1. |
Come Heroine
02:50
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From peaks of blue
Come heroine
With several suns you light the way
When each day begins
And I’m just a risk
ATOP OF the moon
When I swore I’d seen everything
I saw you
You brought me in
You took to me
and reversed the atrophy
did so unknowingly
now I’m undone
I took my place
You showed me how
I’m softer now
not hollowed out
now I’m undone
From peaks of blue
Come heroine
With open arms you brought down the walls I defend
And I’m just a risk
a colossal near miss
prone to resist what is best for me
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2. |
Lament
03:20
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It’s early so I’m feeling vulnerable
So do what you will
For the sake of you I’m poised
with what I understand is joy
Shouldered cries from everywhere
I expect no different
You’d think by now I’d know my place
But I lose it almost every day
You’d think by now I’d have a grip
But again I’ve let it slip
If I’m out on a limb admiring something
It may crack in two, I feel nothing
Not the question preceding, or how I’m feeling
But I’ve carried the world today, I have convinced myself
I drank from the deepest pond
When the ocean did me wrong
Now I’m left with what I’ve known all along
So I lament
Then I forget
So I lament
Till I reset
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3. |
Feign
02:48
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If I find my bearings, can I settle down?
Hiding my face often, since I lost my crown
Where did my faith go since it left town?
Do I die a little less often when I feign profound?
I say the wrong thing at the perfect time
That’s my signature on the silver line
When I leave my home I’m angled south
Where did my friends go? Have they heard my mouth?
I’m a sparkling diamond when I have my doubts
Do I die a little less often when I feign profound?
I say the wrong thing at the perfect time
That’s my signature on the silver line
I say the wrong thing at the perfect time
It’s an accident when I fall in line
There is an elegance
I find in every risk
That I so often miss
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4. |
Reminders
03:03
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When it’s all too much to take
I’m at capacity
A failed system sings on the background tv
To my shotgun mouth and apathy
I need reminders of the love I have
I need reminders good or bad
I tilt my chin up in photographs
A subtle way to reinvent the past
With a head so beat and drained
I’m running on empty
As the world collapses with complacency
To knee-jerk takes and fantasy
I talk myself out of myself
when I’m overwhelmed
Is there a way to feel free
without being someone else?
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We sway like brittle branches
One gust and to earth we come
I’m grinning because I know
I’m grinning just because
Taking orders never suited me
Saying no just for the thrill
but tonight we’re moving slowly
while the cavalry moves in for the kill
I’m tired and I’m sore
I’m not so young anymore
Worn down, but I imagine
This uniform stays in fashion
We’ve poured ourselves in these sweet white dying dogs
Some nights not kissing
Some nights just because
If we hear a crash
We can only expect the worst
But tonight we’re moving fast
While the party resumes the search
I’m tired and I’m sore
I’m not so proud anymore
Worn down, but I’ve decided
It’s open casket you’re all invited
My head in your lap from The wandering blackout
The touch of your hand, you’re the last one to back out
There’s nothing to argue, there’s only a title
The worst’s yet to come well the worst’s not invited
I make separate fists while I swallowed the pride
I am haunting an old roll of telephone wires
It’s not how it was but it’s not getting lighter
The weight is immaculate, the depth is inspired
It’s let in, eyes tired
I hold waste, stop fires
I want hope, faith higher
I’m Lost now, loss tires
So let’s embrace the twilight
While burning out the limelight
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6. |
Exit Row
02:16
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There’s no doubt that I’ll sink my teeth in
Not without depleting everyone around
I’m a seen-it-all type, not easy to thrill
I keep plants indoors, so I have something to kill
I’ll conjure up the worst of me
To sing a song so bittersweet
I’ll come out of hiding just before dawn
When tea tastes like pencils, I’ve been stirring too long
I’ll offer up my aisle seat
In this exit row for the sad elite
There’s what I know for certain
I know that I’m not wrong
Suffering has no purpose
‘Round Here’ is an almost perfect song
(ALMOST)
I dragged my body to the desert’s end
to mine for words in this abandoned head
But all the vultures that surrounded said
was “flesh is flesh whether live or dead”
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7. |
Savoring
02:56
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Savoring the days that we spent inside
As if tomorrow will be different, whatever we decide
I can’t deny, it’s nurturing
Before I know it
I am deep in Texas disconnected
You make me resolvable
When upside down, or impossible
I’ve never been too subtle
If I’m lost at sea, its not the shore that saving me
Sometimes the slightest thing will split my head in half
a crooked picture frame, or the volume of a laugh
I can’t deny, IT’S disheartening
Before I know it
I have seen everything I need to see
You make me resolvable
When upside down, or impossible
I’ve never been too subtle
Brokering a deal, between my head and heart
The stable life I need, or why I come apart
I can’t deny, it’s baffling
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8. |
A Broadcast
03:01
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It’s that special kind of quiet
Where ONE might be concerned
But even with this silence
My voice can be misheard
So I’ll sweep the floors
For the ghosts who now reside
The ones who came before
Who never chose a side
I’ll power through the night
For some kind of victory
It’s not pretty, this vulgar life
I’m airing constantly
I’ll get my fill of praise
And taste that bitter love
I guess I’m still afraid
For when you’ve had enough
The sooner my senses leave
The burden I have will go
And the golden boy can be
Paraded down below
… and down, I’ll go
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9. |
I'll Be Your Host
03:27
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Pin a pink ribbon on to join the pain brigade
Our numbers are impressive - I’m afraid
We know the end of every story
either one way or the other
There’s no fun in guessing
there’s no fun at all
I’ll be your host
Against my will
Pin a black ribbon on, we’re the mourning campaign
I didn’t ask to lead this party - I explain
I’ll float through your city, with my blinders up
It’s not what I would have chosen
it’s not what i want at all
I’m a shell of my former self
can you tell when I’m panicking?
I’m a shell of my former self
can you tell when I’m babbling?
At what point, is enough enough?
I don’t want this role, I give it up
But thats not enough
I’ll be your host
Against my will
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10. |
Deflector
03:31
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I’m a colorless banner flown at half mast
I’m a vessel for last contact
I’m a secondhand piano incapable of tune
Providing the score for “gone too soon”
I’ll test the water
I won’t dive right in
That’s too personal
I’m too delicate
I’ll test the water
I won’t dive right in
I’m not comfortable
I rarely am
Been a sideline voyeur, a conscientious deflector
Been an underpin for something better
Been faulty poet, a personal arsonist
A last responder to my own self interest
Cold-shouldered by design
Sleeping in on borrowed time
Let’s sing, just one more
I’m a trapeze act missing contact
A long way down to the floor
Been a broken record, a conscientious deflector
Been a sounding board for an absent savior
Been a faulty poet, an ambivalent nihilist
A last responder to my own self interest
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11. |
A Forecast
03:38
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Since the last time we spoke
I’ve learned quite a lot
The people I thought would reach out
Turns out they would not
On the anniversaries
of the worst kind of days
My phone was mostly silent
One excuse was “giving space”
It’s not like I wrote some lyrics
detailing the exact events
Some profit off the album
Most I just consider friends
But that’s the way it goes
I’ve healed more than suffered
I found the patience for jazz
I still love the Coen brothers
I’ve lost more family members
Not to cancer but the GOP
What’s the difference I’m not for certain
They all end up dead to me
So here’s the record closer
I’m still working out its intent
I’m not sure what I’m after
But it couldn’t go left unsaid
I’m still out in the rain
I could use a little shelter - Now and then
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