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1000
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1000 days
1000 nights
2000 years and
2000 fights
1000 places
1000 sights
1000 000 alibis
1000 faces
1000 minds
2000 ears and
2000 eyes
500 frowns and
500 half-smiles
1000 000 000 000 000 000 alibis
1000 truths
1000 lies
1000 lives with you and I
1000 ways to say goodbye
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2. |
I thought I Died
01:45
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I thought I died in a bad dream
When somebody fucking stabbed me
Everything went black and I lost all feeling
I was thirteen
I thought I died drinking listerine
I thought I died on codeine
I thought I died drinking gasoline
I thought I died on ibuprofen
I thought I died in a car crash
I thought I died just driving too fast
Or talking too fast
Or thinking too fast
Or drinking too fast
Or even just playing outlast
I thought I died in a hospital bed
When they were trying to fix my head
Except the thing is they told me that I'd be dead
I've never felt a greater sense of dread
I screamed and I hollered and I tried to bolt
But they had police who could put me on sleeper hold
So I put down my hand and I decided to fold
And I thought I died listening to cloud cult
I thought I died of a heart attack
After eating too many steaks at outback
And then running track
I thought I died of a panic attack
My heart was beating fast and everything was so off whack
I was so upset that my life was so off track
And then everything went black
But I never the other side
No end of the tunnel
No white light
No falling below
No flight to new heights
No insight
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3. |
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In 1850BC in Babylon
I played my music under the sun
You were sick, then you were gone
You lost everyone
I played at your healing rite
But it didn't help you feel alright
You were a sick and sorry sight
All green and gray and white
You were left and ostracized
But I would stay right by your side
We would find somewhere to hide
And I played until you died
In 420BC
I was a student of Hippocrates
No one really remembers me
But it was a time I was happy
You were staring at the moon
Swearing something would happen soon
They would laugh and call you a lunatic
Next in AD 46
We were talking about the apocalypse
We were standing under a crucifix
With a delicate mix
But then again in year 610
We were saying "carpe diem"
Happiest we've ever been
And then
Then in 1925
I was institutionalized
I was criticized and excorcized
And held there 'til I died
But when I knew that you were there too
I felt happy for a minute or two
They shocked our brains 'til they were stew
Then life began anew
Sometime later in '73
I was hooked on LSD
I took so much I couldn't see
And I swear it almost killed me
We kept it going 'til '77
I did so much I was in heaven
I took whatever I was given
It was a crazy way of living
But then my mind was forever changed
The chemicals took over my brain
I'm pretty sure I was insane
And nothing was the same
In 2015 I played guitar
I deluded myself into thinking I was a star
I didn't make it very far
Until I was in the hospital again
You weren't really in my life
At that time
Skip to 3066
We made it through an actual apocalypse
We let all the land fall off
And burn, burn, burn
We were living Fallout style
In little holes that went on for miles
When I got out, I saw your face and I
Smiled
In 7078
I was in the center of the milky way
You were still kind of hanging out
In the boonies
Thanks to rips through time and space
Every once in a while I could see your face
But even through half the galaxy
You never felt that far away
Then in the time of infinity
We were all just energy
I was you as you were me
And we were all together
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4. |
This is a Story
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This is a story of a brick wall
Impenetrable
This is a story of broken mortar and pastel
This is not a story that ends well
This is a story of a wisp of air
Blowing softly from ear to ear
This is a story of a single cell
This is not a story that ends well
This is a story of a rusted nail
This is a story of a mighty gale
This is a story of the belief in hell
This is not a story that ends well
Nothing fallen but then again nothing gained
Maybe we were only ever in each others' way
Maybe I don't really have that much to say
Maybe it's time to stop believing in fate
You were a gateway drug
You were the idea of love
You were a two-handed hug
You are swollen gums
You were the sweet treat
That comes before a rot in the teeth
You are the space between cavities
You were a failed project
You were encapsulated regret
You were canceled tickets to summerset
You are the face of death
You were the trees' fall leaves
You were mold in holes of rotten trees
You are the space between cavities
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5. |
Escape in Someone Else
04:00
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Losing all my feeling
Losing all my meaning
Escape in someone else
One was so conceited
One was all I needed
Escape in someone else
Escape in someone else
And one made me smile
And one stayed for a while
But they said "I'm in love with a stranger"
Escape in someone else
Escape in someone else
Messages deleted
No one knows I cheated
Escape in someone else
Escape in someone else
Escape in someone else
Escape in someone e
Escape in som
Escape
Es
Escape i
Escape in s
Es
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Escap
Escape in
Escape in someone else
Don't break down
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6. |
Send Me a Line
01:47
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Could you send me a line?
