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Tunes of Michigan
04:55
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I aint wastin my days in bed no more
not wastin my time on earth no more
nor to those friends that i lose, that they dont care
does anyone care?
Do I even care?
Do I even know who I am? No more
no longer
In the belly of the beast that ate all of my woes
In the belly of the fish that is so cold
Kids skip stones where the dragonflies roam
In the belly of the beast that ate all of my woes
In the belly of the fish that is so cold
And ya can't skip stones that the dragonflies own
Grass so tall and the dunes lay towerin'
and they tower, they tower
Kids skip stones and the dragonflies know
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06.26.16
02:27
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I did not sleep tonight but this time,
it was purposeful
The boy with the blonde curls and I last through the shortest night
To see the sun rise the earliest it will this year
(Won't you wish good luck to me?
Wont you wish good luck to me? Sir please
Won't you wish good luck to me?
For these last three months I try
To look you in the eye when I talk to you oh)
The drive was peaceful and slow,
The city sleeps at 4 am
When we arrive to the park he knows,
We brave the possibility of a fine and find our way
To those wooden posts, above the waves
Mayflies attack my heels
Birds call their morning songs above us,
Mourning the night
Slightly overcast and not too dull
The city lights contrast the column of clouds,
Highlighted by the orange peak of the new, longest day
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We race to the pier, I get there first
Carve my name in the sand and dirt
Forget our sins in the August heat
Settle on these lotus flowers to eat
Sister don't ask so she don't care
Sister don't ask so she don't care
Sister don't ask so she don't care
Sister, don't ask
Momma says don't be out too late,
Papa can't see too straight
Momma, I'm gonna be out all night
Til the suns back up and I'm ready to fight
Sister don't ask so she don't care
Sister don't ask so she don't care
Sister don't ask so she don't care
Sister, don't ask
We race to the pier, I get there first
Carve my name in the sand and dirt
Savour this moment with my new old friends
In a day or so this comes to an end
Sister don't ask so she don't care
Sister don't ask so she don't care
Sister don't ask so she don't care
Sister, don't ask
Momma says don't be out too late,
Papa can't see too straight
Momma, this is my last night in town,
I'm growin up not goin down
Sister don't ask so she don't care
Sister don't ask so she don't care
Sister don't ask so she don't care
Sister, don't ask
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Photos Help
01:57
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My little soldier
My little man
My, how you've grown son
Twelve years makes you an old man
I'm sorry I couldn't be there
To see you one last time
I know you don't know how this
Is better than before
But son, your little head,
Can't know what we all know
My little soldier
My little man
My, how you've grown son
Twelve years makes you an old man
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two years moves too fast
02:46
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Cotton candy clouds
what do I do now
that I'm here?
Paisley skies!
Put me ahead of my time
here
Is this a sunrise?
Or a sunset?
I have no control of
my time here
Don't make it seem like
this is easy
for anyone
Is this a swan song?
Is it our goodbye?
Is this our last chance?
Or is it something more?
Is this a sunrise?
Or a sunrise?
We've reached a choice together
But theres regret and compromise
I know its a sunset for now
but
will the dawn rise again
now my friends and I
have no control of our time here
Don't make it seem like
this is easy
for anyone
Is this a swan song?
Is it our goodbye?
Is this our last chance?
Or is it something more?
Is this a swan song?
Is it our goodbye?
Is this our last chance?
Or is it something else?
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My Memento Mori
02:31
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You gotta die before you gotta die
You gotta die before you gotta die
Remember you gotta die before this tune ends
Remember you gotta die or whats the point of livin?
I hold these mementos, close to my hands
I remember memories, when they're closer to me
I hold my friends to a high degree
Too bad they're too busy for me
(I say me a lot)
You gotta die before you gotta die
You gotta die before you gotta die
Remember you gotta die before this tune ends
Tell me whats the point of living if ya don't think you'll die?
You gotta die before you gotta die
You gotta die before you gotta die
Remember you gotta die before this tune ends
If a funeral is a celebration of life
and you should celebrate things as they are I guess a
Sad funeral is meant for me
For sad songs are what's killin the thing
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Lazarus
01:52
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Don't put off for tomorrow, what you've done for days and
No one has noticed, no one has seen
Cause nobody cares
I fall asleep at stop lights
awake at 2am
What's my Lazarus?
Oh my Lazarus
What's my Lazarus?
