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The Slaughter
03:05
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I could follow
you to open windows
wait there for your signal
where i’ll dive
dive in open water
swim until the slaughter
claims me as a daughter
then i’ll climb
climb until i reach it
sweetest batch of peaches
teachers cannot teach this
i am mine
i’m mine for the taking
confident and shaking
sorry for mistaking
this as true
truly what i wanted
now i’m only haunted
letters corresponded
between me
myself and another
long and distant lovers
listen to your brother
she is bad
bad news at the doorstep
not what you would expect
make sure that you forget
all her words
how her words unfold you
everything she told you
doesn’t have to mold you
you can rise
rise up from the ashes
learning how time passes
slower than molasses
tick tock tick
tick until the timer
sounds as a reminder
take off all your blinders
you can see
see what you’ve been missing
quit the penny wishing,
stop your reminiscing
like when you held my hand
on the drive from the sand
mountain range
i’ll never go back
i’m trying to change
oh
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2. |
Change
04:46
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3. |
Little Packages
03:25
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we dropped ourselves off at the post office and paid all of our fares
sent them off in little packages, mailed away our cares
now we’re standing in the woods yeah and i’m smiling with these thoughts of you
swirling round the playground where i made a laughing stock of you.
deep between our teeth, we were standing with bare feet and skin.
tongue in my cheek, i was hoping you would let me in.
then you saw everything that you wanted to and oh, how i was there with you—
shivering on my back before we ever knew
this world will leave us, yeah one day we’ll fade away
but you will linger on and on and on and on and on, you won’t fade away.
but in the kitchen, there’s a stove seeping gas into the dawn.
i always leave the light on… i forget me when you’re gone…
i forget me when you’re gone….
but in the morning we saw honeycomb on the walls, dipping into the ceiling
and i chased down thoughts that fell from you, all your confused feelings.
well, i hope you know how much i’ll miss you and how it feels to know the sun.
i hope you find love within yourself, i hope i… i hope i… i hope i find someone.
that would be nice, that would be fun if i could find, find me someone.
we dropped ourselves off at the post office and paid all of our fares
sent them off in little packages...
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4. |
Mirrors, Stains pt. ii
03:02
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you’re the words i need when i can’t speak.
you’re the apple that falls far from the tree.
you’re the light in the sky that helps me see.
you’re the blood that pumps through these veins in me.
but the problem with love is it can’t be
cause you don’t think it’s worthy of the time it needs.
i left the milk on the counter and i woke to find
that it curdled like the blood flowing through my mind.
we are mirrors, we are stains… you and i.
still your posture isn’t perfect when you stand up straight.
and i thought this was worth it but made a mistake
when i loaned all my pennies to the girl on the street,
she took them in her weak hands and smiled at me.
oh, she smiled at me.
but all is well within the house of hell and lies
all that’s left to do is rest that head at night.
i’m a drifter thats my role in all your lives
but you promised me a home i could live inside…
a permanent resident of your heart and mind.
still the numbers come in doubles and i can’t forget
how you told me all your troubles on the night we met
the car that cut me off and nearly caused a wreck
was your same make and model only painted red
as the blood flowing through me, as the blood i bled.
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5. |
Simulation
02:53
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i got you a thank you card to send you in the mail.
it wasn’t all that hard except finding stamps for sale.
ones with intricate designs all over them.
stamps that represent how much you are a gem to me…. so won’t you stick around now. baby please?
kiss me softer now and all over the place.
i could prosper from a new love to erase
how i hurt when i was only seventeen
all the people who don’t give a shit for me, they’re gone… only when it’s just you and me.
long drives keep me sane and sober and alive.
i tried keeping time but found time was a lie.
your cheek pressed to mine is all you can afford.
i’ll keep climbing over the seat through your door, we’ll see…. if our love is a secret we should keep.
i’ve been living in a trance my whole damn life.
i’m tired of living in this convoluted mind.
i’ve thought of everything i thought that we could be.
wanderlusting after places we could see… i’m sure this simulation’s played out once before…
oh, once before...
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6. |
Tie Me Down
03:50
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So, why'd you only beckon me when you want me to come find you?
I'm not equipped to sink this ship, much less come to its rescue.
I got my eyes checked & the doctor say's they're lazy.
I look around, but it's only you. You've made my vision hazy.
I've read about this love, it's written in the Bible.
I feel it come like summer rain, smell it long before arrival.
But why does this happen to me?
Fall in & out of love with strangers so I'm always free.
Tie me down, put my roots back in the ground.
Tell me why all this time has passed us by.
After painful attempts to just withdraw you
I realize I never loved until I saw you.
If you've heard my songs before, you'd know that love has used me.
Taken all that it can get, abandoned & abused me.
If you're gonna leave me, well, at least leave me a warning.
I'll lace my shoes up good & tight,
Be gone before the mourning.
But why does this happen to me?
Fall in & out of love with strangers so I'm always free.
Tie me down, put my roots back in the ground.
Tell me why all this time has passed us by.
After painful attempts to just withdraw you
I realize I never loved until I saw you.
But I'll be gone in the fall, so I'll be gone before we fall in love.
Kiss me goodbye if that's your wish. It all has boiled down to this.
Tie me down, put my roots back in the ground.
Tell me why all this time has passed us by.
After painful attempts to just withdraw you
I realize I never loved until I saw you.
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7. |
Marble Marvel
03:53
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the marble staircase, the most imposing one you’ve never seen...
it might just take us past the clouds, dear.
but on the steps, we are still sitting here.
i climb the steps up, i watch you shrink into a speck of dust.
the sky holds brilliance in its soft hues.
but still i turn back as i am leaving you.
the world is round if you look, just keep your eyes fixed to the ground.
i swear you see things that i can see.
i swear this life is not just killing me.
the cypress tree grows, the most intelligent entity i know.
the quiet wisdom is omnipotent
and i am his willful new participant.
the greenery of the leaves will stain the marble till they leave
and all the ghosts of ones that fell before
retain a permanence on this marble floor.
the marble staircase, the most imposing one you’ve never seen.
i sang our song into the clouds dear….
i sang our song into the clouds dear, and from the steps
i know you hear me loud and clear, i know you.
i know you by now, i know you hear me loud and clearly,
know you hear me loud and clear because i know you.
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8. |
Miles
05:09
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i’ve not been the same since
the wind blew you to me.
i don’t think i’m convinced
you’re all that good for me.
walking on hardwood
floors that are creaking—
all that we have could
be destroyed cause i’m sneaking
around you.
when i found you,
you were miles off the shoreline.
but i have you,
you’re not drowning.
no, you’re someone i am counting on…
(chorus)
you’re gonne hurt me
and i have got a feeling i deserve it
but its worth it to me
its not that easy to wish for something like this
but ill do it if its worth it to you
I’m wishing for more occasions
to hear all your sentiments.
but we get distracted don’t we?
you don’t need my lament.
we lie on our backs at midnight
when inches are miles away.
and i pray when we’re together
your levies will give one day.
don’t you love me?
don’t you trust me??
cause i’m falling towards the deep end.
lost in your eyes
never empty
i can see what you’re reflecting back….
(chorus)x2
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The Wanda Band Huntsville, Alabama
fun songs from huntsville alabama
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