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shut the window love, keep the world outside.

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THE LOOKING GLASS by Dronen

To everyone I’ve ever loved I know you meant and wished me well But I don’t deserve anyone I know that now, and yeah, I feel it too

Now everything is dark And all those plans we had are lost

Plans that move Plans that sing Plans that make you the person you are

Now everything is all I have A million faces now, and just one looking glass

Lasting mistakes Haunt me always

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MYTH (Beach House cover)

by The Casket Lottery

Drifting in and out

See the road you're on

It came rolling down your cheek

Say just what you mean

And in between

It's never as it seems

Help me to name it

Help me to name it

If you build yourself a myth

You know just what you'd give

What comes after this

Momentary bliss?

The consequence

Of what you do to me

Help me to name it

Help me to name it

Found yourself in a new direction

Arrows falling from the sun

Canyon calling would they come to greet you

Let you know you're not the only one

Can't keep hanging on

To what is dead and gone

If you built yourself a myth

You'd know just what to give

Materialize

Or let the ashes fly

Help me to name it

Help me to name it

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OLD SOUL SONG (FOR THE NEW WORLD ORDER) by Bright Eyes

Gray light, new day leaks through the window An old soul song comes on the alarm clock radio We walk the forty blocks to the middle Of the place we heard that everything would be And there were barricades to keep us off the street But the crowd kept pushing forward Till they swallowed the police Yeah, they went wild We left before the dust had time to settle Now all the broken glass swept off the avenue And on the way home held your camera like a bible Just wishing so bad that it held some kind of truth And I stood nervous next to you in the dark room You dropped the paper in the water And it all begins to bloom Yeah, they go wild And just when I get so lonesome I cant speak I see some flowers on the hillside Like a wall of new TVs Yeah, they go wild

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Songs to Get You Through a Global Pandemic

I asked 20 friends to send me a song that they've been listening to a lot during this Covid-19 pandemic of 2020. A song that they either discovered during this time, or perhaps one that has been helping them get through it. This is what that sounds like.

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Tim Rocks the Q My contributions to my good friend Rob Ward’s weekly Rock the Q playlists. A new playlist is made for every week that we are in quarantine.

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April in review.

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LIVING IN LIGHTNING by City and Colour

I'd rather walk alone Than stand in a row I'd line up everything I own Decide what should stay and should go

This life was mine to choose Yearning to wander through and through At times I've been battered and bruised But I'm still breathing in my youth

Can't you see I'm sorry that I Wasn't better at being Who you wanted me to be I've been living in lightning For what seems like eternity

You wear these brooding ghosts Tighter and tighter round your throat They're weighing you down like a stone They might never let you go

Can't you see I'm sorry that I Wasn't better at being Who you wanted me to be I've been living in lightning For what seems like eternity

I've been living in lightning For what seems like eternity

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NORTHBOUND BREAKDOWN by Lifetime

Across the stations it's a fact there ain't no place left to stop Two far away for me to hold cupboards empty t.v.s sold Come along come down and see come down your stairs i'm waiting Almost time for us to go so won't you open up your door I hope your in your car right now turning this shit up so loud I hope your in the mood to tune into my favorite station Across the nation it's a fact you ain't never coming back Car is running out of gas push it up the overpass You stayed inside to long so come along just come on you stayed away Too long so i wrote for you this song I hope your in your car right now turning this shit up so loud I hope your in the mood to tune into my favorite station Sweetie pie come along come along come down your stairs Don't make me wait to long come along cuz summers here

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BIG BLACK HEART by Better Oblivion Community Center

Your black hair is red I laughed when I saw your chest You shook your head and pulled the curtains back, took in the view Then you showed me the rest of you And then I guess I thought I'd see the world

I guess I thought I would see the world Your black heart is big I'd ask you to cross but you'd never do it But then again you stopped in the middle of the street Just to kiss me, and I thought you'd stopped the world I guess I thought you could stop the world

Alright, alright for now Don't wanna think about it I'm fine with hiding out Alright, alright for now I'll wrap my head around it Make room for something else Alright, alright for now Don't wanna think about it I'm fine with hiding out Alright, alright for now I'll wrap my head around it Make room for something else 'Til then I'll hold it down 

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UNCOMFORTABLY NUMB (feat. Hayley Williams) by American Football

Sensitivity deprived I can't feel a thing inside I blamed my father in my youth Now as a father, I blame the booze I have become uncomfortably numb (Whose ugly side is the ugliest) Sensitivity deprived All my sympathy prescribed (Who's hands are tied to a contortionist) I used to struggle in my youth Now I'm used to struggling for two I have become uncomfortably numb The lessons (The lessons) Are so much (Are so much) Less obvious The further you get from home (The further I get from home) How will you exist (How will I exist) Without consequence I'll let you know We were gentle to begin Then I pushed you around to break you in Now whenever I try to be clear with you I only end up feeling see-through I've tried, but you've won Comatose, like father, like son The lessons (The lessons) Are so much (Are so much) Less obvious The further you get from home (The further I get from home) How will you exist (How will I exist) I don't want to know Blacked out, redacted I just want you home I'll make new friends In the ambulance

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UNFINISHED by Mineral

I wish you could put your ear up to my heart And hear how much I love you I still dream of December Dancing together with rings on our fingers And the two shall become

