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Sleep Through the Week
03:44
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Call my phone like it’s haunted,
Take what you wanted it don’t mean a thing
Bang my bones in the basement,
Lowly replacement, your clothes in the sink
Play those tunes like you’re crazy,
Smoke like you’re lazy, sleep through the week
You might barely convince me,
Impossible whimsy, your tongue through your cheek
I gotta hear you out
You’re gonna change me slowly
I wanna make you proud
And be your one and only
But I’d better believe it, no time to mess around
Your heart is on your sleeve, you’re sinkin underground
So I’d better believe it, what else is there to do?
Cause everybody knows you float above the truth
You’re high above the truth, truth, truth
What else can I do, do - mmm
A shadow of our youth, youth, youth
There’s nothin I can do - mmm
Call my phone like it’s haunted,
I’ll give you all that you wanted
Play those tunes like you’re crazy,
And we’ll sleep til noon like we’re lazy
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2. |
First Date, Outside
03:36
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First date, outside
We found a seat you sat across from me
And I, carried a glass, wanting to ask to know you
We act like kids
No one can tell you what the feeling is
To run, round in the sky, finally breathless
The kind of face that I would chase
But all I had to do was wait
And I survived the year beside
The bar, the late night dive
First look around
It’s like the summer’s in my pocket now
I float, in the abyss, think I’m about to kiss you
I move beside
You look away to hide your smile, I put my arm
Over your neck, under the evening
The kind of face that I would chase
But all I had to do was wait
And I survived the year beside
The bar, the late night dive
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3. |
I Still Need You
04:14
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It’s only Monday, I know it’s weighing on your head
But I will drive myself to work, and you will climb out of the bed
It’s more than one thing, in the corners of your mind
I’m gotta turn on all the lights, cause baby you’ve acting blind
And I still need you
You know I feel you
I know you’re one man, I’m not asking to be saved
But I commit to where I stand, can you convince me that you’re brave
Cause I need one thing, not forever but today
Won’t you guide me back, guide me back your way?
Cause I still need you
You know I feel you
You told me that you need a change, can we start to make a plan?
I know you need find your way but it’s hard to understand
Cause baby we are in too deep, you know it’s true
You’re askin’ everything from me, but all I need from you is
Don’t forget we built -- this thing
Don’t pretend you feel -- nothing
I know that you can be stronger -- baby
You know it brings me to -- my knees
You know it’s only you -- I need
And I can’t wait any longer -- baby
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4. |
Hidden
04:11
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He sees you in an evening gown
With your tall red shoes, with your long hair down
He leads you with an open hand
And you know it’s true, it’s time to make a stand
But you’d rather keep it hidden
No one has ever been
To that island in your dream
In the shadow that you’re living
Won’t it come naturally
Like it’s finally meant to be
You’re a modest thing, but when he thinks of you
You’re an August Queen, that's the simple truth
You’ve learned to hide in the darkest room
But on the other side you’re the harvest moon
You might see it soon
But you’d rather keep it hidden
No one has ever been
To that island in your dream
In the shadow that you’re living
Won’t it come naturally
Like it’s finally meant to be
Hidden oh, you’re hiding so,
You’re hidden oh, you’re hiding,
If you forget it oh, you’re hidden,
Then I’ll remind you
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Sun of July
04:13
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You sit and wait for the sun of July
Your very fate, you will stare till you’re blind
Every reason precise in your mind
But every season keeps passing you by
Stand and sing you’re the son of a Queen
Chosen head, you’re the one she will need
And give your soul, your most beautiful sound
Lord knows she owes you that fair weather crown
Take every chance of July
Take every chance that you find
Wake every face to the sun
Taking your place, you’re the one
You’ve been whispering, “marry me please”
You’ve been begging her down on your knees
You’re looking up at her, you’re calling her name
Is she looking back at you, like she feels the same?
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6. |
Interlude
00:24
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7. |
Color Kind Sweet
03:26
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Color kind sweet and I beat only cause you suggest it
And I float down the stream of the blessed
Fall asleep underneath the caresses...
Of the forest can’t speak but I beg, tell me am I invited?
Will you take me wherever you’re hiding?
You know I’ll keep quiet
There’s a beast in the leaves and I can’t pull myself away
Never leave till I get what I need even though I’m afraid
Your hands slope like telescopes
Just to see what I lack to believe what I broke,
I could save it
Spirit so fine in a mine buried deep the ocean
Swim inside just to feel the commotion
Grip my lungs til the pressure is broken
And a body can’t breathe when it’s cold and the temperature’s sinking
And I don’t even know what you’re thinkin
And the ocean is shrinkin
There’s a beast in the sea and I can’t pull myself away
Never leave till I get what I need even though I’m afraid
Your hands slope like telescopes
Just to see what I lack to believe what I broke,
I could save it
But don’t save me now, oh don’t save me now
You can’t save me now, I can’t sleep here underground
I can’t break that wicked sound, Only take it like I found
Don’t save me now…
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