1. |
okay
03:16
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V1
looking back i
hear all the things you said
you would ask me
if we’d make it out okay
well we did in a kind of way
i haven’t seen you
that much these past few months
it’s not easy
sometimes you work for love
sometimes that’s not quite enough
CH
you don’t want this anymore
that’s fine sure okay
i won’t show up at your door
like every other day
you know i hate it
but okay
V2
took me a minute
to get what’s going on
give me a minute
if this is it, i’ll say so long
but nothing about this was at all wrong
OUTRO
you know i hate it
oh i hate it so
but if you insist
then okay
i'll be okay
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2. |
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V1
maybe if i just don't feel, it will go away
maybe i can just avoid the hazards of the day
if i sink and latch onto the bottom of the sea
i bet i could bypass this and you would stay with me
CH
things don't have to change
we can stay this way
maybe this can be forever
things don't have to change
V2
maybe if we just stay put, everything remains
i sure like the view from here underneath the pain
maybe we don't have to pack our bags, stay and lock the door
i sure like this bed i'm on, and it can fit one more
BRIDGE
if life don't change
then why do we?
if we’re immortal
then are we free?
CH2
things might have to change
can we keep this pace?
maybe this won't be forever
things might have to change
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3. |
burnt my bible
03:50
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V1
i can hear
how the neighbors fight
she is dropping tears
he walks out at night
pretty soon
they’re in love again
she can’t help but swoon
he’s there till the end
they hold on
to what they were taught
cause when your momma says so
well she can’t be wrong
PRE
but i have felt a love that’s meant to last die
and i have seen the lord get off the cross and fly
CH
so tell me what went wrong
how is peter pan an old man?
where’s the magic gone?
it’s all feeling like a cold scam
what is going on?
yeah i think i was lied to then
but i’ve not burnt my bible yet
V2
now i find
myself in that place
stuck with child eyes
and an adult face
love and god
always felt so true
how could they be flawed,
flawed like me and you?
i’ve held on
to what i was taught
because my momma said so
and she can’t be wrong
OUT
now i know i was lied to then
but i can’t burn my bible just yet
not yet
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4. |
the weight of my dreams
03:30
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V1
i find it to be very strange
how high a man can get
despite the low he knows will come
yet he still makes his bet
sometimes you get it all at once
sometimes it falls apart
sometimes you’d really show me your love
and i knew you’d break my heart
CH
i can’t carry what i want
but i can’t let it go
it’s a heavy load for me
but that’s just the weight of my dreams
V2
some days i wake up with you here
just floating 'round my head
some days i can’t remember your name
hope is a mistress in bed
BR
the more i keep on going
the taller i am growing
the heavier it gets
the stronger my chest
thanks to the weight of my dreams
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5. |
keep me high
03:28
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V1
how have you been, my oldest friend?
we haven’t talked since i don’t know when
i’m looking rugged, see that i’ve been through a lot
cracks in my face prove I’ve fought
CH
what has weathered me
is my own damn storm
yearning to be free
numb beneath the swarm
so i’ll keep me high
or at least i’ll try
keep me high
V2
what i’ve been taught, it’s gotta be false
that i’m insignificant, maybe forgotten
i’m doing better than i’ve ever done before
still i cannot shake my core
BR
i’ve had enough of it
living someone else’s life
i’ve been building up
everybody else’s but mine
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6. |
last words
03:34
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V1
bonfires are beautiful
so is the ash and soot
i threw myself into one
now i think i might be done
i’ve got a childhood wound
did me in pretty good
but couldn’t we all say that
mine just likes to wear this hat
CH
is it time to say goodbye
to these years that saved my life?
it’s been good but i need to rest
these are my last words
and they’re all i’ve got left
V2
too much of heaven’s hell
too much of loving hurts
too much of singing turns to noise
and too many words took away my voice
BR
i know memories die too
hundred years, they’ll point and shoot
maybe all that i can do:
try to create something true
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