empty room recordings - Wakeful State

1. swear to god

when did our house get so hopeless?
i'll find you here this time next week
a glance, and my eyes meet the skyline
way out west on market st.

i wish that you could really hold things
my mind collapsed and fell beneath
i'm reminiscing on a lifetime
of roaring lips and rushing feet

you fought off all your ghosts and now you're feeling fine
you know it won't last, you just thought you could buy some time
and i know you're not beat
you just got knocked off your feet

i swear to god

2. (motor)

[instrumental]

3. (tape collage)

[instrumental]

4. enough

soma head
waste in bed
you still get to rearrange yourself in it

i am next
quake at death
i still can't incinerate you or your debt

maybe i'll call the cops
maybe they'll shut us down
maybe i'm old enough
i still can't decide if i could even know which way's the easy way out

why don't you get a job?
why can't you hear what i said?
i am a scourge of the earth
if i told you all the reasons i know you really wouldn't listen anyway

you look at me
and say

strike a match
stomp it out
will you appreciate the sound of your own bell?

dressed in red
age old head
you could kill me but i can't take back what i said

maybe i'll call the cops
maybe they'll shut us down
maybe i'm old enough
i still can't decide if i could even know which way's the easy way out

am i enough where i stand?
am i worth more other there?
am i a quorum of life?
i said, "leave you great beast! i will no longer live among the dead!"

i wanna know

if you still cut your wrists, can that ever be enough?
can you wash your sins in your own blood?
if you still try and try, does that count for some?
i wish i could compare your luck
i wish i could compare your luck
i wish i could compare your luck

5. (instrumental i)

[instrumental]

6. we were talking

me and you
in our room
i watched thoughts drain out of your head
and loose themselves
across our tables
and underneath couches
and up the stairs
and i can move
a million tunes
with every single breath that i take
there's freedom for now
there's deep conversation
i see your thoughts
as if that was enough
for even two
college dudes
sitting down in our living room
you wake me up
when it's time to sleep
you stare at me
in my deepest of dreams
and i consume
all you do
with questions that leave no room for you
i wish i could speak
but i'm too scared to
i wish i could speak
but i'm too scared to
i wish i could speak
but i'm too scared to
i wish i could speak
but i'm too scared to
i wish i could speak
but i'm too scared to
i wish i could speak
but i'm too scared to
i wish i could speak
but i'm too scared to
i wish i could speak
but i'm too scared to
i wish i could speak
but i'm too scared to
i wish i could speak
but i'm too scared to

7. (instrumental ii)

[instrumental]

8. empty room theme

oh, my room, you look so far removed
your paleness shines like exactly when i moved
into you
two years ago
and made a home
behind your right window

you keep on talking to me
you keep on talking to me
you keep on talking to me
you keep on talking to me

i don't make music anymore
i try to process things on my guitar
room, room, empty room of mine
your barren walls reflect a gentle light

oh, my room, what exactly does this prove?
ebbs and flows—it's a cycle, it's a loop
of common use
and now we move on
it was with you
i shared my first dawn

you keep on talking to me
you keep on talking to me
you keep on talking to me
you keep on talking to me
you keep on talking to me
you keep on talking to me
you keep on talking to me
you keep on talking to me

i don't make music anymore
i try to process things on my guitar
room, room, empty room of mine
your barren walls reflect a soft goodnight

many times, you heard my wails while i cried
solid ground to walk while i paced at night
you were kind to me
i don't know why
but now i have to leave
i would that i didn't pry
my aching heart from you tonight

9. i will be there when you die (live cover)

[lyrics can be found online]