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You Already Know

by L. Mounts & James Poynton

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1.
(Attraction) 01:57
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Is there an alternative to love that isn't hate? I've learned there ain't a reason left in trying to wait Just because she likes a Slayer track or two Doesn't mean that she's the perfect girl for you She won't see you any better through her shades It was intentional for her to be that way It doesn't matter what she's reading in her book She won't see you if she doesn't want to look In the evening you will need to understand 7:30's much too early for her hand She's not impressed with your discomfort of the world She's not that worried nihilistic type of girl The only reason she sat by you in that place Is because that was the only open space For the minor cost of nothing you can stop Looking at her every time she's looking up She's not your destiny or grandest golden gate Fate is just coincidence that's given weight It's irrelevant you see her all the time There are more common kids that hardly cross your mind Theres a girl that you sat next to on the train And she's clouded up the right side of your brain She's not the goddess that you seem to have appointed One day she'll finally speak and you'll be disappointed
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Neil Young 02:48
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Johnny and David, they sang about fame While Jeremy spoke in his classroom today And Eleanor Rigby, she died in the church By the merciful sisters, last, always, and first And Bobby blew smoke while he blew in the wind While miss Joni loves Mitchell, they’re at it again When I think we’re alone, it’s hard to tell the truth Like the Gibbs I’ve just gotta get this message to you I’ll love you through storms of the purplest rains And I’ll love you like Clapton loved death and cocaine I’ve loved you since Sting claimed to be king of pain And I’ve loved you since Neil Young lived up to his name Like Jerry I’m grateful, I’ll be ‘till I’m dead Like Josh I’m designer, and sick in the head Like Jim I’m amazed at the words that you say Like James I can change just to have you today Like Robert you make me feel like I am home Like Freddy I’m crazy like the coldest of stones Like Huey the power of love’s in the news Like Paul I’m unsatisfied till I’m with you I’ll love you through storms of the purplest rains And I’ll love you like Clapton loved death and cocaine I’ve loved you since Sting claimed to be king of pain And I’ve loved you since Neil Young lived up to his name I’ll do anything for love, I’ll even do that And I’ll look back in anger until it looks back I’ll burn from the inside ‘till it cuts me up And I’ll be in the middle with you ‘till I’m stuck I’ll love you through storms of the purplest rains And I’ll love you like Clapton loved death and cocaine I’ve loved you since Sting claimed to be king of pain And I’ve loved you since Neil Young lived up to his name I’ll love you until it tears us apart And I’ll love you till totality eclipses my heart I’ve loved you since Michael wanted something to start And I’ve loved you since Bruce danced away in the dark
3.
Boys And Girls 04:27
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I started talking to this girl at a party She spoke in slurs and she spilled alcohol on me Well then I knew she was the type of girl I had to walk away from And in the bathroom there were two kids undressing Giving new meaning to a first impression And I just stood back in the corner drinking water feeling really dumb I heard they went home together So I was told but they may have never Even said a word to each other Tired of hearing all these Tired of hearing all these Tired of hearing all these These conversations between boys and girls Always about the other boys and girls Rumors get started up by boys and girls Til they come back around for boys and girls These boys and girls feel high and mighty They walk around so bright and shiny I gotta put all that behind me My friend was saying that his girl was the best thing They talk for hours and it's going real smoothly I shook my head and said "That's great but just remember who you're talking to" A recent lover said she couldn't talk to me Her man went crazy when he heard that we were speaking I don't know why because he's got her now so what does he want me to do? One thing gets traveled around Like unavoidable sound I just keep my ears to the ground Tired of hearing all these Tired of hearing all these Tired of hearing all these These conversations between boys and girls Always about the other boys and girls Rumors get started up by boys and girls Til they come back around for boys and girls These boys and girls feel high and mighty They walk around so bright and shiny I gotta put all that behind me Some kids get overwhelmed and stressed out by the silliest things They get obsessed with lies and other words their friends will bring I'm sick of happy, sick of angry, sick of everything inside Am-Bm-F Why can't we all just live our lives? These conversations between boys and girls Always about the other boys and girls Rumors get started up by boys and girls Til they come back around for boys and girls These boys and girls feel high and mighty They walk around so bright and shiny I gotta put all that behind me For boys and girls (tired of hearing all these)
4.
Four 03:26
