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(So far from) Silverlake
05:22
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Falling asleep on a floor in LA
You saved me when you said we'd be okay
So I kissed you and crossed the country in less than a day
Silverlake to Tennessee to Maryland to New England
I was there on the crest of the wave
That landed you on the wrong side of the states
Over the peaks, the canyons, and the plains
So far away, so far from New England
Mid-way down 8
I started wishing I stayed
No love lost, lost boy
'Cuz you and I look so great the further I drive away
No love lost, lost boy
You and I shine so bright as soon as we're out of sight
ooooh
When we were young I made you a promise ring
The metal was cheap, and it greened like Spring
You left it on a rest stop restroom sink
Somewhere in between Denver and Silverlake, by mistake
Mid-way down 8
I started wishing I stayed
No love lost, lost boy
'Cuz you and I look so great the further I drive away
No love lost, lost boy
You and I shine so bright as soon as we're out of sight
ooooh
Mid-way down Route 8
I started wishing I stayed
'Cuz you and I look so great the further I drive away
And I think of you still, I think of you in the still of each night
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I'll paint for you though I've never painted before
I’ll leave a mural on your wall
Just to see your look of awe
Once you know the tragic depth of my love
I'll sing for you though I've never sung before
I'll throw a concert in your hall
Just to see your look of awe
When you know the tragic depth of my love
In the garden in the morning there is love
I close my eyes and think what could've been but never was
Just a hint of a thing
That could have been
These longer winters bring
These longer shadows
I'd have given everything
Would it have mattered
These longer winters bring...
I'll dance for you though I've never danced before
I'll pirouette until I fall
Just to see your look of awe
When you know the tragic depth of my love
These longer winters bring
These longer shadows
I'd have given everything
Would it have mattered
These longer winters bring...
Through the clutter, the clatter, the weeds
Can you see the shining seeds
Can you see the shining depth of my love
See the drowning depth of my love
I wished for you like I never wished before
You came in dragging dirt and flowers on the floor
And that look of awe
These longer winters bring
These longer shadows
I'd have given everything
Would it have mattered
These longer winters bring...
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3. |
Early Light
03:02
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I’m always tipped to the side, never aligned
A heart apart
I’m always a quick step behind
A tick out of time
A heart apart
You might be well-advised to avoid me
But in sunrise I want you to join me
In this early light
The best light for being alive
Hope is the thing with bloodshot eyes
Teeth-baring wild and silver-lined
I’m all in but don’t hold me to it
I might not get through it
The harder part
You might be well-advised to avoid me
But with sunrise I want you to join me
In this early light
The best light for being
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4. |
Driving With a Ghost
04:18
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There you are sunray
So glad you made it through
Your light is a shard in my eye, let me get a look at you
I’m your house of mirrors
Just as you are mine
Every angle featured, every scar and bite
There you are moonbeam
It’s good to see you made it through
Your light is a sword in my side
Happy to be here with you
I’m your house of mirrors
Just as you are mine
Every beauty spotted
Every hidden side
At the quick of the wick
Where we burn our deepest blue
In that dark and flattering light
Let me get a look at you
I’m your house of mirrors
Just as you are mine
Every sharded eye
Every sword-ed side
There you are
Let me get a look at you
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Moths burn on the porch light tonight and every night
We hear them fall like cotton balls
Meanwhile there’s a ripe berry moon above
But they fall for the nearer easy glow
And isn’t that something like you and me
Isn’t that something like you and me
St. Mary let your long red hair fall down to us all
We’d love to hear you laugh again
Climb up
St. Mary let your long red hair fall down to us all
We’d love to hear you sing again
Climb climb up
In the great sky
There are no lower lights
There are no lesser lights
There are no little lights
If you can make it past your own guards tonight
Close your eyes be still fall in just trust me on this
‘Cause isn’t that something like what you want
Isn’t that something like what you want
St. Mary let your long red hair fall down to us all
We’d love to hear you laugh again
Climb climb up
In the great sky
There are no lower lights
There are no lesser lights
There are no little lights
Moths burn on the porch light tonight and every night
Isn’t that something
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6. |
Come Around Again
03:48
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When you come around again
Bring the better you
I'll bring the better me
We'll ride this out until in the end
In the gold light of the day
Don't lose sight of me
I won't lose sight of you
I'll hang on every word you say
And maybe we said some pretty mean things
You're stuck in my head
I'm under your skin
If this is the end then let it begin
You can take or leave me, anyway
Just like a wave I break
And maybe we said some pretty mean things
You're stuck in my head
I'm under your skin
If this is the end then let it begin
I wasn't looking for anyone other than someone to hold up their end of the bargain
I think our season is gone
So when you come around again
Bring the better you
I'll bring the better me
We'll ride this out until in the end
And maybe we said some pretty mean things
You're stuck in my head
I'm under your skin
If you don't want this to end, then just say when
I'm calling it
Yeah, I'm calling it...
