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Rosewater
02:33
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The anger was building, the longer they kept us inside
A gallon of milk
To drown out the tears that we cried
The truth is uncomfortable and Lord knows it’s easier to lie
So we set Los Angeles on fire
A couple of guns can speak so much louder than words
A couple of voices can be silenced before they’re heard
Rosewater
The truth is on film
Spend one week pretending to care
They took mama’s boy and that was more than she was prepared to bear
Rosewater
Rosewater
Rosewater
Set Los Angeles on fire
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Mr. Sun
03:26
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The sun won't shine
If you live underground
The world's unkind
When no one's around
Lies ain't true
If you're glued to your shoe
It just ain't right
The morning you say
Well, the sun won't shine
When you live underground
You say you're fine
But you choke on a frown
If you'd step outside
It's a marvelous day but you're
Pushing me away
Shine on, shine on
Shine on Mr. Sun
The birds won't sing
And the bees won't buzz
The grass ain't green
And clouds just because
Plants can't grow
In ten feet of snow
It just ain't right
The morning you say
Well, the sun won't shine
When you live underground
You say you're fine
But you choke on a frown
If you'd step outside
It's a marvelous day but you're
Pushing me away
Shine on, shine on
Shine on, shine on
Shine on, shine on
Shine on Mr. Sun
The sun won't shine
If you live underground
The world's unkind
When no one's around
Lies ain't true
If you're glued to your shoe
It just ain't right
The morning you say
Well, the sun won't shine
When you live underground
You say you're fine
But you choke on a frown
If you'd step outside
It's a marvelous day but you're
Pushing me away
Shine on, shine on
Shine on, shine on
Shine on, shine on
Shine on Mr. Sun
Mr. Sun
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Makes You You
04:14
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Cut to modern day the future's breathing
Breathing down my neck
The paths are long and lined with ghosts I'm losing
My train won't reach its wreck
Cause there's always a way
To outlive the truth
Corners to stash the secrets from your youth
So when time proves you wrong
Will they be dead and gone
Is it the guilt that you pay
That makes you
Do you remember all that makes you you
Time is the only thing that makes you new
The rain has stopped, the sun comes out and we're back in my room
We're seventeen we begin
The rainbow curling through the sky outside I can't wait
This will never happen again
The things we do in the dark of the night
We get away with them but do we ever get away
The searchlight lurches down at you like time is the hunter
It's you who are the prey
Cause there's always a way
To outlive the truth
Corners to stash the secrets from your youth
So when time proves you wrong
Will they be dead and gone
Is it the guilt that you pay
That makes you
Do you remember all that makes you you
Time is the only thing that makes you new
Do you remember all that makes you you
Time is the only thing that makes you new
I would give my world away to get back to the room
Where the future was going to begin
We only ever get to see the paths that we take
What of the ones we rescind
They wind along our memories like ghosts in machines
Like this is what could have been
But if we got that second chance do you think it would change
The way we've always known it would end
Cause there's always a way
To outlive the truth
Corners to stash the secrets from your youth
So when time proves you wrong
Will they be dead and gone
Is it the guilt that you pay
That makes you
Do you remember all that makes you you
Time is the only thing that makes you new
Do you remember all that makes you you
Time is the only thing that makes
You you
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Hannah Banana
03:20
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Hannah Banana
Never on my game when you come around
Never was sure if I loved you
Oh
But I love you now
Hannah Banana
I heard you ran away with another man
Who never had a doubt if he loved you
Cause you were the best he could ever have
I was finally getting better
I started taking care of myself
Last night I blacked out and woke up on your porch
You know
You don’t live there anymore
Hannah Banana
Never on my game when you come around
Never was sure if I loved you
Oh
But I love you now
Hannah Banana
Nobody understands when I talk about
How it’s coming in waves that I miss you
Hmm
And I’m afraid that I’m going to drown
Oh
I was finally getting better
I started taking care of myself
Last night I blacked out and woke up on your porch
You know
I get carried away
Hannah Banana
Hannah Banana
Oh
I was finally getting better
I started taking care of myself
Last night I blacked out and woke up on your porch
You know
You don’t live there anymore
Hannah Banana
I’m never on my game when you come around
I never was sure if I loved you
Oh
But I love you now
Oh
Hannah Banana
I’m never on my game when you come around
I never was sure if I loved you
Oh
But I love you now
But I love you now
But I love you now
Mmm
But I love you now
But I love you now
But I love you now
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Help Me Find A Way
00:57
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Could you help me find a way
To let go
Could you help me find a way
To let go
Could you help me find a way
To let go
Could you help me find a way
To let
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Fighting For
02:54
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Here we are again
Woke up flying down the 5
Butterflies exit 75
Salad days forgot the 80’s
I can’t feel much at all
Let’s hang out at the mall
The summertime melts cheddar cheese
Mom took away the LSD
Check this out I’m glad I found this
Photograph from 1996
Here, here we are
Do you know what you’re fighting for
Here, here we are
Do you know what you’re fighting for
What you're fighting for
You, you don’t know
What you’re fighting for
You, you don’t know
What you’re fighting for
All our memories
All our friends
All our secrets
Are here again
What you're fighting for
You, you don’t know
What you’re fighting for
You, you don’t know
What you’re fighting for
Here we are again
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I Can't Lose You
03:19
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I can’t lose you
No matter
How hard I try
There’s a moment we never got
To say goodbye
You paralyze me by
The way you look tonight
You make me feel like I could jump out a window
And learn to fly
There’s a stupid guy
And he’s keeping us apart
He’s afraid
In the headlights of a car
When the blood dries
When the cows come home
Well I’ll still love you, and always will, wherever you are
I can’t lose you
No matter
How hard I try
There’s a moment we never got
To say goodbye
I can’t lose you
No matter
How hard I try
There’s a moment we never got
There’s a moment we never got
There’s a moment we never got
To say goodbye
Will you promise me that you’ll stay there?
Keep it together when I cannot
Will you
Sit beside me until
The nightmares stop
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
I can’t lose you
No matter
How hard I try
There’s a moment we never got
To say goodbye
I can’t lose you
No matter
How hard I try
There’s a moment we never got
There’s a moment we never got
There’s a moment we never got
There’s a moment we never got
There’s a moment we never got
To say goodbye.
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Feet
04:20
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Take your pain
Lay it down
At my feet
On solid ground
Then I'll take your pain
That's always there
All the time
And I'll make it mine
I don't want you
Ever to hurt
You're beautiful
If I could ask
Of you
One thing
You're leaving on
The light
So my feet
Can be
The guide
In the darkest
Night you'll help me
Find my way back
Home
Take your pain
Lay it down
At my feet
On solid ground
Then I'll take your pain
That's always there
All the time
And I'll make it mine
Oh
I don't want you
Ever to hurt
You're beautiful
If I could ask
Of you
One thing
You're leaving on
The light
So my feet
Can be
The guide
Oh
In
The darkest
Night you'll help me
Find my way back
Home
Could you help
Me find a way
To let go
Could you help
Me find a way
To let go
Could you help
Me find a way
To let go
Could you help
Me find a way
To let
Could you let
Me find a way
To let go
Could you help
Me find a way
To let go
Could you help
Me find a way
To let go
Could you help
Me find a way
To let
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The Sometimes Island Los Angeles, California
If Daft Punk and Fleet Foxes had a lovechild, this band would disappoint its parents and be sent to boarding school for
sounding like The 1975.
This is exactly what tropical indie-pop band The Sometimes Island are made of. Synth-heavy pop laced with introspective lyrics and bright, colorful sounds, it’s music you can both sway your hips to and appreciate both physically and intellectually.
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