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Yo, we could've flown to the moon
but she just moved up, she just went zoom zoom
I stared at the spastic shimmering lights
that exploded from the end of the windpipe
And neon reds that turned day into night
Feeling wrong in various ways and types
and I keep working but I keep hurting
but I'm so furtive because I keep earning
superfly dollar bills, it kills
Still I'd rather stay back on track
than blast off to space and never come back
and lose that cash when you're talking trash
like feeling wrong whenever it's right
and shuddering sounds and blistered lights
and dollar bills the bank ignites
and money lost, emotional hyping

But wait, you know you can't stop
once you start to jog in place
Fingers maneuver slow, digits frigidly cold
From icebergs to slick words
the conversation crept along
From fuck off to stay strong
From blast off to moving on
Each word you said had so much weight
but there's no gravity in outer space anyway

Yo, we could never seem to shut up
or always get interrupted
I'm just trying to say
What I mean is
All I really want to say to you is

Yes, with no light we could get to rest
but the stars burst holes in the dark
and it's making a mess instead
I get up and get dressed again
You know how it used to be
We could go downtown and get down
Our nights were bright lights
but now it's like
I love you but I have to give you away
because I'm full of shit and don't know
what else to say

It kills still, and she said
after all this time I think it's time
maybe that you realized
That you took the time
because I don't want to waste my time
Just because it rhymes doesn't make it ok
Day after day in day out
She doesn't mean to shout
She meant to whisper when she said
"I'll do it without," but it's still loud

But wait, I tripped to fall
and just stayed in place
I just wanted to say
I just love it when you tell it like it is
then turn and say "but what is this?"

What this is,
is just shit you say to keep business
just shit you say when you're listless
apathetically stretch like you need rest
and maybe it's best if you just sleep in
Maybe it's best if I just leave
and trip up again like I keep tripping
Trip up so far I trip straight to the moon
and then move
Change moods like I do, just like you
I like news, you like truth
I'm in tune, but you are too
At first I just passed at the sound of laughter
Now I just laugh at the past and after
Then I get slapped but I move past her
Now I get cheese for free from the moon
where you're talking like
"Bitch, please"

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from Paper on Plastic - EP, released September 10, 2011

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