I Need A Sure Thing

You are a razor blade
You are precision-cut
You are a stare sharp as the tack in my eye?
At rest in my veins
[Your pulse in my neck?]
As sharp-edged as questions the time I have left
And so you are on my mind.
I need a burning stake
I need a piercing dart
I need something as hot as it is sharp
And I need to bleed
I need to burn
I need a sure thing
I need a sure thing
And you are a mystery to me
You are a paper bird
Folded and folded and creased
And bent and shaped from a five dollar bill
It's priceless to me
And never spent

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For You To Notice

Im starting to fashion an idea in my head
where i would impress you with every single word i said. Would come out insightful or brave or smooth or charming
and you'd want to call me and i'll be there every time you need me.
I'll be there every time...but for now i'll look so longingly,
waiting for you to want me, for you to need me, for you to notice me.
im starting to fashion an idea in my head
where i would impress u, with every single word i said
i would come out insightful or brave or smooth or charming
and you'd want to call me....
and i'll be there every time, you need me. I'll be there everytime
but for now ill look so longingly.. waiting waiting...
for to want me for u to need me for u notice, please notice me

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Saints & Sailors

This is where I say Ive had enough
And no one should ever feel the way that I feel now.
A walking open wound,
A trophy display of bruises
And I dont believe that Im getting any better.
Waiting here with hopes the phone will ring
And Im thinking awful things
And Im pretty sure that few would notice.
And this apartment
Is starving for an argument.
Anything at all to break the silence.
Wandering the house
Like Ive never wanted out
And this is about as social as I get now.
And Im throwing away the letters that I am writing you
cause they would never do,
I would never do.
So dont be a liar,
Dont say that everythings working
When everythings broken.

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Saints And Sailiors

This is where I say
I've had enough
And no one should ever feel
The way that I feel now.
A walking open wound,
A trophy display of bruises
And I don't believe
That I'm getting any better.
Waiting here with
Hopes the phone will ring
And I'm thinking awful things
And I'm pretty sure
That few would notice.
And this apartment
Is starving for an argument.
Anything at all to break the Silence.
Wandering the house
Like I've never wanted out
And this is about
As social as I get now.

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Anyone. Anyone?

I'm not sure of anyone (anyone)
But I've got plans
I'm not asking for everything
But sure I could use a hand
Get a little anxious sometimes
You'll be gone and I'll be left behind
Get a little nevous sometimes
It'll be my cue and I'll forget my lines
Get a little lost look and some staring from the corner of my eye
Never really mastered disinterest
I can't see how the way that you leave me alone makes us close
I must be out of touch
I won't ask you to give up on the things that seem to keep you gone
But I can be gone too
Feel a little sorry sometimes
You're not here when I am writing
Feels a little awkward sometimes
You won't talk but we're not fighting
You hold on to your secrets and I'm not privy to what is on your mind
And I can't help but feel tired

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Several Ways To Die Trying

Pacific sun,
You should have warned us it gets so cold here
And the night can freeze before you set a fire
And our flares go unnoticed, diminished
Faded just as soon as they are fired
We are, we are, intrigued
We are, we are, invisible
Oh how we shouted, how we screamed
Take notice, take interest, take me with you
When all our fears fall on deaf ears tonight
They're burning the roads they built to lead us to the light
And blinding our hearts with their shining lies
We're closing our caskets, cold and tight
But I'm dying to live.....
Pacific sun,
You should have warned us these heights are dizzying
And the climb can kill you long before the fall
And our trails go unmarked and unmapped and...
Covered just as soon as they are crossed
We are, we are, intriguing

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This Old Wound

I've been bleeding well from this old wound,
Cleaning it with salt, so it will still feel new.
Sometimes eyes turn black, and sometimes scars are tracks.
But everytime you're gone,
I wish that you'd come back.
And everyone watched me waste myself,
and everyone cheared at last.
And all of them found it comforting.
It's better it's me, then them.
I think I'm doing well from what they say,
They've taken both my belts
And shoelaces away.
But I believe in luck...
I think I do.
Well I believe for sure,
If ever I see you.
've been fanning flames from these old coals.
Feeding them with tender, and hoping they will grow.
And I've been savoring what I can't hold.
A blind belief in goodness

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Carve Your Heart Out

Carve your heart out yourself
Hopelessness is your cell
Since you've drawn out these lines
Are you protected from trying times?
Man, It takes a silly girl to lie about the dreams she has
Lord, it takes a lonely one to wish that she had never dreamt at all
Oh look now
There you go with hope again
Oh you're so sure
I'll be leaving in the end
Dig your ditch deep enough
To keep you clear of the sun
You've been burned more than once
You don't think much of trust
Man, It takes a silly girl to lie about the dreams she has
Lord, it takes a lonely one to wish that she had never dreamt at all
Oh look now
There you go with hope again
Well I'll be sure your secret's safe with me
Oh you're so sure

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Ender Will Save Us All

It's just like you to contest
you wear it like a label on your breast
don't you see what this takes of me?
A certain callousness complies
with your charm and in your pride
a hopeful look draped in despise.

I want to give you
whatever you need.
What is it you need?
Is it what I need?
I want to give you
whatever you need.
What is is you need?
Is it within me?

It's hard to explain how I am getting by
on so little from you.
It's hard to believe that I would let myself
get so wrapped in you.

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Not So Easy (hidden Track)

Save up until you've had it.
The offer's come but you won't go on
Brought down
with the force of nature
breathing off my lungs
it's not easy to like it (it's not easy to like it)
it's not easy at all (it's not easy at all)
it's not easy to like it at all
fill up to the limit
winter's come with her appetite
money clips equipped with paper
buckets brimming and tied
it's not easy to like it (it's not easy to like it)
it's not easy at all (it's not easy at all)
it's not easy to like it at all
it's not easy to like it (it's not easy to like it)
it's not easy at all (it's not easy at all)
it's not easy to like it at all
breathing off of my lung
when you breathe off of my lung

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