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Prelude to "I'm Sure"
02:00
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I was never sure about anything
But I am sure now
Of how
I am sick of drinking water
And wishing it were whiskey
Oh well
And I still stare into the moonlight
Hoping it will blind me
Again
But you are farther now than ever
And I’m still writing letters
Bleeding out my pen
So take me dancing under streetlights
Laughing like we used to
Under waxing moons
Or make me swallow every moonbeam
That nighttime tried to feed me
Like pills
But you are not my doctor anymore
Of that I’m sure
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2. |
I'm Sure
03:35
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Cut your hair, watch your back
When you’re at your best is when the worst attacks
Stay awhile, get to know yourself better
It’s hard to fall in love with just a postcard or a letter
And I’m sure that I will wait for you as sure as I am sure the sky is blue
And there is nothing I’d rather do and nowhere I’d rather be
And I’m sure you’re lonely And I’m sure that’s how you’d rather be
But please don’t forget me, cause distance only means what you want it to mean
Take a step, take a walk
I’ve always been your sidewalk
You keep stepping I keep cracking
I grow my hair, you stab my back
I’m never at my best until you call off your attacks
And I’m sure that I will wait for you as sure as I am sure the sky is blue
And there is nothing I’d rather do and nowhere I’d rather be
And I’m sure you’re lonely And I’m sure that’s how you’d rather be
But please don’t forget me, cause distance only means what you want it to mean
And I’m sure you’re lonely And I’m sure that’s how you’d rather be
But please don’t forget me, cause distance only means what you want it to mean
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3. |
You Can Be Happy
03:50
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Man I was tired of always being the one to be somewhere that I don’t want to be
And I was tired of never being someone that you’d fall for suddenly
I gave up, I gave in, I learned not to care so much when I sin
I gave up, I gave in, I learned not to care so much when I sin
And you can be happy
And you can be happy
Well aren’t you tired of always being the one to be silent when everyone screams
Cause I have tried to be something that I am not just get you to notice me
I called you, you hung up I tried talking but I had no voice
I called you, you hung up, I tried moving on, I had no choice
And you can be happy
And you can be happy
Don’t you ever get lonely
Don’t you ever get lonely
I know that sometimes you smile when you don’t mean it and sometimes you just don’t try
I know that you cannot stand to be defeated, but sometimes I still want to fight
So I fight and I lose, but that doesn’t mean that anyone wins
So I fight and I lose, but that doesn’t mean that anyone wins
And you can be happy
And you can be happy
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4. |
I'm Too Young
05:25
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Crystal ball illusion
Some clairvoyant confusion
She said you’ve not much time
Everybody dies
I guess
That’s life
But I’m too young to go
I’m too young, I won’t let this go
Everything looks darker once you’ve seen the light
And all the highway markers flash before your eyes
So I guess the road will end eventually
So she throws around these words like “destiny” and
“Metaphysical metamorphoses”
But I’m too young to go
I’m too young, I won’t let this go
So she says to pray to whatever god I know
But I just shut my eyes and hang on to a globe
So strike my down with lightning or drown me in a lake
Cast me into fire or drag me to a gate
Either way, if I must be judged, let it not be for my father’s mistakes
If all that it takes is just a little faith, then I’m not sure why I’ve trusted in fate
And everything’s fake, I give and I take and I take and I take
But I’m too young to go
I’m too young, I won’t let this go
But I’m too young to go
I’m too young, I won’t let this go
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5. |
Sing Softly
05:00
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Sing softly, the moonlight pours in
You were always there for me
Sing softly, the moonlight pours in
You were always near to me
But even lies in books cannot change our history
Sometimes the smallest seed grows into the biggest tree
Waves crashing, the ocean calls me
Promising to cleanse my sins
I’m nothing but sand and the sea
Washes me so tenderly
And I see lighthouses offering their guidance
But I am blinded by the lights we left behind us
And you are sitting there effortlessly beautiful
And I remember when you used to think you loved me
But now we’re waning I guess the moon can’t stay full
But I remember when we used to think it lovely
Sing softly, but don’t feel pity
I am simply glad you’re here
Sing softly, just please don’t hate me
I was never worth your tears
So when you’re feeling bad, think of me in laughter
There are far sadder things than falling out of love with me
So when you’re not sure what feeling you are after
Just know the only thing I wanted was you happy
Sing softly, the moonlight pours in
You were always there for me
Sing softly, the moonlight pours in
You were always near to me
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6. |
Moonlight
02:59
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The sky looks so beautiful when the moon hangs there as big as your eyes
The way you look when you rise tonight is perfect
My mind is swimming with a million thoughts that circle through my head like a shooting star
But you’re my moon when you shine at night so perfect
The stars are gone cause they’re in your smile that glimmers in the dark for a million miles
The way I feel when I’m in your arms is perfect
So when we walk through the empty streets, the moon’s on the earth and the sun’s asleep
The way you talk so quietly is perfect
So be my moon, be my northern star and stick in the sky even when we’re apart
So when the daytime ends again, we’ll be perfect
(La lune est en vie. Tu es ma lune. Dans le ciel, tu as ete cree.)
