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Can't get my heart around..
Oh, not since you let me down
can't get back up again
you knocked me to my knees and now I'm beggin' for sin
I've got a hopeless sickness
yeah, a heapin' feeling of loss
I'm having a hard time fitting this
inside this little broken box
can't seem to come around
since you picked my heart out and threw it on the ground
and then you call me friend
take the knife out and put it back in again
I've got a hopeless sickness
yeah, a heapin' feeling of loss
I'm having a hard time fitting this
inside this little broken box
Oh, I try to put it back together
yeah I try to make you stay
I try to tell you things will be different
but you keep on walking away
I've got a hopeless sickness
yeah, a heapin' feeling of loss
I'm having a hard time fitting this
inside this little broken box
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Can't get my heart around..
Oh, not since you let me down
can't get back up again
you knocked me to my knees and now I'm beggin' for sin
I've got a hopeless sickness
yeah, a heapin' feeling of loss
I'm having a hard time fitting this
inside this little broken box
can't seem to come around
since you picked my heart out and threw it on the ground
and then you call me friend
take the knife out and put it back in again
I've got a hopeless sickness
yeah, a heapin' feeling of loss
I'm having a hard time fitting this
inside this little broken box
a big ol’ anchor of illness
that is pulling me further down
Not sure what’ll get me through this
the circle is spinning round
Oh, I try to put it back together
yeah I try to make you stay
I try to tell you things will be different
but you keep on walking away
I've got a hopeless sickness
yeah, a heapin' feeling of loss
I'm having a hard time fitting this
inside this little broken box
a big ol’ anchor of illness
that is pulling me further down
Not sure what’ll get me through this
the circle is spinning round
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See the pain upon your face
Starry eyes have left this place
Broken wings and numbing smile
Wish I could make it worth your while
Give me your pain
I won't complain
Sweet little queen
Spread your wings
Doctors say it's a mystery
Another pill will guarantee
An absent solution to help your day
Make you sick make you slip away
Give me your pain
I won't complain
Sweet little queen
Spread your wings
Whether suns or skies of gray
Chemical coctails and endless days
In the other room, the children play
I'm on my knees let me take your pain
Away
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I see the pain upon your face
Your starry eyes have left this place
With broken wings and numbing smile
I hope I could make it worth your while
Give me your pain
I won't complain
Sweet little queen
Go spread your wings
Doctors say it's a mystery
Another pill to guarantee
A blank solution to help your day
Make you sick and make you slip away
Give me your pain
I won't complain
Sweet little queen
Go spread your wings
Whether suns or skies of gray
Chemical coctails and endless days
In the other room, the children still play
I'm on my knees let me take all your pain
Away
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It's something we all have
until it runs out
something you can't catch
no matter how hard you try
Can't give it away
you can only watch
you won't know it's there
until it passes you by
Time
It creeps up on you
it gets in your bones
it can be your best friend
or leave you high and dry
It cannot be bought
most precious of things
and though it has no wings
Oh god, how it flies
Time
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NEW TITLE - The Trouble With Girls
The trouble with girls is no two are the same
They can wear the same clothes or hair, but they’re different inside
They may look so tender, frail to the touch
But they can break a man with just a look, if they tried
CHORUS:
Girls
They can lead you to water/they can make a man drink
Girls
They are someone’s daughter/does that make you think
Girls
The flowers you brought her /they’ll make you a friend
Girls
You do what you ought to/or you’ll find your end
Girls lift you up, they put you down
They get in your head and mess with your pride
They are the fairer and fiercer sex
And if you are lucky one will be your bride
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do you remember what you said
when you set the world aglow
you said, "this love is like a thread
our hands together sew,"
and I won’t forget
do you remember when we met
you, smiling, so surprised
as though you’d won a long-shot bet
and just now realized
your time had come
I was holding your hand and
you were holding my heart
I was scared it would end
and you were scared to start
scared to speak your heart
and now I look in your eyes
and you look just the same
you’re every bit as surprised
that you don’t know my name
and I forgot to let you go
sweet calico
do you remember when we kissed
the sky was full of stars
and I would lose my life for this
these moments, only ours
and I won’t forget
will you remember me tonight
shall we let the dance begin
can I hope to shine a light
and make you fall again
your time has come
I was holding your hand and
you were holding my heart
I was scared it would end
and you were scared to start
scared to speak your heart
and now I look in your eyes
and you look just the same
you’re every bit as surprised
that you don’t know my name
and I forgot to let you go
sweet calico
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do you remember where we met
that little luncheonette?
