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Moore Square
04:30
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They put bars on the benches in Moore Square
The experts say it’s happening everywhere
If charity begins at home,
then I guess we all live alone,
and no one’s backyard is big enough for two
Take more than I need
and don’t bite the hand that feeds.
One step forward, three steps back with different feet
Will the conversation ever end,
in action or some kind of consequence?
Bars on the benches in Moore Square
The language and the nerve to call it fair
Nonprofit words misunderstood
‘Revitalize’ the neighborhood
Make it seem like no one ever lived there
Take more than I need
And don’t bite the hand that feeds
One step forward, three steps back, that’s all you need
Will the conversation ever end,
In action or some kind of consequence?
You said what you said, but you didn't know what it meant.
You said what you said, but I didn't know what you meant.
They put bars on the benches in Moore Square,
So I guess you won’t be sleeping anywhere.
You could die from poverty,
but Hargett Street don’t want to see,
as long as it don’t happen in Moore Square
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2. |
No Growth
03:21
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Will you lay beside me in the bed?
I just want to talk to you.
I’ve got a lot to say, but I can’t articulate what it is I’m going through
Down here the water’s more blue
Can you walk beside me on the beach,
I just want to talk to you
I’ve had a lot to drink and I love epiphanies,
I’m having a breakthrough
But I don’t want my life to change
I’m getting older every day
I don’t want to stick my neck out
See no reason to turn this ship around
I just like to talk about it
It makes me feel like I’m doing something,
even when I don’t do shit.
Why is it so hot in this room
I’m sweating through the sheets
I’ve got a lot to say but I can’t even think,
I blame the humidity
I guess I should’ve known by now
That this point in summer is like hell
I’m waiting for the sun to die down
I think I might be dehydrated
You always tell me I should drink more water
I think my skin needs more than moisture
I don’t want to stick my neck out
See no reason to turn this ship around
I just like to talk about it
It makes me feel like I’m doing something,
even when I don’t do shit.
I don’t want to stick my neck out
See no reason to turn this ship around
Just know that I’m not gonna sell out
Nobody even buys my bullshit
Nobody here but you
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3. |
Slippery
02:37
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Even if I finally managed to get it right it this time,
can't imagine the scenario where I ended up fine
It’s always running through my mind
I can feel the rocks shift beneath my feet,
They’re unsteady wet and slippery
I don’t want to die like this on vacation
If I fall and go over the wrong side of this mountain,
who would get there first?
The vultures or the medics
To pick up or at what’s left of me
I can feel the rocks shift beneath my feet
They’re unsteady, wet and slippery
I don’t want to die like this on vacation
I can feel the rocks shift beneath my feet
They’re unsteady, wet and slippery
I don’t want to die like this, of frustration
Everyone around me is wondering why
All I dream about are different ways to die
Even if I finally managed to get it right this time
Can't imagine the scenario where I ended up fine
It’s always running through my mind
I can feel the rocks shift beneath my feet
They’re unsteady, wet and slippery
I don’t want to die like this on vacation
Even if I finally managed to get it right this time
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4. |
Salt Cave
03:43
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You dim the lights and you shut the door
You’ll come back in an hour or maybe it’s more
Leave the whale sounds on for me
I just can’t fall asleep
All this nervous energy
All the things I’ve done wrong, one by one
You can get some peace and quiet, I don’t think I buy it, I know
No such thing as peace and quiet, I don’t think I buy it, I know
I thought the whole point of this was to relax
I wanted to disengage for a little while
I thought at the end of this I’d be refreshed
I should know by now it’s never as easy as that
Under the gun and over my head,
I get reminders for the birthdays of my dead friends,
like a digital urn
Self-care only stretches so far
as a dollar in America
I wash my face with the good shit as the house burns to the ground
You can get some peace and quiet, I don’t think I buy it
No such thing as peace and quiet, I don’t think I buy it, I know
I thought the whole point of this was to relax
I wanted to disengage for a little while
I thought at the end of it I’d be refreshed
But I should know by now it’s never as easy as that
It’s never as easy as that.
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Long Relief Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh rolling rock.
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