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Greater Charlotte
03:17
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I’m going out today
I’m gonna gamble with the few lives I’ve got left
Before you went away
You went and rearranged the contents of my chest
Now there’s a hole
The size of Greater Charlotte
There’s a moon that makes the ocean ebb and flow
There’s a note
Left on the bloodstained carpet
Back later babe, I’m going out for smokes
It had a roomy vibe
Except for the baggage that a previous tenant left
And then you arrived
And went and realigned the contents of my chest
Now there’s a hole
The size of West Virginia
There’s a church bell and a graveyard full of ghosts
You never know
How the dark gets in you
Years later you’re still shoveling out the smoke
Is this a joke
Is it over
Is it almost over
I’m going out today
I’m gonna gamble with the contents of my chest
There’s a hole
The size of Greater Charlotte
There’s a moon that makes the ocean ebb and flow
There’s a note
Left on the bloodstained carpet
Back later babe, I’m going out for smokes
There’s a hole
The size of West Virginia
There’s a church bell and a graveyard full of ghosts
You never know
How the dark gets in you
Years later you’re still shoveling out the smoke
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2. |
Great Gasp
02:58
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I’m never gonna sleep again
Can’t relax
Lost the center
I never thought the world would end
With not a bang
Not a whimper
It’s ending with a great gasp
Fake laughs
Hard questions, maybe
We’re breaking it to bring it back
Bring it back, bring it back
We lie awake aghast at night
Scrolling through
All the new normal
The music of the satellites
Playing the soundtrack to a
Funeral
It’s ending with a great gasp
Fake laughs
Hard questions, maybe
We’re breaking it to bring it back
Bring it back, bring it back
It’s ending with a great gasp
They’re tearing all the maps in half
If breaking it could bring it back
Bring it back…
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3. |
Burning Bridge
05:24
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Hold me till the paint flakes off
Till our punch-drunk hearts go soft
Put your healing hands around my neck
We can make a space between the wrecks
Kiss me under the burning bridge
Love has blossomed in worse than this
Kiss me under the purple mist
It helps
Every little bit helps
Let the sirens sing us to sleep
Hope there’s still a seed down deep
That could push up something sweet
Through the bones of our distant memories
Kiss me under the burning bridge
Love has blossomed in worse than this
Kiss me under the purple mist
It helps
Every little bit helps
It helps
Every little bit helps
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4. |
Church Clothes
03:27
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God I love to see you with your church clothes on
Glimmer of a weekend almost gone
Bowing your heard and whispering to the sky
With Saturday night still twinkling in your eye
Hey, you and me, we’re just abandoned machines
Abandoned machines
And heaven ain’t a place for a boy like me
Kicking at the fires and sleeping in the trees
Begging the lightning for a new tattoo
And thanking the devil for a girl like you
Hey, you and me, we’re all bruises and steam
Bruises and steam
Hey, you and me are more dirty than clean
More dirty than clean
God I love to see you with your church clothes on
Sitting with your parents in the second row
Boiling the water in the fellowship hall
Meeting my eyes when you get up to go
God I love to see you with your church clothes on
God I love to see you with your church clothes on
God I love to see you
Goddamn I love to see you
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5. |
Post-Butterfly
02:24
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6. |
Professional Network
03:32
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(I’d like to add you to my professional network)
Oh
I get up and make no sound
Waiting on the phone to light up
No messages found
I’m ready but I don’t wanna die alone
In my home
Don’t let me cause I don’t wanna die alone
In my home
Oh
I get up and make no sound
Waiting on the sun to light up
All the cold wet ground
I’m ready but I don’t wanna die alone
In my home
Don’t let me cause I don’t wanna die alone
In my home
Oh
I get up and make no sound
Waiting on the phone to light up
No messages found
I’m ready but I don’t wanna die alone
In my home
Don’t let me cause I don’t wanna die alone
In my home
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7. |
Get Old
03:54
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Cannonball
Into the heart of your vanishing life
So full of love it cannot hold
It spills into tears that end up in our eyes
If this is old, then please
Let me get old
Over and over
Forever
Please
Let me get old
Let me get old
Perilous
Wistful goodbyes that come year after year
Between the bursts of fairy dust
And glitter that gets in your food and your hair
If this is old, then please
Let me get old
Over and over
Forever
Please
Let me get old
Let me get old
Please
Let me get old
Over and over
Forever
Please
Let me get old…
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8. |
You Leave an Echo
03:45
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Roll up the carpets when you leave
Crush every teardrop with your sleeve
Listening to Foreigner on repeat
You threw a shadow on the wall
You cut a shadow
You leave an echo in the hall
You leave an echo
You burned your shape into the wall
You burned your shape in
You leave an echo
Love couldn’t keep the wolves away
Ten years ago you would have stayed
No one was listening when we prayed
You leave the nails stuck in the wall
You take the pictures
You leave some secrets in the wall
The wall remembers
You leave an echo in the hall
You leave an echo in the hall
You leave an echo
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9. |
Old Soul 2
04:16
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You’re a blind leap
You’re a heartbeat
You’re an old soul
You’re a songbird
You’re a bad word
You’re an old soul
You’re an old soul
Save it for the ride
We can keep the secret of tonight
The beat is gonna eat us both alive
You’re a long sigh
You’re a hard goodbye
You’re a long pause
You’re a lost cause
In a dream state
Swaying while the backbeat plays
You’re an old soul
You’re an old soul
You’re an old soul
Save it for the ride
We can keep the secret of tonight
The beat is gonna eat us both alive
Oh
Save it for the ride
We can keep the secret of tonight
The beat is gonna eat us both alive
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