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Unnamed Stars
03:02
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UNNAMED STARS
i was watching your giant hands
baiting hooks and tying knots
and opening cans
of your favorite every night
until the overheads took on
a yellower light
once hydrated and amplified
none of us were bright enough
and so you would hide
on the back porch and fall asleep
counting unnamed stars above
how couldn't you weep
so by distortion or a cadet glow
either way that memory kept
a sickening hold
as the seasons scurried by
and i got familiar with the weight
of similar skies
but i never loved those high numbers
not enough to push me under
not enough to never look away
oh no
and i'm sorry you flickered out
but i named one of those poor stars
you worried about
and he's gorgeous as evergreens
and as sure as i was watching you
he's looking at me
so i'm nervous naturally
but that's just something in my blood
i'm looking to clean
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2. |
Taps
04:11
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TAPS
i shouldn't have gotten my hopes up
like i shouldn't have got my hair did
'cause i missed at least half of their questions
and they dressed like loggers and kids
so now i just shuffle down to the western line
tomorrow's search terms in my head
but i just get so tired of waiting
think i'll walk instead
is there nothing as sad as 4:30
when you haven't been working all day
all the neighborhood bars just start waking up
their specials so humbly displayed
and detergent seeps from their doorways
where taps shine like engines so clear
i can taste the sweet bitters on my tongue
feel 'em disappear
"you can't stay here"
i shouldn't have stepped off that platform
'cause i can't get an answer at home
nor at any dumb sequence i press in
to the bottomless depths of my phone
so now i'll just worry my chip down to splinters
and march back to that baby blue light
i close my eyes and i promise whomever
i'll keep walking by
i won't slow my stride
'til i'm safe inside
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3. |
Memorial Day
03:11
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MEMORIAL DAY
it wasn't just a stomach ache
the night before memorial day
this was hateful, inspired
the headlights of my camry
settled on st. anthony's
and they yanked it out that night
and in my fever dreams
my appendix screamed
he'd been bitterly betrayed
and i awoke at noon
to the tv in my room
and the sounds of the parade
nurses fawning over me
my juice box a daiquiri
in my own private spring break
i never thought to call my boss
to let her know i wasn't lost
or my mother out of state
and swimming in morphine
my apartment seemed
to be half a world away
where every dish is cracked
and bills steadily stack
was there no way i could stay
thursday i was out the door
dressed like i had gone to war
but i'd never felt so soft
and driving home those yellow lines
whispered to my spotless mind
"we were painted to be crossed"
and as that summer passed
the comfort of a crash
well it faded like a song
but the stitches still remain
carrying my shame
like the words of men long gone
men long gone
better men surely
better men surely
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4. |
Johnny Without June
02:11
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JOHNNY WITHOUT JUNE
i had a dream the other night
and i awoke in tears
no one had told johnny yet
his girl had disappeared
the nurse she pulled the covers up
and hummed a folsom tune
a farm without a farmhand
johnny without june
and like watching a movie
i'd come to know by heart
he just looked so innocent
and i just fell apart
it's crazier than columbine
crazy like the moon
cars without america
johnny without june
and those long late hours will never settle in
i have to sleep again
i have to try but then
my hand upon my lover's back
the sun will be up soon
a babe without a blanket
johnny without june
a phone without a phone book
soup without a spoon
cars without america
johnny
without june
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5. |
The Condensation
03:23
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THE CONDENSATION
what's your poison
a clear or colored one
just enough to stun
and put off heading home
the boys will caution
the girls play silly songs
and you just nod along
but you're not fooling anyone
and back at the house
she'll have white string lights blinking out
back at the house
there's no reason to cast your doubts
around
the condensation
swells until it comes
down the building fronts
saying bless you son bless you son
bless you son
and back at the house
she's got white string lights blinking out
back at the house
there's no reason to cast your doubts
you know you lucked out
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THE SPOKESPERSON FOR WINTER
especially now
when those lines shape around the block
when those sweets send me into shock
when all that reminds me of is
shirtlessness and hopefulness so
i keep 'em drawn all summer long
and on and on and on
especially now
when those discs slip without a sound
when those cells start breaking down
and under such slow attacks no
artifact could bring you back so
i keep 'em drawn all summer long
and on and on and on
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7. |
The Sprint
03:02
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THE SPRINT
the buzz of your headphones
is enough to let us know
that at least you're still alive
back there
as your mother spots the signs
i just keep between the lines
'til your campus nearly shines
for you for you
and once in our front yard
i sprained your left forearm
as i pulled you back too hard
too hard
you were gunning for the street
and the look you gave to me
well i still feel it burning
if only i had not been so afraid
if only you had not sprinted away, sprinted away
we get you settled in
you wave goodbye and then
you already look thin
too thin
if only i had not been so afraid
if only you had not sprinted away, sprinted away
if only i had not tried to control everything
maybe we'd have not drifted away, drifted away
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8. |
Caleb's Conclusion
02:39
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CALEB'S CONCLUSION
2nd grade when i got the sense
that i wouldn't be the same
mother said she already knew
and that dad was not ashamed
a friend to every lunch lady
i was safe inside my skin
but off into the distance i heard engines coming in
i never dreamed about coming out
at least i never dreamed i could
i dressed so quiet and talked so loud
but it didn't do no good
'cause once that code got broken
they just rang it all day long
cherry-picking verses from their bibles and radio songs
they make me play their simon says
with their pheromones on high
they stage their hallway accidents
while my friends just walk on by
they say that boys will be boys
they just wanna make that clear
so every day they rally 'til their footsteps disappear
yeah i heard of some who took some pills
just to go to sleep so sound
and i've written that note up in my head
but i will never write it down
'cause i've got applications in new york
and chicago to be safe
'til then it's duck and cover 'cause that's a long wait
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9. |
Longevity Blues
02:30
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LONGEVITY BLUES
bury me in a crate of rye
pasted over with cartoon eyes
safe and dry
and load my likeness into your phones
and beam me up on the sides of fancy
empty homes
and let me dissolve into an ad
starring every last girl i ever
wanted so bad
say you remember me
if i'm stuck in your head
say that you couldn't sleep
in the way i couldn't sleep
for the lights flashing in
and by those stars' sorta dingy light
while your party's still stumbling blind
roll me up to lake shore drive
and hold me up as it comes alive
one more time
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THE LUCKIEST PILOT IN THE GALAXY
oh lucky pilot oh lucky day
as every signal falls away
and every chorus begins to drown
inside that engine's simple sound
gravity only complicates
who'd ever wanna make that trade
he can't say
he can't say
he can't say
he can't say
oh lucky pilot oh shiny plane
dipping up and back again
and every forest begins to fade
inside the blurring of the blades
gravity only complicates
who'd ever wanna make that trade
he can't say
he can't say
he can't say
he can't say
our lucky pilot would rather not
but how many circles until it stops
how many circles until it stops
how many circles until it stops
how many circles until it stops
how many circles until it stops
how many loops until it stops
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Zapruder Point Cincinnati, Ohio
Zapruder Point is a Cincinnati-based sad bastard songwriter with a pretty voice.
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