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1.
Shut In, Shut Out 04:38
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I wanna hear the things you've been through I wanna hear the things that make you cry Holding onto old reactions New attractions make you feel alive Well I’d open up my chest with a pair forceps and let you look inside And I'd gift wrap every secret Every little fear that I've held tight That I've been gripping with my life Shut in, shut out. I'd love to read behind those pretty eyes Shut in, shut out. The perfect little smile you hide behind I wanna feel the cracks in pavement How your foundation breaks away And all the walls you've built around it I wanna tear them down to touch the frames I'd read from every page of the open book That I kept locked away But you'd rather spill the ink on anything That mentions your mistakes What makes you so afraid? Shut in, shut out. I'd love to read behind those pretty eyes Shut in, shut out. The perfect little smile you hide behind In life, everything exists in black and white What about colors? What are colors? They're just lies of the eyes playing with your mind and then your mind sees what your eyes see When they're telling you what to be and then what to believe
2.
Collapse 03:06
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You know I'll never be the same you knocked me off the chair, but you forgot to tie the rope around me And my neck, I'd stick it out for days you shot me in the chest, but now we can’t rely on breathing baby Well I could have died the moment you kissed me So baby take it easy or prepare to take my life I swear that I felt my lungs collapsing So baby kill me slower, kill me over and over Well I wake to only sleep again So tell me it's a dream because I'd lose it if you left now baby And these stitches barely do a thing I'm bleeding out from open wounds you opened when you woke me up and made me feel again Well I could have died the moment you kissed me So baby take it easy or prepare to take my life I swear that I felt my lungs collapsing So baby kill me slower, kill me over and over
3.
Breathe Me Out 03:29
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Maybe I'm a mess and you're a miracle And maybe wishful thinking finally got me down What if all I'm feeling is a chemical reaction to the way your voice sounds This hurts in ways I can’t ignore Pain makes me want you even more Make believe it's all inevitable Swore you'd leave the moment you were getting bored Cut me up inside I'm dying just to feel alive To feel you leave me Feel you grieve me Feel you breathe me out and I did it all for spite I'm dying trying to get it right To feel you leave me Feel you grieve me Feel you open up my mind Maybe I'm a mess and you're a criminal I thought I'd cleaned me up until you came around Got me high off all of your adrenaline You could call it off, but honey I ain’t backing out Your danger games I can’t ignore They make me want you even more Mama said I'm so impressionable Lock me up in a hospital or let me out Lately I admit that I’ve been feeling little Your larger than life approach It got me acting bent, I was on the mend, Now I'm on the fence, relapsing And what if I was trying to impress a little I know you know you caught my eye Sugar and spice, sharp things are nice. Your kisses kept me coming But you're lethal and you're leaving I know that wanting to stay crazy Look what I've become. Look what I have done. Your brand of love could kill me I could have closed my eyes. I should have shut off Maybe then I'd still be fine
4.
Do or Die Love 03:34
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It's a greener with the scenery stuck on repeat kind of day And like an itch I can't scratch it's hard to focus on anything else But what else is gonna get me up in the morning While I’m mourning all the ways you wrap me up in your voice And if I voice what I’ve been thinking I think you'll turn me away Do I spend any time on your mind baby? Do I spend any time at all? It's assembly line open heart surgery all in a game And now you're playing with my mind while it's all wrapped up in wishful thinking So tell me what would you think If I said that I loved you? Could you love me the same, or would you even try? And if I try what I've been thinking I think you'll turn me away Do I spend any time on your mind baby? Do I spend any time at all? Sharpen my hopes until they cut right through me You fashion weapons out of love So we play your "Not Enough" games until I break It’s do or die love
5.
