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Verse:
Turn,
The lights,
Off.
Bring,
The curtains,
Down.
It’s much easier to think
When darkness
Surrounds me.
Verse:
I,
Am scared,
now.
All,
Alone,
Now.
It’s really hard to say
The words out loud.
Pre-chorus
If this is real,
Who is gonna save me?
And if it’s not,
Who’s gonna save me from myself.
Chorus:
So, sit me down
And put your hands on my shoulders.
Don’t tell me no lies about how it’ll all make sense when I’m older.
The world is a strange place,
I don’t want to embrace the uncertainty.
So,
Is anyone gonna save me?
Verse:
Outside,
The leaves,
Die.
The cold
strikes the night,
now.
Where do I go,
Unfound,
When nobody holds a hand out?
Pre-chorus:
If this is real,
Who is gonna save me?
And if it’s not,
Who’s gonna save me from myself.
Chorus:
So, sit me down
And put your hands on my shoulders.
Don’t tell me no lies about how it’ll all make sense when I’m older.
The world is a strange place,
I don’t want to embrace the uncertainty.
So,
Is anyone gonna save me?
Bridge:
Is this any-
Body’s girl?
Coiled up in
Words unfurled?
“Save me, save me”
I heard her cry.
“Pick up these
Wretched bones,
and empty eyes”.
Chorus:
So, sit me down
And put your hands on my shoulders.
Don’t tell me no lies
Cause it won’t make sense when I’m older.
When your world is a strange place,
You’re a fool to embrace the uncertainty.
So,
Is anyone gonna save me?
So,
Will anybody save me?
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2. |
Temple in Athens
04:41
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Verse:
Your scars don't make you a soldier
But you seem
To think they do.
You walk around, looking down,
Like you're so much older.
But we both know,
That isn't true.
Chorus:
But you're no god, you don't get
No temple in Athens
No
You're no god, you don't get
No temple in Athens
Athens
Cause you can climb up the mountains
And look at the marble
But you
Won't find your own face staring
Back at you.
No
You're no god you don't get
No temple in Athens
Athens
Verse:
Congrats
You got out of the hole
You've been stuck in
For so long.
Now you walk around
With your head held high
As if you're the only one
Who’s allowed to be strong
Chorus:
But you're no savior, you don't get
No religion named after you.
No
You're no savior, you don't get
No religion
Named
After you.
Sure you had your time on the cross
But you built it yourself
And you only had to stay there
As long as you
Wanted to.
No.
You're no savior, you don't get
No religion
Named after you
Bridge:
Oh you got out of it
Oh you're so strong
You can be proud of your battle wounds
But this has gone on far too long
Far too long
Chorus:
Because
You're no god, you don't get
No temple in Athens
No
No you're no god
You don't get no temple in Athens
Athens.
Sure you had your time on the cross
But you built it yourself
And you only had to stay there
As long as you
Wanted to.
No
You're no god
You don't get
No temple in Athens
Athens
Athens
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3. |
Cragfast
05:33
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(Verse)
The lights go on
In your room
I didn't know you'd get home so soon
But maybe it's not you.
I should just move on
(Pre-chorus)
It's getting very cold
See the shadows in the snow
There are still flowers on your window and they are dying, brown, and old
You left us,
all alone
(Chorus)
I don't know why I'm here
Standing outside your door
Maybe some part of me expects
That you could somehow love me
And I'd somehow be adored.
I don't know why I'm here
I only know why I'm not with you
Keep hoping you would call me, yet
I know you're not going to.
So I'll just sit and watch the flakes fall
Oh, Take solace in the silence
Of how nothing's,
Gonna change,
At all
(Verse)
Sometimes I hear your voice
And it stops me in my tracks
Don't know if it's a choice
To not let go and dream on it as the hours slowly pass.
Oh, I wish I could just
Let this ruin collapse
Collapse
(Pre-chorus)
My heart is feeling drained
Why am I here
I can't explain.
But I'll try to watch you sleep soundly
As I shiver in the cold, cold night
Whispering your name
Yes I'll tremble into the cold, cold night until I'm still
Heart keeping time to the sound of your name like I think,
I,
All,
Ways,
Will
(Chorus)
I don't know why I'm here
Standing outside your door
Maybe some part of me expects
That you could somehow love me
And that I'd somehow be adored.
