Selfish Prayers

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M A N I A

Stay Frosty Royal Milk Tea

“I think I got too many memories getting in the way of me.”

“I’m ‘bout to go Tonya Harding on the whole world’s knee.”

“Some princes don’t become kings.”

“Even at the best of times I’m out of my mind.”

“You only get what you grieve.”

“Are you smelling that shit?”

“The only thing that’s ever stopping me is me.”

“Seems like the whole damn world went and lost its mind.”

“The alcohol never lies.”

The Last of the Real Ones

“I was just an only child of the universe. And then I found you.”

“You are the sun and I am just the planets spinning around you.”

“You were too good to be true, gold plated.”

“I know this whole damn city thinks it needs you, but not as much as I do.”

“You’re the last of a dying breed.”

“Write our names in the wet concrete.”

“I wonder if your therapist knows everything about me.”

“I’m here in search of your glory.”

“There’s been a million before me.”

“That ultra kind of love you never walk away from.”

“You’re just the last of the real ones.”

“I am a collapsing star with tunnel vision, but only for you.”

“I will protect you.”

“Just tell me I’m the only one, even if it’s not true.”

“You drain the fear from me.”

Hold Me Tight Or Don’t

“I never really feel a thing.”

“You were the only one that even kinda came close.”

“I took too many hits off this memory. I need to come down.”

“Another day goes by, so hold me tight.”

“Hold me tight or don’t.”

“I got too high again.”

“I can’t not be with you, or be just your friend.”

“I love you to death.”

“I just can’t pretend we were lovers first.”

“Were we ever friends?”

“I’m past the limits.”

“The distance between us, it sharpens me like a knife.”

Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)

“I was gonna say something that would solve all our problems. But then I got drunk and I forgot what I was talking about.”

“There’s nothing more cruel than to be loved by everybody but you.”

“If I could get my shit together, I’m gonna run away and never see any of you again.”

“I always make such expensive mistakes.”

“I know it’s just a number, but you’re the eighth wonder.”

“I’ll stop wearing black when they make a darker color.”

“I really mean I didn’t plan on showing up at all.”

“Don’t you know I hate all my friends?”

“I miss the days when I pretended with you.”

“I became such a strange shape from trying to fit in.”

Church

“If you were church, I’d get on my knees.”

“My sanctuary, you’re holy to me.”

“Take the pain.”

“Oh, the things that you do in the name of what you love.”

“You are doomed but just enough.”

“I love the world but I just don’t love the way it makes me feel.”

“Got a few more fake friends and it’s getting hard to know what’s real.”

“If death is the last appointment, then we’re all just sitting the in the waiting room.”

“I am just a human trying to avoid my certain doom.”

Heaven’s Gate

“One look from you, and I’m on that faded love.”

“If there were any more left of me, I’d give it to you.”

“I’m a missile that’s guided to you.”

“Would you give me a boost over heaven’s gate?”

“I’m gonna need a boost.”

“Everything else is a substitute for your love.”

“I got dreams of my own, but I want to make yours come true.”

“Honey, please come through.”

“Would you sneak me a wristband?”

“You’re the one habit I just can’t kick.”

Champion

“I’m calling you from the future to let you know we’ve made a mistake.”

“There’s a fog from the past that’s giving me such a headache.”

“I’m back with a madness.”

“I’m a champion.” / “I’m a champion of the people who don’t believe in champions.”

“I’ve got nothing but dreams inside.”

“I’m just young enough to still believe.” / “I’m young enough not to know what to believe in.”

“If I can live through this, I can do anything.”

“I got rage every day, on the inside.”

“The only thing I do is sit around and kill time.”

“I can do anything!”

Sunshine Riptide ft. Burna Boy

“I don’t even have my own attention.”

“You say ‘please don’t ever change’ but you don’t like me the way I am.”

“The sign says ‘don’t tap the glass’.”

“The world tried to burn all the mercy out of me but you know I wouldn’t let it.”

“The pills are kicking in.”

“She said ‘I love you till I don’t’.”

“No idea what I’m doing now.”

“There are no atheists in foxholes.”

“The pressure’s getting to me.”

“I’m stuck in the sunshine riptide.”

“Dancing all alone in the morning light.”

“You came back like a wave when I was feeling all right.”

“You are my truest feeling yet.”

“I love you so much. It’s just like oxygen.”

“Take all your possibilities and take away the limits.” / “Take your ideas and throw away all the gimmicks.”

