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Powder
02:20
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You keep saying we’re no longer kids
But can I still have this
Can I still dream
What age do I kill that part of me
I can only hope you’re all mine
But you can only love the pretty side of me
I’ve been writing a lot
But I still don’t know how to say
You only love the things pinned to the ground
My lungs collapse
I’ve lost all sound
I forget all the words
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Dress
02:46
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I know it looks nice on you
And I don’t want to kill the mood
But isn’t that the same dress you were in when you left
Are you sure you want to wear that dress to my funeral
It’s all a blur when I’m with her
Do you really need to remember me that way
Do you really want to wear that dress
Just so you can wear your Sunday best
Just so you can show your sunburnt neck
Even when you’re freezing to death
In my defense I didn’t think you’d come
Do you really want to wear your best to my funeral
Now we’re going around the subject now
Now you’re tearing your dress apart
If you’re tearing it apart, are you tearing me apart
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You come over to watch
So you can over-explain your life
And show the coattails that I ride
Here comes the hard part where you cross your heart
Self-medicate, trying to pull through
I never even thought you could have demons too
Can you see me through this lens
A decillion colors play pretend
Will you forgive me if I throw this fight
I want you to surround me
and throw on the coattails that I ride
Will we survive if I throw this fight
Will you stop parading around our love
Will you decide it’s all a front
What happens when he needs you like I do
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Embroidered
03:03
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Wait, are you going to be there for me
Wait, are you going to break so easily
You feel it on the ground, clutching now
Wait for my sign, I can see you bowing out
If you stitch me up right here
Will I be sewn into your fears and your ego
Your doubts and my fears cutting me down to size
Your doubts are sewn deep into my wounds
In December we’ll go there
But the summers will drive you crazy
Now you’re all dressed up
Did you want to look pretty for me
I’ll be the one who stuck it out
I’ll be the one for you
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Past Romantic
02:51
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Do I have the strength to pass this up
Phoebe even said I’m not strong enough
I guess there’s no guarantee you’ll be everything to me
Look, it’s so easy to leave
You’re a past romantic
Do I have the strength to patch this up
I guess there’s no guarantee you’ll be anything to me
I think I’m not fool enough
I think you’re too cool for us
Here we go, we’ll cry to the end
We’ll crush again, We’re a past romantic
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Collapsing
02:42
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With you I’m collapsing too, we’re failing every test
It doesn’t matter, I’ll always like you the best
Tell me you’re falling in too deep
Tell me that you’ll stay with me
Even though I’m the lesser man
Is it worth collapsing
I adore how you hit the floor running after me
Do you mind if I still have a lot to prove
Do you mind if I always love you
Tell me you’ll do anything for me
Tell me I’m the one you need
You almost shattered giving everything to them
It doesn’t matter but you always want to win
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Swirl
03:24
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If I add more to your weight will you still float away
The bolder I get the longer you stay
I show off hoping you’ll stay
I show off walking through flames
Melting in front of you
If you want me to draw, I need to know who you are
And why you want to destroy him
Do you want to destroy me too
I show off showing my counter intuition phase
I can’t believe I’m melting away
I’ll show you can put your weight on my shoulders too
I just want to be swirling into you
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Endearingly
03:02
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Remember when you could be endearingly
Remember when you were soft, when you fell off
It was my arms that caught you 4 stories down
How are you so strong when you watch me fall again
I feel weaker when I hear my own voice calling you
I said let’s go back, you said it’s a lot of steps to take
I thought you said
You couldn’t hear me through the walls
I never felt so small
How are you so strong when you watch me fall again
I feel weaker when you watch me fall to him
I hear my voice calling you out now
I was doing just fine until you said I’m right
I hate hearing my voice bouncing off your ugly walls
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Self-Destruct
03:46
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Is it ever the right time
I see my disguise but when should I open your eyes
When should I open myself
Is there a way to only show you half
When should I fake my surprise
Father Time, pain
Why do you take my friends away
The farther I fade, well I can’t touch them anyway
Why should I open myself up, is it ever the time
Don’t you know I’m super shy
Will I self-destruct before your dagger eyes
Maybe I’ll explode then we’ll never have to know
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