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I Think It's Time You Packed Up & Left My Head

by The Drive Home

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1.
Small Talk 01:38
You’ll fall over the drama you’ve kept hidden away Under the covers you’ll spend each of your waking days This small talk will get you nowhere And the sun’s not so bright That you can’t see where I am and where you haven’t been Where time is and where you’re wasting it You couldn’t keep your eyes set on your knees Let alone a lock and chain between your teeth I should’ve taken the hint that This drive home alone would be its hardest So many afternoons were spent out by the lake Little was I to know you were skipping stones Into the side of my head Even in the summer you brought the rain to my place I took my seat on your chair without legs And always wondered why I fell I hate secrets, that’s why I’ll never fucking keep them You told me to keep up, but I’m losing this conversation A steady dreamer; patience, please keep this at rest I used up all my sick days so I’m calling in dead
2.
0305 03:08
I spent eight months stuck in this head of mine Trying to get out of a shitty state of mind I guess I should’ve seen this coming when You started to blow me off It took me a while to realise that your doormat Had my name all over it Whispers from strangers that I didn’t want to hear Turning into images of all my biggest fears Playing out stories that I couldn’t bear to watch I tried everything but I couldn’t switch them off Struggling to believe it would get easier with time For too long now you’ve had a hold on me But your grip’s starting to loosen and I’m finally free I took our photos down and stowed them away You’ve left the side of my bed And I can finally rest my head again I’ve been waking up to this ghost town street At five a.m. for the past few weeks Wondering if this routine will take my mind off The thought of where you’ve been And the things I wish I hadn’t seen And I know it’s not working but I won’t give up on trying I can still feel your arms around my waist Every night when I turn off the lights For too long now you’ve had a hold on me But your grip’s starting to loosen and I’m finally free I took our photos down and stowed them away You’ve left the side of my bed And I can finally rest my head again My friends all see the look in my eyes Like I haven’t felt a thing since you said goodbye And it was so easy for you to move on from me Just like it was for you to leave I gave you every fucking ounce I could You never stayed like you said you would
3.
Gutless 02:54
late night drives are the last thing i need for this night 'cos right now i need my friends just like any day before you're the type that likes to tease our trainwreck named jealousy tell me how long did you hate yourself for wanting his company? still too gutless to admit it i was too gutless to fix it i'm sure he drove you home he missed the turn off when he turned you on one day you're gonna be all alone and i won't be there to help you read my letter over all you want there's only one of us who'll get choked up i'm pacing the street where your best friend lived it was always such a nice house two-storied bullshit of where you were when you weren't i settled for last, you were out stealing the best of my intentions and save the boredom my knees are too weak to give enjoyment still too gutless to admit it i was too hopeless to change it i'm sure he drove you home he missed the turn off when he turned you on one day you're gonna be all alone and i won't be there to help you read my letter over all you want there's only one of us who'll get choked up and i've spent too many nights yelling fuck you at this goddamn phone you said you'd never trade coming home to me for anything there are some days that make me think that i'm okay and then there's days like today i'm sure he drove you home he missed the turn off when he turned you on one day you're gonna be all alone and i won't be there to help you read my letter over all you want there's only one of us who'll get choked up
4.
Please inform me if you know how I should spend my days I thought this mind was my own but It seems it’s wasted on wasting away Hollow halls and shallow seas will bring me to my knees Even if I close my eyes your face will haunt me endlessly Coated rooms with your lying eyes This tight chest calls for sleepless times I wish this heart would beat as fast As my mind makes it out to be You still complain about the town you grew up in Don’t write it off as the sad mistake you’ve made it Two-facing friends that you say you care about Hold your throat for the breath you won’t let out Save the drama before you swim deeper With the type you talk about I can tell by the way that you’re dressed The summer season is how you wear your best You change perfumes not as easily as his scent Overwhelms you I just hope someone buys that bar for me And a taxi home at four a.m. with your friends You still complain about the town you grew up in Don’t write it off as the sad mistake you’ve made it Two-facing friends that you say you care about Hold your throat for the breath you won’t let out Save the drama before you swim deeper With the type you talk about Let that guy with all his ink tell you what it is about me You won’t miss He’ll drop his lines while you drop like rain You’re hooked line and you’re sinking But I could always swim And you could only drown You still complain about the town you grew up in Don’t write it off as the sad mistake you’ve made it Two-facing friends that you say you care about Hold your throat for the breath you won’t let out Save the drama before you swim deeper With the type you talk about
5.
Drive Home 01:33
I’ve spent countless nights in a cold hard bed Trying to fill my goddamn head with something Instead of my empty thoughts at two a.m. Missed conversations between these fingers and your skin I’m exhausted I’ve been trying so hard to just feel fine And as much as I do most of the time I can’t help but still miss when you were mine And this is four a.m. And I guess this is how it ends And distance makes the heart grow And this is the drive home
6.
Heights 03:52
weeks on end with these headphones echoing "i won't give up" i tried to convince you to fight for me but you never fucking tried you spent your nights in arms of others instead of trying to save us i can still hear the remnants of that voice at the end of your driveway as you whispered those words to me for the first time after years of friendship it finally felt like you were mine for good you took me by surprise and i fell even harder that night i remember the days i told myself that this conscious mind would never break and i remember feeling so sure about all the choices that i'd made but i've gotten to a point where i'm not sure about anything anymore and i keep telling myself, reminding myself i will be okay packing up my shit was one of the hardest things i had to do but you left me with no choice and i was stupid enough to believe that one day you'd realise what you were throwing away you never did, you think you've moved on to better things and that you got your own way i remember the days i told myself that this conscious mind would never break and i remember feeling so sure about all the choices that i'd made but i've gotten to a point where i'm not sure about anything anymore and i keep telling myself, reminding myself i will be okay all the words and promises you turned your back on don't hurt as much as they did 5 months ago time didn't wait for me, the world kept turning it was up to me to make the choice to pick myself up off the floor and face my fears, put these hole-worn shoes on and step out the front door just step out the front door

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released October 25, 2013

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