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Why wasn’t it simple
Girl you left a hole in my heart like a dimple
I could never question your love what an insult
I would never question your love with an insult
I don’t know what you’ve been up to
And when I try to ask you want an apology
I don’t know what you’ve been up to
And when I try to ask you want an apology
Why wasn’t it simple
Girl you left a hole in my heart like a dimple
I could never question your love what an insult
I would never question your love with an insult
I don’t know what you’ve been up to
And I when I tried to ask you wanted an a-
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zoey (feb. 3)
01:35
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Orange juice and magazines
The radio was our favorite thing
We waited every day for lunch to come
We sat by side and said that we would make the best of things
Make the best of things
We don't sing in the zoo
Said from me to you
And it became it a mantra
We don't sing in the zoo
We don't sing in the zoo
We did it all
Because we chose to
Me and you
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Wolves (Out of my Head)
03:47
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Forces awaken
Lies, hyphens
1, 2, 3
Say it with me now:
Out of my head
Out of my head
Out of my head
Out of my head
Out of my head
Get out of my head
If you figure it out
And let me know
I don't like how you showed your face to me
It makes me feel like there's something
That's right behind me
Out of my head
Out of my head
Out of my head
Out of my head
Out of my head
Out of my head
It's right behind me-
Out of my head
Out of my head
Out of my head
Out of my head
Out of my head
Get out of my head
Out of my head
Out of my head
out of my head
Out of my head
Out of my head
Get out of my head
If you-
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50 cents on myyyy head
00:57
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They all say
"Doesn't even know it"
And I didn't have faith
That's when I'm in trouble
And I feel this this way
Feel as you know
But I don't say, "didn't even know her" and a
50 cents on my head
That's when I didn't have sense
That's right, I didn't even know it and a
Half-pint, tapped in the shoulder and I
Picked up my head
That's right, my head
That's on my head
That's all my head
Half-pint
Didn't even show it
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Hold up operator
Is it too late to connect
I got shawty back at home and I need to call collect
You see I moved into the city
And I made a big mess
Now I'm living at the station
Can't afford a ticket,
Back home
But my baby stay by my side
Even tho I'm a wild one
I move around cause I hate to sit still
But she always lets me come back home
When I'm down
When I'm out when I'm lonely
When I'm down when I'm out when I'm lonely
When I need a warm heart to console me
When I'm down when I'm out when I'm down when I'm out
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Down down down, down down we go and a
Down downtown, downtown we go and a
Down down down
Before the doors close
Down down down, down down we go
Down down down, down down we go and a
Down downtown, downtown we go and a
Down down down
Before the doors close
Down down down, down down we go
Jackson, Grand, Lake, and Monroe
Harrison, Roosevelt, Chicago,
Garfield, Wilson, Belmont, Fullerton,
Thorndale, Bryn Mawr, Clark & Division,
Berwyn, Argyle, Morse and Sheridan,
Jarvis, Howard, North & Clybourn,
Granville, Lawrence and Dan Ryan,
95th, 87th, 79th, 69th, 63rd, 47th, 35th, Chinatown
Down down down, down down we go and a
Down downtown, downtown we go and a
Down down down
Before the doors close
Down down down, down down we go
Down down we go
Down down we go
Down down we go
Downtown we go
Downtown we go
Downtown we go
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Well it's 10:53
Won't you look at me before I have to take the train out of town
I didn't want it to be this way
But you left it all around
How many guitars equal a father,
How many goodbyes equal a mother?
That's what I wanted but I never even got enough
And I sit in the spot where I burned to the ground
Had my heart on the sound of the mix
Did you hear this new mix?
But it burned to the ground
And I saw the flower where I collapsed on the ground
It was purple
I don't know if that's important
But it seemed like it was important at the time
And that's why I sit by the side
But I can't get high
'Cause last time, I got too high and touched the sky
I don't eat pasta anymore
Can't tell you why
Makes me feel sad and bloated
Like I could cry
There's things that I don't say but I want to
There's people I could've been but I forgot to
That's what I thought
But I could never do that to you again
Do that to you my friend
And I could've been a better friend
And I could've been a better beginning, beginning to end
And why do I care what it looks like
As long as it's forward and not backwards and not back in the backwards Of the back of the front of the back of the backwards place
As long as I'm not charging crystals and drawing shit on my face
I call that progress
And I remember the time
When I sat in armchair all day
Because I thought I could travel through time
And everybody who passed on the sidewalk was a relative of mine
And I was looking back from the future
Looking at these grandchildren of mine
Me and my dog
Me and my dog
Waiting for the world to end, end
Me and this time
Me and this wine
That I should not be having
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Tiptoe
03:17
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I was on the road
Didn't have to go
That's what they told me before
And you were my friend
I saw you running
Running from the store
Did I have to be the one you had to choose?
But that's ok
I will remember this time we had
And I will be better for it
Better for it
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Here we are again
The show's about to start
You've seen it all before
And that's the hardest part
Here we are again
The show's about to start
You've seen it all before
And that's the hardest
Hardest part
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Groove ft. Hollywoodroze
03:17
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I know what it is
I've seen it before
I don't ever quit
I don't shut the door
I don't need to know
What I need to see
I just have to feel
I just have to believe
Believe
If you call it quits
If you call it quits on me
I will make you bleed
I didn't come around to mess about
I needed a reprieve
I needed to believe
I needed to believe
And when the lights go down
When it all goes dark
Will you still be standing next to me?