here's a photograph of you
a mess at 22
and I won't forget
do you remember when we kissed
I would trade my life for this
the sky was full of stars
the moment, only ours
and I won’t forget
I was holding your hand and
you were holding my heart
you were scared it would end
and I was scared to start
scared to speak me heart
and now I look in your eyes
and you look just the same
you’re every bit as surprised
that you don’t know my name
I won't forgot to let you go
sweet calico
do you remember our first place?
I was such a basket case
we signed the bottom line
all I saw were dollar signs
but you saw a home
and now they're saying I should go
but before I let you know
let me sit with you awhile
remember how you smile
once more for me
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Don't remember why we drifted apart there wasn't any battle
Wasn't from a loss of love more like apathy
Hoping to see their faces for a minute, just one last time
(Say goodbye) before the devil gets a hold of me
Slipping away all been decided
Not another day left
But I've been lost for a long time
All alone with my dying breath
Started out just like anyone else wasn't this empty
As the years passed turned to black inside
Money made me wreckless love was too much work
In the end all alone for the long ride (down)
Face your fate
Lose your turn
Slipping away
Not another day left
Been lost for a long time
Alone with my dying breath
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Wished I'd listened harder
Wished I'd tried a little more
Wasn't anything I meant to do
Got stranded in our own forgotten war
First she got hurt then she walked away
I was too busy nothing real to say
Now I'm trying to take it all back
Slim chance - like a heart attack
Chorus:
Drifting away, not gonna fight it
Don't have a lot of time left
Been lost for a long time
All alone w/ my dying breath
Wished I'd listened harder
Wished I'd tried a little better
Wasn't anything I meant to do or had to say
First she walked out then the bleeding starts
I was out of touch with a frozen heart
Now I'm trying to make it all right
Slim chance - better say good night
Chant:
Fear of falling
Falling down
Fear of death is
All around
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Inside my mind
The voices are calling, but I don't wanna go
And every time
The engine's stalling, I just don't wanna know
The world spins round & round
Nothing left to show
Nothing left to show
I can't slow down
The race has started and I can't fall behind
Slip out of town
There's a sinking feeling that gets me every time
When the day is done, the race is run
I learn that I can fly
I learn that I can fly
And when I wake up
I learn that I can be enough
To try to show the world that
I won't stay on my knees
And if I fall down
You know that I won't stick around
I'll figure out what I'm about
I'll finally find I'm free
When I feel safe
I know that I should make another choice
Another way
Another route to move beyond the noise
The world spins upside down
I'll sing my ode to joy
I'll sing my ode to joy
And when I wake up
I learn that I can be enough
To try to show the world that
I won't stay on my knees
And if I fall down
You know that I won't stick around
I'll figure out what I'm about
I'll finally find I'm free
Inside my mind
The voices are calling, but I don't wanna go
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Inside my mind
The voices are calling, but I don't wanna go
And every time
The engine's stalling, in the middle of the road
The world spins round & round
Nothing left to show
Nothing left to show
I can't slow down
The race has started and I can't fall behind
Slip out of town
There's a sinking feeling that gets me every time
When the day is done, the race is run
I learn that I can fly
When I'm not paralyzed
And when I wake up
I learn that I can be enough
To try to show the world that
I won't stay on my knees
And if I fall down
You know that I won't stick around
I'll figure out what I'm about
I'm shaking this disease
When I feel safe
I know that I should make another choice
Another way
Another route to move beyond the noise
The world spins upside down
Too easy to destroy
Too pleasing to enjoy
And when I wake up
I learn that I can be enough
To try to show the world that
I won't stay on my knees
And if I fall down
You know that I won't stick around
I'll figure out what I'm about
I'm healing by degrees
I've lived through some terrible things, some terrible things
And some of them actually happened
Inside my mind
The voices are calling, and I don't need to go
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The note stuck on the door
Said you couldn’t come down to meet me
The key is in the mailbox
Come on up to the top floor
And don’t say a word
