i feel bad asking this, but i’m in a tough spot right now. i work seasonally for a repertoire theatre company from april to december, and we go dark for three months, which means i’m currently unemployed. i’ve been out of work for the last three weeks, have applied and have been approved for unemployment on my last day of work, but in all the government’s wisdom that doesn’t kick in until next week, and things are getting really tight. i don’t have much to offer in return other than my gratitude, but please help and share if you can!

kofi

we were just kids

pour me a glass and i'll tell you

i'm right on time

i was just a kid

don't you dare touch the dial

so kiss me on the cheek

i’m new jersey's finest new yorker

i’m an unreliable reporter

i’m a pop music hoarder

i’m just some guy playin' quarters

each night i pray that i'll meet god

i'm the well-adjusted herb

uh-huh, what's wrong?

i wasn't ready at all

some dreams are meant to die

the tiniest moves you make the whole damn world shakes

sha-la-la, sha-la, la, la

i believed in every maybe

look at you, you made it out

you'd been born to bleed, little soldier

i’d follow you down to the water

i was just a kid when they showed me this great big weight that would come and pull me

i want you more than you could know

i see the whole world in you

my loss is always on my mind

i'm on my hands and knees begging you to kiss me

when i'm not around, do you even miss me?

i'm so tired of having self-respect

let's do something i'll regret

these days of our lives, they're rough and they're fast and unfair

we're frightened of the old and we're tired of the young

you only call me after midnight

oh, honey just wait

you can call me after midnight

tell me why you left

we're gonna know each other forever

everyone knows that i can't do it

i'm not numb to the pain

i would argue i'm more conscious of it than anybody else

i wish i could relate the intangibles to you

my guess is that we're all built the same

none of us are completely stupid, a little deranged, i think, a strong argument, i do

ultimately, we also know what we have

it’s about embracing what we've done with our lives

everybody's always tellin' you what you're not

when has the world ever seen you for what you give?

you’re here, but you’re not

i'm here, but i'm not

i'm here, but i've been gone just a little too long now

we've been gone just a little too long now

it's just good to feel what's been missing

i wanna find tomorrow with you

i'll take you out of the city

let’s take the sadness out of saturday night

who am i without this weight on my shoulder?

how dare you want more?

tonight we're gonna do a little better

tonight we're gonna drown the sound out

i flip back and forth coast to coast like a herb

i'm after a big life

i wanna know the part of you that light doesn't touch

i got a car and a bike and i'm free as a wheel

i know you think i think i'm better than i am

i just want a secret life

i just wanna have you in a secret life

been tryna tell you i want you the most

i talk so much

i'm scared to begin

stop making this hurt

say goodbye like you mean it

we got a dream and a car

i wonder what we'll be left with, anything worth the fight?

i wanna run from the darkness

you're waitin' to be saved, but ain't nobody comin'

if you're holdin' on to me, you're holdin' on to nothing

you've just been waitin' your whole life to find someone who can stand in your storm

i stood there and something was missin'

i still see you, honey

it ain't me that you'll be kissin'

then you can cry on my shoulder

don't go dark on me

they're flowers from my neighbor's pot

i'm torn into pieces

now you're just the stranger that i know best

there ain't no book that i can live by

i’ve just got these naggings i can't shake

there’s no trace of what we've been through

honey, i'm still on your side

you've been chasing shadows

i don't know what to do with this faith

all the hope i had when i was young, i hope i wasn't wrong

i miss those days

well, some things just don't turn out right

a war goes on and on

i heard from your mother

i open my eyes and i stare and pray for light

because i lied to you

you had long hair then

now i wish that i could live a little safer

i'm watching all of the nights go blue

something had changed in me

i know you're not to blame

i know i left you on the street last night

i just gotta get home soon

i've been talking to strangers

you look like you’ve been up all night

you know what? i hate it

come on, think about it

sometimes i hate that you know me so well

some days i wish that i wasn't myself

no luck!

somebody broke me once

i cut off my t-shirt sleeves

we're stuck in the storm

i pray for everything we lost

your hand forever's all i want

don't take the money

i think pain is waiting alone at the corner

i know that i'm lost

i see myself in a million faces

i can't stop it all from changing

so come on, motherfucker, you survive

you gotta give yourself a break

everybody lost somebody

i’m tryna get myself back home

i don't think i can talk about that

all my heroes got tired

no, nothing dies

i'll be waiting

i'll be dreaming

i'll be something better yet

we talk about getting older but there's so much we haven't done yet

i'm not sure that we were meant to survive

it feels like everyone is changing

i miss those days

i can't be alone anymore

nothing has changed me quite like you

i will walk in silence with you

nothing is you

i wanna get lost

there's still so much i'd like to say

i wanna be grateful

everybody is looking for someone

i feel like i'm building something here

i feel like i'm building something here, like a family

every time it gets harder to forget

i'd rather get myself back home

i'm at the pawn shop

but you can be a stranger sometimes

oh, i'm at the car wash

i've been so wasted lately

i've been walking in circles

i know i've been a stranger lately