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Victory for the Losers
03:54
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I am the moustache twirling villain that ties you to a train track every night
And I'll hold you for ransom and I won't use my words every time we get in a fight
But I know deep down there's a hero waiting for a single triumph of good
But I'm not sure if he will ever come out or if he'll ever be understood
This is the cold in the summer
This is the heat in the winter
This is victory for the losers
This is defeat for the winners
I am the sad excuse for a husband that you come home to every day
And I may cook some meals, may pay some bills, but that really doesn't make this ok
But I know deep down that I'm happy with my life even though I complain all the time
So I'm sorry you have to put up with my bullshit, you have to listen to me whine
This is the cold in the summer
This is the heat in the winter
This is victory for the losers
This is defeat for the winners
This is IQ for Dummies
This is reprieve for the haunted
This is the drink for the sober
God damnit this is just what I wanted
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Super Fridays
03:09
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They say it's been a lousy quarter
They don't know anything at all
Staring at the charts and the graphs
Projected on the board room wall
They say I don't meet expectations
I start to laugh a little bit
Staring at the Gulf outside the window
Trying hard not to quit
Well who cares what happens with the audit
And who cares if that whole thing's over budget
And who cares if the report doesn't go out on time
I've got more important things on my mind
And there's this girl across the office
She's been giving me some heartache
And it's been building up inside of me
Not sure how much more I can take
Well I know that I was hired for this
And this is not ok
But I've tried to struggle for too long now
It would catch up to me some day
So who cares about my panic attacks
And who cares that I'm drinking every day
And who cares if it feels like I'm running out of time
I've got more important things on my mind
They say it's been a lousy quarter
They don't know anything at all
They say I don't meet expectations
They don't know anything at all
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Dizzy Spells
03:09
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Lying in bed
Staring up
At the swirling ceiling fan
Wondering
If it's the room
Or you that's really spinning
Keep this in mind
You're the only one
Who keeps a record of your faults
Lying on the floor
Staring up
At the swirling ceiling fan
Wondering
If alcohol
Can really solve all of your problems
Keep this in mind
You're the only one
Who keeps a record of your faults
Keep this in mind
You're the only one
Who keeps a record of your faults
No sense in dwelling on all of our past mistakes
Regret is just like quicksand, once you start to sink you can't be saved
I'm lying on the ground
I don't know if I'll get back up
I'm sinking further down
I don't know if I give a fuck
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Living and Leaving
03:01
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I'm in the process of making progress on my New Year's resolution
To make my life a little better and start working toward solutions
And I'll get there someday
Yeah I'll get out of bed someday
Try to keep your cool in the colder months, don't fall in love in the fall
Keep a spring in your step and don't get burned when the summer begins to call
And I'll get there someday
Yeah I'll get out of bed someday
I am the air in the breath you breathe
I am the silence when you want to talk
I am a dagger in a den full of thieves
I am a silhouette traced in chalk
I am the song in your head you can't get out no matter how hard you try
I am a bag full of autumn leaves, my guts torn and spilled all over the sidewalk
I'm on a roll like a stop at a stop sign
Hurtling forward toward uncertain death
Depending on a liquid to feel fine
Feeling closer with every breath
It's not worth keeping up with acquaintances
I'd be much better off all alone
I am the air in the breath you breathe
I am the silence when you want to talk
I am a dagger in a den full of thieves
I am a silhouette traced in chalk
I am the song in your head you can't get out no matter how hard you try
I am a bag full of autumn leaves, my guts torn and spilled all over the sidewalk
Living and leaving
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When I'm Gone
03:04
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I don't know why you ever said yes
Didn't want to disappoint me I guess
Unrequited doesn't have much of a ring
My love was uninvited so here's the thing
You'll be happier, happier, happier, when I'm
Happier, happier, happier, when I'm gone
You never loved those things that I did
When we were younger, when we were kids
Disenchanted doesn't have much of a ring
I took your love for granted so here's the thing
You'll be happier, happier, happier, when I'm
Happier, happier, happier, when I'm gone
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Never Sleeping In
02:43
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It's days like these I need to find a way
To handle my anxiety
To keep my hair from turning grey
To tell myself it will be ok
And when I try to make a mantra
Like my yoga obsessed sister wants me to
It comes out sounding like total gibberish
So I fake it and hide my true self away from view
It's days like these I need to get it through my head
That I need to get out of bed
That this creeping sense of dread
Doesn't mean I'd be better off dead
And when I try to pick up a hobby
Like my oil painting mother wants me to
It comes out looking like a total train wreck
So I tear it up and try to start something new
If you've got nothing to wake up for
You're never sleeping in
So even on my brightest days
It's always looking grim
And I have nothing to wake up for
So I'm never sleeping yeah I'm never sleeping in
And when I try to start exercising
Like my sport enthusiast father wants me to
I come out feeling totally exhausted
So I just give up and go get some fast food
If you've got nothing to wake up for
You're never sleeping in
So even on my brightest days
It's always looking grim
So if I never wake up, oh I hope I never wake up, cause if I never wake up
Then I'm never sleeping yeah I'm never sleeping in
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Seven Years Gone By
03:23
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Knee deep in a sea of crown
Feeling a weight start to pull me down
