Linger (cover) <3

if i fall apart i will label the pieces 
box 'em all up, find storage and keys then 
when i get the chance i'll put myself back together
learn from my past so i can build myself better
turned 21 and the world started ending 
everything stopped while my life was beginning
i held my breath maybe three months or so 
learned that the crash beings an undertow 
then i met you
wasnt long before i knew
i could go mad
fighting back tears
 but those dry so why
don't i fight through my fears 
with you here i can breathe again
your love like oxygen 
but its me who holds my breath
bottle of pills in the mail today 
still half a bottle i forgot to take 
i should find me a therapist 
but when i try the problem is
i waste our time 
trying to convince them 
theyve helped even when they havent 
and i fucked up a week ago 
meant to be sober but you know
all of me apologizes the clever side slowly realizes
i could go mad
fighting back tears
but those dry so why
dont i fight through my fears
with you here i can breathe again 
your love like oxygen 
but its me who holds my breathe 
there is a lighthouse in the shallows of my mind 
all of the keepers parts of me i've left behind 
sometimes i fear ill be their sacrifice to the sea
then i see the ghost lights of the ship youve sent for me

lighthouse demo

you held the gurn to my head as you kissed me 
i thought it was fun but the bullet barely missed me 
now that we're done guess hind sight's 20/20 
i know it's dumb thinking back really pisses me off
we were both naive
but anyone could see 
you were wrong
you said that you wouldn't laugh i believed it 
but now that its off of my back youre is heaving 
i shouldve seen despite being so green the wolf underneath 
your sad sullen sheep
i know its not your fault i dont think its mine
i feel like im missing something ill never find
my good days can feel like a trick of the mind
gonna twist my ankle chasing after time 
clean the blood 
stitch her up
punch drunk 
hungry she's had enough 
i don't answer questions 
i just ask the best ones 
been thinking too much about the end of the world 
how i still want a family and which will come first 
wearing a lot more oversized shirts
pointing to the wrong spot when you ask where it hurts 
i know its not your fault i dont think its mine
i feel like im missing something ill never find
my good days can feel like a trick of the mind
gonna twist my ankle chasing after time 
clean the blood 
stitch her up
punch drunk 
hungry she's had enough 
i don't answer questions 
i just ask the best ones 
and i hope its okay if maybe today i dont wait around to hear what you say
for my own sake

Best Ones - Demo

dawn's goodbye made my temperature rise
and the afternoon was flooded
Olympian tears fell down on the earth and 
all i'd done i un-did
i nearly stopped existing then 
and i felt my heart half beating 
roosters crowed like merry-go men; 
passionately fleeting
i know what your looking for but i don't like why 
i know that you followed me i can't be made to lie
summertime typhoon smile i let the levee break 
summertime typhoon smile i let the levee break
and stay a while
time was calcified all at once skeleton clockwork ticking 
disjointed moments fell apart temporal loops were twisting 
the dinner bell beat the mountain side 
with a clear and solid ringing 
valleys trembled and stars they flickered 
but cicadas kept on singing
god don't let me find myself ill jsut lose her again 
god don't let me walk around like nothing even broken 
summertime typhoon smile i let the levee break 
summertime typhoons mile i let the levee break and stay a while

Typhoon Smile - Demo

LYRICS:
I think i accidentally smoked pesticides or pcp 
the year before i left for college 
everything looked like a deep-fried meme
i think somebody laced my weed 
i didn't do it to myself i promise
my mama warned me about little pills 
and older men 
strawberry fields that never end 
she did her time 
somehow escaped that clawing hand 
a strength i'll never understand 
that iron grip can get so tight 
what if i broke this stupid glass over my dumb head?
let all the blood run down my arms til the gardens fed
wait til the flowers bloom in the same place that i bled 
make a bouquet hoping im half as useful when im dead
my hair was blue when i met you 
once purple, pink, even green too
poison dart frog taught me well
playing pretend for 10 
dollars a seat what a small price to meet 
the queen of hell 
springs and caves and muggy weather
things that make me feel im tethered 
as no one else is to their home 
broken needles hummingbird feeder 
elderberry wine by the liter
what if i broke this stupid glass over my dumb head?
let all the blood run down my arms til the gardens fed
wait til the flowers bloom in the same place that i bled 
make a bouquet hoping im half as useful when im dead