Just tell me the time
Just tell me you're alive
And you're feeling fine
Just tell me ----- didn't fuck up your life
Or mine
----- I'm alright
I can sleep at night
I don't need a night light
to fix my fright
I am -----
I am seeing
What's in sight
But I still think of you sometimes
But that's the problem
You were on my mind
All the time
I was barely alive
I wasn't feeling fine
It felt like something fucked up your life
----- mine
I was not alright
I couldn't sleep at night
Not even a night light
Could fix my fright
I wasn't -----
I wasn't seeing
What was in sight
So I hope you're alright
But it's probably best if I stay out of your life
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7. |
Record Store
06:06
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I met you for the first time at the record store
I could tell you were new because you didn't know how to ring up my coupon
I said "don't sweat it man"
And you said "you know what? This one's on me. Great album anyways"
I was shocked
We talked for a while and we really seemed to click
I felt like we were really hitting it off when I made my first, slight move
I complimented your glasses
You were a little put off
You changed the subject until the next customer came
You immediately focused your energy on this other customer
And I know that you don't like me
But I know that I just like to see
You smile
I quickly became a regular at the record store
Doubling my collection
You gave me recommendations every time I came into the store
It got to the point where I wouldn't even have an album in mind
I'd just wait for your recommendation
And I know that you're not into me
But when you're in the vicinity
I smile
I didn't buy anything the last time I went to the record store
I just walked out and left my records on the counter
I couldn't stand you that day
I don't understand
You've been so nice to me
You seem to like my company
But how could you say something so hateful?
And maybe this animosity
Will not become atrocity
This time
I've been avoiding the record store for a while now
Records aren't worth dealing with you
But I noticed you sent me a message online
You apologized and said you wanted to meet with me
We met at your place
We talked for a while
I'm still upset
But you managed to make me smile
And I still think you don't like me
But I think you also like to see
Me smile
We've been hanging out pretty often
Play some of that music I bought at the record store
Play some video games
Grab a drink
I can't help but think
Maybe this time
But I'm not making any moves
Just because we're friends doesn't mean you like me
Just because you said I look cute doesn't mean anything necessarily
Does it?
But I thought I had a chance
When you bought me a pack of cigarettes
And I thought I had a chance
When you accepted my friend request
And I thought I had a chance
When you told me you kissed someone
Of the same sex
But I think I know now that I never had a chance
I saw you today at the record store
You were talking to this other
Woman
I could tell you were really into her
You were giving her all the signals
Eye contact, body language
The way your face lit up when she would tell you a joke
And she handed you something
I couldn't quite see what it was
"She totally gave me her number"
"I'm happy for you man
You deserve it"
And I know that you don't like me
But I know that I just like to see
You smile
Show me your smile
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8. |
Why?
03:20
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And then it fell like snowflakes
But instead caked in ash
The faded little glimmers
Erased the past
But somehow you're reminded
Of your own fake snow
That would fall on cold days
On the insides of your nose
Or the blows
With the breeze
When you held
Your knees
Or afterwards
When you caressed me
Just one more
Can I keep this in your purse
Of everything in the Earth
Don't you know what it's worth?
Pieces were still burning
But you stayed away from the fumes
Because an inch closer
Would've killed you
While you wondered what to do
You were consumed
By an old flame
Back in the day
When you thought everything was okay
And you'd stay
In my backyard
And light up
While I lit a fire
Your eyes filled with something
I mistook for desire
Or when you kept
Getting higher
In an old stairwell
In my apartment complex
And I could never tell
I got used to the smell
Like you get used to a stain
Or a brain
Gets used
To almost anything
Just one more
Can I keep this in your purse?
Out of everything in the Earth
Don't you know what it's worth?
Why?
You cry
I just wanted to get
I interrupt you to admit
It was me
You scream
And come after me
I just wanted to set you free
Or maybe
It had to so with us
What was wrong?
Was I ever enough?
What's really the fuss?
Do you really need
The buzzing
Of the bees
Comes out
From the trees
Disoriented fleas
And angry geese
Gives me
Time to flee
But please
Don't forget me
Not one more
No you can't keep that in my purse
Out of everything in the Earth
Don't you know what I'm worth?
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Nausea
Irritability
Paranoia
Decrease mobility
Awareness of up to ten separate dimensions
Very extremely reduced attention
Visual awareness increases or decreases
This product is not to be taken with Reese's
Please do not take more than you did previously
And if you keep doing that see a doctor immediately
Are you even listening to me?
Please tune in now because I want you to hear me
Whatever happens
Most importantly
Please
Never let go of reality
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I had a couple runs with the devil
So I keep my body numb with Advil
Ativan
Adderall
Ambien
Allegra
And the doctors say
It's still okay
It'll be okay
Someday
But the list goes on
Of what went wrong
Of what went on
That day
Don't panic
Don't panic
Please don't panic
Today
But why'd you have to go away?
You know
It really had nothing to do with you
And the dealers say
It'll be okay
Just one more bag
Just one more drag
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10. |
One Soul
00:46
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One soul on hold
One soul in the burner
One soul comes home
One soul left to go
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'Cause I'm a lone heart
but with parts connected to the others
and when we stand apart
we're still standing near each other
and when the molecules and soundwaves
get from me to you
it goes through you.
And what do I say when my jokes don't land?
And what do I do when things don't go to plan?
And how do I say that you're my man
when you can pick me up and hold me in your hands?
I'm a wreck
but holy heck
when you hold me in your gaze
oh how it hurts my hallow heart
when you look away
and your smile
goes on for miles
in my brain
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Lucas Kurmis maple grove, Minnesota
Usually acoustic, indie, singer-songwriter type stuff, but I like to think I have a variety of sounds
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