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Sun Valley
03:55
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that jacket is way too nice for a Democratic Socialist
baby won’t you tell me why you lied?
fluorescent lights shimmer on linoleum
while all that smoke you blow gets in my eyes
i hate this party where did all my friends go
can’t even drink this can of PBR
some girl in the kitchen starts to try and talk to me
but I won’t let her take this very far
all these people are laughing
i don't understand why
they think they’re so funny
but I don't even try
it’s hard to think
about these things in the end
the way that they were
they way they could have been
how happy we were, I know you’ll forget
standing in the sunshine and the summer sweat
they say memories fade and it must be true
so why am I still here thinking of you?
went to a landlocked state and felt invincible
the trees and mountains kept my footsteps straight
got home got into bed and slept for hours
my pockets were full of tackles and bait
a postcard on my wall spells out your hometown
don’t know why I can’t just take it down
i look at it whenever he starts calling me
how long can I pretend that you’re around?
all these people are laughing
i don't understand why
they think they’re so funny
but I don't even try
it’s hard to think
about these things in the end
the way that they were
they way they could have been
how happy we were, I know you’ll forget
standing in the sunshine and the summer sweat
they say memories fade and it must be true
so why am I still here thinking of you?
don’t know where you are now but I know you’ll be going soon
back to the home and place you know so well
so if you need me I’ll be in my roommate’s friend’s apartment
sweating in my own personal hell
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Grand Marquis
03:41
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I lost my train of thought again
It’s hard to find under all this dirty laundry
Put it back inside my head
Next to the dust and all the things I dread
Do you remember when we met
I was a ghost with a sheet over my head
You walked me back to my place
That night was dark like we were out in outer space
I’ve been swinging and missing
Endlessly listening
To songs that you’d hate
Picking fights with my best friends
Chewing on split ends
I feel so ashamed
Something has to change
I saw you in my dreams again
We were riding the blue line to Smithsonian
We got off and we went to see
The cherry blossoms as they fell off of the trees
You used to listen to me think
When snow was sticking to the roof of my apartment
Sit in my beat up Grand Marquis
Talk life and death and other things that scared me
Am I being dramatic
Erratic, sporadic
Rolling my eyes
Crying just makes my head hurt
Cut up my t-shirt
I’m always so drained
Something has to change
I want to fall in love again
But I can’t shake the sand out of this shoebox
It would be nice if this worked out
Too bad I live in a state of constant doubt
Do you still think about me
Out in Sun Valley
Struggling to breathe
I want you to remember
Those nights in December
With your cowboy bedsheets
You’ll lose those memories
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Broken Nose
04:43
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when we talk
i want to tell you everything
but I won’t
i should keep my cards close
want to cry
in your arms after every date
but I can’t
and that’s just the way it goes
you’re always in my head
i want to kiss you but instead you
punch me in the face with your perfect hand
my nose is bleeding all over the floor
i just want to love you why don’t you understand
why can’t you do this to me anymore?
in my dreams
i’m pulling out my teeth and then
pick them up
and place them in a row
i wake up
and wonder if you’re next to me
but you’re not
and I already know
that this makes me feel so bad
if you could see me you’d be sad
punch me in the face with your perfect hand
my nose is bleeding all over the floor
i just want to love you why don’t you understand
why can’t you do this to me anymore?
when I win
i feel a little lonely
when I lose
i feel nothing at all
twenty three
an exercise in apathy
maybe I’ll
meet somebody in the fall
a boy who’ll love me like you did
until the day he gets rid of me
punch me in the face with your perfect hand
my nose is bleeding all over the floor
i just want to love you why don’t you understand
why can’t you do this to me anymore?
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Platonic Bitch
01:54
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i crawled out on the fire escape
to water your plants
it won’t change your mind
but I thought I’d take the chance
my knees got all dirty
as I poured and poured
you'd said that they were fickle
especially the ones "sans fleurs"
what if I were thinner?
what if I changed my hair?
i'll sit outside your window
burning highway flares
and then would you care for me
the way I would for you?
wouldn’t that be lovely?
i know it won’t come true
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Melk Washington, D.C.
aspiring optimists from Washington, D.C.
Vox & guitar: Melissa Kain
Bass: AJ DiGregorio
Drums: Alex Scheuer
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