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WOOD FOR THE TREES This Beautiful Mess

All I've got is one shot So let's get it over with Tell me where do i aim It's all the same to me I've got nothing to lose and nothing to gain I thought i was halfway but i'm not even close I am running in circles around you Without ever getting a clearer view of you If you want it to end right here It will end right here This will be the end of the line If you want me to pull over now I will pull over now I will turn around right here All it takes is all i'm not All i need is all you've got Show me where do i go I can't see the wood for the trees You have brought me so far Now finish what you've started You have brought me so far Now won't you take me home Cut it off. cut it off If it leads you astray If it pulls you away From where you should be It's better to go blind Than to never go at all It's better to take the fall Than to never fall at all  

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THE OCEAN GREW HANDS TO HOLD ME by The Wonder Years

I stopped making deals with God Right around when you left I said that I would start believing If they made you well again Guess they knew it was bullshit Never hold up my end All the walls are stained in your nicotine I could feel closing in

I heard somebody cry I thought I was alone I came to numb my lungs in the salt air Let the breakers heal my bones I wish that the current would carry me home I've been running for a decade now And I think I'm ready to go Oh, I'm ready to go

I stopped making deals with God When the light finally died I'm gonna guard what's left of the good in us When the ash blocks out the sky And hold you with my left hand And ball up my right And if the bastards come for both of us I'll be right there by your side I'm by your side

When I was in shambles When I got too weak The ocean grew hands to hold me When I was in shambles When I got too weak The ocean grew hands to hold me

I stopped blaming God When you said you were sick I learned to lean on the people who love me When the sutures start to split I trust in the current to pull you back in I miss everyone at once But most of all, I miss the ocean

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THE FACE OF GOD by Camp Cope

I had to leave because I had to say no and stop More than once Way too many times And you just kept trying to change my mind So I left, it was 3am And I slept in the middle of my bed With the comfort of my own choices Yeah I bet you didn't even think about what you did Could it be true? You don't seem like that kind of guy Not you, you've got that one song that I like They said he's got one song that I like Now I don't even know why I went Every light on the way was screaming at me 'red' Now you've got me questioning everything I did Or what would've happened if I'd done one thing different And I saw it, the face of god And he turned himself away from me And said I did something wrong That somehow what happened to me was my fault You can see it in apologists and hear it in the songs Could it be true? You couldn't do that to someone Not you, nah your music is too good They said your music is too good Kept saying your music is too good They said your music is too good 

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GENERATOR by Turnstile

I'm hanging on to what I got left Picking up all the pieces in the dark And sound is gone Without me, you'll be moving along just fine (Don't waste my time) Don't waste my time With all your lines Just leave me far behind I'm hanging on, but I alienate Dancing with my pain now in the dark From right to left Watching my world disconnect (Don't waste my time) Don't waste my time With all your lines Just leave me far behind And now I gotta make my own way God I'm in my own way Gotta make my own way Got to make it right before I'm done Generator by my side Push me through the darkest times You know I tried Know I tried

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KILLER by Phoebe Bridgers

Sometimes I think I'm a killer Scared you in your house Even scared myself by talking About Dahmer on your couch But I can't sleep next to a body Even harmless in death Plus I'm pretty sure I'd miss you And faking sleep to count your breath Can the killer in me Tame the fire in you? Is there nothing left to do for us? I am sick of the chase But I'm hungry for blood And there's nothing I can do But when I'm sick and tired When my mind is barely there When a machine keeps me alive And I'm losing all my hair I hope you kiss my rotten head And pull the plug Know that I've burned every playlist And given all my love Can the killer in me Tame the fire in you? I know there's something waiting for us I am sick of the chase But I'm stupid in love And there's nothing I can do And there's nothing I can do

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TWIN SIZE MATTRESS by The Front Bottoms

This is for the lions living in the wiry broke down frames of my friends bodies When the flood water comes, it ain't gonna be clear. It's gonna look like mud But I will help you swim I will help you swim I'm gonna help you swim This is for the snakes and the people they bite For the friends I've made; for the sleepless nights For the warning signs I've completely ignored There's an amount to take, reasons to take more It's no big surprise you turned out this way When they close their eyes and prayed you would change And they cut your hair, and sent you away You stopped by my house the night you escaped With tears in my eyes, I begged you to stay You said, "Hey man, I love you but no fucking way" I'm sure that we could find something for you to do on stage Maybe shake a tambourine or when I sing, you sing harmonies This is for the lake that me and my friends swim in, naked and dumb on a drunken night And it should've felt good but I can hear the Jaws theme song on repeat in the back of my mind Make sure you kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face There are lessons to be learned, consequences for all the stupid things I say And it is no big surprise you turned out this way The spark in your eyes, The look on your face I will not be late I'm sure we could find something for you to do on stage Maybe shake a tambourine or when I sing you sing harmonies I wanna contribute to the chaos I don't wanna watch and then complain 'Cause I am through finding blame That is the decision that I have made She hopes I'm cursed forever to Sleep on a twin-sized mattress In somebody's attic or basement my whole life Never graduating up in size to add another And my nightmares will have nightmares every night Oh, every night. Every night