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People & Places & Things
03:28
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Where are those answers I swore I would find
Maybe it's time that I need
Guess you don't need a lock to be imprisoned
Guess you don't need a key to be freed
Out go the candy cane wishes
In come those familiar dreams
Forget what you heard, ain't no heaven on Earth
There's just people and places and things
May ain't May til June these days
New seasons for mining the cold
They say everything's changing but everything's old
I can't wait to do what I'm told
There's a mountain ahead and it laughed as it said
“The sun doesn't wish for less clouds”
And I don't wanna hike it, I ain't scared I'll like it
But I'll miss the view from the ground
May ain't May til June these days
New seasons for mining the cold
They say everything's changing but everything's old
I can't wait to do what I'm told
Push me out harder Atlanta
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2. |
All At Once
03:12
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All at once
They're digging at your skin
Hungry eyes
New highway begins
But all you're losing is a star
And all you're giving is your arm
But think of all the time you're gonna save
And who really needs both arms anyway?
Weren't they just
The kindest, gentle soul
Made up
And lifelike in a hole
Don't sell yourself to wooden roots & rocks
Your legacy as bones in a box
But you can celebrate your real estate
A stony face above the interstate
Lighten up
You'll float on if you try
Just wait
Til the sunset's in your eyes
And your wings are battered from the storm
And the wind keeps pushing you back North
Aren't you glad you held off on your dreams
Til they were trapped in velvet movie screens
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3. |
Before We Even Met
03:20
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The highway was an astronaut and I was picking fibers
Like I had no other questions for the man
So he took me to my front door like my suitcase never moved
And he said “now you know exactly where you stand”
Both my eyes were empty
Both my hands were wet
“Before you even knew me, did you hold my silhouette?”
“Doll, I knew you before we even met”
The sidewalk was a parking lot that I don't care to miss
Like the promise of a distant, open space
So when the grass grew tall and I was still a pirate of the dirt
Darling you stayed true, my saving grace
Both my eyes were empty
Both my hands were wet
“Before you even knew me, did you hold my silhouette?”
“Doll, I knew you before we even met”
The office parks and movie screens, they all just sing your name
It's the song I always wished that I could write
Once a sleepless electrician, now I'm happy just to listen
It's the only thing that gets me through the night
Both my eyes were empty
Both my hands were wet
“Before you even knew me, did you hold my silhouette?”
“Doll, I knew you before we even met”
“Doll, I knew you before we even met”
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Cardinal Directions
04:08
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I lost my mission
Forgot what I need
That rose in your kitchen
Winter between
I held my head up
But everyone knew
That wishes are bad luck
When they ain't true
I don't know where my mind's made up, morning's too far
Can these words really say what we are?
And they're gone
But I'm right
And you're wrong
A vague confession
A theatre alone
Cardinal directions
To somewhere you know
Let me be aimless
The best skies are blue
The worst love is painless
And you
I don't know where my mind's made up, morning's too far
Can these words ever say what we are?
And they're gone
You're right
I'm wrong
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5. |
Morning Call
03:28
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Hey brother can you spare a dime?
I'm all run out of peace of mind
I've years to live and not much time
Hey brother can you spare a dime?
Hey sister can you lend a hand?
I'm sleeping in the dirt again
This day ain't gone the way I planned
Hey sister can you lend a hand?
I've got eyes that bleed me raw
And I've got hands that see through walls
I know I'm not who you saw
But I need you and that's all
Be my morning call
Hey doctor can you squeeze me in?
My head's about to burst again
I'm sicker than your medicine
Hey doctor can you squeeze me in?
Hey colonel can you win the war?
I'm backed up seeking metaphors
I found some signs but they're cardboard
Hey colonel can you win the war?
I've got eyes that bleed me raw
And I've got hands that see through walls
I know I'm not who you saw
But I need you and that's all
Be my morning call
Hey brother can you spare a buck?
I'm all run out of hope and luck
The road is long, my wheels are stuck
Hey brother can you spare a buck?
Hey sister can you lend the sun?
I'm cold enough for everyone
A red brick in the washing drum
Hey sister can you lend the sun?
I've got eyes that bleed me raw
And I've got hands that see through walls
I know I'm not who you saw
But I need you and that's all
Be my morning call
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6. |
40 Hours
03:09
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Sign half hoping
And I was half open too
We're one in the same
We're the tree and apple
A horse with a saddle loose
So fluorescent
The floor is a mess and I'm off
Daydreaming about you
Counting tiles
Is marble worthwhile for lives
I'm spending without you?
40 hours a week
Another 56 for sleep
Sign half broken
Well I'm just half open too
We're losing our flavor
We're down and falling
We're stalled and we're crawling oh no
To good misbehaviour
40 hours a week
Another 56 for sleep
And I wept on the stacks
Of time I can't get back
I'd rather die with you than live like that
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7. |
Hollow On The Outside
03:02
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I swear these streets were painted
And I invented wings
With weak imaginations
And broken things
Hollow on the outside
Beauty in the eye
Too smart to lose her
Dumb enough to try
The sky is just a tired, lonely wall
But you're the sweetest sadness of them all
Are there stars in heaven
Do angels have their doubts
Is hell anticipation
Or finding out
I believe in nothing
Does that mean I believe
In dreams too big for numbers
And guarantees
The sky is just a tired, lonely wall
But you're the sweetest sadness of them all
The sky is just a tired, lonely wall
But you're the sweetest sadness of them all
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8. |
Two Of Us
03:21
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If we had lies to tell and
Fools to be, there'd be
Two of us and me
Aw it's so hard without you, we're all
Broken up, why isn't
Great good enough
We could live forever
You're just warming up
But you'd be cold to the touch
And when push comes to shove
You know I've nothing but love
I guess I just
Don't love you that much
When we were violent and
Royal green, we had
No more hands to clean
Oh it was sticky fingers and those
Florida palms, funny how
It looks so calm
We could live forever
You're just warming up
But you'd be cold to the touch
And when push comes to shove
You know I've nothing but love
I guess I just
Don't love you that much
We could live forever
You're just warming up
But you'd be cold to the touch
And when push comes to shove
You know I've nothing but love
I guess I just
Don't love you that much
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9. |
Too Good To Me
03:33
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Am I enough
Man to love
Or are my ashes my brother's
A lonely king
Of broken things
Ruling under the covers
No one who's seen this before
Still wishes they had
You're too good to me
And I've got it bad
I filled my lungs
With broken dust
Left me tired and empty
The chosen one
Climbing rungs
Changing signs on the marquee
No one who's seen this before
Still wishes they had
You're too good to me
And I've got it bad
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10. |
Hard Times
03:11
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Hard times
Get out of my life
I don't wanna whine, I'm just trying to feel alright
Bad days
Get out of my way
It's not like the same, still I need you like everyday
I need you when the sun starts rising late
When it sets in the daytime like it can't wait
I need you when my lungs stop pumping out
I need you, I need you now
Bad dreams
Aren't quite what they seem
And you wake in the morning, grateful, feeling free
Grey skies
Aren't fooling my eyes
I can't say I mind, still I need you at home tonight
I need you when the lights all turn to green
When life hands you candy and tangerines
I need you when the walls start coming down
I need you, I need you now
No one ever likes you when you're lonely
When you need them most of all
No one ever loves you when you're sad as shit and stumbling
But everybody's watching when you fall
Hard times
Get out of my life
I don't wanna whine, I'm just trying to feel alright
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Jackson Fields Cincinnati, Ohio
Making cheap bedroom recordings sound like cheap bedroom recordings since 2014
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