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How Tired are You?
02:02
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I think about the news when there's nothing else to do
I mean I think about the news when my tooth is getting loose
And oh, I can't be bothered to be going to the dentist
When this world will surely end
How tired are you?
How tired are you?
How tired are you?
Hang on
Hang on
I think I've got the blues when I'm in one room all day
I mean I think I've got the blues when there's something I want to say
If I can't say it to my friends or afford a therapist
Maybe I'll say it in a song
But not today
How tired are you?
How tired are you?
How tired are you?
Hang on
Hang on
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Evaporate
02:41
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The days seem so quiet even when they're not
I used to think I was clever.
Along the way I forgot
The thoughts stuck inside of me don't burst out of me wildly.
They just simmer for a while, then eventually evaporate.
The hurt of existence, the need for adventure
Still exist inside of me
But they feel dull and mild.
I'm trying to learn how to feel okay
In a way that doesn't blow up everything
And still lets me be me
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3. |
A Gentle World
02:30
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Now that it's been years since my old good friend died
I've dried my eyes but I carry that hurt with me
And I always will
We all get hurt and we all hurt each other
And it finds its way into our DNA
And sometimes I just want to forgive everybody
And live in a gentle world
But it's not that easy
So I go for a walk in the woods with my family
And it's so quiet and the leaf buds are in the trees
No one can hurt me, at least for a little while
I forget the news and the people who have hurt me in the past
And sometimes I just want to forgive everybody
And live in a gentle world
But it's not that easy
I used to see the good in everybody
Like we're all in this together
And on good days I still do
I don't like to think that my loss is someone's gain
I wish that nobody could ever benefit from another's pain
And sometimes I just want to forgive everybody
And live in a gentle world
But it's not that easy
One misty morning on a California beach
I got lost in the fog and it felt like everything had changed
I couldn't see more than two feet in front of me
And I learned the power of being alone with yourself
And the sound of the waves
And sometimes I just want to forgive everybody
And live in a gentle world
But it's not that easy
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4. |
Why I Got This Way
03:23
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Hey you, how ya doing?
Hey you yeah you I really miss you
I think you are a good person
I don't know why I don't call ya anymore
Oh me, I feel shaken
I've been making like a tree
And I've been leaving
Leaving town or I'm shutting down
Or the time goes by and
My mind is in a fog again
I don't know why, why I got this way
I don't know why, why I got this way
I don't know why, why I got this way
Don't know why I feel bad about everything I say
There's a way that I've been feeling
Like I'm broken or that I'm good at nothing.
It's been slow but I've been healing
When I'm better I'm gonna call you on the phone again.
I don't know why, why I got this way
I don't know why, why I got this way
I don't know why, why I got this way
I don't know why, why I got this way
I don't know why I feel bad about everything I say
I've been saying sorry like it's oxygen
I've been having lots of trouble sleeping
It's like I got hurt and just lied there
But didn't notice ya over there with your hand out
I don't know why, why I got this way
I don't know why, why I got this way
I don't know why, why I got this way
I don't know why I feel bad about everything I say
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5. |
Shrugs
01:35
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It's so strange
To see your body change
It doesn't look the same or feel the same
To be inside yourself
Look in the mirror, you'll see your belly grow
Your eyelids getting low
Your face looks like a picture of an old man
You don't know
People who once would've been my peers
Now just look like little kids, I guess that's just the way it goes
Should I feel good or bad, I guess I'll never know
Or maybe I shouldn't ever say should about anything at all
Shrug your shoulders, shrug your shoulds,
Shrug it off and shrug it all
Your body's gonna change. It's gonna be real weird
It's gonna take you for a ride
Shrug your shoulders, shrug your shoulds
Shrug it off and shrug it all
Just love the ones your love and hold onto them because
They're on this trip with you
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6. |
Cup of Water
04:00
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I've got this feeling that I really should stay inside
Pour myself a drink and try to sort my mind
I'll grab a cup of water when I'm nice and tired.
