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Aphrodite
03:26
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You used to study on Friday nights
Play Uno when you were done
And I don't understand, understand
Your newfound romance with motor bikes
You say you missed out on teenage fun
The excitement of holding hands, holding hands
You want your life to be more like what is on your screen
You'll only find your Ares at the bottom of a bottle of cheap wine
Preaching 420, took your hand off of the throttle
Under the guise of good times
You used to find comfort in yourself
Not a bad girl to hang with
You were my best friend, my best friend
Contributing to the commonwealth
Is now long gone from where I sit
And now the vultures send, vultures send
Their troops to pick you apart
Pluck the remains of your heart
And you know Hephaestus will wait for you
So you can go and have your war god too
Oh, the things you do
Oh, gods, if Hephaestus knew
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2. |
Straight to Voicemail
03:20
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Got a feeling that the winds are changing
The storm is coming, clouds are rearranging
Batten down the hatches, I've been through worse before
Crashed a car into a grand old oak tree
Prayed for nothing but a long, long ghost sleep
I can take this, yet I'm passed out here on the floor
She doesn't wanna talk, I know that I'm a fool
Got a tattoo of her face to cover up a bruise
I really gotta know if she'll answer the phone
Or let it go straight to voicemail
She said she'd meet me at the karaoke
The one at which we met and where she told me
I felt different than the other boys she'd had
She sang the Crystals while she drank her whiskey
She took to finishing and then she kissed me
And now I'm sat here with my seventh empty in hand
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3. |
Cable Knit Sweater
03:16
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Amy, I could listen to you talk for miles
With your feet on the dash and Harry Styles
on the radio singing about assorted fruits
You bleached my hair somewhere in Texas
Dressed me up in a white pearl necklace
All dolled up the way you want me to be
You say I look a bit like Machine Gun Kelly
But still you aren't buying anything that I'm selling, come on
What do I gotta do? What do I gotta do?
Tell me, Amy, how do I get through?
I'm just a primetime baby in a cable knit sweater
And I'm writing love letters to you
You talk about the day that we're gonna get married
The design on the ring and the way I'll carry
You across the threshold with flowers in your hair
We're moving in so I put my stuff in storage
Then you say you're not sure if you're ready for it
I stutter and I stammer as I say this isn't fair to me
All my friends tell me that you're bad news bears
but I'm dumber than an avalanche of rocks and I care too much
Maybe in another life you'd be good for me
Maybe this isn't the end of our story, oh no
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4. |
Last Night I Dreamed
03:41
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Last night I dreamed a melody without words
It's not permanent 'til I grab the pen, I could let it burn
Last night I dreamed of telling you how I feel
But I could keep this kiss clenched in my fist, it doesn't have to be real
Leave while you're alone, leave while you still can
Leave before the hopeless bitterness will claim this man
Can we make it work? Is there a solution?
I trashed all of the maps, they sure didn't help this bastard win
Last night I dreamed of moving to Dodge City
Get to the Wild West, but if I had to guess I'll probably never leave
Last night I dreamed the passing of a movie star
And if I died today my DNA would die in this bar
I can't fall asleep tonight, I've got too many things to do
I gotta cherish all the glory of a lonesome night
The romance of a manufactured doom and gloom
I could leave a stamp if I could write
The way that you feel when you're in your teens
But I know I'll probably fall asleep tonight
And be a hero in my dreams
Last night I dreamed
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5. |
Kiss and Tell
02:38
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Sitting in my underwear
Sinking into disrepair
Another Monday down the drain
Reading novels in the pouring rain
Cancel a date for the eighteenth time
I never did that when she was mine
Content to sit here on my own
Enraptured by the light of my phone
You know I'm obsessed with playing kiss and tell
So ask me if my night went well
A couple drinks over a wandering mind
And now I find myself in a bind
Gotta end this before it starts
I'm a bitter fool with a brittle heart
Distract myself and hope she ghosts
While I think about the girl I love the most
I'm cornered in my brain and nothing feels the same
Keep a pen in hand so I can't drink
Sing for hours so I can't think
About the way she held me tight and said,
"I can only love you for tonight"
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6. |
Kick in the Teeth
02:07
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I need a girl like a kick in the teeth
Like a Rabbi needs a Christmas wreath
I've been down, banging on for days
About some godforsaken, bones been achin', cake-in-face malaise
I need a soul like a neck full of lead
Like a horseman needs a working head
I've been up, haven't slept in weeks
Hesitant to get a fix, I'm never quick to sweet relief
Passing out in a pool of sweat
Getting sick in someone else's bed
When does rock 'n' roll start to get sad?
