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Comfortable
03:05
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There’s a curve-billed thrasher that lives behind my house
And the little-r birds follow her around
There’s a Tesla with vanity plates driving up my street
The driver and I will probably never meet
Counting down the days again
Counting up the ways that we are comfortable
We’re so comfortable
We’re so comfortable
We’re so comfortable
Went on your roof to watch the sun go down
Talking about how you’re thinking of leaving town
Got a passion that makes you enough to eat
If it was different you’d be outside in the middle of the week
Counting down the days again
Counting up the ways that we are comfortable
We’re so comfortable
We’re so comfortable
We’re so comfortable
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2. |
Swimming
04:04
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Approach everything with logic
Getting together to indulge in gossip
Testing my limits I wanna scream
Is what you’re saying really meant for me?
Reading too much into things
Sometimes it’s rigid but I’m feeling seen
Met your eyes and I was beaming
Friend love is the real thing
Next time think before you act, I know
Heart always takes the mind off track, I know
But I was having dreams we were swimming
Yeah I was having dreams we were swimming
In my room we were being honest
Traded an unspoken promise
Sometimes it feels so easy
Wanna feel you next to me
When we see eye to eye
The lonely space we occupy
Tell me you don’t have a plan
Living the life of a modern man
Floating in ambiguity, I know
Sunsick and needing time to breathe, I know
But I was having dreams we were swimming
Yeah I was having dreams we were swimming
Yeah I was having dreams we were swimming
Yeah I was having dreams we were swimming
We were swimming
We were swimming
We were swimming
We were swimming
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3. |
Good
03:40
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Have I always been a fool?
Believed in my own lie
Told myself it didn’t hurt
Told myself that it was fine
The sweetness we exchange
And the tender words we write
Left it for California
Gonna build a whole new life
But this is good, we’re all good
This is good, we’re all good
This is good, we’re all good
Every time I thought
Maybe if I hadn’t cried
Or if something different happened
Would we see another light?
The news took my breath away
Asked what she’s like anyway
These are things I don’t want to know
If you asked I would’ve stayed
But this is good, we’re all good
This is good, we’re all good
This is good, we’re all good
The wave it leaves the shore
Cloud passes through the sky
If someone could make you happy
Why couldn’t I, why couldn’t I?
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4. |
Trespasser
03:50
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I’m peeling back the paint
Trying to see the red
But now I feel a bit nostalgic
Still searching for a trace
In these chipped plaster ceilings
But I know it’s all gone
Am I on the outside?
Am I on the outside?
Am I on the outside?
Am I on the outside?
Am I on the outside?
Am I on the outside?
It was a slow shift
I’m not placing any blame
But suddenly it’s not the same
I’m a stranger a guest at best
No marks I’ve left here I’m a trespasser
Am I on the outside?
Am I on the outside?
Am I on the outside?
Am I on the outside?
Am I on the outside?
Am I on the outside?
I’m a stranger a guest at best
No marks I’ve left here I’m a trespasser
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5. |
Together
05:58
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Learning how to make mistakes
We’re dancing through the cityscape
I hear what we have is rare
To come back once we’ve parted ways
I’ve been drifting out of touch
Days are weeks and weeks are months
In my dreams it’s not so much
We’re together through the dark
We’re dancing in the dark
And I get sentimental often
But in case if you forgot
You’re not alone, we’re together
I might roam but it’s forever
On the phone or on your doorstep
I’ve always got your back
When I got out to the desert
Heard your name in small town lore
How’d I have this luck again?
I feel like we’ve met before
Have we met before?
Playing music, cigarettes
Coordination through group chats
You're there when I’m at my best
When I’m down, when I’m depressed
You are always there
Will it always be this way?
If you ask I’ll say that
You are not alone, we’re together
I might roam but it’s forever
On the phone or on your doorstep
I’ve always got your back
Never thought I’d get this close
To soulmates and the bigger love
That everybody talks about
Same destination different route
You’re not alone, we’re together
I might roam but it’s forever
On the phone or on your doorstep
I’ve always got your back
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6. |
I Don't Hate You
03:03
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I don’t hate you miss cool
Born without a silver spoon
Just an LA opportunist
Who did an interview
Maybe I’m just bitter
At a bear catching salmon in a river
Felt guilty for thinking “it must be nice”
When you talked about your life
Your life
I don’t hate you miss cool
Born without a silver spoon
Just an LA opportunist
Who did an interview
Maybe if I could make it
I wouldn’t feel so jaded
But would there be people thinking this?
