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This Is a Perfect Place

by Short Answers

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1.
Accepted 01:11
2.
Letdown 03:02
I was new I was born, given cheap gin, and laid in the crib As I drank from a chipped mug and felt it in my blood And when I became this neurotic portrait of post-adolescence, I figured I should stay for a while, for old time's sake And find someone to blame I came here for answers, and I guess I got them Still chasing after what I thought I wanted I guess this was my own mistake Chasing a promise you said that you'd never break I'm chasing pieces of what you said - just disappointment I walked home alone Through a sea of thoughts that were wasted on me I thought I'd let you know that I tried my best But everyone's fake, vain, selfish and full of shame A flame that will burn out again Fake, vain, selfish and I'm to blame Because you know that I was just the same I guess this was my own mistake Chasing a promise you said that you'd never break I'm chasing pieces of what you said - just broken pieces
3.
I’m not sure whether September brings out myself Or drowns it in colors, in barren branches I’m shedding my leaves I used to welcome the rain I used to long for the Pacific Northwest I used to do my best to grow out of this And feel like I serve some purpose I crawl up the washed out hillside Just to be alone, to clear my mind To just forget the fear of always being in the way To be too far to hear the noise or see the light of day In three years, I’ll still be standing here Still breathing the same air that froze my lungs Still drinking to thaw them and come undone And I know the seasons are so rare in this place And yet I blame the cold for the way that I feel today So hollow and misplaced A fear that I can’t face my own mistakes I’m tying myself around your wrist So don’t let me drift away I lie to myself to deal with this And wonder why things don’t change
4.
LHR 02:51
Every year it gets harder to start a conversation with you Distance apart grows farther, I can't see who you are anymore I've become blind to you, but the look on your face that day forever stays I've become blind to you, but my memory still holds onto our youth Still there's a wall between the two of us and it seems to me That the dreams we once believed we needed-- have become dreams defeated I'll let this fall apart What can I say? Is it even worth the words? There's nothing left for me, I guess I just need to breathe I'll let go, I'll go home. I'll forget all of this You'll stay here, and pretend that everything's still perfect
5.
Pocket Knife 03:14
You said, “We could talk and drink about it,” “You can tell me what was wrong with everything,” “How I’m exactly what you need,” But our ideas of need are two completely different things Excuse my expectations, because I’m not what you need And this is not where I should be I’m growing out of the photograph – your favorite one of me And this won’t mean a thing to me three years from now I’m growing out of all this need I’m the lonely seed of a redwood tree Afraid of drying out, or maybe cutting myself down With no one around to hear the sound Of my head smashed against the ground And I’ll see you all again In the void where we’re not sure if we’re still friends Or faces that just remember something less You wanted to talk to someone Who was less afraid of something new Who wouldn’t know this wasn’t you “...and I’ll see you around...” That’s what we always say And I dread that day
6.
Photographs 03:34
Shoulders pinned down to the floor By gravity and lack of sleep I couldn't ask for more than what you told me And it's the only thing I get As I drift across these helpless thoughts As my mind sticks pins in itself I'm breaking everything down again I'm losing everything now I've seen people my age All those people who stayed inside those walls they've built And this won't change I'm not any different from them -- Just my first-person illusion Do we really know anyone, anyway? Does this really matter anyway? The storm had hit with words you said So I buried my heart in the snow I prayed for spring as these days fled And my insides forever are cold Still you spoke, your voice so soft "Let me take you away, you'll be free" As I awoke, immediately, it was only me It was only a dream Though even dreams fade with passing days It seems my only escape is to just lay awake The past is a photograph, one that I never planned to keep As I lie here staring skyward, I swore I'd never fall asleep You said you'd take me away and I'd be free I can't distinguish dreams from reality
7.
Midway 01:47
I hear they say that this is a perfect place Muse on the weather and dilate their eyes To take in the landscape while it burns in my mind And these days, I think I only plan to stay Just out of habit and tired ways That make me feel like a mistake on broken legs And I’m afraid – that’s the most honest thing I can say This place is a shell I can’t break, just like the character I play Every single day With passing days, you learn to be numb or enjoy the pain
