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N.R.E.
03:15
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Asking boys to the dance
Picking clothes out in advance
You still think the apps sound fun
Clearly you’ve never been on one
He called me back
Oh, he called me back
Trying not to text her every hour
Takes every last bit of my willpower
Cruising on that NRE
New relationship energy
Heading home to
The hum of the crickets
The glow of the streetlight
The buzz of the feeling you get at a show when it goes right
And a new song comes to you
People might sing along to
And the garbage that haunts you can’t keep with the speed of your bike
Fight to keep that NRE
New relationship energy
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What If We Gave Up
04:01
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One AM, increasingly cross eyed
On our visit to the countryside
What if we gave up on everything but one another
Pack the car and just abandon all the clutter
I remember when we never had to plan
Crossing time zones to practice with the band
What if we gave up on everything but one another
Turn our backs on everything but being brothers
What if we gave up? What if we gave up? What if we gave up?
I’ll call in sick when you wanna hang out
I’ll turn off the TV when you wanna hang out
I’ll let the world burn when you wanna hang out
When you wanna hang out? When you wanna hang out?
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I’ve read about the healing power of touch
The one that brings the oxytocin rush you need so much
The science doesn’t lie; it’s not enough to make you lunch
You need the healing power of touch
My high school notebooks make me blush
Some poetry about the rain falling down a girl’s face
Emotions change and bring you pain, so grown-ups stick to facts
About the healing power of touch
She starts to pack, thinking I’ve changed somehow
Is it a fact that maybe I’ve changed somehow?
Oh God
How did I lose the healing power of touch?
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4. |
Real Estate
03:28
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Who sold what to whom for how much
Time does it take before real estate
Time does it take before grown-ups discuss
Who put up these fences in our minds?
Who will change the subject and is there time?
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5. |
Painful High Five
03:34
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Black spot
Dinner by gaslight
Contract
Lawyers with pinstripe eyes
A terrifying sight
Over the ashes we’re dragged from our cars
You can always steal some freedom from the
Milk white
Odor of Eden
Sounds of Hairway to Steven gone
The forest heaves and yawns
Floorboards creak a solemn funeral song
You can always steal some freedom from the
Painful high five
Feeling alive
Cosmic slide
Easy ride
Rising tide
Feel all right
Painful high five
Daylight streams
Into the dive
Where you scream
I am literally on fire
Black spot
Dinner by gaslight
Contract
Lawyers with pinstripe eyes
A terrifying sight
Over the ashes we’re dragged from our cars
You can always steal some freedom from your future
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