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1. |
Mount Saint Helens
04:18
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Waking up in love in your holy chains
Hand to God I'm hoping that I never escape
Pull myself together just to look at you
The treasure of forever fell asleep in my youth
Kinda makes me wonder how you're living now
Your lovers built of ashes and the wind blows south
Legs crossed living room the bodies gasp
The steam of dreams came rising right off of my back
And if you give me a moment I'll find my way back to you
The pond was the pool where we used to swim
Where the ghost of old Summers keeps diving in
How I hated my face like a traitor's gaze
But I aimed it at you hopelessly just the same
Don't you turn away there's a way out now
Couldn't find it before, but we got around
I wanna love you, darling, but my heart is bent
Tuned the harp for the angels
Don't know where they went
And if you give me a moment I'll find my way back to you
But me I want the real thing
Take my body
Take my soul
Giving up on holding on to you
Leaning in to letting go
Beating up the piano like I'm Mozart now
Neighbors slam the windows
Try and drown me out
But I'm crying out haunted
Done being alone
I'd move back to the mountain, but the mountain will blow
Left the heartbreak years back stuck in the ash
Burned the town to the ground
Now it's all in the past
Sicced all of your dogs on my stumbling joy
Barely got out to sing about being destroyed
And if you give me a moment I'll find my way back to you
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Safe Surrender
04:03
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Summer drunk along the lake
When you move too fast you make mistakes
I apologized
I set the bone
I lock the door now whenever I leave home
Built barricades behind the eyes
Then to your arms brought back to life
Safe surrender
Coming out slow
Hands raised high
Been unarmed since I remember
Forgotten love, save my life
Forgotten love, save my life
You fall in love
You disappear
A youthful face in the rearview mirror
Shiver from the warmth the closer you got
But I'm giving up now on my lesser gods
Don't I always run?
Born afraid
And you don't know the life you saved
Safe surrender
Coming out slow
Hands raised high
Been unarmed since I remember
Forgotten love, save my life
Forgotten love, save my life
Safe surrender
Safe surrender
Safe surrender
Safe Surrender
Safe surrender
Coming out slow
Hands raised high
Been unarmed since I remember
Forgotten love, save my life
Forgotten love, save my life
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Rescue Boats
03:21
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I don't know why it's so hard to tell you
Why it's so hard to say that I'm lost…that I'm lost
That I cannot find my way
And I'm running out of reasons
Out of lies to tell myself
That I'll find help
That I'll get out
That it's just the way I felt
And I know it's coming for me
But I can't see it from here
I've been drowning here forever
Waiting for the rescue to appear
And you tell me when you see me that it seems I'm doing fine
But inside my chest, an unwelcome guest is tearing up my mind
And begging for him to leave
Dying to see him go
But he's moving in the darker wind
Making my heart his home
And I know it's coming for me
But I can't see it from here
I've been drowning here forever
Waiting for the rescue to appear
Way out!
Where I've been waiting
Say now!
In the distance sail to me
Godspeed
Way out!
Put those oars in water
Say now!
As the day grows longer please come rescue me
And I know it's coming for me
But I can't see it from here
I've been drowning here forever
Waiting for the rescue to appear
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4. |
Drive Away
05:41
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They say saw you on Sunday
Your heart just rattling loose
Hair rolled up in a herringbone
Cigarette smoke just rising off of you
They asked me whatever happened to the sweet love that we shared
I told them love can be a magic trick
Blink and nothing is there
Hey, I don't know if you've ever been in love before
First love arrived like a meteor across the sky
Gone before the morning sun
She told me she could not carry on
Poor me, what could I say?
She starts the car and she drives away
She drives away
Now and then I'd hear about you
They say you're getting divorced
Took your halo laundry mat,
But couldn't get out the dirt
And it's true that I never made it
But I never quit the band
I just kept playing my music
In case you ever wanted to dance
Hey, I don't know if you've ever been in love before
First love arrived like a meteor across the sky
Gone before the morning sun
She told me she could not carry on
Poor me, what could I say?