When does chasing girls make you look like a creepy dad?
I need a heart like a punch in the eye
Like the Irish need to say goodbye
I've been 'round, being lazy for months
Life's up a hundred-nothing, having fun and running in the sun
But I don't feel so bad
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7. |
Dorothy, Let's Go Home
03:12
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I've got a brain made out of straw, I've got a heart of tin
And I'm terrified of anything that ever moved an inch
And you may be wondering what in Oz I could offer you
Well, I think I know which way to go, also I'm kinda cute
Take my hand, let's skip along
And we could sing a little song
Of all the things we wish to be if we could only live in dreams
The heights we'd reach
Dorothy, let's go home
Fly a balloon 'til we touch down in Kansas
Dorothy, let's live alone
Make sure that nobody sees where we landed
I'm sick of all the talking trees that never let us go to sleep
The witches obsessed with your feet
So click your heels and find out if this is real
We've been in Oz since we were kids and now we're nearing thirty
Is it too late to become great at anything but flirting?
Let's settle down and have a couple Munchkins of our own
And pretend that time has made us anything approaching grown
I'm no wizard, I'm a man with precious little I can offer
But I can walk your little dog and I won't even charge a dollar
I'd rather live in squalor
So baby, meet me on the brick road tonight, let's live free
Or we could go out to the Emerald City as long as you're with me
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8. |
Adam Bomb!
02:43
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Adam goes to work at the outlet mall
Melting into nothing when he gets a call
Chloe says, "I've got something to say you"
He says, "I gotta go now, Chlo, I'll see you soon"
They grab a couple pretzels after Adam's shift
Drop a penny in the fountain, he says, "Make a wish"
Adam sees her smile fade and says, "What's wrong?"
She says, "I'll love you 'til forever but our time's not long"
She got the test results and it's not what they've been told
She says, "It's you who's gotta push on through"
Adam says, "That can't be, you've been feeling well
There must be some mistake and I think time will tell
We will be together 'til the bomb drops
'Til the Mariners win the pennant and all wars will stop"
She grins a little weakly and she holds his hand
And says, "You'll still have all your friends and you'll still have your band"
He says, "I'd throw it all if you could stay with me
I thought we'd live out in the country 'til we're eighty-three"
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9. |
I'm in Love with the Sun
03:57
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I was born a poor boy, always kept my windows shut so tight
Though I wanted to see the light
Ever since I drew breath every day's a countdown to the time
When my head splits and I go blind
Then a man says, "Try these beans
You'll get higher than a kite in the breeze
And you'll finally be free"
I'm in love with the sun but the sun doesn't love me
Can I climb up a stalk to a land high above me?
I'm in love with the sun
And I said, "All I've got to trade is this cow that's got no milk to give"
I too am bled dry and it's frightfully hard to live
He said, "I'll take that, best of luck I hope you find your place
You can go when your mind breaks"
I guess I got nothing to lose, I hope one day I'll break through this roof
And get a taste of youth
Mother said, "Jack, don't you cry. You've still got your left eye
And you probably won't die"
I'm in love with the sun but the sun don't love me
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10. |
Hello Minnesota
02:02
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Hello Minnesota, what have you done to me?
Your shoulder's growing colder and I'm freezing off my feet
You have bowled me over a hundred million times
Hello Minnesota, I wish you were here tonight
Hello señorita, I'm glad you texted me
You're down by the equator yet a chill is in the breeze
This broken elevator can only go down
Hello señorita, I wish you were around
So I'll drive until my wheels come off
I'll survive this bloody nose and dry cough for all my life
Hello Minnesota, my phone is almost dead
I wish that I had told you to bury me in red
If only I could hold you one more lonely time
Goodbye Minnesota, I'm leaving you tonight
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