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1. |
The Other Way
02:58
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I was sent to massacre love
I was sent to tear it all apart
I will get a taste, just enough
And be tortured by never having love
So I'm always gonna run
I'm always gonna go the other way
I should be kissing your neck
Leaning in and telling you everything
But I wasn't built to be your man
I wasn't given the tools to
So I'm always gonna run
I'm always gonna go the other way
You give me your soul
Give me your hand
Tell me to stay
But I won't understand, cause instead
I'll just go the other way
I'm a wandering man
My love
It's too late
I'll go the other way
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2. |
Run!
03:50
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A million pieces of me just fell on Main St.
Maybe from the corner of the video store you can see it
I've been running around, running around this town yeah
I can feel it coming
A million thoughts are running through my head
I can hear 'em, yeah I can hear 'em saying
"Run!"
"Go!"
"Run!"
The grass is always greener on the other side of Main St.
It's hard to ignore the things in my head screaming to just leave
"Run!"
"Go!"
"Run!"
You gotta get out of this town and make it
You gotta get out of this town and break the curse
I wanna be with the wind
I wanna see that rise and fall
No more of these city streets and deserted shopping malls
I wanna be with the wind
I wanna pass through the leaves
And I wanna take you with me
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3. |
Numb
03:48
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If I could get the time back staring at the walls
Would I use it for good?
I think I'd probably just fall back and do nothing that I should
Cause there's drinks to drink and smoke to feel good
I'm always feeling a bit nervous
So I'm always trying to get numb
I won't toss and turn or burn up all night long
I'll be snoring
If I could get the time back dreaming of my escape
Would I really get up and go?
Would I hit the tarmac, leave nothing but dust
And head down the road?
I'm always feeling a bit nervous
So I'm always trying to get numb
I won't toss and turn or burn up all night long
I'll be snoring
One, two, three, 4am and counting
The ceiling fan spins away and I am drowning
And I'll have another
I'm always trying to catch up
So I'm always trying to get enough
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4. |
All In
03:05
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I'd bet it on everything that you'd come through
I would have waited for forever, I'd do that for you
I never thought that anything good would come for me
I used to think a black cloud was above my head
But that was then
I've been feeling good!
I'll be running 'round talking about why I should
Bet it on red and go all in again
Yeah I'm feeling good!
I'd put it on everything that you'd have my back
Nothing could come between us, our strength would last
I never thought that anything right would come for me
But I finally got you paying attention and I knew
Right then I would always be
Feeling good!
I'll be running 'round talking about why I should
Bet it on red and go all in again
Yeah I'm feeling good!
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5. |
Dumb Luck
03:41
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Here I am a mess in love
Never been much, never been enough
I act so well-adjusted but you never call my bluff
Dumb luck I stumbled into love
I can't understand
How you take all the weight right out of my hands
So many things I would want you to take instead
I'll never understand
A daily grind of keeping the crazy inside
And I'm running down a lie, just running down a lie
Capsize
Poison pouring in from all sides
It's a waste of time to try
And it comes as no surprise
There's no way to tell you how you're burdening your life
Is it wrong?
I just play along and soak up your sunshine
I'm just standing in your light
I can't understand
How you take all the weight right out of my hands
So many things I would want you to take instead
I'll never understand
Why?