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Four dollars to park at the station Four days a week on my own Four hours of old transportation Four times to just be alone Four letters of education Four quarters to judge my head Four wheels in constant rotation Four words that I never said I love you so I can't ever let you go You're all I need I want you to be with me Three chords to build up a structure Three steps to tear it on down Three friends suburbanite hustlers Three hearts in which I would drown Three years of searching for lovers Three thousand more in the round Three repetitions of rough words Three strikes I'm further than out I love you so I can't ever let you go You're all I need I want you to be with me Two nights of entertainment Two locks busted through Two different conversations Two versions of you Two feet upon the pavement Two blocks, Western blue Two kids who just won't say it Two secrets to lose One final chance at redemption One flame to show where I am One sort of lovesick possession One cog in the master plan One mile to soulside ascension One cloud to hang o'er the land One grip could change your impression One wish: I'm holding your hand I love you so I can't ever let you go You're all I need I want you to be with me I could pull back Prevent one more heart attack You're on my mind Forever and for all time Four dollars to park at the station Four days a week on my own Four hours of old transportation Four times to just be alone
5.
The New West 06:03
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Drive all night to the bitter road, where I end up I don’t know Far away from my home, I have turned into a ghost Flying through the air, mystical in mist despair Eyes closed tight with a burning speed, trying to find the land for me A new direction, new decree, a new vocation, new heartbeat Flying in my place, out of conscience, out of space Is this where I’m bound to stay? Is this where I’m bound to lay? Ranger lone, range alone, carve my messages in stone S.O.S. I detest, I am strung for the new west The new west Drive all night to the bitter end, no more family, no more friends Got a new life to begin, I’m not meeting at the ends Soaring through the dust, mustered up “I must combust” Hands closed up into a fist, as the wheel gets my grip An old machine head, old permits, an old possession, old like this Blazing evermore, set up right, reset the score Is this where I’m bound to be? Is this where I’m come to lead? Ranger lone, range alone, carve my messages in stone S.O.S. I detest, I am strung for the new west The new west Reinvention I might like to be a part of Pre-conceptions I might like to have no part of They said I wasn’t worth a thing, they said I’d never go away I am not worried anymore, I’m finally going to relocate Is this where I’m bound to die? Is this where I’ve come to thrive? Ranger lone, range alone, carve my messages in stone S.O.S. I detest, I am strung for the new west The new west
6.
Another Grey December 03:17
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Another grey December downtown afternoon Walking the streets, can’t seem to take my mind off you The season doesn’t feel like how it used to be It’s much less frigid than what’s in my memory, my memory Another grey December, raindrops hit the ground Sometimes I see the sunlight when you come around The night strikes early and I don’t have much to say So I pretend that I’m okay and lie awake, lie awake I had heard that I should stop what I’m thinking And try to reach for land but my heart is sinking I promised that I would attempt to get over But it’s been haunting me since the end of October Another grey December making me so ill I start to heal and then I’m stricken by the chill Oh Aphrodite, take this arrow from my chest The more I love her, the more anxious I will get, I will get Another grey December, pining for the snow I never feel so bad when it’s nineteen below Oh Christ almighty, did you ever lose your scars? Please tell me how so I stop wishing upon stars, upon stars I had heard that I will never feel it back And I am overwhelmed, can’t properly react A last ditch effort if you never got the clue I’d like to spend this grey December beside you
7.
Jessica 05:18
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Well you're targeting love, but your love's on target When you end up with someone you don't know what you have started You're a Class-A case of the blasé market amor You need a new meaning not just a definition It's in your persistence in your soft gaze affection We'll be waiting for the day that you mention just what you're waiting for You're quick to take a heart, you're quick to lose a soul You're quick to taking nothing, when nothing takes control You're hiding in disguise, but we all realize That you won't ever come if you don't ever compromise Jessica you're starved for love, Stability and instant crush You wait in line for the divine It closes down before your eyes You'll never a see a good man through But good men always see right through to you Just take some time, then take a chance And then decide if new romance Is in your plans You've prayed on the young to open up your spirit And you can't get enough, but we don't want to hear it It's a shame you're wasting time with a numbskulled couple of kids You gotta focus up and find your identification If you wanna get a lover then you gotta be patient 'Cause you gotta be careful about who you're letting contact your lips You're quick to get a match, you're quick to call him up You're quick to get in bed, you're quick to have your fun You're putting on a mask that's as opaque as glass And you won't ever learn if you don't ever take the class Jessica you're starved for love, Stability and instant crush You wait in line for the divine It closes down before your eyes You'll never a see a good man through But good men always see right through to you Just take some time, then take a chance And then decide if new romance Is in your plans You've been through hell, I've seen it burn Your heart is lost, it must return I understand how you must feel To be alone with no appeal If I was different than I am And you were ready for a man The universe could be in line For us, it doesn't have the time Jessica you're starved for love, Stability and instant crush You wait in line for the divine It closes down before your eyes Jessica you're starved for love, Stability and instant crush You wait in line for the divine It closes down before your eyes You'll never a see a good man through But good men always see right through to you Just take some time, then take a chance And then decide if new romance Is in your plans