She starts the car and she drives away
She drives away
I was getting tired in Ashland
Couldn't start up the car
Took a walk under the cold, dead moon
And found my way to the park
I heard familiar weeping from the bench of brighter days
I touched your shoulder in disbelief
And you turned to me and say
"Hey, I don't know if you've ever been in love before
First love sometimes lasts for an entire life"
And we watched the morning sun like it had never gone
Glory be, what can I say?
She starts the car and we drive away
We drive away
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The Moonlight Hotel
04:44
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The Moonlight Hotel after the war
Flowers in the lobby
Locks off the doors
The elevator climbs all the way to the roof
Survey the city
Everything is new
Once you've dated violence you'll marry peace
It's singing from the faces of the people in the street
And the river through the heart of it flows different every day
But the memories of the killing never quite fade away
But The Moonlight Hotel invites everybody in
They say they have no enemies
Everyone's a friend to them
And they make up your bed the way a lotus will bloom
And they carry your bags up to your room
Thousands of temples fell to the bombs
From those rubbled ruins rose the people of Vietnam
A heart full of love from a world of pain
Welcoming their guests to come in from the rain
And what you might see as weakness they know as strength
To be kind in the face of cruelty
Cruelty is the coward's way
And the river through the heart of it flows different every day
But the memories of the killing never quite fade away
But The Moonlight Hotel invites everybody in
They say they have no enemies
Everyone's a friend to them
And they make up your bed the way a lotus will bloom
And they carry your bags up to your room
And the river through the heart of it flows different every day
But the memories of the killing never quite fade away
But The Moonlight Hotel invites everybody in
They say they have no enemies
Everyone's a friend to them
And they make up your bed the way a lotus will bloom
And they carry your bags up to your room
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Birdbath
03:29
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I chase a ghost only I can see
Through grocery lines and anniversaries
The old laugh carved away
This silent house left in it's place
Your loving warmth
Your gorgeous smile
Starts to fade after a while
Out in our yard in the dying grass
There ain't no birds in the birdbath
And all the days filled with nights
Stars can't shine through
I'm looking out
I'm looking out
I just can't find you
No control
No wedding vow
Can hold in place what's missing now
Oh holy love, one more taste
Before you take it all away
All we hold
The love we find
Lost in the fire
The fire of time
Only death with magician's cloak
Hides precious life that once was known
And all the days filled with nights
Stars can't shine through
I'm looking out
I'm looking out
I just can't find you
Looking out one Summer day
Into the yard that we made
I start to cry
Almost drop my glass
Two beautiful birds sitting on the bath
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7. |
Portland In the Rain
04:21
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Stumbling into Portland in the rain
Thinking that I'd finally had it
And I just can't ever seem to escape
Something in your eyes got me like an addict
Rented a room above the bookstore
Get along voices running late
Milk crates full of records and a mattress on the floor
A foreign country: Portland in the rain
Portland in the rain
Your bra just dangled from a hook inside the door
Like a sudden ghost town empty of your form
And making love is an aching memory
Your little sounds and your body heat
I wish I'd been one of your secrets
A place you went to be yourself
I sing out loud like I hope you'll hear it
Things I never said, but only felt
Portland in the rain
An abandoned dog just running hungry
For your legs crossed in a dress
I'm so consumed when the stomach's empty
Wishing handfuls of your flesh
And smiling back to me in pictures
Frozen in time inside a frame
But you go and move in with your sisters
And I move to Portland in the rain
Portland in the rain
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No You Don't Give a Damn
03:46
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Oh I saw your paintings
Still moments from your life
Crossed out 'small fortunes'
Wrote in 'name your price'
Oh you're set to carry
Maybe it is twins
One that brings the morning
One that drags the night time in
You post about it on your wall like you took a stand
No you don't
No you don't
No you don't give a damn
Flies around the carcass
Crocus in the yard
Drank morning's cup of coffee in total disregard
You say no man's an island
Well, you could have fooled me
Spelled 'help' out of coconuts
But still it goes unseen
Talk down on my brother like he's also not a man
No you don't
No you don't
No you don't give a damn
You nod along to nothing
You never understand
No you don't
No you don't
No you don't give a damn
Oh fallen angel fell right into the snow
And I fell down right beside her so she wouldn't be alone
Oh your laundry on the hook
It sweetens up the air
I circle back for a second pass and fall into the chair
The world outside your window remains an unseen land
No you don't
No you don't
No you don't give a damn
A wave upon the ocean- crash into the sand
No you don't
No you don't
No you don't give a damn
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9. |
New Haven
04:01
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The seaside motel after the tourists leave
I feel like I know you well
I feel like you know me
Why did we wait so long?