Coma Dream 04:32
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Wait, I've got things to say Hear me out, I've never felt so safe I found the fence where I carved both our names Believe in me, and us, and the bracelet that I gave (I get it, but I can't admit it) As I'm waking up I can’t help but wish for the memories when you're still beside me Oh no, don’t wake me up I wanna live inside of this coma dream Wait, everything is great you kiss me hard just to remind me how you taste well how could I forget? You lean in close to say that you believe in me and the bracelet that I gave The one I had engraved (I get it, but I can't admit it) As I'm waking up I can’t help but wish for the memories when you're still beside me Oh no, don’t wake me up I wanna live inside of this coma dream Shut the blinds, shut out the sun I'll rise and shine for no one Wide awake, don’t let it come (Alarm, alarm, someone shut it off, kill the alarm)
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Ghost 04:57
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I've never once seen you afraid And now you just can’t face the day You lock the doors, the phone it rings and rings and rings And then it goes to machine And it gets harder when it rains You wear my clothes to chase the pain But every day my scent, it starts to fade away Just like the way it should be You look like you've seen a ghost and You see my ghost every time you close your eyes You swear that you still hear the sound When you're in a crowd you still listen for my voice But you need to live your life I swear it isn't all that bad It's really lovely here in fact So don’t come rushing back into my arms Before living your dreams And baby smile at the sun I wish you'd dance a little more Maybe even go out on dates again I swear it's okay I never thought I would say honey Go on and take off your ring baby I only wish we could be darling The way we used to be The way we used to be The way things used to be
7.
Nothing Gold 05:04
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Well sugar I can taste those nights we went dancing under city lights And building up the tension I swear your fingertips they felt electric Your every lie, the whispers shivered up my spine You kept it so exciting. I swear your lips they serve to make you more enticing And you'd say, that nothing gold can stay Cross my heart now, Scratch your name out Spending all my time looking straight behind me and I Hope to die now, choke the flame out Every time I start to feel alive I'm reminded how I... Wasted time one things that kept me paralysed In keeping me distracted, you had me all cut up, mapped out, dissected And your every line, you made me pay for my peace of mind The prettiest of eyes kept me in line how I tried to make you stay And I prayed, but nothing gold can stay You wrote your name inside the back of a matchbook With seven numbers I couldn’t help but memorize Now I'd give my life to forget them I'm out of quarters at the corner payphone The operator said it's time to walk away But we both know what I am not capable of I told her all about our parking lot 3am daisies and the ring I bought How I walked away from my God just to keep you coming back And somehow I was never quite enough So I'll just call collect to get this off my chest And I'll be done, I'll be done, It'll all be done.
8.
Small Man Syndrome 03:49
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Look me in the eye, don’t you lie to me again Staring at the floor your number all the things you never wanted (Your way out) You make me out a fool (Found your way out) The fool I've been for you (your escape now) All my love, it cut me up (Getaway sound) That night you said "we need to talk" And I knew then I could smell him on your skin (on and on and on it's easy) I hope he took your breath away (on and on you promised to me) I hope he made it worth it And I died then Felt my chest start caving in (On and on with shallow breathing) I hope he made your body shake (on and on you lie right through your teeth) I hope he came out swinging Look me in the eye, but don’t forget to pull the pin Strap it to my chest with your apologies then take off running (Your way out) Tell me what to do (Found your way out) What more could I have given you? (your escape now) You called it love, then cut me up (Getaway sound) That night you said "we need to talk" I hope he made it worth it I hope he made it worth it I hope he took your breath away I'm the one who lost my faith that day I hope he made it worth it
9.
Calling All Cars 04:56
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I'm thinking in circles again. It keeps me dizzy I chase until I run out of breath. The answers escape me Punch drunk from all these days I've been fighting off memories I stop and give my head a shake, and tell myself I'm not afraid Calling all Cars they say Hear them singing in sirens The melody becomes my friend As I stand with my feet on the edge Staring down at all those lights. The prettiest picture Kaleidoscope before my eyes. The world in a whisper I can hear you in the back of my mind as I try hard not to listen You said I had to give this up. Well is this giving up enough? Tell me where do you get off pointing that finger? You waive it like a shotgun sawed off at the trigger Tell me where do you get off, we've all heard the whispers We all know. We all know. Calling all Cars they say Hear them singing in sirens The melody becomes my friend As I stand with my feet on the edge
10.
Maybe Mayday 02:38
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I am the letters you used to start the fire These pages wont rest in peace I am an airplane out of fuel and falling from the sky I let down the lives depending on me And when I crash, I really crash I take it all on me Maybe mayday baby Caffeine, my comfort. I hate the stuff but I can’t be tired When eyes shut only show me what I'm missing 3am fresh picked flowers You said they meant you'd love forever But your love it faded like the pedals on the day you traded me away And when I crash, I really crash I take it all on me Maybe mayday baby

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Album recorded and mastered in Manitoba, Canada. Recordings at Langside Studios in Winnipeg, and Amplitude Audio Productions in Grande Pointe Manitoba.

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