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Coney Island
02:34
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Coney Island, what will we find there?
Will it be an inspiration or an empty pack of cigarettes?
On the N train, rattling through cracked concrete
I run away from the defeat before it sets in
Blankets on hardwood, that's my new standard
Buying groceries is key, when you're doomed to meander
On the streets of Manhattan and pretend to afford
Getting no pay for going door to door in a suit even though you're really piss poor
And when I'm staring into daylight
Is it just to avoid eye contact?
At the window, I pick up people's conversations
Honking, yelling, and never-ending car alarms
Pass the people en route to the subway station
The blooming store locations never lose their seasoned charm
Screw my inhaler, I'll learn to live without it
Who needs to breathe with fully open airways anyway?
Like a sailor, finding balance on my ship, I hope and hope I do not slip
In front of pretty girls and cooler guys on the subway
And when he looks at me, I know that it is our stop
Yes when he looks at me I know that it is our time to get off
Coney Island, what will we find there?
Will it be an inspiration or an empty pack of cigarettes?
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Interlude - Boat
01:00
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Sailor On The Run
04:35
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Interlude - I Miss You
00:47
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Distance + Time
02:56
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Whisper, whisper, please don't talk
It spoils the fun quite a lot
Whisper, whisper, not so loud
I'm tryna find the silver lining on the incoming raincloud
But all I have is time to work with
Cause I just can't make the choice
But I can tell every time we talk
You can sense the tension lyin' in my voice
But I need time to make up my mind
What should I say, what should I do?
Should I claim it's fate so I don't have to choose?
Don't see a way to win but don't know how to lose
All alarms are firin', I just hit the snooze
But all I have is time to work with
Cause I just can't make the choice
But I can tell every time we talk
You can sense the tension lyin' in my voice
And if I could turn back time
I'd probably only make the same mistakes
Not out of loneliness but out of knowing that
Life is fate
But I need time to make up my mind
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Interlude - Oldest Thing
01:05
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Old King John
02:51
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Old King John, always looking for a throne to sit on
All his life, thinking he could do no wrong
But then one day, he went the wrong way
And wandered down the wrong path
Now no one knows where his mind is at
He lost it in the fall and that's a fact
Oh
Now he stands, at the cliffside his feet still stuck in the sand
No recognition of the land that he once ran
Never moving forward from
The regressive state that he's in
Seeing others as a tank of sin
The living don't make any sense to him
No
No one hears, his silent screams he 'jects as the people come near
Or they don't care, they dream about his waking nightmare
He doesn't finish anything that he st
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Lately
03:39
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Do you hate me? I'm sorry. I can't tell right now.
I feel like I'm returning to my hell right now.
These voices are ringing all the bells like how
I hope we're still friends we haven't fell right out.
But it's all a delusion
To keep myself from happiness
Sorry for all the confusion
I just wish your best
My life is a-fraying like a withered rope
And I want to be buried just so I can cope
Peek out at the surface with my periscope
Maybe this baby will retain hope
I don't know where you can find me
But I hope it's somewhere in your heart
I wanna see you right behind me
It'd be a shame if all this fell apart
Because lately I've been finding that you haven't been minding
The gap between the two of us
Missed calls and constant no shows they have left me feeling solo
Reminiscing about when we grew up
I take your every call, respond to every text
But you can shift into a wall and it leaves me feeling vexed
Where was the friend that I once knew
You're leaving me in a cloud and I'm choking on the fumes
I just don't know what to do...
Where was the friend that I once knew
You're leaving me in a cloud and I'm choking on the fumes
I just don't know what to do...
