1. |
Pictures of Places
03:44
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I sat with the wide open spaces
I got high just hoping to fall
there's pictures of places where you've been
but not where you are
I love to sing in the morning
I think I'm strong inside of my cage
I can't say what makes something real
or real enough, anyway
make it dark
so dark
but, not so dark
that I kill the flame
maybe I'm preened for new places
or lucky if I'm lost in the crowd
there's pictures of faces who you've been
but not who you are
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2. |
Pulling Away
04:07
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so now you see it all clear
that we're always dancing in the dusk
and when you knew the face of your fear
it was enough to shut you up
but something's got you talkin'
it's holding you against your needs
is it the drugs that keep you crawling
or just the weight of feeling free?
Just like the night dissolves each day
I see you push because I pull away
is any fight really fair?
there's something said of 'ends' and 'means'
o, but I wouldn't go there
a criminal before the Queen
who will wear your mark in modest
for as long as it must show
so don't tease me with your pardon
there is no dream I won't let go
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3. |
NYE
02:58
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if we're near
the year that it stops
spinning our top
will we feel
stood up or strung out?
all shook up and let down?
whatever we never see
wherever we'd rather be
be only here
at the end of the year
in cancer we flow
with the moon in her home
even the closed
and the I don't wanna knows
are gonna feel
make believe or for real
be only here
happy new year
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4. |
Ruse
03:05
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give them what they want
they know you always do
you're pretty when you smile
once in awhile
the choice is up to you
give them what they want
you thought I'd do the same
but I guess you weren't so sharp
you're just an easy mark
caught up in a swindler's game
when your heart feels it’s for real
and your head knows it’s a ruse
doesn't matter what you choose
it's not your hand to lose
I feel like getting high
I feel like falling through
I feel like holding on
I really don't know what to do
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5. |
Almost a Rose
02:34
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I picked it apart
I left it alone
but I just can't decide
I think I'll bury the bones
turn the earth
give your love
and all of your worth
to a hole in the mud
but nothing’s for certain
I sometimes wish that it was
so if something happens
just let it grow
and come back to the plot
when it's almost a rose
you lost a whole lot
more than anyone knows
most days it's just dirt
til one day it's a rose
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6. |
Together Now
02:09
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I hope the best got better
before it gave you the worst
take their heaviest hitter
like we rehearsed
take the cheap shots
they're only as cheap as you allow
like when we took our little something
and made it nothing now
I know things seemed stronger
with me around
but some ties untether
we ain't together now
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Still Here Records Freeport, Illinois
Still Here Records is an art collective and independent record label based in Freeport, Illinois.
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