​just a junkyard dog trying to stake my claim
confined canine, collar and chain
i can smell for miles, but no one would know
got no tail to wag, got no room to grow
 
just a junkyard dog, and it just ain't right
practice my bark, just never my bite
and if you were to tell me, i just wouldn't believe
that the sharpest teeth were named after me
 
just a junkyard dog, they got me on a leash
they keep my alive, give me just enough to eat
when i'm just about to starve, and die all alone
they throw me some fat and watch me gnaw on the bone
 
just a junkyard dog, i'm starting to use my wits
cause there's gotta be more to life than sleeping where you shit
got a bright idea, yeah it's common sense
gonna dig a big hole right under the fence
 
just a junkyard dog, and i got no excuse
cause i'm skinny enough to ditch this noose
i'm ready to go, but still I wait
cause there's no way to know what's beyond that gate
 
just a junkyard dog, the wolves would be ashamed
i stopped howling at the moon cause it ain't the one to blame
i sit here with the chickens cause i'm scared to be free
just a junkyard, and that's what i'll always be

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i let you say your peace
now won’t you give me mine please
i never uttered a bad word
i never let my hard freeze over
turn your ear to me
let me say what i need to say now
your thoughts fall on me fiercely
but i will love you anyhow
 
i am walking away
i am walking away
you can choose to stay here
but i am walking away
 
yes i caught you off guard
and i caught myself red-handed
but you weren’t the only broken heart
how could i have known
how could i have planned it
turn your ear to me
let me say what I need to say
i am setting you free
by walking away

you were fabric to me but not just material
warm to me, formed to me, like favorite jeans
but clothes you keep wearing start ripping and tearing
eventually everything bursts at the seems
 
i keep finding you in the fabric of me
the look, the touch, the smell
our love is unraveling, but baby i wear it so well
 
you were tragic to me like a pen in the laundry
with your subtle explosion a part of me dyed
my pockets were empty, you caused quite the quandary
do you mind telling me where you managed to hide
 
i keep finding you in the fabric of me
the look, the touch, the smell
your love is a stain, but baby i wear it so well

if this will ever get better it will surely get worse
who says what, when, where, who calls who first
is hope even worth holding or do i wipe it off my hands
the situation paces restless in the places that it stands
 
i watch with aching despair from my own bird's eye
how can i bring you air without losing my sky
you threw up your borders i just drew a line
will it trace back to you or erase over time
 
i fly like a phoenix, i hover over your mule
as it thrashes its hooves in a sorrow-full pool
i know only to rise now so i can't dive back down
and besides, if i tried we both surely would drown
 
i didn't dig a grave or burn a bridge, i broke a cycle
the life you gave i yearned to live, the alternative was suicidal
it was never what i wanted - to be a self-inflicted orphan
now i lay awake haunted by a cursed, reversed abortion

you were a red light that stopped me right in my tracks
when i was flying through the crossroads
no yellow in between, quick change from red to green
you made me move, you made me go
 
you taught me to switch gears
and now the road is clear, we let go of the brakes
i'll drive with you my dear, and we'll collect souvenirs
love is all it takes
 
i picture you and me, two little girls at sea
digging our heels in shifting sands
baby don't cry those tears, there's enough salt out here
we hold our breath, we're holding hands
 
i'm learning how to tell when the next wave will swell
anticipate the breaks
i'm willing to dive through, long as i can pop up with you
love is all it takes
 
i ain't going anywhere, you can quote me girl, i said it
if something tries to break us, just trust that i won't let it
i don't need a judge to tell me that i'm wedded to you
you never have to worry, you never gotta sweat it
i told if you picked me you never would regret it
i loved you when i met you, i'll love you til the credits roll through
 
love, love, love is all it takes

there’s something about humans and fire
strike ‘em up, blow ‘em out
look what i made, look what i made expire
 
we’re so obsessed with life and death
we don’t know where we come from
we don’t know where we’ll go next

the difference between me and a tree is this
i wonder if I’ll ever be wonderful
and a tree just is

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couldn't live inside my head, i never made the bed
my brain complained and never seemed to learn
my thoughts would stay up humming
my ears would stay up drumming
those roommates made it hard to stay long term
 
if homeless is a state of mind
and HL is the postage sign
i live in fear, i must confess
it will remain my return address
i don't wanna stay here in homelessness
 
couldn't live inside my heart
slept in tents filled up with art
on every wall there hung a ticking clock
i had no time to pack
i left that bloody shack
and when i did i heard they had to change the lock
 
couldn't live inside my guts
it was a maze, it drove me nuts
every room i stayed in was for testin'
i couldn't stomach my own mess
it was too much to digest
and i left on account of never resting

go fuck yourself, you scream through the line
and all i can think is i haven't heard your voice in such a long time
i hope she hurts you just like you hurt me
she's gonna rip out your heart, make you feel unworthy
 
and when she does, don't come running back
cause this time i won't let you get away
you don't have to love me back
who needs to be happy anyway?
 
i'm by myself, you cry through your tears
i never let anybody else in, it's lonely in here
you broke my trust, i'll never believe you
you're gonna get what you deserve, you're gonna get yours
you know she will leave you

​you take up space, yeah, you give good face
but you can’t remember the last time someone saw you small
you touch so high, others rely
on you to light their sky when you don’t feel bright at all
 
so take the time you need to find
the light that shines deep within
and we’ll be alright with less of your light
cause we see the beauty even through the dim

​we run holding hands to two open swings
i pump my legs slowly, hold tight to the chain links
blocking the light, i look up in the air
scream honey, are you sure you're alright up there?
you say i'm having a blast, get up here right now
i yell back i'm tired, and i don't know how
for days straight, i wait, trying to gauge where you'll be
when the clouds cave in so you can land on me
 
there's a ring around the roses on our own playground
there's nothing but earth and sky for miles around
and i say, oh how fun, let's reminisce 
you say, i've never seen a place like this
and i say, it's common as apple pie
you say, i know you are, but what am i
 
next we head over to tetherball poles
i wait on both sides, while you play both roles
there's no way to lose, there's no way to win
so i sit wondering when i'll get to sub in
you hit it so hard, i wince and i brace
cause i'm scared the ball's bound to smack me in the face
it'll fly off the handle if you play too rough
leave you bored with just me, cause i'm not enough
 
when we finally take a break in the day
we take turns making a pb and j
i spread mine thin, cause i hate a mess
and you pour it on thick, cause you love the excess