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Hometown
04:21
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We ran through the park way past midnight
Searching for nothing, who cares
We didn't even notice the streetlights
Cast shadows on sunburns and bug-bites in the muggy air
I discovered I yawn when I'm nervous
Before a foot-race on rubber by the road
My shoes had chewed holes in the surface
We stayed off the concrete concurrently fast and slow
I cling to this hometown suffocating
In the embrace of soon leaving for good
I sing to this hometown, heart aching
Love you forever if only I could
The rumble of traffic felt distant
We'd crossed those streets often before
We lingered at every decision
But the cars went by blink and you missed 'em, too quick to be sure
I cling to this hometown suffocating
In the embrace of soon leaving for good
I sing to this hometown, heart aching
Love you forever if only I could
Your hands gently glide while you're steering
Radio might as well not be on
The rumble of traffic and rubber on road
I can't hear a word of the song
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I wouldn't miss a thing
If you brought me back tomorrow, set me right back where I'd been
I wouldn't miss a thing
Stick me back inside the car going round trip, second leg
I wouldn't miss a thing
Sunflower wallpaper
Doesn't turn to face the window
Unfamiliar accommodation
Moving way too fast to follow
I wouldn't miss a thing
If you brought me back tomorrow, set me right back where I'd been
I wouldn't miss a thing
Stick me back inside the car going round trip, second leg
I wouldn't miss a thing
Gardenia wallpaper
Never made the time to get to know you
I'll waver h-hesitator
The sweetest scents need pollination
I wouldn't miss a thing
Rosewater teardrops trace rosy cheeks
Fall in a bouquet, land at my feet
Picked up, left to dry as posters and pictures
You know, you know that's
Rose-tinted wallpaper
Rose-tinted wallpaper
Rose-tinted wallpaper
Rose-tinted wallpaper
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Wooden Figurine
03:12
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You and I, we grew together evergreens
Every mistake, the heartaches of sixteen
Up way past midnight speaking in dreams
You and I, we grew together evergreens
You and I are a wooden figurine
Whittled from woodblocks, cut from two trees
Coated in colors in the fall when I leave
You and I are a wooden figurine
Sandpaper stopwatch, the grain slips away
Hourglass of sawdust counts miles left 'till the transmission breaks
Sandpaper stopwatch, the grain slips away
Hourglass of sawdust counts days I can keep up this pace
You and I, I'll meet you somewhere in between
Pack up our bags and then plan where we'll meet
It's so many miles, guess we cant guarantee
You and I, I'll meet you somewhere in between
If you start to feel me fade, it's because I'm far away
I get so lost in the running just to catch up day-to-day
And the day-to-days start to pile up 'till I'm stuck running in place
It's a slow and calm erosion, then you start to feel me fade
Sandpaper stopwatch, the grain slips away
Hourglass of sawdust counts miles left 'till the transmission breaks
Sandpaper stopwatch, the grain slips away
Hourglass of sawdust counts years I can keep up this pace
Goodbye abruptly and goodbye so slowly
I think of you often but I tell you so rarely
Goodbye abruptly and goodbye so slowly
Nothing prevents us from dialing and calling
Goodbye abruptly and goodbye so slowly
We're good as we used to be except that we're strangers
Goodbye abruptly and goodbye so slowly
Goodbye abruptly and goodbye so slowly
Goodbye abruptly and goodbye so slowly
Goodbye abruptly and goodbye so slowly
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Temporary Peace
04:13
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Headed for the city
Notice there are so many bright streetlights
Steer around the corner
Notice there are so many one-way signs
Even when I'm sleeping
Notice that I grind my teeth at night
Feels like that same erosion
Notice how few roses made the ride
Drove here in thirty minutes
Notice it takes years for me to run
And it's been over nine years
Since I could really stay for more than one
So when we find
Temporary peace
So when we find
Temporary peace
We hold onto
Temporary peace
Stepping stone to stepping stone
To stepping stone to stepping stone
Stepping stone to stepping stone
To stepping stone
When we find
Temporary peace
We hold onto
Temporary Peace
When we find
Temporary peace
We hold onto
Temporary Peace
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Homesickness
04:34
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I wonder if this
Homesickness
Could be a word for somewhere I have never known
Not somewhere old
Somewhere to grow
And get attached to while you learn its ins and outs
Like I've been learning how to try to live without
Homesick
For somewhere
I can trust and believe in
Homesick
For somewhere
I wonder if this
Homesickness is
From balancing everything I love without a home
Here I hope
And make the most
Of every place to makeshift place I run around
And every temporary peace that's lost and found
Homesick
For somewhere
I can trust and believe in
Homesick
For somewhere
I wonder if this
Homesickness
Could be a word for somewhere I have never known
Where flowers and roads
Are comforts you hold
No matter where you go, you'll always keep them close
Feeling homesick for a new place I'd call home
Homesick
For somewhere
I can trust and believe in
Homesick
For somewhere
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