Letting the oaken waves wash over me
Alone in an old hotel
Depending on a drink to feel well
Waiting for the void to set me free
Seven years gone by
Seven years gone by
So why oh why do I
Even try
You said you never meant to cause me pain
Didn't want to hurt so you refrained
From telling me the truth
But now I'm crumbling apart
Collecting pieces of a broken heart
And don't deny it's cause of you
Seven years gone by
Seven years gone by
So why oh why do I
Even try
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Bad Days
03:27
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I've been having freak outs
Walking the edge of a sharp sharp knife
And I've had my doubts
About this part of my life
Can't keep my thoughts straight
About the people that I love
Feeling this dead weight
Pushing down on me from above
And on the off chance that things fall into place
I'll wake up to see your face
Without feeling the room close in around me
God damn these bad days
When you feel like letting go
When despite being surrounded by loved ones
You've never felt more alone
I know I've complained
About some minor things before
But when all of this shit builds up
I'd rather stay in bed and wait for the world to implode
I've been feeling tired
Finding it hard to open my eyes
And I've admired
The way other people get on with their lives
Can't seem to focus on
A single thought for very long
And I am long gone
So I guess I'll sing this song
And on the off chance that things fall into place
I'll wake up to see your face
Without feeling the room close in around me
God damn these bad days
When you feel like letting go
When despite being surrounded by loved ones
You've never felt more alone
I know I've complained
About some minor things before
But when all of this shit builds up
I'd rather stay in bed and wait for the world to implode
I'd rather wait
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The Realizations
02:43
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Washed up like a shipwrecked sailor
On the shores of an ocean of whiskey
The waves lapping at my ankles
The ground crumbling beneath me
Running in circles like a champion greyhound
On the circuit of my days
The rabbit just out of my reach
Soon to be another one of the strays
It never dawned on me
It never dawned on me
And I wonder
If I'm a tutor
In this theater
What are we fighting for
But I'm a fighter
And a drunken sexter
I can be persuasive, enter
These open gates
It never dawned on me
It never dawned on me
But it dawned on you
It dawned on you
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Last of a Dying Breed
02:43
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There's too many days that I have spent
Wondering if my life is worth it
Wondering if all of this bullshit
Will ever amount to anything
There's too many years that I have shaved
Off of my already shortened lifespan
Wondering if my life is more than
A series of minor sufferings
And I'm not sure how many more songs I can sing
There's too many days that I have worked
For a stupid fucking paycheck
As my life's a total train wreck
And I can't keep going on
There's too many years that I have lost
Thinking about my life's bleak ending
As every second I am spending
Just makes me more and more withdrawn
And it's too late, I'm already too far-gone
There's too many days that I have fled
From all of the people that I burden
Hiding myself in waves of bourbon
And I'm starting to concede
There's too many years that I have kept
All my secrets deep inside me
But now it's all starting to choke me
I'm floundering in my time of need
And I'm the last of a dying breed
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11. |
Should've Known Better
02:26
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This isn't the first time
I've thought about you
Since you been out of my life
Since you made my nightmares come true
I should've known better
I should've realized
What it's like to truly be alone
What it's like to cry
You never appreciated
The things that I did
Back when we were together
Back when we were kids
I should've known better
I should've realized
What it's like to truly be alone
What it's like to cry
When I think of all the years we've spent together
Disappointment is the only word that comes to mind
And I'd rather be stumbling through dark and stormy weather
Than waste another thought on someone so selfish and blind
So this is the last time
I'll think about you
Now that you're out of my life
Now that I've told myself we were through
I should've known better
I should've realized
What it's like to truly be alone
What it's like to cry
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12. |
My Wild West Days
02:05
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I'm living my Wild West days
Riding 'cross the plains
Steering clear of outlaws
Breaking mares and blazing trails
And swinging like a saloon door
Falling off oh falling off oh falling off
The hinges
Slide a drink across the bar
To the belle in the blue dress
Under my sleeve a hidden card
Derringer tucked in the pocket of my vest
It may be fun but you know you can't get by on it
It may be fun but you know you can't get by on it
Lonesome nights on the frontier
Count the speckles of popcorn in the ceiling
Watch the sunset disappear
Shots in a duel that leave me reeling
It may be fun but you know you can't get by on it
It may be fun but you know you can't get by on it
I'm living my Wild West days
Riding 'cross the plains
Steering clear of outlaws
Breaking mares and blazing trails
And swinging like a saloon door
Falling off oh falling off oh falling off
Falling off oh falling off oh falling off
Falling off oh falling off I'm falling off
The hinges
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Kerosene
05:40
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Woke up this morning
And I felt without warning
Like my life was different
As if suddenly
All the things that bugged me
Were just nonexistent
And I realized the difference between
Nightmares and dreams
Was just dramamine
And I realized the difference between
Expectation and reality
Was just a smokescreen
Walked out my front door
And the wind was in an uproar
Pulling things into a cyclone
Everything in it's right place
In the whole human race
No longer feeling alone
And I realized the difference between
The end and eternity
Was just caffeine
And I realized the difference between
Delusion and sanity
Was just the unseen
And I realized the difference between
Pain and tranquility
Was just ketamine
And I realized the difference between
A wildfire and a gleam
Was just kerosene
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