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Body of Water
04:28
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the clock said
to break our brain in two
that’s when i knew you got me
listening for cues
seeing salt with just a few
words more than i’m used to
so call me soft
or call me tender
call me ending up with nothing
spending more time on forgetting
than forgiving, or fending off
the second guesses, bending just
because my bones can handle it
and no matter what shape i’m in
i always end back with this body of mine
knowing inside i’m grown like a garden
knowing outside is not like we wanted
so you see i’m getting there
wear my heart like a sweater
on my sleeve, and i won’t let
the winds of change give me that headache again
i know you’ve got the better end
i know you set the record straight
at least a thousand times
but tell me so i don’t forget
how i’m more hopeful than honest
more broken than caught up
with the way of the clocks
so get rid of my conscience
‘cause even your shadow is
ghostly, forgotten
i’m hoping i brought enough
light for the both of us
i’m more like soil every day
more earth in my bones than rain in my veins
when softness is power i’ll grow here again
and no matter what shape i’m in
i always end back with this body of mine
knowing inside i’m grown like a garden
knowing outside is not like we wanted
knowing full well i won’t always be pardoned
knowing this isn’t the end of the bargain
body of water, body of mine
body that bears the shape of time
body of water, body of mine
body that bears the shape of time
body of water, body of mine
body that bears the shape of time
body of water, body of mine
body that bears the shape of time
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2. |
Middle Name
03:30
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don’t tell me your middle name
you know i’ll say it sounds the same as mine
and don’t tell me the color of your eyes
i’ll stare too long until i recognize you
don’t tell me you’ll come back soon
and bend your body like a crescent moon
i bet you’ll stand up straight when you walk away
lose the slouch you use to fool me that you’ll stay
and don’t tell me your middle name
don’t tell me your middle name
don’t tell me you don’t believe in god
i heard you cry lord when you saw blood
on your finger, for putting your hand where it doesn’t belong
don’t tell me you don’t believe in god
don’t tell me you don’t believe in god
don’t tell me you don’t smoke, i saw the fire
from miles away, the sulfur in your shame
when you wax poetic, a candlestick melting
i was taught not to trust an open flame
so don’t tell me that you’re broken, don’t tell me you don’t smoke and
don’t tell me your middle name
don’t tell me your middle name
everyone’s gonna let me down if i let them
everyone’s gonna let me down if i let them
everyone’s gonna let me down if i let them
everyone’s gonna let me down if i let
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Sweet Tooth
03:03
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i left you shoving your head in a cabinet
thought you could dump your voices and take up mine instead
and when you fell apart with hysterical speeches
they blamed it on the smell of coup d’etat and rotten peaches
so am i your sweet tooth
or another dirty word
am i your sweet tooth
or the no you never heard
and you came looking first, a bloodhound playing dead
to catch me laying beside you like your tomb was my bed
and like a spider i thought i’d choked you on my web
but you made playthings of puppet strings and wrapped them ‘round your head
crying like a child for his mother
‘cause i’m another woman you can’t reach
so tell me
am i your sweet tooth
or another dirty word
am i your sweet tooth
or the no you never heard
am i your sweet tooth
or another dirty word
am i your sweet tooth
or the no you never heard
the no you never knew till you held it in your hands
felt it pulse with adrenaline of first love & contraband
all you asked for was the sun but you can’t take the heat
now do the lilacs in my hair make your losing streak complete and
maybe my king is a flame and its embers
maybe my queen is rosemary to remember
the taste of you fade with the riverbeds brimming
but in this version i outlive you, i’ve only gone swimming
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Wide Eyed
03:31
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if it’s the medicine you’ll swallow
you can tell yourself to follow
all beginnings
and if it starts to rain on your wedding
instead of letting go or forgetting
collect your winnings
if it’s the only rest you’ll take
you can tell yourself you’ll make up
a little sleep
and if you’re wide eyed enough to see
everything that’s lost’s only
to find and keep
and if you keep saying you’re right
you’ll find you’re right about that too
and if you listen to the buzzing
you’ll hear flies singing to you
and if your eyes are wide enough
begin to do what you were meant to do
if it’s the medicine that goes down
you don’t know everything you’ll know
about yourself now
and if you don’t like how that tastes
you’ve got your heart in the wrong place
and you’ll sell out
so ask someone else for help now
i’m willing to be proven wrong anyhow
wide eyed, and yet, 20-20’s giving out
and you can tell yourself
that’s what this was always all about
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