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January Rough Times
03:01
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You’re starting to sleep through the night
I’m starting to think that you missed the point
And now there’s no telling what’s right
But let’s not pretend it wasn’t your choice
Cause you don’t want what most people want
And you think you’re better off that way
But you’ve been living inside your head
And now you’ve got nothing to say
You don’t want what most people want
And you think you’re better off that way
But when January rough times come
You go back to where you started from
When January rough times come
The letters that you never write
And the reasons that you’re prepared to recite
Protected and uncompromised
With nothing to fear and no one to fight
Cause you don’t want what most people want
And you think you’re better off that way
But you’ve been living inside your head
And now you’ve got nothing to say
You don’t want what most people want
And you think you’re better off that way
But when January rough times come
You go back to where you started from
When January rough times come
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2. |
What You Think Is Ending
03:11
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Seems like you’re waiting
for something to happen
or someone to make it stop
What you think is ending is already over
It’s only an aftershock
Baby, I thought you already knew
The lies never turn out true
What you think is ending is already over
So bury the words you brought
There’s no use defending
There’s no going over the patterns that formed the thought
What you think is ending is already over now
You’ll make your move if someone approves
or an audience will applaud
And you’ll go on wishing for someone to listen
to your inner monologue
Baby, I thought you already knew
The lies never turn out true
What you think is ending is already over
So bury the words you brought
There’s no use pretending we’ll ever get closure
Cause this is the final shot
Now we sing ourselves to sleep
Too late for apologies
I know it still runs deep
I’m sorry but I’m already gone
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Easy
04:06
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You took the train to New England
and I went to read in the woods
I brought the books you recommended
The stories we both understood
With sadness that’s more than affliction
and solitude you should defend
I’ve already so much to tell you but I’ll wait ’til I see you again
It’d be easy to love you
Would you mind if I did
‘Cause it could be the answer to what we’re both suffering
I don’t need understanding but I wanted to say
If you’d just let me love you
I won’t get in your way
I hope my name’s in that notebook
you call your graveyard of ideas
Bury me next to the blackbird
and I promise it won’t reappear
Darling, I wish that your kindness
could somehow protect you from pain
‘Cause I know that you don’t deserve it
but it doesn’t work that way
It’d be easy to love you
Would you mind if I did
‘Cause it could be the answer to what we’re both suffering
I don’t need understanding but I want you to stay
If you’d just let me love you
I won’t get in the way
If all of this sounds out of order
I’m sure that it probably is
So I’m gonna ask you for nothing
and I’ll wait ’til I see you again
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4. |
Every Stupid Bridge
03:08
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You’re still waiting to recover
You’d be better off in a different town
Trade one problem for another
Waiting for your luck to turn around
But now you’re always last to the party
Showing up and shutting down
Every stupid bridge is backed up
And all the promises were never enough
And now you’re waiting at the stop light
Looking for the moment that finally proves you were right
And gets you back to the front line
Drink away the rest of summer
Busy shrugging off that good advice
Staying in and staying under
No one ever meets your asking price
You’ll only end up feeling sorry waiting under traffic lights
Every stupid bridge is backed up
And all the promises were never enough
And now you’re wading through your past life
Looking for the moment that finally proves you were right
And gets you back to the front line
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Performance Art
03:31
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Alison, we’re back again and sooner than we thought
All the hymns and requiems you made up on the spot
Now you have to fight again with everything you’ve got
‘Cause you may never get another shot
Alison, we’re here again I knew it from the start
Pathogens and other friends you thought you could outsmart
What you call personality I’d call performance art
But those are things that you can’t tell apart
If this is the way it’s gonna be
I don’t think you’ll hear again from me
Cause there’s only so much I can plead
If I could make it back
I’d keep you from that path
There’s only one way that it leads
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Big Mistake
04:26
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You always said that you wanted a big mistake
As if whatever was lost could be replaced
Wait until the shooting stops
Then fly in for the photo op
Give yourself another talk until it goes away
You’re strong enough to fight
I know you pay and pay
But you got out all right
And then forgot again
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7. |
The Only Part
02:21
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It’s over now but thanks for listening
The only part that you were missing
The only part that I was wishing you would understand
It’s not so hard to keep forgetting
To keep your guard it’s only fitting
That you would quit when you were winning
Everybody does
The tide washes by with nothing in mind
So how do you decide what to keep or leave behind
I know you’re spent
It’s evident that now is not the time
Some other day somebody else’s dime
It’s over now but thanks for listening
The only part that you were missing
The only part that I was wishing you would understand
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8. |
Time Will Erase
04:29
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Disaster survivor, what will you do
No one can imagine what you’re going through
Still they keep reminding, you’re the lucky one
But no silver lining will change what is done
Disaster survivor, take it as it comes
Disaster survivor, what will you do
Still sifting through wreckage for some kind of clue
But why look for details you’d rather not face
Or black box recordings you’ll only erase
Disaster survivor, give up the case
‘Cause now there’s no other way
There’s no other pieces to put into play
And now it’s all up to you
Disaster survivor, if you only knew
Disaster survivor, what will you do
Now facing a future that you’d never choose
But you’re not defeated, you’re only displaced
A mantra repeated, time will erase
A mantra repeated, time will erase
Time will erase
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