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Haunted House

by Chalk

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1.
How can I get you to go When you're in my bones And your ghost still haunts my home Am I better off alone? Then how can I get you to stay Long after you've gone away And you're never return To the bridges I have burned And your ghost still haunts my home Am I better off alone? Invisible lines Are the easiest kind To cross and cross again When you can't see where they end You're visibly kind In sight but out of mind Out of feeling, out of heart Or so they say There's no need to put that face on For another pointless face off While you're here let's face it You've found an apt replacement You say I should be fine And this happens all the time And I should take that time To clear my troubled mind Take a day, take two Take three, take a goddamned eternity Hate me all the way to infinity Take me a goddamned eternity Do you remember when You walked across the eggshells Holding your breath Just to tell me oh well Do you remember then Now we're both in hell Holding our breath We're screaming for help
2.
Hallways 01:02
3.
Car Song 04:27
So I'll drive out Yeah I'll drive out to where you live And when I get halfway I remember I forgot where you live And the CD player skips And the steering wheel tends to slip And the sun roof won't roll up And the windows won't roll down And the speedometer is broken So I can't tell how fast I'm going I just ride relative to everyone else It doesn't let me drive quite like myself This isn't the last time you'll feel like this Remember the last time you felt like this Now you wish That she didn't exist And you wanna go back Before you felt like that Gas, brake, and clutch to the floor I'm shifting gears but I want more Cracks in the windshield and rust on the doors These lackluster seats make my back sore and Sunburn got me red like a turnip The map is torn up Don't know where I'll turn up This isn't the last time you'll feel like this Remember the last time you felt like this Now you wish That she didn't exist And you wanna go back Before you felt like that She made a promise and she isn't gonna break that Don't look 'cause she isn't gonna wave back Don't think when you drive into the sunset If you do well you'll just get upset Don't answer the phone when she calls you Don't even let her get close to you Do your best not to think about that one time Or that other time, or those other times Oh oh, or that other time, pay it no mind When you fall behind You look further back Well she gave you time But you lost track When you cross the line Just to get her back And you can't believe You would do that
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Imani 04:36
Imani Imani-oh Imani-oh My heart's just for you Imani Imani-oh Imani-oh It cuts me in two Imani Imani-oh Imani-oh My heart's just for you Imani Imani-oh Imani-oh When I see him with you Imani Imani-oh Imani-oh Tread a continent for you You think you've had it bad You thought you had it rough But are you dumb enough To keep this whole thing up? You think you've had it bad You thought you had it rough But are you strong enough To give this whole thing up? And I broke all my bones But I'm completely fine Suddenly I don't seem to mind And I'll burn my cell phone But I'll keep a landline Stay in touch from time to time I never knew that it was so small It isn't anything at all Now I'm all alone But I feel most at home Outside your coverage zone And I'll burn my cell phone Lately I've been prone To hanging up at the dial tone I never knew that it was so small It isn't anything at all But now I can only lay As the day slips away I can always lie That at least I tried When in truth I only watch As the stupid words you say can't be stopped And the opinions that you seek can't be bought
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Lake Sedge 04:24
Will you feed my lines? Tongue tied I ate my words for breakfast Eyes closed no direction Would you kindly show me to the exit? I’ve been getting so tired From sleeping in the daytime Then pulling long nights Planning out my short sights Pockets full of lake sedge From trailing on the river’s edge Ask me how I’m feeling Been counting dots on the ceiling But now they have letters for Numbers they don’t have numbers for Top buttons to scratch floors Eager eyes to open Drawers Yeah it’s been hard to speak With my tongue in my cheek I promise I won’t hurt you It just might take some work to Build an understanding On foundations of poor planning I found the ratio I’ll play it safe But It’s too late to lay in wait And I could lay another brick On walls that grow so thick Just to paint them with your shadow Cast out from a spiral … but Who can tell us who your favorite mathematician is Let’s find out where an ancient mathematician lives Let’s hope what he says Isn’t too complex If the numbers are real Then it’s all been determined Why do I feel So uncertain [Door’s always open Been steady hoping you’d stop by] The quicker you spread ‘em The sooner you forget ‘em The further you spread ‘em The faster you’ll regret ‘em
