1. |
Given Time, Pt. I
01:40
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like the turn of the seasons
the bloom from spring
the dogwood blossoms
falling at our feet
like the heat from summer
the longer days, lingering
like light-time lovers
reluctantly surrendering
you'll
fade
from my mind,
given time
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2. |
Evergreen
04:02
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decidedly deciduous
opposite in silhouette
i’m the east, you’re the west
romeo and juliet
‘cept cupid went and did me wrong
only one hit by the poison arrow
cross-eyed star-crossed gazing
it’s you i’m stuck craving
watch me pine away like an evergreen
i just pine away like an evergreen
oh you with your gemstone leaves
change with the month so easily
master of seasonal feelings
king of ephemeral dealings
yeah cupid went and did me wrong
only one hit by the poison arrow
cross-eyed star-crossed gazing
for you i’m stuck craving
watch me pine away like an evergreen
i just pine away like an evergreen
caressing your name and forgetting your face
are you my sunshine or darkest shade
caressing your name and forgetting your face
why’m i eternally in the same place?
i just pine away like an evergreen
oh watch me pine away like an evergreen
an evergreen, i’m an evergreen
an evergreen
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3. |
Orchestrate
04:04
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used to always orchestrate it
to run into you, to run into you
emotion’s somethin’ crazy, ain’t it?
honey, we can’t disprove what it makes us do
you're the conductor, i'm the strings
to your every move resonating
first chair in your grand symphony,
last one facing the melody
of how I wanted you ; oh how I wanted you
hating myself for twisting, turning
losing out to every yearning
trying to be something you might want
every note in every second,
every beat in every measure
playing to an audience long gone
so I'm leaving your orchestra
too many years I stayed in orbit
always circling, circling
around a magic false and jaded
oh such a brilliant sun, hard as I tried to run
you're the conductor, i'm the strings
to your every move resonating
hating myself for twisting, turning
losing out to every yearning
trying to be something you might want
every note in every second,
every beat in every measure
playing to an audience long gone
so i'm leaving your orchestra
oh i'm leaving your orchestra
o wait - play back the tape, go all the way
now notice in the opening scene,
who's making moves from the very beginning
was you who spotted me,
set up the board, every chess piece
and lured me into your fantasy
yeah you . . .
you, ya used to always orchestrate it
you, used to always ( used to always )
and i hated myself for twisting, turning
losing out to every yearning
trying to be something you might want
every note in every second,
every beat in every measure
playing to an audience long gone
so i'm leaving your orchestra
oh, i'm leaving your orchestra ~
o i gotta leave, i gotta leave
i got to leave
i'm leaving your orchestra
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4. |
C.L.Y.G.
03:40
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been here so many times before
something always keeps us
coming back for more
but i just can't let you go, no
i just can't let you go
keep running through the same ol’ rhymes
like a broken tape jammed on rewind
still i just can't let you go (no no)
i just can't let you go
cause i’d been thinking lately, possibly just maybe
this shimmer between us could be something perfect
two broken pieces rising off the floor mm just right
like water to the shore
yeah you broke in like light through the longest tunnel i knew
mirage or the real thing don't matter when your heartstrings are tied
funny thing, — i was good with me ‘fore you came along, jumped right in
made it hard to see a life without you
again
been here so many times before
something always keeps us
coming back for more
but i just can't let you go, no
i just can't let you go
keep running through the same ol’ rhymes
like a broken tape jammed on rewind
still i just can't let you go (no no)
i just can't let you go, but
nowadays you take, all the things that i say
keep misunderstanding, counting up the damage
seems like every move you're itchin' for a fight when i,
i just wanna love you right
and every time it's harder; distance, it gets farther
straining out to touch ya, you give me cold shoulder
make me question what i am and what i'm worth
then turn around
tell me, “love's not supposed to hurt”
i know you'll be coming round
and i know you'll only bring me down
even so, same old story
i know, i can’t let you, let you
i know you'll be coming round
and i know you'll only bring me down
even so, same old story
i know, i can’t let you, let you go
been here so many times before
something always keeps us
coming back for more
but i just can't let you go, no
i just can't let you
go
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5. |
Given Time, Pt. II
01:30
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well feelings have no reason or rhyme
i gotta place my trust in seasons & time
that one day soon, some day you will
fade from my mind
feelings have no reason or rhyme
i gotta place my trust in seasons & time
yeah one day soon, eventually
you'll fade
from my mind, my mind, my mind
from my mind, my mind, my mind
given time, given time, given time, given time
given time, given time, given time
just give it
time
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6. |
Falling Too Far
03:43
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draw your x's
draw your guns
can we just call this even?
drop our blades
sheathe our tongues
take a moment from this deadly standoff
i’m not trying to play any games
If you see me pulling away
i’m falling too far
and slipping too fast into the crash, the crash
so i’m holding back
even as i hold on to all the things you are
what if i'm not enough or the fire flies away?
left burning up in your atmosphere
in my dreams you’d reappear for years and years and years and years
not trying to play any games
i just find certain words hard to say
when i’m falling too far
and slipping too fast into the crash, the crash
so i’m holding back
even as i hold on to all the things you are
and i've been waiting on forever for forever
taking two steps forward,
now i’m ten steps back, oh
gentle, have patience going over
i’m cradling your heart as we give in to that
falling too far
and slipping too fast into the crash, the crash
so i’m holding back
even as i hold on to all the things you are
draw your x's
draw your guns
can we just call this even
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7. |
Two Roots
03:59
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two roots
of the same tree
are we
same heart
two interlocking beats
twine just to twine with me
eye to eye ; cheek to cheek
parentheses inside parentheses
may we always be
and i’d go to a thousand churches
just to marry you, just to marry you
i’d walk through a thousand furnaces
just to be with you, just to be with you
cause i need nothing more than to walk right at your side
and all i’d ever want is to love you my whole life
breathe in,
entirety found
exhale,
our phantoms plummet to the ground
twine just to twine with me
eye to eye ; cheek to cheek
parentheses inside parentheses
may we always be
and i’d go to a thousand churches
just to marry you, just to marry you
i’d walk through a thousand furnaces
just to be with you, just to be with you
cause i need nothing more than to walk right at your side
and all i’d ever want is to love you my whole life
and i’d go to a thousand churches
just to marry you, just to marry you
i’d walk through a thousand furnaces
just to be with you, just to be with you
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8. |
A Thousand Moons
01:00
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i have loved you for a thousand moons
waxing , waning
on every breath of you
times may change but
this stays true
that i have loved you for
a thousand moons
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9. |
Here Anymore
03:54
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the birds have all fled the trees
bitter stones rotten the ground
and what does that leave for me but to close my eyes,
ash to groove, leveling
does anyone hear anymore?
does anyone stay any longer
than a minute
than an hour
than a day
?
is anyone here anymore?
our palms lie barren and bruised
from fields buried in thirst
how to sew back the sinew
unraveling
axis eaten through and through
does anyone hear anymore?
does anyone stay any longer
than a minute
than an hour
than a day
?
is anyone here anymore?
does anyone hear anymore?
does anyone stay any longer
than a minute
than an hour
than a day
?
is anyone here anymore?
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mesmi Los Angeles, California
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