8.
It’s getting colder – it scares me to death I’m getting older and learning regret As I drink from the bottle just to settle my head I’m setting fire to my insides and all that’s left I’m asking myself where I’ll go when the pond freezes over I’m southbound on a broken wing, with all the blame to shoulder And snow sounds nice in the middle of July To bury my house in the frostbitten dreams we talked about The same script – I’m reading it over and over I get uneasy because sometimes I get the feeling I was right I guess they told me this wouldn’t be easy I guess they told me I’d burn out eventually I guess they told me so
9.
Cave 03:21
My head flips the room when I’m in my bed I wake up sick and confused again And what kills me is that my best nights of sleep I’m too gone to lie awake and think I’m half asleep, I’m quietly sinking into my room again Like a blood stain, a pool beneath my head, I’m set in I’m not coming out It’s nothing new – it’s constant fear this side of you Could be made better with a drink or two You panic like you always do And I wear a mask, but after this long, you don’t call it that When all you do is put on an act, it’s just a fact Empty me out Put me on display on a shelf in your house Shatter me on the ground Let my insides pour out Does it make you proud?
10.
Weighted 01:18
You're sunshine, rays of let come set me free But you're sinking into the sea This dark winter air, it comes around, cloaks my head And it's holding close, and hollowing out my skull This came as a surprise to me, and I don't know what to think All along I was making excuses, claiming impossibility I've waded through these tides for too long I'm moving on to other songs
11.
Tell me, what would you think if I just stopped to say, "I wish I could rewrite this character I play" Because I've lost all the things that would have kept me sane I traded my insides to avert all this pain That's the point when you speak, you'll stay calm as you state, "This was never your part, you've been stuck in back-stage" Or maybe you'd just agree, remark, "It's such a shame, you traded your best friends for the lead role again" I'm placing myself on walls, and I'm putting myself at fault If you knew me by name, you'd know I've never been myself at all I've become a fixture--a rose-red mirror It's become clear that I can't stay here anymore In between these days I've spent have been the dreams I can't forget After these years I can't remember all the times I'm forced to let you go You should know, I've come so close -- but it doesn't make a difference You know I tried my best to forget all I've witnessed I know you, you wouldn't let me stray And I accept the fact that I can't take back anything I say In between these days I've spent have been the dreams I can't forget After these years I can't remember all the times I'm forced to let you go You should know, I've come so close to throwing it all away Maybe I'll do that someday, but until then I'm forced to stay
12.
New again, but no one’s here to pull me through this Just blindly grab at the thought of it, Swallow the pins I stuck myself with, and start again Where have I been? I’m here again, asking myself where the time went Watching the world spin, and stare until it makes me sick And everyone around me returns that stare with a lack of care So unaware of the mess in the kid that’s always just there I’ve been asleep for three years Drowning in dreams of losing my teeth And feeling the sun burn away my grief While I let the clouds just keep raining on me But I try my best to hide that I Feel so lost and can’t help but still think that Everyone else is where I should be That everyone is doing better than me Everyone is doing better than me And I can’t leave I’m terrified of uncertainty And these impossible dreams Are what I know and what I think make me You say that it’s over, you say you’re ready to move on But you’ll miss everything as soon as you’re gone As soon as you spend the first night alone Between empty walls Shaking ‘cause you’ve never known How cold it is this far from home And now this is home... And now this is home... And now this is home... And now it’s time to

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released December 2, 2014

Hypergiant Records 2014

Written, recorded, and produced by us.

Additional vocals on "Midway" by Deborah Newberry.

Additional vocals on "Don't Ever Tell Anybody Anything" by Mike Dooley, Nic Greer, Deborah Newberry, and Emily Resner, sans pants.

Audio on "Weighted" sampled from the movie "Mr. Nobody" by Jaco Van Dormael

With thanks to Kaden Valdivieso, Heather Timm, Anthony Pultz, Kyle Lonczak, Jacquelyn Duley and Akhil Patel.

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Emo/Pop Punk from San Luis Obispo, CA.

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