Stay stay stay
The muscle aches and quakes
Break away, day to day
I have enough advice that I didn't even ask for
But I guess that's what I deserve
I fall asleep at stop lights
awake at 2am
What's my Lazarus?
Oh my Lazarus
What's my Lazarus?
Stay stay stay
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When the birds shake up the leaves
When the city sounds make me wanna scream
You get what you get, you cannot complain
Two steps and you shut the door in shame
I'll sing this little tune myself to keep me sane,
I said
If you sing it, sing it for me
and if you say it, say it please
If you pray, pray for me,
If you pray, pray for me oh
Two months, say it to my face!
Its a facade my friend, don't think I see it in your eyes
And I know, I know it's good now but
I'm sorry I woke you from such a peaceful sleep
I guess we'll just gotta sing that tune
Oh my God!
If you sing it, sing it for me
and if you say it, say it please
If you pray, pray for peace,
If you pray, fuck that, pray for steve
Cause he needs it
more than I do
that's for sure
I guess we'll see whether
we're in the dirt oh
Guess we'll see then
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I think we all want to see as children again
I know I wanna
Want to see the world, innocent eyes
I can't but help but think about it
how they see me
so tall and so freaky, lanky and tiny and
what do they say?
oh the little children
oh i think to myself,
"what was I like when I was six?"
Oh I want to see the world through a child's eyes
what must it be like?
for them to see me?
oh
to the boy and the stone toad
to the boy and the stone toad
to the boy and the stone toad
to the boy, oh
what happened? what happened?
what happened? what happened?
When the young boy became a man
a young man so foolish in his youth
the stone toad was forgotten
in a garden
the porcelain is broken and unseen
oh, ah
the boy went behind the trees
what happened? what happened?
to the boy and the stone toad
to the boy and the stone toad
to the boy, oh
what happened? what happened?
what happened? what happened?
(what happens? what if you were to drown in the emotions you put forth? and you get a taste of it all)
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The Trees of northern Michigan
I walk through their pines
They said to me, "boy, why
why do you cry?"
where do I run?
where do I hide?
all my regrets and
my flaws aside
I wanna take back
all the things I said,
all the things I had to do or
at least i thought I had
to
where do I run?
where do I hide?
all my regrets and
my flaws aside
The trees of northern Michigan
Say they know what to do and,
If i'm honest here, It's
not news, no
Take my own advice
One step at a time
No stumblin over myself or
over my mind
I can't run
I can't hide
I can't think about those
regrets and flaws'o mine
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Incessantly
02:46
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No comin back to me,
Amongst the filth and weeds
No comin back to me,
Amongst the filth and weeds
I ain't no Socrates
No wise truth inside of me,
I'll tell ya what I mean
My words are my truth indeed, you'll see
A little bit more time ya spend with me
If that's what it takes, then lie
To your father for the rest of your life
I don't know how you see me as a good friends
Awkward, unsaid silences are the trend
My oh my what's the point of driving so long?
Just to burn the whole thing down
No comin back to me,
I got myself and me
No gettin back with me,
I got myself and me
I got nothin to feign
For these last three
Months o' biblical hell
Are really getting to me
(I'll be honest with ya,
I don't know how I've survived this long
But I get up everyday
And maybe that's just it)
If that's what it takes, then lie
To your father for the rest of your life
I don't know how you see me as a good friends
Awkward, unsaid silences are the trend
My oh my what's the point of driving so long?
Just to burn the whole thing down
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Wandering
01:52
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I'm wandering,
Impulsive without self control
And unseen by the world
I'm wandering,
Through this forest floor
No footprints or grooves to guide me
I'm wondering what it feels like
to have something that I'm not a part of,
that I can never be a part of
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I fell asleep to the sounds of silence,
An experience I haven't had in a while yeah
I wake to the birds crying at the new day yeah
I think I agree with the sentiment
Yeah, I think I'll join em
I miss this mattress, my back don't hurt too bad
But I still can't sleep
And I can't find my dreams
Maybe it's a symptom of the times or
Maybe it's just me
Yeah, I think it's just me
My room is darker now
Without my little friend
Or the city lights to keep me what they call safe
Just these prayer flags to keep the depraved away
Of course I forgot em here
What good is that gonna do?
What good is that gonna do?
What good is that gonna do?
What good is that gonna do?
What good can I do?
What good can I do?
What good is that gonna do?
What good is that gonna do?
What good can I do?
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Thoughts Words Actions Cleveland, Ohio
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