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tattoo convention (demo)
03:00
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in a veil of needles
And guys looking tough
Had a feeling I’d see you
I know it’s been months but
we planned to go together
Get tattoos and grab lunch
Never thought I’d see you with such a pretty someone
I’m still in love
When I said it I meant it
heartbroken at the tattoo convention
The look in ur eyes
like a death sentence
Heartbroken at the tattoo convention
All at once the wound is
opened
looking away like I’m not
broken
Don’t dare try to wave
Cause I’m more focused
On that Poor girl next to you
Her hearts been stolen
I’m way too sober for this
And I’m tough as shit
But i want to fall back into you
Almost got over it
She’s kissing your lips
Now I want to fall back into
Surrounded by people
Familiar to pain
It’s funny to think one day
I might feel the same
I hope I reach some kind of ascension
But for now I’m heart broke
At the tattoo convention
Never thought I’d be heart broke at the tattoo convention
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2. |
who (demo)
04:42
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Walking pine street and I might smoke
Depends where you are, but I don’t know
You could be driving any road
Even though it kills you said it looked cool
Knowing you your friends don’t even know
How it slipped from my self control
Probably told your mom it was mutual
No you didn’t cheat, no you not a fool
Who do I have to be?
To be easy to love
Who do I need to beat?
To be what you want
Roadkill over the highway
Is summertime driving to your place
Laying dead in your bed again
And you’re a vulture diving my way
Tylenol for your migraine
Call the tow truck when your car breaks
I want to love a boy with your face
I hope he makes forgivable mistakes
Who do I have to be?
To be easy to love
Who do I need to beat?
To be the only one
Who
Everything I wanted is wrong
Tryna save a future that’s gone
Everything I wanted is wrong
Do you think about it at all?
Who do I have to be?
To be easy to love
Who do I need to beat?
To be the only one
Who
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3. |
sabotage (demo)
04:49
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It was a blooming July night
When I got to know you
We Took the rides you liked
In the arcade talking
No one seemed to find
It odd that I was in love
Your words came out like I
Was some celestial being
Dancing in your room
The moon lit up a feeling
I watched it as it bloomed
But now we killed it again
Oh who am I kidding saying I
Couldnt try harder
I could run to you forever
And never get tired
Who am I kidding Saying it was
All too much
I could drink you down and not
Get enough
I kid myself
Sabotage
Watching you undress
What a mundane thing
The tattoo on ur chest
Traced by all my fingers
What a stupid death
You should have cared as much
And now I’ve got your clothes
All in cardboard boxes
Smiling old photos
That I’ll hide in my closet
Do you still have boardwalk Pictures ur wallet?
Oh who am I kidding saying I
Couldve tried harder
I would run to you all day and
Still Not get tired
Who am I kidding Saying it was
All too much
I would drink you down and not
Get enough
I kid myself
Sabotage
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epilogue (demo)
02:59
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I read books that you annotated
On the carpet I bought when I got too stoned at target
Same stuff, new house, much to tell about
I miss you and I’m happy
Two things are true like u taught me
Ah, ah
Whippin through the wind tunnel
Washing ur hair
Hard to talk about it cause I care
Just wanted you to know
You’re in my margins and credits and notes
Wherever I go
I saw you at the show i was faded
Ur eyes gave a warning like paper you tore me
It sucks, im stuck, could call you up
But I feel our ends are tied
read between your lines
Ah ah
Driving through the traffic
Holding your stare
Hard to talk about it cause I care
Regardless, you should know
You’re in my margins and credits and notes
Wherever I go
Love is not lost
It just looks different
It sounds like distance
reads like missing
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5. |
spoken (demo)
03:19
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I heard your name the other day
I wish my ears could look away
Cause theres too much to find
Inside my mind
I cut the garden different shapes
The eucalyptus smells the same
The bluebells still your color
With my shears tucked under
I pray no one notices
Where I go when I lose focus
Wood floors white door
posters on your wall
House chores gut laugh
Oh god I’m gonna fall
Into it like a wound left open
All it takes is your name spoken
So here I dive down rabbit holes
Of Usernames one time codes
Like a freak in hiding
To see you in new lighting
And in everything I do
Lives a past version of you
So I go on loving
I guess that stands for something
I hold my breath for your big confession
Till I pass out and see a glimpse of heaven
Wood floors white door
posters on your wall
House chores gut laugh
Oh god I’m gonna fall
Into it like a wound left open
All it takes is your name spoken
Dirt poor deep lore
Now I change the song
Fourth floor, legs sore
Oh god I’m gonna fall
Into like a wound left open
All it took was your name spoken
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