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Colder Weather
04:13
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Summer swallowed us whole but autumn's setting in
And work's pushing in from the edges again
Clutching coffee on the bus like a lifejacket
We don't sleep enough but we dream like champions
Thursday nights getting drunk with my new friends
The pit of my stomach in the fuzz of the morning
Three weeks since I've seen you
I'm scared this is sliding off of the rails before we've even left the station
And it's the same feeling in my chest, like every September
The walls to the bus stop in the morning getting darker
Feels like everything's older
Just keep me close for the colder weather
The abbreviated daylight and those mornings we lost to each other's bodies and breath
Walk you down to the station
I don't know when I'll see you next but this is hard to forget
And what if the autumn swallows our plans
Like dry leaves on the pavement, the hair I lost to your hands
I know disappointment better than most
I've got a history of coming close
And it's the same feeling in my chest, like every September
The walls to the bus stop in the morning getting darker
Feels like everything's older
Just keep me close for the colder weather
And I love this city even when it fucks me over
I won't say I hope I never leave but I hope I always find my way back
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Built On Swamps
04:34
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From the top of Highgate Hill
The city looks like Gotham through the mist and rain
These place names seem to follow me around
I watch the swollen river almost lapping up against the path
Lay shallow roots in the mangroves
I won't build myself to last
Don't you know that we are reckless young itinerants
We'll be feckless to the bitter end
We were promised the planet, well, look at the shit that we inherited
But we won't implode, we'll probably disintegrate
Delayed life goals, we're having fun at any rate
We're getting by but we'll never meet the yardsticks they celebrate
And putting off these big decisions isn't fear of commitment
It's fear that I've still got nothing to commit to
This town was built on swamps and this won't last
Built on swamps,
Hanging off the edge of a decade of uncertainty
Scream into the void, "I'm not letting go!"
There's nothing waiting for me there I know
And experience pays so you pay for the experience
And most of my friends are only ever gonna rent
First chance these bastards got, sliced up the welfare state
Well, they never gave a shit about us anyway
And putting off these big decisions isn't fear of commitment
It's fear that I've still got nothing to commit to
This town was built on swamps and this won't last
Built on swamps
And so fuck all these hopeful visions that next year will be different
It's a vanishing point, forever distant
This town was built on swamps, not built to last
Built on swamps, we're sinking
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Nervous
03:10
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Thirty degrees every day, stays hot forever up this way
City Cats out on the river amplify my sense of place
Been a long, long summer
Crash out on the sofa like we do
I'm never bored when I'm with you
You can never go home again
Stay at arms length from your old friends
We can just pretend we don't need them where we're going
Stay out super late, visit every state
The scrapes we get into
I'll always worry about you
All I'm looking for is a good reason to be nervous
All I want is to feel for a moment like nothing in the world can hurt us
All I want is something worth it
Can't live in just one moment, got so much in my mind
I try to figure out the future while keeping one eye fixed behind
Make each other better, exert bad influence forever
Can't make sense of what we do
I'm not as fun without you
All I'm looking for is a good reason to be nervous
All I want is to feel for a moment like nothing in the world can hurt us
All I want is something worth it
The bridges in this city cross and tangle, effervescent
The weeks slip down like wine, I try to focus on the present
The river's murky even in the sun, so wide and so flat
We are not perfect, wouldn't ever want to be like that
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Another summer sleeping through the heat
Just look at what you've got
Do you think that you could really leave?
Always looking back or forwards
Make regret as much a part of me as feeling awkward
Decisions I can't make
I've watched enough movies to second guess myself at every step
These structures barely even off the ground
You might not even realise, construction noise can drown your thoughts out
Summers dripping like the deep south, these places I've passed through
All this pulling life up by the roots
Will it still grow?
Decisions I can't make
I've watched enough movies to second guess myself at every step
A confidence that I can't fake
I've seen enough summers to know they always drift apart
Decisions I can't make
I've watched enough movies to second guess myself at every step
A confidence that I can't fake
I've seen enough summers to know they always drift apart
I've made enough friends to know they always drift apart
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