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Still Frames
03:26
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Caught you with your head down in spirits worse than mine
You helped me out when I needed to leave my valentine
That dress you love used to be blue but the blood is seeping through
While you look better in maroon, your ex made such a cunning move
He told you not to worry about her
Now she's in his profile picture
Laughing and making the eyes
Still frames of the lovers abandoned
Now we're left without a companion
Remember when we were alive?
Let's put on our favorite show until we fall asleep
Don't compare yourself to that couple on the screen
They work together and have a life that was perfectly designed
By thirteen writers in L.A. who cry alone in bed at night
The snow has melted, there's no sign of what we left behind
Spring has finally arrived, so heartbreak, go and hide
We can lead the lives we dreamed, so look out, here we come
We'll find our bliss and we will ride off into that golden sun
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Prison Break!
03:09
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You, you've got your eyes in a jar labelled "Things I Use For Love"
Me, I've got my eyes that I mostly use for sex then giving up
I'm a whore for advice, God forbid I ever hold myself accountable
Shut the front door and kill the lights, the earth is flooding and I'm feeling pretty drownable
This has heartache written over it
An overdose, a suicide
A prison break gone wrong, the walls close in
I probably should've gotten off this ride
You, you've got your smile that you stash away until you need a favor
I, all the while am being told by my friends, "Man, don't try and save her
You'll kill yourself a bit each day until all that's left is some blonde hair and a pop song
Look out for your health, get out and play
Dream of stars you'll see one day and brother, move on"
This has heartache written over it
An overdose, a suicide
A prison break gone wrong, the walls close in
A love affair with genocide
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3. |
Charming Cashier
02:38
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I'm bored out of my skull for the fifth time
This week and I've barely made five dimes
I'm having staring contests with the clock and I'm losing
I'm losing
My girlfriend hasn't come in a long week
She hasn't visited either and I'm hungry
That's when a girl named Trouble said, "I'm new here, boy, use me
Go on and use me"
Someone help me out, she's a charming cashier
Bites her lip softly, headlights, meet deer
Man, I think I'll make a mistake real soon
It's gonna be a fun fall to my doom
She needs help with her sales pitch, she's struggling
She inches closer to me and I'm tugging
At my collar as I think of a way I can swing this
I can't swing this
She asks me if I need a ride home
I say, "I know the way, I know the way"
She asks me if I wanna kiss her
And I think I know what to say, know what to say
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Chameleon
03:25
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Tell me what it is you like to do
What a coincidence, those are my interests too
I also dream of walking the moon
So I'll go home and write a happy tune
I finally found a girl who knows heartbreak
And prefers vanilla milkshakes
The similarities get me all riled
But a chameleon never smiles
Tell me all your troubles, present and past
As I take a long sip from this brandy glass
It's always been my favorite drink
From the moment I saw it sitting by your sink
I've never felt this kind of love before
No one I've ever met hates grocery stores
But I lie awake and count the ceiling tiles
'Cause a chameleon never smiles
Caress me when I'm cold and bare
Stroke my unkempt James Dean hair
It makes me feel safe for a while
But a chameleon never...
