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At night
I can see everything
At night
I can see everything right
A sudden rift
We held our breaths
A permanence
When I enter the room
At night
I can see everything right
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First Avenue
04:03
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A drive down first avenue
The fourth of July
I passed through all nonchalant
I waved hi, goodbye
A drive through midwesternville
The heat stung my eyes
I passed through so I could be a city kid
You waved hi, goodbye
Two years can pass too quickly
When you’re focused on escaping
You showed me where you started
And how the neighborhood has changed for worse
I want to have time
I want to be oblivious
My thoughts were my own
My thoughts are still stuck on you
A drive toward the golden state
We took our sweet time
We stopped for the Dalton Gang
Same way you described
A week can pass too quickly
When you are forward thinking
I was full of big ideas
I was a vegetarian
I want to be there
I want to be oblivious
Your hand on my back
A milkshake in front of me
I swear we had time
I think I’m obsessed with that
But I’ll figure it out
And live to live up to you
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Weekend
04:52
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I was an author
With my camera
And we were true stars
From our living room seats
I was run over
In the last act
We had motivation
And a warning
Like it or not
We drove and got caught
It was worth it, now we have a masterpiece
We broke all the rules
In the swimming pool
Say sorry later, now we hold our holy grail
A childhood blame
You dismissed all our shame
I was hoping we could go get ice cream
An Illinois night
On a summertime high
We were waiting months for the weekend
I didn’t tan well
Had your Swedish blood and worldview
We ate in the AC
Stayed away from sun-drenched chlorine
And I was run over
But we had a warning
My Midwestern charm
It got me this far
Now I’m waking up, and it’s a real world
I guess that’s the way
Things turn out to be
But I was hoping we could keep the weekends
I think we’re okay
Move ahead our same way
There are goals and plans to keep our minds on
Take it in stride
We live and we die
Now I’m swimming faster toward the deep end
I’m swimming faster toward the deep end
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Holiday
04:18
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This year I’m thankful for
What I do not know
I keep my boxes checked
And I’ll come visit when convenient
We have our holiday
Where tradition rules, I’m home from school
We’ll pick a movie out, drive an hour west
Smuggle candy in
This year I’m thankful for
What I haven’t seen
I woke up terrified
When I saw you ring
I’ll hold onto you now like I never have
Heading to a part of town I’ve never been
I love my mother
I love my father
What will come after
When we are older
I won’t think further
Than two years later
I block out cycles
And all the unknowns
You can’t be gone yet
You don’t know my kid
Will you remember me
As someone worth remembering
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Illinois
03:41
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I had a mind
Past county lines
Lost sense of time
At the edge of progress
Ran for the trees
Cop came for me
88 east
You were always waiting
I had a mind
Past county lines
Lost sense of time
Midwestern life (Goodbye TMI)
I flew my plane (We waited on the outside)
I found my eggs (Goodbye TMI)
Counted my teeth (New chapter of your new life)
Can’t find you lately
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October 94
07:15
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Nostalgia is lonely
Obstructive, controlling
We’ll travel, we’ll make it
Return to the basement
October, the king of the class
Fighting school punks with bare hands
Bowl cut and brand new sweatpants
I was just starting
Nostalgia is faulty
Romantic, easy
I was taught to be something
But peaked in the 90s
October, we took to the streets
Pillowcase ripped at the seams
The neighborhood stayed up all night
We all survived it
My family tree was intact
But after all that, what is left
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Manistique
03:40
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Summer days
Old light
There’s a ghost
Upper Peninsula
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Tomorrow
04:09
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Guys, let’s go out fishing
Let’s reel em in the boat
Stay out on the water
All day and bring em home
I’m old enough to hook the
Worm all by myself
Don’t wanna dirty my hands
So dad please help me out
Guys let’s go out fishing
Let’s borrow this guy’s boat
Where the hell did he go?
Roamed off in the dark with a beer
Guys let’s go out fishing
Try not to sink the boat
I’m wearing my best plaid shirt
And I’m gonna wear it again
Tomorrow
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Visiting
07:52
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The weight shifted when I walked out
To you, I should have been in that room
I’m scared
The scar you left will fade soon
It’s not fair
I think about us last June
When the road took us water side
My doubts, are something I believe in
I heard, I was somebody you trusted
I get mad
They say it’s part of a plan
It’s not mine
What good is holding up light
To a depth we can’t understand
I write
And sing so I won’t lose you
But there’s more
Than rerunning the ending
Making goals for the afterlife
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