When it’s dark outside
Is when I feel alive
I see the hurt in your eyes
Lets make it different this time
It’s up to you to decide
Are you willing to try
Let’s commit suicide
Now you feeling surprised
You know this feeling is right
When I’m with you it’s alright
I think it’s all in my mind
& you were so hard to find
And now I’m feeling alive
Like opt in his prime
No need to transform Her
She got it all and hurts
She got it all plus the worth
I think my heart needs a nurse
I put my love in a verse
I put my love in the dirt
I think it must be the percs
Can’t get my feelings to work
I want my exes to hurt
She wants a change to occur
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crumble
02:12
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So I am here now
And I can't look
I live in fear now
I can't read the book
And the weight of it all
Flying, flying in focus
Makes it revolve
Makes you a promise
I will get better
I will stand tall
I will work harder
I'll move past it all
I will be fast
I will be free
You'll look at me, you'll see what you see
And the weight of it all
Flying, flying in focus
Makes it revolve
Makes you a promise:
I will get better
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Thursday @ 11:13pm
01:21
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I Thought You Were Dead
01:19
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"Come with me Titi, I want a snack. Come with me."
"Yes, I'm fine! A snack? Wow, you're using me. I have nuts."
"Oh I'm always down for nuts. Are they salted?"
"No, but you can add salt, bitch."
If I was wrong, then tell me again
If I was wrong, you wouldn't be my friend
You don't even know what you did on that day
You don't even know what
And I say what I meant
And I do
And I do
And I do
I don't even think about it anymore but you keep
You keep on going
You
Keep
On
Going
If I was wrong, you say it to my face
If I was worthless, then show me who has my place
And I'll tell you if they deserve it
You fuckin' bitch
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Daughter
02:20
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There was a day that I was your daughter
There was a day that I had a father
This isn't my winning year,
This isn't my lucky number
I've shed my final tear and I won't shed another
'Cause there was a day that I had a father
There was a day that I was your daughter but-
This's not my winning year,
It's not my lucky number
I've shed my final tear and I won't shed another
And it's just me, my mom, my sister, and our dog
I am out of
Out of options
No more surprises
Oh 'cause it's not my lucky year,
It's not my winning number
I've shed my final tear and I won't shed another
Not anymore
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Memory Folds
04:14
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Fine tuned like wound
Oh the light, it gets me
It gets me
Harsh angles to swoon
With the rind, the grapefruit pith
I love the burnt cocoa smells
Seeping through my streets
Coaxing me to breathe deep
When words give you chills the world stands a little more still
I can see in in a freeze frame
Far from bus stops and blame
We are all the same
We are all the same
Oh I don't know if i belong in Chicago
But I know it resides in my bones
In my bones in my bones in my bones
My memory folds
My memory folds
My memory folds
Memory folds
My memory folds in on itself
On itself
Oh my my memory folds
Memory folds
My memory folds in on itself
On itself
Like an Ikea shelf
'Cause i'm fine-tuned like a wound
Oh the light
It gets me
The burnt cocoa smells seeping through my streets
They get me
Oh they get me
Oh that grapefruit rind, that kinda light
It gets me
Oh it gets it me
The people on my street, people that i meet, they get me
Oh they get me
It resides in my bones
In my bones
It resides in my bones
In my bones
In my bones
It resides in my bones
In my bones
In my bones
It resides in my bones
In my bones
In my bones
It resides in my bones
In my bones
In my bones
It resides in my bones
In my bones
In my bones
It resides in my bones
In my bones
In my bones
It resides in my
It resides in my
It resides in my
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Well, Stop.
01:17
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PeeWee ft. Hollywoodroze
03:49
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Red light on trick gum and fake ears
You were with me til you disappeared
Vintage cereal in fresh milk
Puerto Rican blankets with the holes so we don’t wilt
In the fire pit
Breadfruit, treasure hunts
Lost in the thick of it
Foliage and red clay abound
Can't see but for the jungle's sound
A curtain right in front of me
Of fresh rain, deep black, and the lone coqui
Painted driftwood and bargain mahi-mahi
Beyond old Mocha's pull
The scruffy dogs say they know you well
And showering outside all by yourself
Counting love bugs as we fell asleep
A salty Rottweiler on the beach
And under the eaves
Of the restaurant we are catching cucumbers in the sea
Hacking at the coffee leaves
Exploring as we pleased
Our rope bracelets with tiny Mary beads
We needed nothing
And that's all that you need
Listening to the rain in the trees
Riding slippers in from the best dream
Beyond old Mocha's pull
The scruffy dogs say they know you well
And showering outside all by yourself
Counting love bugs as we fell asleep
A salty Rottweiler on the beach
And under the eaves of the restaurant
We are catching cucumbers in the sea
Hacking at the coffee leaves
Exploring as we pleased
Our rope bracelets with tiny Mary beads
My dreams consist of you
I don’t know what I’m gonna do
If you pressure me about the truth
I don't know which lie I’m running to
We so far away in the same room
If we talking phases girl I want the honey moon
But I’m in solitude
So let’s rendezvous
I want the best for you
Only the best for you
It’s not me yea it’s cool
It’s not me yea it’s true
All we have is one short life time
I just want you to be my lifeline
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(made for nothing)
01:45
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In my house there is a question
A question of chance
In my house there is no answer to this question
And in my life
I fall
So many times
And you
You have have my choice
I didn't know
That I
That I was made
Made for
Made for
Made for nothing
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Swellshark Atlanta, Georgia
An electric ukulele-shredding, beatbox-looping, and occasionally harmonica-wielding band, formed by Henry Kellam + Shélan O'Keefe.
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It's the Ones Who've Cracked That the Light Shines Through (2003)
by Jeffrey Lewis
One of bebe Shélan's favorite albums, and a huge influence on their songwriting. Arrow still gives them shivers.
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We got to see Moon Kissed live here in Atlanta over the winter and were completely enthralled. Go see them perform if you can!
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