James

from No Dial Tone by Ben Hughes

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the sun, the sky
it's all right here
James, he starts
his day with fear.

walking, walking through heaven,
and seeing only hell.

color poured in
to his dark eyes
he saw his love,
and loved her life.

living, living the same life,
but finally alive.

he painted
pictures with his words
shared stories
with little brown birds.

surprise, surprise his hell was
coming back in to his life
life's cycles still remain.

open your eyes to the beauty that is life
oh, James can't you see that you're beautifully alive?
smile right now, cause you could you could die tonight
oh, James can't you see that you're beautifully alive?

I'm closing my eyes
to the beauty you call life
I know to you
I'm beautifully alive.

but for now,
I'm just alive.

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from No Dial Tone, released February 10, 2015

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"...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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