You ask me if I'd stay the night
I said, "Why not? This is so right"
It feels like Christmas as a child
But a chameleon never smiles
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Cardiac Kleptomaniac
03:20
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She's a cardiac kleptomaniac, can't help herself
Keeps an affection collection on her bookshelf
She's a mind breaker, I'd take her in a New York sec
And let her tie a noose around my neck
She's got an oceanfront view to a catastrophe
Has a sentient silhouette, never lands off her feet
Flies in circles 'round my ears, whispering semi-truths
Like a fairy tugging hard on a wisdom tooth
Gets bored quick like a dancer doing old steps
Sounds off loud like a strong man doing reps
Counts the times that the pavement's met someone she filled with dreams
She thinks that love's ridiculous, says upfront to be clear,
"Don't think that I'll flip the switch in a month or a year"
But the lightbulb flickers on around the dawn of spring
Just in time for the queen to checkmate the king
I was just a fool who believed she had no rabbits and kept empty sleeves
Now vampires would love my knees
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I wanna go back and get my degree
I'm interested in theology
And figuring out what kind of god would create someone like me
'Cause you can bet I'd brag if I had skills science needs
And I discovered a cure for every fucking disease
I would lose this crowd when I opened my mouth
I guess I have a talent after all, I'm no catch, just watch me fall
Take me outta the rat race, take me out with the trash
Buy me some worthless shit I won't use until I'm wearing a gas mask
After the bomb has fallen and we're stuck in hazmat suits
Find me over at Rickshaw Street and let's fuck over nuclear ooze
She said, "I love you" after watching Empire
I said, "I know" and went out to change a tire
Because it hurts too much to admit what will soon reveal me to be a liar
So give me a hand, somewhere I can stand or someplace I can land
I'll throw it away, I'm never afraid of falling on my face
Be glad you never met someone like me
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7. |
Fire In Our Blood
03:59
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I'm counting sheep and hoping they don't bite
She's got a knight in shining horror by the window
I get a little low when she gets a little high
And somewhere Freddie's singing "any way the wind blows"
It doesn't matter, I'm Picasso as hell
Thinking with my heart, my lips next to my blue eyes
And she is ruled by our connection as well
Her knight is short for this world, short in general
Yeah, he's gonna lose this fight
But she said, "Don't, we know how this thing goes"
And I said, "No, I'll dodge the thorns, my Rose"
There's fire in our blood
And I'm as desperate as a middle-aged man
Grasping for attention with a sports car and a new wife
At least he's lasted that long, I'm a flash in the pan
People used to sing my songs, now I just wear my jeans too tight
She smoked a cigarette after we had sex
Sat out on the porch and watched our dreams turn into smoke rings
The only bright side is we're not dead yet
I'm no scientist but I know there's a cure for being lonely
But I guess love wasn't enough
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8. |
Magic 8
03:23
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Carve me up with an old steak knife, make it last for hours
I need something to pass the time since I put down the whiskey sours
Sick of reading the same sad books, getting off to tears
Sick of sympathetic looks, it's been a real bitch of a year
You can't save me and I don't mind
I've gotta learn to live
It's so tempting to waste my life
Taking more than I give
Lay it down, that same old beat we've heard again and again
Too young to die, too old to reach the heights I thought I would in the end
But there's something I can't explain when the bass rattles the floor
My future went up in a hurricane but I still gotta play a bit more
So get up off the couch, go out and dance
It's okay to have some fun without romance
And if a honey looks your way and grins
Know that you can take it on the chin
You've been the one broken and the one to break
So grab the magic 8 and give it a shake
You're never gonna live that fairytale
But you can learn to keep life on the rails
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9. |
The Acid Of Love
02:41
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She's the queen of the local scene
She does a Khaleesi slow striptease
Looks like Emilia Clarke with an olive tan
Draggin' her feet out a VW van
'Cause she's a hippie, she's sipping the acid of love
And she will ask you to tattoo her name right above
The one that you got for your grandma
Just like uppercutting a sandbar
There's no way that could happen
There's no fucking way that could happen
So why am I standing here?
Dripping in an ice-cold sweat
Scared I'll throw a stone in the gears
And the love will fall out of her head
Why am I standing here?
She's an all-purpose key to locks not yet made
Summer's first cold glass of lemonade
She could spur on a cowboy to lose his hat
Close down a Hollywood laundromat
She's a rebel, a pebble for skipping off lakes
That makes you younger, your tongue hurts from sucking her face
She's a canvas with gleaming white teeth
On which you could paint your masterpiece
And make anything happen
So why am I sitting here?
Crossed legs to hide this feeling
We watch another rerun of Cheers
She breaks the norm and sends me reeling
Why am I sitting here?
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10. |
Diamonds In The Spring
02:16
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Sing to me like you did
That night when there was no one else but us
And everything was diamonds in the spring
I still can hear that lullaby deep inside
When twilight blooms I think of you
The shadows dance across my room
I swear by this blue moon
That I will see you soon
Hold your courage to your chest
Nestled in a childhood locket where no one else can find
There's beauty in your eyes
I have read in stories old, it's been foretold
Our star-crossed love
A holy dove appears to me from up above
A signal to this fool that I will see you soon
The ocean divides us, my dear
But sleep now and I will wait here
The stars caress the midnight sky
But soon they'll have to say goodbye
Just like we had to do
But I hope to see you soon
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