1. |
Good Bones
03:17
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We let the yard go wild
We said, “Let it grow a little while”
Now July air’s like fire
Nights we hear the oaks
It’s like a choir
I’m trying to see the upside
When all our eyes are tired
I’m trying to see the upside
Like good bones
We kept our phones on quiet
We said, “Let it go, let’s rest a while”
I feel no fight or flight
But if you’ll come along
I think I’ll fly
I’m trying to see the upside
When all our eyes are tired
I’m trying to see the upside
Like good bones
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2. |
Coin Trick
02:51
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The wax is glistening
On the tile beneath our feet
Reflecting back the soles
Worn by the days you walked me home
And on the second floor
Through the glass revolving doors
I make a mental note to leave
The way I came
Sometimes I feel I’m just a coin
Sinking in the fountain at the food court
You whispered wishes in your palm
I hope that you got what you wished for
I fear that I was just a coin
Sinking in the fountain at the food court
You whispered wishes in your palm
I hope that you got what you wished for
I got exactly what I wished for,
So I make a mental note to leave the way I came
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3. |
Dirty Magazine
03:08
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You found a dirty magazine
In the men’s room at the park
Now it sits out by our living room couch
Glossed up shine like a guide to fine art
I know it’s hard to say
These are good days
Still I love your voice in the cold
Like the moon it waxes and wanes
You threw your mask up on the dash
Said let’s just drive around
You can always tell a star from a satellite
It’s light all-white like a highway grave-site
It’s light all-white like a highway grave-site
I know it’s hard to say
These are good days
Still I love your voice in the cold
Like the moon it waxes and wanes
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4. |
The Songbird
02:04
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Take a little time to write it out
The feeling of the sound
The whisper of a wing against the window
Then the ground
Take a little time to write it out
And read it out aloud
To the bird beside the car outside the window
Run aground
It’s an honest mistake,
Where there was glass
You saw an infinite sky
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At the hospice
Or tennis courts
At the office
Or on the porch
I never know when to cry
So I do it all of the time
On my birthday
Or in my car
At the greenway
Or in the dark
I never know when to cry
So I do it all of the time
Nothing is wrong
I’m just crying
Nothing is wrong
I’m just crying
Crying, crying
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Everyone’s got acid in their freezer
Waiting for the day they feel like they won’t freak out
Meanwhile you’re an art student taking photos
On an iPhone of dead birds on the sidewalks where you live
But I don’t blame you
Sometimes I feel the same
I want to take the dead and raise them
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7. |
Unrecognizable
02:13
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I returned to a place I’ve known
I hadn’t changed, but I suppose I’ve grown
If I don’t pick up the phone
You’ll just assume I’m dead and gone
So I won’t
Cus damn this year has changed you
Like the hills behind the high school
Like all that land we let the kudzu swallow whole
Unrecognizable
I’m no good at saying what I need
Some tongue-tied poltergeist I act out mean
So if you’d like to curse my name for all the things I didn’t say
Okay
Cus damn this year has changed you
Like the hills behind the high school
Like all that land we let the kudzu swallow whole,
Unrecognizable
Like all that land we let the kudzu swallow whole,
Unrecognizable
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8. |
Oh No
01:55
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Our street is overrun
The mockingbirds are wilding
The cardinals are crying out
The crows are eating cat food on the neighbor’s porch again
Oh no
Our life is rather quiet
The year has made me anxious
Talking makes me paranoid
Everything I say comes out in someone else’s voice
Oh no
Our love is obvious
Loving you is breathing
Loving you is lying down
Loving you has got me like the mockingbirds
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9. |
Already Looking Back
03:06
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When all this is over, this hideousness
Will I be nostalgic, then feel guilty for feeling it?
All these days alone with you
Walking far through the dark in our neighborhood
I can’t be the only one
Already looking back
Reading conspiracy theories
And finding those symbols outside
Or staying in all day
And playing guitar by your side
All these days alone with you
Walking far through the dark in our neighborhood
I can’t be the only one
Already looking back
I can’t be the only one
Already looking back
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