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Trains and Cinemas

by Josh Aroesti

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1.
The Trees Have Seen It All Before 04:48
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Look at her man He's laying outside in his sick and his pride He says it's worth it I don't quite see that But I don't quite see a lot of things She doesn't smoke But it's a special occasion yeah her heart has been broken She says it's worth it I don't quite see that But I don't quite see a lot of things I guess they were sweeter because they were his cigarettes anyway Now he can't afford any new one's 'til he gets paid Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh... Look at us sit Out on the pavement wondering what the sky meant It feels like we're in a Wes Anderson film And the smile on my face lasts in to the next day It's been a bad night For everyone here but I quite like the conflict I don't think it's worth it My friends don't deserve it But the smile on my face lasts in to the next day Sounds like someone's crying The part isn't going as they'd planned Now she's gonna have to clear the sick off the patio ground Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh... The trees are looking happy They're doing fine just rooted to the ground They know that you'll be okay They've seen plenty of kids like you come around
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Above The Land 06:01
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Now he's not just a name upon a page with all the others his age There'll be poems about tonight Floating around like mosquitos, they bite And now you cry bi-nightly and I would too 'Cause his t-shirts haven't started to smell like you yet I bet those old people seem pretty selfish now With their immovable minds and their slippers that bind them to the floor He's worth more He's worth more These days I spend my time underground ('Cause I'm coming to see you on The Underground) You probably wish you did too now (But I'll hold your hand and stand above it with you) There's a radio somewhere and it's playing your songs Tonight they've got to know where all his things are gonna go I'll hold your hand and keep you above the land with me It's cold and it loves you It's old and it hurts you 'til you are too There's no hope anymore Just a room with a closed door and the items excavated There'll be poems about tonight Floating around like mosquitos they bite There'll be poems about tonight Floating around like mosquitos they bite These days I spend my time underground ('Cause I'm coming to see you on The Underground) You probably wish you did too now (But I'll hold your hand and stand above it with you) There's a radio somewhere and it's playing your songs Tonight they've got to know where all his things are gonna go I'll hold your hand and keep you above the land with me With me With me
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Central Line Dreams 03:47
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Do you remember the first time at Marble Arch? 'Cause that was the start You've lost your old friends, you pushed them away 'Cause they pushed you overboard But don't you know? Plans are impermenant The breaze blew from East to West It warmed you up now it freezes you It freezes you to death Do you remember the first time back at the house? The time you first touched mouths Up until then a name upon a screen You wandered where she'd been all of your life And then you knew And then you knew But you don't know Plans are impermenant The breaze blew from East to West It warmed you up now it freezes you It freezes you to death And one day he'll wake up in a sweat and regret that his love ever stopped It's no concelation to this cancellation of your Central Line dreams Of your Central Line Dreams But you don't know Plans are impermenant The breaze blew from East to West It warmed you up now it freezes you It freezes you It freezes you to death
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You Poor Dog Tagged Girl 04:11
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Don't you have anything better to do than smoke those cigarettes? They'll kill you in the long run Although I'm starting to think that's what you want done Filling in your eyebrows to fill fiction in to facts To compensate for confidence But your zealous presence becomes a nuisance And now she even does her hair like she's troubled Keep off the internet your problems'll double Your history's trying to break loose 'Cause it's tied around your neck like a noose or a dog tag You poor dog tagged girl Don't you have anything better to do than still bother with me? I just wasn't there for you And I didn't know it'd do that to you We fill in the memories as if they're fantasy not fact To numb the wounds that scar your torso The pains in your brain pain you more so Well now she's even done her hair like she's troubled Keep off the internet your problems'll double Your history's trying to break loose 'Cause it's tied around your neck like a noose or a dog tag You poor dog tagged girl And I I'm sorry that I screwed you over at the wrong time I just wish that I could've made up my mind Could've made up my mind Could've made up my mind Could've made up my mind
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It's Not Easy 03:52
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I don't like wasps and flies are better crushed by rain Despite my love of winter snow all looks the same I've forgotten how to draw My art's all gone to waste But the sun's still shining in the past up out in space Hug me 'til we overheat in British sun With the temperature like this I guess it won't take long I don't feel like I've grown up but my brain tells me it's true Can't take a seat in Summer heat Always something to do And it's not easy It's just not easy anymore But it's not easy It's just not easy anymore It shouldn't surprise me that your hairline hasn't changed It won't seem like a minute 'til that hairline starts to grey The cool kids have gotten cool, they're better off that way They hide their timid centres like I tried to every day But it's not easy But it's not easy anymore Yeah it's not easy It's just not easy anymore I don't like feeling like I've wasted the whole day Despite my love of gusts of wind they are a pain I've forgotten how it was at parties with no drink As far as I know I preferred not making neurons blink But it's not easy It's just not easy anymore Yeah it's not easy It's just not easy anymore Yeah it's not easy It's just not easy anymore Yeah it's not easy It's just not easymore Yeah, yeah it's not easy Yeah, it's just not easy
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9AM 02:59
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Inside a Tiny Box (Part ii) 05:07
