1. |
Ready To Go
02:48
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Go for what I’m after
never mind disaster
give there past a future
where I find I’m ready to go
ready to go.
its not for lack of trying
ain't no use denying
the speed will set you reeling
never mind, I’m
ready to go
ready to go
and it’s all becoming true
the things you do, I wouldn’t say no
because it’s all because of you,
and what you do, I couldn't let go
I can't say
I can't say
I can't say no
I’m ready to go
and it’s all becoming true
the things you do, I wouldn’t say no
because it’s all because of you,
and what you do, I couldn't let go
I can't say
I can't say
I can't say no
I’m ready to go
I’m ready to go
I’m ready to go
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2. |
Trade You
04:22
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If you lose your life to can't say no,
if sacrifice, is all you do,
If they move the lines you drew for you,
and you cannot see what else to do
I'll trade you for your loss
I’ll trade you for your lies
I’ll trade you for your silence
This time
If you leave a trail of crumbs behind,
but your angels lost or left you blind,
If you need a way to prop the door
back to the pain you loved before (and adored)
I'll trade you for your loss
i'll trade you for your lies
i'll trade you for your silence
this time
Everything you ask
Everything you see
All of your attention, on me.
I'll trade you for your loss
i'll trade you for your lies
i'll trade you for your silence
this time
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3. |
Under the Gun
03:13
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Wind blows memories off the shelf
you find the meanings to the words you taught yourself.
when your old states of mind
cut across the great divide
you're under the gun
hard to focus through the tears
never realizing its all becoming clear
when you blow past the lines
that you used to define
you're under the gun.
And you never had a chance to recognize
All the truth mixed with their lies
when you blow thru the lines
that you used to decline
you're under the gun.
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4. |
All the While
03:54
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Unfold the night like scripts we've left undone
but rewrite as we linger.
You draft a line about your last end-run,
Deleting scenes all the while
The night is distant with the porch light on
the cycle hum is growing quicker
i want to see you when you come undone
as you laugh, that you've known, all the while
I've been lucky all along
always getting what i want
you're an ocean
I am hoping
to be sinking like a stone
I want to see you as the air grows warm
no feelings hid,
breathing quicker
I want to lay here till the rising sun
as we sink into the night
i want to script our part and when i'm done
watch the film, as it flickers
i want to see you with your porchlight on
as you laugh, that you've known all the while.
I've been lucky for so long
always getting what i want
you're an ocean
and i am hoping
to be sinking like a stone
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5. |
Climb the Ladder
06:47
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You say I need to climb the ladder,
and just look out for number one
I’m driving home back to New Hampshire
to find the place where I succumbed.
God knows why I oversold it:
the hope I wouldn't come undone
So bury me in autumn leaves,
and count the star light one by one.
And I find, whenever the days grow short,
that I feel the need to go.
But I lied, its not that you're falling short,
its just that you made me feel alone.
So you feel over exposed (falling short)
and lost the contrast in the sun
you wonder you feel outplayed (falling short)
its just the season made me run.
And I find, whenever the days grow short
that I feel the need to go
But I lied its not that you're falling short
its just that you made me feel alone.
Around the corner, down the street,
up the stairs where we always meet
Past the exit, and down the road,
is this real? I don’t even know.
Through the window, across the sea,
I only hope that you’ll wait for me
Read your letters one by one.
Come to find you when I see the sun (fall in fall out)
But I can’t stop the rain.
And I find, whenever the days grow short
that I feel the need to go (falling short)
But I lied its not that you're falling short
its just that you made me feel alone. (falling short)
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6. |
Take a Ride with Me
03:53
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Lets get alone, come take a ride with me
we need the landscape changed
lets kill some miles and cut the distance in between.
You never know, where it all could lead
the humid sky above the road below
there's distant lightening. Come with me.
I've been waiting for you
I've been looking for a sign
I've been wondering if you'll be mine
Its time to show what you could be with me
if you want all in
then lets begin with highways rushing past our need
Let it go, sell it all to me
You thought your backup plan would be your man
he passed you every time you preened
I've been waiting for you
I've been looking for a sign
I've been wondering if you'll be mine
it's time for thinking about myself
it's time for thinking about myself
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7. |
Dulcinea
05:40
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If I made one mistake,
I came back to this place
Spent 20 years trying to be something I’m not.
All this’s to say
I know what slipped ‘way.
In dreams I still wander the streets where I’m not
I’ll remember you tonight in the way that I choose to
as if you wait for me or remember me at all
If I seem out of place,
It’s just I’m trying to save face
blending in and hiding and burying my thoughts
And its not that I’d leave,
or lament in my dread
but it truly goes fast like that old man once said
I’ll remember you tonight in the way that I choose to
as if you wait for me or remember me at all
In this lie, in this life, that I slowly slipped into,
Had its place in my life and time,
It’s a dream that I know, you could never live up to
Still it goes, round and round, in my mind
I’ll remember you tonight in the way that I choose to
as if you wait for me or remember me at all
I’ll remember you tonight in the way that I choose to
as if you wait for me or remember me at all
I’ll remember you tonight in the way that I choose to
as if you wait for me or remember me at all
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Lush, finely crafted American songwriting, swirling with hooks, harmonies, & raw emotion from a 5 piece band brimming with
heart, excitement and guitars! For fans of Wilco, Nada Surf, & Radiohead.
"Textured melodic rock, fizzing with an energy difficult not to wholeheartedly sink into." (Americana U.K.)
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