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Weight of Time
03:08
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Hearing those words, feeling absurd
While finishing another round
Own nothing,
But weight of wasted time
Falling in love
Calling my bluff, you were always good at that
I dont think
I'll see you one last time
Now darling,
Set me on fire and burn me down to the ground
I don't need to hear you try and try again
As flames build higher and higher
Muffling all but a sound
The silence and abruptness of the end
Oh let life begin again
Writing these songs, feeling all wrong
Searching for honesty
But sometimes truth is found in lies
Singing out loud
Addressing the crowd now staring right back at me
I wonder what they see behind these eyes
I hope to break them
Break them right down and make them feel weak in the knees
As a lover can do with a flash of her smile
Then build them,
Build them back up and make them do as we please
Trying to find a purpose for a while
Oh just want to see a smile
Hearing those words
Feeling absurd while finishing another round
Own nothing
But weight of time
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Election Night
02:49
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Say that I love you
Hope that you feel the same
Holding each other while red fills up the place
Go to bed thinking maybe it's all a dream
There's people upstairs, they're smiling,
Cause it's the greatest thing they've ever seen
And I don't know about tomorrow,
This time
Trying to stay sober
Don't want to act my age
While you're trying to live between the lines
Of choosing youth and saving grace
Sometimes the silence eats us up inside
I just want to fight, you just want to run and hide
and I don't know about tomorrow,
At all
Washing the dishes while Michael smokes outside
His wings are folded,
Shadowed in the back porch light
Sometimes it's hard to live but easy to survive
and quit with your damn convictions we are all grey inside
and I don't know about tomorrow
and I don't know about tomorrow
and I don't know about tomorrow,
Alright
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Revelations
04:01
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The darkest night came screaming past the sunset
The revelations came on bittersweet
And my own heart hung stone cold as a locket
Dangling on your sleeve
You say that I'm not any kind of prophet
But now darling, aren't we clever from time to time?
I don't claim anything but honest
It can get harder,
Than seeing visions or reading your mind
And the moment fell apart as if it were on purpose
Now the valley's on fire and I don't know what it means
All through the night twisting and turning,
The revelations came on, came on bitter sweet,
Came on bittersweet
As the depths of our desires came to surface
You tragically wrote down every verse
You believed it was worthless,
But I don't see the point if life's rehearsed
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Dirt Bag
03:56
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I don't believe you
When you say that you're fine
But man you were reckless
When you lost all your lines
You broke her damn heart
When you went and lost your mind
But only for an hour
One week at a time
And you know that you wont die
You do what it takes
To shut down your mind
And you know that you wont die
But you wonder what it feels like
You found my old friend
In an alcohol dream
You wrote a famous poem
Then say she doesn't mean a thing
Maybe you're in love
And maybe you're not
But man you're an angel
And you ain't looking too hot
And you know that you wont die
You do what it takes
To shut down your mind
And you know that you wont die
But you wonder what it feels like
And you know that you wont die
It makes me wanna cry
And you know that you wont die
Just living that dirt bag life
Just living that dirt bag life
Just living that dirt bag life
Your heart's a starry night
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Running in Circles
02:50
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Silent rain falling on a glass stained street
This town is an anvil,
I'm a scrapyard heap
We burn through these mountains
Trying to build a home
You need to move a few hearts
To let something grow
Running in circles
Wasting time
Trying my best while the clocks unwind
I told you I loved you
Remember when?
Recited as a prayer
My first amen
We've been running around
Without hope in our hearts
Well, we would if we could
But we don't know where to start
So we drown all these memories
And dull these thoughts
And we cant tell the difference
What's true and what's lost
Running in circles
Wasting time
Trying my best while the clocks unwind
I told you I loved you
Remember when?
Recited as a prayer
My first amen
But is this home?
Is this a dream?
I've been beaten down and polished clean,
In this city
Running in circles
Wasting time
Trying my best while the clocks unwind
I told you I loved you
Remember when?
Recited as a prayer
My first amen
Running in circles
Wasting time
Trying my best while the clocks unwind
I told you I loved you
Remember when?