“I do the best with what I have.”

Young and Menace

“We’ve gone way too fast for way too long.”

“We were never supposed to make it half this far.”

“I lived so much life, I think that God is gonna have to kill me twice.”

“Oops I did it again, I forgot what I was losing my mind about.”

“I was young and a menace.”

“Woke up on the wrong side of reality.”

“I’m just here flying off the deep end.” / “I’m just here to become the best yet.” / “I’m just here for the psych assessment.” / “I’m just here for the fall.”

Bishops Knife Trick

“I’m pedal to the metal, make no mistake.”

“This is my pity party.”

“I’m just a full tank away from freedom.”

“These are the last blues we’re ever gonna have.”

“Let’s see how deep we get.”

“The glow of the cities below lead us back to the places that we never should’ve left.”

“I got a feeling inside that I can’t domesticate.”

“I’m yours til the earth starts to crumble and the heavens roll away.”

“I’m struggling to exist with you. And without you.”

“As if the time had never passed.”

“I know I should walk away.”

“I can’t seem to get a grip, no matter how I live with it.”

L A K E   E F F E C T   K I D

Lake Effect Kid

“Sometimes when I’m in heaven, I get forgetful of the earth.”

“I got a pocket full of deadliness.”

“Boxed blondes have less fun.”

“Back to the city I grew up in.”

“Forever a lake effect kid.”

“I got the skyline in my veins.”

“Forget your nighttime.”

“I just wanna come back to life.”

“Spark my crazy head to keep you warm at night.”

City in a Garden

“Take me home.”

“The streetlights light up to take me home.”

“I love you, Chicago.”

“You make me feel so summer fling.”

“You know that I know that I owe you everything.”

“Feel the sorrow hit the bottle.” / “Feel the rush of having no tomorrow.”

“She said, ‘you gotta find yourself something worth holding onto’.”

“You charged me up.”

“I was something they forgot to label ‘fragile’.”

“You know too much.” / “You’re the one true thing.”

“And I’m just living out a suitcase.”

“Watch me now, watch me as I drive away.”

“I’m supposed to leave you at the end of the season, but I’ll stay.”

Super Fade

“Call it a night when the booze hits.”

“That’ll never happen again ‘till tonight.”

“I’m so sorry.”

“My love isn’t lost, it’s all I got.”

“There’s a hole inside of me, the shape of you.”

“I feel too much.” / “I feel too much unless I’m riding the super fade.”

“I should’ve known better.”

“Anything else in the world but you.”

“You know the world can get my bones, but Chicago gets my soul.” / “You know I got a hole that I try to fill.”

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“What are you doing out this late?”

“This part of town isn’t a good place to be at this time of night.”

“Now what’s a pretty thing like you doing in a place like this?” 

“You do realize what time it is, right?” 

“Where are you going at this hour?” 

“The sun isn’t rising anytime soon, you know.” 

“Do you know where I am?” 

“The city looks different at night.” 

“This street is very dark…” 

“Why don’t you come stand in the light?” 

“Are you lost?” 

“I got turned around in the dark…” 

“This isn’t the time to go wandering around.”

“Only fools and trouble come out to these parts at this hour.” 

“Looking for trouble, are we?” 

“A little late to be shopping.” 

“Just coming back from the bar?” 

“Think any of the pubs are still going to be open?” 

“Trouble lurks around every shadowed corner.” 

“Woah! I didn’t see you there!”

“Where did you come from?” 

“What are you doing here?” 

“A bold move to show your face here in the shadows of night.” 

“Go home.” 

“It isn’t safe here at this time of night.” 

“You’re being watched.” 

“What are you doing still up?” 

“Looking for something?” 

“I like walking when the streets are empty.”

“It’s dangerous to walk at night alone.” 

“I know where I’m going.” 

“The trees are kind of spooky…”

“Did you hear that howl?” 

“Was…was that an owl…?” 

“This path is scary at night…” 

“The woods is no place a __ after dusk.” 

“Oh you poor soul, wandering lost in the forest under the new moon…” 

“You can’t see the stars from here…” 

“This is the witching hour.” 

“Dark beasts lurk here. Be cautious.” 

“Stay on the road!” 

“Talking a midnight stroll along the beach?” 

“The ocean is so mysterious at night…” 

“What brings you to the pier at this hour?” 

“What dangers lurk in these dark waters, I wonder.” 

“You’re going to get yourself lost one of these days.”