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Sometimes I try to do the right thing
Sometimes you can catch me on the upswing
Lately I find myself to be ordinary
Lately comfort has been momentary
CHORUS
Eggshells are breaking under my feet
It’s time that we hit control alt delete
All these endeavors they all turn to shit
Let’s spend half our lives to recover from it
Maybe I can tell the truth once in a while
Maybe we’ll take two walks down the aisle
Take me down to places I need to visit
Make me look back swallow my pride for a minute
CHORUS
All my failures dig in deep like endless splinters
But my triumphs hide like grass beneath the winter
Sometimes I try to do the right thing
Sometimes you can catch me on the upswing
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plug your ears, the boredom's too loud
how is it we’re all alone, in a crowd
log on, sign in, sit and stare
why be present when you can always be there
you miss it, being looked in the eyes
now it’s tones and vibrations, collecting likes
a generation raised by the distracted
this isn’t how we interacted
why are your secrets now worth sharing?
Chorus:
And then, for what it’s worth,
I’ll call you from the last payphone on earth
when did you last feel surprised
anticipation is built out of time
the unexpected in life shouldn’t be frightening
try not knowing for once, it’s kind of exciting
Chorus
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you might find yourself a hundred miles from shore
Arguing alone, you approach the ocean floor
Forces pushing around much stronger than
the muscle and the might of just one man
The heavens are angry and a swollen cloud’s
what the sky is offering you cry out loud
Chorus:
Just swim
the arm pushing you down
Just swim
It’s yours it’s making you drown
Just swim
don’t disappear
Just swim
Shout but no one can hear
Verse 2
How’d I get here is the question now
It doesn’t matter as you wipe your brow
The storm is in your head so just collect your thoughts
Your lungs think that you’re drowning and your stomach’s in knots
Chorus
Verse 3
Water water everywhere and it’s OK
Open up your eyes and see the light of day
Open up your eyes and see the light of day
Open up your eyes and see the light of day
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that first time hit me from left field so quickly
like the ground coming up from a 10 story fall
when i finally came to i felt a hundred feet tall
second time, again, like a gift from above
i guess i haven't lost my stuff
i feel twice as good and three times as clever
i can't imagine this not lasting forever
every time i round those curves
all i get from you are diminishing returns
that first time hit me from left field so quickly
like the ground coming up from a 10 story fall
when i finally came to i felt a hundred feet tall
now i see it coming from a mile away
i'll save myself the trouble and just walk away
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it's a great time to be alive
happy hour begins right at 5
marriage, suburbs, it can wait
my co-ed kickball starts at 8
you wish you could go home but you already live there
curl up in a ball, in dad’s comfy chair
that job interview should go fine
mom’ll hold your hand the whole time
CHORUS
you’re a fine young millennial but you're behind schedule
your soul lives on the other side of a screen
you're a fine young millennial but you're behind schedule
present perfection while envy’s a bad dream
you wanted validation
and you got an overdose
you're friends are all connected
but that doesn't make them close
still drive that honda civic from 2003
but you plan to trade up soon, mom and dad will see
CHORUS
they gave you that big trophy
for just being alive
now don’t you love that incentive
don’t it make you want to strive
now you’ve got no tolerance
no experience with pain
you’ve got that big idea
running through your brain
CHORUS
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let’s take a drive and see where it takes us
let’s play a song and see if it shakes us
woah, come on, come with me
life is so easy, at 23
Hey it’s OK if we just take it slow
Got no directions and nowhere to go
Chorus:
We’ll go get a six pack and lay on the cool sand
Then let’s wake up and drive to the north land
Tie back your hair and roll down the window
Crank up the volume and rock to the intro
woah, come on, come with me
life is so easy at 23
Feet the dashboard, hand on my shoulder
The faster I drive the less we get older
Chorus
Who says we have to do what they told us
Tension releases we shift to the chorus
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We… met a thousand years ago, I… never found the words to let you know
Then… the paths quickly diverged and I, just…. wondered why I didn’t try
Chorus X2
A little harder, a little longer, it’s just too much for me to ponder
Seasons changed, your image faded, only there if i concentrated
If… I don’t bump into you on the street,
I’ll… see you when these parallel lines meet
Life… it’s rolled along so quickly now,
time… moves in one direction and it won’t slow down
CHORUS X2
Time… gone past I could have called and I,
just… wondered why I didn’t try
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The slate it’s not as blank as you thought
Before you were born the fight for you future was fought
The deck is now stacked, but it’s all part of the plan
The past comes through, that old invisible hand
Chorus:
Choose your parents wisely son The good ones are goin’ fast
Or else be finished before you’ve even begun.
