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Homebodies

by CITY LIMITS

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1.
Thought I saw you last night On the road, you were driving home I felt the knot grow in my throat It's never easy to think about it I could dwell on all the things that I've done wrong The resentment's got its hold on me Got it's hold on me I'm losing sight and I can't save myself From being unable to think correctly Like I'm expecting It gets harder It gets harder It gets harder Give up or grow up I can't carry the weight for too long I'll collapse under the pressure Trying to go to the well one too many times Still in my head it's all I hear Still in my head it's all I hear Words that I wrote from past years This is the last time I swear
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Distracted 02:08
It's been 500,000 times I've tried to write along to my own words The speed of light just isn't fast enough tonight. I'm rising to the occasion, I'm falling through the cracks The words they come in one ear but they don't come out in tact. You think I'm going someplace else? You think my mind's gone off to space. But still I try to keep my feet planted on the ground Fall into the same old hole, the same damn place. I know you won't believe it I know you think it isn't real Oh, I feel a bit distracted The panic breathing welcomes me. 500,000 fucking times It's been 500,000 times I've tried to write along to my own words The speed of light just isn't fast enough tonight. I'm rising to the occasion, I'm falling through the cracks The words they come in one ear but they don't come out in tact. The words they don't come out in tact. 500,000 fucking times
3.
You're checking out And I wish that I wasn't Finding so many good things to keep me around It's not that hard to leave But everything gets boxed in, cut up and laid out By summer's end I'm hoping you could show me around Thank you so much for the new motivation Without your bravery I won't find mine In the back of your mind, maybe the doubt still creeps This leap of faith crossed more than just state lines No one said it'd be like this That over time I won't give a shit about anyone and feel let down I'm hanging on a thread The last one time to where I live What I wouldn't give to have the same problems somewhere else I could live with that Is it the fear of being out by yourself? Or the pressure you put on yourself for someone else Is the negative side of every outcome the only thing that holds you back? I've got everything I need to be alone inside the walls I built I lean hard on bitterness and jealousy but they're things I've got no use for No one said it'd be like this Don't fill me in on the things I missed I'm hanging on a thread The last one time to where I live What I wouldn't give to have the same What I wouldn't give to have the same What I wouldn't give to have the same problems somewhere else What I wouldn't give to have the same problems somewhere else I could live with that
4.
Pacemaker 02:32
You try and close your eyes. Church bells and families Salaries and property I'm still asleep in this teenage dream. You try and close your eyes While the world passed by. Focus on the little things Just get me on a stage Watch every effort blow up in my face You try and close your eyes While the world passed by. I see their lives go by But I still try (I try I try) I try to move at my own pace Forget the world Let it melt away. Just let it melt away. You kept your eyes shut tight While life just passed you by Fucked up priorities Just get me on a stage I tore up the map Enjoyed the sights I move at my own pace.
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Headlines 03:59
Center stage, all the rage Dim the lights, the joke's on you Imagine all the things they put you through Crack all your eggs in the same empty basket. Just look at the mess you've made. You'll never be good enough. You'll never go far enough. Some of us weren't meant to leave. That's what the headlines say. You'll never be good enough. You'll never break through enough. Don't believe everything you read. That's what the headlines say to me. I remember having faith Try to think a little clearer Before every word became an open sore Always counting down the days Will I ever get a sign? I throw my hands up at the sky If I could swallow another winter I just might make it out alive Nowhere to go but up Sometimes I feel like falling Take a breath, we'll scream up at the sky Sometimes I feel like dying But I keep trying to ignore the headlines Ignore the headlines I think I'm drowning I swore I'd never get in over my head Throw me a lifeline, I swear that my eyes are turning red And still I answer half-heartedly "I'm fine" "I'm great" I lie through my teeth Sometimes I feel like falling Take a breath, we'll scream up at the sky Sometimes I feel like dying But I keep trying to ignore the headlines Ignore the headlines Here we are back at the start again Trying to stay afloat We're swimming in circles again. You'll never be good enough. You'll never go far enough. Don't believe everything you read. That's what the headlines say to me. You'll never be good enough. You'll never break through enough. Don't believe everything you read. That's what the headlines say to me.
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Homebodies 04:24
I got it in my head To stick to what I knew If I emptied out my thoughts on page The words could be of use To finally clear my mind And have a strong excuse to avoid responsibilites And find a new escape Time passes by I don't think clearly when I put my focus in poorly thought out fantasies If I cut myself off, how far would I drift away? I've got this mental image of being stuck at the same age I'm good with bad decisions If we'd made one there's some doubt There's no point to feeling defeated if there's enough sense to figure this out Time passes by I don't think clearly when Every day ahead is scaring me to death If it's a mistake Then start it over It can't be just me that has to wonder If the right thing to say Could match to how I feel A body leaving home, falling asleep at the wheel If it's a mistake Then start it over It can't be just me that has to wonder If the right thing to say Could match to how I feel A body leaving home, falling asleep at the wheel

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released July 28, 2015

Produced, engineered, mixed and graciously slaved over by Chris Pierce at Volume IV in New Brunswick, NJ from February to March 2015. Mastered by Bill Henderson / Azimuth in March 2015.

Cover photo by Drea Rose.

On this recording, City Limits was: Mike & Allon & Dave & Richie

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