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Headlights and Parking Lots

by Emo Side Project

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1.
We danced around empty parking lots with radiant headlights shining on us. Days have passed, but oh so slow. This feeling grows lying on the floor with you. Oh, you're everything. Oh, you're all I need. Oh, falling like a star. Oh, I'll never be too far away. Oh, you're everything. Oh, you're my dream. Oh, falling like a plane. Oh, I'll never be the same again.
2.
Promise Ring 04:11
I can't breathe tonight. You're holding me too tight. But I'm not complaining. The way you comb your hair Reveals that nothing else is fair Unless I have you and I do. Downtown is the best place I've ever been so far. Would you take this ring if I promised everything to you tonight? I know that we just met But it feels like we have been here forever. I hope we will. Perfection is anything you. So it never matters what you do. When downtown is best place you've ever been. Would you take this ring if I promised everything to you tonight? I know that we just met But it feels like we have been here forever. I hope we will. I'll never let go. I can't breathe tonight. You're holding me too tight. But I'm not complaining.
3.
These mountainous street lights pave our way. They blind us and keep you away. They shine so bright to push me through. These memories are overcast. I'll remember them much too soon. Take me back to where I was in your arms downtown Where nothing was spoken soft. Take me back to way back when we weren't opposites. You promised this wouldn't end. This is a place I probably shouldn't be. (But don't run away.) This is a place I never should have gone. (No, stay right here please.) This is a place I really shouldn't see. (Just don't stay, no) This is a place where I should never have gone. (You've been here much too long.) Take me back to where I was in your arms downtown Where nothing was shouted loud. Take me back to way back when we weren't opposites. You promised this wouldn't end. These mountainous street lights pave our way. They blind us and keep you away. They shine so bright to push me through. These memories are overcast. I'll remember them much too soon.
4.
Delusion 03:16
Lay your head down. It'll be just fine in a week. I know forgiveness comes easy. But I know you'll forget me. Lips pressed softly. The moon sits calmly. Remember how we used to be? Lay your head down. It'll be just fine in a week.
5.
Quicksand 04:48
She lays her head down. I admire her breathe. I always knew she was the girl of my dreams. I was your best friend. You'd tell me it all. But that's all we'll ever be. It's only half the dream. Wouldn't it be grand if I could hold your hand for awhile. But what is fair anyway? Your eyes are quicksand. I'm smiling as I drown myself in them. Promises, perfect. I can remember it hurting when I couldn't walk up to you. Losing and loving. I can't remember it feeling so good. She lays her head down. I admire her breathe. I always knew you were the girl of my dreams. Wouldn't it be grand if I could just hold you? I am your best friend. So that's all we'll ever be. Your eyes are quicksand. I'm smiling as I drown myself in you.
6.
I apologize for what I am. Martyrs must be such a nuisance to live with. All the pointless things I've given up and lost. I've never asked for bridges or chapels for what I've done. Just unwritten acknowledgment when your eye's drift through me, Never over me. What more could I possibly give? Is there a wall or a mountain I ever denied to rip down with my own nails? I've kept myself in my skin for longer than I care to say. Yet something about this night is screaming for me to tear right into it. I'm tired of waiting for an apology. Or even the sound of six simple letters would be worth the breathing I've lost And the sleep withheld. I'm sorry to say that I don't brag. But I have yet to lose my chance to. You spend all your time silently convincing yourself that you're coming apart. I spend my nights tying my pieces together with sheets and pens. I've watched tree limbs tear down memories For storm clouds as they fled for the ground. I've seen shorelines flee with them to oceans behind walls.
7.
Downtown 03:37
It's too easy to forget (Skies falling down) It's too hard to admit (Down onto this town) It's easy to forget (Everything's gone wrong.) It's too hard to admit (Now that you are gone.) I've been asking too many questions (Every single day,) Begging for the answers. (I wish to get away.) And now that I know (I'm sorry I'm not sorry,) I just can't let you go. (You're just another story.)
8.
You say, "If you were to have wait too long that I might have to leave." I say, "Please don't go." I know that leaves sometimes fall too soon and so slow. I say, "Please don't go." You scream "If I were to have said that then that I might have stayed." I say, "Please don't go." I know that fear sometimes is just too much and never slow. I say, "Please don't go." This all happened too fast. You thought that we could never last. Downtown where I shined so bright Then back at home where you held me so tight. This all is happening too fast. I knew that we could always last. Downtown where you shined so bright. Then back at home where you said "Goodbye." You whisper "If I were to have kissed you then that I might have..." I say, "Please don't go." But I know that love sometimes it comes and goes.
