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Soft Spoken
04:33
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You shrug it off
You sit back down
Your days of carelessness are behind you now
You didn't let yourself
Ever feel truly young
Couldn't face the fact
That you felt so numb
But you know it's all
And it's always been
In your head
There's no need
To relinquish your sense of happiness
When you're soft spoken
And you've got a lot to say
But you hold it all in
Well, it eats away
Now you're caught
In the middle again
Self-perceived helplessness
When you're soft spoken
And you've got a lot to say
But you hold it all in
Well, it eats away
And it's all in the open
Your hopes and your fears
Controlled by your caution
You'd prefer to stand clear
When you're soft spoken
And you've got a lot to say
But you hold it all in
Well, it eats away
And it's all in the open
Your hopes and your fears
Controlled by your caution
You'd prefer to stand clear
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2. |
Autumn Boundary
00:46
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Release the wind from the autumn boundary
Don't tell me what I want to hear
Just give it to me soft and clear
I just want something to take some time up
But I'm scared of how fast it goes
I'm scared of how fast it's gone
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3. |
St. Paul
03:15
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Old beat up Reeboks
On the way to St. Paul
It's the fear of life so normal
That scares me most of all
Or maybe it's just that
I can't live in my own skin
And the moments of dead silence
Eat at me from within
It's the tiresome expression
Of original contention to it all
At the forefront of our madness
And certain absence for ones we love
You can't help it
You fight the battle
At least the one you conjure up
And if you win it
I hope you feel that
All you've done has been enough
Why don't you take a moment
And face yourself
The tired eyes and sadness
Make you feel like someone else
Or maybe it's just that
You want things to change
But pervasive contradictions
Stand right in your way
It's the tiresome expression
Of original contention to it all
At the forefront of our madness
And certain absence for ones we love
You can't help it
You fight the battle
At least the one you conjure up
And if you win it
I hope you feel that
All you've done has been enough
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4. |
Undone
04:33
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Piercing wind I grab your hand
A gloomy day in Madison
Superficial innocence
And adolescent consequences
It hit me hard when someone asked
Have you been doing better with him
It takes the air right out of me
To look at her and tell her yes
You only have so long
Absolve what's holding you down
Fearing time since I was young
And that I'll lose it all before it's even come
Too old for this too young for that
Convincing myself that there's nothing left
With open eyes I jump right in
You change my mind and I start to begin
To think of things for what they are
And try to stop from wandering too far
You only have so long
Absolve what's holding you down
You only have so long
Find peace in letting it go
Eat away at my heart
I'm so scared of feeling alone
In front of your eyes
All that you know
Has come and gone
And you've come undone
You've come undone
You've come undone
You've come undone
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Ollie
02:28
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As your family leaves
In that big white van
Headed back east
I can't help but think
About what they might be thinking about me
And in all honesty
I fall victim to my fervent curiosity
About how things were before
I've come to know your love
And sense it rushing through me
When I feel your touch
It's the comfort of
Letting go of thoughts of how it all once was
Inside my mind
There's a permanent picture of your big brown eyes
And it takes me back
To the very first time
That they locked right in to mine
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6. |
Impartial
01:51
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Equal parts attentive
And out of my mind
When there's no incentive
I ponder the depths of my time
In the spring there's that feeling
Of things that have come and have gone
In the time they were weightless
Now memories outweigh it all
I hold it in my heart
You say to be impartial to
The things I say and what I do
To hold it close and make it through
The things I say and what I do
To hold it close and make it through
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7. |
Jupiter
03:30
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Easily manipulated
Terrified but slow to say it
Maybe I'm the fool for standing by
I'll wait for something so uncertain
Wallow in the pain it causes
And let myself fall victim to the climb
But it's you I want to know
Better than before
And I long to give you
Everything I have
My vulnerability
The parts of me
That I'm so afraid of
The beach was cool the water dark
Jupiter's light cast down on us
Or maybe just a star among the rest
I surrender my significance
Where will it get me in the end
It's memories I will hold within my mind
It's you I want to know
Better than before
And I long to give you
Everything I have
My vulnerability
The parts of me
That I'm so afraid of
Flickering eventuallys
Fill the spaces in-between
Maybe I'm the fool for standing by
Thoughts of you they help to ease
My mind from all the agony
But they find their way to me all the time
But it's you I want to know
Better than before
And I long to give you
Everything I have
My vulnerability
The parts of me
That I'm so afraid of
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8. |
Beef & Etc.
03:20
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Slow it down you never wanna know exactly how I feel
I've tried before and realize it's not worth it to reveal
Anything and everything that troubles me at times
Maybe now it's best that we just go on just go on with our lives
I'll breath a little more
And try to get some rest
But there must be something more
'Cause you're holding me inside your hand
And crawling deep into my head
I never know what it's like
To know just what I want and tell you what I don't
And I've never known how to try
To tell you what I want and express the things I don't
I never know what it's like
To know just what I want and tell you what I don't
And I've never known how to try
To tell you what I want and express the things I don't
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9. |
Wisconsin
03:47
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We drink black coffee in the morning
The space in my heart for you is growing
Wisconsin winters leave me frozen
But through my sadness I still know it
I know it's you
It's been you
I know it's you
It's been you
We drink black coffee in the morning
The space in my heart for you is growing
Wisconsin winters leave me frozen
But through my sadness I still know it
I know it's you
It's been you
I know it's you
It's been you
I know it's you
It's been you
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10. |
Slightly Worn
01:04
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Time has never shown you
Things you wanna see
Or maybe you've been searching for
The world that's at your feet
The snow will keep on falling
The clothes you've barely worn stay on the floor
Give yourself a break
Lay your weary head back down
And close close the door
It's all gonna be alright
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Jacob Slade Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Textured & ethereal indie-folk from Milwaukee, WI.
Contact - jacobgreenie@gmail.com
Instagram - www.instagram.com/jacob_slade_/
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