1. |
Fog
02:45
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See it
...And all the tiredness that you’re feeling
Fear it
I wanna get jacked on all your magic potions and fortunes
I wanna get lost in ancient temples and gardens
Get drunk on all your secret love in the darkness
Wanna get high on you, so baby won’t you come on
But when you see the arch you know it doesn’t matter
Know you have more than anyone could ever give you
Love, you see in my head you call me back after I’ve fled the gate again
Love, you see in my head you call me back after I’ve fled the gate again
Love, you see in my head you call me back after I’ve fled the gate again
Love, you see in my head
Love, you see in my head
Love, you see in my head you call me back after I’ve fled the gate again
This is your warning call
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2. |
Handle
05:02
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you never really had a handle on me
it’s all you ever had
you give and take from me
it’s all you ever had
a handle on me on
did you know
Every day, all degrees, heavy snow is falling through the leaves
And I’ve never seen it melt away so easily, easily
As I stand at the back of the room while I wonder
How did I let you do this to me
You never really had a handle on me
It’s all you ever had
You give and you lied to me
You never really had a handle on me
Did you know
When you come and then you go
Don’t let the blue light go out in your eye
'Cuz I still see the good in you, good in you
Even if I, I can’t see it me
You never really had a handle on me
It’s all you ever had
When you give and you lie to me
You never really had
Handle on me
Handle on me
Handle on me
Handle on me
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3. |
New City, Same Town
04:52
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You got a text that he wrote at 5 am
When he was drunk and spitting shade
We left town without him with a suitcase full of my sad songs
To get rich on
Well that didn’t happen
It would have been nice
But I couldn’t live a lie again
And the hard part is
The memory keeps speaking
And it’s the same damn thing
That’s keeping me from leaving
And I know you’re out there
Working while I’m dreaming
And it’s the same damn thing
That’s keeping me from living
So we came back home
With nothing more
Than an empty bank account
And these thoughts in my head
I’ll never get it right
And I won’t amount to anything at all
And the hard part is the memory keeps speaking
And it’s the damn same thing
That’s keeping me from leaving (your sorry ass)
And I know you’re out there
Working while I’m dreaming
And it’s the same damn thing
That’s keeping me from living
Can’t keep living here on my own
Won’t keep living here on my own
I’ll just keep writing these same damn songs
I’ll just keep writing these same damn songs
I’ll just keep writing them
I’ll just keep writing these same old songs
These same damn songs
And the hard part is
The memory keeps speaking
And it’s the same damn thing
That’s keeping me from living
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4. |
Hypocrite
06:19
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Tripping on ecstasy undone
While the whole thing’s falling down
Sitting on a front porch talkin easy
While you put your life on hold
And is that why my face
Wears a mask easy to see
And is that why my love
Hasn’t sailed across that sea
Yes I’m from around here
Yes I love the night life
Yes I drink my tears when I cry
No I don’t have a way out
No I don’t have a game plan
Yes I’m figuring it out as I’m taking it all in
Release me from this lair
Just another day to pay the rent
And another way to forget
The space between the prayers and answers
When I don’t believe in God
And is that why my life is full of hypocrisy
And is that why my mind keeps playing these tricks on me
Yeah, I called you a hypocrite
Yeah, I think you’re a coward
yeah, you think I’m a liar
No, I’m just a disaster
Yes, fucking angry
Yeah, I turned the volume
Up to a hundred 'til I hit the bottom
And as I recall
You never called me back
Just tell me where to go
Cuz I don’t know where to go from here
After all this time of waiting for what I want
I don’t want, I don’t want it
I don’t need you wherever you are
I don’t have to, I don’t know you
You don’t get to tell me what I want
Release me from this lair
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5. |
Lazy Darlin'
03:50
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I’m shimmering, I’m shaking
Black heart is breaking
Belly’s full, I’m aching
Hope that you let it
Lazy darlin'
Everything around you
Surrender
Win the world, trade it all for you
Lazy darlin'
Everything around you
If I win the world, I'll trade it all for you
Your golden aura
Cowers in the water
I am in flames
What are you afraid of
I hoped you'd love me
I Hoped that I'd get to
Get accustomed to you
Sweeter than that hummingbird kiss that haunts me
