1. |
Soft spot for monarchs
02:39
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Lyrics
Verse 1
I’d kill to be a sensitive person
But my heart, it beats too closely to the blade
And if I pierce it (and I’ve come close),
I’d just pour salt into the wound
Because I hate the sweetness of the blood
Chorus
And the only mercy that I give is for the bugs (repeated a lot)
*various chanting and squealing*
I feel the ground in my face
And the sun in my feet
And the wind in my mouth as I speak
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2. |
Survivor’s Guilt
03:30
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Lyrics
Verse 1
God, what a mess I must seem in the back of a theatre
The scene where the dog has to die
I’m upset, but at best, keep your hands off my chest
Can’t a girl mourn the death of a dog in the back of a theatre in
Peace?
Verse 2
The carpet left marks on our face
I remember the sun was still out as if nothing had changed
I could see through the window at minimal height
No obstructions at all, just the pure virgin light
Chorus
Can’t a girl mourn the death of her dog in the back of a theatre in
Peace, anymore? X2
Verse 3
I never wanted the space
I can picture the cause of the clearing and the look on your face
You can fool me once and I’ll actually believe you
If you fool me twice I’m like putty in your hands
Bridge
Just like a lamb, I’ll trust you in the still heat
Sucking the finger of the butcher who’ll kill me x2
All that I am
All that you are
Call me a liar, I’ve heard in before
Call me a cab
All the blood spilled
In the car, it’s survivor’s guilt
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Lyrics
Verse 1
Crying in the backseat of your parent’s car,
You said that you don’t have a curfew anymore
23 and trying to keep your life from going sour
And your mother’s getting married in the fall
Verse 2
And you know that she is happy, that things will be okay
But you wonder what will happen christmas day
And I don’t know what to tell you, to make you not feel bad
So I offer my condolences to dad
Verse 3
Am I just a hypocrite, or is there something wrong with it?
I want my therapist to think I’m cool
I call you from the office phone to ask you to come drive me home
Okay, I’m just a liar I never went
Chorus
But if you see me out
Know I’m the coolest fucking bitch in town
You wanna drink a drink that’s watered down?
It’ll just take you longer
Verse 3
Can I be responsible for things that I did years ago?
I guess it could be good for just a laugh
Is it just a privileged thought,
I asked you once but I forgot I’m not the only one whose split in
Half
Chorus
But if you see me out
Know I’m the coolest fucking bitch in town
You wanna drink a drink that’s watered down?
It’ll just take you longer
Coolest fucking bitch in town x5
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4. |
Reset button
03:12
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Lyrics
Verse 1
Going back to normal
You wear your dress at winter formal
Would you go back and do it over again?
Put my hands above the table
I’m afraid that I’m not able to hit the reset button after I have
Gone
Hit the reset button after I have gone
Verse 2
I’m not scared of taking chances
I think failure is romantic
If you forget, or just don’t care
Chorus
Hit the reset button after I have gone x3
Verse 3
Can we keep the candle burning?
There’s a sense in reassuring I don’t have to do it over again
You say that I am a good person
But my condition, it may worsen
So hit the reset button after I have gone
Chorus
Hit the reset button after I have gone x4
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5. |
Matchmaker
03:47
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Lyrics
Verse 1
I could be happy
I could be still
I could give all of myself, never have to think twice if you will
Something about me:
I like stability
Though I can’t fear your god, I’m finding it easy to get on my knees
Chorus
And I read somewhere on the internet
That if we have kids then they won’t exist
And then I’m the bitch who ruined your family line
It’s nobody’s fault though
But somebody’s pissed
And the boys in the back are shaking their fists
You don’t have your permit, I think that I’m too drunk to drive
Verse 2
A holiday memory comes back to me now
The smell of a foodcourt, my shoes are untied
And I’m lost in a crowd
What’s in a person
If we’re nothing but dust?