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Dangerous To Think 05:19
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A beating heart never listens to its speed I’m fleeting far from the places where I bleed I burrow deep like an ever-growing seed I follow suit when there’s something that I need I am a casualty that’s casual to a fault I am a caller that is never being called I get accused for really being real ribald But I’m enclosed to never speak of things at all And if I fall you’re gonna fall Lost it all, just lost it all No parachute, no sense of flight Say goodbye and say good night I often think I’m just a grain Rolling on the ground the same As a tumbleweed will roll There is dust within my soul I wanna rise above, I’m not going under I wanna burst apart as loud as the thunder I wanna have belief in things that are good now I wanna keep this on, I wanna keep this on I wanna keep this on, I don’t wanna go down There’s a force with impeccable distrust That I feel gurgling up inside my guts They tell me that I mustn’t but I must And regrets trickle one by one off of my tongues My bed’s the only place where I am truly bare And when I sleep the sweat bleeding through my hair I feel exposed and unattractive, unprepared For all the people who stop in their tracks and stare And if I writhe you’re gonna writhe Lose your mind, just lose your mind No padded room no pricey shrink It feels so dangerous to think I often feel a burning rash Around my arms and down my back I feel so tense, I can’t relax And these are words I can’t retract I wanna rise above, I’m not going under I wanna burst apart as loud as the thunder I wanna have belief in things that are good now I wanna keep this on, I wanna keep this on I wanna keep this on, I don’t wanna go down I arose to the sound of some withering notes Like I heard in the thousand-year wintery poles Running through my cerebellum through the hairs upon my toes It keeps crushing me and crushing me into its vital throes I can’t take this anymore, I’ve got no convincing disguise No artificial habitat or shields to cover up my eyes My vulnerability is pecking at me, laughing as it thrives On my deepest, darkest secrets that I don’t let into light
9.
(Retraction) 02:10
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Is there an alternative to men that isn't me? I'm sick of hating every person that I see Just because I play in coffee shops in town Doesn't mean I want your songs to hang around You will look at me and I will turn away But somehow you keep on staring anyway I'm not that beautiful when I'm trying to read I can guarantee I'm less than what you need When I leave I'm gonna try to understand Why your fingers bled when you got near my hand I'm not impressed I'm just uncomfortable with you And I'm worried that you sort of feel it too The only reason that I took the open seat Is 'cause I wanted to stay quiet and discreet Our eyes meet up for a second then you turn And I just don't think that you will ever learn To control yourself when you see someone nice And do nothing that will benefit your life I don't think that you're a girl-obsessive jerk Until I saw you in the building where I work There's a guy I'm sitting next to on the train And he's always getting in between my days I'm not a goddess and not even a potential One day I'll finally speak and he'll feel non-essential
10.
What Kind Of World 04:00
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ome people call it a miracle Some people just call it circumstance The sky is bright as a disco ball And so I think we should disco dance And your heart is a waterfall And I'm swimming without my pants And tonight we could take it all If we give it a one night chance There is a cause for celebration if you're thinking hard enough This is the way we navigate the roads that lead us to our love What kind of world does the world think we're living in? I came in last in the human race I collapsed at the finish line Got caught up thinking about your face And if I called up would you be mine So I got out of this crooked space And I got into my crooked spine How's second chances for second place? I'd understand if you did decline There is a cause for celebration if you're thinking hard enough This is the way we navigate the roads that lead us to our love What kind of world does the world think we're living in? And from the corner of your bedroom I thought I heard a conversation It sounded like you enjoyed it sounded like you were laughing And I realized something important in the heat of that moment You had every right to tell I was part of the invasion I was part of the invasion I was part of the intrusion I was in an incantation I was in some cellular fusion We were at some kind of rager You were with some kind of doofus Yeah and that night we were strangers But the next night we were lovers And we didn't feel that crazy And we didn't feel that nervous And we didn't feel that guilty And we didn't feel that dirty And we didn't feel so lonesome And we didn't feel so cranky And we didn't feel so beat up And we didn't feel so achy All we felt was worlds beneath us Trembling and crumbling It was a perfect situation It was a perfect situation It was exactly what I wanted

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Ten songs. LP15.

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released August 3, 2016

All songs written by L. Mounts.
Engineered, mixed, and mastered by James Poynton.
Produced by L. Mounts & James Poynton.
Recorded in Hickory Hills, IL and Chicago, IL.

L. Mounts - Vocals, Guitar (2-8, 10), Piano (1), Production (9)
James Poynton - Vocals (3, 4, 7, 8), Piano (2, 3, 6, 7)
Monica Medina - Vocals (9)

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Singer of songs. Abstainer of substances. Bringer of plagues.

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