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that time Crooked Fingers played the living room and had to ask Bachman what the name of the last song was

 

 

 

Eric Bachman - Masters of the Deal 

At the scene
Of the slow crime
Of the century
Wanda Jean awoke
Attached to two IVs

Lost her name
In a shell game
To the masters of the deal
For the sanctioned closure
And the governor's seal

By the trains
On the east side
Near an oil refinery
Marvin Lee took hold
Of a snitch and let him bleed

So betrayed
In a shell game
Where the jury all agreed
Marvin Lee's a ghost
Attached to two IVs

So what if they're wrong?
So what if they're right?
Let Lenny live?
Or let Lenny die?
 
What should be an old relic by now
Should never have been

From a tree
By a small stream
In a trifling Texas town
[?]
When they shot poor Johnny down

Duly framed
In a shell game
So the truth was not revealed
For the sake of closure
For the masters of the deal

So what if they're wrong?
So what if they're right?
Let Lenny live?
Would you let Lenny die?

What should be an old relic by now
Should never have been

The South is a ghost
A ghost is a lie
Harassing the roads
And haunting the pines
 
His mind may be slow
But that killer knows
Just how you feel

How you feel

Just how you feel
(At the scene
Of the slow crime
Of the century)

 

 

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It's been a long dark night
And I've been waiting for the morning
It's been a long hard fight
But I see a brand new day dawning
I've been looking for the sunshine
You know I ain't seen it in so long
Oh, and everything's gonna work out just fine
Everything's gonna be all right
That's been all wrong

 

'Cause I can see the light of a clear blue morning
I can see the light of a brand new day
I can see the light of a clear blue morning
Oh, and everything's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay

 

It's been a long long time
Since I've known the taste of freedom
And those clinging vines
That had me bound, well, I don't need 'em
I've been like a captured eagle
You know an eagle is born to fly
Now that I have won my freedom
Like an eagle, I am eager for the sky

 

And I can see the light of a clear blue morning
I can see the light of a brand new day
I can see the light of a clear blue morning
Oh, and everything's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay

I can see the light of a clear blue morning
I can see the light of a clear blue morning
I can see the light of a clear blue morning
Oh, and everything's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay

I can see the light of a clear blue morning
I can see the light of a brand new day
I can see the light of a clear blue morning
Oh, and everything's gonna be all right
Everything's gonna be all right
Everything's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay

 

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  • 3 weeks later...

Bella White - Just Like Leaving

 

 

JUST LIKE LEAVING

The lights pouring through my window dressing everything all up in gold and I don’t know what I’m doing here. I left the howling winds and the prairies to find some kind of idea, am I full or am I empty?

Maybe I just like hurting, building up walls and then ripping them down with my own disposition. My own hurting masks the way I feel about the world and all the little things I wish were different

And I’ve been grieving since I left old Carolina. The bars on my window didn’t leave me safe at night. Now i’ve chased your love cause I thought it might feel woolen. Like a dram on a damn cold winters night.

Some things they just like leaving, like people love and money and I don’t know what it’s all running from. Perhaps the fear of splitting open, showing some parts of yourself that you don’t even really want to know.

And I’ve been grieving since I left old Carolina. The bars on my window didn’t leave me safe at night. Now I’ve chased your love cause I thought it might feel woolen. Like a dram on a damn cold winters night.

 
 
 

 

 

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Mustafa - Stay Alive

 

Sam, I just been losin' my marbles, fam
I-I gotta Glock four five
I been goin' good, fam
I been rolling with some Lebanese kids
 
A bottle of lean, a gun to your jeans, and a little faith in me
A plane in the sky, the only starlight on this never-ending street
The cameras and cops they coulda been stars on our mother's new screens
On our mother's new screens
 
All of these traps, and all of these street signs
None of them will be yours or mine
But I'll be your empire
Just stay alive, stay alive, stay alive
 
I been, I been tryna keep my cool fam, before I lose it
These colors and flags, the sweat on your back
You're doing what you can
Pride in your hand, a price on your head, you can never let them win
Just put down that bottle, tell me your sorrows
I care about you fam
I care about you fam, oh-woah
 
All of these traps, and all of these street signs
None of them will be yours or mine
But I'll be your empire
Just stay alive, stay alive, stay alive
 
But me I'm just tryna keep my head above water, man
And if they take it all away
Our freedom and our hearts and that glow in your face
I'll remind you who were before it changed (I'll remind you who were)
 
All of these traps, and all of these street signs
None of them will be yours or mine
But I'll be your empire (Your empire)
Just stay alive, stay alive, stay alive
But me I'm just tryna keep my head above waters, man
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Fenne Lily - Half Finished

 

On the train home from two days away from you I play the start of your half-finished song I try figuring out what you're singing about I hope it's not something I've done
Watching the world outside moving too fast Makes me wonder if we are as well
I told you I love you and mean it completely I just can't say the same to myself
I have insomnia, you have a job that you hate Four to five days a week You're gone when I wake up at midday to bright light That tells me I'm lazy and weak
 
You ask me if I could change one thing about myself What would it be, and why? I tell you I don't know, but sometimes I can't help But picture a whole different life
 
We miss every sunset we set out to see Under birds flying South from the cold They make it look easy to move with the seasons But change isn't easy to hold
If you get the feeling like this ain't worth keeping I'll never stand in your way Thank you for leaving a space without speaking Sometimes, there's just nothing to say
 
He's got tickets to see a band no one knows She's got my name on a shirt that she's never worn, and won't They've got a fear of things changing, but I don't mind I made no promises that I would stay, but I'll try
 
He's got tickets to see a band no one knows She's got my name on a shirt that she's never worn, and won't They've got a fear of things changing, but I don't mind You made no promises that you would stay, but you tried
 
He's got tickets to see a band no one knows She's got my name on a shirt that she's never worn, and won't They've got a fear of things changing, but I don't mind I made no promises that I would stay, but I'll try
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