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Hound
05:25
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There’s junk in the yard
I see it every day
I know that it’s ours
but I don’t take it away
Cause I don’t know where to start
I want to clean
every part of me
And I won’t show you this song
even though I want to
cause I feel like it’s wrong
also I’m afraid to.
I worry we don’t belong
I tell myself
not to put it all on the shelf
At least
I’ve got my friends
And we go out
to the movies
and we get lost
and we get found
and we get chased
by the big hound
and we get chased
and we get chased
and we get chased
Sure, you know me, you know me so well.
And sure, the prices one day will fall.
And when I go out to the store,
I hope I remember what for, I remember what for.
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2. |
Gap
03:10
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I caught a glimpse
of the Big Gap
as it passed
down my street
it felt my gaze
and stopped to linger
outside my window
I knew what it wanted
and why it was there
so I turned in my bed
and I let it in
and I said
Hello Nothing, it’s been a couple weeks.
And I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, I hate you.
Why are you always there,
when I am my most aware.
Hello Nothing, it’s been a couple weeks.
And I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, I hate you.
Why are you always there,
when I am my most aware.
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3. |
Pinch
03:14
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I wanna feel you there
The pulse of your memory
While I feel myself
I wanna bring you back
I wanna hold you there
Like I hold myself
I wanna feel the pinch of desire
I wanna feel the hot lull of the fire
I wanna remember you with my body
Anything is possible when I close my eyes
Anything is possible between my thighs
I will turn this longing into a home
and I will never walk through the door alone
I picture you everywhere
I picture you lost in my hair
I picture you staying there
I picture letting go
I picture putting on a show
Through the window
I join the chorus, all our eyes squeezed shut
I live shoulder to naked shoulder with them there
Gorging ourselves on the mystery
Anything is possible when I close my eyes
Anything is possible between my thighs
I will turn this longing into a home
And I will never walk through the door alone
I will never walk through the door alone
I will never walk through the door alone
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4. |
Pillow
05:49
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I didn’t sleep I counted your breaths not with numbers but with mounting increments of awe and loneliness
I was your servant while masquerading as your queen
and you were my servant while masquerading as my king
Our love was barely recognized
before they threw us out on the street
others are merely daunted where I’m paralyzed and I have walked away unscathed where others have died.
I haven’t told you
anything yet
I lost everything that I didn’t bet.
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5. |
Duvet
04:08
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Time to risk everything
I don’t have a choice
I’ve intertwined your voice with my voice
but please don’t forget
I live complete and alone
whether you’re with me or you’re not
Tonight I lie in the nakedness of your eyes
If it’s a trap, it’s the most beautiful trap
I hold you so close
I feel our skeletons are speaking with each other.
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6. |
Goodnight
04:02
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When we think we've come to the end
we realize we have shifted, we have moved.
We avert our eyes from each other,
we avert our senses,
remembering the weight upon our feet.
It's our duty to imagine
how by cliff the ground surrenders,
letting go, as our lungs do of a sigh.
Stoically, we walked, we marched
the beaten path that ends
where lovers go to cast their ballots,
pay respects to those who fell and forgot to bend their knees.
And when we think we've come to the end,
my love, my sweetest burden,
and we decide it's not for us to jump...
How will we make turning back as true an ending?
Beautiful, we back away,
we bow our heads in gratitude.
It's our duty to imagine
how by cliff the ground surrenders
letting go, as our lungs do of a sigh.
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