Every spill has left a stain
What were we ashamed of?
I'm helpless when you call my name
Don't just stand there letting all the time escape
Come a little closer, girl
Show me that you feel the same
Making out
Getting undressed as the twilight sunset fades
Darling, won't you tell the truth
Tell me what you really want
All the things you shouldn't do
Come on, let's get it done
I'm done being strangers
Haven't you always known me?
Intertwine our fingers
I'm done being lonely
Don't just stand there letting all the time escape
Come a little closer, girl
Show me that you feel the same
Making out
Getting undressed as the twilight sunset fades
The length of your naked back
The hungry smile of the lonely years
Hot water filling up the bath
Oh we finally made it here
The water rushing through our lives
The dam's about to break
Let's live in this new town
Let the flood wash the past away
Don't just stand there letting all the time escape
Come a little closer, girl
Show me that you feel the same
Making out
Getting undressed as the twilight sunset fades
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10. |
Smoke Tree
04:41
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You're still pulling me away
A tree that's made of smoke
All I did is pray
Slip God into the throat
Get a sitter for the kids
Be demons in the dark
Spill blood into the water
Spill blood into my heart
Darling, make a wish only I will know
Every smile
Every kiss
Back closer to the door
Don't drown out there alone
Swimming endlessly
Frozen to the bone
The fire's here with me
Jackets in the rain
Whisper another life
Love can be a scream you drive into the night
Do I starve outside your wealth?
Stand hungry just to feed?
Break me from the church
Steal me while I'm breathing
Still tugging at the straps
Still slipping off your jeans
Stacking up the scalps
Lie down in the weeds
Don't drown out there alone
Swimming endlessly
Frozen to the bone
The fire's here with me
Stumble into morning
Beat me while I'm weak
The garden's damn near glowing
The smoke comes from the tree
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Call the police
Tell them they'd better bring their guns
Let them come for me
The door's unlocked and my heart's undone
Today's the day I throw my own going away
Walked in on my own
Carve my name on my own gravestone
They're going to have to carry me out
They're going to have to put me down
In a final wave, take my life away
Oh forsaken dream, release me
The body is tired
Never knew love even as a child
I just don't see the way that others believe
Never found a home
Other people make me feel alone
Death, I won't hide
What's left ain't worth the life
They're going to have to carry me out
They're going to have to put me down
In a final wave, take my life away
Oh forsaken dream, release me
And I was waiting for an angel of peace
But I'll go find her once the life is gone from me
The sirens closer- a song my heart can hear
In the mirror- my smile that I haven't seen in years
They're going to have to carry me out
They're going to have to put me down
In a final wave, take my life away
Oh forsaken dream, release me
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12. |
Almost the End
06:11
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The empty house where your dresses hung
Where we were making love when we were young
Strike it from your mind
Don't look back to see how bad it can get
It won't be long before a different life
Little baby birds taking to the sky
Don't turn around
Stay gone
Erase the memory
Oh I was never born
And aren't you glad you got away?