9.
Hey cloud, how are you doing there? Why are you staring so blankly? Are you carrying a storm just to drop it onto me? I've never done anything wrong. Lonely girl, who are you looking for? Don't you know that she's been lost for years? Covered beneath some blankets with a pillow for a cure. Could you tell me what she was like before? Holding your breath does no damage. Singing songs only makes it worse. Because this time it truly hurts. I'm closing my eyes and counting to ten. They say it always helps with whatever you need it for. But all I need to have is what I had before. It doesn't look too good right now. Lonely girl, who are you dreaming of? A nice boy? Or just a boy? Pressed between your sheets with his arms around you. Could you tell me what it's like? Holding your breath does no damage. Singing songs only makes it worse. Because this time it truly hurts. Five flights down there's a girl. All she does is dream.
10.
These stars have been falling continuously these last few weeks. I have been dreaming the same dream of you and me in a car going downtown on a Wednesday night and watching the sky burn. All you said was "I've never seen a sky like this burn down." The sky's falling down onto this town. Everything's gone wrong now that you are gone. Every single day I wish to get away. I'm sorry that I'm not sorry. You're just another story. WILL: You're a mess. I'm leaving. GRACE: Don't bother. I'll leave. WILL: No, no. I'm leaving. GRACE: I'm already gone. WILL: Where's the guy with the-- GRACE: Where's my purse? KAREN: Meow, meow. WILL: Damn it. GRACE: Come on. WILL: We are not playing games here. GRACE: Give me my purse. JACK: Want 'em? Go get 'em. KAREN: Ha! WILL: Jack, what the hell are you doing? JACK: It's time you two patched things up. WILL: Unzip it! JACK: Will!! This is not the time or the place for your clumsy come-ons! Now talk to her! GRACE: This is not funny. Let us out now. WILL: I'm not kidding, Jack. JACK: I'm not kidding either! You guys' friendship means something to me. It means that maybe we don't have to be alone in the world. That some things do last forever. That a fatty and his enabler can find love. KAREN: Come on, you're tearing the poor kid up! So either get it together or get it apart. Just get it! Now come on, Jackie. I hear there's some people here with some great dope. GRACE: Eew. Eew. I think I just stepped in a puddle of throw-up. Throw-up makes me throw up. WILL: Quit jumping. You're gonna have two puddles. GRACE: Please look. Is that throw-up? WILL: Look for yourself! I'm not your vomit-looker. I only look at vomit for my friends, and we are not friends. GRACE: Fine, then you're gonna have to find yourself another spider-killer. WILL: I don't need you to kill spiders for me, thank you. I can kill my own damn spiders. GRACE: What about the one above your head? GRACE: Quit bouncing. WILL: You quit bouncing. GRACE: You quit bouncing! WILL: You quit bouncing! GRACE: Man. You really hate me, don't you? Is this really happening? We just throw away 15 years of friendship over this? WILL: Don't say "over this" like it was nothing. You screwed me over. I'm planning my life around this. You were gonna have a baby, I was gonna be a dad. And then you just throw it away. Heh. It was so easy for you. GRACE: Easy? Have you been paying any attention to my life lately? And when has finding someone ever been easy for me? WILL: That is not the point, Grace. You just met the guy and you picked him over me. GRACE: I couldn't pick him over you because you are not an option for me. You know, I actually considered walking away from Leo for you. But then I started thinking about what our life would be like. Just you and me and our baby. And that question hanging over my head. WILL: What question? GRACE: Was Leo the right guy for me? I don't know. I don't know if it's gonna work out. But I hope it does. And I'd hope my friend would want that for me, too. WILL: I'm sorry, Grace, but it's not that easy for me. GRACE: Why? WILL: Because it's not. GRACE: Why?! WILL: Because I need you more than you need me! Okay? You--you--you-- you got a million options, Grace. You can make a baby with Leo, or Nathan, or any Tom, Dick, and...spermy. But I can't. I need you. GRACE: Well, I'm sorry, I don't know what to say to that. WILL: Well, there's nothing you can say. You've made your choice. GRACE: So, what, that's it? We're done? We're just gonna go our separate ways? WILL: I guess so.
11.
The sun set too early today. It may not ever rise again. The wind blew as the moon glowed. And I tried to let go. The sun fell down (Without a sound.) Into a bed of clouds. (Onto this town.) Now that I know (I'm so sorry.) I can't let you go. (You're just another story.) Blinding lights. The car screeched in the night to silence all that I loved. A faint cry with no goodbye. You faded into the night. The sun fell down, (Without a sound.) Into a veil of clouds. (Onto this town.) And now that I know, (I'm so sorry.) I can't let you go. (You're just another story.)

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released January 5, 2007

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