Pesticides - Demo

I think i accidentally smoked pesticides or pcpc the year before i left for college 
Everything looked like a deep fried meme I think somebody laced my weed 
I didn’t do it to myself I promise 
My mama warned me about little pills and older men strawberry fields that never end 
She did her time 
Somehow escaped that clawing hand a strength ill never understand that iron grip can get so tight 
What if I broke this stupid glass over my dumb head?
Let all the blood run down my arms til the garden’s fed 
Wait til the flowers bloom in the same place that I bled 
Make a bouquet hoping i’m half as useful when i'm dead
My hair was blue when i met you 
Once purple pink even green too 
Poison dart frog taught me well 
Playing pretend for $10 a seat
What a small price to meet the queen of hell 
Springs and caves and muggy weather 
Things that make me feel i’m tethered 
As no one else is to their home 
Broken needles hummingbird feeders neural pathways over catacombs
What if I broke this stupid glass over my dumb head?
Let all the blood run down my arms til the garden’s fed 
Wait til the flowers bloom in the same place that I bled 
Make a bouquet hoping i’m half as useful when i'm dead
And i didn’t think that i’d find anyone 
With half a brain to think i'm the one 
They’d like to wander home with 
What if I broke this stupid glass over my dumb head?
Let all the blood run down my arms til the garden’s fed 
Wait til the flowers bloom in the same place that I bled 
Make a bouquet hoping i’m half as useful when i'm dead

Pesticides

I think i accidentally smoked pesticides or pcp 
the year before i left for college 
Everything looked like a deep fried meme 
I think somebody laced my weed 
I didn’t do it to myself I promise 
My mama warned me about little pills and older men strawberry fields that never end 
She did her time 
Somehow escaped that clawing hand a strength ill never understand that iron grip can get so tight 
What if I broke this stupid glass over my dumb head?
Let all the blood run down my arms til the garden’s fed 
Wait til the flowers bloom in the same place that I bled 
Make a bouquet hoping i’m half as useful when i'm dead
My hair was blue when i met you 
Once purple pink even green too 
Poison dart frog taught me well 
Playing pretend for $10 a seat
What a small price to meet the queen of hell 
Springs and caves and muggy weather 
Things that make me feel i’m tethered 
As no one else is to their home 
Broken needles hummingbird feeders neural pathways over catacombs
What if I broke this stupid glass over my dumb head?
Let all the blood run down my arms til the garden’s fed 
Wait til the flowers bloom in the same place that I bled 
Make a bouquet hoping i’m half as useful when i'm dead
Oh my love i have done it again 
I have forced you to prove that when 
I fall 
You will catch me 
Shadows in my corner again but right before the dark can win you call 
Out to me 
And i didn’t think that i’d find anyone 
With half a brain to think i'm the one 
They’d like to wander home with 
What if I broke this stupid glass over my dumb head?
Let all the blood run down my arms til the garden’s fed 
Wait til the flowers bloom in the same place that I bled 
Make a bouquet hoping i’m half as useful when i'm dead

Pesticides (Acoustic)

Lyrics:

Honeysuckle barricade 
bare-knuckle palisade
I brought quarters for lunch 
but the arcade sounds like fun 
got a hunch I might break
my high score babe

I'm superstitious but you drink the kool-aid
glass house on a mole hill by the rite-aid
afraid they'll throw their stones?
have you tried dropping yours?

Palm trees and Sycamore leaves
find both along my street but i 
only see the one changing 
though they feel the same breeze
double checking all my blind spots
hoping maybe I'll find the plot 
but i can't shake the feeling I'm not
gonna be what you want

I don't blame the person I tried to be 
I know that she tried her best for me
I don't extend the same grace to current me
pretty mad at that bitch currently

I make mistakes and claim I've learned
then touch the fire like I don't know that it burns

Palm trees and Sycamore leaves
find both along my street but i 
only see the one changing 
though they feel the same breeze
double checking all my blind spots
hoping maybe I'll find the plot 
but i can't shake the feeling I'm not
gonna be what you want

There's an obelisk at the bottom of the lake 
and it's obvious that the fish are all fake 
and they watch us drown as they take their place
like an audience with money to waste
and they throw out a raft just for a laugh
take up the slack before your attached 
throw out a line again lookin' back
just to reel it in again twice as fast
It's not a joke but the punchline guts
what about my suffering's so damn fun?

