Let the southern air fill up my lungs
The breath of brand new start begun
A walk of easy times and friends
A place where I can start again
Running circles never gonna get you there
Dysfunction is happier unaware
I cant remember where i was
Years ago or years from now
How can I think of you the same
When you said it won't work out
My thoughts are drowning out these words
With hopeless shouts to empty rooms
When walls have nothing left to say
Will I find the strength to stand again
Don't ever tell me it's just a phase
I will be a better person in seven days
I'll count them down till the time has come
Where you're out of my life, dead and gone
And if it isn't purple haze
I'll sober up in seven days
You left a man to find his own
And I found that you are not my home
(I'm just trying to let go
But I can't talk about it)
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6. |
Mother's Day
05:35
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My curiosity it eats away at me
I'm wondering why everyone is staring at their feet
The schools a hollow shell
A quiet heavy hell
I realize there are tears beneath my shoes
Youll never buy that dress
You would've worn to prom
Or grow to see your children leave
For college in the fall
It seems so wrong
These sidewalk cracks are levees that are flooding full of rain
It's like the weather already knew
Riding home from soccer practice
Gazing at the world
You never knew you wouldn't make it home
Oh, you never knew
Torn between the headlights
Thrashing metal and totaled ends
Before the story got to start
It seemed it had to end
Why'd you ever have to go
I've never felt this fucking cold
The thought of life without you
It's way too much to handle
You shouldn't have been in that car
Been safe at home away from harm
Why couldn't you just stay another day
To watch the sunset fall again
Why'd you ever have to go
I've never felt this fucking cold
The thought of life without you
It's way too much to handle
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