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Drove by your old house today
Pretending it was on the way
But you and I both know I work in town
Left a voicemail on your phone
I couldn’t take being alone
And could we go out next time you come down
We’ve been back and forth for weeks
I haven’t heard that floorboard creak
The way it used to when you’d get up to teach
It’s not easy for me to say
I always kind of wish you’d stayed
But I’m calling to try and give a speech
I know that we just can’t fight it
I won’t be the one to light it
After all these years it’s just gonna burn
We’ll go crazy trying to spite it
Wreck this ship just trying to right it
After all we just can’t seem to learn
So let’s go down swinging with confidence we’ll never earn
Used to run around this town
Dolling up and dressing down
Praying that the morning never came
We’d drive back to our zip code
Racing late on Bearinger Road
I never thought that we’d both be to blame
I know that we just can’t fight it
I won’t be the one to light it
After all these years it’s just gonna burn
We’ll go crazy trying to spite it
Wreck this ship just trying to right it
After all we just can’t seem to learn
So let’s go down swinging with confidence we’ll never earn
If I drove all the way to see you
Barrie down 11 straight to
North Bay now it’s really only
4 hours if the highway’s lonely
Would I start to second guess it
Would I have your mother’s blessing
What would you say, what could we even do
Would I sing
I know that we just can’t fight it
I won’t be the one to light it
After all these years it’s just gonna burn
I know that we just can’t fight it
I won’t be the one to light it
After all these years it’s just gonna burn
We’ll go crazy trying to spite it
Wreck this ship just trying to right it
After all we just can’t seem to learn
So let’s go down swinging with confidence we’ll never earn
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Hanging On
04:27
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Take a seat won't you my friend
And let old Jack here pour you a drink
I've heard them talking about the end
You always know how to think
I'll never forget the first time
We discovered we weren't innocent
She hasn't been too unkind
With what little time we're lent
Wait out life till these bars close
Sun sets on streets row on row
Just relax but don't let go
Don't forget how this time flows
So I'll keep hanging on
To glasses and to hope
And I'll keep hanging on
And trying to help you cope
The world keeps spinning faster
Heading for some grand disaster
I'll keep hanging on
As long as you hang on to me
I lost trust in this young heart
So many years ago
And I was far too young to part
With my mind's heavy load
Now we're thinking we're so wise
But the youthful glow remains
I've still got a fire in my eyes
And it's burning away this pain
And apathy is a disease
That I can't heal
But in between the falsities
We're forgetting how to feel
And apathy is a disease
That I can't heal
But in between the falsities
We're forgetting how to feel
And wisdom comes from everywhere
It's drowning me out my thoughts
Let's talk a while, remember how we forgot
about
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Without You
04:25
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I can't imagine life without you
I can't picture days where you're not just a drive away
There's rooftops in the city that remind me
of you
And standing staring off them is how I feel alive somedays
It's not come to pass
The past comes on too fast
How will I ever last
I just can’t stop chasing dreams
I guess that means
It's hopeless, I'm hopeless without you
Can't see past the doubt through
The clouds in my mind
It's hopeless, a year is too long,
And I can't just write songs
Until your hand's in mine
I'm so scared of the future
The scars and the sutures
That stitch up this heart broke in two for the
Sake of my still breathing lungs
Life alone's just not fun
Without you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Without you
The park side condo doesn't feel the same
In autumn, you aren't there to say my name and smile
I can't hold you in my arms at night
This much space in bed doesn't feel right it feels like
It's not come to pass
The past comes on too fast
How will I ever last
I just can’t stop chasing dreams
I guess that means
It's hopeless, I'm hopeless without you
Can't see past the doubt through
The clouds in my mind
It's hopeless, a year is too long,
And I can't just write songs
Until your hand's in mine
I'm so scared of the future
The scars and the sutures
That stitch up this heart broke in two for the
Sake of my still breathing lungs
Life alone's just not fun
Without you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Without you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Without you etc.