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Debbie
02:03
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Debbie we met in the room and I'll
See you soon at the Blue Lagoon
Promise you'll wait for me in the healing waters
When I arrived I saw you there
With a white streak of mud staining your hair and I
Thought that you looked like adventure's daughter
Fly away from your problems
And you'll never really know if you can solve'm
A tour of Europe all on your own
Will help forget the damage being done back at home
This is your last stop, so make it last
Ice and lava stones will never break your bones
But the words you heard at home have left you feeling quite alone
Unless you know the road you're going for
You're coasting through those open doors
No expectations anymore, no
Once you hit the road you can't return
Or else you'll feel burned by the friction of the tables being turned
Around you now
You'll make it somehow
Oh how this road has worn ya
But are you ready to return to California
With everything that Europe has shown
Do you ever feel like venturing back home
My guess is no
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Interlude - Open Window
01:03
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13. |
Close The Windows
03:31
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There's a disconnect between our heads
And I don't know which way to turn
So I should say we go our separate ways
So we aren't really getting burned
'Cause I believe you shouldn't be
Around me all the time
When you shoot your little daggers
That just tinker with my mind
It's clear to see that you and me
Are not an even match
But it's difficult for me to just detach
And I can't fathom why I can't try
Not to miss you, late at night
Because you and I
Could never be combined
So
Close the windows, the curtains
Are floating on the breeze, I'm certain
You and me are something
But I don't know if it's just a daydream
I wanna take a mem'ry break
From the preceding months
But I can't escape this empty space
That you left in my lungs
I get a chill, 'cause I know you will
Chain me to my bed
I get a chill from the windowsill
This frost has me feeling dead
And so I don't get pushed around
I have to lift myself off the ground
Pushing my arms out
I slam down
And
Close the windows, the curtains
Are floating on the breeze, I'm certain
You and me are something
But I don't know if it's just a daydream
Close the windows, the curtains
Are floating on the breeze, I'm certain
You and me are something
But I don't know if it's just a daydream
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Nathan Treas
Sequoya Waring
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Never Entirely Mine
03:45
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I saw you hangin' 'round my dreams last night
And I don't know why
We haven't communicated
Ever since that moment that we said good bye
And I know this might be presumptuous
But when you hear my name
Do you get a churning in your stomach
Do you feel the same as I do?
I saw a picture of us the other day
And was surprised to see
When I was faced towards you, you looked the other way
Where you already leaving me?
'Cause when you're living in the moment
Boy, does time sure pass, so so fast
And when you're anxious for the future
You're always gonna ask if it'll ever last
And if it doesn't, will you be living in the past
But it was a gut punch
When I viewed the truth with my own eyes
Never did I realize through misty skies
That you were not enticed
And you were never entirely mine
And now these butterflies that made me blind
Have all left me behind
But you're still on my mind
And this pain I have not felt before
But like lemon juice on an aging wound when I think of you
I get so sore
Was it all a display
Oh can you tell me what was I to you anyway
Was it all a display
Oh can you tell me what was I to you anyway
Oh can you tell me
What was I to you...
Anyway?
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Interlude - Voicemail
00:43
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17. |
Start Anew
04:30
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I think it's time to start anew
Exit the box and get a clue
Because nothing can last forever
So just think and snap the tether
Blaspheme the scene and see the flames
Follow the rules and play the game
But I say, meaning is our creation
And some things have no relation
One, two, three
One, two, go
If that's how you live, then go on fine
Just twist your lip and point at signs
Click, watch your future drop and die
Your twisted roots keep you preoccupied
A fresh start, a fresh start's what I need
In my heart, this complex carbon thing
To feel love, a chemical reaction
To love you, my fellow primate pal
To be true, the truth being an amal-
Gamation of sensations widely agreed upon
OR NOT
And of course my undying compassion
(the chemical illusion disappears when I die)
And I'll see you in heaven everlastin'
(a rabid fascination that helps me rationalize)
Death
(When the quote, unquote light disappears from your eyes)
Death
(When you finally breathe your ending sigh)
And that's the one where it all goes black
And you'll never get those mem'ries back
So enjoy it while you can (x a million)
[Big finale finish]
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Sequoya Waring New York
Sequoya Waring is a DIY folk rock, Baroque-pop, indie slop musician from Asheville, NC now currently based in Brooklyn, NY.
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