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Sophomore Slump
02:42
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(I can't believe it's -not bitter-,
"I never thought it could be this good again!"
I can't believe it's -not bitter-,
the taste you love without the cholesterol)
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I wanted to show you
what I could live up to
carved in your ear
a line or two you didn't want to hear
and now nothings the same for you
I wanted to catch you
willing to bet you
I'm more sick now than anything I've ever whined about
and I can't shift the blame to you
If you're gonna think I'm off because I'm not who I was 3 years ago
It's not gonna be my fault 'cause age is a poison without an antidote
I'm calling you way too soon
I know I'm calling you way too soon
I know I'm calling my way to "nothings the same for you"
I wanted to bring you to everything I've been through
I cannot say anything I'm trying to convey
and I can't shift the blame to you
If you're gonna think I'm off because I'm not who I was 3 years ago
It's not gonna be my fault 'cause age is a poison without an antidote
I'm calling you way too soon
I know I'm calling you way too soon
I know I'm calling my way to "nothings the same for you"
So obviously you're gonna think I suck because I'm not who I was 3 years ago
It's not gonna be my fault cause age is a poison without an antidote
I'm calling you way too soon
I know I'm calling you way too soon
I know I'm calling my way to- nothing's the same for you
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2. |
Forever Awake
03:11
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Fear you when you wake
Love is heaven, fake
Tune down radios
Make me scared of notes
If you call it my issue,
call it my issue
I'll grieve about it
If you call it my issue
unneeded, believe or doubt it
believe or doubt it
I don't care anymore
and a habit would you walk out on me for
Fear you when you sleep
Take off all my sheets
Take you when you cry
Never say goodbye
If you call it my issue,
call it my issue
I'll grieve about it
If you call it my issue
unneeded, believe or doubt it
believe or doubt it
I don't care anymore
and a habit would you walk out on me for
I'm gonna fear you when you wake
this was a mistake
I'll fear you when you wake
If you call it my issue,
call it my issue
I'll grieve about it
If you call it my issue
I need it, believe or doubt it
believe or doubt it
I don't care anymore
and a habit would you walk out on me for
I'm gonna fear you when you wake
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3. |
Lift Off
03:26
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Get over your sad lonely self
I think we both might need mental help
I can only resort to support
When I didn't mean to cut you off short
You were saying something about the humans
and how they never ever pay attention
Foxtrot, you left me here to rot
One hundred ten degrees
where you live your life at ease
I'm not in an ugly spot
It's just too hard to see
you might come back for me
I'm down with your lift off for life
I haven't waited for a thought to rise
I rush through it every damn time
write a few paragraphs explaining why
I was so worried about the future
and what it's gonna be like if I lose her
Foxtrot, you left me here to rot
One hundred ten degrees
where you live your life at ease
I'm not in an ugly spot
It's just too hard to see
you might come back for me
Waste my time for only a moment and I will be livid
Waste my time for over a lifetime and I will forgive it
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4. |
You Owe Me
03:18
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You're showing your true colors now and it's so sad
You're dancing around like the dent in your van's bad
So sorry i'm asleep
You can't confront me
If comfortable bliss isn't just when you fall down slowly
Then you're missing this and you don't know how much you owe me
You're not gonna get it now
'cause you never got it then
You're not gonna get it now
cause you never got it so you ran
They tiptoed around you for years
it's been too long
and you make me feel like I'm thinking my thoughts wrong
So sorry i'm asleep
You can't comfort me
If comfortable bliss isn't just when you fall down slowly
if you're missing this then you don't know how much you owe me
You're not gonna get it now
'cause you never got it then
You're not gonna get it now
'cause you never got it so you ran
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5. |
My Debt
03:27
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"can you calm down, happy
I don't want to be your noose
If you weren't so petty
then the right track you could choose"
But we aren't alone here,
I can breathe between your ribs
If you come back next year
I would sink inside your crib
If I open up...
Would you laugh
Would you scream
would you let it all out?
I don't know what you talk-
what you think about.
Would you laugh
Would you scream
would you let it all out?
I don't know what you talk-
what you think about.
