1. |
Alexander
04:43
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I'm always raising far more questions than I can answer
Stirring up turbulence, changing my name and my stances
A stanza in 6/8 then 2/4 then common-time standard
You're coming down slow through the clouds, now
Go on, take a gander
Alexander
(Alexander)
Where I wandered
Big and grandstand
My eyes wonder
(Alexander)
"Keep that spire," she said, "in your sightlines and you'll be just fine."
(You'll be fine, you will be fine)
People here put sugar on top of their cappuccinos
(you'll be fine, you'll be fine)
Someone on Sunday got down on one knee and he proposed
(you'll be fine, you'll be fine)
The rest of the girls we were with were a flurry of idol
I'd been too preoccupied with being artfully woeful
We lay on the floor in the sun from your third story window
We stay out until the sun rises inhaling techno
And dancing to nicotine streaming down in flashing spirals
(you'll be fine, you'll be fine)
I'm learning that maybe to keep you there's hopes I should let go
oh,
Alexander
(Alexander)
Where I wandered
Will you still stand when I lose wonder?
I can already see the signs and I leave tonight
And with that spire outside of my sightline how do I define fine?
I catch the blossoms that fall from the trees
As we sit by the river in May's evening breeze
You give someone directions back to the Spree
Can you give me some to travel this river between?
Alexander
Alexander
Alexander
Lighter now, though I've gained a year
(Alexander)
Some stillborn thoughts buried here
(Alexander)
Cheers to the spring
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2. |
Scavenger
02:47
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I am always on the move
Anything you say is true about me
I'll take a little piece of you
You'll take a little piece of me
And then we'll see who uses who the most deftly
And I still do not know you yet the way I fear that we will head
And once I do the love will cease
That is my curse
I bend and crease the folds of each relationship
I rub it raw until it rips
A magic trick performed for you
Immortalize you
Your eyes, your smile
Something you said one night
Offhanded throwaway line
I'll tuck it away somewhere cool and dry
Safe keeping until I can polish and grind
I am not the man to fix your broken heart
More my speed to sweep up the fallen parts
Kintsukuroi you into art of my own
Dog digging up bones
Not exactly a thief but not quite blameless
Brazen, shameless
Up in Roan Mountain I'll slip into accent
An accident I can see coming for miles
I know I'm a try hard
But this is the easy part
Assimilation easy as a smile
I have never been a hunter
I've no aim in mind
I'm simply a scavenger;
I take what I can find
Don't blame the way I was designed
And once I'm sated
Once I've sucked out all the marrow
I'll leave you lonely and confused and hollow
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Fell asleep in the sun
When I woke it was raining
And we were in the state where I was born
They buried a baby just off the turnpike
Between a Super 8
And a Dollar Store
West Salem Cemetery
Empty Coronas
Like an offering
For Our Lady, Queen of the Interstate
And If I hear you call me
I might just turn around
I might just turn around and
In the passenger seat
Of a rented Highlander
Count the billboards that threaten
"Repent: You will meet God"
And I look at my mirror
She's getting married
Like I would have if I'd just stayed
I'd meet a nice boy
He'd grow into a good man
And we'd marry in the backyard in May
And when we kicked the bucked
We'd be buried there too
In the old family graveyard behind the barbed wire
And I've heeded all the warnings
And I've heard all the stories
If you hear her call your name
Don't turn around
Call me a cautionary tale
But what fun is playing it safe
I'd rather count bruises and blisters and exit signs
Than years passing by
So I'll turn around
I'll take a different kind of vow
Did I hear you call me?
Did I hear you call me?
Did I hear you call me?
Did I hear you call me?
Did I hear you call me?
Did I hear you call me?
Did I hear you call me?
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4. |
Saving Worms
04:21
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If you were a worm washed up by the rain
I would simply pick you up and place you in the dirt again
But you're a human girl and I don't know how to help you there
You are my worst fear
Someone more deserving than I
But I'd never say that to your face
And you don't need a savior
What you need is to leave your hometown
Northbound you threaten to run to me
An escapee of the southern heat
And family values
And the spaces you leave when you talk to me that speak volumes
If you were a spoon bent from forceful use
I would simply bend you back into a straighter spine again
But you're a human girl and I don't know how to help you there
You are my first love
At least in reciprocity
I'm overstating so you know I mean what I say:
I almost ran away several times
But so far I've stayed
Cause you don't need a savior
What you need is a soft place to land
While you plan your next move
And my bed's big enough for two
I wish there was an easy fix
I wish I were better at this
You're not a damsel or an invalid
You're just young and life is limited
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5. |
April Achingly Begins
03:50
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There's a house by the bay where I took you last May
You have to walk the train tracks to get there
I bought you a drink
We sat by the lake
Talking about all the future at stake
And when you say my name it sounds strange
And when you say my name it sounds strange
And there's so much of me that I think is pretend
And April achingly begins
Passed a friend on the bus at the Rotunda Cafe
Saw her boy at the show last Friday
He bought me a drink and left with two friends
Talking about fooling around in his bed
And when I said her name it phased him
And when I said her name it phased him
And I'll turn a blind eye cause I don't know their life
And April achingly begins
Got a friend, he's the best and his birthday's next week
I'll show up to the party alone
Cause that's what I'm good at: making the scene
Then leaving before things get too close to me
And you have opinions and that's comforting
Because I am a mutable sign-
I defer to everything
And every time I make a choice there's someone to offend
And every time I find my voice I lose it again
And anything I try to do I have to defend
And April
April
April achingly begins
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