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7. |
Milkweed
05:20
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Nobody here to witness, we’re offline
I came to give you something you won’t like
Something pale and fluttering and
Too late now to set it free and
No one will be left standing whatever decide
You run a long game honey and
I don’t have that time
But there’s a fire wire thin and humming
Stitches us up even as we’re running
Drags us back hissing and done
In the peace of defeat
The terrible peace of defeat
And if the shoe fits if the shoe fits
Wear it or burn it or break it in
You never took a step that wasn’t already on your way
My body’s not a poem today, my blood won’t sing
No quivering flesh
I don’t quiver for a damn thing
And all good things race hard to the end
And lift us up from the dust again
Whatever we decide
And if the shoe fits if the shoe fits
Wear it or burn it or run with it
You never took a step that wasn’t already on your way
You raise a glass a fist a flag a kid a sail
Then raved and railed against your fate
(Let’s celebrate)
And if the shoe fits if the shoe fits
Wear it or burn it or run with it
You don’t take a step that isn’t already on your way
You raise a glass a fist a flag a kid a sail
Then raved and railed against your fate
This too one day will blow away
One day will blow away
Like milkweed on the wind
You raise a glass a fist a flag a kid a sail
Then rail and rail and rail against the fade
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We tore a seam Flatbush to Queens
In the last of the great machines
Rolled each other out like a riverbed
Now I dedicate a day to every page
To every word you threw my way
Still following your paper trail
I believe you thread the meridiens
With every heart you’ve taken
And store the bones in your hollow
In your hollow
And I will haunt the hollow of you
I will haunt the hollow
l chase your story down to where the river meets the sound
And I will hold all the hurt
I will hold you if it’s the last thing I do
We’re the last of the great machines
We keep our engines clean
And our heads held high like thoroughbreds
I believe in truth but I will lie to you
And maybe that’s all I can do
To steal the bones from your hollow
In your hollow
And I will haunt the hollow of you
I will haunt the hollow
I’ll chase your story down to where the river meets the sound
And I will hold all the hurt
I will hold you if it’s the last thing I do
Don’t let me go, stay with me
We’re the last of the great machines
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9. |
You, Me, and the Sea
04:16
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I wanted to tell you how much I love you
In a verse or two, but that wouldn't do
So I'm gonna write it out in big letters
While the ocean and the moon swoon
I fall out of the bar and walk back home to you
Look at my face to see where I've been
I've been to the party, and I'm staying in
If I'm under cover then you'll never know
Where I go, where I go
Still, I wonder where you are, but I get it if you'd rather no one know
Sometimes some souls are only meant to meet
You, me, and the sea
We're cold and we're lonely tonight
Your lips are making shapes, those pretty shapes they make
I believe we were stolen from the beautiful and green
There's something in the way you say my name
Like sun and mist in the morning after all of the rain
Like a heart on a sleeve where there used to be a stain
My arms are wrapped around you...
We're cold and we're lonely tonight
Your lips are making shapes, those pretty shapes they make
I believe we were stolen from the beautiful and green
You and me
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10. |
Swimmers In the Gold
04:03
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Love unsteady as she goes
Sweeps a circle ‘round to keep us enclosed
No quarter when caught in her spokes
Spinning in and out of hunger and hope
You always want to know how I’m doing
Tell you what, I’ll tell you when I know
If we come out of this alright
Tilt your fine face high
Drag the bow across the low notes
And feel the hum
Love unsteady as she goes
Peels the roof back and lets in the snow
Cover your head and hide if you like
Better yet tilt your fine face high
Open your mouth and let it keep you alive
We’ll be the swimmers in the gold
All my life waiting for a hand to hold
Now you’re everywhere I go
If we come out of this alright
Tilt that fine face high
So unsteadily we go
Drag the bow drag the bow down the low notes
And feel them hum
We’ll be the swimmers in the gold
All my life waiting for a hand to hold
Now you’re everywhere I go
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The Loyal Seas Boston, Massachusetts
The Loyal Seas are Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Breeders, Belly) and Brian Sullivan (Dylan in the Movies).
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