1. |
Velcro Heart (2004)
02:01
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If I ever
Got whatever
I could ask for
I'd be clever
I would start
With a velcro heart
All this distance
Makes me crazy
What I need is to
Be with you baby
And all I want
Is a velcro heart
When the changes
Carry me away
A million miles out of view
I'd tear out my heart and send it in a card
So that all my love can stay with you
If you break it
I can take it
Dust it off
And just replace it
All I want
Is a velcro heart
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2. |
Street Lights (2005)
03:08
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Some people fit
Like pieces of puzzles
You and I sit
Through moments of trouble
Trying to figure out how to get
Your arms around my neck
My arms around your middle too
My phone rang - shit!
I was brushing my teeth
I called you back
But you’d gone to sleep
And I will never forget
The way that we connected
On walks in wintery weather
With with our fingers wound together
Who’d have thought that this could sever
Me from you?
Street lights go out
Ya Ya Ya
Street lights go out
They think it’s morning
And I need you like
A prisoner needs bread and water
Ease my hunger, friend
But you need me like
You need a kick in the head
Street lights go out
Ya Ya Ya
Street lights go out
They think I’m mourning too
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3. |
Two Cars (2006)
02:18
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Two cars collide
On the freeway
Head to head
Engine's dead
But I feel fine
She's going west
I'm going east
Doing fifty-five each
In different directions
We made connection
And I feel fine
Not mentally, financially, or physically
But I feel fine
And I'm thinking it's a sign
That the steering wheel is in the back seat
I know that it's not right
No we weren't meant to meet
It wasn't meant to be
So if you drive on the freeway
Buckle up
Watch your stuff and you'll be fine
And if you're losing sleep
Don't you cross that line
Mentally, financially, or physically
And you'll be fine
And I'm thinking it's a sign
That the steering wheel is in the back seat
I know that it's not right
No we weren't meant to meet
It wasn't meant to be
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4. |
Twister (2007)
04:00
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Left foot on blue
All eyes on you
Your hand in mine
Bodies twisted up
As silently a storm brews in your mind
If I stand the weather
Could we stay together for a while?
Travel off the beaten path
Make a face try not to laugh
On our trip to Neverland
Forever young and fast and young
You and I are Peter Pan
If I stand the weather
Could we stay together for a while?
We don't have a name for what this is
'Cause words are weak and rustic
For describing dreams quenched with a kiss
And late-night walks in public places
Holding hands
Run into friends
Who can't quite put their fingers
On our twisted lives
On our twisted minds
Your neck, my lips
My hand, your hips
Your head, my arm
I will keep you safe from all the things inside and out that harm you
If I stand the weather
Could we stay together for a while?
Who'd 've thought that life could be so sweet
Without a box of chocolates?
Running in the rain into the streets
We're crazy kids in college
Plopping on the grass confusing bats with sticks
Until your phone rings
Tell her you're in the shower
Roll on me and laugh about the flowers
Who'd 've thought that life could be so sweet?
We don't have a name for what this is
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When I was young
It seemed to me that
Love’s the only thing that they would sing about
I’m older now
And everytime I write a song
That’s what the thing’s about.
