MY FAVOURITE ERA EVER, FOLKLORE AND EVERMORE JUST SPEAK TO ME SM
the 1 (FAVOURITE)
i,i,i persist and resist the temptation to ask you
if one thing had been different
would everything be different today?
cardigan (THIS BRIDGE IS SO HEAVENLY) (ALSO FAVOURITE)
to kiss in cars and downtown bars
was all we needed
you drew stars around my scars
but now i'm bleedin'
the last great american dynasty (FAVOURITE)
they say she was seen on occasion
pacing the rocks, staring out at the midnight sea
and in a feud with her neighbour
she stole his dog and dyed it key lime green
fifty years is a long time
holiday house sat quietly on that beach
free of women with madness, their men and bad habits
and then it was bought by me
exile (FAVOURITE)
so step right out, there is no amount
of crying i can do for you
all this time
we always walked a very thin line
you didn't even hear me out (you didn't even hear me out)
you never gave me a warning sign (i gave so many signs)
all this time
i never learned to read your mind (never learned to read my mind)
i couldn't turn things around (you never turned things around)
'cause you never gave a warning sign (i gave so many signs)
so many signs, so many signs
you didn't even see the signs
my tears ricochet (ALL TIME FAVOURITE FOREVER OMG IVE SOBBED AND SCREAMED TO THIS SONG)
and i can go anywhere i want.
anywhere i want, just not home (how i felt when i got waitlisted)
and you can aim for my heart, go for blood
but you would still miss me in your bones
and i still talk to you (when i'm screaming at the sky)
and when you can't sleep at night (you hear my stolen lullabies)
mirrorball (THIS SONG IS SO ME) (FAVOURITE)
and they called off the circus, burned the disco down
when they sent home the horses and the rodeo clowns
i'm still on that tightrope
i'm still trying everything to get you laughing at me
and i'm still a believer, but i don't know why
i've never been a natural, all i do is try, try, try
i'm still on that trapeze
i'm still trying everything to keep you looking at me
seven (this song breaks my heart, i was so hurt when she played it without me there) (FAVOURITE)
and i've been meaning to tell you
i think your house is haunted
your dad is always mad and that must be why
and i think you should come live with me
and we can be pirates
then you won't have to cry
or hide in the closet
and just like a folk song
our love will be passed on
august (FAVOURITE)
back when we were still changin' for the better
wanting was enough
for me, it was enough
to live for the hope of it all
cancel plans just in case you'd call
and say, "meet me behind the mall"
so much for summer love and saying "us"
'cause you weren't mine to lose
this is me trying (OMG THIS SONG) (FAVOURITE)
and it's hard to be at a party when i feel like an open wound
it's hard to be anywhere these days when all i want is you
you're a flashback in a film reel on the one screen in my town
illicit affairs (THIS BRIDGE) (FAVOURITE)
and you wanna scream
don't call me "kid", don't call me "baby"
look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
you showed me colours you know i can't see with anyone else
don't call me "kid", don't call me "baby"
look at this idiotic fool that you made me
you taught me a secret language i can't speak with anyone else
invisible string (FAVOURITE)
a string that pulled me
out of all the wrong arms, right into the dive bar
something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire
chains around my demons
wool to brave the seasons
one single thread of gold
tied me to you
mad woman (I LOVE THIS SONG) (FAVOURITE)
i'm taking my time, taking my time
'cause you took everything from me
watching you climb, watching you climb
over people like me
the master of spin has a couple side flings
good wives always know
she should be mad, should be scathing like me, but
epiphany (BEAUTIFUL) (FAVOURITE)
only twenty minutes to sleep
but you dream of some epiphany
just one single glimpse of relief
to make some sense of what you've seen
betty (FAVOURITE)
i was walking home on broken cobblestones
just thinking of you when she pulled up like
a figment of my worst intentions
she said "james, get in, let's drive"
those days turned into nights
slept next to her, but
i dreamt of you all summer long
peace (OMG THIS SONG) (FAVOURITE) doesn't have one
hoax (I LOVE THIS ONE SM) (FAVOURITE)
you know i left a part of me back in new york
you knew the hero died so what's the movie for?
you knew it still hurts underneath my scars
from when they pulled me apart
you knew the password so i let you in the door
you knew you won so what's the point of keeping score?
you knew it still hurts underneath my scars
from when they pulled me apart
but what you did was just as dark
(ah,ah,ah)
darling, this was just as hard
as when they pulled me apart
the lakes - bonus track (FAVOURITE)
i want auroras and sad prose
i want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet
'cause i haven't moved in years
and i want you right here
a red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground
with no one around to tweet it
while i bathe in cliffside pools
with my calamitous love and insurmountable grief
yes i do realise i said every folklore song is my favourite, i won't lie to you, they are all my favourites, what can i say i love this album
