1. |
Hurry Up, In A Second
04:00
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you've gotta promise me
you'll stop talking to me
look out for yourself
be full of great surprises
make haste
you've gotta promise me
you'll stop talking to me
look out for yourself
maintain stability
command your institutions
be full of great surprises
do i move you
have i been you
don't you think you'd have noticed by now
hurry up now, in a second
when you're ready, good and ready to
abandon my beliefs
don't lose any sleep
your behaviour is of great importance
shutter speed, often seen
in our offices we'll stare
knowing you don't see us there
you are centered
you are grounded
you are settled
do i move you
have i been you
don't you think you'd have noticed by now
hurry up now, in a second
when you're ready, good and ready to
abandon my beliefs
don't lose any sleep
look out for yourself
maintain stability
command your institutions
be full of great surprises
on your own
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2. |
Release Me
02:36
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shrug it off
release me
a bad idea
make the obvious choice
again and again
again
shrug it off
something you're supposed to be
and drink your fools
at the bar with all the lights on
after a twisted face
you said
you promised
we'd be different
then you stared off for a while
you turned to me
and asked for help
and i looked back
not knowing what to say
not knowing what to say
not knowing what to say
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3. |
We're Not There Yet
03:22
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look up
they're laughing at you
do something
you'd never do
and look back, and laugh
why not blame
everything
on the part of you
that no one can see
but you know is there
all your empty promises
never kept, never room for new voices
so what's a boy to do, you scream
just let me in, just let me in
what's a boy to do, you scream
just let me in, just let me in
tired stranger
lay your head back
cross-eyed danger
give us your support back
and you looked at me and you said
and you looked at me and you said
while all my thoughts turn to red
you said, you said
i've seen it all before
i've never wanted more
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4. |
Yourself/Enough
03:03
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what is there
to focus on
i'll be here
and you'll be gone
and both of us
will carry on
i'll think about
what i could've said
before i went
just saying it
kind of drunk
and well enough
alone
alone for the afternoon
alone - but we'll be back soon enough
imagining
you are brand new
every time
you sink intoi
too much your own
and well enough
alone
alone for the afternoon
alone - but we'll be back soon enough
bridges too - you've seen them through
i said you've carried - all of your fools
so you back down
and sink into
yourself, enough
alone for the afternoon
alone - but we'll be back soon enough
see you'll stand
and fight it off
the pieces of
together love
and face the blame
just tired of
and face the blame
just tired of
yourself/enough
and face the blame
just tired of
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5. |
Maplewood
06:54
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i was running, not far from here
and i didn't think, what i did was wrong
it was hers, that was what you said
so i took my turn, and i ran along
what kind of reunion is this
and so we found, our way back
just lyle and i, thinking we'd pretend
that this, is where we are
we're just waiting on the street
hey lyle welcome home
and the water will swallow us whole
and i did find you, in the car
driving far as far was, saying i was in control
and you smiled, so i smiled back
we were both just thinking you would see
what you thought i could believe
so we gave ourselves back to, the water
were you surprised, when i couldn't feel my legs
i thought that when we walked, you had told me everything
i do not, feel in control
and yet so much of this seems real, everything to me is real
so i'll do my best to kill the water
and i did find you in the car, driving far as far as far
we shot backwards in the dark
what was i led to believe
what i've not meant in a while
everything i thought was real
everything to me is real
so i'll do my best to kill the water
so i'll do my best to kill the water
to celebrate
the maplewood will come around
you get too excited
the maplewood will put you down
and please believe
that i will never come around
you get too excited
the maplewood will put you down, some
the maplewood will put you down, some
the maplewood
i look forward to it all
the day they'll bring me down like this
what i thought was never real
maplewood will bring me down like this
and i know he'll never come
always careful, what he says
what i thought was never real
maplewood will bring me down like this
maplewood will bring me down like this
to celebrate
the maplewood will come around
you get too excited
the maplewood will put you down
and please believe
that i will never come around
you get too excited
the maplewood will put you down, some
the maplewood will put you down
the Maplewood will put you down, some
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6. |
Hit Well Your Mark
03:20
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give up yourself
try and wait out the questions
asked by someone else
try and hold on
making your quiet judgements
open opportunities are sworn
and you're passing on
and you're passing on
hit well your mark
avoid direct contact
and stay with what you've sworn
hit well your mark
and hope you can define it
when it's time to follow open doors
leading you out of here
leading you out
bleed in this open south
hold in your quiet mouth
ask, ask
give up yourself
try and wait out the questions
asked by someone else
give up yourself
talk in your comfort, strangers
moving just to sit upon your shelf
and lead you out of here
and lead you out
bleed in this open south
hold in your quiet mouth
ask, ask
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dressed up like an animal
that cannot find its own way home
looking out at everyone
sees that what he did's been done
caught up in his own slow rush
head in front to stare at us
reflection of his own true words
in his head is when he heard
when he heard
everyone here is just like me
looking to find what they can see
the differences make you believe
that everyone here is just like me
left alone to leave behind
what he said would all be fine
and as he walks he'll realize
the street are paved with broken lines
walking through a crowded room
disguised and shown as someone new
reflection of his own true words
from out there is how he heard
how he heard
everyone here is just like me
looking to find what they can see
the differences make you believe
that everyone here is just like me
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8. |
Paper
03:22
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what are your ideas
and who are they for
under clouds of vision
you say you wanted more
you told us you'd be better
this time last year
there's no easy way to write this
too young to stay asleep
and the paper that surrounds you
an argument you keep
alone with all the lights on
taking stock of what you are
a runner and a bleeder and a drunk
nothing all at once
you told us you'd be better
this time last year
and that you
wanted just to stay here
when you wake up
when you wake up
i hear you now, i see you now
i hear you now, i see you now
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9. |
Untitled (In My Head)
02:57
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built up in my head
two strangers sharing red
as the color of their smile
but i won't disappoint you
you know i never could do
enough to stay awhile
leave here, save us
we are all around you
being here, with us
nothing that you can do
i feel like i'm asleep
i'm carrying a dream
that i've never had before
built up in my head
surrounded by people
sharing red
say they've never wanted more
leave here, save us
we are all around you
being here, with us
nothing that you can do
oh, i see it coming, i do
leave here, save us
we are all around you
being here, with us
nothing that you can do
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10. |
...and it's our fault
02:21
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look at us
drinks in hand
in groups we stand
speaking of loss
like it's something we want
together now, together proud
the clear glass of
what we consult
and it's our fault
look at us
alone we stand
and hand in hand
is just what we say
like give it one more day, and i'll have it
something to grab on to
i know that you feel it too
i can't stay
for just one drink
cause then i'll think
i've left unresolved
what isn't my fault
as i look around and as i look proud
of what i don't say
to anyone at all
and it's our fault that we have it
something to grab on to
something to put onto you
something to grab on to
i know that you feel it too
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Devon Gillingham Winnipeg, Manitoba
Devon Gillingham is a writer and musician. He currently splits his time between his home town of Winnipeg, Canada, and New York City.
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