Stack up the years
Stare at the waves
I have to admit
I have to admit
It's almost the end
It's almost the end
It's almost the end
It's almost the end
The fallow, shipped-wrecked dream never set sail
I sat waiting for the post, but got no mail
I thought you'd write, but the silence said it all
Didn't want me in your life
Sat waiting in the hall
There's gotta be a better way to end than this
Before the curtain falls
Before the final kiss
When you come running in after all these years:
"Oh darling, what the hell are you doing here?"
"I don't why I'm with tears in my eyes
I just couldn't let you go before I said goodbye
I just had to tell the truth
I couldn't have gone without you
I couldn't have gone without you
I couldn't have gone without you
I couldn't have gone without you"
I have to admit
I have to admit
It's almost the end
It's almost the end
It's almost the end
It's almost the end
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13. |
Walk Through My Fire
02:46
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I could see you coming from a mile off
Dripping wet with self-esteem
Broke your lovers easily
But you're walking trail of broken hearts
A bear-trap in the woods of love
A kiss you should be careful of
Don't call me Heaven
Hell, you don't even know who I am
'Til I started confessing all of the lives that I've lived
Stop what you're thinking
I've stumbled through the darkness, kid
Don't call me Heaven till you've walked through my fire and lived
Don't know what you're seeing when you look my way
But I'm a stranger even to myself
So how is it you see me now?
A wolf knows the taste of the sheepish kind
Dust the scene and pull for prints
Before you put your heart in this
Don't call me Heaven
Hell, you don't even know who I am
'Til I started confessing all of the lives that I've lived
Stop what you're thinking
I've stumbled through the darkness, kid
Don't call me Heaven till you've walked through my fire and lived
And maybe you've been around the block
But you haven't been in my neighborhood
What you see as a forest
Might be firewood
Don't call me Heaven
Hell, you don't even know who I am
'Til I started confessing all of the lives that I've lived
Stop what you're thinking
I've stumbled through the darkness, kid
Don't call me Heaven till you've walked through my fire and lived
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Beyond the Clock
03:47
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Rattling on
Running your mouth
You think you know better than everyone else
All roads lead to death
But you can't give
All of the things you don't see
Could fill up infinity
Wield all of your nothing like a sword
And maybe I'll go easy on you
Who knows what brought you here tonight
And if I hear you I might change my point of view
I'm just as wrong as I am right
Opinions aren't worth a lot out beyond the clock
I'm thinking of giving up on mine
The story you told
You're sure that it's true
You're a perfect system that justice flows through
Fine-tuned to deliver the word of God
All that we hold- a fading laugh
Every person made of their past
Hung inside the gallows of your heart
And maybe I'll go easy on you
Who knows what brought you here tonight
And if I hear you I might change my point of view
I'm just as wrong as I am right
Opinions aren't worth a lot out beyond the clock
I'm thinking of giving up on mine
And maybe I'll go easy on you
Who knows what brought you here tonight
And if I hear you I might change my point of view
I'm just as wrong as I am right
Opinions aren't worth a lot out beyond the clock
I'm thinking of giving up on mine
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Correct Me If I'm Wrong
05:24
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Maybe there's a way we can make this work
Maybe there's a way I can deserve your love
If I could be enough
Tied down too long to think about getting up
Maybe are you somewhere out there now regretting your life
Have you miss out on me?
Were you a bride to be?
