The Good Die Alone

It's pack your bags and run and hide
I never thought I'd be alive
to see the day I had to say
I wasn't good enough for a girl like you
And as we share our sheets tonight
I think we both know...

Why doesn't it come so easy to be in your head?
(You stay calm and I'll be easy)

You'll burn my notes one by one
I'll breathe the smoke just for fun
The sulfur in my veins reminds me not to feel this way again

This has gone beyond my control
There are certain things I thought you knew
That made you so special
(What makes you so special)

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And all I know is take
This is not the way I want to live at all
Everything we thought we knew we thought we had
Everything we thought we had turned out so bad

And all I know is take
This is not the way I want to end this call
Everything we thought we knew we thought we had
Everything we thought we had turned out so bad

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Music Composed and Arranged by Alex Wilkinson and Gabe Wilkinson
Lyrics by Jeremy Tripp
Performed by The Lush

Fake It Til You Make It

Let's keep the passion for one more night
We're both feeling indifferent yet interested in what comes to light
I'm so sorry that I'm "lost in the dark"
We'll make it work playing locate your heart
I haven't seen it, but you've got to remember
Anyone can do exactly what I do

Let's hope we don't pay for this
I hope you know...
I finally caught sight of your hidden agenda
I think we both can remember why the night's hard to get through

You told me once that I'd never change the past
Please excuse me but I'll sure as hell try
You told me once, I won't forget
You said it best. You "do know best"
You say spite like it's a bad thing
Oh, I hope you know...

Let's keep the light on for one more night
We're both feeling irrational and arrogant
and what comes to light is that one of us is just too perfect.
Is it really worth it to sacrifice everything we've been through?

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And to my face you confess
I am your little project
I have finally found The Cause
I have finally found it

And this is where it ends
A simple test of what is faithfulness and loyalty
We'll chalk them up as casualties of war.

Music Composed and Arranged by Alex Wilkinson and Gabe Wilkinson
Lyrics by Jeremy Tripp
Performed by The Lush

Taken With Empathy

It's twelve past three
Times winding down
Without delay your heading out
You blamed yourself
You blamed yourself

It's not your fault
You fell asleep that night
Face down in the pillow, you lost the fight
I'll grasp your hand, you'll hold on tight
Tonight we'll make it last
Your face is in the picture with the shattered glass
You'll still be there
You'll still be there

When you finally get what you need
I hope you see how much you meant to me
You meant to me

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You'll still be there
You'll still be there

Music Composed and Arranged by Alex Wilkinson and Gabe Wilkinson
Lyrics by Andrew Dunn
Performed by The Lush

Circles

I brush your hair back from your face
Will you tell if I pull too tight?
We can hardly stand alone
But we won't fall down.
And I'm turned inside out
Am I really that easy to read?
Are we shielded by what we can't see?
So we keep our symmetry.

You were never meant to know
What gave you the impression I'm whole?
We take time so time takes its toll
We belong in circles
You were never meant to know
We belong in circles
We hold ourselves accountable
We belong in circles

We find ourselves contented
We simply breathe until we stop
Not noticing our lives are lost
It's easy to see what hope can do
But only if you want it to.
Me, I'm just a little short of what makes your perfect heart burn.
We'll break this chain if we carry on and on and on

I'll wait for you.
You'll make your move
I'll take one step.
One chance we'll split.
I can barely count on me too.
I can barely breathe.

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(I'll wait for you, but only if you want me to)
We're all scared to have to feel something or let someone in.
You've successfully found your way under my skin.

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And what you were never meant to know...
It was all for you.

Music Composed and Arranged by Alex Wilkinson
Lyrics by Jeremy Tripp
Performed by The Lush

The Dissonance Between Us

Am I the thought you can't find?
Unspoken in the back of your mind
Kept safe off the tip of your tongue
Your habits of flattery won't motivate my sympathy
But as long as you'll try to deny your denial (You made me)
I'll be clear and concise
I'm the chill down your spine
Nothing's hidden except to be shown in embellishment

This is probably the last time I'll ever let you get so close
(This is my chance to get so close)
This is probably the last time I'll ever risk so much and get so little back
(This is mine)
If I've said it once, I've said it probably a thousand times.
And I'll say it all over and over again.

Maybe this is not the right way to go about this
Maybe it's just not my place to sink for your lips
It's a kiss between your eyes
and it's "how bad could this be"
When you lay down your flames doused in deep blue decadence
The weight on your back feels like the cross-borne found innocence
I whisper. Your ear resents.
My voice sounds so dissonant.
But my words and their eloquence
Make you and your tongue go deaf.

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All over again
All over again
All over again
I'll say it all over again
All over again

Music Composed and Arranged by Jeremy Tripp and Alex Wilkinson
Lyrics by Jeremy Tripp
Performed by The Lush