I have to be honest, it’s emptier than air
Clear above the flowers
Why are you still waiting
Why are you still waiting
Are you even breathing
Are you even breathing
Lazy darlin'
Everything around you
Surrender
Why are you still waiting
Are you even breathing
Why are you still waiting
Are you even
Are you even
Are you even
Breathing
Why are you still waiting
Are you even
Are you even breathing
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6. |
Underwater
04:45
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Underwater
Just like everybody else
Under pressure
Just like everybody else
I can’t take it to see you put back on a shelf
And I can’t help it
Just like everybody else
I started to be amazed
There's so much that’s in my hands
Search after truth and guidance
Hope there’s enough light left
Underwater
Just like everybody else
Under pressure
Just like everybody else
And I can’t take it
To see you put back on a shelf
And I can’t help it
Just like everybody else
Sing to me now
One for the family
Two for the friends
Three for the centuries without end
Three for the centuries never see an end
Three for the family never never end
Three for the family never ever friend
Take it again
Underwater
Just like everybody else
Under pressure
Just like everybody else
And I can’t take it
To see you put back on a shelf
And I can’t help it
Just like everybody else
I'm looking for truth
I'm searching for guidance
Hoping you pull me through
I'm searching for truth
I'm looking for guidance
Hoping you pull me through
I'm searching for truth
Looking for guidance
Hoping you pull me through
I'm searching for truth
Looking for guidance
Hoping you pull me through
Underwater
Just like everybody else
Under pressure
Just like everybody else
And I can’t take it
To see you put back on a shelf
And I can’t help it
Just like everybody else
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7. |
On and On
04:18
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Keep me away from the window tonight
I’m tired looking for a place to jump
Breaking the protocol letting the pieces fall
Wrapping my head around you
The only thing I knew how to do
To make sense of it all
Now I go with without you
And it’s breaking up my heart
I thought that I could do this
But I’ve never played this part
On and On there we go and start
On and On there we go and start
Keep me away from the corners of my mind
And show me a place to land
You used to hold me tight
But this battle’s to big to fight
No one could ever fit your shoes
And I built everything to lose
Just to make sense of it all
Now I go with without you
And it’s breaking up my heart
I thought that I could do this
But I’ve never played this part
On and On there we go and start
On and On there we go and start
No one ever cared about you like the way that I do
That’s what you said and I ate it
You are way too perfect for these portraits and these pictures
That’s what you said and I ate it
Just bring me a glass of water and a fingernail
Flashes of yellow, a neon halo
And I’m shot down falling to the ground
Looking for a place to land
Now I go with without you and it’s breaking up my heart
I thought that I could do this but I’ve never played this part
On and On there we go and start
On and On there we go and start
On and On and On and On and On
On and On and On and On and On
and On
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8. |
Linus and Lucy
01:48
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9. |
Middle of Nowhere
04:17
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I’m waking up with the sun
You’ve given me all this time
Alone during the day
And I feel time marching by
Just close your eyes 'til you know it’s over
And trust me we’re getting somewhere
I’m checking you in 'til you get sober
And pick back up on your better step
Light you up
I’d be in heaven
I went where you said you’d be
And you’re nowhere to be found
And I just can’t bear it
La de de da la la la la da
In the middle of nowhere
Middle of nowhere
Doing a whole lot of nothing mother
In the middle of nowhere
Middle of nowhere
Doing a whole bunch of not much baby
In the middle of nowhere
Middle of nowhere
Just close your eyes 'til you know it’s over
And trust me we’re getting somewhere
I’m checking you in til you get sober
And pick back up on your promises
I’m trading in these rocks for pebbles
And the ashes for stepping stones
Just stop this ride on the carousel
In the middle of nowhere
Middle of nowhere
Doing a whole lot of not nothing baby
In the middle of nowhere
Middle of nowhere
Doing a whole bunch of not much mother
Just close your eyes 'til you know it’s over
And trust me we’re getting somewhere
I’m checking you in til you get sober
And pick back up on your better step
In the middle of nowhere
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M. Shays Madison, Wisconsin
Indie pop/folk/rock singer-songstress
Based in Madison, Wisconsin
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