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Ghosts In the House
02:49
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The alleyways, they're soaking up the rain
Who are these people? They're scratching up my brain
We've been drinking, I think we're already gone
Ghost in the house, I think he's in denial
Or is it me, the moody vampire?
Queens of nothing, here to take on the town
It's in the way, you talk to me
Makes me feel like lacking empathy
Frankly baby, I never gave a damn
Run for miles, we're running from the sun
I think we might have missed the starting gun
The two of us, with sunshine in our eyes
And we'll be drunk at the movies
American Beauty's come to life
And I don't want to waste my time
Living other people's stories
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Tokyo Rose
03:02
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There's a storm that's kicking up
In the city where I was born
He squares up and thinks he tough
Two, three shots for the shit he talks
Running from a hurricane
There's no sign of slowing down
Eyes are blue and full of pain
He knows now is the time to leave
Meet me in the woods
Behind your house
At 3 AM
What is the point
Of living here
Like you're already dead?
Kids in town are on the loose
With guns pointed towards the sky
Fending off the drug abuse
There's some sun that begins to shine
Days of speed and windowpane
There's a fever that they can't shake off
Riding on the gravy train
They're all faster than the cannonball
Meet me in the woods
Behind your house
At 3 AM
What is the point
Of living here
Like you're already dead?
Dead, you're dead
You're dead around here
Dead, you're dead
You're dead around here
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The thoughts spinning 'round my head
Leave this place in dread
As I walk down to the garden
So please let me be your friend
And wear myself too thin
But I'm not laughing cuz there's nothing funny
Why'd you have to be so cruel?
Why'd you have to be so cool?
I guess there's more to life than us just smoking up the place
And I bet you'd never notice with it right in front your face
Oh please
The pilots inside my mind
No they're not too kind
Cuz they dictate all my actions
Sleepless for most the night
Has become alright
Cuz I'm living life, no one can stop me
Lydia, you're already dead!
That's not in any books I've ever read
I guess there's more to life than us just sleeping in our beds
And I bet you'd never notice as my eyes were turning red
Under the moon, it's where we shine
Cuz we eclipse the sun himself every time
Every time
Get out the bedroom, get up to something (12x)
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Condo, 55 Miles Out
03:36
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Condo, 55 miles outside of the city
Red wine on your mind, more importantly right in your hand
I'll give up California if you promise that you'll leave New York
And we can just pretend to live somewhere we've never seen before
Oh Olivia, won't you dance with me
Lipstick on my cheek, oh yes it keeps me warm
I've never seen this side of town, I've heard that it was meant for us
It's nothing close to Denver but I think it's really quite the rush
Shame, shame on me
No creations left for me
Hand in glove, the pieces fit, you're talking to me 'bout your boyfriend
I wish I had the guts to say, "you don't know what we're missing out on"
Shame, shame, all the same, I never have the words to say,
"Cross my heart and hope to die, all these things will stay the same"
Shame, shame on me
No creations left for me
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I don't ever talk like that
At least I say it to your face when you act like that
The way she moves
It tends to darken up the mood
Of any room she ever walks in
She can see the sanctimony
In everybody
And she's stolen all their pride
I'm stranded on the beach reaching out for the tide
I would never sing for her
She'd take all of my words and throw them in the dirt
The days are long
And I'll try to write my own song
Of what's behind the rainbow's end
And now your friends come stumbling in
You give me that grin
You said, "Time to take a chance"
It takes two to tango but you know I can't dance
Siamese cat of a girl
She's looking at the world, through her necklaces and pearls
You want to know her mind
You've been here all the time
It's safe to say you're stranded out at sea
She believes that you can set her free
You're in too deep
Then you come to realize
That the stars have fallen out of everyone's eyes
I'm not ready, she's not ready
Going steady
Well, as far as I can tell (x4)
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Good morning to the rest of the world
My dreams come from the coffee as I overheard,
"Hey darling, won't you go to work?"
Well tell me what's the point and then I'll lose my smirk
Frayed linen fills my empty bed
Never change my clothes because I'm in my head
"Hey darling, let's go out tonight"
"There's tons of places here where you can lose your mind"
So maybe
The fault is my own
And maybe
This is why the garden's overgrown
Skip breakfast and get on the move
You waste away your life, you never get your groove
"Hey darling, can I paint you blue?"
"I'm not some piece of art that you can hold on to"
Watch movies from the 70's
Pretend you live your life up on the silver screen
"Hey darling, have you seen this one?"
"In the end, he runs away into the sun"
So maybe
The fault is my own
And maybe
This is why the garden's overgrown
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Nancy Calls
03:43
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I'm sorry for the way I've been
You better loosen up
The future is looking bright
I'll always take it on the chin
He's looking worse for wear
The kitchen is in disarray
She said she was better now
She said that she gave up on that life
She said she had made a vow
She said that she put away her knife
Nancy calls your name
As your wide awake
You begin to say,
"Where's my holiday?"
Nancy calls again
But you've run away
She begins to pray
But she has no faith
She's sorry for the way she's been
I never get that mad
It doesn't matter much to me
I'm writing every song she wants
And they're all quite bad
They all sound like some Strokes rip-off
I swear I was leaving town
I swear I was shaking up my life
I swear I was in the crowd
I swear I was putting up a fight
Nancy calls your name
As your wide awake
You begin to say,
"Where's my holiday?"
Nancy calls again
But you've run away
She begins to pray
But she has no faith
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We take the train on a rainy day
When the words they won't come out
Finding our way through the blurry shapes
For once we muck about
Please, show some levity
I don't mean to be unkind
Sing, the perfect melody
The one that's been in my mind
Maybe we'll go driving through the night
The shade of your skin is a ghostly white
I tend to drain life from you
Everyone says it's a damn good time
You lost your cigarettes and shoes
These, frozen hands of mine
They're cold like the house we built
Streets, on the borderline
Tell the stories of a young man's guilt
Maybe we'll go driving through the night
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The Hatch
03:30
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Sold your soul and headed down the road
They beg and plead, you threw away the key
The jokes are old, the poetry they stole
Guarenteed, a sense of history
Waking up on the wrong side of somebody else's bed
So you can live a life that everybody else seems to downright dread
What's yours is yours and everything that's mine you can take for yourself
Cuz there's a place inside my mind I won't forget that's been giving me hell
When you find the things that bring you comfort
I'll be here the rest of summer
I don't mind
When you find the things that bring you comfort
I'll be here the rest of summer
I don't mind
Just relax and batten down the hatch
The curtain call's a tragic waterfall
She's made of wax, they never leave a scratch
They try to crawl, to face you after all
It seems so gloomy, right around me
The money's all run out
Just keep on dancing, and quickly glancing
In your corner of the world
It's always Halloween, you live in a TV screen
And I can't pull you out
We'll keep on burning, and never learning
Until the lights go out
When you find the things that bring you comfort
I'll be here the rest of summer
I don't mind
When you find the things that bring you comfort
I'll be here the rest of summer
I don't mind
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Jordan Jackson Baltimore, Maryland
Kid from Baltimore who has no idea what he's doing.
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