Home, who the fuck are you, and what did you do with my debt?
Home, who the fuck are you, and what did you do with my debt?
Home, what did you do with my debt?
I don't need to be haunted
by ghost of a happy life
I'm content with the sadness
cause I know that it's always right
I don't need to be haunted
by ghost of a happy life
I'm content with the sadness
cause I know that it's always right
If I open up...
If I hope enough...
Would you laugh
Would you scream
would you let it all out?
I don't know what you talk-
what you think about.
Would you laugh
Would you scream
would you let it all out?
I don't know what you talk-
what you think about.
Home, who the fuck are you, and what did you do with my debt?
Home, who the fuck are you, and what did you do with my debt?
Home, what did you do with my debt?
what did you do with my debt?
what did you do with my dad?
what did you do with my debt?
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6. |
Not Bitter
03:19
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Oh the marrow
*from my ego
is what's keeping me this large
And now I eat
from your cold thoughts
cause my doctor said I might starve
How're you gonna come attack,
if I don't have to fight you back?
How're you gonna come attack?
(When you say that I'm "not bitter"
I say you're on to something)
And so you know...
(When you say I'm a quitter
that's when you will see me running)
That you will go.
How're you gonna come attack,
if I don't have to fight you back?
How're you gonna come attack?
Now the kind words
*from my old bones
are what's keeping me alive
and the new teeth that are growing
in my mouth will grow right through my eyes
How're you gonna come attack,
if I don't have to fight you back?
How're you gonna come attack?
(When you say that I'm "not bitter"
I say you're on to something)
And so you know...
(And when I am a quitter
that's when you will see me running)
That you will go.
(you say that I'm "not bitter"
and then I'm on to something)
And so you know...
(You say that I'm a quitter
that's when you will see me running)
How're you gonna come attack,
if I don't have to fight you back?
How're you gonna come attack?
Now the kind words from my ego
is what's keeping me in charge
and now I eat
from your cold thoughts
cause my doctor
said
I
might
starve
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7. |
Into The Ground
03:41
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You're not missing your secret
So why is it causing mayhem?
I don't bite like a serpent
I don't have the teeth to scare them
if there's a world agenda
then we don't have time to argue
there's no one to depend on,
whoever you are I got you
If you keep riding disdain
into the ground you're gonna go down with it
If you keep riding this pain
into the ground you're gonna go down with it
You're not missing your purpose
it doesn't have time to find us
and i don't think if we found it
It would have time to build trust
I'm sorry i'm not perfect
i'm sorry i got a skewed view
I can't see from this angle
Where ever you are, Where are you?
If you keep riding disdain
into the ground you're gonna go down with it
If you keep riding this pain
into the ground you're gonna go down with it
*flaming snowboarding down a mountain guitar solo by our good friend Marshall Biever*
If you keep riding disdain
into the ground you're gonna go down with it
If you keep riding this pain
into the ground you're gonna go down with it
If you keep riding disdain
into the ground you're gonna go down
into the ground you're gonna go down
into the ground you're gonna go down
into the ground you're gonna go down
with it
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8. |
Snake Lungs
03:11
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WHEN I'M AWAKENED
DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT
BUT IF I FAKE IT
DESTROY IT AS I MAKE IT UP
WHEN I'M AWAKENED
DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT
BUT IF I FAKE IT
DESTROY IT AS I MAKE IT UP
Elephant in the room sitting at my doorstep
nobody wants to let him in yet
we close our eyes and mouths
and hope that it will disappear
Tighten the grip
on the lock
on the doorknob
I want to fight for my life but I can't stop
we close our eyes and mouths
and hope that it will disappear
WHEN I'M AWAKENED
DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT
BUT IF I FAKE IT
DESTROY IT AS I MAKE IT U- U- UP
CAUSE I'M AWAKE AND
DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT
BUT IF I FAKE IT
DESTROY IT AS I MAKE IT UP
Snake in my lungs biting at my ribcage
Drop to the floor with it up in my headspace
I close my eyes and ears
and hope that it will disappear
Elephant in the room sitting at my doorstep
nobody wants to let him in yet
we close our eyes and mouths
and hope that it will all be clear
WHEN I'M AWAKENED
DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT
BUT IF I FAKE IT
DESTROY IT AS I MAKE IT UP
WHEN I'M AWAKENED
DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT
BUT IF I FAKE IT
DESTROY IT AS I MAKE IT UP
DESTROY IT AS I MAKE IT UP
If you'd be on your own side you'd be fine
WHEN I'M AWAKENED
DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT
BUT IF I THANK YOU
DESTROY IT AS I MAKE IT UP
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9. |
Museum
03:07
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You'll be dying when you notice
every day was was always numbered
we're running out of each other
we're running out of each other
I will trust you 'til the end
unless I hear it from a friend
and when I catch your lover
and when I catch your lover, she sang
I'm a museum
Steal my art...