Someday you'll come back to me
Someday all will be right
Someday we won't be you and me
I just wish that were tonight
I wish that were tonight
It's hopeless, I'm hopeless without you
Can't see past the doubt through
The clouds in my mind
It's hopeless, a year is too long,
And I can't just write songs
Until your hand's in mine
I'm so scared of the future
The scars and the sutures
That stitch up this heart broke in two for the
Sake of my still breathing lungs
Life alone's just not fun
Without you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Without you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Without you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Without you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Without you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
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I remember when we lost touch
It was really nothing much
You used to take all my time
But we lost out when I lost the rhyme
The last months passed like a blur
And you know that I never heard
You made me laugh when I cried
And I still think about those days sometimes
So put on that sweater we got together
And smile to yourself
If it's been hard I hope you're better
And that you've got your health
I know that you never knew
I knew everything that you
Wanted to do, and though
I know that you never thought
That we would get caught up
In our own lives
Please wipe your eyes
And think of me tonight
I think that you're doing fine
And I know I forgot our lines
But the way I let you slide
I wish you'd been along for the ride
So put on that sweater we got together
And smile to yourself
If it's been hard I hope you're better
And that you've got your health
I know that you never knew
I knew everything that you
Wanted to do, and though
I know that you never thought
That we would get caught up
In our own lives
Please wipe your eyes
And think of me tonight
Dear Sam, I know that
We don't speak anymore
I am too young
To close all these doors x8
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Artifacts
04:11
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I keep finding artifacts
In watches, wallets, paperbacks at home
In photos from forgotten nights
From days and mornings I just can’t let go
I can feel the passing time pin down my spine
To spite my gritted teeth
But staring in the mirror
I still cannot get a clearer view of me
I hear
A voice
In my ears
This is not who I knew.
Did you change, is it true?
Wipe off the dust, let the rust shine through
I want to get to know you
There’s an uptown block that I can’t walk
Cuz it’s where this all turned to rust
Promises we made that
This whole city was supposed to be for us
There’s a decade of my past, it didn’t last
But somehow I don’t cry
The faces of my history are pieces
In the mystery of who am I
I hear
A voice
In my ears
This is not who I knew.
Did you change, is it true?
Wipe off the dust, let the rust shine through
Could I get to know you?
I still see the others wave
As I'm driving away
Back on second street
Where all of us would always meet
But we’re/they’re not standing there today
This is not who I knew.
Did you change, is it true?
Wipe off the dust, let the rust shine through
Could I get to know you?
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New Romantics
03:40
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Greyhound bus in the middle of the night
Appalachian instinct reaching new heights
See friends to lovers watch and wonder
Curiosity never managed to kill the thunder
New England never seemed so cold
As I find myself growing old
Sam and Diane leave New York State
And I head home to tempt a fate
Consider the feeling and drain the cup
Wheels keep spinning, the clock runs up
So watch the critics sleep
And deafen all the need
Everybody has a heart
But they don't all bleed
So come onto the scene
And see what I see
The new romantics
Well they they don't need me
Straightforward phrasing was never a skill
And every little hitch was a swallowed pill
Graduation comes in rose colours
As darkness creeps over the others
Wedding season meets autumn spray
Firefly nights turn to lonely days
So watch the critics sleep
And deafen all the need
Everybody has a heart
But they don't all bleed
So come onto the scene
And see what I see
The new romantics
Well they they don't need me
The east coast never felt so much like home
This puddle Is an ocean and I am just a stone
So I'll skip the track and sing something new
Because love is something left for all of you
So watch the critics sleep
And deafen all the need
Everybody has a heart
But they don't all bleed
So come onto the scene
And see what I see
The new romantics
Well they they don't need m
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I still miss you under blue skies, that turn grey
I still miss you in the mornings, when my dreams give way
And though I know it’ll be okay
I know it’s you that I’ll remember when my memory fades away
Nothing came as easy as we wanted it to
And everything that I felt, felt easier with you
And after time leads my mind astray
I know it’s you that I’ll remember when my memory fades away
Getting out of this place, won’t get you out of my head
But one day I’ll see your face, and won’t miss you in my bed
When the blues skies, they don’t turn grey
I know it’s you that I’ll remember when my memory fades away
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