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The Attic

by Zach Karpinski

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1.
Control 03:49
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You came with a reason but you left with a choice And I can tell by that particular tone in your voice that you’re Fed up with what’s been filling your days You wake up in the morning in a hung-over daze You’ve got a little money but you don’t have a job And anyone who’s seen your place can tell that you are a slob Well you say you need to make a major change in your life But then you rearrange the furniture and call it a night You’re wasting time I’m wasting breath It might just be my cause of death I think its time you took control incertainty has left its toll You’ve got me twisted around Your little finger and now I’m bending backwards over time Something might break its just my spine And what the best you believe Will happen if you up and leave You might get halfway home And realize that you can’t be alone
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The Call (Disconnected) 05:14
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Watched phone, line never rings and I’m left here wondering I try to keep us connected, this relationship is getting hectic You call your mother she says you should say nothing at all And what’s the point in wasting time when you said nothing at All those lies that you said had little time to get through my head Why did we put ourselves on hold when we’re just waiting for the call I call not expecting you to answer the line let it go through To the outdated recorded message I am able to recite inside of my head Your phone was answered by a he, disconnect from reality I’m lost in serendipity, disconnect from reality Mute and blind now you say you see, disconnect from reality Your phone was answered by a he Stuck in my heads the dial tone reminding me that I’m still alone Unable to move I’m a stone as your name appears on my phone
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The Attic 04:56
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Harshly and sparsely receive your attention Confirmation your efforts in vain Partially you realize that you give no attention Got the aura of someone in vain Wildly your ivory skin cuts through the crowd Of the wack basement dance party I check you out Like a book from the Library you’re going home with me I wont be coming back to hell with the late fees Slowly it hits you that there’s something among us It’s your constant excuses that are getting us hung up On the wall in the attic where there’s no one to wonder What the artist was thinking so it get buried under The dust from the cracks amongst the walls And cobwebs falling down from corners The nail starts to rust begins to fall Before there’s anytime to warn us Wishfully I kiss you lipstick on the tip of my tongue Perfume stuck in my nose eyes are froze to your thighs Brain is counting the seconds since my lips last spoke But the frog in my throat that has me all Choked up on the words, I whisper in your ear I lean in closer so my cheek grazes your hair My breath hits you neck and goosebumps confirm that The way that you look at me’s not just a warning You’ve got nothing to loose so what are you trying to prove You owe nothing to me you are living in a dream What’s that book in your hand? 100 ways of pleasing your man That must be for a friend told me that you would never love again
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Hearts Get Shook 04:15
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I’ve been getting lost in my daydreams But I have no idea what any of them mean I just know, I can’t keep on like this anymore I’d been getting stuck in my thick head I couldn’t tell whether I was alive or really dead I just keep making the same mistakes as before And there may come a day you realize you’re moving the wrong way And maybe you’ll understand what you’ve been running from your friends But those days you remember won’t come back You miss the September we split tracks But with a little luck we will cross paths And our hearts’ll get shook once more I was sleeping in a willow tree But the leaves and the branches didn’t notice me I was a daydreamer alone in my own thoughts She came along and whistled down But the wind in the leaves was the only sound So she kept moving on til she got lost And there may come a day I realize I let you get away And maybe I’ll understand that I miss you more than a best friend But those days I remember won’t come back I miss the September we split tracks But with a little luck we will cross paths And our hearts’ll get shook once more
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Mindreader 05:03
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Oh mindreader stubborn bottom feeder lover You’re the reason for the rain Helpless troubled canvas stained and mottled landed In the dirt and felt the pain I’ve been calling for you in my head Clearly you’re not reading me no more I’ve been searching for you, are you dead Just another thing to call a chore Oh mindreader stubborn like the demons running Back and fourth behind my eyes Open window painted plain and simple waiting For a reason to be closed
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Lovesore 03:06
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Your weary eyes release the tension that’s overcoming me And its no surprise you’ve got my attention so what’s it gonna be Are we still feeding off pure emotions like we’re supposed to Or are we just going through the motions because there’s nothing left to do So what’s it gonna take to realize its fake We’ve both made our mistake eventually we’ll break Down onto the floor praying there’s no more We’ve made each other lovesore Excuse me I think I need a moment to recollect my head We look at one another like we’re opponents who sleep in the same bed Our pillow talk is just another cover while were lying to each other Laying underneath the rubble of our hearts broken and we don’t know it’s the end The end of the road or so I’ve been told This path has grown old I think we better fold I must implore that we don’t ignore Each other growing lovesore
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Lovesore Pt. II 02:26
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Your weary eyes release the tension that’s overcoming me And its no surprise you’ve got my attention so what’s it gonna be Are we still feeding off pure emotions like we’re supposed to Or are we just going through the motions because there’s nothing left to do So what’s it gonna take to realize its fake We’ve both made our mistake eventually we’ll break Down onto the floor praying there’s no more We’ve made each other lovesore Whats it gonna take for you to notice the way you’ve broken me I’ve gotta find a way to overthrow this While I continue to bark up the wrong tree Whether it’s for pleasure or a purpose well I really hope it’s worth it See it painted on the surface in a frame on the wall and it’s ready to fall Fall to the ground but wont make a sound Cause no ones around so it keeps falling down Down onto the floor wondering if there’s more We’ve made each other lovesore
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Answers/Questions 04:54
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I’ve been thinking ‘bout what you’ve said On all the Wednes and Tuesdays Sitting on the porch smoking cigs until we Learned all we could know About one another left no room to grow so What was it you couldn’t tell me about As if I couldn’t understand the coded message that you send Made contact with the receiver disregarded in the end Who the fuck are you? Shouting out these words like you know all the answers I don’t think you even know the question And I don’t think its true The fabricated story you force to your front teeth Didn’t manage to get through So let me make my humblest suggestion

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released May 9, 2016

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