Recited as a prayer
My first amen
My first amen
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Mary
04:19
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Mary had a baby in the car
Out on highway 99 in the dark
And out cried the song of love
Under midnight skies
While holding bundled lightning in her hands
She thanked herself for leaving
That god forsaken man
Though his seed had sown the land
To a brand new life
And she knows it wont get easier
For that's the only life she's known
There are nights she wished she'd traveled far
In her daddy's car,
Still dreaming like a child does until their old
But that was years ago
She drove the broken highway through the night
Rust worn canyons greeted her by morning light
With her child at her side
Under new found skies
She'd settled in this mountain of a town
Twenty years of standing still had weighed her down
Now she's floating all around,
For the first time
And she knows it wont get easier
For that's the only life she's known
There are nights she wished she'd traveled far
In her daddy's car,
Still dreaming like a child does until their old
But that was years ago
Mary raised her child up in that town
She worked her body to the bone, into the ground
Now her girl is driving round,
She's driving now
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Beautiful Disaster
03:39
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If you arrive at the afterlife
Could you tell me if you'd made it?
Would your ticket be enough to cash,
All the karma you'd been saving?
But what if you found the gates of hell,
Could you claim it be mistaken?
Were you pure and true,
Or could you tell?
Or was it fear of bad behaving?
It's a hard life man
There's a beautiful would out there
It's a hard life man
No promises of after
It's a wonderful hope
The casting of a master,
It's a beautiful disaster
A beautiful disaster
Did a holy light shine on you?
Or did the darkness tumble forward?
Did you see your life flash before your eyes?
Was it savior or destroyer?
And did they hold you close and sing your name?
Or was it whisperings of sorrow?
And all the ways we try to avoid the pain,
You're gonna be alright
I'm not gonna be alright
It's a hard life man
There's a beautiful would out there
It's a hard life man
No promises of after
It's a wonderful hope
The casting of a master,
It's a beautiful disaster
A beautiful disaster
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Emily
03:27
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Light revealing face and thought
Pulls you from your shadow
Oh Emily, where does your mind go?
"The sky" you say, oh half amused
The other half elated
Darling wont you climb into the blanket?
Now safe in bed from all the weight
We carry home each night
Just flesh and bone and beating hearts in time
You've got a heart of gold
And a rock and roll soul
Never want to let go what you cant control
You hold this world so tight,
Like a first born baby child
Never want to cut the cord and let it fly
Let it grow
Let it go
The silent cries of angry thoughts
That followed every footstep
And the ghosts and ghouls from Sunday school were there
Your stare is worn yet swift with age
Assessing every moment,
So you write and write to find your golden rule
These books you say wont write themselves,
But I see one before me
A mind complex in a flowering dress and heels
You've got a heart of gold
And a rock and roll soul
Never want to let go what you cant control
You hold this world so tight,
Like a first born baby child
Never want to cut the cord and let it fly
Let it grow
Let it go
You've got a heart of gold
And a rock and roll soul
Never want to let go what you cant control
You hold this world so tight,
Like a first born baby child
Let it grow
Let it go
And hold me close
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The Well
04:17
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The silence weighed heavy and the words came slow
Thinking on things that you did know
It was not a lot, but you didn't stop
Running your mouth and saying too much
Drawing from the well of a once good thing
Now, stranded in the desert no hope for spring
You'll figure it out, know what you're talking about
But you're pale as a child whose seen a ghost in the house
And all these years that passed you by
Came crashing right down with a single sigh
They don't need a reason why,
To pack it all up and turn out the light
Burning all those letters you once received
It's easier than reading and answering,
Will you pay it on time?
Counting nickels and dimes
And does it feel better once it's out of your mind?
Working too hard trying to make ends meet
But feeling like a man on your own two feet
But now you're alone,
and the sounds of a home,
are echoing down those streets that you roam
And all these years that passed you by
Came crashing right down with a single sigh
They don't need a reason why,
To pack it all up and turn out the light
And all these years can pass as moments,
While others wont let you out
All this weight that you've been holding
Cast the shadows and through it all out
You're stronger than ever
But it's time to let that weight out
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Arran Fagan Portland, Oregon
Singing songs of sadness and having a great time doing it.
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