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(intro) what people say.
00:57
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don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid.
(you cannot escape what people say
so just do your thing
you cannot escape what people say
so just do your thing)
you can see it if you close your eyes.
you can feel it when you hug your sides.
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2. |
Caught My Attention
03:12
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da da da-da da da da da
da-da-da da da-da da da
stop and stare we make our own moves now
you’re too indecisive to handle this kind of crowd
did you feel that
land on your back
i’m up, looking down now
it caught my attention
after you had left for the first time
and then you said you’d change
as good friends
we took your word for it
but you can bet
next time we will not let you back in
you tell me how much i mean to you and then tell all our friends why you don’t think i do, uh what?
yeah i felt that
for a second
then i got over it quick
it caught my attention
after you had left for the second time
and then you said you’d change
so again we took your word for it
but you can bet
next time we will not let you back in
we won’t let you back in
we won’t let you back in
we won’t let you back in
we won’t let you back in
da da da-da da da da da
da-da-da da da-da da da
it caught my attention
after you had left for the third time
and then you said you’d change
again and again, we took your word for it
but you can bet
next time we will not let you back in
it caught my attention
after you had left for the last time
and then you said you’d change
however we stopped taking your word for it
so you can bet
this time we will not let you back in
da da da-da da da da da
da-da-da da da-da da da
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3. |
Mad Dash
03:14
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so close to something bigger than your pocket
i tried to crawl out of the darkness
i tore a hole to let the light in
mad dash, i hit the ground and started running
faster than ever but still reckless
another failure off my checklist
the days seem to be squishing all together
last time i laughed, i can’t remember
that probably doesn’t get much worse
i’ll wait for views that extend past my basement
that’s half of the reason i did this
sailing the seas in search of friendship
oh i know that
i think i need you so i consume ’til i pass out
but you won’t be the thing to help me when i fall down
i know you
will never listen so you can do what you want now
i’m tryna maybe save a life or two in tough crowds
and i am just the
perfect example of why you should trust your instincts
before you push yourself a little too much one day
please don’t mess this up
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i don’t belong here
i know that i can’t stay
i turn to see your faces in seats without my place and
it’s always been that way
i’m moving on
i’m growing taller
thank you for the offer
but i gotta pass
it’s just like that
life goes that fast
how do i cope when you’re first and i’m last?
i bet one day we’ll find our footing in this sick little game
we’ll change the way it’s played
we’ll change the way it’s played
i’ll miss you when i’m in the city
(will you miss me too)
you’re constantly consumed with pity
(are we really through)
it’s not good for my health
will we find our way out?
the change in seasons, my god it’s freezing!
i guess when i left
you took care of yourself
you didnt really need me anyways
but now when im home
everything that you show me
proves that you never really did
the songs that you write and the girls that you like
all changing just as smoothly as you do
i wish that i could reach you but the path is there to teach you alone
can you tell me everything i wasnt here to see or too busy to know
i always thought that i’d be happy leaving home but you’re still laughing guess i might need you more than you know
i’ll miss you when i’m in the city
(will you miss me too)
you’re constantly consumed with pity
(are we really through)
it’s not good for my health
will we find our way out?
the change in seasons, my god it’s freezing!
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5. |
Drunk Karaoke
03:31
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you had no idea what was coming did you
me and all my crazy antics crashed right through your window
i thought that nothing i did mattered
i took it and rewrote the pattern
i’m hoping that you hate my guts now
you know i’m picking up the pace still
blood on my sleeve
where did it come from, i’m wondering
i’m pretty sure i lost you (lost you)
but then again i act like you still care about everything i do
i need to medicate
maybe i’ll live for better days
maybe i’ll open my eyes and see that the world isn’t this bad of a place
is that a real thing?
is that a real thing?
i’ll be honest i miss everything about you
is that true? or have i forgotten what i’d been so mad about
i thought that nothing i did mattered
i took it and rewrote the pattern
i’m hoping that you hate my guts now
you know i’m picking up the pace still
blood on my sleeve
where did it come from, i’m wondering
i’m pretty sure i lost you (lost you)
but then again i act like you still care about everything i do
i need to medicate
maybe i’ll live for better days
maybe i’ll open my eyes and see that the world isn’t this bad of a place
is that a real thing?
is that a real thing?
oh, did you want me to slow down here?