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7. |
Salt Lick
02:59
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8. |
Falling On My Knees
04:48
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Through your tears you say this is not how life was meant to be
I dry your eyes and ask what it is you want from me
But it’s not anything that anyone can help
Sometimes it’s best to leave before the passing bell
I am not above falling on my knees
Begging you to teach me how to retreat
And I will not believe that something this beautiful could crumble at my feet
I’d rather sit in silence than listen to you cry
That doesn’t mean it’s easier for me to say goodbye
Well I’m done hoping that things can be worked out
Sometimes it’s best to leave before there’s time for doubts
Through the night I drove miles just to get away from you
I turned a pop song on but I only heard the blues
Well I’ll keep driving if it means I can be free
But all this travelling is slowly killing me
I am not above falling on my knees
Begging you to teach me how to retreat
And I will not believe that something this beautiful could crumble at my feet
I am not above falling on my knees
Begging you to teach me how to retreat
And I will not believe that something this beautiful could crumble at my feet
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9. |
Every Night
06:56
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Every night spent with you is just another fucking song
And every time I walk home I feel I’ve done something wrong
Like the dead eyes you flash me are somehow my fault
And every stoplight I stare at is a shot in the dark
Well you’re hopeless and pretty like a sunken shipwreck
And I feel like I’m drowning in all my regrets
I am poised for something meaningless, a life spent in vain
And you’re sitting in an armchair, just laughing at my pain
When it’s four in the morning and no one’s awake,
I’m like a soldier who’s waiting to shoot at mistakes
I suck down coffee like medicine and medicine like water
Baptizing myself until my mother and father
Ask if I’m doing alright, I say my life’s been all wrong
I wasn’t put here to make things; I was born to be drawn
By an artist who hates me, and makes me hate myself
So that I’m curled up, not sleeping, whispering for help
We used to walk through the town when the shops had all closed
After the sun had lit the sky on fire, blew it out, and chose
You and me to turn its back on, so you turned your back on me
You said “It’s fine, don’t say you’re sorry, it’s just better that I leave”
So I made friends with every sidewalk crack and every windowpane
And the walk home felt like hours swimming through the pouring rain
And the street filled up with headlights in those spotlights, I was a star
Of a foreign film in a language that I wish I would have learned
I send her pictures of the sunset and she won’t return my calls
I think I’m wound up just from thinking I could tame a Wind-Up Doll
I’m throwing clocks into the garbage, that’s one way to waste my time
I’m on a tight-rope or I’m juggling the circus in my mind
I think she knows she thinks too much, I think she thinks I don’t
The times I do my thinking are the times I feel alone
She says goodnight without a smile, in the morning I’m still scared
That the days she’s at her best are just the days that I’m not there
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10. |
Epilogue to "I'm Sure"
10:00
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Everyone always told me
Son you’re going to be something someday
Well all I am is lonely
So I guess that they weren’t wrong
My certainty lies at the bottom of a well
Where I’ve drowned out its screams with a funeral bell
But it just won’t stop wailing
And I can’t help but to sing along
So are you sure that the tables have all turned
The eyes you used to kill me with are lessons that I’ve learned
And you can sleep a million miles from me, vow never to return
But I’ll be singing til the day I day that I am finally sure
I’m sure
I am finally sure that slipping through the door is easier than opening a window
And your eyes, yeah they still burn. And I can feel the heat from here, of that I know I’m sure
People don’t like to bother me
They say, son if you live in misery
Than happiness is something that you’ll grow to hate
I’ve learned to keep myself company
I’ve learned to learn from mistakes
I’ve learned the more I give the more I feel that I should take
So are you sure that the tables have all turned
The eyes you used to kill me with are lessons that I’ve learned
And you can sleep a million miles from me, vow never to return
But I’ll be singing til the day I day that I am finally sure
I’m sure
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