Hang up your dress
You know it's time to leave
Maybe I'm way out
Out of bounds
Maybe I'm too late
One more minute, please!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you're thinking about me
Before you go hold me one more time
What we both know, but neither of us will say
The words evaporate
Go back inside and dance the night away
Taking me up into your room
Standing so close I feel that I could break
The moment just hangs
Before I know it I'm gone the way I came
Maybe I'm way out
Out of bounds
Maybe I'm too late
One more minute, please!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you're thinking about me
Maybe I'm way out
Out of bounds
Maybe I'm too late
One more minute, please!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you're thinking about me
I've known you since we both were kids
We'd laugh at dying and you'd keep giving me shit
You just wouldn't quit
You tried to open up
I don't know why I hid
Maybe love is just an endless game
Never in your arms, but always in your gaze
A mirage sustained
You think you'll make it to the water, but the water never came
Maybe I'm way out
Out of bounds
Maybe I'm too late
One more minute, please!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you're thinking about me
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The Sun Is Gonna Rise
04:18
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Tomorrow, you say, might never come your way
Like all your hopes and dreams will never call
Listen to me, I don't know everything
But all the evil rising up will fall
Oh fare thee well, all the broken hearts
Seems like you could stand them in a line that stretches on forever
Friend, we're in this together
And all of your pain is also mine
No matter what came you can leave it behind
Tomorrow the sun is gonna rise
And beyond the clouds there's a pure blue sky
And tomorrow the sun is gonna rise
Looks like someone else is doing better than you
Taking all the love you'll never have
Well let me introduce to you the person you thought you knew
Turns out inside they're just as sad
No matter what came you can leave it behind
Tomorrow the sun is gonna rise
And beyond the clouds there's a pure blue sky
And tomorrow the sun is gonna rise
No matter what came you can leave it behind
Tomorrow the sun is gonna rise
And beyond the clouds there's a pure blue sky
And tomorrow the sun is gonna rise
All of my life I tried to be someone else
Someone you wanted me to be
Now I don't give a damn
I'm proud of who I am
My life is so much better that I'm me
No matter what came you can leave it behind
Tomorrow the sun is gonna rise
And beyond the clouds there's a pure blue sky
And tomorrow the sun is gonna rise
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She swam down in the lake as if nothing had changed
But as soon as we locked our eyes: strangers no more in life
Down at the old cafe and they all know my name
And I never saw a place for myself before today
But you throw the door open wide
Fireworks in the evening sky
And I'm going to practice medicine until I get you well again
Home
Looks like I'm finally home
No more days alone
Home
Don't know how I didn't see
Life's a dance come dance with me
Driving out passed the longleaf trees
Looking over, you laugh at me
How did one man get so much luck?
Windows down inside your truck
It's not turning out the way I planned
It's even better than all of my hopes and dreams
Your eyes calm a storm in me
We danced in the city square
Under the stars at the county fair
And you never let go of me
Swayed with you one-two-three
Home
Looks like I'm finally home
No more days alone
Home
Don't know how I didn't see
Life's a dance come dance with me
When my car broke down in this unknown place
Ran over the fence the Judge had made
I didn't hear the song of this town
But I sure am singing it now
And you drive the ambulance
Pull around and park for lunch
Seems like it never broke your smile
Brought it home to your only child and me waiting on your porch
Iced tea when you get off work
Leave the bad times in the past
Looks like we're free at last
Home
Looks like I'm finally home
No more days alone
Home
Don't know how I didn't see
Life's a dance come dance with me
Life's a dance come dance with me
Life's a dance come dance with me
Life's a dance come dance with me
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18. |
The Gods of Rita
04:05
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If you saw what she gave up it wouldn't make any sense
The things she does for love and the little that she gets
Night and day the children are pulling at her clothes
Her husband comes home quiet and is asleep before she knows
And the Gods of Rita never stop making demands
Everything inside her world is beyond her command
And nobody will help her
They let her do all the work
And the Gods of Rita they lay the weight on her
"And what do you want for dinner?"
"I'm sure whatever you're making is fine"
Spinning toys and honking horns and the violence of the mind
Wine in the evening after everyone goes to bed
In the mirror stares her mother carrying the silent death
And the Gods of Rita never stop making demands
Everything inside her world is beyond her command
And nobody will help her
They let her do all the work
And the Gods of Rita they lay the weight on her
She struggles to talk about it
They never seem to hear
If she's angry then she's crazy
And if she's crazy they don't want her near
Someday she's getting out of here
But she doesn't yet know-how
Somebody's got to love her
But who can see her now?