Lay your head
Down on your pillow
Make believe
It’s a marshmallow pie
And have sweet dreams of you and I
Make amends
And love your fellow
Man, everytime I mellow
Watch this weeping willow will a smile
When I dream sweet dreams of you and I
Oh me, a moron
I thought it straight as cupid’s arrow
Had it figured out
It’s so much more
Ups and downs and ins and outs
And faults and doubts
Lay your head
Down on your pillow
Make believe
It’s a marshmallow pie
And have sweet dreams of you and I
Make amends
And love your fellow
Man, everytime I mellow
Watch this weeping willow crack a smile
When I dream sweet dreams of you and I
When I dream sweet dreams of you and I
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6. |
Cake (2009)
03:45
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You say you hunger for a sweeter life and sweeter things
On a quest for flavors and scents to fill your openings
While you're dining out
I'm left here starving
We were in love fit like a glove that warmed my heart and hands
But Mao would stress that one repressed
Should hold her own and stand
This is not a dinner party
The only clever thing to say
While I'm waiting wasting away
Is all you ever wanted to do
Was have your cake and leave it too
And I'm your cake
Don't you think it's time I'm served what I deserve
Of course you're with your first-course friends
And friends come first
And I'm dessert
The only clever thing to say
While I'm waiting wasting away
Is all you ever wanted to do
Was have your cake and leave it too
And I'm your cake
Your heart was young
Your heart was new
Your heart was warm
Your heart was true
Your heart is cold
Your heart is shut
You're hard...your heart...
I filled you up
Now you're full and tired
A day before the feast
And I expired
Your flame went out
And I went up in a fire
The only clever thing to say
While I'm waiting wasting away
Is all you ever wanted to do
Was have your cake and leave it too
And I'm your cake
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7. |
Mesa and Escalona (2013)
03:57
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We met at midnight
At Mesa and Escalona
A different context
Than ever before
I kissed you on the corner
As the stars fell from the sky
You came to my place
To wish on stars some more
The booze told stories
I'd never heard before
I kissed you by the poolside
As the stars fell from the sky
And you said the chills were coming on
And asked if we could go inside
We sat on my couch
And I offered you some water
You looked at me in a way
You'd never looked at me before
I kissed you on the lipstick
As the stars fell from the sky
And you motioned toward the bed
And asked if we could go inside
I said I want to take it slow
You said that you would spend the night
We lay in my bed
Until morning without sleeping
The booze told stories
Of a man who'd come before
I kissed you on the shoulder
As the tears fell from your eyes
And I realized that we were alone
Although we were side by side
And every wish you'd made that night
Was for something that had passed you by
And I kissed you goodbye
When the sun did rise
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8. |
Promises (2014)
05:05
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Why’d I give my heart away again?
Knew right from the start just how it would end
I’m always the friend
But I can pretend
Why’d I give my heart away again?
You told me at the start, you drew a line in the sand
But in comes the wind
And out go our plans
I break the rules I fall for you
With every conversation
And I’ll admit I lost my grit
You broke my concentration
But as for you
You follow through
You keep your promises
You said you’d break my heart and you did
Why’d I give my heart away again?
Nothing much to it, I’m a stupid man
I don’t listen
No I don’t listen
Here’s some truth: I’d sell my shoes
To take you on vacation
And I’m convinced that when we kissed
I felt your leg shaking
But as for you
You follow through
You keep your promises
You said you’d break my heart and you did
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9. |
I Am Who I Am (2015)
02:40
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You and I are inextricably tied
Born from a stone in the lake
I still feel the same six years to the day
When I think of the start of this wave
You sent me a note via telephone
Quote: "You were close as family.
And time heals all may not be true at all.
I thank you for loving me"
I am who I am
Because we loved and then
We parted to go separate ways
You and I are inextricably tied
We come from the same origin
All of the songs, all the things we've done
We understand, we forgive
I'll dream of you, you'll dream of me
But words we'll never exchange
We're people afar and that's all we are
The ripples in water will fade
I am who I am
Because we loved and then
We parted
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10. |
Find Yourself (2017)
05:40
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Start over again
You're not done yet
It's all in your head
The chrysalis of blankets
To answer the call
Is to learn from the lesson
Start over again
It's getting easier
To hold up your flag
When you walk out
You count in your head
The bread unleavened
The bitter refrains
The nights
Etcetera
This heart's not dead
It's laying in waiting
For you to command
Its armies south
You mapped out your plans
Tend to the wounded
With a wave of your hand
The walls come down
You'll find it again when you find yourself
You'll feel it again
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Andrew Bockus is a chemist, runner, and musician based in California.
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