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think you were about to leave when that song came on
so you wrapped your arms around me, listened to every word, let it mean something so right, so wrong
we laid around
laid around
laid around
and no one had a clue
hoping against hope that night wouldn't falter
and push me away, if I could just keep awake and then
fall into you more
a very special episode
where you adored
the faults I crafted cause there wasn't any reason to believe
I could be the one for anyone
think I was about to drive all night
when that same tune came on
I was taken back to what it felt like
to be so in light, so in song
now I just lay around
lay around
lay around
and I don't have a clue
hoping against hope that world breaks up on me
so I don't have to feel that ghost pressing on body
I wanna
fall into you more
a very special episode
where you adored
the faults I crafted
cause there wasn't any reason to think
I could be the one for anyone
I do no regret you
I will not forget you
if against all odds you feel the urge
to want to fail
with the one who will always
make you try you just
fall into me more
a very simple call
will bring me to your door
take off the faults you crafted
cause you never quite explored
that you could be the one for anyone
you could be the one for anyone
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she's playing
04:38
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don't you give up on me if I'm scaring you
just because you haven't felt this way before
I know, I know that I'm different here
yeah I'm a 1,2,3 in a 1,2,3,4
my girl isn't my girl she's just a phase
and she'll get stuck in my head and stay for days
and all of these things that I learned get pushed out thrown away
roll the dice try to deal the cards right
she's playing
she's playing
she's playing dumb
my heart isn't my heart it's an excuse to
spend the better part of my time chasing after you
and all the things that I want aren't really mine to choose
roll the dice try to deal the cards right
she's playing
she's playing
she's playing dumb
my love isn't my love it's just a game that you've never played let alone heard by name and
I can't tell you how to win let alone the rules
she's playing
she's playing
she's playing dumb
no this can't be done
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I make a list, it goes, on and on and on
of all the things I did wrong
so don't you start, telling me when I jumped the shark
just know I was the happiest I'd ever been when I was in your heart
get drunk, over eat, the self destructiveness goes on and on
walk the streets so desperately write a bunch of shitty songs
one day when the thought of you and I is long gone
I hope you keep the best of us and carry on
and you won't start, wondering bout when we jumped the shark, just know I was the happiest I'd ever been when I was in your heart
in your heart
in your heart
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i can already tell
02:31
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I could be something to you
I could be most things to you
with you I could do well I can already tell
take a number stand in line
suppose that it will come in time
I'm not one to wait for my life to end
I'm not one to want to be with out a friend
who
lets the me makes mistakes and then forgives me in an instant
lets me fly the spaceship first and if we crash it isn't (a big deal)
I want to let you in on what I felt when we first crossed paths
take a seat and shut the hell up
time to learn that it should be enough
to settle into something that
will take up most your time
then there's you who shakes me up and makes me feel such crazy
thoughts and dreams that once seemed dead and gone are now amazingly (in reach/close)
so take a number stand in line
or take my hand and come to find
I'll be there to hold you when your whole world falls to pieces
make you laugh when all the fools are drowning in there seas of lies
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cross body lead
03:48
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this is a move where I kind of pull you
this is a move where I kind of pull you
don't let the lighting or the dance floor fool you
if this is all we get then please just let me pull you
is it the music or you that's got this hold over me
honestly, I can't tell
this is a move where I go and spin you
this is a move where I go and spin you
one day you might wonder why we didn't continue
but if this is all we get then please just let me spin you
is it the music of you that's got this hold over me
honestly, I can't tell
if its the music and not you then I agree
we shouldn't be
but since you're here we might as well
this is the move, where I dip you so low
where we go from here, we don't know
we don't know
is it the music of you that's got this hold over me
honestly, I can't tell
if its the music and not you then I agree
we shouldn't be
but since you're here we might as well
dance with me
oh dance with me
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good news, I'm a nobody
02:16
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word on the street is, you don't wanna date nobody in this town
good news is I'm a nobody
you've been with every kind of type and they've all just brought you down
good news is I'm a nobody
there's nothing I can do, to take anything away from you
so you might as well hang out with me
just a little while longer please
maybe next time
tired of all the games they play like your heart is some lost and found
good news is I'm a nobody
tired of saying I'm sorry, tired of being judged as a clown
good news is I'm a nobody
word on the street is you don't wanna date nobody in this town
good news is I'm a nobody
good news is I'm a nobody
bad news is I don't wanna be nobody to you
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when I'm in your
heart
that's when all the
bullshit starts
can't you see, can't you see
you were put here to ruin me
when you bring me
down
you leave me and don't
don't come around
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touch touch touch
02:10
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touch touch touch
all I wanna do is touch you
so much for being
so much for being
so much for being spiritual
taste taste taste
all I wanna do is taste you
oh my body is just to much
loves enough, it's enough it's enough
yet these pheromones cause me to lust
it's enough, it's enough, it's enough
to drive on insane
lie lie lie
all I wanna do is lie with you
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the delusionist
04:03
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you've got a way about you
you got away if you were ever there at all
was I seeing, was I to busy being scared
was I seeing, your dreams and your nightmares
was I seeing, things inside you that just weren't there
I'll dig my grave, for you
I've dealt with grief, knowing there was no helping hand
when the car crashes into the brick wall
are you really that surprised at all?