There's so many people you could've chosen instead
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6. |
Move
03:41
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You're leaving this place for a little while
Maybe a long time
The shadow of me haunting all our haunts and all your memories through
Driving west on 44
Drunken across a truck stop corridor
The shadow never seems to desist
You can't get far enough away from all of this
I'm sorry for what I put you through
You'll go as far away as you could move
Chin up, chin up, get your boots on the ground
Get up, get out, get on before your time runs out
Chin up, chin up, get your boots on the ground
Get up, get out, there's nothing left to cry about
I'm sorry for what I put you through
You'll go as far away as you could move
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7. |
Free
03:48
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You have proven one thing to me
Solitary ain't the life I'll lead
See I've been running since the day I was born
You know me, I like to chase a storm
You keep looking in the clouds for rain
You keep getting lost and can't find a thing
Better off putting roots in the ground
That's what they say life's about
But I gotta feel free
If only in my mind
Gotta do what I please
But no, all I wanna do is come home to you
I wanna come home to you
I just need a little room to breathe
Hard to get a breath around all this drink
One thing's real you shouldn't need much proof
I'll always come back home to you
But I gotta feel free
If only in my mind
Gotta do what I please
But no, all I wanna do is come home to you
I wanna come home to you
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8. |
It's a Trap
02:49
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Take a good look around and see who's by your side
Take a good look around at where you spend your time
This town will up and kill you
Don't let it take a bite
It's hard if you haven't lived here your whole life
Go ahead and get yourself a taste
Bring all your demons into the light
And pray they ain't the only ones there when you die
Break it if it don't add up
Bind it if it's moving
It'll run you around if you let it get enough
Give it some gas if it won't light up
Gag it if it's talking
It'll lie and tell you anything and everything at once
It's a trap!
Your friends barely know you
Just labeled you and put you in a file
They just use you and leave you
Maybe they'll call you once in a while
You get what you give
But you've been giving your whole damn life
Maybe it's time you ate your little piece of the pie
Break it if it don't add up
Bind it if it's moving
It'll run you around if you let it get enough
Give it some gas if it won't light up
Gag it if it's talking
It'll lie and tell you anything and everything at once
It's a trap!
Take a good look around and see who's by your side
Take a good look around at where you spend your time
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9. |
Lights
03:06
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It's about time I had enough of the dark
I wanna see things in full color
It's maybe time to search yourself and get a fresh start
In the morning you can recover
But tonight
Don't turn off the lights
I wanna see clearly now
Turn it up bright
In that neon glow it's hard to know
Through all our time tonight
So don't turn off the lights
I've been feeling the walls and smashing my way through the dark
For too long, way too long
It's about time I said goodbye to the fake
I've met far too many pretenders
Go ahead and smile in my face
Talk that shit, encourage me
I can't waste time trying to censor you
I always spend so many moments searching for the truth
What else can I do?
It's hard to identify it
There's only so much light that I can lose
You gotta dig down to the root to see what we can still use
So don't turn off the lights
I wanna see clearly now
Turn it up bright
In that neon glow it's hard to know
Through all our time tonight
So don't turn off the lights
I've been feeling the walls and smashing my way through the dark
For too long, way too long
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10. |
Bullet
03:26
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You were gone in an instant
And now we have our ending
Never gonna see your face again
Gone in an instant
Now you have your distance
Never gonna have to see your face again
Don't come back around
You caught me sleeping
But I won't make the same mistake again
Don't come back around
I guess I lost those weekends
I can't believe I dodged a bullet again
Gone in a moment
I hope you never come around
I never wanna see your face again
Master of illusions, a liar with a snake's tongue
And all of us is undone
Don't come back around
You caught me sleeping
But I won't make the same mistake again
Don't come back around
I guess I lost those weekends
I can't believe I dodged a bullet again
But you know me
And I know you
And I know exactly what we'll do
Start it up, let off the clutch
And drive myself right into you
And now you're coming back around
You caught me sleeping
Here I go making the same mistake again
And now you're coming back around
I'm off the deep end
I can't believe Im believing your lies again
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11. |
Two Cardinals
05:53
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Two cardinals sitting outside my back door
One's pretty, the other one's a bore
She said, "Do you want to glide up in the wind my friend?"
And he said, "I'm red."
I think it's gonna take a miracle for me to let you in
But I see you've got some time to burn
It's gonna take a miracle for you to reel me in
But don't stop trying
Two cardinals flying southbound in the fall
Wingtip to wingtip, the world below so small
She said, "Do you think you'll be with me till the end?"
And he said, "I'm red."
It might just take a miracle after your heart gets broken
The lines of trust begin to blur
But I felt my luck to turn when I heard you say
"Don't stop singing."
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