8.
(Asleep) 06:05
And when things get above my head I’ve been flirting with death's cousin I’ve been thinking 'bout what Nasir said Sometimes I feel it’s a life I'd lead instead but Don’t cry out That’s the last thing you should do The people next door They’re not laughing with you Don’t cry out That’s the last thing you should do The people next door They’re not laughing with you They're saying: "Get in contact, win your friends back! Ah-ah-ah-ahh, ah-ah-ahh-ah Ah-ah-ah-ahh, ah-ah-ahh-ah" Is it hurting for you, living alone? Well, it’s the first thing to do Leaving your home, they're saying "Ah-ah-ah-ahh, ah-ah-ahh-ah Ah-ah-ah-ahh, ah-ah-ahh-ah" Run around with those old friends And get depressed again Words betraying confidence At every single incident Dust things for fate's fingerprints It's too strange for coincidence Dust things for fate's fingerprints It’s too strange 'Cuz I'm best said Layin' in a big bed Face behind a blanket And I'm talking to your pillow Fall asleep as the wind blows Through a poorly insulated window Fun without those old friends And fall asleep again Gestures suggest that confidence Grows with every compliment But the lights come on They're moving in The night’s too long The days are getting thin The lights come on they're moving in It’s too long Cuz I'm best said Laying in a big bed Face behind a blanket And I'm talking to your pillow Fall asleep as the wind blows Through a poorly insulated window And I hope that I can amount To more than my thread count More than my thread count I'm not more than my thread count
9.
Power Blue 05:37
10.
Off on a brighter night Often these slider lights Don't hide our spider bites Can't get my body right You'll put some music on but all of the songs are wrong None of the ceilings gone I need to take a nap But I am confident That you'll be my confidant When I lose confidence I'll break my promises We were hanging out We were down and out a sinking ship and I held my tongue and I bit my lip but I won't let you slip Got your wits about (you) Swallow all your doubts soon a haunted house and I clasped my hands and I stood my stand I just followed the plan Pushed to the party again Why would you do that? Tell all your funniest jokes Make them all laugh Sad in your house again Who would do that? Dash all your fondest hopes Make yourself cry And all the architects Would sooner hang their necks Then cash an empty check Out on a beat up wreck Can't handle the going trope Become a misanthrope Cut all the easy ropes Turn in your broken bones Making sense of a mess Pulls back the innocence Apply a field of stress Plan for a button press And all the vacant spots Remind you of their haircuts The nostalgic rot It fills up gut And if I had a heart Maybe I'd feel it But the new robot's More idealistic And the funniest joke As her transistors smoke is the emptiness Of which his sister spoke Take a look offshore It's all around you Thought you ran away The city found you And all the vacant spots Remind you of her haircut The nostalgic rot It spills from my gut And if I had a heart Maybe I'd feel it But the new robot's More realistic And the funniest joke With my resistors broke it's the emptiness with which that mister spoke Try to look for more It's all around you Thought you ran away This house found you I had to lose my dreams I had to wake up I nearly lost my mind Now my mind's made up I had to live with them I had to stay up I had to give to them Gave up my sweatshirt I had to lose my dreams I had to wake up I nearly lost my mind Now my mind's made up
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credits

released October 31, 2014

Chalk is
Michael Voller - Vocals, Guitar
Anthony Casey - Guitars, Vocals
Jake Schemm - Bass, Vocals
Forrest Fritz-Storhaug - Drums

Featuring
Shea Bartel - Saxophone on tracks 9 & 11

All songs written by Chalk except track 2
which was compiled by Zach Thayer

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