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Stories You Can't Tell - Album

by Steff and the Articles

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1.
Two Cities 03:13
Too much in my head to sleep it out I try to forget, but it's singled out My heart beats fast, but there is no one Only anxiety I can't overcome I've been driving back and forth, back and forth spreading myself too thin, distracting myself I've been stacking more, more and more all onto my shelf

 Yes, I would love to take it easier But right now, I cannot settle on quite how And maybe one day, I'll say it was worth it But today, I'm between two cities on how to figure it out Too much in my head to just let it out Can't even keep track of what I'm worrying about So I've been making lots of lists lately When I cross one thing off, another's added on I've been making lots of friends lately Most of them came as quickly as they were gone Yes, I would love to take it easier But right now, I cannot settle on quite how And maybe one day, I'll say it was worth it But today, I'm between two cities on how to figure it out Yes, I would love to take it easier But right now, I cannot settle on quite how And maybe one day, I'll say it was worth it But today, I'm between two cities on how to figure it out
2.
Finding 04:52
I ran into you with no expectancy that I would find you right next to me Six months was time to learn too much I played the getting to know you game Turns out we're not much alike, not much the same Our daily events became late night bedtime stories, we would tell Thank you for finding me I guess I was hiding When I looked out, well, you were right there And you gave me things for realizing Well I know, the credit's for dividing I think you needed me to find you, too This is the moment we've been waiting for all week Now you see the expression on my face as we speak An hour and a half's distance kept us apart, roughly Well I had the weekend to spend with you in your natural state What a difference it made when bedtime came I couldn't care 'bout all the second hand cigarette breaks, I would take Thank you for finding me I guess I was hiding When I looked out, well, you were right there And you gave me things for realizing Well I know, the credit's for dividing I think you needed me to find you, too If it is true that you've found love of me Do not conclude that I could never be It kills me to think, the weight I've pushed down on you With no power to take it off, when I try to Thank you for finding me I guess I was hiding When I looked out, well, you were right there And you gave me things for realizing Well I know, the credit's for dividing I think you needed me to find you, too
3.
One Week 02:37
This week, it went by faster than I could have hoped for, could have denied I worked at my job, the day it was rough But when I got home, I thought about stuff

