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something cute
02:46
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i wanna write something funny about my dog,
and how we're lazy, we're bumps on a log
i wanna write something happy about this life,
sitting in the sun, feeling satisfied
when it's not real hot and it's not too cold
a real nice in between under a sky that's gold
i wanna write something cute, something really really cute
i dont want there to be a single word about you
i wanna write something stupid about my closet,
all the clothes i never wear or the change in my pockets
i wanna write something good about religion
or when my mom slipped by the pool and she had to get stitches
didn't wanna see, ran the other direction
whether fear or selfishness, i'll leave it at your discretion
i wanna go somewhere cute somewhere really really cute
but i cant ever seem to find my shoes
i wanna smile and feel cute, you know just really really cute
but i'm not sure that is something that i can do
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green subaru
03:15
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green subaru in Illinois, green subaru by the amtrak station,
saw one in Missouri and i saw one in Wisconsin,
green subaru in Illinois, green subaru by the amtrak station,
saw one in Missouri and every state of this vacation
and even though i know it's not,
every time i think it's yours
a little cleaner on the inside, a missing detail in the doors,
but that green subaru outback, in that outback parking lot,
i'm missing you and so i wish it was yours,
but i know that it is not
green subaru, you pick me up
your window down, your left foot on the clutch,
green subaru, you wanna buy a truck
i am states away and missing you so much
and even though i know it's not,
every time i think it's yours
a little cleaner on the inside, a missing detail in the doors,
but that green subaru outback, in that outback parking lot,
i'm missing you and so i wish it was yours,
but i know that it is not
green subaru, i just want to say thank you
for every mcdonalds you got us to
and for a passenger seat with plenty of leg room
green subaru, i just want to say thank you
to the cute boy in the driver's seat whose hand holds mine like glue
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all at once
02:12
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i am tall as a tree
and would you run away from me
if i buzzed around your head like a bee
what kinda thoughts would you think of me
restless and grumpy
that long car ride got a little bumpy
tell the ocean my soliloquy, shore sand fish and sea
always steal my brother's socks
my shoes begin to fill with rocks
i'd like a margarita on the rocks
and yes i just rhymed rocks with rocks
i once gave a go at picking locks
while my mom tried to wind back the clocks
but all the clocks were in a box, along with all my brother's socks
so i get up and take the box
and walk around a couple blocks
and it sure knocks off my socks,
your smile, eyes, the way you talk
and i am singing nonsense words
to try to replicate the birds
a string of words you've not yet heard to demonstrate rhyming is absurd,
i find comfort in knowing as i sing these words
that other people around the world are singing their songs, too
and they probably make some sort of sense as most good songs should do
but wouldn't it be loud, with all our voices trembling,
if we could come together to form one clashing tune -
so ugly, so beautiful and fleeting, so soon
so ugly, so beautiful and fleeting, so soon
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magic school bus complex
03:07
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when my world was smaller
i used to imagine
the little cells inside my little body
were dressed in tiny armor,
and when i had the flue,
i had a bowl of chicken soup,
and the tiny people of my immune system suited up
and went to war,
inside a body unsure if it was worth fighting for
hey, cowardly mind,
you don't have to be afraid to die,
every time you catch a cold,
we're here and ready to do what we're told,
hey, coward of mine,
you don't have to be afraid to die
close your eyes, we're under your skin
we understand the pain you're in
the bravest ones
were always right behind my eyelids
on the front line,
and the scary bacteria were just some squiggly lines swarming together
but the soft colored blobs carried their swords
my tiny, brave defenders
and the day to day, normal citizens
lived below my knees, under my shins,
they stood me up and pushed me forward,
dizzy, disrupted, backwards, disordered
and the tiny people
formed the pins and needle
feeling
climbing from my toes
to my ankles and my knees and
i stomped around so carelessly
to rid myself of numbness,
and it killed the tiny people
and now i feel so helpless
hey, cowardly mind,
you don't have to be afraid to die,
every time you catch a cold,
we're here and ready to do what we're told,
hey, coward of mine,
you don't have to be afraid to die
close your eyes and let it out
and understand what life's about
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5. |
murphy's law
03:07
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some people in my life are feeling happier
i am feeling crumby and crumbs are on the furniture
i am glad as my friends lives become more secure
but even in my sleep i'm feeling so unsure
when things go bad
they all go bad at the same time
we can only hope the same rule applies
when things go right
everything that can go wrong
will go wrong, close your eyes
and hope that everything that could be good
maybe is good tonight
my heart must spend a lot of time at the gym
or
somewhere i dont know but it leaves a lot and comes home sore
wait that doesn't add up because then it would get stronger
i guess i shouldn't attempt to personify my internal organs any longer
you made it seem laughable to believe in things
you made me feel stupid when i believed in things
and now you're gone, it's all gone wrong
but i believe in everything
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red rover
02:53
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stop lights are scary
they make me go crazy
cuz i get so dizzy, my brain full of sand
i'll sit there screaming and crying and pleading,
just please let me go, red light doesn't understand
i pull off beforehand in anticipation,
cry in the car outside grocery stores and gas stations,
red rover, red rover
please don't send me on over,
red lights are harmless, highways, bridges, roller coasters,
red rover, red rover
please don't send me on over,
road of lights goes on forever, maybe i'll get there when i'm older
i make a statement, head in hands on hot pavement
neither my voice on the phone nor my hands will stop shakin
it shoots up my feet to my spine to my head
avoidance makes it worse but i ignore what i said
red rover, red rover
please don't send me on over,
red lights are harmless, highways, bridges, roller coasters,
red rover, red rover
please don't send me on over,
road of lights goes on forever, maybe i'll get there when i'm older
when every road is under construction,
cracking knuckles, cracks in sidewalks,
paving over destruction,
at least i'm not blind though my view is obstructed,
the path is still there though my movement disrupted
5 miles per hour is better than nothin
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Tell me how to be what you want
And I will give it my all,
I’m a dying dog out in a field
In my ears, the spiders crawl
Tell me how to see what is real,
Above and underneath,
I’ll still run from bugs that sting
And I’ll flip off the birds and bees
Tell me to be still and to be
Grounded and alive
With my friends, I’m upside down
And I am fighting to survive
I don’t want death to be painful
And sometimes life is not so kind,
I’m holding on tight to my memories,
But the worst ones I hold too tight some times,
I don’t want to think about dying,
Every single day til I’m dead,
I want to find some sort of meaning,
In every single word that they said,
Do you fear most burning or drowning?
