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Used to Be
02:36
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All my siblings have kids now
Sometimes I feel left out
I used to watch friends with them before
I understood the jokes in the show
But now I watch it alone
The trampoline the landline yells
The job of raking the leaves each fall
I moved away it took me two weeks to
Dial Michael back on the phone
The time zones I'm far from home
What a selfish sappy song
What a privileged complaint to have
I should write about my parents
And how they never split away from us
And I definitely should give more
I have wasted so much time down here
But I wish my day to day
Was as simple as it used to be
As it used to be
As it used to be
As it used to be
As it used to be
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University
04:30
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The ceiling fan it blows in my room the hurling air it circulates
The percolator down the hall is burning from the lack of water
The metal turned brown the kitchen's face frowned the stale smell of sparks and old coffee grounds
The flies still circle the steel sinks the traps don't work the vinegar stinks
The dirt on the floor sticks to my feet I step outside just to track up grease
From the front walk next to trash bags my landlord won't take after nick's backlash
But I leave here tomorrow
And I'll be back again in a safe haven
I don't know what I have till it's gone, gone
My family flew out for my last college soccer game
It rained all week and fog filled the NorCal Bay
I was exhausted but jog and stretched toward those
Complimentary breakfast leftovers then knocked on their door
Was greeted with warm sensations of comfort
It's something you can't buy the joy in their eyes
Familiar smiles they haven't seen their son in a while
University, my friend's girl left him
He lost his head his presence faded away
I tried to be there no words could be said
Distractions were best but
Feelings fade away in time, in time
Often there's nothing to say, to say
I leave here tomorrow
And I'll be back again In a safe haven
I don't know what I have
'Til it's gone, gone
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Allergies
04:42
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And every breath I hear is from your hands
A bark or yell or whistle from the woods
As every hill collapses down and starts to sing aloud
To my unwilling ears
But when I start to focus on your grief
And give up my guilt
To look at all the space up in the sky's light
You resolve
A river flows through all of our backyards
And rinses all the shame off of my arms
To this day, allergies are my only restraint
Yet I still find complaints
But when I start to focus on your grief
And give up my guilt
To look at all the space up in the sky's light
You resolve
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Light
02:22
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Your t-shirt dress falls above your knees
I like your smile when you show your teeth
Last summer on the roof of the car
You'd point and make fake names for the stars
These bedroom walls watch my nervous pace
We never learned to give each other space
Kind radiance warms every cold room
I watch the people you help bloom
A few months until I graduate
If I lose you now I'll move out of state
I learned and so did you come July
It's ok to leave and turn off the light
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Slow
03:56
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Plastic cup center console
Musty cardboard cleanse my nostrils
Mini Golf synthetic water
Burnt my skin youngest aunt pushed me in
Oh the absolution
Movie rental pacing the walls
But it's alright, you'll make it through the night
Close your eyes and breath right
Cause you're with you
When you think bright
Recall the morning's light
Close your eyes and breath slow
Cause you're with you
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Grocery Store
02:31
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I came across myself
In the grocery store
I was looking for earl grey tea
When you walked through those automatic doors
With him
With him
With him
With him
I came across myself
Ducking in the pet supplies
Then I remembered your German Shephard
So I ran from the aisle
For you
For you
For you
For you
I found the red exit sign
I made it outside
I'm through
I'm through
I am through
I am through
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North of Detroit
04:30
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I couldn't hold the cold care
Of everyone's hand
After that first record
Went up on bandcamp
The tedious TV shows
And brief weeknight evenings
Will swallow up the daydreams
in my first home
Backseat of the suburban
Sipping on something burning
Follow your family's fears
Of never learning
I never want to stay until the
Midwest winter winds from Windsor to Detroit
Departed from my grasp I laugh
The crabgrass lasts much longer here
But still where is the snow
Sunlight streams will steer through
The hash in the fabric
Dreams will come to my mind
As soon as the moon hits
Of every Friday night in
My best friend's basement
I should've gone on more walks
Outside with my parents
I never want to stay until the
Midwest winter winds from Windsor to Detroit
Departed from my grasp I laugh
The crabgrass lasts much longer here
But still where is the snow, I'm sick of snow
Days last at first then move so fast
We hold onto bits of the past
I don't think that's so bad
Days last at first then move so fast
We hold onto bits of the past
I don't think that's so bad
There's something special about my nieces in the morning
With there bad breath, bed head, soft sweet snoring
That I sneak away adoring oh
Soccer cement heat our beat feet
Sun in the summer's eve
The dogs that weren't yet put to sleep
These times they keep me stuck between
Staying near or leaving here
Staying near or leaving here
I need thee O I need thee
Every hour I need thee
O bless me now my Savior
I come to thee
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