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crumble
03:45
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winter break
means jacket weather fun
but i embrace the solitude
because i always think too much
but there's a will, so there's a way to see you before we go
back to school so far away and i fly to san francisco
you can tell me about new york; how you're able to act old
do you like it better when it's cold?
because i didn't want to leave
i wore a scarf for the first time
it's easy being home
when you're surrounded by christmas lights
don't crumble my heart like you did before
don't leave me where the light is going dim
don't leave me with your dirty clothes piled on the floor
that you want to wear but don't fit in
i know that you're a genius, make my heart crumble to pieces
that you put on apple pie, you serve it a la mode
on a plate that you made when you were just a little girl
when you hadn't yet moved to new york
if you tell me who to vote for or tell me who to kiss
i might say something stupid and my face goes to your fist
like i did that one time when you ran out in the rain
your hair got soaking wet
if i go to new york, if i'm lucky to go back
and i see you drinking coffee or putting books in your backpack
will we walk along the streets or merely hand each other change
thinking we look so different but our names are still the same
so tell me
which one do you choose?
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roxanne
02:47
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you wake me up when you can't sleep
you scribble on starbucks receipts
and take me where you plan to hide if sand destroys the sun
i'm so happy you understand cause no one ever does
roxanne
you shut me up and shove me down
every time you hear the godforsaken sound
of my heart beating, beaten up with scorn
you put your hand on it and it gets really warm
you're so carefree, you have hopes and dreams
you live until you're lost, you say you wanna visit london
i picture you now with your overcoat and
your rain boots with my socks
roxanne
go on without me i insist
you're way too much i can't do this
but you make me go and i'm glad you did
you turned me around and said "everything is changing"
no longer sitting on the couch at home
we run around in the snow
roxanne
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3. |
this or that
02:55
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come and get it
the world said
to me one day
when i was a little kid
i just ignored him
i was afraid
i just pretended
not to hear what he was saying
but now i wonder
afraid of what?
i probably could've gotten
anything i want
if the world's a
philosopher
i'll call him up
and take him up on his offer
"but this or that
aren't my goals to achieve
i just wait here patiently
with a few tricks up my sleeve"
and i kept waiting
by the wall
for that girl
with the trench coat on
she was leaving
she did her best
not to mention
she was under so much stress
like a kid
reading a book
about that kid
who counts the hearts he took
and i just stood there
my shoulders curved
staring down
to see the last glimpse of her
but this or that
doesn't matter at all
because i'll do nothing about it
therefore never see results
but this ends now and so does that
cause they could last for long
huh as if they stop, as if they get
any easier as life goes on
because this or that
won't be the death of me
just some situations to delete
from my memory
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4. |
smiled back at me
02:47
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the wind in her hair
made me rush down the stairs
she was walking back alone
with just her keys and her phone
oh the clothes that she wore
made her even more adorned
and then i said hello to her
in the elevator
then we walked back to our dorms and i said goodbye
and she smiled back at me
as she took a step inside
for some reason i'd think so
but i'm not sure if she knew
that we were wearing the same shoes
but now she'll never be my dear
oh she looked at her reflection in the mirror
oh she looked at her reflection for the last time
she's the only reason why i
stayed living in the prison when i had a chance to leave
she moved out, she was really set free
but i think i can make it all on my own
walking past each other as we're talking on the phone
she was wearing all black but she's probably not mean
i overthought; i should've run to get her
i'll try again maybe next semester
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where am i gonna spend christmas?
at my mom's siblings or my dad's parents?
i've seen us in a picture all as one
but now it's been so long i don't know where it is
my parents were so filled with gloom
i've never seen them in the same room
they've been divorced for a long, long time
it's pretty hard for me sometimes
inviting me for saturday night
it's my dad's weekend so i'll have to deny
we all have problems of our own
divorced parents is just one of mine
each of you take one of my hands
the only parents that i'll ever have
live a million miles away from each other
they introduce me to their significant others
and i wonder how it would be
if they stayed together for me
would i be the shy kid who sits all alone?
would i be in college? who the fuck knows?
both of you keep giving me shit
you know it's not a competition
christmas is my favorite time of year
i love you both, i'm being sincere
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the dog i walk
02:33
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you say you're sorry, but i can't get over it
you don't fool anyone, why don't you just admit
that you're afraid so you make a mess
and just keep me on standby
you pull me down to clean it up
then leave me with one of your lies
but you were all that i had
when i needed you to be there
it was good for just a second
before you were too cool to care
and now you're getting everything you want
but you're still getting really pissed
you're older than me
but you act like a little kid
and when i think "what could i have done
to make you want to stay?"
i come to my senses
then just go about the rest of my day
without you nagging me at my side
without you nagging me all the time
though all this is happening, i still want to be your friend!
it's just that every time i give you a ride
i get lost in these thoughts
and i'm so sick and tired
of looking for parking spots
and the dog i walk is barking a lot
for me to deal with his fears
they're problems of a kid
which he hasn't been for years
oh the dog i walk is barking a lot
for me to wash away his tears
but there's no one else to walk him
so i say, "hey, boy, come here"
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