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Matty
04:31
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You choose a road
Make sure you can follow it
I’m sick and tired
Of forcing myself where I can’t fit
And I fall behind
Yeah, I fall right down under it
You choose a road
Make sure we can make it stick
I fell before so many times
Weighed down by all of the lies
It takes a toll
Wears me out and I grow thin
I’m sure you feel the same way
I felt it more than I could say
Held down and trapped by the dead
weight
Return it all,
Return it all… if it doesn’t fit
I’ve spent it all, for what it’s worth
Sat on your hands so I learn
You take it off
Take it off… just to sell it back
I sensed it more this week than last
Tried so hard to bury the past
So we try it on…
And start again
And I did my time
Did the best with what I had
But you wanted more
Wanted me to become a man
I slip back inside
Bury the things I can’t stand
It tears a hole
Splits the foundation that we had
Whatever we had
I just can’t save
I felt it more than I could say
Held down, trapped by the dead weight
Return it all,
Return it all… if it doesn’t fit
I’ve spent it all, for what it’s worth
Sat on my hands so you can learn
You take it off
Take it off… just to sell it back
I felt it more this week than last
We tried so hard to bury the past
So we try it on…
Just to watch it burn
I sat beside you late at night
Held you hand and watched you cry
Said those words and fell to the floor
Held your hand and fell to the floor
Shut off the light and go to bed
Let’s just let it go to bed
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2. |
Restless
02:14
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Came home fucking restless
sharp minds not yet satiated
didn’t see that it was already punched in
and I remember front porches,
humidity toyed with our hair,
normatives, and the way you moved
But it’s all dried up
We'd lay down fucking wasted
and sweat through the smoke and the blankets
bud, we were all so drained
and I remember wanting more,
distractions cornered my goals,
look now — they’re all circling
And it’s all dried up
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3. |
Save Face
03:29
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Save your face
Don’t let anyone say your name
Don’t let anyone see the shame
Don’t let anyone take a peek inside
When they do find a hole and hide
It’s getting closer, it’s in my head
The demons I let in
I sat on the edge of the couch
Spilling my guts to help you out
You just stared in disarray
Fighting the words you wanted to say
Avoiding the things you just can’t say
And I fell from the edge of the cliff
To show you, my weakness
You leapt in with open arms
I landed unscarred
Remember the things we would say
Those three words, it was easy
Mistakes and the lapse of mind
The choices on rewind
It’s getting closer it’s in my head
Those demons we let in
And I sat on the edge of the couch
Spilling my guts making it count
Left there for the next day
a little reminder it be ok
It's ok, it’ll wash right off
It will all blow over
This time
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4. |
In Your Head
02:49
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You’ve been swinging low
and I don’t want to talk about
that fucking bomb strapped to your chest
You just take the truth
and wire it right up with
those fucking lame excuses
You lay awake
rolling around
and I don’t want to lose sleep
You’re in your head
tangled around
and I don’t want to lose sleep
You’re in your head
I listened to the point where
accusations shattered with
the frenetic timbre of idle threats
and I’ve tiptoed enough
around the aftermath of it
nothing’s quite as fragile as the male ego
Look at this place
I’m fucking out
and I don’t want to lose sleep
I won’t clean it up
this is your mess
and I don’t want to lose sleep
You’re in your head
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5. |
Hold On
03:17
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Hold on Jenny
this conversation’s spinning fast
and I just want to catch my breath
before you order us another drink
I know you know
that I’ve got an opinion or two —
but there’s a lot that I don’t like to mention
and this is kinda one of those things
maybe I just won’t _____
God damn Jenny
this conversation’s in my head
and you don’t need to kid yourself now, okay?
you know I’ll wear it all on my sleeve
and I bet you’d know
if you’d stop to think about it —
the city’s all lit up,
heaven’s bored and gave us a glimpse
maybe you just won’t _____
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6. |
Older Now
04:13
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I pattern my ashtray like calligraphy
like college poetics I want to throw it away
‘cause I’m older now
and I can put this down
like the few and the proud
am I stronger now?
somebody surprised me when he climbed in my head
I overreacted I didn’t know what it meant
but I’m older now
and I’ve been let down
and I’m queerer now
would I hold him now?
she cut out with autumn through the crack in our door
all the boxes and bare walls it's like I’ve seen it before
and I’m older now
I'll push on somehow
but the sleepless nights
catch up to me now
we’re older now
and we love this town
but our chests spilled out
does the trying count?
Does the trying count?
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7. |
Far From Helpless
03:33
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Can we just say it right out loud
Let it go, let it breathe
Just give it a little air
Maybe then, you will see
We’ve been down this road before
Picked the rock from our knees
Misguided we got lost
Tangled up, so naive
No we’ll just take it slow so gently
I think we’re making good time so can we
Stop this mindset
That we were flawed from the start so damaged
Because I’ve seen my share
Of the shattered and broke and you are not helpless
You are not helpless
And this is no place to break down, to give in
And all the pressure you create and the blame, time wasted
I think you see the world with such fear, such sadness
And you know I can relate, day to day I think we’ll manage
Well if I’m wasting my time, just tell me
And I will fall back in line, I’m sorry
But I can’t give up
You’ve embedded yourself in my heart
And it’s just our luck
Because I’ve got too much invested
Too much invested
Accidentally settled down
Set the trap and fell stagnant
And all the dreams you conjured up
In our youth are all now fragments
It’s expected and ok
To feel ashamed, to feel restless
It’s about time we made our move
Use it now to our advantage
We’ll just take it slow, so gently
Can’t waste it this time we have to
Get our feet wet
Wake up clear our throat and rewind
A clean slate, forget
The damage I’ve done it will be worth it
It will be worth it
And we’re far from helpless
We’re far from helpless
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8. |
Frames
04:16
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...and the bowed frames of my friends
would go out and grow thin
they’d drop pills and lose weekends
and like winter they'd all come drifting in
they’d play shows on the local scene
fuck girls and forget names
and nobody asked, we didn’t care
about the long nights and the blank stares
it was our time to waste
(we couldn’t wait)
but the quiet little questions
remind us that we're stranded
so to keep cool and you can hold tight
to the old crowd and the old times
fuck the old times
it was our time to waste
(we couldn’t wait)
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Sinker Kalamazoo, Michigan
Rock music from Kalamazoo, MI.
Guitar/Vocals: Matt
Guitar/Vocals: Kyle
Bass: Ian
Drums: Tom
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