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Fed to the Wolves
02:22
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I was late to a funeral
I swear I tried to make it on time, but your ghost stayed behind to stop me
you said
there's nothing to do now
but care for my family as you'd expect me to do
if the poison got you too
and I was fed to the wolves
with nothing but the air in my lungs, frost on my tongue
I can taste it
and there, in the darkness of winter
you can to me again, you were my best friend
I hope that you know that
you gave me a compass and maps, told me to go back
and we never spoke again
you were my only friend
you were my only friend
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2. |
April
02:38
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well, it's too much it's too far
I won't get in the car and
we'll be here for long if you resist
cause, i like the smell of the tide in the air
and the way it stays in your hair
so i'll race you to the dock
and i don't want to come down
from this hideaway on the sound
the streetlights from our town
just a flickering light
but this feelings transcend me like seasons
and forming irrational reasons
they pack their bags and leave
but parts of my heart are more stable
and they've planted themselves in mid april
awaiting the scenery
awaiting the scenery of the summer (it's just too soon to say goodbye)
awaiting the scenery of the summer (it's just too soon to say goodbye)
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Dallas Green
02:46
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down on my luck
I can only seem to see the silver lining when it's cloudy out
on thirteenth and pine, staring at the masses wondering what it's all about
when I'm awake, I'm just daydreaming
when I'm asleep, I find no meaning at all
but I found you just in time
you helped me cross that finish line
I said your green eyes are just like emeralds
you called me cliche, in my ways
but you smiled and you laughed
and i knew, from that very moment
I'd never be alone again
we saw dallas green
he sang about a lover that he didn't really care to name
but he knew in his heart, that maybe one day she would drop it all
and come back to him
the stage lights were orange and yellow
we were drunk off of gin and were singing along
and I knew I found the right one
because you could spot where he got the words wrong
I said your smile could light up a city
you called me cliche, in my ways
but you smiled and you laughed
and I knew, from that very moment
I'd never be alone again
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Note
02:00
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well I sent red roses
and blue violets
and glue
and stuck them on a note i wrote for you
and, just to be sure
I left it all on your front door
and it read
well it's all nice when it's nice out
and it's all gray when it's gray out
and it's gray out now but
I'll be your light when it's dark out
and it's dark out now and
I couldn't care less
well I haven''t heard back
I guess sometimes life's like that
but, just to be sure
I brought this song to your front door
and you said
it's getting late and you're too loud
and I don't like the way how your voice sounds
how it sounds right now but
I'll be your light when it's dark out
and it's dark out now and
I love the flowers you sent
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Stones
02:42
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I wanna know would you leave all my clothes
in a pile by the door, if I stepped out to find myself
for a while
leave a stone every mile as a postcard to you
a postcard to you
and I wanna know, would you listen to notes
that I wrote late at night, when I should've been somewhere else
for a while
leave with a smile, and a lot on my mind
and not enough time to give
and not enough time to give
I'll be the guide that you keep by your side
when your friends have all gone, and you're finding hard to sleep
on your own
pick up a stone and I'm right there next to you
I'll be the fly, attracted to light
that comes from your front porch on warm summer nights
with nobody home
pick up a stone and I'm right there next to you
you're never alone
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6. |
Dillinger
03:17
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you weighed yourself down with whiskey
like water seeping into dirty sheets
a void the size of an ocean
you try to fill with faith and the family tree
I'm fading in and out at the station
thinking of what is and what shouldn't be
and I can't forget the sight of
your eyes welled up asking "why him, and not me?"
I never knew my father's father
but advice he gave will last beyond the grave
he said, remember in the darkest of hours
the sunshine will live to see another day
I climbed atop mount skinner
and I felt a calming breeze
and if the rain subsides and the wind blows
it may just be you taking care of me
we shared a drink until daybreak
shared stories of a life you used to lead
and I can't forget the memory
of your eyes welled up asking "why him, and not me?"
I never knew my father's father
but advice he gave will last beyond the grave
he said, remember in the darkest of hours
the sunshine will live to see another day
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