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◕ 3,243 Miles: sketches + b-sides is a collection of tracks from 2010-2012 ◕

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released 06 July 2012

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Track Name: Worked Hands
You left the leaves in my dirty coat
Small recurrence that reminds me of home
Tiny memory seeped in through this mind
Older friends forgotten with crimes
And I hated how I left me
But I couldn’t have kept sleep

Stab me right here
I stab me right here
My discomfort’s fear
That you wont have the strength to pull it out when I near

Crippled hands in my winter coat
I tried to thank you but wrote you a note
To travel west away from dirty leaves
I packed a bag full of hate I’d received
Explains to you why I wasn’t me
With casket breath you’ll arrive and see that everything

Stab me right here
I stab me right here
My discomfort’s fear
That you wont have the strength to pull it out when I near
Track Name: Backpack
did you want to take everything?
i mean you damn near took everything
that i loved out of you
your charm and your truth

did you want to take everything?
i mean you damn near took everything
that i had out of me
i felt it all leave

i would've thought that you had enough
but it turns out that i've said too much
and you use it all against
and you use it all against

i felt it
but you knew that
you had the blood from my heart in your backpack
i felt like a fool

i feel it
but you know that
you have the blood from my heart in your backpack
i fell like the fool
Track Name: Callers (Reprise)
Clear of mind for a decent amount of time
I’ve been seeking out a while I cant just forget everything for a minute
Will you help me understand?
Why I can’t even bear to stand
I had a damn good run, 12 months.
Then you came back and I couldn’t help myself

It’ll be easier to fall this time than it has been before
I have a better excuse to justify my reasons
Just put it all on everything else
And run it all again
And run it all again
And run it all again
And run it all again

I wish I could do away with you
I have these overwhelming thoughts of you breaking in and murdering me at night
I hardly sleep anymore
I’m aware, but unable to accept or do anything to take accountability
I sound like a fucking book
Leather bound and lying on a doctors bookshelf
It’s the most obvious thing I’d say
Just put it all on everything else
And run it all again
And run it all again
And run it all again
And run it all again

I’ll play some more guitar
Strum the only four chords I know
And get distracted when I think about
The ride in to work

This morning and how my mother called a lawyer in Georgia
Explaining that the 40 year sentence you had
Was about as long as it was going to get
And that this retrial could push things down to a 10 year minimum
I watched my mother choke on air and try to tell him she understands
And that she wants to be there for everything
She blames herself, as I blame myself
“mother’s guilt” she’ll always have
I can see she hates a part of herself for it
But I sit in the passenger seat and listen
I don’t know how to show that emotion anymore

And run it all again
And run it all again
And run it all again
And run it all again

Clear of mind for a decent amount of time
I’ve been seeking out a while I cant just forget everything for a minute
Will you help me understand?
Why I can’t even bear to stand
I had a damn good run, 12 months.
Then you came back and I couldn’t help myself
Track Name: Thoughts and Five Colors
I’ve been sleeping in
Past noon each day
It’s not a conscience act
Just the way my mind behaves

I’m rid of beauty thoughts
So I’ll just look them up
And print the pictures out
To plaster them along my wall

I see your face in there
Can I paint over it?
The colors black and red
and orange and blue and violet
I cast my arms down low
And swing as a high as I can
I know it won’t cover you for long
‘Cause I’ll know you’re still there
Underneath, i've got to try to tear apart the solids
Peace gone, burned it away
ash fills my air and we breathe together
Track Name: Like You Have Been
I've stayed asleep for longer than I care to be
I have made my own bed 'cause I didn't know where to sleep

But when you don't know if i'm staying awake through these weeks
i will know that you've moved on from me like you have been
Track Name: Body
I’ve lived most years with a bruise on my chest
You had to beat me to teach me what was best

Throw a plate, throw a cup, throw your fist at my face
I caught it pretty damn well now wouldn’t you say?

You call us in your room and quickly apologize
Tell us you love us and hug us and send us goodnight
I wonder how many times you interrupted hers so you could sink in your teeth
Maybe 5 maybe 8 maybe you’re just enamored with rape

When the semen expelled from your body
Was it better than usual?
When we expelled from your body
Were we regretted like usual?

When the semen expelled from your body
Was it better than usual?
When we expelled from your body
Were we regretted like usual?

Alright alright alright alright
I’m all right, all right, all right, all right
I quell the noise for minute and it comes right back
I subdue the screams for a minute and they come right back

My God, My God, My God
When the semen expelled from your body
Was it better than usual?
When we expelled from your body
Were we regretted like usual?
[x2]

My nails are dry
I feel as I am
My hands are red
They feel as I am
His feet are black
He feels as I am
Her eyes are tired
She feels as I am
My fists are red
I feel as I am

When the semen expelled from your body
Was it better than usual?
When we expelled from your body
Were we regretted like usual?
[x2]
Track Name: Marker Smell
you remind me of marker smell
my heart aint got no home
how can you pour it inside of me?
It's just something that I know
will probably take a couple weeks