It's The Nights That Kill Me
from 365 Eulogies by Jak Locke
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lyrics
Regardless of whoever this song has made its way to
I wouldn't wish the music in my head on you
Oh, if you could hear the monologues I say to me
Infinite repetitious volumes of soliloquy, ohhh
It would blow your mind
It blows my mind
Thirty hours and I'm far from sleeping
Wearing out the floor and thinking this'll be the minute it changes
Half the time I think I'll wake up younger
And even as I'm saying that, I know that it's ridiculous
but lately I find it harder to care if I come off strange
I've learned not to get comfortable anymore
any resemblance makes obscene the thrill that lived before
It's a special kind of hell to think you've found your place
And you believe the smile that you painted on your face, ohhh
Until you realize where it all went wrong
I found you never really can get over it
The most that you can hope for is that you can learn to turn it off
And still you know it's gonna find its way back
No matter how you turn it in your mind you're gonna find
That every crest you end up riding's always followed by a deeper trough
And if I keep my distance, don't take it to heart
I always knew what's best for you and I'm just playing my part
Besides, the closer that we get, the more complex I'll be
And I don't need to hear another person telling me, ohhh
"I liked you better before I knew you so well"
Another tragedy, so what's the difference?
I hate to have to say it, but it's easier to swallow each time
And one day I'm gonna end up choking
Maybe not tomorrow, maybe not before I'm dead
Maybe I should have listened to me and kept all this in my head
Because you didn't ask to hear this, you just want to hear me make words rhyme
Momma, it's the nights that kill me
Momma, it's the nights that kill me
Momma, it's the nights that kill me
I wouldn't wish the music in my head on you
Oh, if you could hear the monologues I say to me
Infinite repetitious volumes of soliloquy, ohhh
It would blow your mind
It blows my mind
Thirty hours and I'm far from sleeping
Wearing out the floor and thinking this'll be the minute it changes
Half the time I think I'll wake up younger
And even as I'm saying that, I know that it's ridiculous
but lately I find it harder to care if I come off strange
I've learned not to get comfortable anymore
any resemblance makes obscene the thrill that lived before
It's a special kind of hell to think you've found your place
And you believe the smile that you painted on your face, ohhh
Until you realize where it all went wrong
I found you never really can get over it
The most that you can hope for is that you can learn to turn it off
And still you know it's gonna find its way back
No matter how you turn it in your mind you're gonna find
That every crest you end up riding's always followed by a deeper trough
And if I keep my distance, don't take it to heart
I always knew what's best for you and I'm just playing my part
Besides, the closer that we get, the more complex I'll be
And I don't need to hear another person telling me, ohhh
"I liked you better before I knew you so well"
Another tragedy, so what's the difference?
I hate to have to say it, but it's easier to swallow each time
And one day I'm gonna end up choking
Maybe not tomorrow, maybe not before I'm dead
Maybe I should have listened to me and kept all this in my head
Because you didn't ask to hear this, you just want to hear me make words rhyme
Momma, it's the nights that kill me
Momma, it's the nights that kill me
Momma, it's the nights that kill me
credits
from 365 Eulogies,
released March 26, 2012
Jak Locke: all instruments / vocals
Jak Locke: all instruments / vocals
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Jak Locke New Orleans, Louisiana
Jak Locke is a multi-genre songwriter and performer based in and native to New Orleans, LA.
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Aug 2016
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