1. |
Now
01:31
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i can’t stop writing this
it hurts my fingertips
i don’t know what i did
to you
i’m always sinking ships
cursing my fingertips
i know you’re well equipped
do you?
so many words are missed
held back by teeth and lips
I can’t keep fighting this
but it’s what I have to do
now
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2. |
Through the Night
03:59
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i know you
i just know that things are bad
everything has come out wrong
every day you pray and long
for the life you had
you’re crying
you’re afraid to be alone
but you don’t like looking weak
so you just climb under the sheets
inside your home
it may seem hopeless here
but oh, i swear you don’t have anything to fear
it’s alright
i know you’ll shake this if you try
you’ll be fine
if you can make it through the night
you’re lying
you know you’re lying to yourself
you say that you’re okay
i see you hunger every day
for something else
but someday
i know someday this will change
everything you saw as gray
will turn into a bright array
and rearrange
daylight’s coming fast
oh, i swear that all your pain will come to pass
it’s alright
i know you’ll shake this if you try
you’ll be fine
if you can make it through the night
you’re so tired
oh, i can see it in your eyes
just sleep tight
you’ll understand this when it’s light
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3. |
Maryanne
03:58
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oh maryanne
where were you, baby
it’s been a hell of a day
come when you can
and bring your loving
i have a lot to say
we’ll settle in
and spend an hour or two
just to figure out what we’re gonna do
let’s move away
everything here’s the same
we need some room to change
whatever life you thought you had is gone
oh maryanne
why do you look so blue?
have i not been good to you?
i’ve done what i can
i tried my best to be your man
and i thought i brought my loving too
look at us we’re crazy
acting like we’re babies
fighting but we can’t break through
blaming one another
longing for each other
i just want to be with you
hours pass and days go by
tell me why oh why
would you change your mind?
i’ll give you my everything
be a part of me
please don’t ever leave
oh maryanne
i plan to live well while i can
and to put our feet on solid land
i’ll take your hand
we’ll have a wedding in the sand
and we’ll finally start a family like we planned
they might call us crazy
but i just love you, baby
we can make them understand
you can be the mother
there’ll never be another
and i will be your only man
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4. |
Glare
04:23
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i saw you there
beneath the spotlight’s glare
and just like that
every care slips away
you came to me
like nightmares to my dreams
i cannot help
what it is i see
hold me, i’m awake again
i’d do anything to fall asleep
i’ve been drinking
just to see you like i did back then
i don’t know why
you will not leave my mind
honestly i
don’t know why i even try
god help me please
she brings me to my knees
desire and lust
will be the death of me
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5. |
Castlewood
03:12
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it’s been an awful year
i know you’re hurting, dear
let’s take a minute here
hindsight is pretty clear
we’ll be better off
life is not what you make it
you don’t have control
if we try to fake it
we’ll end up alone
oh, we’re not alone
i know you’ve had it rough
life can be pretty tough
let’s take a minute, love
show them what we’re made of
we’ll be better off
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6. |
Behave
03:51
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waking up with the sun in my eyes
didn’t know who i was anymore
trying to work up the strength so that i
can make my way through the door
i’m feeling so ashamed
and i’m filled with so much hate
‘cause i know i’m not the man
that i once was
but i try my best to behave
even though i’m not the same
i feel myself drowning
my words start to suffocate
i can’t find a way to escape
i open my eyes just to see my mistakes
but breaking the night is a happier day
a promise to be a better man someday
soaking up the last breath i can take
i can feel that i’m losing control
so i cut myself to the bone
a reminder that i have a soul
but i look at what i’ve done
as the blood begins to run
and realize the source
of all my pain
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7. |
Brother
04:20
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late night vapor trails
bouncing off the ceiling
light heads, heavy hearts
digging up only feelings
dissipating clouds of thought
blowing in before they’re gone
catching moisture in our hands
ending up with none
you should be here with me
since we share these memories
things are not the same now
how could it be?
how could it be?
oh brother, i cannot see
why you left, for the life of me
can’t remember the sound of your voice
don’t know why, but you made your choice
you left a presence here
too tall to explain
like a picture fading fast
out of focus, out of frame
you’re a ghost in a film i post
overexposed
on nitrocellulose
lighting up in a photo room
the flames will give us hope
you should be here with me
burning up these memories
things may never be the same
that’s fine with me
that’s fine with me
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8. |
Numb (Fingertips)
04:45
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i didn’t think i’d get this mad
’til i saw everyone you hurt so bad
as they cried themselves to sleep
did you think you’d up and leave
without leaving a wound so deep?
i hear you in my head some nights
reflections clouded by so many lies
they echo endlessly
if you could only see
your apparition’s haunting me
am i blinded?
i don’t see you
am i deaf, then?
i don’t hear you anymore
am i paralyzed?
i’m reaching out to feel you
it’s getting hard to say i love you
so last week i broke down in tears
singing the happiest song we wrote this year
so much has had to change
you’re room’s been rearranged
now every morning feels so strange
some days i can’t feel anything
my nerves are numb now where it used to sting
i can’t see anything
i don’t hear anything
i can’t feel anything
just tell me anything...
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9. |
Then
03:53
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i’ve got your pipe
tucked firm between my teeth
i hear you in the air
and it’s a vicious bittersweet
the wind picks up
as it rustles through the trees
masking footsteps underneath
headed north to my direction
but i know they’re not to see me
i sit here
and wonder where you are
the sky above
the land below
the river pleading
“dear child, no”
a pen and paper in my hand
if hope was lost
that i would see you again
i’d close my eyes
take a leap
and find a place to land
but i’m alright
i know this age of pain will end
i’ll look into your eyes
and i will have you as a friend
when our father calls us home
and ushers heaven in
it won’t be right or wrong
it’ll just be then
oh, it’ll just be then
it’s like we’re born
in our mother’s broken womb
i made it out alive
but they had to bury you
now there’s a shrine
to the boy we left behind
with flowers to the side
i go daily now to see you
‘cause you’re deep within my heart
i close my eyes
and it’s the perfect place to start
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