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Awkward Social Graces
03:57
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There’s a lingering remnant of events passed
The regret I feel is genuine
From who we are and how we act
A first & lasting impression
My awkward social graces
are preventing me from getting close to you
and I’m so afraid so I say nothing
There’s a part of me that I cannot face
and it keeps me distant from others
But the safety net and the masks I wear
are becoming more of a burden
My awkward social graces are separating me
Everyone else is fine
Still I’m standing here contemplating my place in life
My awkward social graces
I never get it right
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People I Try To Forget
04:26
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I remember everything like it was yesterday
and the people that we meet standing still in a picture
In a moment of time they come back to life
starting with the words we said, the remarks that we made
and the things that we did burn a hole in my brain
but you just can’t erase that smile on their face
No matter how hard I try
they will still be there in the back of my mind
The people I try to forget
Dwelling on the time and place I first saw you there
and the way that you looked told me that you cared
I couldn’t foresee the ending of things
Distance brought the Great Divide, still I kept in touch
and it was a waste of time, “it’s temporal, just”
But we weren’t o.k.
your lack of communiqué
Still I regret that moment of time you crossed my mind
Now leave me alone, my life was fine without you around
Try to move on, but you’re weighing me down
You are weighing me down, you are weighing me down
When I’m in the brightest place you come back to me
If only as a passing glance, it still is a set-back
I keep getting burned every time you return
The people I try to forget, the people I try to forget
I just can’t seem to forget the people I try to forget
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Light From A Dying Star
04:12
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You said you had nothing left to give
but I know you just said it to retreat
That your love is some flickering filament
that's too tender, so you just admit defeat
Don't you want something beautiful, your body so celestial
Growing dim, going out
The light from a dying star
You had your moment to shine
Don't let your past rule over you
You are brighter than to be filled with regret
if you'd only make connection and let yourself feel
we might form a constellation
Don't you want something beautiful, your body so celestial
Growing dim, going out
The light from a dying star
You had your moment to shine
We had a moment to shine
The distance is killing me gazing up through the telescope
I watch as you fade away (you're making a big mistake)
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Hoarse Child
03:49
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We've given you everything
: the needle & the fear
A global distaste for life
, and all who live within
Oh, hoarse child
you want to make it better
Still you are
uneducated & reeling
Shredding your throat just for a chance at being noticed
Spewing the garbled truth fed by the news of the screws
Combining the old & new from guardian & the modern
into a freakish display of zeal
But do you know what you are saying?
Oh, hoarse child
you're spending your
time & effort
on the things
you don't understand or believe
what's trendy to bitch & bother
something to bark & bay at
Oh, hoarse child
Hybrid evolutionary
Oh, hoarse child
You want to make it better
I want to make you better
Hoarse child
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Shame Shame Shame
03:24
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I thought I would give it one more try
Seems the time was right to give my heart
You fell in love, then you changed your mind
It’s such a shame shame shame
You said you would give it one more try
That you'd give your heart just to find the one
Simply put, you don't know what you want
It's such a shame shame shame
It's darker now, black and blue set in
Vinegar and piss, all the bitterness
I feel consumed who did what to who
Christ, please change my heart
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Hoarse Child (demo)
03:46
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The Enigmatic Foe Knoxville, Tennessee
With sharp lyrics, the playful pop bite of the best of the 70s and 80s, and the kind of self-deprecation usually reserved
for a Woody Allen movie, Jared Colinger's lyrics run the gamut from the joy of new love to disillusionment with the old, from wanting to like yourself to being afraid of what we have in our minds.
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