i thought that nothing i did mattered
i took it and rewrote the pattern
i’m hoping that you hate my guts now
you know i’m picking up the pace still
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who’s to say it means a thing
i’ve never really felt this way
to taste, to taste cough medicine (medicine, ew)
coming of age i’m what ur wearing (yeah, you look good)
lil black bowtie, jacket zipped halfway
the dirty white shoes with the tear from the griptape
shouting stay here i can take what you give me
the splinter from the table at the fair pricking ur leg
who’s to say it means a thing
i’m shy and inexperienced (yo, no experience)
u’ll use me like a wirebound
to tear me up then write me down (come on)
lil black bowtie, jacket zipped halfway
the dirty white shoes with the tear from the griptape
shouting stay here i can take what you give me
the splinter from the table at the fair pricking ur leg
oh hey kiddo here with some relationship advice
if you think that your relationship does not work at all
i will let you know that you can just flip it and shove that finger
where the sun don't shine
kick them right out give them the boot and throw them out the window
because you don't need a relationship to feel confident
how about you try our new product
the single method
the single method is perfectly fine
just do what you want and no one can say otherwise
please stay tuned
lil black bowtie, jacket zipped halfway
the dirty white shoes with the tear from the griptape
shouting stay here i can take what you give me
the splinter from the table at the fair pricking ur leg
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smile through the day and when i breathe i think i’m feeling things
i know that you’re mad at me but i’m happy because i changed
i'm sorry that i ruined all your dreams
i left them out it seems
how selfish of me
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8. |
Friday Friends
03:04
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here we go again, i caught on fire and
i cannot pretend, that i’m not engulfed in
all the friday friends, the kids with wills i’ll never bend
every time we met, down at the crosswalk i
prayed for it to end, for all the time i spent, and every text i sent, i faked my plans every weekend
so are you proud of me now
are you proud of me now, when it’s too late to say i’m sorry
our friday friends are hanging around town again
our friday friends are hanging around town again
our friday friends are hanging around town again
if ignorance is bliss, i wish you the happiest life that you can live, as for me i will be fine waiting to forget, that we had ever met
ooh, he fell apart so fast, he made it seem like i had killed both his parents, when i broke up with him, or chopped up all his limbs, can you please get over it
so are you proud of me now
are you proud of me now, when it’s too late to say i’m sorry
(our friday friends are hanging around town again
our friday friends are hanging around town again
our friday friends are hanging around town again)
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i’m not happy, but i’m not crying
i must be somewhere in between
i’m to scared to just admit it
‘cause i don’t wanna lose anything
and i, and i
i’m done chasing after stupid dreams
that i could never achieve
i’m done giving my everything
i gotta stop expecting things
and where were you
when you told me i was perfect and i was screwed
so tell me was it worth it 'cause i've done
every little thing i can do
every little thing i can say til i found
every perfect version of you
and buried all my troubles away
and i, and i
i’m done chasing after stupid dreams
that i could never achieve
i’m done giving my everything
i gotta stop expecting things
i can’t control myself
stuck on all the words you said
i can’t control myself
breaking all our promises
i cannot help myself
digging all these holes again
sadness became a trend
so if i cried it’d mean nothing
and i, and i
i’m done chasing after stupid dreams
that i could never achieve
i’m done giving my everything
i gotta stop expecting things
i’m done giving my everything
i gotta stop expecting things
i’m done giving my everything
i gotta stop expecting things
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10. |
Tenth Grade
03:28
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(by the stop sign we slept
on her family friends lawn)
take me for a ride
in your little car
on the side
someone keyed your door
you don’t seem to mind
that’s alright
you had fell for me in my dreams
and i had fallen apart
just admit it, you still think of me when you’re alone
but what if you’re not alone?
what if you’re with your friends?
i used to be one of them.
sometimes i still miss it.
we used to race down the parking lot when everyone else went home for the night.
you and i were so close at the time.
didn’t you say we’d stay that way?
you’re too indie, i’m too realistic about my life.
oh what a shame, i took the blame. of course i did, i suck at everything.
drag me to the ground
on my knees again
pull me down
i can handle it
i’m used to it now
lost myself
don’t know where you went
but i texted you all of the time
and i thought of you day and night
how do i get you to reply?
you and i were so close at the time.
didn’t you say we’d stay that way?
you’re too indie, i’m too realistic about my life.
oh what a shame, i took the blame. of course i did, i suck at everything.
what’s wrong with me?
i wish i was still in the tenth grade.
you and i were so close at the time.
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11. |
Flash Forward
03:37
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how did you know
that the words you said, they would grow
into movie scenes, playing out
at your friend’s house, bumming off them
flash forward now, breaking the necks of everybody around
stepping on them so you could reach to the top
was it worth it? do you feel good?
summer for your friends isn’t what it could’ve been
they wished you the best, you’re just way too serious
what did you want?
were you only there for the drugs?
since you left when they were all gone
that’s not right man, they caught onto that
you got upset
they followed you when you had walked out of class
they still don’t know how it had gotten that bad
under influence of the person they turned into
summer for your friends isn’t what it could’ve been
they wished you the best, you’re just way too serious
enemies exist in the hearts of everyone
no one understands, blinded by the things they want
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12. |
Curb of the Summer
02:49
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i go back to that place just to sit and cry
we would hand around there all the time
take in your breathing, you have what i needed
i’m glad that you’re happy, you left me defeated
i tried to stay strong, time to move on
i can’t keep calm, what do i do so wrong
it’s not the same anymore
i don’t have fun like i used to, make an excuse to
come and see me, i thought you would eventually
you never did
so i waited and waited and waited and screamed
i thought we made up or was that a dream
please tell me or please just say anything
take in your breathing, you have what i needed
i’m glad that you’re happy, you left me defeated
i tried to stay strong, time to move on
i can’t keep calm, what do i do so wrong
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13. |
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i chased you down the sidewalk
right around the block towards the high school that i probably should’ve went to
i didn’t know what to do
i didn’t know why you ran
but i wanted you to settle down
i wanted you to understand
i don’t mean to treat you the way that i do
i know it’s not fair to you
waiting for your call now
waiting for someone to give me answers
waiting for a sign but you haven’t
you haven’t
you haven’t
seconds feel like hours
can you come home, i’ll say it louder
can you please come home ‘cause you haven’t
you haven’t
you haven’t
On and off my phone now
Sitting on the park bench we know all too well
When we’d sit there
And talk about life and how the little birds fly and we’d sing
And we’d sing forever
Making up the words as we sat there with no shame to bear
Swear i was never ashamed
Were you ever ashamed?
I’m still waiting for your call now
Waiting for you to give me answers
Waiting for something to happen
To happen
To happen
The minutes feel like months now
Will you come home I’ll sing it louder
Waiting so long cause you haven’t
You haven’t
You haven’t
waiting for your call now
waiting for someone to give me answers
waiting for a sign but you haven’t
you haven’t
you haven’t
seconds feel like hours
can you come home, i’ll say it louder
can you please come home ‘cause you haven’t
you haven’t
you haven’t
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14. |
(outro) so proud.
00:56
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i’m my own queen.
i make my own destiny.
in a castle higher than i’ve ever reached.
i’m my own queen.
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