1. |
Pity Party
01:45
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We're hanging out together alone,
Hopelessly checking silent phones,
Talkin' 'bout how they'll never call
And there's nothing we can do at all.
So come on and join the pity party!
Lay around moping, feeling sorry
For our sad selves at the pity party.
We bitch about our misery
And how we go to bed feeling empty,
And cry ourselves to fitful sleep
And wake up again feeling lonely.
Come on and join the pity party!
Lay around moping, feeling sorry
For our sad selves at the pity party.
It's fun to complain
Though it's all in vain.
It's a sick, sad game,
Won't get out of my brain.
Think we're going insane,
And who can we blame
For the faces we feign?
And this cardioid pain,
Life down the drain,
And it's all the same, man.
This is so lame
Let's get some lo mein.
Talkin' about how he
Just got dumped recently.
Talkin' about how she
Is never gonna like me back.
Come on and join the pity party!
Lay around moping feeling sorry
For our sad selves at the pity party.
(Aaron / Beki)
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2. |
Sublimation
01:59
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Been waking up in this same bed
Since I was a little kid;
My feet stick out but it still holds
The same comforts that it ever did.
Teddy bears defended me
From closet monsters and under the bed,
But getting older I soon found
The real beasts were in my head.
They'd stalk me in my waking
And they'd follow me to school.
I couldn't think for thoughts drowned out
By relentless whispers cruel.
I'd scribble out my suffering
My sanity to keep,
But the only solace I could find
Was shallow dreamless sleep.
But here I found the best defense:
Give meaning to your future tense,
Fight off your morbid shit
By making something out of it.
Sleep kept me safe a little while,
The monsters out of sight -
But hiding under covers
You can never see the light
That's capable of revealing them
For what they really are:
Measly fucking lies that can be killed
By your guitar!
Here I found the best defense:
Give meaning to your future tense,
Fight off your morbid shit
By making something out of it.
(Beki)
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3. |
Purgatory
02:44
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Some of us barely made it out alive;
Some of us didn't get it the first time.
Thought at the start that we would've had more
Than a useless sheet of paper on the wall.
My friends go live their lives and now we're scattered.
It kind of feels like it never even mattered.
But I remember how fun they were and one day we'll catch up.
Working at this stupid job does nothing for me
But I need the cash to get to where I wanna be.
Don't feel grown up but technically it's true
And I don't know what the hell I'm supposed to do.
Home with Mom and Dad is alright for now,
But frankly I'm looking to get out.
We three know that I can't stay forever,
And life will be different with these ties severed.
And even if I don't know what I want to be,
I'm finding out who I am and that's enough for me;
At least I know that I don't know.
Everybody seems to have their shit figured out
But I think the truth is no one knows what life's about.
Don't feel grown up but what does that even mean?
I can do whatever I want if I can only dream.
And doing anything is much better than nothing at all.
Won't keep wasting my days just waiting for something to fall
Into my lap, into my life - I just gotta improvise.
Why'd it take so goddamn long for me to realize that
Life's too short to waste my time
In post-grad fucking purgatory.
(Beki / Josh)
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4. |
Why Even Try?
01:52
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When two awkward people meet
We end up staring at our feet
Just searching for the words to say
But it never works out anyway,
So why even try?
We'll end up saying goodbye.
I'm sorry that I missed my chance,
Too nervous to make an advance.
I guess I'm just unlucky with love,
I keep striking out again and again.
So why even try?
We'll end up saying goodbye.
Just wanna die -
We'll end up saying goodbye.
I think you're cool and you think I'm nice
But I don't know how to break the ice
That holds our frozen tongues and feet:
When two awkward people meet.
(Aaron / Beki)
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5. |
Stargazer
03:13
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"Show me which constellations you know."
Swing your hands and point as they glow.
Thank you for bringing me out here tonight,
Wishing I may and wishing I might.
So easy to get lost in my seclusion,
Now I'm out here cursing the light pollution.
But when the clouds part, and the stars shine through,
I realize that I'm glad to be out here with you.
We can only see so much
With heads craned gazing up.
The void stretches out like the sea,
Ready to swallow up you and me.
But if we are made of stars
Our hands can reach out so far.
You have always loved the sky.
We're stargazers, you and I.
(Josh)
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6. |
Lunar Maria
01:46
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There's something I should tell you
But I have to try not to look too long, too soon,
'Cause after all this time,
I've found that I am drawn to you like
How the sea always has the moon on his mind.
And they say there's no way
Earth's seas could up and leave,
What with mass and gravity
And suchlike things, so
How could we ever come to be?
Diana, lady de la lune,
Would that I could wash over you
But here remains the tragic truth:
There can never be fish on the moon
(Beki)
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7. |
Series of Days
02:13
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My hand is cold because you're far away,
And even though I know that you will stay faithful,
I still miss you.
When I laugh I wonder if you would too.
Illuminate my eyes, the sight of you.
I'm glad we met, I'll see you soon.
Now I'm counting the days 'til I see you again,
In the meantime dreaming about when it'll happen.
Sometimes I sleep to pass the time between.
In our shared dreamland with its silver lake
We'll have a picnic until we're awake.
We'll be the only two people in the world.
And in the morning when the sun opens up your eyes,
I'm so lost for words, can't even improvise
So I smile.
And I know we'll be okay
Even when we're away,
'Cause I know and you know
It's just a series of days
'Til I see you again.
(Josh)
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8. |
Kitty Hickey
02:07
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You know I think you're really cute,
But I'm allergic being so close to you.
Today I really need my space,
So please get out of my face.
Please be patient so we'll both be happy,
'Cause this don't work when we're both crabby.
We're both not wrong,
I just need you not to hang around so much.
You know eventually
I'm gonna miss your touch.
Seems like you're a little too needy
And I think I'm going crazy.
I need some me time,
It sure would be fine.
I hope you'll still be there for me.
Please be patient so we'll both be happy,
'Cause this don't work when we're both crabby.
We're both not wrong,
I just need you not to hang around so much.
You know eventually
I'm gonna miss your touch.
You know I think you're really sweet.
Just give it some time before we meet again.
You know I think you're really cool
But right now I'm being a fool.
(Aaron / Beki)
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