1. |
The Optimist
02:13
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With each breath I'm lead to the end of a cigarette
Heading west and wondering how long I have left
Watching that great Midwestern sky
Fall behind me
Wiping the insects from the windshield, it comes to me that
The choices I've made have not been the best, I start to
laugh
And the rear-view mirror
Shatters into my lap
The optimist in me thrives on my talent to forget
Now everything from here on out lies in what lies ahead
Ahead of that great Midwestern sky
Far behind me
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2. |
Wind Blow Right
03:20
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Scrapping for junk you yourself once hauled out to the landfill
Yet you don’t look too far into what falls on your windowsill
Some things won’t come back to you
But if the wind blows right, they do
You won’t recognize it coddling insatiable whims
You call it merely a hobby, not some dingy linchpin
Just look at all these lovely things
What grows distant grows in flaws, it starts to rot
You could dig on into next month, it won’t yield what you want
Some things won’t come back to you
But if the wind blows right, they do
Wind blow right
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3. |
Dark Side of Twenty-five
02:30
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The dark side of twenty-five is killing me, oh its true
It's all sinking in and all that it took was losing you
Well it happened so fast, I didn’t have time to react
You don’t know how bad I want you back, baby
My habits have roped me in with cunning grace, well who would’ve guessed
I thought I’d escape, I thought I could beat this senseless
Perhaps what I need is a taste of religion, a guiding hand
You call it a joke, but this isn’t a joke, damn-it, I’m all unhinged
Chorus
The dark side of twenty-five is killing me, oh mortality
It's all sinking in and all that it took was losing you
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4. |
Lower Leaves
03:44
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You’ve been seeing people, people I’ve never known
You don’t come around my way anymore
I have watched you drop the lower leaves once before
You reach up for the sunshine and sacrifice
I have caused you pain, everyone knows what I’ve done
You have watched me waste away now for months
And I have watched you drop the lower leaves once before
You reach up for the sunshine and sacrifice
I have watched you drop the lower leaves once before
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5. |
Western Lament
02:48
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6. |
Mother of Earth
03:29
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7. |
Stupid Things
02:33
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Stupid Things
Find your own way
You could wake up one day
Among the stars in LA
You could drive fancy cars
Snort the best cocaine
And roll with Lil Wayne
But don’t forget
There’s no limit to the stupid things
That you will say and do
Start smoking again
Get a divorce
and relocate to New York
Yeah reinvent yourself, oh you bad girl
You’re gonna fool them all
Here comes the next Warhol
Chorus
He’s young and able
She’s young and able
They’re young and able
So young and capable
Of royally, irreversibly, I mean seriously
Fucking up
So find your own way
Go where you belong
And be who you want
Chorus
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8. |
Last Sunset Again
03:14
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Another disappointment
See the opportunity to run
Into the last sunset again
Never bother calling out what’s done is done
Now weaving through the crowd
Careless as a cookie crumb
The good time you’ve been tying on
Is trailing you across the nightclub
And when someone finds their way
Back to your place
The cooing of a dove, the coming sun
Saying times up as it taps a wristwatch
Theres a portion of your pain
I know I couldn’t understand
But I do hate the things you hate
Like walking in the light of a shitty day
And here it comes now
The last sunset
Back again
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9. |
New Rebirth of Wonder
01:51
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