And the Gods of Rita never stop making demands
Everything inside her world is beyond her command
And nobody will help her
They let her do all the work
And the Gods of Rita they lay the weight on her
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Threw all my change in a public fountain
What grew out of the water was a currency mountain
Couldn't climb all the wishes
Just fell down doubting
Scraps to the floor
The food that I seek
Who whines like a dog, but can't roll over and speak?
Playing dead to the world until you revived me
Perpetual night filled up with decoys
The light of your love makes the sun unemployed
I haven't laughed in a while, but now I'm a child- oh boy!
The light of your love makes the sun unemployed
The light of your love makes the sun unemployed
Film us together staring at the stars
Can't get to the magic trapped behind the bars
Name the documentary 'True Love Starving'
Before I met you I never felt like a spouse
Saved every spoon to dig a tunnel out
What kind of ghost moves to a haunted house?
Perpetual night filled up with decoys
The light of your love makes the sun unemployed
I haven't laughed in a while, but now I'm a child- oh boy!
The light of your love makes the sun unemployed
The light of your love makes the sun unemployed
Maybe just wait
Does the sun rise on everyone?
Were the wishes you Made
Just a horse with blinders on?
Perpetual night filled up with decoys
The light of your love makes the sun unemployed
I haven't laughed in a while, but now I'm a child- oh boy!
The light of your love makes the sun unemployed
The light of your love makes the sun unemployed
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20. |
Babbling Brooks Brothers
04:32
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Plenty of advice
Damn near drowning in your diatribe
I exit through the entrance
Did you just exist in the pictures?
Like an unspooling reel of a film of grieving sisters
But upon the mountain have you noticed?
A quiet pervades outside of your showbiz
Lift the rock- bugs will scatter
Like they're looking for God in a world where nothing matters
But I can't go on
I don't know how you're doing it
But you must be strong
Or an actor of some merit
I've just never belonged
There is nowhere I've ever fit in
Been on the outside
Fell down the downside
Over and over and over and over again
Where does it begin?
Damn near the ending
Don't spoil it through
So much joy in the pretending
You say you don't understand how I'm not famous
Like you can fuck your way to a heart that's free and painless
You clean the tub- scrub the dishes
There's no more than this though
Despite your fear of missing
I'll race you to Heaven on a horse made of rain
We'll just evaporate the way that we came
But I can't go on
I don't know how you're doing it
But you must be strong
Or an actor of some merit
I've just never belonged
There is nowhere I've ever fit in
Been on the outside
Fell down the downside
Over and over and over and over again
You say you want peace on Earth
Well, with whom does that begin?
You just ramble like a babbling brook, brother
Till the Earth takes you back again
But I can't go on
I don't know how you're doing it
But you must be strong
Or an actor of some merit
I've just never belonged
There is nowhere I've ever fit in
Been on the outside
Fell down the downside
Over and over and over and over again
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I could turn a river to a desert
I could turn love into disease
I could turn around to glory
But I'm walking towards defeat
Don't even try to stop me
I told God I don't believe
I kept the receipt on redemption
What the hell is wrong with me?
You could dance to the music
But I death rattle through the song
They might invite me to the brotherhood
But I'll never belong
There's a hole so deep inside the bottom can't be reached
I can't find my own intentions
What the hell is wrong with me?
I don't paint a pretty picture of my neighbor's overdose
But I saw him swimming with his kids
And it seemed like they were close
And sometimes he would wave to me
And sometimes I'd wave back
But now he's gone
I knew it all along
The black hole cul-de-sac
Birds are flying cancer
Your words are creaking gates
Someone precious lied to me
And told me I'd be great
You could tell me that I'm gorgeous
But I won't ever see
Just a maker of bad memories
What the hell is wrong with me?
I could turn a river to a desert
I could turn love into disease
I could turn around to glory
But I'm walking towards defeat
Don't even try to stop me
I told God I don't believe
I kept the receipt on redemption
What the hell is wrong with me?
