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in cyanwood street all days are the same
wives buying fish to cook for husbands they hate
next door neighbours still watering plants
and stray cats playing in the trash cans
in cyanwood street our squares are bus stops
in the pavement lines flow all the rivers we dropped
the moon hides behind radio masts
and satellite plates.
but there’s a hill at the end of that street
where just old people gather and look at the stars
everytime that you make me feel sad
i like to go there and dream
that i’m a part of its grass
in cyanwood street there's only one bar
and a house that is blue when all houses are white
and a wedding dress shop that for some reason fits
with a sign ‘we are closed due to grief’
but there’s a hill at the end of that street
where just old people gather and look at the stars
everytime that you make me feel sad
i like to go there and dream
that i’m a part of its grass
on my back and the city above
i couldn’t stop thinking that crazy thought
all the movies you say you don’t get
i will hire some new friends and we’ll
turn them into tv-shows
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dream
04:00
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look at the leaves
their colour it changes
everyday that we don't get to speak
i was waiting for you
under our tree
watching wind gently brushing the field
and i found all the seasons passing me over
leaving stains on my window
i can hear their meowing i can hear them bark
but they always outrun my hands
I was looking at goats that were looking for grass
at the birds that were chirping for spring
at the people all idly gathering sticks
celebrating the end of the week
and i found all the seasons passing me over
leaving stains on my window
i can hear their meowing i can hear them bark
but they always outrun my hands
from the place where i come
all the people are sad
even if you have called me the saddest
i'll arrange a dance class for the day that you come
'cause you said you like dancing a lot
and i found all the seasons passing me over
leaving stains on my window
i can hear their meowing i can hear them bark
but they always outrun my hands
and they sang a last song
as their last laugh they laughed
before vanishing into the dust
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annie on the beach
03:35
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see annie come
out of the sea
wearing nothing
all the boys of the town
look at her
through their glasses
as she walks by the shore
as she lies on her towel
how I wish that i were
oh that towel of hers
and i die to know her secret
and i promise that i’ll keep it
for the days that i spend
looking outside my window
just to see the pink car
slowing down in your driveway
maybe steal a blown kiss
that i’ll flaunt to my friends
the next day back in school
they both like how you look
i deserve to know your secret
and i promise that i’ll keep it
i die to know your secret
and i promise that i’ll keep it
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4. |
candy
03:22
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i waste my life
on easy girls and alcohol
'cause carmen doesn’t look at me
and i know for sure
that if she ever asked me to
i’d fly from our high school’s roof
'cause she has a way
pronouncing double o’s and a’s
that makes me lose my fucking brain
after seeing her buying candy
getting ready for a party
should have seen her too
and when we meet
down on the laundry corridor
my kindest face i’ll always show
cause if i were
her cheap and easy sunday toy
i know i’d die a lucky boy
she don’t believe
in unicorns and words of love
i don’t believe in waking up alone
after seeing her buying candy
getting ready for a party
should have seen her when you could
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5. |
cringe
02:18
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i was staring at the wall
doing nothing all day long
thinking only of you
and i never turn on lights
cause i think better at night
but you don’t know about those things
i think i lost my number
so can i have your number
i know writing songs is lame
when they all include your name
this is how i make love to you each day
still i’d want to take a dive
swim inside the sea of eyes
every time that i try my knees get weak
i want to like my face
so help me find a way
in seconds the song ends
so will you be my friend?
or someone who’s there when i’m losing it
and if i make you cringe
well i’m high on claritin
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6. |
firefly fruit
04:32
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for ages i’ve been searching for
a firefly fruit when ripe
i left my children, left my wife
and lost my previous life
i walked through mountains, overseas
i crossed the northern lights
to find somebody who might know
where firefly fruits turn ripe
it’s hanging from a tree branch
that is hanging from a tree
the tree branch told me “brother
it’s not what it’s meant to be”
oh no, not what it’s meant to be
for ages I’ve been searching for
a firefly fruit when ripe
it’s said it makes the mushrooms grow
the water turn to ice
and knows a story word for word
it whispers during nights
and if I heard it I’m sure I’d
stop searching for a while
it’s hanging from a tree branch
that is hanging from a tree
the tree branch told me “brother
it’s not what it’s meant to be”
oh no, not what it’s meant to be
for ages I’ve been searching for
you wouldn’t understand
for if you did you’d take my head
and try to find it first
for ages I’ve been searching for
a firefly fruit when ripe
i must have found one once before
but lost it searching more
it’s hanging from a tree branch
that is hanging from a tree
the tree branch told me “brother
it’s not what it’s meant to be”
oh no, not what it’s meant to be
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carmen of the port
05:16
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i first saw her
down at the port
she was looking at ship
as they left the sad city
she was happy
or maybe just calm
but no matter what
so unquestionably pretty
she was high on salt breeze
and amphetamines
and everything else
the party girls bring
to the parties
they throw
at the end of the town
as they lay scattered around
slowly sucking their teeth
if you love me will you stay
if you love me you will stay
she's sad when she knows i get drunk
carmen of the port
every night she's with another man
carmen of the port
and i found the house by the river
you said that you want for your
future children
i know 'who am i to talk'
but the boy you just like
likes you more
on the bed we lie down
just like old friends
she lights up a cigarrete
i hum a new tune
and she asks me is this yours
you have written much better before
i believe
what goes wrong with your days
i can't stand all the rot
that comes up from the town
everytime i go out
it burns up my nostrils
and she offers a smile
with a slip of her shirt
and she says 'baby it's fine
after all all is fleeting'
if you love me you will stay
if you loved me you would stay
she's sad when she knows i get drunk
carmen of the port
every night she's with another man
carmen of the port
and she says that she loves me as a son
carmen of the port
but my love is much darker than that
carmen of the port
i found that house by the river
you said that you want for your
future children
i know 'who am i to talk'
but the boy you just like
likes you more
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8. |
entropy
03:24
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no more talks about living town
‘cause talks like these just get me down
i’d rather stay inside my home all day
and think of ways to pass the time until it gets too late
i don’t know the reason why you frown
and i don’t really care to find it out
the sun is just a ball that will explode and all will die
but if you’d like, then i could tell you all about it
the sun is just a ball that will explode and all will die
and if you like, then i could tell you all about it
the sun is just a ball that will explode and all will die
if you have time, then i could tell you all about it
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9. |
the secret
03:39
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i still don’t know
what she puts
in her tea
is it sugar
is it milk
i just want to drink
from the water she gives to the boys
she calls her friends
and kisses with tongue
and hides in her bed
baby i don’t want no sweet words
baby i don’t need no summer trips
i just want to know the secret
why you’re standing far away from me
the people in town
have been asking what’s wrong with the boy
has he lost his mind
he’s reading to plants
he’s talking with sheep
but the girl is a witch
and the grass that she gathers likes poems
she’s dancing alone
above the woods
and i dance alone with her
my baby smells like lime and citrus
my baby smells like facial sanitizing cream
and i just want to know her secret
why she’s standing far away from me
i just want to know the secret
why you’re always far away from me
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10. |
summer's end
03:54
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i don't wanna be like this
but what else can i do
there's a dark spot in my head
it makes me hate you too
maybe it's 'cause i realise
we reach the end of summer
maybe it's 'cause deep down i know
it's the best one i will see
i don't wanna be like this
but no one really wants to be
he's painting rooms in perspective
she's rollerskating
maybe they don't realise
we reach the end of summer
and that when sleeping in same beds
our dreams and heads collide
girls will grow into nightmares
and boys will grow into nightmares
so let's hold hands
and cry ourselves to sleep
what was i supposed to say
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