1. |
The Curse
03:20
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my apocalypse doesn’t come with a rising tide
it just settles down slowly when you’re hand’s not in mine
and the only thing that made me feel safe is gone
gone, gone
and i know it’s in my head and you say you love me still
but when i dream you leave me, god, it feels so fucking real
i don’t want to wake up in case i find you gone
you’re gone, gone
what’s the point of saving the world if the moon falls down?
what’s the point of diving for a pearl just to lay it in the ground, in the ground?
maybe that’s morbid of me but i think i’ve got a curse, baby
you never lift it, you just made me less afraid
but i’m still afraid
a crumpled set of bedsheets and empty pack of smokes
sometimes the air’s so heavy i think i’m gonna choke
even after years and years prepared me for being alone
i guess it’s different when you know you’re missing out
and maybe if i’m good enough i’ll get rid of the doubts
that tell me i fucked up and don’t know what’s right for me
what’s the point of saving the world if the moon falls down?
what’s the point of diving for a pearl just to lay it in the ground, in the ground?
maybe that’s morbid of me but i think i’ve got a curse, baby
you never lift it, you just made me less afraid
but i’m still afraid
what’s the point of saving the world if the moon falls down?
what’s the point of diving for a pearl just to lay it in the ground, in the ground?
maybe that’s morbid of me but i think i’ve got a curse, baby
you never lift it, you just made me less afraid
but i’m still afraid
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Next Life
02:52
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it’s my birthday, i guess i kinda wanted you to call
i thought that we were still together, did i miss a signal?
ever the patient optimist, i keep giving you chances more and more
but i can’t keep doing this, with a teary cheek pressed against your door
maybe i’ll find you in the next life
maybe i’ll be kinder and you’ll be on my side
i’ll find you when the sun and moon collide
you’ll hold my hand and we’ll find a place to hide
you keep me in a box up on the shelf
you put me away when you don’t need my help
and i stayed here cause i thought that this was love
and if it wasn’t, i don’t know what it was
i don’t know what the hell it was
you had to go get me attached and then leave me in the rain
i can taste your cigarette on my tongue, god, i can’t do this again
if you’re gonna leave me, please just do it
i need your honesty
i’ll do my best to pull through it but this shit’s gonna stay with me
got me thinking i’ll find you in the next life
maybe I’ll be kinder and you’ll be on my side
i’ll find you when the sun and moon collide
you’ll hold my hand and we’ll find a place to hide
you keep me in a box up on the shelf
you put me away when you don’t need my help
and i stayed here cause i thought that it was love
and if it wasn’t i don’t know what it was
i don’t know what the fuck it was
could you tell me what the fuck this was?
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3. |
Nihilism is Overrated
02:47
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i feel like this isn’t my real life
i think real life will happen once this body dies
they’ll put me in the ground, maybe i’ll turn into a tree
and i won’t hurt anybody and i won’t care when they hurt me
when Pat said ‘we’re all compost in training’
i didn’t expect that to ring so true
but i’m sick and tired of sitting here overthinking
i won’t kill myself, but that don’t mean i don’t want to
cause i kinda want to
i think nihilism is overrated
i have to believe there’s some meaning in this
but i realize the shit i say sounds jaded
cause the truth is i never asked to exist
and i don’t want this
i never wanted this
i don’t want this and i’m sick and tired of all this bullshit
i still think there’s a curse on my head
and i used to have someone who made me less scared of it
but every sweet thing i have turns rotten
i don’t know why i expected any more than this
spread me like a feast, turn me into a garden
let the foxes eat my flesh, grow some ferns with my bones
when i am everything and nothing
maybe i’ll finally be happy and finally be home
but i think nihilism is overrated
i have to believe there’s some meaning in this
but i realize the shit i say sounds jaded
cause the truth is i never asked to exist
and i don’t want this
i never wanted this
i don’t want this and i’m sick and tired of all this bullshit
i used to think i could die like Inman
up on a mountain, surrounded by love
but i don’t think that’s in the cards i was given
i might be on a mountain, but i think i’ll be alone
when i let go of this
when i leave all of this
i’ll try and wait for it, but i’m tired of all this shit
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