1. |
Let Nothing Dam Our Love
02:37
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you whispered into my soul
"I think I'm falling for you"
and I said, "I'm afraid, but I'll try hard to put these arm to use
to break your fall and not your heart."
lean on me in the dark
and refresh all those feelings we swore were dead
we'll relearn how to love
and this time I'll try harder.
I whispered into my mind
I know I've fallen for you
and I said, "Tonight's the night we let nothing
dam our love. We've already cracked it
now, it might as well explode."
on us in the dark
and refresh all those feelings we swore were dead
we'll relearn how to love
and this time I'll try harder.
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2. |
I Tried
02:31
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my current emotional status
makes me wish I could wish last night away
bashing my head away from the inside out
saying things I didn't mean that I meant at the time.
hurtful. deceitful, but hey, I tried.
but I still know everything will be alright
cause I was singing in my dreams with my eyes glued shut
singing, "Now, it's gone and I had my chance, but had to forfeit."
I know sometimes efforts fall short
and some people never appreciate
the things others sacrifice for them
but even though my efforts fell short,
please don't be one of them.
my current emotional status
makes me wish I could wish last night away
bashing my head away from the inside out
saying things I didn't mean that I meant at the time.
hurtful. deceitful, but hey I tried.
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3. |
Disposal
03:30
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old flames return hotter and brighter
I thought I extinguished them long ago
I can see I'm not too good with fire
one little spark to light it up, and then it engulfs me.
I'm so doused in this love-filled perfume
when you breathe fire i become as hot as the sun
and I tell you things you want to know
like the way you move makes me go crazy.
old flames return colder and darker
I thought they exited long ago
i can feel the chills still shaking me up
and then they captured me.
I'm so doused in this love-filled perfume
when you get closer I become as cold as the moon
and I tell you things you want to know
like the way you move makes me go crazy.
watch me as I run away and hope this melody trips you up in your room as you're planning your scheme of disposal after you got me dead.
I'm so doused in this love-filled perfume
when you breathe fire I become as cold as the moon
and I tell you things you want to know
like the way you move makes me go crazy.
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4. |
Solution
02:40
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I wish my eyes could see what will exist
so there'd be no wasted effort
no second chances.
for what didn't deserve it,
but for the existing things
you'll find more than second chances.
I wonder to my mind
what direction should I take?
which path should I choose to walk down?
which funeral will I attend?
and who will I let live in my mind?
I can not forget certain messy things
but if I knew it'd help me
I'd try to forget everything
and I'd wonder where you are.
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5. |
Sail On
02:41
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oh, the innocence of a child playing outside
so young, and have no idea what they're getting themselves in to.
I feel moved to yell out my window,
"Beware of pain cause it'll find you inevitably!"
I'm watching the underside of a lady bug on my window
maybe there's some luck in store for them
as they pretend to sail the atlantic ocean
with their rakes as oars and their leaves as the seas
they're never coming back!
sail on, sail on young souls.
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6. |
Come Close Now
02:20
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hello again can you hear me or are you just too far away?
come close now
I wanna see you and speak right to you
I wanna know all about you and be with you too
come back home tonight. I miss you.
now listen here, I'll swim if you swim through this barracade.
come close now
I wanna see you and speak right to you
I wanna know all about you and be with you too
come back home tonight. I miss you.
come back home tonight, I miss you.
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7. |
Jay
02:49
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I could swear right now
you're with me, but I turn to see nothing at all
feel a presence, or hear a noise
and I guess it was only my thoughts.
with my thoughts I'll send a jay
to tell you what I need you to know
he'll perch on the tree in your mind
and comfort you, you won't be alone, so don't be afraid of it.
so don't be afraid of it.
look into yourself, and find the little bird,
and don't afraid of it.
and don't be afraid of us.
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8. |
Keep On Singing
03:46
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with these thoughts, I will declare myself legally dead
and with those strings, I will walk into the dark and hang myself.
and with this mouth, I will announce to the world my deepest secrets
through imagery and scenery. I'll lock them together in my mind.
it's not like these strings haven't hanged me
and I've tried to pretend my words haven't bound me,
but I'm a slave.
and with these fingers, I will press onto these strings the same ones that choked me in the dark
and with my voice, I will be free... as long as I keep on singing.
it's not like these strings haven't hanged me
and I've tried to pretend my words haven't bound me,
but I'm a slave.
I will be free
as long as I
keep on singing
in the dark
as long as I keep on singing in the dark.
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9. |
In My Bare Feet
02:06
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now, that it's so cold
I wish for a time and a scenario
that I wished was gone when it was here.
going out to the woods in my mind
to walk through the creek in my bare feet
I hope the glass don't pierce my toe.
the glass pierced my toe
and blood filled the miniature ocean
I looked up to see a squirrel
and said keep an eye out for me, help me live.
I'll give you an acorn made of gold
it'll fill you forever, you will be full.
he saved my life
the squirrel in the tree.
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10. |
29, 30, 31
02:54
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another day quickly starts
and what that moon didn't know
is when it disappeared it took 29 with it
and the sunrise poured 30 all over the earth
one time-zone at a time.
I want 29
I want 31
I'm never satisfied with 30.
sorry, but life seems better
in the form of memory, and anticipation
things are never what you expect
and things are surely never how you remember them.
I want 29
I want 31
I'm never satisfied with 30.
do we ever stop anticipating things to come?
then are we ever truly happy where we are?
only tomorrow will we be happy and we can look back and say,
"That was the life, those were the days"
but were we ever happy when we lived in those days?
I want 29
I want 30
get out of my life
I don't want you, 30.
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Ben Hughes New Jersey
"...channels musicians like Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, and Sufjan Stevens, as on Hughes’ previous releases. But this record
immediately calls to mind Pedro the Lion’s Control, with its deep-voiced chords and melodies, lyrical themes of corporate hell, and Hughes’ slurring voice. It could stand as a complimentary album to Control just as well as it stands on its own."
-Nick Tate, WXPN
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Can hardly describe how great this record is, you're just going to need to trust me on this one...
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