Steal my art...
Steal my art...
I'm a museum
Steal my art...
Steal my heart
For the first time in so long
I'm thinking this all the way through
I know there's nothing new
I know there's nothing you knew
Splash me with the water tell me
There's no way that you are changing
I know there's nothing arranging
But i'll still tear down the walls
to check
I'm a museum
Steal my art...
Steal my art...
Steal my art...
I'm a museum
Steal my art...
Steal my art...
I would never tell you the truth
and I would never be a leader
if they stop me at the door
well then I know I can't defeat her
when my bones are all dissolving
when my body's cold and softened
if you need my love,
my dear I'll stand up in my coffin
I'm a museum
Steal my art...
Steal my art...
Steal my art...
I'm a museum
Steal my art...
Steal my heart
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10. |
Everything You Wanted
02:23
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never been so wrong before
never thought so long before
I'm on the East side
bring out the ashes
I've never been so wrong before
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scratch and howl in the night
I'll let you scream out all your fright
and when you wanna say goodnight
I promise that I'll never bite
and everything you wanted wasn't there
and everyone you haunted wasn't scared
and everyone you thought would really care
We'll all be right there
Well, I'll be right there
I never want to let you down
Oh we'll get lost and never found
but I can be your coffin now
someone to wrap your arms around
and everything you wanted wasn't there
and everyone you haunted wasn't scared
and everyone you thought would really care
We'll all be right there
Well, I'll be right there
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11. |
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I know that you mean well and good
but while you're trimming hedges you could cut down the woods
conclusions jumped on matters you never understood
so you don't need a valid reason to leave
I know that you think that you should
but maybe if you didn't that would be more preferred
And I don't really know because I wasn't concerned
And you don't need a valid reason from me
You seem pretty calm, cool, and collected
all of these things they seem to be connected
Even I have a breaking point for some joy
first thing's first, you need to apologize
Even I have a breaking point for some joy
first thing's first, you need to apologize
Sorry the last part of it stung
But I don't know what love is 'cause I'm one year too young
and now it's clear
I've no idea how to judge someone
So you don't need a valid reason to me--uhgghha oh god fuck
I know that you mean well and good
but while you're trimming hedges you could cut down the woods
conclusions jumped on matters you never understood
and you don't need a valid reason to leave
You seem pretty cold, alone, isolated
all of these things they seem to be related
You seem pretty calm, cool, and collected
all of these things they seem to be connected
Even I have a breaking point for some joy
first thing's first, you need to apologize
Even I have a breaking point for some joy
first thing's first, you need to apologize
(usually I wouldn't be on her side but this time she was definitely right)
'cause I'm a breaking point for your joy
first thing's first you need to apologize
Even I have a breaking point for some joy
first thing's first, you need to apologize
(get over your sad lonely self, I think we both might need mental help)
breaking point for some joy
first thing's first, you need to apologize
(get over your sad lonely self, I think we both might need mental help)
I would never want to be on her side
But this time she was so right
I know that you think that you should
but stop it
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Bonsai Trees Hartford, Connecticut
Bonsai Trees has existed since 2011, when Vocalist, Guitarist James MacPherson was strong-armed into jamming with original
drummer Nick Sokol after High School Spanish class
It worked out and there's a lot of music on this page so look around have a nice time
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