The stars aligned strange forces been cutting a path.
Cement in your shoes, abiding cruel social math
The words you hear, not yours but they say who you are
You’d best be advised to mind who gets into your car
Chorus
The rungs, you climb, they’re greased with the oil of fate
Pull up, pushed down, mobility locked like a gate
Chorus
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no one inhabits, your lonely old planet, circling out in the void
endless like plastic, a life now monastic, the past was all you enjoyed
drag on the bottom, when a face long forgotten, appears there and asks how you’ve been
time melts away feels like a new day, finding your home in her skin
Chorus
When your plans become moot and things all rearrange
remember this, kid, life is subject to change
tests are conclusive, a new life elusive, no need to build that big nest
maybe you’ll travel, to rome or seattle, and enjoy your 8 hours of rest
suddenly she’s late, learning the birth date, everything’s now rushed
no one is ready, but hey hold it steady, a package so perfect and hushed
Chorus
straighten the necktie, kiss them all goodbye, the pieces are all in their place
two days till vacay, gonna get away, so what if we’re rats in this race
walk in the office, your boss and her bosses, stand like a firing squad
don’t take it hard man, write a new game plan, hide that you feel like a fraud
Chorus
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we wanna get up and look at the sky
stand up and feel like it’s finally our time
no time, no time to pay dues
we’ll be old too soon
na na na na na na
a castle in the highlands, we’ve got no time for that
from the gulu on to bonnaroo in twenty hours flat
CHORUS x2:
can’t believe you never heard of our band
trust me; we’re really big in Japan
line up the girls around the world, stock up the gulfstream jet
don’t tell us it won’t happen, it just hasn’t happened yet
from nagano to sendai, we ride the shinkansen
we sell out every dojo, but can probably get you in
Instrumental Verse
CHORUS x2
but we are hated in canada
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I know you feel it baby, admit it’s true
I know you feel it darling, it’s crushing you
It’s just so heavy you can’t breathe
I can’t feel I can’t see there’s an elephant in the room
It’s gone on way too long, it’s awful clear
I’ve tried it all but he won’t disappear
This is just crushing me
You just can’t see nothing but this... elephant in the room
I let the beast in baby, that much I know
If you can’t let him out just let me go
This room ain’t enough for us three
I can’t breathe I can’t breathe there’s an elephant in the room
I can’t breathe I can’t see there’s an elephant in the room
You don’t see me you just see the elephant in the room
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Anarchy, chemistry, going to bed with me
wide awake, half-asleep, promises I won’t keep
Shut the door, turn the key, gone to the nth degree
Forward and not reverse, see our little crowd disperse
we’re all meant to cut and we’re all meant to bleed
forget what i want, give me just what i need
never give up and never give in
don’t bother to flinch, take it right on the chin
Shout it out, take it back, cut me a little slack
Been to long, hit me back, beers and a shot of Jack
I know you drink too much, regrets and such and such,
Time to pull out of this, self pity worthlessness
we're all meant to cut and we're all meant to bleed
forget what i want, give me just what i need
never give up and never give in
don't bother to flinch, take it right on the chin
Lost it all, got it back, brightest white, paint it black
You be you, I’ll be me, forgive-forget set me free
Close my eyes, breathe in deep, so much for counting sheep
I’m up late, you’ll sleep in, primed for the next weigh-in
we're all meant to cut and we're all meant to bleed
forget what i want, give me just what i need
never give up and never give in
don't bother to flinch, take it right on the chin
we are all entitled to feel entitled
Chorus X 2
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released December 1, 2016
Recorded and Mixed at Wellspring Sound, Acton MA
