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Nothing’s fine, you'll be alright despite the going rate
And if you make it out alive you'll wish you hadn't stayed
But don't think about it too much cause it don't mean a thing
I know it makes it hard to wake up but it makes me glad you came
Oh I wish that you were better babe, you didn't have to sweat it out each day
But the sadness lasts forever babe and things they don't get better they just change
Twice as much as you can take and nothing you could do
And everything you'll ever win you'll only stand to lose
And soulmates don't exist but if they did I'd bet on you
And I know that's not romantic but it's true
Don't you wish that you were better babe you didn't have to sweat it out each day
But the sadness lasts forever babe and things they don't get better they just change
Don't you wish that you were better babe you didn't have to sweat it out each day
But the sadness lasts forever babe and things they don't get better they just change
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Talk
04:50
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Just passing time, wrapped up safe on the shelf
And I've lost my mind but I keep it to myself
A fool for my pride, I'm a hazard to my health
But it heals just in time so it's all just as well
I've made my own world and I'm doing just swell
It's pretty up here but it's lonely as hell
The truth is I'm fine and I lie so damn well
And I've fooled this whole town, but you could always tell
I don't say a word, you don't ask, you don't need to
I've known you some time now or maybe I've dreamed you
And if we’re all make-believe, just a figment of sleep
Can I be the girl of your dreams?
And I know I’m not much of a hand to hold
Just a bag of bones and a sad little soul
I never could quite catch a smile or a high for the show
And I swear that I tried, but I’m tired of just playing along
Won’t you spare me the time
Maybe stay here awhile and just talk
And darling you look tired, I’d like to hold you up awhile
And I know that I’m small but I could carry you for miles
Don’t know if I’d make it, but god knows I’d try
And if your world’s getting heavy, the weight is all mine
And all the things I’d like to say
But they’re no good and I’m afraid
Trying so hard not to get in the way
Oh, I know I’m not much of a hand to hold
Just a bag of bones and a sad little soul
I never could quite catch a smile or a high for the show
But you never did mind and I don’t have to try anymore
Won’t you stay here awhile
Lift this weight off my mind and just talk
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Porcelain
05:28
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Safe and sound, I reached the top to come back down
Still trying to turn my thoughts around
And I swear this time I’ve got the whole thing all worked out
But I lose my mind in the bathroom of your friends house
So I run and hide past the boulevard and bury my pride
Keep my skin ajar to settle my mind
Just to cover up and swear I’m alright
But I lied, won’t you hold me close I’m scared that I’ll cry
I do that sometimes
Lo and behold, the single most unfortunate girl
Who sits and cries on top of the world
Got it so damn good that it hurts
And I should feel much better
But I just feel worse
You’re cool as hell, I hold my breath my breath I bet you can’t tell
I’m not scared of you, just scared of myself
Cause you talk like you were born for the crowd
And I’m standing here with blood in my mouth
Trying to keep from spilling out
Lo and behold, the single most unfortunate girl
Who sits and cries on top of the world
Got it so damn good that it hurts
And I should feel much better
But I just feel worse
So I drown my mind a thousand leagues beneath the porcelain tiles
But the water always ends up in my eyes
So I cut my loss and let it run wild
I do that sometimes
Lo and behold, the single most unfortunate girl
Who sits and cries on top of the world
Got it so damn good that it hurts
And I should feel much better
But I don't feel much better
I just feel worse
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Home
04:47
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Soft and frail
I rant and I rail
I get drunk, make a fool of myself
Blame it on the war we own and my mental health
You hold your liquor and take it so well
We do the most, put on a show
Heavens knows we’re both battered and stoned
Let’s leave the party and take off our clothes
We don’t have to touch, could just lay really close
Don’t go, leave me alone
Won’t you hold me babe, I don’t feel at home
Miles away, but I don’t mind the cold
It’s a funny thing, it’s some kind of joke
You smoke too much, and I’m scared you might die
And I joke too much, cause I’m scared I might cry
It’s the mess that we made babe, and no one gets by
But I call out your name just to hear it sometimes
Don’t go, leave me alone
Won’t you hold me babe, I don’t feel at home
Miles away, but I don’t mind the cold
It’s a funny thing, it’s some kind of joke
Turn down the lights, cover your eyes
Please go gently babe, I’m wounded and tired
