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I found a hole in your barbed wire fence
Got on my knees and crawled through it
Stood in the center of the yard
And watched the city waking up
The fishing lines of freight pull dawn
From the other side of the world
And I see you on the borderline
A silhouette, I can't decide
If I think you see me here or not
So I lay down and listen for
Footsteps and trains and cars and kids
And keys in locks and openings
There is a bridge from here to there
And I'll burn that when I get to it
That will leave me just enough time to kiss the ground and see the sights
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I was dead on my feet, somebody smiled at me
Now I know all that I need is an anchor
Firmly in the floor so I can never stray far from what
I call home in danger
Because life at that speed seemed realer than harmony
But it feeds off the framework of commitment
I'm always packing my bags, tying my shoes and my hands
When I really wanna stay put
I believe that you believe every word that you say
But I can't see you doing it without giving up this
Bullshit quest where you sell your self to your higher god in exchange for what you want
Well if you've thought this before, then you must've seen the door
And decided that you'll walk through later,
after securing away the map and anxiety, only to find that you are indfferent
It's the strangest thing to climb up through the veins and the roots to find yourself back in the coffin
when you know damn well you didn't see yourself climb in and ask for this option
I believe that you believe every word that you say,
But I can't see you doing it without giving up this
Bullshit quest where you tell your heart to quiet down as you start the car
And end up in another town, till it catches up and you ride it out
Til the tranny's shot and you flip the car on craig's list for $500
Which is just enough to drink it off til you close up shop,
So please come home
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I am a completely different person now
And you want something from me that I just don't have anymore
And I think think that the most efficient way to insure I never have to feel incomplete's to destroy
Spring is creeping in and we've got no plan, just drinking when we can to keep the weeks passingafsd
So I guess step one is to take the hook out your mouth,
Throw you back in the water, hope you've figured out how to swim
Not bleeding too much to attract the sharks
'Cause it's the last thing that you need as you're finding yourself here
I've been telling people that I'm heading back but
Really I just wanna hop a train and get
Caught up in a life that I can't foresee,
Just counting down the days when I wanna be aware
Drinking in Audubon until the sun falls down,
Live oaks standing tall like British lifeguards now and
Every painted face that shoots a glance
From their white-walled tires will never know this feel
So I smile back like I always do
Start heading out, this is my cue
I put the key into the maxima
Hope the thing starts up, and drink my cup
Me and my new friends, are gonna disappear soon
'Cause every painted face that shoots a glance from their white walled tires will never know this feel
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Wake up, punch the sheets
Shaking your head free from the
Nuclear arms of the morning sun
I'll drive you home
Put you hand on my arm, said
Thank you, but
I don't think that there's enough soap in the world
Or chances to burn
I'll never be the love that you need
Just punctuation
On the time of your life when you needed someone like me
Two heads emerge from the lake of your world
And I don't talk to either one
Laughing along, feeling so bad you are
Allergic to anything that moves
And because there is so much love in your eyes, I have to assume
That life is unfair to those who can't handle the things they can't control
And I am just here to comfort the shadow of soul
Don't look for me in the spaces between comfortable and obscene
Lets spread our wings, paint guernica freehand
Lets leave this town, never come back
And fold like hands in the pockets of sand
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I want a friend
Who doesn't expect
Anything from me I can't give them like this
And I wanna forget
That I ever thought
That I had to feel bad to feel anything at all
And I want to erase
The name from my brain
The more I talk to you the less I think I'm sane
Well you can't help me now
But maybe I can help you
'Cause if I disappear I know that you will too
So what do you say?
Are you game?
It's all I want to do
It's not the way I thought it'd happen but it's true
I did see it coming from a mile away
For 5 years I guess I should own up today
That I lied about the whole thing
'Cause I'm scared to be alone
And you said no one really needs you though
I don't know man, it's not really the truth
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I watch my yellow cat
Invade my red cat in the yard
The feline war has raged for years
So I assume it'd be too hard
For me to drive my foot between them
I would never risk the scratch
Just to prove to one or both of them
A cat is just a cat
Again, I watch my cousin greg
Watch mtv inside his home
He makes fun of the hip hop videos
From the couch he rides alone
Snug in the cushion of his cackling
He forgets his living doubts
He has relied on this for years
You will not yank the carpet out
These are my friends
This is who they have been for always
These are my days
This is how they stay
I watch this dude
Each night, same table
He creates and crumples up
His eyes are wide from sipping endlessly
His endless coffee cup
He feeds me quotes
That lonely goat
I watch him grazing by himself
I will not stop him when he rambles
I'm becoming one myself
Lou is bugged
Shot up with drugs
He sweats this bird he hardly knows
All that he wants is to see someone
He respects without their clothes
So like some hybrid mother/lover
She'd soothe and heal his wounds
And kiss those dying ears so softly
That the reaper stops to swoon
Oh please
These are my friends
This is who they have been for always
These are my days
This is how they stay
These are my friends
This is who they remain forever
This is how we stay
I watch my neighbor's son
Play with his shotgun in the street
I think I'll blaze all day
And marvel at the mass of food I eat
It's strange, I'm skinny when I'm standing
But I'm buddha when I sit
And if I'm truly so enlightened
Why'd I waste your time on it
As I look back at countless crossroads
And the middle where I stay
Right up the beaten path to boredom
Where the fakest fucks get laid
By the faux-finest finds
It's been that way
God damn you, how you stay
With every scummy, crummy hour
Of the scummy, crummy day
These are my friends
This is who they have been for always
These are my days
This is how they stay
These are my friends
This is who they remain forever
This is how we stay
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Recorded from June 2017 to January 2018 in New Paltz NY, Stone Ridge NY, and New Orleans LA
released October 12, 2018
