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Risk With Ruin
03:58
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[A:] “When the train passes outside, the floorboards shake inside my house.
It took some getting used to, but I've blacked it out,
But anyway, how are you! Tell me, where are you sleeping now?”
[B:] “Franklin and Harvard by Library Park.
There’s room to improve, but the rent was awfully hard to pass up.”
[A] “You see, we don't believe in fate - now, do you think we should try that out?”
[B:] “Sure, but not now - lets wait until the house burns down.
It hasn’t been glamorous, but look, you’ve gotten somewhere somehow”
[A:] “But you’ve gotta be wondering: did I even really make those things?
It’s a seismic shift in the way you think, or how you’re perceiving."
I wish that that you could set my backbone right
I'd channel you like a life line
I see no need to settle all my fights
But I can punch above my weight sometimes
[A:] “Don't you feel too we should soon weigh risk with ruin?
[B:] “Duly noted, I do - I'm confused when I cant see through it.”
We left your Christmas party without warning
The city swoons, it’s true. We'll leave at first light in the morning
I wish that you could set my backbone right
I flipped the switch and made our eyes blind
Panic stricken from the sounds outside
‘No one's coming, you can take your time’
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2. |
Success Story
03:48
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Set to act like rivals like I was wrong to think twice
When it’s late, I needn’t pull off on the roadside
I know now thats not right though its something to recognize
That I couldn't be any more wrong if I tried
Don’t be afraid to reach for more than is offered
When I couldn’t tie my shoes, ‘I’ couldn’t tie my shoes;
You didn’t need to
I deviate from my plans. You do what you can when you can
If I discover something; I promise I’ll let you in
In one of November’s growing warm days on The Common
Loose lipped in free space
Scattered over the acres were dog meet-ups and corporate softball games
I’m afraid to reach for what I’m offered
I don't care about you
I think I care about you, I didn’t mean to
When I wanted to seek help,
you came down from the mountain with wisdom you found
Pretty soon I’ll be leaving town, within an hour from now
If all goes well and I come back to the city as something else
I hope you’ll be standing there tall, arms crossed, proud as hell
When they called my name twice
I’ll admit, I was mortified
I’m afraid to reach for more than I’m offered
I’m too afraid I’ll lose if I don't need to
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3. |
Blurry Vignettes
03:48
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Exit 13. I’ve been wandering
I missed my exit and had to loop ‘round the rotary
Blurry vignettes. Subtle missteps
Hope alarms when it’s misrepresented
I’ve been doing everything, still
I’m disillusioned, can you clarify?
Or do I want to know? Do I want to know?
I could be like last summer
I’ve been waiting for the right time
I try to write it off
It’s the guilt I take a way from it
‘about all I take a way from it
But I don’t want to - I think I need to
I smell the salt marsh
A flock of rock doves
as I backed my car in got scared and flew off
They’ll board these up soon
It’s the telephone wire’s white shoes
Tattered awnings and rotting wood sills
It’s coming over me
Is terra firma under both my feet?
I don't want this to be erased or lost
It seems they’ve given up
Or its seen too many bright summers
The waves crack as the wind picks up
The shutters rattle off
Through gaps in the rafters: a thickening cloud-cover
My sedatives have run low
I’m searching for clues it’s all an elaborate hoax
As the sand in the air, it collects and settles on the windows
Usually I would've noticed the desaturated light
It used to be radiant here
I used to feel radiant here
Systematic. Unoriginal.
I shouldn’t play along
I regret coming down here
I feel uneasy, why did I stay this long?
I thought I had enough
I don’t want to run from it
But here won’t change when I do
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4. |
Come Inside
04:20
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It was a worn out rubber footstep
Pulling the wool over my eyes
Floating down to the basement
A half mile bridge in the night
“I just got off at the exit”
“Text me when you pull up front”
To think we were relative strangers
That couldn't get enough
You were right, I think it’s time that I found out what I like
I opened up my house to see if you would come inside
“All plans lose luster; its all corrosive in time!”
But I can’t say that I’m ashamed if you’re pleasantly surprised
We got caught in a downpour
It came up right from behind
I pulled off on to the shoulder
Your face flushed red from brake lights
[you] said, “All I ask is consistent behavior
I could extrapolate to something larger.”
“I agree, you deserve that.”
You were right, I think it’s time that I found out what I like
I opened up my house to see if you would come inside
“All plans lose luster; its all corrosive in time!”
But I can’t say that I’m ashamed if you’re pleasantly surprised
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5. |
When I Speak
05:00
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“It’s so nice to see you - could you stay awhile?
I’ve got clean sheets in the pile
In the morning we can run a few miles.
I was lost in the crowd like a child”
I know theres something you don’t see
in anyone else but me
It’s a sharp bitter sting when I speak
I knew it would get you eventually
“Thats enough, you should go to bed”
“Come on, just one more minute!” you said
“It’s been swirling around in my head
If I let it go, it’ll never rest”
Winding up the stairs, I tripped on the landing
Oh I should’ve seen that coming,
We’d just spent the good part of the afternoon to the evening drinking
“[laughing] Careful! I was serious about running!”
Fall into bed, set alarms, and keep humming
Images of mediocrity
Were drowned out but the weight of my own body
In that floating state before sleep.
[text msg] “I’m out at Dillons if you want to meet”
If I look for postage would I find any more?
If I peal up the old floor boards?
I remember you said you had hid them before
But I never knew where
I don’t know anymore
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