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A Reckoning
03:59
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This suitcase still smells like the thrift store I saved it from
Big enough to hold all my shit and then some at twenty-one
But now in my 40s I travel with much more dirty laundry
Hundreds of hotel rooms from Shanghai to the Falls of Sioux know me better than you do
I can’t believe I let your grief rewrite my youth
I’ve doubled the devil and changed my name
I lost a limb and live with the pain
If I get back to Sioux Falls there’s gonna be a reckoning
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Beaucoup
05:04
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I didn’t know ’til I knew I could endure this life in black and white
or intoxicating color with you
Liar / Liar
My eyes are on fire
I can see everything in the backseat of your car
On a dirty floor behind the bar
I can see everything every goddamn night
with the mirror turned just right
I can see everything up against the wall
I’m cuckoo for you, Beaucoup
Liar / Liar
My eyes are on fire again
My mind’s a candle burning at both ends and I can see everything…
I’m cuckoo for you, Beaucoup
Every gunshot at night
Every dream I can’t describe
Every drug I’ve ever tried
If my dad were still alive
is you
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3. |
Hit and Run
05:29
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Your father’s a drunk - best do what you’ve been told, Son
Put your bottles down and run
Don’t stop till you can’t hear Mama cryin’
Do as I mumble, not as he stumble
Or you’ll find yourself kidney deep in my kind of trouble
It was a hit and run
I got away but I have to live each day
with what I’ve done
You’re father was a son once of a bum and a gun and I’m sorry -
a curse I couldn’t outrun
It’s in your blood
It’s in your bones
It’s in every indiscretion that your future holds
Do as a mumble, not as I stumble
Or you’ll find yourself kidney deep in my kind of trouble
It was a hit and run
I got away but the damage is done
It was a hit and run
I got away but I have to live each day
I’d rather be dead
Please, Lord
Take me instead
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Cursed ID
03:58
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I’ve been a rake and I’ve been a fool
I’ve been as of late enfant terrible
Whatever that means
I keep doing my bad “Drunk Billy Bragg” in front of everyone
All the empty pockets in the world
I can’t even afford to sleep on your floor
I’ve got this cursed rope around my neck
and an unquenched thirst to pull on both ends until this all ends
But I won’t and never will
I’m goodbye curious
But I’ve her
and her
and her
and her
and him still
I’ve all the empty pockets in the world
I can’t even afford to complain anymore
I know I’m lucky to even have this coat
Empty pocket and holed
But I’ve got this cursed rope around my neck
Was it worth it?
I can’t explain it…but yes
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5. |
Virtue Misspent
03:42
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Inside your head:
a monsoon of bitters and bourbon
and an undying burden of proof
Inside your heart:
the blackest mood
You’re allowed to lament a life of virtue misspent
It hurts now but you’ll learn how to leave me
Under your breath you always knew it was never you
I know it hurts now but you’ll learn how to leave me
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6. |
Mount Cleverest
03:49
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I’m done climbing Mount Cleverest
I’m done tampering with the evidence
To love and to loathe from this day forward
I’ll only cum on command
More or less (but less)
To love and to loathe
To live without hope from this day forward
To love and to loathe
To live without hope
I promise I’ll resent you the most from this day forward
Let’s raise a toast:
I’m dead inside but the yard looks nice so nobody knows
I’m so glad you all could come
but I’m fucking done
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7. |
Qui Je Plaisante?
04:29
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Just tell me how this ends
I’m forgiven?
I’m forgotten?
I’m forsaken?
I’m forever on trial?
I’m still seated at the table?
I’m visited in jail?
I’m just another cautionary tale? (to no one’s surprise)
O, I gotta know if there’s an end
All the time I spent
posing
pretending
posturing
I could’ve learned another language
Or written more songs
I could’ve saved my marriage
Qui je plaisante?
You asked the questions
I answered honestly
What more could I do??
You forbade lies and despised the truth
Just tell me how this ends -
I’m forgiven?
I’m forgotten?
I’m dead?
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Penny
04:58
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A penny for your thoughts
What’s left of my ego, my eyes,
and a lifetime of blind obedience for your love
I’m just dumb enough to beg
Hands and knees and everything short of a diamond ring
I won’t be fooled again
I’m wasting my time chasing your light
A circuitous clown balancing on a wire between two lives
Man, I’m just wasted…
A penny for your thoughts
And quite literally the entirety of my life insurance policy for your love
I hope it’s enough…
You’re so soft spoken you might blow away
You’re so soft spoken you might blow away
You’re so soft spoken that I’m afraid you might blow away
I’m afraid
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9. |
With You Without You
05:02
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Tragically, Fate frowned upon me on the day she found my diary
The vulgar contents of my head far too filthy to forgive
I’m so sorry that I’m still sorry
In my middle-age of discovery every mistake’s a luxury
Now I’m with you without you
Famously, Fate left me for dead with two daggered-eyes in a stranger's bed
It was the violence I needed
Only blinded could I see it
In my middle-age of discovery every mistake’s a luxury
So don’t ask me where I’ve been -
I’m home and you and your cat got my tongue again
This is life with an asterisk
This is life now
I’m so sorry about the mess
You don’t have a thing to wear
You can’t take me anywhere but I’m with you without you
I’m with you without you
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