I’m holding my hand to my mouth but I can’t keep you out of my
Lungs
Chorus
And I read somewhere on the internet
That if we have kids then they won’t exist
And then I’m the bitch who ruined your family line
It’s nobody’s fault though
But somebody’s pissed
And the boys in the back are shaking their fists
You don’t have your permit, I think that I’m too drunk to drive
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6. |
Concrete
03:09
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Lyrics
Verse 1
If there was cement being poured in the place where we live
I think I would have written my name in it
Pushing my fingers around in the wet sand
It made me feel good so I’d put my whole face in it
Pre-chorus
Carefully not to get in inside my mouth
But still leaving a piece of my skin in the stone
And you help me to wipe it off
Pushing your fingers around in the wet
Chorus
All the things I do
Are just probably you
Verse 2
Never too sure if my words are sincere
Or just acting in place of the ones that I fear
I’m and empath, the first time I ever lied
You were crying to me, I was old in your eyes
Pre-chorus
Carry me, haul my weight up every flight
Scream at me once so you know what it’s like
In the concrete everything’s immortalized
Scream at me once so you know what it’s like
Chorus
All the things I do
Are just probably you
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7. |
The Cabin
03:57
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Lyrics
Verse 1
Never said that it was funny
But I’m laughing anyway
Instead of holding on I dropped the rope into the lake
I’m drowning
Verse 2
Never said that it was easy
But we’re cruising anyway
This boat is going faster than my eyes can even say
I’m flying
Verse 3
If it’s just a hesitation
Will we ever see that place
A beer soaked memory - who gave me beer in seventh grade?
Mom’s spying
Chorus
Why is it so hard to get up on the board?
I’ll sleep in the hot room ‘till they call me for more
Post chorus/outro
I don’t wanna be the smoke inside the living room
Can we open up the patio door?
I don’t wanna be the wet inside your swimming shoes
Can you take me out and shake me on shore?
I don’t wanna be the smoke inside the living room
Can we open up the patio door?
I don’t wanna be the wet inside your swimming shoes
Can you take me out and shake me on shore?
I don’t wanna be the smoke inside the living room
Can we open up the patio door?
I don’t wanna be the wet inside your swimming shoes
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8. |
Baby Teeth
03:34
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Lyrics
Verse 1
Got a friend out in los angeles
Smoke breaks out in the car
I used to think that I could live there
Be the next big fucking star
But when I smoke I don’t get paranoid
I go full metal jacket
When I die I know I won’t freak out until I’m in the casket
Chorus
I want my baby teeth back
Stare in the mirror do my best “late night show” wisecrack
I wanna know what it’s like
Pull out my front one on my own time
Verse 2
Can I tell you a secret?
Don’t know what the hell I’m thinking
All of my tight lipped opinions happened while I was asleep
And when you ask me to diffuse the bomb
I’ll tell you I deployed it
It’s so hard to keep a family
I guess I just destroyed it
Chorus
I want my baby teeth back
Stare in the mirror do my best “late night show” wisecrack
I wanna know what it’s like
Pull out my front one on my own time
Bridge
And come to find I’m the one cog in the machine that won’t grind
But if the machine is fine
Can’t help but take it as some kind of sign
Chorus
I want my baby teeth back x2
(c’mon)
I want my baby teeth back
Stare in the mirror do my best “late night show” wisecrack
I wanna know what it’s like
Pull out my front one on my own time
When I die I know I won’t freak out x5
When I die I won’t freak out
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9. |
Body
05:18
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Lyrics
Verse 1
I deserve this, it’s not absurd
I am the hardest person I can care for
And I know that it’s just a body count
But the body keeps the score
Verse 2
Put a picture of a smile of a sill
Just to know what I’m looking at
Caught a glimpse of each other on the hill
What feels forever can happen fast
Chorus
But don’t ask me any questions about all the things I’ve done x2
Cause nothing’s ever changing
Verse 2
All night talking about how we think we’ll go
Man this whole year feels like hell
Stuck forever in a reboot of your favourite teenage television
Show
Chorus
But don’t ask me any questions about all the things I’ve done x3
Cause nothing’s ever changing x2
Instrumental
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10. |
Winner
04:05
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Lyrics
Verse 1
Jenny’s got it down in texas
Goddamn battle of the sexes
My songs will make sense in 30 years
Verse 2
The rocks we eat are getting softer
Someone call a doctor
I’m getting thinner
Chorus
But you always hold me close and whisper x3
“baby you’re a winner”
Verse 3
My heart is trying to touch you so my hands don’t have a use
Anymore
Education’s everybody’s business and you have the highest score
Verse 4
All I wanna do is drink around you you’re so boring
But I don’t really wanna feel like shit in the morning
Chorus
But you always hold me close and whisper x3
“baby you’re a winner”
Repeat x2
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Lyrics
Verse 1
Came out late, and black and blue
Do unto others as you would do
Unto brother’s father’s scale
And sister lifting up the veil
Verse 2
Just trying to do the best I can
Still on our parent’s cell phone plan
You’re outside on our favorite street
Beginner’s guide to birdwatching
Chorus
One minute she wasn’t there,
And then the next minute there she was (repeat a lot)
Bees
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