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Blame It on Each Other
01:23
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We come this far, too far
Then blame it on each other
Blame it on each other
I put the blame on you
Why we work so hard
to leave it for another
If we blame it on each other
There’s nothing that’s left to do
Time is wasted fighting
Over little things
First we get defiant
Then we go down in flames
No matter what I do I can’t stop
I always fuck up
I get blamed
And now somehow we’ve come this far, too far
Don’t blame it
Blame it on each other
There’s nothing that’s left to do
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Renting
02:06
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Falling out of bed
Early afternoon
Ghosting all my friends
Can’t forget the news
Dancing on a pinhead, I was
Bending over backwards for you
I don’t have a shred
of feeling in me left
I can hardly sleep
I don’t have a bed
I was only renting, yeah
I was only renting from you
Oh, look how we run
Everybody wants something from someone
Nothing left to hold, nothing for free
But everybody wants something from me
This is how it ends
Tell a couple lies
Tell me that we’re friends
Got another tenant, but I
wonder who’s renting from you
(Chorus again)
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Hardly Surprising
01:01
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These Days
01:46
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You might suffocate
A million different ways
Doesn’t matter if you’re brave
Wear a mask, but don’t feel safe
Forgotten how to pray
A state of disbelief
Hard to know what else to say
It’s hardly surprising these days
Hardly surprising, these days
You’ll see
We make the same mistakes
Repeat, and seem amazed that nothing’s changed
We keep
Coming up with names
To write it off again
It’s hardly surprising
Hardly surprising these days
Hardly surprising, these days
Too late, oh, these days
Too late, oh, these days
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Cut deep, it was blood from the moment I woke up
Chrome teeth in the mouth of a commoner
Had dreams I would lead, but I only got anxious
Bitten nails in a pile on the countertop
Smile pretty for the camera
Oh, it’s a sweet ride
If you only get your money right
I’ve been chasing it my whole life
They only want to keep you tryin’
Giving up a sweet ride
Settle for a little life
Chillin’ with the Philistines
Dead without a pity dime
I could never chase a lie
Gold teeth
Found stuck in American humerus
Go on, have a seat, drink the marrow up
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Without You
02:03
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We really don’t vibe
The damage is done
I thought the ceiling was high
I was unbelievably wrong
We really don’t vibe anymore
Where do we go? Oh, where do we go?
I hardly feel alive anymore
Without you, without you
That’s a stupid thing to say
‘Cause time is short, and life is fleeting
Still, I relive it every day
Without you, without you
Spare me of your sympathy
I don’t need another mother
I was a fool to think that things would simply stay the same
Without you, without you
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KN95
01:20
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I don’t want to leave you
Further than a breath away every day and night
‘Cause you’re my KN95
I need you closer, all the time
I would be sinning, getting codependent
on someone else’s time
if I didn’t have you in my life
KN95
Wondering when the summer will end
If the feeling will subside
Closer than friends
Every step under you, I bide my time
You’re my KN95
But to you, huh, who am I?
I can barely keep it together half the time
Under my KN95
KN95
I just want to love ya
I don’t need no other
Won’t you come and kick it tonight?
Under my KN95, KN95
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Entertaining Thoughts
02:32
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Flavor of the day
I’m tired of the way you write me off
I’m amazed it got this far
It must feel strange
Being some kind of demagogue
Waving a losing hand of cards
Over my head
Where do you get off?
When you’re playing god
Entertaining thoughts
Of being someone’s boss
And everybody fronts
Putting up facades
But I feel like giving up
I feel like giving
A ticker tape parade
only for people that you hate
Bet it could last a whole damn day
That’s what you say
Where do you get off?
When you’re playing god
Entertaining thoughts
Of being someone’s boss
And everybody fronts
They're putting up facades
But I feel like giving up
I feel like giving up
I feel like giving
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Prospect
01:59
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I’ve run out of options
I am not your prospect
We were never honest
Now I’ve run out of options
Hold me like a hostage
A handcuff to a promise
Is it what you wanted?
Nothing left to offer, I’ve run out of options
Baby, dry your eyes
One day, we’ll realign
Get closer every time
Baby, dry your eyes
In time, we’ll realign
I’ll see you in the sunshine afternoon
Now I don’t remember moving in
Arrive and walk back out again
Now I fear I’ve lost a friend
I’ve run out of options
(Chorus again)
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Survivors
01:32
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Thought we’d be wiser
When we grew up
We broke our silence
You entered my blood
Thought we’d be wiser
We were survivors
I broke my shoulders
You just got higher
Oh, you’re always bored
Why do we love in all the wrong ways?
The wrong ways
Thought this was home
What was I on?
I’m always wrong
I’m only wrong
Thought this was our house, then we drew lines
You were the foreground
You aim with your eyes
Shoot me on sight
Oh, you only love me all the wrong ways
The wrong ways
You’re always bored
You’re only looking in the wrong place, the wrong place
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Swiftly
02:17
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The air is corroded
You must be joking
If you believe
It’ll happen if you put it in motion
If you set if off, jack
We all end up breaking
Naked
But we hold on til the last breath
To give it up quickly
I don’t want a life in overdrive
I drink it too swiftly
All I ever wanted was to feel alive
All I ever wanted
Is this shit working?
I’m pushing 30
Maybe I’ll get there
But will I feel worthy?
Oh, I know it ain’t healthy
One day it’ll kill me
But I know I’m dead sure
It’s all I could live for
But tell me is it worth the fighting?
To give it up quickly
I don’t want a life in overdrive
I drink it too swiftly
Run it back again another time
give it up quickly
All I ever wanted was to feel alive
All I ever wanted was to feel alive
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Over and Over
01:37
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Can we sing? Sing it together
I want to remember how it feels to dream
It used to be better when I was seven
Now I don’t believe in anything
Don’t mean to put it on ya
Or force you to decide
If you want to save me
or leave me to the tide
So we sing, over and over
I do it for you, I do it for closure
Whispering, over and over
I do it for you, I do it for you
Over and over, I do it for you, I do it for you
Over and over
but I don’t enjoy it like I used to
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Cale Hawkins New York
Hailing from Bemus Point, NY (population: 364), Cale Hawkins has toured, written, and produced internationally since 2012.
Credits include Quincy Jones, Charli XCX, Linda Perry, Bilal, Raveena, and Amber Mark.
He produces, mixes, writes, and performs all of his music. His debut LP "I Broke My Shoulders" came out in 2023 via Switch Hit Records, and was featured on NPR's "All Songs Considered."
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