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The Friend
03:52
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It wants to fall
it wants nothing
it started tall
it’s worth taking
You lost it now
you had it trapped
it’s in a jar
it’s gone to the forest
Take to the air
run through the leaves
there are no friends
there are no trees
I won’t stop this
It is almost here
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Small Trees
03:37
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Do you feel things
caught up in small trees
I don’t call you
it’s not volume
torture mining
giving lightly
Break down all things
hold up the wrong needs
be more on common days
parting waves in smaller ways
Do you feel things
caught up in small trees
stop more on days
be small in place
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Megaphones
04:43
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I fucked up and what should I do to fix this
and it’s all wrong and I’m not quite sure what I’ve got left
In five days I’ve come up empty in every way
What to say is paramount
but I’ve not said anything
the best art doesn’t hold a lot
the next part is all I’ve got
I fucked up and what can I do to fix this
and it’s all wrong and I’m not quite sure what I’ve got left
Once you know, you’re free to go
I can’t relay on megaphones
I fell down on supportive words
small roles for everyone
Climb through fences
slide through landmines
might be how I say goodbye
I fucked up and what should I do to fix this
and it’s all wrong and I’m not quite sure what I’ve got left
In five days I’ve come up emptiness
Home runs, I’m not quite sure what I’ve got left
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As the World Halts
03:55
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On the way down is fear
to the west is next year
if you think real hard in spite
on days of tears and the world stops
To this day with no words
be the kind to move on
tour the pain through the one
should have stayed with no door
All along you did know
turn away to find out
be the one to teach walls
in a lane with no road
On the way down is fear
to the west to the east
to the best it’s all coming near
On the way through it’s here
Turn away now he’s here
Think real hard in spite
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I Can't Stay Long
05:53
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Can I go on if I’m down there
and I’m all alone with the right chair
I’m not scared, I’m petrified
It’s all new just to be inside
Falling into days, into time, in through death
In the morning you’ll be thinking
of an era of amazing scenes
and the Marshall in the top hat
are all against you, they have a knife too
it’s the time now, please,
to do some running fast
please don’t falter down, I’m not kidding now
Falling into days, into time, in through death
On the worst day of this past week
was a long note with some bad thoughts
if your best friend is a kind of man
who’s counting cards with final ends
it’s the way to be in the longest hurt
please don’t walk alone, I’m not going home
Falling into days, into time, in through death
I can’t stay long
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Blue Past, Dry Lakes
07:14
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Towards the back of you
are parts of me that paint the past in blue
it took a lot for me to stop and say
that time could heal but cannot stay
No one is not safe
Can they see into you
one plus one plus one can be unfair
every run the boat the lake runs dry
I stand around and make a fool of you
and I’m sorry
No one is not safe yet
find me trying again already
On your way down bar stops and tattoos
leave me a mission, send me a beacon
talk without passion, fight for no reason
I’m not scared
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Pain
05:03
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No one knows the pain you’re in
no one calls the world off
he knows best the thanks you get
is one behind the rest
Often times the words that rhyme
will be undone by midnight
It’s pain that’s caused by years unloved
and a love that cannot last
When someone pleads out
Don’t be sad it’s all she had
but no one could connect this
torn in two with hearts askew
and none of your protections
Waking up to a brand new day
might be the hardest part
It’s often said straight from the dead
that a walk won’t hurt in mid fall
When someone pleads out
once you walk in line you’re over the internal slide
hold on to these days as no one can stay on the side
clean up out of water and cancer
stand up longer and stow times in further
No one knows the pain you’re in
no one calls the world off
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Homework Portland, Oregon
Homework:
Guitar/Vox: Paul Miller
Bass/Vox: Jeff Holt
Drums: Kevin
O'Connell
Guitar: Charles Yu
Homework is a not-very-super group built on members from My Sunny Disposition, Ghost To Atom, Droneyard, Together We Can Rule The Galaxy and Yellow Dancer.
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