Palm trees and Sycamore leaves
find both along my street but i 
only see the one changing 
though they feel the same breeze
double checking all my blind spots
hoping maybe I'll find the plot 
but i can't shake the feeling I'm not
gonna be what you want
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sycamore leaves - demo

Lyrics:
I’m afraid if you saw inside my head you would hate it
Facts no one needs and memories of you naked 
Like a really weird exhibit 
Where the art is way to cryptic
You pretend to “get it”, but i know when you’re faking

I don’t want you to cut your hair, I don’t want you to shower 
Au-naturale, hopped up on biblical power
Fate’s rowdiest of takers
You defeat the old kingslayer
Prophecy baby born for the fall of the tower

You held my youth inside your mouth like a dog would
Carry an egg; delicately as his jaw could 
I used to get by with liquor
And you loved those cowboy killers
We’d warm each other that the other’s vice 
Would catch up quicker

Used to find it funny that I didn’t have a plan
Thought it made me quirky just like Leonard’s sweet Suzanne 
Then you stuck around ‘til I could finally understand:
I’m just in it for myself unless I take help where I can 
So we can hang a little bit longer

Didn’t know when your walls fall down it’s like leaving the ice age
Melts snow and the softer ground means you can grow your own sage 
Charcoal and ochre visions 
Now technicolor brilliance 
Bottom falls out sometimes so you can see the birdcage

Used to watch the water rise until you found the leak 
Sorta caught me by surprise but it was just instinct 
Like the way your body jolts as we try to fall asleep 
What are you fighting off so I can count my sheep? 

Used to find it funny that I didn’t have a plan
Thought it made me quirky just like Leonard’s sweet Suzanne 
Then you stuck around ‘til I could finally understand:
I’m just in it for myself unless I take help where I can 
So we can hang a little bit longer

We cut our teeth on bitter things
learned to bit the hand that feeds
cower when it starts to bleed
But your veins were pure cane sugar sweet 

Used to find it funny that I didn’t have a plan
Thought it made me quirky just like Leonard’s sweet Suzanne 
Then you stuck around ‘til I could finally understand:
I’m just in it for myself unless I take help where I can 
So we can hang a little bit longer
a little bit longer
a little bit longer
a little bit longer

Little Bit Longer

Root Rot Lyrics:

I know the train doesn't run for me
So i see it come and i watch it leave 
I used to try to catch a ride but i’d
Always find myself left behind

Would you please leave a light on
Always lose my way home
White flag in the front yard 
Cuz you know that i know what i know 

Maybe I’ll be Clean tonight
Make me worthy in your eyes 
Proctor your sharp hands
Are not an honest man’s 
But shadows need a little light

I’ll meet the flames, you greet the gallows
I’ll take the blame you remain hallowed
It’s an easy game 
when you’ve been raised on shame
Watching the rain deepen the shallows

They don’t believe me
They don’t need me 
I’m like Some patient zero
Killed the hero In your eyes
You can’t spot root rot right away
Some plants will fruit like they're ok
But the seeds have all gone sallow

Maybe I’ll be Clean tonight
Make me worthy in your eyes 
Proctor your sharp hands
Are not an honest man’s 
But shadows need a little light

Eat up some lies
Spit out some fear
Why act surprised
When you brought us here
Smoke in my eyes
Cries in my ears 
Try cutting lines
But our connection is clear

Maybe I’ll be Clean tonight
Make me worthy in your eyes 
Proctor your sharp hands
Are not an honest man’s 
But shadows need a little light

shadows need a little light

shadows need a little light

capo on the second fret, G A E chords
bridge is just A and G the you return to E while holding out “clear”
i usually play it with a barred G as well

Root Rot (bedroom take)

Wrote this one partially in california, partially in arkansas

Sycamore Leaves

I know the train doesn't run for me
So i see it come and i watch it leave 
I used to try to catch a ride but i’d
Always find myself left behind
Would you please leave a light on
Always lose my way home
White flag in the front yard 
Cuz you know that i know what i know 

Maybe I’ll be Clean tonight
Make me worthy in your eyes 
Proctor your sharp hands
Are not an honest man’s 
But shadows need a little light

I’ll meet the flames, you greet the gallows
I’ll take the blame you remain hallowed
It’s an easy game 
when you’ve been raised on shame
Watching the rain deepen the shallows
They don’t believe me
They don’t need me 
I’m like Some patient zero
Killed the hero In your eyes
You can’t spot root rot right away
Some plants will fruit like they're ok
But the seeds have all gone sallow

Maybe I’ll be Clean tonight
Make me worthy in your eyes 
Proctor your sharp hands
Are not an honest man’s 
But shadows need a little light

Eat up some lies
Spit out some fear
Why act surprised
When you brought us here
Smoke in my eyes
Cries in my ears 
Try cutting lines
But our connection is clear
Maybe I’ll be Clean tonight
Make me worthy in your eyes 
Proctor your sharp hands
Are not an honest man’s 
But shadows need a little light
Shadows need a little light
Shadows need a little light


Root Rot

Lost my teeth in my sleep last night
They fell out of my mouth and right in my lap
Where they turned into little white rats
Then to salt when they tried looking back
Framed for crimes I did not commit
Confidence in my own defense 
Somes to pass
When i hear everyone start to laugh
Looking down and I’m naked in class 

