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Stitches
03:22
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You were the stitches
and I was the fabric
held me together
I just couldn’t have it
Hallways were always
the easiest place for us to meet
And there on the corner
you waited for him
heart on your sleeve
and he’s there on a whim
Alleys are valleys
that hold you so low to the ground
Holding back tears
for the first time in years
Never could access
the feelings or fears
Strong in your sundress
and asking, “are you proud,
are you proud of me?”
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2. |
In a jar
03:10
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Prone to wander, near or far
I tremble at the thought of where you are
Bring you up in certain crowds
but careful how I make those sounds
Hazy day or so they say
The nest was hidden til you passed its way
Can’t say I’m sorry for you
can’t keep it in a jar
can’t say it like I want to
just tell me where you are
In the sun the branches hung
the summer heat, the arm where you were stung
Pull the stinger with my knife
and taste your blood, the red metallic life
grinning with my teeth stained red
I fell asleep and dreamt behind the shed
Dreamt I saw the turning page
some things still don’t sit right as I age
Can’t say I’m sorry for you
can’t keep it in a jar
can’t say it like I want to
just tell me where you are
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3. |
You could be happy
02:49
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You were tired, you were trashed
always talking way too fast
telling me your every thought
drinking all the wine I brought
Fill it up to pour it out
can’t help but compare yourself
to all your friends and what they do
can’t you see what’s good in you?
Bet you wish for something else
somewhere deep inside
it makes no difference to me
but you could be happy
In you I think I met my match
kneeling in that berry patch
wearing someone else’s clothes
tell me what do you suppose
brought us to this place and time
young and dumb and full of rhymes?
Can’t believe you loved me back
can’t believe you loved me back
Threw a pebble in the pond
just like that and we were gone
ripples carried us away
blurred into another day
Bet you wish for something else
somewhere deep inside
it makes no difference to me
but you could be happy
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4. |
At the park
03:16
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It was just you and i at the park that day
I think it was a week ago
approaching dark when we got there
but we didn’t think much about it
we followed the path to a bench
when the wind picked up
blowing cool as black clouds rolled in overhead
like a dark curtain with patches of light
it open ed, and the rain started to fall
so i opened the umbrella
and we sat down to watch
I asked if you wanted to go back to the car
you said yes and we ran through the rain
i held your hand
I closed the umbrella then so I wouldn’t get struck by lightning
but we agreed it would be pretty funny if I did
we made it back to the car and sat there
until the rain stopped,
watched the sky turn from gray to
white and orange and purple
then once the rain stopped
we walked back around the park
walked the same path as before, there were puddles and we jumped in them
and then you stopped me
and I saw the deer, frozen in the field, staring at us
and we stood there and held one other
and held their gaze
I thought it was funny
like they were looking straight through us
like we weren’t even there
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5. |
It's yes
03:28
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Sorry if I don’t
have much to say
when she’s away
Cause my girl gets me high
she knows me well
sticks by my side
And she’ll play you just because
she don’t have to but she does
saw the question in her eyes
and with confidence replied
got my answer
and it’s yes
So put a record on
any old one
and I’ll sing along
Don’t need too much else
I’ll play my guitar
I’ll keep to myself
And although we’re miles apart
I just knew it from the start
there’s a sea beyond the bridge
that’s the place we’ve got to get
got my answer
and it’s yes
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The sun in your eyes
02:34
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You run through my head like wine
my only recourse
when the sun's in your eyes
and I'm walking home
When you set my soul on fire
pressed your love inside me
still I hold you, my careless love
won't you stay beside me?
The little voices of rivers change
and I could know no other
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7. |
The escape
03:20
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Looking at some time
for an uncommitted crime
and the witness wouldnt budge
as they sat before the judge
Just a victim to the law
he set to take the fall
and so the sentence came
some thirty years and change
but he kept a flame alive
yea he burnt it in his mind
"I’ll see the sun again,
I’ll hold her close and then"
A decade passed or so
with no chance of parole
seems the walls are closin’ in
seems my stomach’s growing thin
What else could make a man
take matters in his hand?
So he dug all winter long
the escape was set for dawn
he took off through the yard
shot down by the guards
With a frantic dying breath
he watched the sun ascend
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8. |
How our love grows
01:17
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9. |
Lost & found
03:16
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Don’t want to believe
the lies you’re telling yourself
it happened again
You wait for a ride
your shift was over at 5
you just like hanging around
"Old and getting older"
you say to yourself
well who calls you out when you’re wrong?
Say you’re looking tired
as you stretch and yawn
but you liked it that way all along
Stay locked in the house
but then at night you go out
the autumn moon on the lake
You reminisce innocence
when you were only a kid
wonder how much you can take
Feeling lost but you’d rather stay where you are,
you say “I’ve got my feet on the ground”
seems like you prefer to just keep to yourself
but how do you expect to be found?
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10. |
Down the road
02:47
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Feeling homesick all over again
for a place that I've never been
Well maybe once or twice in my dreams
waking life just ain't what it seems
Walking down the roads that I know
killing time until I have to go
Double parked on the 4th of July
fireworks and 4-way lights
All our neighbors were cursing your name
you just smiled and laughed all the same
Walking down the roads that I know
killing time until I have to go
Won't you walk a while with me
cause I got places and people to see
If I see them before my time
I'll be glad that you're by my side
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11. |
Arrow
05:23
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Draw your arrow taut and thin
set your sights and do me in
if all is fair in love and war
who's keeping score?
I guess I'll keep it moving on
I thought I held you, I was wrong
I'll get to where I'm going soon
just meet me there
You're the moon and I'm the sea
cause you're so beautiful to me
So blur your edges into mine
and we'll be fine
I scribbled 8 words in the dark
"don't want to make my life this hard"
Wish I knew where I'm going to
or who I am
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12. |
Wavy
02:49
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13. |
Spinning
03:49
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Out on the corner
just waiting for him
holding your breath
til your head starts to spin
This was the longest
you’ve lived in one place
wore the same smile
without changing your face
Drink up and smile
it’s the last time you will
late to the party
no buzz to be killed
Called out of work
just to stay home in bed
silent alarm
going off in your head
Tell me the secrets
you carry around
cursing your friends
in this nobody town
Tempting the memory,
well what’d you expect?
cause what I remember
I choose to forget
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