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Bastion
04:00
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I work so hard to obey you
I'll do anything to get your arms around me
Mangle me to blue
I'll say your name 'til it's hollow
I'll say your name 'til the sun turns into nothing
I am nothing too
I was the safest hid behind you
Some things never change
A dark cloud looming over places
Where I feel no shame
Feel no shame
I'm broken, beaten, and scarred baby
I live my life as a sacrifice to win you
Be all that I need
I tried to see you on Sunday
Broke both my eyes just by staring into nothing
Now they only bleed
I was the safest hid behind you
Some things never change
(I was the safest hid behind you)
(I was the safest hid behind you)
A dark cloud looming over places
Where I feel no shame
Feel no shame
I was the safest hid behind you
Some things never change
(I was the safest hid behind you)
(I was the safest hid behind you)
A dark cloud looming over places
Where I feel no shame
Feel no shame
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2. |
Stay
03:19
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Made my way to Portland that day
But I didn't know that you had gone
To buy a smoke, you wink when I choke
Oh they say distance makes the heart fond
I'm not sad, I can't hide
Under a tree from a cloudy day
I'm not sad, I'm outside
Catching the feels from a fading ray
But why couldn't you stay?
I took a walk down Twelfth just to talk
'Bout unspoken words behind my teeth
Sullen things and folk songs to sing
So a silent wind we'll never beat
I'm not sad, I can't hide
Under a tree from a cloudy day
I'm not sad, I'm outside
Catching the feels from a fading ray
I'm not sad, I will fly
High as a kite just before the rain
I'm not sad, I won't die
I'll be alive for another day
But why couldn't you stay?
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Teeth
03:59
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I just want to see your teeth
And fall into the space between
I'm happy when you're eating me
I'm happy every day
Your teeth act as a warning sign
You draw my blood to draw the time
Your lips are red and soft and mine
So let's go hide away
It's in the haunting hours I see
There's no love that's meant to be
It's on us to choose the violent moves we dance
It's in the haunting hours that pass
Nothing good is meant to last
Let's eat each other up like animals like lovers do
I just want to see your teeth
To turn into an amputee
Bite off what's mine and then we'll see
How we become the same
It's in the haunting hours I see
There's no love that's meant to be
It's on us to choose the violent moves we dance
It's in the haunting hours that pass
Nothing good is meant to last
Let's eat each other up like animals like lovers do
It's in the haunting hours I see
There's no love that's meant to be
It's on us to choose the violent moves we dance
It's in the haunting hours that pass
Nothing good is meant to last
Let's eat each other up like animals like lovers do
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Sung
03:15
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I said love, love take me dangerous and deep
Take me where the heavens run off from the shore
I said love, love take me dangerous and deep
Conflict breeds the halfway stage where I'm no more
I toe the line, I'm fine, I'm with you
Staring out to sea
Heaven wash away my motives
So my mind can finally be
I said love, love take me, break me into three
Take my marrow from my bones and breathe me in
I said love, love take me, break me into three
Take me where the tensions breaks and I begin
I toe the line, I'm fine, I'm with you
Staring out to sea
Heaven wash away my motives
So my mind can finally be
I toe the line, I'm fine, I'm with you
Going separate ways
Heaven wash away my motives
Take my body with the waves
I toe the line, I'm fine, I'm with you
Staring out to sea
Heaven wash away my motives
So my mind can finally be
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Wolf
03:40
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Hell
03:41
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Head, shoulders, knees, and toes
Where we end up, who knows?
Sea low and mountain high
Everyone's gonna die
Guns blazing, red choir
Jesus' trash fire
Where we end up, who knows?
Where we end up, who knows?
I've got a blue line baby
I've got a ragtime gaze
I've got a pocket full of holes
I've got a price to pay
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes
Where we end up, who knows?
Sea low and mountain high
Everyone's gonna die
Guns blazing, red choir
Jesus' trash fire
Where we end up, who knows?
Where we end up, who knows?
I've got some violent feelings
I've got some Chick-fil-A
I've got some voices in my chest
I've got some hell to pay
Some hell to pay
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7. |
Blue Line Baby
04:37
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My blue line baby is manic on Milwaukee streaking violence down the street
Her hands are shaking, and her body's on the web
My blue line baby throws flowers on the tracks to block the locomotive's way
She curses travelers as they make it to their end
I love you but I'm scared to tell you
That you're fucking crazy just like me
Take your time there is no rush
Turn me on with just a touch
Screaming bloody murder in our minds
Take my heart and take my hand
Trains collide each time we dance
Jesus is our only friend tonight
My blue line baby sees lights behind her eyes before she blasts off into space
She doesn't take a thing but gives all that she has
My blue line baby needs pills to fall asleep after she fucks up Logan Square
It's so electric, but this mood will always pass
I love you but I'm scared I'm to tell you
That you're fucking crazy just like me
Take your time there is no rush
Turn me on with just a touch
Screaming bloody murder in our minds
Take my heart and take my hand
Trains collide each time we dance
Jesus is our only friend tonight
I love you but we're both aware that
You're a fucking maniac like me
Our love's like suicide but
I don't think we ever could be free
Take your time there is no rush
Turn me on with just a touch
Screaming bloody murder in our minds
Take my heart and take my hand
Trains collide each time we dance
Jesus is our only friend tonight
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Tommy Kessler Chicago, Illinois
St. Louis-raised, Chicago-based guitarist, songwriter, producer, and vocalist. (he/him)
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