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I'm Sorry
03:34
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I can't
Listen
To that sound
Anymore
And I can't
Hear
Your call
The trees knocking down my door
Are singin' of the Earth
And the silence that I'm missin'
Can't yearn
For the loss of the girl that I love
I can't
Listen
To that sound
Anymore
But the sea
Keeps risin'
Up my shore
And the feeling I feel
A silence so real
I hide from it
And I'll cry just to see
The look on your face
When you see that I could feel
Anything
That you perceive as true
And I'm sorry
For the hurt
But this departure is the one we always knew
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Sweet Boys
03:33
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I'm like, the sweetest guy
I know everybody's names
And their birthdays too
When I wake up each morning
I wake up singing songs
About the good dreams I had
Last night
And on this day
Everything I used to do
Does not feel the same
Without...
A lack of urgency
Weighing me down
Numbing me out
And in this nowhere
I find nothing
And I stay there
And on this day
Everything I used to do
Does not feel the same
Without
A pattern changing
Everything I thought I knew
Does not ring the same
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Day Off/Deep Sea Diver
04:29
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I tried taking one day off
But my actions were frozen by the thought
I should know now
How to do this
I tried sleeping outside
And soaking up the moonlight
Listening to bugs
Sing soft songs
At the same time
Let's get out of here
And find a place
To get to know this feeling better
'Cause we're feeling better now
I can't get it down I swear
My sweetest sound
My song of songs
Was bare enough to be nothing at all
I found my calling now
A deep sea diver with no sound
I can not seem
To get behind this feeling
So push me over
Let me love all of myself for once
I should know now
What to do
I should know now
What to do
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Swimming
02:33
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All my life
I swam to the other side
But I don't know why
All my master plans
Were doomed right from the start
When I found out that no matter my intentions
I am floating down a river in a boat that catches wind from all my fears
But in my life things are falling into place
I just don't know how to tell what's right
How to call it like it is
How to call it like it is
All my life
I swam to the other side
But I don't know why
I'd like to keep far away
From the fears controlling my life
But as I slowly back away I am hindered
Cause no matter how I frame them
To run is not to face it but to hide
And in my life things are falling into place
I just don't know how to tell what's right
How to call it like it is
All my life
I swam to the other side
But I don't know why
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Progress
01:41
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Oh this sunbeam's mowing me down
This shadow it creates is growing
And my head is drifting far away
I'm looking for something
To bring my high down
Leave me tender-eyed
And as I grow
My needs fall more in line
With practices made
For the sole intentions of weighing me back down
I can feel the knowledge
Of simplicity
Slipping out my head
And I hate that it all makes sense
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When I was nine
My mother told me not to lie
The water inside my frame of mind
Bowed and distorted my size
How can I tell
If I meant what I said to myself?
How can I tell
If the meaning is clear at all?
I know one day I'll find you
And you'll be new
But I don't need to think of that yet
And now when I
Cry I don't see why
A pool drowns my child
How can I tell
If I meant what I said to myself?
How can I tell
If the meaning is clear at all?
I hope one day I can cry
And I'll know why
But I don't need to figure that out
Listen to yourself now
Slow down
Pick up all the hurt
Bring it to your chest now
Love it like you love
Laying in the dirt
Sinking beneath the deep sky
After dark
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Every time
You come into my mind
I get the overwhelming feeling
That this is real
And you're part of my life
And every time
We wade in the pool
I can feel you moving
So I close my eyes
And get closer to you
And all my efforts are shot
Into that deep sky
And it's all my fault
That they don't even try
I feel that sound
Moving my bones
Keeping me in line
Always moving
That's good I suppose
And all my efforts are shot
Into that deep sky
And it's all my fault
That they don't even try
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