If I was no longer grinding for a paycheck
A paycheck
I don’t hate you miss cool
Born without a silver spoon
Just an LA opportunist
Who did an interview
I don’t hate you miss cool
Born without a silver spoon
Heard about you from my friend
Who said he once knew ya
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7. |
Party at Sal's
03:37
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Are you going out tonight?
And do you need a ride?
Or we could walk while it’s still light
There’s a few things going on
Should we try to do them all?
I don’t think I’ll get too tired
On the way now
Outside, come out
Is it too loud?
Might get shut down
There’s a party at Sal’s house
Heard she bought a disco ball
UPS coming up the street
With a bigger one, this one’s too small
They told everyone we know
Might miss out if you don’t go
We’ll be dancing that’s for sure
Went and thrifted this new dress
Looking good, feeling my best
Couldn’t ask for too much more
Locked eyes in the crowd
Want to see what you’re about
Tongue-tied, what now?
Hands up, jump around
There’s a party at Sal’s house
Heard she bought a disco ball
UPS coming up the street
With a bigger one, this one’s too small
There’s a party at Sal’s house
Heard it’s going all night long
Grab a friend and move your feet
Dancing to our favorite songs
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8. |
Quit
03:58
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Alarm goes off and I’m up with the sun
Wish I was asleep or on my way to have some fun
There’s a bunch of stuff around my house I could get done
I know I’m being whiny and I’m not the only one
Forty hours is too many to
Be at a place you
Don’t want to be
Can we at least do a four day work week?
I want to quit my job
I want to quit my job
Don’t wanna join a meeting where we talk about my goals
This isn’t what I want to do while I am growing old
You’re paying me for labor but you’re chipping at my soul
Say you care about employees but I think it’s all for show
If universal income was a thing we’d all be
Living with less anxiety
Struggle in the name of greed
I want to quit my job
I want to quit my job
I want to quit my job
I want to quit my job
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9. |
I Think of You Often
03:07
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Make the bed, coffee brewed
Not the way that you would do
Laundromat, grocery store
You’re in the perimeter
Tie my shoes, on a run
Wonder if you’ll see this one
I know that you’re far away
But you cross my mind most days
Hope you’re doing well
I think of you often
Send my demos to a friend they don’t say what you would’ve said
You preferred just my guitar to versions with the synthesizer
Do you still write everyday, or work the job you seemed to hate?
I wonder if you wonder too or miss the things we used to do
Let’s catch up sometime
I think of you often
Think of you when I’m in town want to let you know when I’m around
But I want to do what’s best, give both of our hearts a rest
There are days it feels hard, roses still on my dashboard
I’m sorry that I made it end, I was all break and no bend
I wish we were still friends
I think of you often
I think of you often
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10. |
You're Doing It
03:32
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Just so you know when you approach thirty
You’ll still be figuring all of this out
There’s so many ways to exist in this world
You don’t have to do it like anybody else
Even if your identity isn’t as loud
You know who you are you can trust yourself
You’ll even be surprised to find
There’s some rigidity to the counterculture side
But when you find your people it’ll all feel right
They’ll be patient and honest and kind
And you’ll be able to talk to them about
Things you never felt comfortable telling anyone else
You are doing it (right)
You are doing it (right)
You are doing it
If you’re happy with the art you make
And the things that you do and the way that you are
It doesn’t matter what anyone thinks
Keep your head in the clouds and your eyes fixed on the stars
And the things that you like are valid interests
You don’t have to call it a guilty pleasure
And you can do the things you think you can’t
Even if it doesn’t always go as planned
And it doesn’t matter who approves
Even the people you always thought were cooler than you
And sometimes everything feels tough
But by being alive you’re more than enough
You are doing it (right)
You are doing it (right)
You are doing it
You are doing it (right)
You are doing it (right)
You are doing it
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