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Eureka
03:17
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Listen to all the symphonies
Of all of the living things
Singing through these pine trees
It’s like how you stick with me
Like a little melody
Sorry if I lost my mind
The world, it gets too small for me sometimes
But right now, baby, I’m feeling fine
Lately I’ve been lazy
I let it all get to me too much sometimes
It gets so crazy in our lives
It’s been raining out for three weeks straight
And it’s looking like
We’re gonna have to pay the mortgage late
I’m livin’ poor, I’m hauling freight
That’s ok though, I’m feeling great!
I love how you side with me
Like a two part harmony
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2. |
Stumble
02:27
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Deep between these climbs and dives
Where thoughts in time intertwine
Speeding across the Vermont state line
To the seacoast in the summertime
It’s getting darker later now
And I’m watching brake lights shine
And I’m a little scared and unprepared
Underneath these strange street lights
As I stumble through this sticking point
Where you were once all mine
And I was yours, down on all fours, thinking I was fine
Now it’s so much later and we’re running out of time
As we stumble ever forward
Dragging memories behind
And that moon’s there like a loading dock
For ambitions that don’t ever clock
Hoist a line, steal a yacht
Rev it up to a 100 knots
Pushed my spirits overboard
Without the life raft I forgot
As your echoes come from nowhere
To the nothing that I got
‘Cause it’s such a fucking mindfuck
Being starstuck all the time
Knowing there’s no reason
Even when the feelings rhyme
Cause what’s the point of anything
When everything’s a lie?
When everyone you’ve ever loved
Will someday have to die?
It’s such a crazy world we’re in
And we all pretend it’s fine
As we stumble ever forward
Dragging memories behind
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3. |
A Declaration of Truth
03:01
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They’ll never tell you why
No, they’ll never give you the truth!
Then they drill their alibis
At the mouths of their excuses
As they outline your insides
Like drafting a map, or something
But then you yawn under an awning
Waving me onwards towards collapse
But if it’s a matter of things to have
If it’s a matter of chemicals interacting
Well then, I would rather love someone
I know I’ll never have than have someone
I know I’ll never love
I’d rather be with noone
Than with someone just barely good enough
I trace the paper night streets
From under the waning moon hangin’ above me
I use its light
To trace the lines in my face completely
I face the paper in great defeat!
As the streets, they shake me off
Get up, and leave
I shake the shit from off my sleeves
I shake away the sham of disbelief!
‘Cause I would I would rather love someone
I know I’ll never have than have someone
I know I’ll never love
I’d rather be with noone
Than with someone just barely good enough!
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4. |
Riverbend
02:42
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It’s been on my mind to call you
But I just haven’t had the time
Yet every time we reconnect
You always blow my mind
Look at us getting older now, honey
Crow’s feet around our eyes
Thought I’d be so much wiser by now
But tonight I’m gonna drink and drive
But I know that I’ll get lost again
Losing is a habit of mine
Turning the corner by the riverbend
Humming a lullaby
It’s never easy being a dreamer
Now, is it, honey?
When dreams can so easily die
But some dreams come true
And when they do
They have a tendency to shine
It’s been on my mind to call you
But I’m feeling paralyzed
‘Cause every time I check my phone
I don’t know what I’ll find
It’s been on my list to kiss you
Despite the distance and too little time
In forever
But I’ll push on through
‘Cause that’s what you do
When you wanna spend your
Lives together
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I’m with you all the way
We’re going downtown
The buildings sway and sway
And I’m coming down
For now, for now
The feeling remains
Despite the winds
Despite the rains
It’s getting harder, baby
But the love remains
It’s getting harder every day
But there’s no pill
For the pain of playing this game
Just the will
To find the good that remains
Despite the cost
In sight of gain
Despite the loss
In sight of gain
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6. |
Kiss and Ride
03:11
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Kiss and Ride, Chicago
You’re riding inside of me
And I’ll tear holes
In your sweater I’m wearing
If I feel comfortable, I’m lazy
Our blood coagulates
In its fusion
Repercussions are for suckers
Like irony and quarantine
You know, you know, you know
All these cities, you know
All these streetlamps, you know
I’m confused forever, so
Don’t go blaming me
Don’t go blaming me now
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7. |
Sequestered
02:25
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Sequestered in quarantine
Remembering everything
Except I can’t recall last fall
It was burnt away with alcohol
Because fate can be so cruel
Burn the flames from rum as fuel
Fall into the abyss I know so well
Take a look around, but you never fell
Never trusted in a word they said
Drowned out joy and drank in dread
Searching for the truth in a wishing well
Take a look around but you never fell
Take a look through the looking glass, can you
Tell a lie from the stories they’re selling you
Climbing up from the stone wall fantasy
Reaching for your hand, but it’s only me
I can go alone but I’d prefer company
There’s just not enough time in eternity
To escape this loop that’s spiraling
Take me back to the start of everything
Searching for the truth in a wishing well
Take a look around but you never fell
Climbing up from the stone wall fantasy
Reaching for your hand, but it’s only me
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8. |
Nothing New
03:05
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It gets so old not knowing what to do
The night’s so cold when it’s not with you
Things can get so weird but that’s nothing new
I drank a 1,000 beers but it just blurs the view
It gets so lonely when you’re not around
Am I the only person in this town?
It’s nothing new and it’s not profound
I miss when I had someone who
Made every day more fun
They say there’s nothing new under the sun
But that’s not true, I found someone
Someone who helps me see things fresh
Someone I just can’t forget
And in the time we get together
I just wanna live forever
All the fear just slips away
And disappears without delay
It’s crazy, I just wanna say I love you
It gets so old not knowing where to go
Nothing new, so I just say no
Stay inside and hibernate
Down a glass of wine with some barbiturates
Living between mixed mental states
How much longer can I wait?
When you return, I’ll levitate
Please break the spell and liberate me, baby
They say there’s nothing new under the sun
But that’s not true, I found someone
Someone who helps me see things fresh
Someone I just can’t forget
And in the time we get together
I just wanna live forever
All the fear just slips away
And disappears without delay
It’s crazy, I just wanna say I love you
Oh, it’s crazy, I just wanna say I love youe
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9. |
The Brake Lights Brattleboro, Vermont
The Brake Lights is a high ABV rock and roll concoction brewed by composer Jason Eric Jensen in the hills of Vermont, USA.
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