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I want to dissolve you inside a tiny box And take you up to London where we're more made for you Now you've found your self-esteem It's my favourite thing I've ever seen You still don't get the words that you deserve And the friends that you've made don't see your worth I guess now I'll be a little closer I guess I can give myself from there For the time Time They're not your friends if you have to settle for them They're just kids you have to settle for It's not an omen good or bad But you deserve more than sliding with that This time Time This time I'll file these words away Under 'the things I wanted to say on the tube that day' I'll file these words away Because they meant more face to face And just because my life isn't yours inside a tiny box anymore It doesn't mean that I'm not there In fact, it's quite on the contrary
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There's No Such Thing As Normal Anyway 04:47
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I've met a girl and she's just like you She cries in the night and writes poems like you do too The magic from her mind, it translates to the page And maybe one day I will read the words that she says I've met a girl and she's just like you She falls in the cracks and her back snaps and gets caught She's got a mind that'll do something big While she's up above the land Yeah, I'll hold her hand You say "there's no such thing as normal anyway" And now I know why So what's your ailment? 'Cause here is mine Spent all this time thinking everybody else was okay And you were fine I've met a girl and she's just like you She hurts all over and she hides it how you do too And she's a best friend like you'll always be She always holds doors and she's kind to everybody she sees I've met a girl and she's just like you She grips with her nails and her structure shakes when she cries I know all her secrets 'cause I've seen them before 'Cause she's just like you Yeah, and she's just like you And you say "there's no such thing as normal anyway" And now I know why And now I know why So what's your ailment? 'Cause here is mine Spent all this time thinking everybody else was okay And you were fine So why read Plato? Yeah, maybe it's to make sense of the world To remind her that there's knowledge beyond her own Since she thinks she has none And I think she is wrong She wouldn't agree anyway 'Cause she's just like you Yeah, she's just like you
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Cleopatra Was a 60s Kid 05:06
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Tiny Lion 04:04
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(Tiny lion) Your voice is squeeky Your smile is wide (Tiny lion) I hope you work out How you feel inside (You're so bouncy) Your eyes are so bright (Despite all those things) You feel at night Your curls fall over your face Like you always light up this place Sitting on the floor or just running past our door And even when you get ignored I hope one day you don't hurt anymore (Tiny lion) You're so excited Yeah, you seem extatic (Tiny lion) You seem unhappy Learning to hide it (Your laugh is bubbly) You get so attached But I think it's great Yeah you shouldn't change that Your curls fall over your face Like you always light up this place Sitting on the floor or just walking past our door And even when you get ignored I hope one day you don't hurt anymore Whenever I speak I say that love can seem bleak If you get there with someone who don't care what you think Now you're out of that hole Don't need to hurt anymore You're surrounded by love So what are those silent tears for? Tiny lion Tiny lion Whatever we do We care about you Tiny lion Tiny lion Tiny lion Tiny lion Tiny lion Whatever we do We care about you
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Alright 03:10
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I know I have no right to feel the way I feel today I knew you'd fucked the night before and confirmed it yesterday I'm pleased for you, I really am I can begin to understand How I had made you cry that night I'd experienced first hand It's not a stab and it's not betrayal And I'm happy all the same But now I go to bed upset and I'm entirely to blame Despite unfounded sad tonights You force me to surpass alright I never want to never know you Yeah, you mean the world to me This meloncholy, it doesn't matter All my mistakes, no I won't bother Singing what you already know I didn't mean to hurt you though I'm sorry for making you cry It's just the way I am, you see You're worth more than I could ever tell you You're worth that much to me Now my stomach drops when I see girls in waiting rooms with me This unspecific angst I feel makes me believe that I'm thirteen Despite unfounded sad tonights You always make me feel alright I always want to always know you Yeah, you're everything to me I think I mean the world to you You're that and more to me Thanks for always being there Because you're so lovely You're so lovely Yeah, you're lovely You're lovely You're lovely
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Trains and Cinemas 05:31
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Romford was my early teens The cinema and forged IDs we'd use To get to films that were 15s And going home or sleeping over Taking busses and growing older Westfield Stratford was my latter teens The £12 cinema we'd go to The certificate 15s didn't need IDs 'Cause I'm 18 and earn the money I need for the cinema And for tubing home to Hertfordshire Via Farringdon was always faster But now we live to be human machinery We're trapped in our little ways In every way Most every day Yeah, once they came to Borehamwood Not North Greenwich or South Woodford They complain about the length of journey When every day I woke up early And dragged myself to Barkingside Not home, Bushey, or Barnet side And with every film it became more worth it All my friends became more perfect Yeah all my friends became more perfect It's all over soon We watch our films to end our June And I think I'll refuse the end Don't want to see what happens then Woodford was my Year 13 And my friends said they'd come with me To indie films I want to see Concluding frequent memories of me We live to be human machinery We're trapped in our little ways In every way Most every day

about

I never thought I'd release what could be called an album in the first place, let alone a second one. And here is that second album, it's called "Trains and Cinemas" and it's here for your listening pleasure. Once again- as on 'Playgrounds'- bass and drums are played where the whole thing was recorded- on Garageband on my iPhone, using my fingers. Whether it's better or worse than that album is down to you, but I definitely think it's more developed musically. Thank you to everybody who inspired the songs and thank you to everybody who is reading this and thank you to any of you who give any of this a listen- I love you for it. I've been working on this for just shy of a year and retrospectively I wouldn't have procrastinated any differently. As was the case with 'Playgrounds' every song on here was written about somebody, maybe that person is you! You won't know unless you listen to every song, I suppose. (Oh dear)

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released December 4, 2014

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