“I, I, I persist and resist the temptation to ask you
If one thing had been different
Would everything be different today?”

the 1

“To kiss in cars and downtown bars
Was all we needed
You drew stars around my scars
But now I'm bleedin'”

cardigan

“Fifty years is a long time
Holiday House sat quietly on that beach
Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits
And then it was bought by me”

the last great american dynasty

“All this time
We always walked a very thin line
You didn't even hear me out (You didn't even hear me out)
You never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)”

exile

“And I can go anywhere I want
Anywhere I want, just not home
And you can aim for my heart, go for blood
But you would still miss me in your bones”

my tears ricochet

“And I'm still a believer, but I don't know why
I've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try
I'm still on that trapeze
I'm still trying everything to keep you looking at me”

mirrorball

“Please picture me in the weeds
Before I learned civility
I used to scream ferociously
Any time I wanted”

seven

“And say, "Meet me behind the mall"
So much for summer love and saying "us"
'Cause you weren't mine to lose
You weren't mine to lose, no”

august

“And it's hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound
It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you
You're a flashback in a film reel on the one screen in my town”

this is me trying

“And you wanna scream
Don't call me "kid," don't call me "baby"
Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
You showed me colors you know I can't see with anyone else”

illicit affairs

“A string that pulled me
Out of all the wrong arms, right into that dive bar
Something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire”

invisible string

“I'm taking my time, taking my time
'Cause you took everything from me
Watching you climb, watching you climb
Over people like me”

mad woman

“Only twenty minutes to sleep
But you dream of some epiphany
Just one single glimpse of relief
To make some sense of what you've seen”

epiphany

“She said "James, get in, let's drive"
Those days turned into nights
Slept next to her, but
I dreamt of you all summer long”

betty

“But there's robbers to the east, clowns to the west
I'd give you my sunshine, give you my best
But the rain is always gonna come if you're standin' with me”

peace

“You know I left a part of me back in New York
You knew the hero died so what's the movie for?
You knew it still hurts underneath my scars
From when they pulled me apart”

hoax

“I want auroras and sad prose
I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet
'Cause I haven't moved in years
And I want you right here”

the lakes