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I gave myself a talking to
I made myself just follow through.
I tried.

I gave myself to you,
And you?
You gave yourself to me.

How beautifully controlled
How beautifully

Control yourself and read straight through,
you'll never find an answer through
your doubt.

I cleaned my mind for you.
And you?
You cleaned your mind for me.

How beautifully we danced
How beautifully

You danced the whole god damn night through
I watched this while I worshiped you,
I cried.

I shed a tear for you.
And you?
You shed a tear for me.

How beautifully we wept.
How beautifully

We wept, we wept, 'til we made ourselves rivers of salt
I'm trying my best to not say it's my fault.
I will give you the things that I promised
when I was still sober, when you were still honest.

And I am not dying to live, I'm living to die.
I gave aging backwards a terrible try,
now I'm rolling real fast right over the hill.
If the past is behind me, then why do I feel
the things that I felt when I was just 22?
So many memories that belong to you,
like tattoos they will linger and will not remove.
I am tired of watching a life I once knew.

I'm tired....

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from How To Combust Your Life, released January 8, 2013

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I think, all things considered, the songs I write are much more listenable than the songs I don't write.

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