I don't know why I'm here
I only know why I'm not with you
Keep hoping you would call me, yet
I know you're not going to.
So I'll just sit and watch the flakes fall,
Oh, taking solace in the silence
Of how nothing's,
Gonna change,
At all
(Bridge)
Watch the whiteness pile up.
You don't even know I'm here.
Why can't I call my own bluff.
You will never know I'm here.
Watch you desecrate my love,
Knowing you want me to disappear
Empty handed 'cept for my heart, full enough
To drown in its own tears
And you don't even want to know,
I'm here
(Chorus)
I don't know why I'm here
Standing outside your door
Maybe some part of me expects
That you could somehow love me
And that I'd somehow be adored.
I don't know why I'm here
I only know why I'm not with you
Keep hoping you would call me, yet
I know you're not going to.
So I'll just sit and watch the flakes fall
Oh, taking solace in the silence
Of how nothing's,
Gonna change,
At all
(Outro)
And nothing's gonna change at all
Just gonna stand out here and watch the snow fall
And nothing's gonna change at all
Just gonna stay out here and watch your windows,
Fog up!
As the snow falls.
And nothing's gonna change at all
No no no nothing's gonna change at all-all-allllll~~~~~
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4. |
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I don't think it's supposed to feel like this
I'm so straightedge you can practically cut cheese
Off the sides of my wrists.
And sometimes I close my eyes,
And pretend I don't exist.
Count to ten
Run and hide,
And pretend,
Just for a moment,
That I'm still innocent
And the world
Has never,
Been too nice,
To girls like this,
Seventeen years old,
Still living like a to-do list.
and I never learned to ride a bicycle
No, I never learned to ride
All the other kids zoomed so far ahead
And my little legs
Can't keep up.
With this thing called love.
Sometimes I can't sleep
So I just stare up at the ceiling and the wall
And the wall.
And I'm trying so hard, not to think
Of every way I could lose it all.
So I think about the passing moments
And the swings you put me through
I keep pushing myself higher and higher
When all I really want is a push from you.
From you.
And the world
Has never
Been too nice
To girls like this,
17 years old,
And still haven't had
Their first kiss
And I never learned to ride a bicycle
No, I never learned to ride
And all the other kids glide so far ahead
in their cars and motorcycles
And my little legs,
can't keep up.
No my little legs,
Can't keep up
With this thing called love.
I'd like to say he can paint me
Any color that he likes
But it took me so long to find myself
And I won't lose her again this time.
And I know I'm not ready for love
And I'm aware I'm not ready for you
But it really does fuck me up
That life keeps bending this 'ol heart black and blue
And I feel like tearing on the walls
And screaming at the ceiling.
And I'd like to pretend that I could have it all.
If I stopped being so afraid that for once, I actually gave a fuck about another person's feelings.
I know you're gonna be
A really great dad someday.
And I know it's prolly years from now
But is there any chance, you'd wait for me?
Like you did, in the snow
Watching Cold wind February blow
But you stayed,
Still
By my side
Until the night
Let go
In the next few days,
You'll pester me about all I don't know
Because you know just how to make me crazy.
And I'll make fun of your favorite songs just so you'll blow,
And you'll complain that I'm too fucking lazy.
The days will turn to months and weeks
But I'll keep my heart under locks close to me
Bundled up in all the words I know
I'll never speak.
And in the end I'll just let my heart sink like the heaviest stone
Because loving you, like growing up,
Is a solitary process,
I've gotta do it alone
I don't think it's supposed to feel like this
I'm so straightedge you can practically cut cheese
Off the sides of my wrists.
And sometimes I close my eyes
And pretend I don't exist
Count to ten
Run and hide
And,
Pretend,
Just for a moment,
That I'm still innocent.
And sometimes I close my eyes
And
pretend I don't exist.
Count to ten,
Run and hide,
And
Pretend,
Just for a moment,
Because I'm still,
Innocent.
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Rebecca Karpen New York, New York
I play baritone ukulele and cry a lot.
Go figure.
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