You’ve been giving 
Stressful visions
Tee me up and
Swing the bat
Call it a game to
Shake the blame but i
Bet the mouse heard that 
From the cat

I think I might be
Lucid again
Maybe I’m finally 
Losing it
Feel realty 
Loosen her grip 

Itty bitty taxi
Middle of the backseat 
Menage a trois with Mulder and Scully
She thought I was hot 
He said I was funny
The car stopped and we clamoured apart to get out
Where they melted to puddles that formed in the ground
 Went over and bent down
Gasped a ripple with the sound
When to my surprise a clown
Was looking back wearin’ my frown

You’ve been giving 
Stressful visions
Tee me up and
Swing the bat
Call it a game to
Shake the blame but i
Bet the mouse heard that 
From the cat

I think I might be
Lucid again
Maybe I’m finally 
Losing it
Feel realty 
Loosen her grip 

Did you get the big catch?
Did I serve as good bait?
If it’s not worth your time why dd  have to wait
Funny how little things pile up in big stacks
But i guess truth wll shed when you twist up the facts

Water under the bridge
What if I just dive in
Turn up stream and start to swim
Like a fish
Hook in lip

I think I might be
Lucid again
Maybe I’m finally 
Losing it
Feel realty 
Loosen her grip  


Lucid

i remember leaving eden 
i remember waking up 
didn't know that i'd been sleeping 
wish my eyes 
had just stayed shut 
i remember leaving eden 
seemed like no one even cared 
yes i laughed didn't mean it 
can you feel it 
keep the conversation heated 
need the fire 
just to feed it 
i know i'm an addict 
cuz i can't break the habit 
all the want but can't have it  
no need to practice my dogmatic reaction 
i'm observing the hat trick 
study hard try to cast it 
yanked by my ears by my luck just a fuck 
tragically born in the year of the rabbit 

i don't cut often but when i do 
it's sharp 
beware of dog not for the bite my dear 
but for the bite 
started the new year one week sober 
thought that'd be something maybe i'd wait on til i was older
my mother's friends always said 
i was so mature 
i had potential then but now 
i'm not so sure 

Take it back the way you gave it
Quietly and nearly craving
I am not your keeper, might
We reminisce without a 
Fight
Walk around like i don’t foster
Memories where you’re a monster
Crawl back at the crack of dawn like
I'm supposed to forget it all
Let you say sorry and move on
Safety net made of red chiffon
Spare the deer just to kill the fawn

i don't cut often but when i do 
it's sharp 
beware of dog not for the bite my dear 
but for the bite 
started the new year one week sober 
thought that'd be something maybe i'd wait on til i was older
my mother's friends always said 
i was so mature 
i had potential then but now 
i'm not so sure 

i think our kid could be 
the first president 
with a tattoo sleeve
and their way of giving 
bad news would be 
with a sick skateboard trick 
as they sing:
I know youre worried 
i feel youre pain
but when all is said and done 
i won't be the one 
who was playing games (x3)
I don’t cut often but when i do
It’s sharp
Beware of dog not for the bite my dear
But for the Bark
I know you’re worried 
I feel your pain 
And when all is said and done
I won’t be the one
Who was playing games



Hat Trick

met up with death for a drink last night
didn’t expect her to ask 
she she needed a friend and i 
am one of few with whom 
she has a past 
i reminded her i don’t drive
can’t drink anymore 
she said she doesn’t mind 
that she’ll sip if i pour 
she picks me up at seven 
and we fly east past heaven 

life is hard 
death is endless 
so show your cards 
and burn your witness 
she says 
i don’t know how to say goodbye 
if i’ve said it once i’ve said it three times 
i don’t always means to play nice but autopilot likes a smooth ride 
i’ve just got too much on my mind 
but ask me what and everything’s wiped 
nothing’s wrong but nothing feels right
like when a dogs got a human look in its eye 

she knew how to navigate the maze round
to the gates of hell how 
about a night on the town she asked
i got lost and heard her turn back to shout 
so i said go in without me 
i’ll find my way down 
turned around and found i wasn’t alone
there was fausts extended hand with a rose
claimed there were things that only he knows 
but he could show me the ropes 
i said i’m fine on my own
black flame burned bright in his eyes 
dancing light that could hypnotize 
just before i could call her name 
she was there behind him already saying 

life is hard 
death is endless 
so show your cards 
and burn your witness 
she says 
i don’t know how to say goodbye 
if i’ve said it once i’ve said it three times 
i don’t always means to play nice but autopilot likes a smooth ride 
i’ve just got too much on my mind 
but ask me what and everything’s wiped 
nothings wrong but nothing feels right
like when a dogs got a human look in its eye 


Moselle

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