I'll search myself until I'm feeling wild
Trying to find meaning in the sadness of my mind
Sometimes I guess it's quiet just because
There's a cup of water on my bedside table
It's been there for days and I haven't drank a drop
Sometimes when I'm down it's something complicated
Like a bit of trauma that I haven't processed yet
Sometimes it's simple and I'm dehydrated
It sounds so silly but that's the way it is
There's a cup of water on my bedside table
I've got this feeling that I really should go outside
Turn off my phone and lay face down in the grass
Wait for the quiet and I'll try to feel okay
I've always felt like there's a puzzle I can't solve
Some transcendental moment just out of reach
Like something's missing when there's nothing left to find
There's a cup of water on my bedside table
It's been there for days and I haven't drank a drop
Sometimes when I'm down it's something complicated
Like a bit of trauma that I haven't processed yet
Sometimes it's simple and I'm dehydrated
It sounds so silly but that's the way it is
There's a cup of water on my bedside table
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7. |
The Singing Tree
01:23
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I was sitting underneath the singing tree
I was sitting underneath the singing tree
My children were not born yet
I was thinking about a gentle world
And how I wanted to see one
I was sitting
Tears filled my eyes as a baby cried
As a baby cried
I was sitting underneath the singing tree
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8. |
The Storm
01:54
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There was an ocean where there hadn't been before
Must've been a storm that took the beach away
Where horseshoe crabs once had made their home
Was a memory of a beach that will never be again
The ocean doesn't even care at all
If our buildings rise or if they fall
It claims its space and rules over us all
There's a peace that comes with a sense of helplessness
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It always seems
Like I'm watching somebody die
In my dreams.
I don't know why
But it seems
Like it means something
I always wake more tired than I was
Before I slept
Oh Well
There's a sound
In the background
A ringing bell, the gates of hell
There's a choir
That only sings the names of people I forgot
It's the soundtrack of my quiet time
There's a sound
In the background
A ringing bell, the gates of hell
There's a choir that sings for me
When I wake up
Everything stops
Where am I?
It always seems
Like I travel time
And mush it all together
Forever
There's a sound
In the background
A ringing bell, the gates of hell
There's a choir
That only sings the names of people I forgot
It's the soundtrack of my quiet time
There's a sound
In the background
A ringing bell, the gates of hell
There's a choir that sings for me
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10. |
Inebriated and Irritated
02:52
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Inebriated and Irritated
You think got the whole world figured out
And you figure its bad
You go to the department stores
You sit in their cafes
You eat a soft pretzel and go people watching
And you think they're all dumb
You ride your bike everywhere you go
You get mad at the cars whether they're fast or slow
Cause they're killing the earth
You meet with your friends
You talk about the others
And laugh at all the things that they've done
That you would never do
Inebriated and irritated
Inebriated and irritated
Inebriated and irritated
You're inebriated and irritated
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11. |
I Return to the Bus
01:48
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I rode across the country on a musty greyhound bus
I was kinda broken-hearted and I was looking for myself
And there I was like a ghost in a turtle shell
January in Minneapolis, I went walking by myself
I found a superhero themed pizza shop
With a garlic bread happy hour
And there I was; belly full but feeling empty
February in Texas, I had my only t-shirt on
Got lost riding bikes with an old friend
In a neighborhood I forgot
And there I was
A metaphor for myself
A dreary day in New Orleans
I was walking to the bus
I couldn't tell you when it was
But I remember thinking to myself
Like all things return to the sea, I return to the bus
Well, the sun goes down and the sun comes up
And the waves roll in and roll out just the same
Oh I don't know why if you try to take a minute
To try and figure it out
A year just disappears
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12. |
Never Ever Felt
02:06
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When i think of all the mes that I've been
There's only one me that I still am
And that's the me that I've always been and always will be
When i sit alone in a room
I always feel a feeling that's brand new
And i wanna say that I've never ever felt this way
When every feeling that you feel is brand new
It's overwhelming yet mundane
And I start to feel like there's something wrong with my brain
So I started taking this new pill
The world gets blank and things seem still.
And I wanna say that I've never ever felt this way
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Billy Mack Collector Hamburg, Pennsylvania
Happy songs about being uncomfortable
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