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The Can't Tells

by The Can't Tells

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1.
I’m just a girl, simple as a frown The fall flips my feelings upside down Each day I try to hide my wandering eyes The sun makes it easier sometimes Hiding under sheets of painted glass I can finally let my Id relax Uh oh, I should have known I was made to live my life alone And you’re just a boy, scared of simple things Falling air conditioners take the cake You sit in your room, taking drugs for two Thinking nobody is quite like you It’s not easy looking at the sky Knowing any moment you’ll die Uh oh, you should know You were made to live your life alone We met by chance Our pants were soaking wet Your purple umbrella broke I’d like to think we’d changed These are things that nervous people do Uh oh, we should have known We were made to live our lives alone
2.
I know a whore for sure She rattles by my cage most everyday For such a little girl She sure knows how to run this game But I feel some shame in her hands And it’s like nothing I’ve understood She knows my face But I forget her name Oh well I know a whore for sure He sits inside of my lonely cage We wax and wane obscure But that don’t seem to change the way he thinks Cause he loves to feel ashamed Yeah that boy’s mother, she taught him well He slurs and he shakes And can’t forget her name Oh well
3.
Interlude 00:47
4.
Madonna 02:13
Oh Madonna I wish you could see, see what I see what I mean But it’s not easy And I know your father He wants you to be Be all he could never be And it’s such trauma Because he’s just a friend The kind that never talks back He lives on his page Too well written, he forgets to act And you’ve got a lot on your mind Right? And all his lovers They crawl on their knees Dirty they plead, yeah they beg They want to need him But he’s far away Oh he’s high in the sky He’s deep in the ground So they say And that’s ok Cause he’s just a friend The kind that never talks back He lives on his page Too well written he forgets to act And you’ve got a lot on your mind Well I’d like to him off your mind
5.
Whipping Boy 02:52
Don’t try to tangle your hair in mine no more ‘Cause you’re over excited And feel like running up and down these floors Dragging me behind, my feet don’t work so well But you keep running ‘til You stop loving all the friends I’ve got Then I’ll tear you into pieces And throw your body in the stock To watch it boil down would be so sweet my love To know you’re nothing now Each bubble makes a sound Three feet against one ground
6.
Lonely Guy 04:12
Try to sit around, think, and rearrange Everything you’ve learned Each and every word has meant a bit too much to you That’s why you’re confused But who is this? She’s got it all, long hair and tall You watch her read the myth of Sisyphus but still complain We push our rocks in vain No wonder you’re a lonely guy A lonely guy, a lonely guy It really comes as no surprise No surprise, no surprise And if you think it’s quiet now, learn to love the night When everyone’s asleep Because there’s nothing left to say What do you want to say? And do you feel like the boy that always knew He’d draw the shortest straw Even though he saw their lengths line up so perfectly What more could he need? No wonder you’re a lonely guy A lonely guy, a lonely guy It really comes as no surprise, no surprise, no surprise And I remember the day we met The change you made in me was great And I remember the moment we spoke The words you whispered made me cry And I remember the thoughts you had Each and every one so proud And I remember the day you left When neither of us said goodbye
7.
I’m staring at this painting I search for everything I thought I knew The shadows and the outlines Know more of you than I might And you have the right not to believe what I think Cause you're not listening I’m watching the sun get tired The wind was blowing as your flowers fell The story I remember Should have played out sweeter But this is a chance for me to get my head straight And you’re not listening Cause I’m not saying it right You’re not listening, ‘cause I’m not saying it right
8.
Interlude 01:34
9.
Paul used to be Saul He used to be so much more fun When I see a great light I don’t confuse it with Christ No my eyes see only sun When I’m wanting to feel A little something more real Than this day in, day out All I’m left with is doubt And your words are like hooks That I can’t seem to shake And you’re making my heart a bit harder to care for I guess I just can’t see How feigned blindness conceived The last half of a book That’s bigger than me Saul where did you go? You took all my trust and ran wild Why couldn’t I find a holier way to go blind? Now my eyes See only sun.
10.
I'm So Fat 03:09
I’m so fat I never understood a smile But yours is nice It keeps me up at night You’re so sad I knew you right from the start In fact your heart It looks a lot like mine But I’m not here I’m not here I’m so scared How could I ever have prepared A verse for you That you are not deaf to And you’re still here Oh that means something to me my dear In fact it’s nice I think we will be fine But I’m not here I’m not here I’m so sad I knew this day was bound to come You’ve found someone that makes you feel just right
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Epilogue 02:33

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released February 22, 2011

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