I was afraid to die by allergic reaction,
By bee stings or choking, or some sudden disaster,
The chances are an indetermitable fraction,
Tell me to look at the sky
And to not be afraid,
And that there will be people
Who hold my hands and feel the same
Don’t tell me not to cry now
Because I won’t be satisfied
Until I’m tired and dizzy
With all the sadness out my eyes
Don’t tell me I laugh too much,
I’ll find joy in every moment I can,
I’ll find beauty in whatever I want to,
And I’ll try not to stay where I am
I don’t want death to be painful
And sometimes life is not so kind,
I’m holding on tight to my memories,
But the worst ones I hold too tight some times,
I don’t want to think about dying,
Every single day til I’m dead,
I want to find some sort of meaning,
In every single word that they said,
Do you fear most burning or drowning?
We all come at some point to sufferance,
But I swear I’d rather die of a thousand bee stings,
Than be killed by my own indifference
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8. |
harvey and you
03:40
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Harvey & You
met you in springtime
and left with the rain
i loved you in summer
and still feel the pain
the way that you shook
it was all out of place
i woke up crying
now it can't be the same
you said "i'm so sorry
though that doesn't mean much
i have no bullshit excuses
for the wounds that i touched"
you were clutching a pillow
and i almost threw up
i walked out the door,
the water up to my knees,
every word feels like drowning, so i'm begging you please
don't say you're sorry, you're hurricane harvey
lost you in august
swept away in the storm
and with you you took
all my trust and my warmth
i'm freezing right now
and i wonder, by chance,
are you cold on the plane
while you're halfway to france
you said "i'm so sorry
though that doesn't mean much
i have no bullshit excuses
for the wounds that i touched"
you were clutching a pillow
and i almost threw up
i cried with my mom,
the water up to my chest,
every word feels like drowning and your voice is like death
so don't say you're sorry, you're hurricane harvey
loved you for three years
but i can't forget
are you crying and screaming
over things you regret
i see you in every
place that i go
as a cruel world reminds me
of someone i no longer know
we drove around on a friday
in the pouring rain,
the result of the storm only one state away,
thought it was just the one but come morning there were two
hurricane harvey and hurricane you
you said "i'm so sorry
though that doesn't mean much
i have no bullshit excuses
for the wounds that i touched"
you were clutching a pillow
and i almost threw up
i sleep for hours
the water up to my head,
every word feels like drowning and it's all painted red
please don't say you're sorry, you're hurricane harvey
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9. |
the lines on my palms
03:11
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as a kid i would close my eyes,
picture the earth as it sits in the universe -
so tiny, contrasting darkness
so still, with movement harnessed
and i thought about how i stood within the largeness,
and that no matter how i felt the great, big world would move on regardless
the most beautiful, terrifying feeling
somewhere between disintegrating and dreaming
as if stumbling upon some deep and grander meaning
separate from the world, the busy streets and screaming
like just waking up and remembering you were sleeping
and i can't see that earth now
so vividly when i try
patient or flustered, no matter when i close my eyes
i still know that it's there as the days go by
but it's never the same, though i think one day it might
it's never the same
but still i close my eyes
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10. |
nuclear war
03:32
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how fragile is our world
our lives so easily disrupted
and how strange the notion of security
through mutually assured destruction
and would their hearts drop to their toes
if they watched a sky as it erupted
one thing i know that's worth fighting for
pizza lunchables
and friends i adore,
laughing so easily
on living room floors,
the remnants of childhood
and household chores
i'd see it all for an instant,
not one moment more,
if we die in nuclear war
i'd want to be swallowed by the light
and not in what comes after
with everyone i love by my side,
unlikely in sudden disaster
holding a hand, looking at sky
and hoping that there is life after
one thing i know that's worth fighting for
my dog Rudy
and friends i adore,
laughing with family,
falling asleep on the floor,
the remnants of childhood,
and you at my door,
i'd see it all for an instant,
go back to when i was four
do it all over and die in nuclear war
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11. |
every little eyelash
01:32
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ur eyelashes are tally marks, let's count the reasons why
the specs of dust, reflected stuff, water droplets in your eyes
they roll down to your cheeks and chin
i catch them when you cry
my eyelashes are tiny swords, they're puncturing my eyes,
there's plenty i don't want to see but i never try
to look away, i always stay and watch things as i cry
i will heal, slowly
and i will think, holy moly
how good it is to be alive
and to have an eyelash in my eye
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mary is Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
songs made in my bedroom. my dog helps sometimes
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