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Carbon
05:37
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I've ben awake since six AM and it's been terrible
The headaches here are friends and take away the day in phase
I've been away since when the wind last took my breath away
The icy hint of past nights liquefies and softly fades
I've been lying to all my friends
I've been lying to all your friends
I've been lying all to myself
And all I have to say is how it kept me safe
I've been a joke since I first faced you in the shade
The darkness of your tongue broke away my red-faced shame
I've been lying to all my friends
I've been lying to all your friends
I've been lying all to myself
And all I have to say is how it kept me safe
I've been afloat above the waves of something biblical
The shores are pink with wine and you submerged suspending time
I've been at work and now the roots have taken hold of me
I'd hate to move right now but it's too late if it's not done
I've been lying to all my friends
I've been lying to all your friends
I've been lying all to myself
And all I have to say is how it kept me safe
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Tunnels
03:11
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I’m still wrong for you, a friend that you can’t trust
You’re still a wreck of youth afraid of staying warm
And you have grown to need uncertain worlds
I’ll never dance for you, you’ll never let me talk
While I’m a blend of yours, you’ll never know my plans
Though months ago you’d know when I would float
You’d notice when I’d notice when I’m gone
And months ago I’d know where you would float
I’d notice when I’d noticed when you glow
I’m still wrong for you, we’ll never get it right
I’m still a bomb to you, we’ll never get it right
I’m still too soft for you, we’ll never get it right
I’m still in love with you you, we’ll never get it right
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Friends Like You
03:44
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I’d soon have lost this well worn mood
The faintest hope to say I’m cool
But friends like you,
Friends like you
The charming tastes and warming views
That I have only kept so few
Are friends like you
Friends like you
I’m not going to solve the worries of the world
I’m not going to solve the worries of the world
I’m not going to solve the worries of the world
What careless heights did I jump to?
When did I learn to trust in clues
With tricks like yours
Tricks like yours
And every time I feel diffuse
There’s not a thing I would refuse
For friends like you
Friends like you
I’m not going to solve the worries of the world
I’m not going to solve the worries of the world
I’m not going to solve the worries of the world
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4. |
Iron
04:48
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I have a favor if you see me
To stay as gentle as before
I noticed right away
I know you’re disappointed
But I still tried to do my best
I have a favor if you can
That you repeat the words you said before I disappeared
I hear them every day
And said them at so many places
But yours the only voice that cared
And I don’t want you to believe in me
And I won’t make you think I’ve changed
And I have never been who I had said I’d be
But I could really use a friend
I have a question if you know
What is the path where I should go
There’s nothing’s really wrong
And everything’s still so distasteful
The road is heavy on these soles
I have a need to let it go
How it got in I do not know
If I don’t run away it sweeps me in the wrong dimension
But I don’t want to go alone
And I don’t want you to believe in me
And I won’t make you think I’ve changed
And I have never been who I had thought I’d be
But I could really use a hand
Oh I could really use an exit
Oh I could really use a friend
And I don’t want you to believe in me
And I won’t make you think I’ve changed
And I have never been who you had thought I’d be
But I could really use a friend
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Monsoon
04:56
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The water like anticipating brids are worse
Their waves shake out the dissappearing words
The streets that host your holographic ghosts aren't fair
The view from the fifth floor won't break the spell
You cannot get away with making me wait
We can't get in the way of wonder
We cannot get away with setting me straight
We can't get off the way of love
Love me by the monsoon
Love like your sun and moon
Leave home for a month soon
Live life a little foolish
The shivers as reminders of lost time, that crime
The cold in march's as foreign as your smile
The brush inside the cup to say "I will be back"
The keys under the door to change your mind
You cannot get away from making me hope
It's in your DNA to change
You cannot get away with stealing my soul
You can't get far enough from pain
Love me by the monsoon
Love like your sun and moon
Leave home for a month soon
Live life a little foolish
Love me by the monsoon
Love like your sun and moon
Leave home for a month soon
Live life a little foolish
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Confidence
03:17
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Like the river
Who can't be climbed
I can be hurtful
I can be calm
Like the raindrop
Outside my window
Entirely made up
Entirely mine
It makes me slow to find my confidence
It makes me go out of my mind
Like the branches
Beyond the skyline
I will be youthful
I will decline
Like a hermit
Inside the city
My words are earnest
My friend is pity
The reason's still the same as yesterday
The rhythms still just like last year
It makes me slow to find my confidence
It makes me go out of my mind
Like the winter
I won't come back
I won't come back
I won't come back
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7. |
Phone a Friend
04:21
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I don’t want to leave the house
I don’t want to change my clothes
I just want to lie in bed
I just want the damn day off
I don’t want to go to waste
I don’t want to speak alone
I just want to phone a friend
I just want to phone a friend
I don’t want to miss my ride
I don’t want to miss my gate
I’m all ready to take off
I’m already swept away
I don’t want to cover the distance
I don’t want to count the days
I just want to find the land
I just want to find the place
I’m only trying to make it alive
Only trying to make it alive
I’m only trying to make it alive
I’m only trying to make it alive
Only trying to make it alive
I’m only trying to make it alive
I don’t want to be a fool
I don’t want to be so helpless
I don’t know how to be good
I don’t know how to stay restless
I don’t want to stay in place
I don’t want the wind to catch me
I just want to start again
I just want to change my name
I’m only trying to make it alive
Only trying to make it alive
I’m only trying to make it alive
I’m only trying to make it alive
Only trying to make it alive
I’m only trying to make it alive
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8. |
Heaven
04:27
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Heaven, you don’t have to tell me
I’m already gasping, reaching for your gates
Heaven, you don’t have to hide it
I’m already falling straight into your arms
Heaven, you just have to know it
Take your time to find it, take your time to call me out
Heaven, I know what you’re planning
I don’t want to spoil it, I can wait it out
And I’m on my way to find you out tonight
I want you, I want you to fly
I want you, I want you to fly
And heaven, I just want to wonder,
took me time to notice what you have in mind
Heaven, got some time to warm up
I don’t want to fight it, tell me when to fall
And I’m on my way to find you out tonight
I want you, I want you to fly
I want you, I want you to fly
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Ben Beltran Guadalajara, Mexico
I once fought a wizard and won; enthusiasm enthusiast; noise emitter; low standards; displaced border crosser; amateur witch doctor; power ranger; certified cat whisperer; 98% water.
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