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Alone
02:17
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I don't want to be alone
I don't want to feel alone
I spent the last 5 years trying to get myself away from you
Now I don't want to be alone
I thought things would be different
I thought I'd be happy again
Now I just want to watch TV
I don't want to be
I don't need to be
I think that if things just changed a little bit you'd be happy
But I don't want to be
I thought things would be different
I thought we'd be okay again
Now I just want to watch TV
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See I Told You
02:10
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What am I?
And what’s the point?
I can sit here in my room writing stupid songs about you
Where’d you go?
I’ll see you soon
See I told you that once this was done I could start having fun
Why does it matter?
Why do I care?
There’s nothing for me to do in this room but stare at the wall, at my phone.
Anything to distract myselps* from the absence of your presence.
(In a good way)
You’re a gas who fills the volume of every crevice in my life
I hope you don’t forget me
When you’re old and gray
And I’m old and brown (I dyed my hair)
And if you change your mind,
Just know that you won’t have a real hard time if you decide to change mine
If I called you over
I’d have no more room
For all my stuff
For all my friends
Nothing that matters
(In a good way)
You’re a gas who fills the volume of every crevice in my life
*It’s supposed to be “myself” but I said “myselps” while singing and it’s kind of cute… right?
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You walked up to the jukebox. You played a song called “I Love Rock N Roll”.
“How appropriate, that’s what they do in that song!”
But it only cost a dime then. It costs a lot more now, and you can actually do it on your phone. What a convenience! What a nice thing to have, to be at a bar and not leave your table and play the soundtrack that you want.
“Play the soundtrack that you want!”
“I hope you enjoy it.”
I’ll be anxiously looking to see if you like Built to Spill, or Halo Benders (which is an offshoot of Built to Spill).
Doug Martsch is a genius and if you show signs that you like this I’ll tell you all about the time I saw him play a show in Normal, Illinois in 2013.
I was with my friend Casey and we sat in the balcony, because he was too young to be on the floor.
“I sorta just told you about it”
“yeah it’s fine”
“Nobody writes music about how much they like Rock n Roll any more.”
“Nobody writes music about how much they like Rock n Roll any more.”
“I wonder why that is”
“I wonder why that is”
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Disappear
01:27
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Where I’m going I don’t care
I just hope I see you there
But I know you’re not there
Somehow you disappeared
Where I’m going I don’t mind
I just hope I’m better off
This time I’m alone and I wait by my phone
Why do I want to be with you when you’re gone?
I thought you were holding me back
You gave me a heart attack
I saw you in my way
Now I want you to stay
I don’t know what else to do
Everything I know is you
And I can’t disappear
Because I’m not thin air
Why do I want to be with you when you’re gone?
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Open / Close / Alive
02:48
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I’m not sure where we are
Just turn around the car
I checked the map
We got lost
How’d we get this far?
I don’t want to annoy you (not that you care)
Open the window I need some air
Even if it’s not as simple as that
We somehow have to get back
To where we were
To who we are
But I’ll cut you some slack
I don’t want to annoy you (not that you care)
Close the window it’s cold back here
I feel better than I seem
This whole thing feels like a dream
I think we’ll be okay
But we made a good team
We’ll be okay on our own, but that doesn’t mean
I’m not fighting just to stay alive
I’m fighting just to stay alive
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richie owens Chicago, Illinois
Sad guy music but I'm probably fine
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