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White Hot Heaven
02:56
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Everybody wants a little bit of heaven but they’re never really willing to pay
Everybody wants to be a little higher than they found themselves the previous day
So pay attention to the tremors when they hit you with the m-a-n-i-a
You left me bleedin’ from the beating that you gave me when I only just happened to say
Hey I’m alright
I’m alright
I’m alright
Take a little bit of loving if you need it you can use it for the season ahead
But don’t forget you’ve got to give a little more than what you need to get your own heart fed
So pay attention to the white hot heaven that is burning only in your head
She’ll leave me haunted that she’s all I’ve ever wanted if I bow down before her bed
Hey I’m alright
I’m alright
I’m alright
In the morning you go warning everybody that you’re flying up in outer space
You didn’t mean for it to happen you were hoping you could get only get a little taste
So pay attention to the body that you’re leaving when you’re moving with the planet’s pace
I’m not returning but I’m learning how to say it when I’m fucked up off my face
Hey I’m alright
I’m alright
I’m alright
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Emily
03:58
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Time is bastard
Time is a thief
Time is devoted to making a fool of me
The long road
That winds from me to you
Is littered with ashes
Fallen from my youth
Well I ain't got no lovers
On this side of town
But a strange kind of magic
Floats around your crown
I know you know me so won't you
Come to me
Emily
Can't you see
What would be
Out of the corner
Of my eye
I catch the heathen in you
Of your own design
A young heart
With a wise mind
Keeps ripe fruit hanging
Dripping from the vine
Well I ain't got no lovers
On this side of town
But a strange kind of magic
Floats around your crown
I know you know me so won't you
Come to me
Emily
Can't you see
What will be
Bad joke sniff coke
Get a little paranoid
I'm the one who taught him everything he knows
Drag queen
Drug fiend
Mainline the animal
Dancing all night
With my high heels on
Quick draw
Fatal flaw
Sleeping with the enemy
She's got a way with the back of her hand
Brights lights
Just might
Give em what they really want
You've got the makings of a shooting star
Wonder if you are
I wonder if you are what you are when you
Come for me
Emily
Can't you see
What will be
I need you
Come for me
Emily
You're gonna be somebody's shooting star
You're gonna be somebody's shooting star
You're gonna be somebody's shooting star
You're gonna be somebody's
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Sweet Thing
04:01
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There you go
Dark hair and brown eyes you know
I stayed up all night
Just watching the clouds roll by
Dressed in white
Indian style, alright
Sat like the sun
Just watching the world roll by
And all my things you can have them
And all the dreams I can fathom are dead now
Over and over
My heart shouts
For sweet thing
I skate thin ice
In circles repeated twice
Watching that light slip
Slowly up into the sky
And the world below
With leeches and pipes
That go
Deeper than no air knows
What it's like to be breathed
And all my things you can have them
And all the dreams I can fathom are dead now
Over and over
My heart shouts
For sweet thing
Well lay on down
Let me get lost and drown
Gritting your teeth
Just looking for life
In these eyes
And all my things you can have them
And all the dreams I can fathom are dead now
Over and over
My heart shouts
For sweet
Sweet
Sweet
Sweet
I'm in love
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Ryan Rickenbach New York, New York
"The little king of cosmic folk"
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