you've got the best, disappearing act I've seen
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any moment now
01:00
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when you unbutton the top button of your shirt
I know when it comes to you I wanna be an expert
when you're willing to accept you could get hurt
I know when it comes to you I wanna be an expert
all there is to know is we've got now
don't let it go to waste
in case of emergency
lay your body next to me
any moment now we'll be in pieces
be in pieces
any moment now
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I'm in a cycle of doom
day jobs and hotel rooms
aren't enough
to my heart from falling apart when I hear the blues
when we finally get close
time gives me the screw
and I can't get enough of you
I'm in a boring loop
eat, work, sleep till noon
it's not enough
to keep my mind from freaking out when I don't hear any news
when we finally get close
times gives me the screw
and I can't get enough of you
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Wasn't that Funny?
03:33
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wasn't that funny, that day you tried to love me
that day you tried to let your bias go, and force your heart to know I was the one for you
we had no money, but we made with some soda and a strobe light, made a little dance in the moonlight
made love out of red construction paper, cutting out the heart shaped blobs
screwing up our credit scores, screwing up our temperatures, screwing up our lives
screwing up our perception, screwing up the mess we're in, setting up the punch line
wasn't that funny, that day you tried to love me?
wasn't that stupid, that day you got hit by cupid
it was a misfire and we knew it, yet we laughed through the night
we had no safety, we were open and exposed and it was crazy, the things you said and the things that maybe, I hoped would be there in the morn
wasn't that funny, that day you tried to love me, that day we'll never talk about again, now you barely call me a friend
and I'm just lonely so I suppose it probably was pity, that let you to drop your security, and let me in for the night
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girl with a pet snake
02:32
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there was a girl with a pet snake
she didn't keep that boa in a cage it
just wandered around her place
and sometimes went outside
and dreamed of eating everything and everyone
who'd done them wrong she
hated silence but liked the taste of flesh
in her apartment building next door
was a boy with a pet condor
and it would shit all over his new carpet
and scout the town while he was away
and dream of eating everything and everyone
who'd done him wrong he
hated sadness but liked the taste of flesh
then the girl met the boy and the pets got in a fight
they fought for their honor and they both died
they both cried over there animals
and as they mourned together they discovered, they were both cannibals
who dreamed of eating everything and everyone
who'd done them wrong they
hated sadness but liked the taste of flesh
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I don't wanna go
03:25
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monies never there, friends are always fair
weathers gonna break your bones and your sweet tooth
house is gonna burn, no one ever learns
you can't go drowning in the shallow end of the swimming pool
I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go to sleep unless I'm lying next to you
distance never closes, time never supposes
I'll be damned if this whole thing is just a ruse
I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go to sleep unless I'm lying next to you
you know the sadness that you think you feel?
I looked into it, turns out it isn't real
when I look inside you all I see is love
when I look inside you all I see is love
I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go to sleep unless I'm lying next to you
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you
04:03
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love is not a sense of loss and love is not a bridge to cross it lives inside you
love is not a heart attack and love can not be taken back it hovers round you
death is not a mystery it shows us what you mean to me I'll be without you
death is not a world away it sits between us everyday
I'll be without you
time will fail us all
everyone thinks that it's gone but all this love still lingers on it will be within you
heart to heart and night to night no distance takes me from your light I'll be within you
be within you
be within you
all my love
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what you think love is
02:16
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I don't know what you think love is
I'm not worried about your heart
I don't know why you run from me
I'm gonna find you eventually
I'm not worried about the time
I don't know what you think love is
I'm not worried about the loss
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get hitched get dumped
get lost get some
good friends to save
get crazy get lonely
get everything you want
then get in the grave
get this we all know how to win
we all know what we're here to do
could be that we're all here to play
cause it's just more fun to lose
I swear to god bassist if you mess up I'll fire you from the band
I swear to god and awful
and I think he understands
he gets that we're all here to win
and we all know what we're here to do
could be that we're all here to play
cause it's just more fun to lose
what's in your way
what's stopping you
is it for real or just an excuse
I think you know
you know the truth
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joshua jesty Cleveland
Joshua Jesty is a professional starving artist based out of Cleveland Ohio. He has been making music that people have been
getting eargasms from since 1998.
now a days he dances salsa, kicks doctors, and makes tons of pop and un-pop music.
His latest release is "...you will be forgotten". he lives with no regrets but many tacos in a physical house.
"songs about death disguised as love songs"
... more
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