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Words Insincere
05:02
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Well he called you names and he didn't anchor you
As you life began to slide when that seed took root inside of you
Your broken picture upon the ground and I picked up all the pieces
The edge it sliced into my hand as you drank the blood dripping down my arm
You send your supposed care, these obligatory acts to remain
Friends but not out of a genuine, genuine concern
The most that you could say were back-handed compliments
Which now doesn't match your actions as you accept
Words insincere and dreams that weren't your own
Which you don't deserve
Well he called you names and he didn't anchor you
As you life began to slide when that seed took root inside of you
Your broken picture upon the ground and I picked up all the pieces
The edge it sliced into my hand as you drank the blood dripping down my arm
You send your supposed care, these obligatory acts to remain
Friends but not out of a genuine, genuine concern
The most that you could say were back-handed compliments
Which now doesn't match your actions as you accept
Words insincere and dreams that weren't your own
Which you don't deserve
Which you don't deserve
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Olympia, WA
03:40
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Get that nice push, numb me
Please just one more, dumb me
Why can't I stop? This peak
In my dull day, I'm meek
My habit's not sustainable
Up all night long, less capable
No one is coming to fix me
It's up to me now, I can see
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Our bodies machines that operate by a set of rules
Our movements thoughts and behaviors
Fuel converted energy, wiring through neurons
Each vessel an imperfect system
Is free will just a lie we tell ourselves
We all are creatures of code and circumstance
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A Walk at 1 AM
05:53
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I feel this weight come crashing down on me
And in this drunken avalanche it's coming on
With no great purpose or afterlife rewards
That just leaves these bad consequences
In a world where there's nowhere left for me to go
I can't ignore the way I let it all get worse
And I can't ignore how I perceive this awful place
Hope was trapped beneath the departure of my innocence
Sitting on a park bench near the water's edge
My red cap fighting the cold, dark air
I never expected to enjoy the better parts
But I always hoped to provide them to you
And I always hoped to make you smile
And I always hoped to help you all
Standing in a field as the kids just run on by
Standing in a field as they all just pass me by
I just want to stop them before they go too far
I just want to stop them but I can't do anything at all
I always wanted to provide you with the better parts
And I always wanted to provide you with the better parts
And I always wanted to provide you with the better parts
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Hello my old friend it's good to see you again
It's good to see you haven't changed, keeping me in
As the water rises all around, holding me under
I already know the result, it has played out before
Except this time it is now my turn to deal the damage
You tried to flee in the morning
As I lay asleep unconcerned
We won't admit it's what we want
It remains in silence
Being anxious for the curtain call, to be done
With our slow drawn-out tragedy but still knowing
That the aftermath will be just as desolate
This time I can prepare in advance
Tall glass re-uptake inhibitors
Swallow the pill and hope that this time
It won't last a full year
You tried to flee in the morning
As I lay asleep unconcerned
We won't admit it's what we want
It remains in silence
Yes my old friend it's a useless fight, I forgot
How it felt for you to overtake everything
It's best that I just accept and drift into you
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Not Home
02:51
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The town that I grew up in
The place my family is in
The town in which I lost my faith
Uncomfortable in such familiar space
This is not home
A sprawling town I know
Why do I just want to get away
All the kids hanging out downtown
Looking cool and standing all around
I just want to get some sleep
But I can never feel at peace
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Ecology and Evolution
03:47
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I'm at your party
And I smile politely
Just hold my tongue tightly
And converse lightly
As I smile politely
Wanting to know your physiology
Just shrouded in mystery
My words plotted cautiously
This social anxiety
Making it hard to breathe
Sinking in a sea the voices cascade
The impulses pull in and pretend today
Seemingly so easy for everyone else
These shot off thoughts they fight with myself
Misanthropy
So I study Biology
My flawed brain chemistry
My flawed brain chemistry
I just smile politely
I smile politely
I smile politely
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As you drift away in your sleep
I lay awake in the predawn light
My heart beats so damn loud
And the comfort of your side against mine
And your head tucked into my neck
The nights that we spent talking in the foothills of Mt. Laundry
Clothes piled high and in the scenery of your sheets
My words remain trapped in apprehension and self-doubt
As we continue to ascend
The boxes that contained your life
Unpacked but disorganized
Trying to fill the space on your newly painted walls
The monotonous process of moving
As we shared that cigarette
The nights that we spent talking in the foothills of Mt. Laundry
Clothes piled high and in the scenery of your sheets
My words remain trapped in apprehension and self-doubt
As we continue to ascend
As you drift away in your sleep
I lay awake in the predawn light
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10. |
Creatures (Reprise)
01:58
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The Arterial
04:02
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Winding past the brick houses hearing the rain on the car
Driving the arterial through the center of Queen Anne
The resonance of The Suburbs filling the vacancy in the air
Just flowing through the roads that spread like veins across the earth
With you here next to me
Well I don't feel the anxiety
As we are pumped further
From the heart of the Hill
The headstones in the cemetery passing by row by row
Names etched into stone, never knowing their true resting place
As we don't know ours, we don't know anything about
Where this is going or where we will be in the coming year
I know that I need to change
You need to see more, how can you believe me
Words conveyed on a blank page
I have been reserved for far too long
But I want you to know
That I will always care
That I will always care
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Abies procera Cambridge, Massachusetts
Abies procera is an indie rock band based out of Boston, MA. Stemming from a much needed emotional outlet for Jake Gable during the cold winter months in Pullman, WA, Jake began writing the first songs of Abies procera. They have recorded two EPs and just finished their first full-length album, It Takes All the Running You Can Do, at Just-Records Studio in Seattle, WA. ... more
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