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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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6. |
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
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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.
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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
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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
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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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