When you see me
So I went up the stairs through a sacred gallery
With posters of your former selves all staring down at me
Defiantly in whipped cream or sullen dressed like candy
You were such a scene
Too fast to live
Too strong to die
You were born to raise your freak flag high
Too fast to live
Too strong to die
I could hear you coughing in the other room
In stormy fits so violent I felt a sense of doom
But I knew I’d see you soon
Then there came a silence and you softly appeared
I remembered how you’d glittered
On those stages through the years
But now you spoke in whispers
And struggled for each breath
For each breath
Too fast to live
Too strong to die
You were born to raise your freak flag high
Too fast to live
Too strong to die
You used to dazzle them with all your milky flesh
Now you’re covered up to hide
Those swellings of distress
And all the rest
You still dream of light
As life flows through your veins
You put on all your colors
and endure against the grain
You will rage into the night
As long as breath remains
Breath remains
Too fast to live
Too strong to die
You were born to raise your freak flag high
Too fast to live
Too strong to die
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I remember when you overdosed that night
Right before a big day
You ran away from the hospital’s advice
And showed up anyway
As you laughed at death denied
Then it started stalking from within
And you began to shrink in
So rail thin like winter’s coldest day
No time for might-have-beens
This time it came to stay
Still you rage
With every bit of your might
Still you rage
Against the dying of the light
So you threw a final bash
Summoned all your friends and your loved ones
And let the music blast
If you were going to go
You’d go out loud and fast
But you’re not finished with us yet
Pouring forth your sunshine
In song’s rhyme and paintings gleaming wet
In everything you do
There lives a part of you
Still you rage
With every bit of your might
Still you rage
Against the dying of the light
Still you rage, still you rage
burn and rave, burn and rave
burn and rave on through the night
Now it’s three years past that ill-predicted end
Smiles, tears and encores of birthdays
Continue to extend
I raise a glass to you
My lionhearted friend
Still you rage
With every bit of your might
Still you rage
Against the dying of the light
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"Fall Into the Ocean"
Fall... Fall ... Fall... Fall ...
What do you do When you can't let go
But there's nothing, no there's nothing to hold on to
you only wish for a piece of rope, a ray of hope
to beam down and take it all away
as you watch it all slip between your fingers
Fall into the ocean, the deepest of the blues
Disappearing skyline, in the rising plumes
Watch it all go down, sinking deeper still
No escaping truth here, oil has been spilled
Fall... Fall ... Fall... Fall ...
Fall into the ocean, the deepest of the blues
Muscles getting tired and, no shore to swim to
Waiting in the water, vessel just appear
Take me far away to, anywhere but here
Fall... the ticking of the clock
Fall... the spinning never stops
Fall... reason under siege
Fall... just remember, breathe
I know that I will be fine
Just give it some time
Inside I'm losing my mind
Just give me some time
I know that I will be fine
Just give it some time
Inside I feel like I'm dying
Just give me some time
Fall... Fall ... Fall... Fall ...
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"Fall Into the Ocean"
Fall... Fall ... Fall... Fall ...
What do you do When you can't let go
But there's nothing, no there's nothing to hold on to
you only wish for a piece of rope, a ray of hope
to beam down and take it all away
as you watch it all slip between your fingers
Fall into the ocean, the deepest of the blues
Disappearing skyline, in the rising plumes
Watch it all go down, sinking deeper still
No escaping truth here, oil has been spilled
Fall... Fall ... Fall... Fall ...
Fall into the ocean, the deepest of the blues
Muscles getting tired and, no shore to swim to
Waiting in the water, vessel just appear
Take me far away to, anywhere but here
Fall... the ticking of the clock
Fall... the spinning never stops
Fall... reason under siege
Fall... just remember, breathe
I know that I will be fine
Just give it some time
Inside I'm losing my mind
Just give me some time
I know that I will be fine
Just give it some time
Inside I feel like I'm dying
Just give me some time
Fall... Fall ... Fall... Fall ...
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Write a song that is in, some way, a portrait of an illness. I’m thinking of something like Jason Isbell’s “Elephant,” but you can approach it any way you’d like.
released February 15, 2016
