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Gateway City Serenade
02:49
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Gateway City Serenade:
Remember when we crept and crawled through the dark?
We stumbled to the loop and took shots in forest park
It seems like it's been so damn long
Since we drank Jameson and sang our favorite songs
To a silent city
I'll sing another gateway city serenade tonight
In the hopes that it might get me somewhere else
I've sang this same song one too many times
It's safe to say I'm on the verge of giving up
Lay me down tonight in the gateway to the west
The cracks in the sidewalks hold our history
I'd rather drown in the deep of the Mississippi
Than to leave this last song unsung
I'll sing another gateway city serenade tonight
In the hopes that it might get me somewhere else
I've sang this same song one too many times
It's safe to say I'm on the verge of giving up
We'd try to count the stars every single night
As we walked up and down Washington Avenue
But the glow of the streetlights and neon signs
Was always blocking our view
I'll sing another gateway city serenade tonight
In the hopes that it might get me somewhere else
I've sang this same song one too many times
It's safe to say I'm on the verge of giving up
I'll sing another gateway city serenade tonight
In the hopes that it might get me somewhere else
I've sang this same song one too many times
It's safe to say I'm on the verge of giving up
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2. |
Times Infinity
03:39
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Leaving town's not as easy as it used to be
When we were 17
Cuz moving now, comes with responsibility
Or that's what they want you think
And I know we're at each others throats
And I know we've been selling each other lies
If there's a moral to this story
It's that we're traitors in disguise
To our own lives
To see you crash and burn like this
Is something I'll never forget
Becoming useless and complacent
Is something I'll always regret
And I know it's the same sad story
And I know I've told it a million times
But when you grow up boring and lonely
It's all you can do to survive
Maybe someday when I'm older
I'll be standing on the corner
With a backpack waving my hand
Maybe then you'll pick me up
We'll talk about how we've had enough
And we'll realize that we can...
And I know we're at each others throats
And I know we've been selling each other lies
If there's a moral to this story
It's that we're traitors in disguise
To our own lives
Leaving town's not as easy as it used to be
When we were 17
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Egotistical Drowning
02:13
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I'm plotting again
Of course I'm three sheets to the wind
I'm out cold again
Asking myself "Where have you been?"
I'm outside again
It's cold and I'm yelling "Let me in"
It's smoky and dim
We've got no room for error or sin
Outsmarted again
Murky water but I dive right in
Outspoken again
No remorse or regret til the end
Godless again
Your thoughts and prayers
They lend me no hand
The storm's moving in
For an egotistical drowning
I just got your message,
Can't you see the SOS?
The ship has run aground.
My hands are tied and bound
I just got your message
Can't you see the discontent?
The ship has run aground
My hands are tied and bound
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Set Sail
03:30
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Oh captain, my captain we lived to seize the day
We were drunk at sea when we made a wrong turn
Oh captain, my captain it looks like trecherous waters
We'll die at sea but we have an eternity to burn
So follow me down tonight, we'll sink with this ship
We set sail looking for something we knew we'd never find
This is how we lived, so this is the only way to die.
Oh captain, my captain we lived to seize the day
We were drunk at sea when we made a wrong turn
Oh captain, my captain it looks like trecherous waters
We'll die at sea but we have an eternity to burn
We'll float with our bottles of beer before we admit defeat
Hell isn't quite the punishment that it used to be
Nothing is as bad as dying just to chase your dreams
Oh captain, my captain we lived to seize the day
We were drunk at sea when we made a wrong turn
Oh captain, my captain it looks like trecherous waters
We'll die at sea but we have an eternity to burn
Promises me my last words won't be in vain
"I died for my sins but I wouldn't change a thing"
Oh captain, my captain we lived to seize the day
We were drunk when we made a wrong turn
Oh captain, my captain we're in trecherous waters
We'll die at sea but we have an eternity to burn
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