QUARTERBACKS

QUARTERBACKS /// LAUREN (DEMO)

I LIKE THE WAY YOU SAY MY NAME

THE WAY YOU STRETCH OUT THE MIDDLE VOWELS

SO THERE’S A SMILE ON YOUR FACE BUT

YOU LIVE SO FAR AWAY

WISH THAT I COULD JUST PICK YOU UP

AND PUT YOU IN A CLOSER PLACE

LAUREN

WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN?

WHEN WILL I FINALLY GET BACK TO YOU?

WELL I HOPE THAT IT’S SOON

HALF THE COUNTRY ISN’T NEARLY FAR ENOUGH

TO CANCEL THE CONNECTION

WHICH HAS QUICKLY GROWN BETWEEN US

AND I FEEL EVERY MILE

THAT IS KEEPING YOU FROM ME

AND I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL THEY MELT AWAY

BENEATH YOUR AIRPLANE SEAT

LAUREN

WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN?

WHEN WILL I FINALLY GET BACK TO YOU?

I HATE ALL THE DALLAS BOYS

WHO FUMBLED WITH YOUR HEART

BECAUSE I’D DO JUST THE OPPOSITE

IF WE WEREN’T SO FAR APART

QUARTERBACKS /// DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE (DEMO)

I THOUGHT I NEEDED A ROMANTIC SABBATICAL

AS IF LOVE WAS WHAT WAS MAKING ME SO MISERABLE

YOU CAME INTO MY LIFE RIGHT AS I WAS GIVING UP

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME

I COULDN’T GET ENOUGH

NOW I DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE

DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE

DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE

WITH ANYONE BUT YOU

YOU INTRODUCED YOURSELF TO ME

OUTSIDE OF A RECORD STORE

AND I WAS GLAD TO SEE YOU

EVEN THOUGH WE’D NEVER MET BEFORE

I KNEW MY LIFE WAS GOING TO CHANGE

SO PREOCCUPIED BY YOUR EYES

I DIDN’T ASK YOUR NAME

NOW I DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE

DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE

DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE

WITH ANYONE BUT YOU

SLOW BUILD COURTSHIP

MONTH LONG CRESCENDO

BEFORE FORTE WE HAD TO START AT PIANISSIMO 

WITH QUICK CONVERSATIONS

AND UNEXPECTED HANDHOLDS

BUT NOW THAT WE’RE TOGETHER

I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU KNOW

I DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE

DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE

DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE

WITH ANYONE BUT YOU

(in honor of valentine’s day, here’s an okay demo of our cheesiest song)

((tom’s got some gnar bass licks on this, but yr gonna need yr headphones))

QUARTERBACKS /// SPACE 

I MADE SPACE FOR YOU 
IN MY TINY ROOM 
MADE MYSELF SMALL ENOUGH 
SO YOU’D FIT IN MY BED 
AND THAT SPACE WAITS FOR YOU 
NOT TO COME BUT TO RETURN 
A MONUMENT TO ABSENCE 
AND A HEART THAT NEVER LEARNS 

I KNEW HOW TO PREPARE FOR YOU 
AND I KNEW JUST HOW TO WAIT 
WHEN YOU FINALLY CAME TO ME 
I DON’T KNOW 
I GUESS I JUST THOUGHT THAT YOU’D STAY

[[OFF OF THE FREE JANUARY TWENTY TWELVE DEMO]]

QUARTERBACKS /// STAY IN LOVE (DEMO)

+++LYRICS+++

WHEN I FELL IN LOVE

I WROTE A SONG EVERY WEEK

THEN I STAYED IN LOVE

AND IT WAS LIKE I FELL ASLEEP

THE SILENCE

WAS SO PERFECT

I DIDN’T WANNA SPEAK

THEN I WOKE UP

AND YOUR ABSENCE BEGGED FOR SOUND

AND I TRIED TO FIND A WAY

TO FILL THE EMPTINESS I FOUND

BUT AT FIRST

I COULD ONLY WHISPER

BUT THEN THE MURMUR

GOT LOUDER

I CAN’T SEEM TO STAY IN LOVE

I CAN’T SEEM TO STAY IN LOVE

I CAN’T SEEM TO STAY IN LOVE

I GUESS MY HEART JUST BEATS TOO FAST

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