What the hell is wrong with me?
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22. |
Out To the Movies
04:51
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The only thing I've wanted gone slipping through my hands
You were out to the movies
Dating Charlie
Seeing Brad
But I'm sick of all the stories
I'm sick of sitting in back rows
Just watching them get close to you
Taking the love I'll never know
Oh I thought that I could stay here
And watch you as you dance
But the truth is, Darling
Tonight I just can't
Oh I thought I could take the high road
Sit back as you changed hands
I'm sorry
I'm so sorry
Tonight I just can't
I've seen the dream of you and me beaten black and blue
I've tortured scenes of passion screams of them making love to you
I can't call you a neighbor
I can't call you a friend
I can't call you on the phone
You won't be back till 5am
Oh I thought that I could stay here
And watch you as you dance
But the truth is, Darling
Tonight I just can't
Oh I thought I could take the high road
Sit back as you changed hands
I'm sorry
I'm so sorry
Tonight I just can't
I could live in worlds of wonder of a time that I can't find
I could sit here and lie to you
And for some that might work fine
But me I want the real thing
Take my body take my soul
Giving up on holding on to you
Leaning in to letting go
Oh I thought that I could stay here
And watch you as you dance
But the truth is, Darling
Tonight I just can't
Oh I thought I could take the high road
Sit back as you changed hands
I'm sorry
I'm so sorry
Tonight I just can't
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Kissing Killers
05:28
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Heaven full of Summer stars
Closing out your favorite bars
Things that you confessed to me
Would have made your mother scream
Ain't like she ain't been there too
Now I'm going there with you
This ain't the first time I've had a bad idea
Tore a hole in the night loud enough for God to hear
Got the wrong end of a machete
I've been holding on for years
Come on take me if you're ready to get out of here
Come on take me if you're ready to get out of here
We flipped the squad car upside-down
Kissing killers run out of town
It's you that I've been counting on
We listen to the river run
Lull me back to bed
The deep well of regret
I hear a crying dog…
That's the sound of my heart
That's the sound of my heart
That's the sound of my heart
That's the sound of my heart
This ain't the first time I've had a bad idea
Tore a hole in the night loud enough for God to hear
Got the wrong end of a machete
I've been holding on for years
Come on take me if you're ready to get out of here
Come on take me if you're ready to get out of here
This ain't the first time I've had a bad idea
Tore a hole in the night loud enough for God to hear
Got the wrong end of a machete
I've been holding on for years
Come on take me if you're ready to get out of here
Come on take me if you're ready to get out of here
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Someone told me I was wrong
So I told them they were right
Best cut to the chase or we'll be at this all night
Oh, what's become of me?
Did I get close to my dreams
Or did I scare it off when I got a job when I was seventeen?
And you won't want to hear this
You've planned your name written out in lights
But we aren't all bound for greatness
And me, I think that it's fine
But perhaps you'd prefer a lie
What did you want to be?
Did you think you'd touch the moon
Yeah, I know how you feel
I thought that I would get there too
But what's wrong with this life?
Why's the answer always more?
When our days are sick with beauty from the ceiling to the floor
And you won't want to hear this
You've planned your name written out in lights
But we aren't all bound for greatness
And me, I think that it's fine
But perhaps you'd prefer a lie
And in the winter of your life
Who will be by your bedside?
All the money that you made or a familiar face saying, "Everything's alright"
Go walkout in the trees
Go stand beside the sea
And tell me you didn't get all for which you wished
That this isn't everything
And you won't want to hear this
You've planned your name written out in lights
But we aren't all bound for greatness
And me, I think that it's fine
But perhaps you'd prefer a lie
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Kye Alfred Hillig Tacoma, Washington
Lost his family in a house fire, but saved his guitar. Plays songs his family’s never heard. (Tacoma, WA Singer-Songwriter)
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One of the greatest living songwriters. Hands down.
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