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No-Touch Football
04:08
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Getting used to the quiet
No qualms with just staying home
Can’t tell if I’m lying
Lost that sense of myself you know
Disconnect the dots and multiply the days
Inside this echo chamber all the names reverberate
It’s the same scene, a recurring dream
Where everyone I know floats in a pixelated screen
Leave the door chained
Check the locks twice
Lotta folks are hungry
I think I used to sleep at night
Leave the door chained
Check the locks twice
Lotta folks are hungry
But I’m tired I’m tired I’m tired
There’s a fire in the streets tonight
Can’t feel it when you’re locked on the inside
There’s a fire in the streets tonight
Ashamed to be locked on the inside
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2. |
Karaoke Funeral
03:52
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We did karaoke at the funeral
For the neighbor lady that we didn’t know
When my turn came I sang “Time After Time”
The tears were real but the pain was a lie
Mackenzie came to see me in Buffalo
Her face was red and shining from the snow
I thought by midnight we might meet our end
But she’s efficient so we were done by ten
Everybody’s been a bummer, worn it on their sleeve
Stared into a cloudy eye, begging to be seen but they’re
Far gone, this conclusion is forgone
Nathan was my friend since kindergarten
Skate parks and guitars, we were both left-handed
Hot knots in my throat when I heard the news
Nate’s played his last note, there’s nothing we can do
Everybody’s been a stranger, hid under their sleeve
Stared into a crowded mirror, dying to be seen but they’re
Far gone, this conclusion is forgone
Floating in circles in your parents’ pool
Southern stars hover like molecules
You were asking what infinity means to me
I say it’s tangible, it’s touched but rarely seen and we’re
Far gone, this conclusion is forgone
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3. |
Sweater
03:57
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If I could just stay
Safe inside these walls and not go out all day
You stretched out my sweater, said it’s yours now anyway
It’s just that season's change pushing me away
It’s dumb 'cause I let her, I'm still wondering anyway
I’m trying to save myself
From wearin' this one out
The threads that she displaced
You gotta rip 'em out
My shaking
Has slowed
I still hear
Those songs
That phone line not ringing at all
I’m feeling that strain again
I’m slowly fading out
I lost that sense of self
But I’m better now
I need you
I don’t
Your closeness
My cold
Your patience is starting to go
It's not you and not me
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4. |
You Again
04:09
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Photos just could never do you justice
I need the sound you make each time you twist your lips
Speaking in sparks and thunderclaps of confidence
I tried so hard to catch your lightning in my fists
And I’ll tell myself
“Take it on the chin”
And you tell me now
“Try to be human,
Even if you have to phone it in
You just gotta learn how to be you again”
Watched everyone we know come full circle
Stuck in the same old square, we started taking notes
Obsessed over micro-moments, went down the rabbit hole
They took their toll but we won’t let them take control
No right place, no right time
No fast travel, no rewind
Hold space in the line
I’ll say I’m fine and it’s not a lie
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5. |
Empath
04:16
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I packed my shit up all together
For a week of sunshine and some Spanish wine
When I saw you standing out there you looked
Calm and fearless, soft with cutting lines
I read the paper every morning
It’s at my door each day by half-past nine
It says the world is burning but my darling
I’m just starting to feel alright
You said you’re an empath
Are you feeling me too?
You said that I got no taste
I wouldn’t say it ain’t true
You said this ain’t 2003
But I’m Stuck On You
They’re closing up it’s last call
You take one for the road with you
There’s life in what we found together
The streets are quiet witness to our sin
Strangers but your eyes speak slow
Gentle words that broke down my defense
We go out drinking every evening
There’s no use sleeping, we’re on borrowed time
Your honesty shot right through me and
Echoed my pain faintly through the night
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6. |
Avery
04:18
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Incubate for days
Inside your room
Laying like a lake under
The looming July moon
You tried to live in the moment but
Time had no vacancy
You hate those pretty explosions
Colorful lies claiming that you’re free
They said you‘re out of your mind,
But so in your head at the same time
Avery
They finally know your name
But still you can’t sleep because
The story stays the same
Saying you’re a leaf blowing in the breeze
You’re a sugar-free caffeine kick
But I wanna believe the things you swear you see
Let you live longer than a moment
I see you
Both arms around yourself now
Would you mind if I join you
Just for a little while?
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7. |
People Are Young
02:44
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You only fly on the redeye
You grew a garden with your green thumb
Been known to tell a white lie
And I’m a sucker for your silver tongue
Now my dreams are peak TV
Watch ‘em and sink into your couch
But when my days are bad movies
I’m a red wine stain, I’m not coming out
You knew that this would happen, didn’t you?
We’re at capacity and don’t know what to do
One morning stuck in your bed
We were in a hungover haze
You mourned the passing of time and said
“People are young these days”
Later walking to the river where
Skipped stones Morse code our names
Retraced our steps to get there but we
Knew the river wouldn’t be the same
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8. |
Hey Genesee
04:52
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Hey turn off the television
And come crawl into bed
Walked outside to see you lyin’
Lyin’ dead on the floor
And I swore I could have heard ya
Screaming soft in my head
I said “hey kid can I help ya?”
I’d love to see your gray hair
And I’ll lift you up
The way you did when we were kids and it was always enough
We could never be apart
Her tender touch
Had a way to keep ya sane when you’re falling off
Can I share in what you’ve lost?
So I’ll pick you up
Put on a record from the days when we were young
You hate your voice but I love when you sing along
You’ve had it rough
But you could tell it’s not as hard as we are strong
A troubled heart still beats as we move along
I’m not giving up
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Deep Wimp Brooklyn, New York
Charlie Waters
guitar, vocals
Wesley Rose
bass, vocals
Kyle Jutkiewicz
drums, vocals
Trevor Courneen
guitar, vocals
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