Dear and the Headlights - Grace

lyrics...

Shaking my teeth loose on your table
The dullest white squares I'll never be
Now that you've picked each one apart
you can't look at me
I'll probably lose you now
But at least the ones I have still sparkle

Putting on your make up
Every day before he wakes up
So he can stomach your face now
Easier than he could without
Yeah, this is love, this is all
That you could want
Open equals heavier

Hold your hand out palm side up
Open, empty, light enough
Minutes all turn to months
This is one thing we have all learned
Equations make a sum but it doesn't add up

Signing up for that second semester
Because you won't marry without the degree
Once I fix things up right
You won't be so embarrassed of me
I'll never make it now, but at least looking in
The mirror won't feel like lying
Posing for your stilted vision
Academic postcard prison

Raise your chin love
Purged a poem I swore was finished
Heaping lines half chewed unconscious
Settle on a plot, chalk another loss
Stage set for breathing and
Choking on swallowed conversations
Clutching and crawling for constant validation

Still nailed in the ruins of
Corporate co-dependence
Still stuck on the thought
That you're the one exception
All the while just the same
I'm worried that the purpose
Is how I look not how I lived

Let's get dolled up and play pretend
Cause nothing stays honest when
Every thought is cursed with intent
A pulse covered in skin and
Words covered in lips
Taste the regret as it leaves your stomach
Coating your tongue with every noun
Watery eyes the only thing
That makes sense now
Spitting your insides out
Start over start over start over start over

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[TheGoldenSkies]

i get chills when he sings "start over start over" at the end. so much chills, that i actually take his advice and play it from the start.

[ericisonfire89]

One of the greatest bands ever!!!

[hannahpaul15]

my uncle used to be in this band and i know from his point of view (or at least from what he told me) it was just too much stress and pressure for everyone and btw they do have wives

[pitghost1995]

@lovab7987 The reason they split was actually because the stress from the road kept them from writing music. They said that there was no overflow of life to write about because their manager had everything they tried to do scheduled and it was just too much, I'd say had they blown up more we might not have even got a demo collection.

[lovab7987]

this is one of those bands that you listen to and love so much you want to keep to yourself and not tell anyone. Well at least its true for me and now I'm upset I will never see them again live or hear any new music from them. Maybe if they had blown up a bit, we would all still have a chance to hear them live (which was a great show btw) :(

[ThisIsSamYule]

Man, this song.

I really like my friend Grace.

But I know she doesn't like me back, and this song always makes me think about us.

[AwenShirazi]

@xXOpenlyDiseasesXx Yeah, I went out both of their CDs yesterday when I heard they broke up. I'm so upset.

[xXOpenlyDiseasedXx]

This is the first band I've bought a CD from in a very long time.

[citiesinseas]

this guys lyrics are unarguably amazing

[softballgrl4evr]

This song is brilliant.

[jrgo00]

jesus christ one of the best and most refreshing bands out there right now. Fantastic lyrics this song!