 Like all of the things I have learned about you After one week All of the things I have wondered about you After one week All of this is quite exciting for now But I've only had one week to try the thought of you out I finally hung up the clothes on the floor And folded the rest, and put them in drawers I played some songs for part of the day I drove in my car, always too far for all the friends who keep me entertained Then there were all of the things I have learned about you After one week All of the things I have wondered about you After one week All of this is quite exciting for now But I've only had one week to try the thought of you out All of the things I don't know about you All of the things I could know about you All of the things I could know about you After one week
4.
I knew you were trouble, well I was having fun I thought I could bring out your best Maybe I'm not worth the change in you But I don't think I'm worth much less And so you've seen it's very hard for me to admit certain things As if I'll never have to confirm anything I am thinking It's okay, I think We make a bigger deal with the way we speak The way we talk about things But you know too much, so I know it will be such a difficult thing for unraveling Oh no So you've proved you care And it's so much different this time around 
And now I've brought myself all this worry over this new thing I've found I never really wanted anyone to know they were that important to my history But I'm afraid you've already figured out all that mystery there was about me It's okay, I think We make a bigger deal with the way we speak The way we talk about things But you know too much, so I know it will be such a difficult thing for unraveling Oh no Hang a certificate on the wall for all to see What you have done and to wonder what got into me It's okay, I think We make a bigger deal with the way we speak The way we talk about things But you know too much, so I know it will be such a difficult thing for unraveling Oh no
5.
You want reassurance, you want my sentimentality And boy, if you can earn it, I'll surely set it free I just hate sitting, trying to convince myself This is really, really good for me I'm sorry if I've made it hard for you To avoid any sort of doubt Well, I wouldn't wanna mislead you too far I'm still trying to figure it out Maybe if I stick around long enough you'll be able to finish that song one night You can't seem to keep your thoughts away from me but it's nothing you would try and fight I want you to know I think of you and I like when I have you around But when I didn't say anything back to you you must have wondered what that was all about Well, I didn't know what to say So I didn't try to figure it out Don't have much spare time But you get a lot No expressions big enough to calm any of your thoughts You know I'll be working on my, you know I'll be working on my sentimentality
6.
I'm not responsible for what has happened here Hard to be logical Your motives aren't clear Though I know that all of this must only be a stage Let's skip to the next scene You've got lots to say, but lots of stories you can't tell without exaggerating Why did you change like that, Change like that? You have transformed yourself as far as we can see A gradual process that better blended you into some scene Well you were always welcome there, as far as I'm aware What makes it better now? You act as though you lead the way But you've fallen in line with what surrounds you Why did you change like that, Change like that?
7.
You were a flower, sitting in a vase in a space in my room
 The water ran out, I had no more to give And so it dried, and then it died
 You are a painting, sitting on a page in a frame in my room You'll never dry out, I'll never let you I'll always keep you around if I'm allowed to You don't need reassurance To know that you'll be fine Wish I could tell you that hurt is much harder to come by I'll be hurtin', too 
 With your resent I cannot undo You were a pattern, I got so used to running to Wish I could have warned you, I could have sworn I'd never be at this point Then when it came, it was much easier to avoid 'Cause you found a comfort And I did too, I guess And so we got comfortable with making each other upset Then we'd wake up, and somehow, reset You don't need reassurance To know that you'll be fine Wish I could tell you that hurt is much harder to come by I'll be hurtin', too 
 With your resent I cannot undo Now I hold all responsibility For the way you are feeling You can try, try to drink a little more, tune me out a little more I will try, try to fix what I can fix Well, maybe you won't even notice You don't need reassurance To know that you'll be fine Wish I could tell you that hurt is much harder to come by I'll be hurtin', too 
 With your resent I cannot undo
8.
I'm killing myself slowly Just like most everybody else I know 'Cause stressing less and eating best is so unachievable right now, you know I found distractions with all of the friends that I think I can say that I've got But at the end of the day, I'm alone with quite a collection of thoughts Are you waking up now? Well, I can't sleep I've been spending the night with my worries If I'm out of luck now Well, I won't speak of what I was intending I made the biggest fool of myself I'm used to it by now, you see I've put myself in front of so many people I know they roll their eyes all for me They're just good at being nice So much truth I will never hear them say If it made any sense, any sense at all I'd run far away Are you waking up now? Well, I can't sleep I've been spending the night with my worries If I'm out of luck now Well, I won't speak of what I was intending What a shame, what a shame it could be If it's not, if it's not already Are you waking up now? Well, I can't sleep I've been spending the night with my worries If I'm out of luck now Well, I won't speak of what I was intending
9.
Well I live in a stupid apartment downtown What I wanted to find, sure have not found Thought I'd move and I'd be better in the city 
Now I wish I could turn back around The kitchen sink's made for washing hands And I get to my room through another man's 
Though there's lots of space, you might assume I wouldn't pay the same rent as the kid with his own bathroom Oh what a place to be When I'm gone, I'm sure I'll see All the things that I liked all about This stupid apartment downtown Thank goodness that smell finally went away But the toilet, it is still broken What I went through just to put electric in my name You must have been jokin' When I went into the small, dirty, so-called kitchen I found a stove to be nonexistent Can't cook anything, no I can't even hang At this stupid apartment downtown Oh what a place to be When I'm gone, I'm sure I'll see All the things that I liked all about This stupid apartment downtown The sirens from the firetruck They come by just in time to wake me up And the cats in the alley They're not even friendly Oh what a place to be When I'm gone, I'm sure I'll see All the things that I liked all about This stupid apartment downtown
10.
Controversy 04:03
Isn't amazing how we could both be right about the same thing? Pick and chose from the ways we could point the blame Look, now we're just saying things For the sake of saying them Just to say something back keep our characters intact It's a controversy I say what I say, but you think it's me Well, it's not enough to make you feel loved enough But plenty to push me away And you say we ought to find a compromise You're so irresponsible, but I'm so damn uptight Go drink some more, we'll end up in a fight Then you can hang up the phone Just to prove a point But I know you'll call back any second now You couldn't go to bed like that It's a controversy I say what I say, but you think it's me Well, it's not enough to make you feel loved enough But plenty to push me away And you say we ought to find a compromise I know that I am stubborn You know you are, too, you just admit it easier But you know that you are smarter than most So what you have to say, I should really listen to it It's a controversy I say what I say, but you think it's me Well, it's not enough to make you feel loved enough But plenty to push me away I don't think we can find a compromise

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released January 1, 2012

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