But you call my name like the very first time
Now I’m small and defenseless and naked and shy
Don’t go, leave me alone
Won’t you hold me babe, I don’t feel at home
Miles away, but I don’t mind the cold
It’s a funny thing, it’s some kind of joke
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Tribute to Her
05:14
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The girl across the hallway is a whore
The boys along the boulevard line up at her door
But she's shy despite the miles she might have worn
She draws the blinds and turns off all the lights when she performs
The woman at the counter in the store
She’ll give you all you ask for at a price you can afford
She’ll turn you into gold and keep you warm
And if you give it back to her, she’ll make you feel at home
She took me in and made me as her own
Showed me love like I have never known
Now all my wounds have faded and I’m cleaner than before
The girl you gave your heart to is a whore
You’re not her type, she doesn’t mind she’s generous and sure
And though it feels so right, she was never yours
She’ll give you what you ask for then leave when she gets bored
She took me in and made me as her own
Showed me love like I have never known
Now all my wounds have faded and I’m cleaner than before
You’ll get it babe, the whole damn thing, it’s yours
But the angel that you pray to is a whore
And she took me to the altar that you carved her out of stone
And washed me of my sins and made me whole
She took me in and made me as her own
Showed me love like I have never known
Now all my wounds have faded and I’m cleaner than before
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I’ve seen and I’ve heard quite enough
The world spins too fast and I’ve tried keeping up
But I’m always in last stuck behind, sweeping up
With a broom and a bag just collecting the dust
I climb on the roof and I watch
All of the miniature people wake up
Hide in the subway car, sleep on the bus
Try and get out alive and never once
Do they open their eyes to see clear enough
And darling, haven’t you heard
No one ever listens to the words
A work of art impressive at its worst
Asking twice as much as I deserve
Cut and clean, I ache and I heave
And I'm sick but I'll get better babe
Won't you be kind now, won't you be sweet
Cause I’m small and not as strong as I try to be
But you’re looking to me and it’s all that I see
And I like to think you’re just that I need
Cause for a second I thought you believed
And that made all the difference babe
Guess you give what you want to receive
And I die a slow death so you’ll notice me
The crowd is impressed and the critics confess
That from the back row looks like the real thing
But you know better than that, don’t you babe
Yeah, you know better than that, don’t you babe
Oh, you know better than that, don’t you babe
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Hey won’t you come on over here I miss you babe
You can tell me what you want but we don’t need to speak
Go walking in the park or lie out on the sheets
If it's cool with you, it’s cool with me
I been working on myself to keep my mind at bay
And you been working on your health to keep the dark away
And I hope it all works out
Cause we both deserve a break
But I swear things get better every day
Have you seen
The world around you babe
I saw it just the other day
The ghosts of all our yesterdays
They don’t mean a thing
Cause ever since you came around
Everything is easy now and everything is free
I’m not quite the hero that I’d like to be
And I’m still pretty sad though I try not to be
But you don’t give a damn, you think I’m pretty sweet
And I think that’s the coolest thing
Have you seen
The world around you babe
I saw it just the other day
The ghosts of all our yesterdays
They don’t mean a thing
Cause ever since you came around
Everything is easy now and everything is free
No nothings what it used to be
Thanks a lot for everything
I’m so glad you came
I wake to find that nothing's quite what it had seemed
And I’ve seen it all before, but it’s brand new to me
So lean into your cheek, close my eyes and sleep
What a world I never thought I’d live to see
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Matchbox
05:16
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When I was a kid I lived inside my head
Never met anyone or anyone's friends
I lived all alone in a matchbox I kept
Under my pillow where nobody went
When I turned fifteen I went over the edge
Started to write and cut open my skin
Never too loud I sang out as I bled
Quiet and proud without making a mess
When I was nineteen I learned just what it meant
To suffer and ache at another mans hand
And I carry that night like a hole in my head
Easy to live with but hard to forget
When I was like twenty and nothing made sense
I fell down the staircase and into your hands
You carried me home and you put me to bed
Gave it away, didn’t ask for it back
Now I live all alone inside your chest
Miles away from you in a bedroom I rent
But after I come home and everything ends
It’s just me and you and the matchbox I kept
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