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I Think I'm Ready
03:58
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I think I'm ready
To try myself again
To lose the once familiar
And make a brand new plan
I think I'm ready
To let this feeling go
To take a deep breath
And apply everything I know
I think I'm worried
That we have left sublime
That there is no more truth
And there is no more time
They say be present
With a focused and an open mind
But I still grapple with the passing
And what's left behind
The hours fleeting
Pretty soon they're gone
And the potential of the day
Keeps me from moving on
Enjoy the moment
As if I truly could
But there's a feeling in my chest
That doesn't feel so good
Take an empty seat
And make an open mind
Take a deep breath
And try to leave it all behind
I think I'm ready
I think I know
I think I'm ready
I need to let this go
I think I'm ready
I think I know
I think I'm ready
I need to let this go
I think I'm ready
I think I know
I think I'm ready
I need to let this go
I think I'm ready
I think I know
I think I'm ready
I need to let this go
I need to let this go
I need to let this go
I need to let this go
I need to let this go
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2. |
Something Uncomfortable
04:47
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Something uncomfortable
In the back of my mind
A refuge of solitude
A place I can't find
After all that I asked
The things that you wrote
They just don't come to pass
And I've gotten tired
I think I'm alone
I think that I'm wired
I hope you don't mind
But I feel the same way
Every time
And it's something uncomfortable
And I'm something uncomfortable
And I'm something uncomfortable
And I don't have the time
Running in circles
And falling in line
The wood for the trees
The pink neon sky
Who I want to be
A stereo chest
Always persistent
And bleeding the best
And I can't claw my way
It's just something I deal with
Every day
And it's something uncomfortable
And I'm something uncomfortable
And I'm something uncomfortable
Physicality
Unrelating
Somehow I don't think this is ever fading
Physicality
Unrelating
Somehow I don't think this is ever fading
And it's something uncomfortable
And I'm something uncomfortable
And I'm something uncomfortable
And I'm something uncomfortable
And I'm something uncomfortable
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3. |
Just Listen
01:18
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Don't talk, just listen
I'm sorry what I did to Compton
I couldn't help it
I don't know why I had to kill her
I'm so upset about it
If I get locked up I'll kill myself!
I'd rather kill myself than get locked up!
Oh I'll try not to kill anyone else!
Please don't talk, just listen!
I don't know what's the matter with me, I'm sick!
I'll never make it to heaven! (Calm down!)
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When the fire and the static meet
Like a dog and a cat in the street
After all I'd said and done
Well its really no fun
And I don't know what you've heard or read
But I devised a summer home
In everything you said
Sift through the papers in your white dress
And I'm just a mess
Trying to keep it together
Trying to keep it together
Trying, trying, trying
Reason with the feeling like its something to prove
But I can't speak and I hardly can move
Anxiety's flirtatious and you're just a tease
But I've got a trick up my sleeve
Romanticize the things that I try to hide
Until they're just another layer of my pride
Caught by surprise, I close my eyes
And wait until it all goes by
Trying to keep it together
Trying to keep it together
Trying to keep it together
Trying to ke-- (okay)
Retreat inside, and try to keep it hid
Remembering back to when I was a kid
Embarrassed to wake up, embarrassed to hide
Embarrassed to live sometimes
We sighed, and said that we would change one day
God, and then we did
Trying to keep it together
Trying to keep it together
Trying to keep it together
Trying to keep it together
Trying to keep it together
Trying to keep it together
Trying to ke
Trying to ke
Trying to ke
Trying to keep it together
(No no, I was actually just enjoying the show)
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You don't worry
You don't worry
You just concede
You talk, you don't listen
You talk, you don't listen
You talk, you don't listen
Whats the matter?
Thought you'd be happy here?
I know its different
And there's not a lot of people near
But of the morning sun
What of its burning light?
Let it in, and I promise
It'll be alright
Oh I try
But whats the attitude?
What's the point when I just cant get through to you?
Just make up your mind
As if a thoughts a toy
"You used to be such a clever little boy"
You talk and talk and talk and talk and talk
You don't listen
You talk and talk and talk and talk and talk
You don't listen
You talk and talk and talk and talk and talk
You don't listen
You talk and talk and talk and talk and talk (You talk)
You don't listen (You talk)
(You talk)
You talk, you don't listen
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6. |
Backbone
02:46
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I don't know where I'm going
and
I don't know what I'm doing
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7. |
Deconstructing
04:02
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Tell myself that I"m something gritty
I'm trying my hardest to look shockingly pretty
Its kind of pathetic
Always we
Always
Deconstructing myself
You're alone now
You're deconstructing
You're alone now
You're deconstructing
You're alone now
You're deconstructing
Always we
Always
And I'm still so my mind plays the game (always)
But I never reassemble the same (always)
And the words disappear from my mind (always)
And appear on my sleeve, its fine
But I'm deconstructing
You're alone now
You're deconstructing
You're alone now
You're deconstructing
You're alone now
You're deconstructing
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8. |
Under My Skin
05:12
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I look sick
It's cause I'm pale and thin
And when the going gets thick
I get under my skin
I get under my skin
I get under my skin
There's a fire
In my eyes
And it got under my skin
There's an anger
That creeps slowly
And I let it slip in
There's a future
That I'm scared of
And its all that I see
And now I'm everything
That I left you for
What does that make me?
I get under my skin
I get under my skin
I get under my skin
I get under my skin
Every moment that I lost in the fear
Every person that I've hurt this year
Is this it?
Is this me?
I bend it backwards and it bleeds on my teeth
I met a person and I hope its not me
Just another faceless body in the sea
Is there a problem?
Is there a problem?
Is there a problem?
Is there a problem?
Is it me?
I get under my skin
I get under my skin
I get under my skin
I get under my skin
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End this worried heart of mine
And thaw it's inner workings
That you and I would be this way
That love would be unnerving
Pouring out an empty vessel
Like its a joke
But you and I are well aware
You freeze before the snow
Love without capacity
Without a floor or ceiling
Hard to know the difference well,
I know the feeling
From a burning fire
Into a solemn note
Cherish in and outward
All that you know
What you are and how you've changed
In all the hate
Know to never be ashamed
It's not too late
Sing about love (Sing no more)
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(You talk)
(You don't listen)
(I think I'm ready)
(But I feel the same way)
(And I'm still)
(So my mind)
(Plays the game)
I see the sign, like a mirror
A creed in the night, getting nearer
Lift in the air, to the ceiling
The future's uncertain
But I get the feeling
Like you aren't finished this fight
Like everything
Is going to be alright
Well I know in my heart
That I'm not what you wanted
Softly and sweetly
And lovingly haunted
But it's not why I'm here
If only the future were clear
I'm here to say sorry
The actions, the words, and the tears
If everything's going to be fine
Then I need you to know
It was my fault that year
Cause the guilt always stays
And anxiety morphs it until
It is something like anger to keep it at bay
Apology letters
Returning to senders
Because what's more uncomfortable?
Living your life
Or saying you're wrong
An albatross song
May be a sign of something wrong with you
You may be run down physically, or overtired, or upset
You need a thorough checkup by your family doctor to discover the cause of your defects
You know now how important it is to your health
Why, there's nothing wrong with the way you look!
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