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Jealous
03:49
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(verse) I'm lying on my bed, with my stomach to the mattress,
Thinking on a day that lasted too long.
Your pain and your pride, oh so vaguely disguised,
By the summer love that glowed in your eyes.
(ref) And I can confess that I am so jealous of the girl,
Of the girl who holds your heart.
Yes, I can confess that I am so jealous of the girl,
Who can carry the heart I'd learn to care for.
(verse) I'm hiding on my roof, with my face to the sky,
Thinking of how your words made me feel beautiful.
With all our silly fights and the occasional late nights.
It's hard to forget that I was right all along.
(ref)
(bridge) and it's hard to think, that all this while,
You didn't care.
And all my wasted time had no purpose.
And I know I'll move on, 'cause that's the way it's always been.
Just the usual story line for me.
(ref)
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2. |
Obedient Son
03:07
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Obedient son, have you been on the run
all this time?
Obedient son, do you hold your tongue
when the king asks if you are his kind?
Does the kind take your advice?
Trust you with his life?
Does he turn from you in silence for you are to young to be wise,
Obedient son?
Obedient son, take the hand of your ghost,
declare her your bride.
Obedient son, if you love her the most,
then her lifeless corpse you will not mind.
Does your ghost trust the lead
of the knight on the white steed?
Does she love the man that you pretend to be,
Obedient son?
Disobedient daughter, is that you who cowers,
behind the veil of another.
Disobedient daughter, do you cling to the shadows because you so fear to blunder?
Is the queen as cold as ice
Because you were not worth the price?
Does she call you a fool
Because you broke the rules,
Disobedient daughter?
Disobedient daughter, why do you run
from his arms?
Disobedient daughter, you were chosen for him,
do not cause harm.
Will you laugh at his jokes,
When his love makes you choke?
Will you pretend to be what you are not,
Disobedient daughter?
Was it worth the price,
Disobedient daughter?
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3. |
Empty Advice
02:19
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(verse) The poets and the elders told me to take the road less traveled by,
And I listened, for they knew better than I.
And now I question the authority of the so-called wise,
Their words were useless,
It was all empty advice.
(ref) And now, this creature is godless,
And this mind is thoughtless.
And this soul is lost in itself.
And this heart is simply yearning
To live a life full of meaning,
Beyond the meager things that it has found.
(verse) The books, they all told me that this was part of the plan.
And I would find my answers, at the middle or the end.
But, the clock is barely moving,
And I am getting frustrated.
Oh, what's the point of a heart,
If it's lost or empty or dead?
(ref)
The poets and the elders told me to take the road less traveled by,
And I listened, though I still don't know why.
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4. |
Young Again
03:24
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If I were young again, I would see so many things.
Slip in the water after sunset, just to feel it on my skin.
And I, I would catch fireflies, just to set them free.
Oh, what I wouldn't give to go back to the way things used to be.
If I could change time, if i could add seconds of happiness.
I would see you smile.
I would hear you laugh, like it would never end.
Oh, what i wouldn't give to be a child for a little while again.
And I am tired, of many pointless things,
Of symbolizing friendships with bracelets and rings.
I long to run away, I long to get out.
What I wouldn't give to be free from the doubt.
And I - , would carry all your pain, if I could.
But the weight of hearts is too heavy to bear.
And I wish that you could see you, the way that I do.
Oh, what I wouldn't give if you could see your beauty like I do.
Like I do,
Like I do.
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5. |
Only Lonely
03:14
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(verse) I think I might miss you,
Before you lay your coffee next to mine.
And I'll miss the way you smell of smoke,
And cheap red wine.
I think I might miss you,
Before our story ever gets told.
Before the light in your bright brown eyes,
Gets too old.
(ref) And I'm only lonely,
Lonely for you.
If only fairy tales and story books would tell me what to do.
Yes, I'm only lonely,
Lonely for you.
If only I could find a way,
To make it all do.
(verse) I think I might miss you,
Before you whisper softly in my ear.
And tell me all those promises,
Every lover wants to hear.
I think I might miss you,
Before those promises you do break,
Before I sit back and count
All of your mistakes.
(ref)
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6. |
City Lights
05:49
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(verse) I've a confession, that I have left unsaid.
That this city's empty arms
Take my empty heart to bed.
Wrap me up, in a paper blanket,
And wash away the pain
That distorts so young a face.
(ref) Maybe it's the way she breathes so soft at night,
Or maybe it's because her skin is streets and city lights,
The way that she hides sinners under her covers,
Or the reason why she embraces lonely lovers.
(verse) The secret that you hold, deep inside your mind,
Telling you the story that they were better off behind.
Traveling fast, down a road you don't know.
Going down the road to where you do not want to go.
(ref)
(bridge) Maybe, we didn't start this fight.
Maybe, we could fix it tonight.
I'm tired of this nonsense of being on my own,
I'm ready - ready to go home - going home.
(ref several times)
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7. |
Better Than Me
02:57
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(verse) I remember your skin against mine,
I remember I was the one you left behind.
And now you've found a heart that is more kind.
Can't say I didn't tell you.
(ref) And I know now that she is better than me,
So much better than me, my dear.
Yes I know now that she is better than me,
So much better than me, my dear.
(verse) It's a dull ache when I see her smile on your face,
Makes me think of when we still had good days.
And we broke this in a thousand different ways.
No one left to fix it.
(ref)
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Tai Chirovsky Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Starting new projects since I got off of Facebook.
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