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One In The Same
02:32
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you said you've always wanted blue eyes
but that's the color of a bruise
ocean water under clear sky
all depends on what you choose
darling, I know it's hard to see
when you yourself are blue
someone gave you all they had
just to take it all back
baby, I too am blue
going through this day by day
hands refuse to tell the time
and if they did, what would they say?
we all just take our place in line
a drowning person doesn't mind the rain
knows they'll make it through
a simple moment of sincerity
when you drown with me
because I know that you are blue
and you know I am too
you see this heart and that it's covered in dust
badly bruised and slightly rusted
a little spark will ignite a flame
and before you know, we are one in the same
blue, blue, blue...
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2. |
A New Place
03:50
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blurry, wide-eyed, and loveless winter
evening darkens all but streetlights and snow
you learn to stay behind lightning you once thought endless
but when the sky began to clear
you found there was no one there to save you
no one to light the path
no one to close it off
no home but the wind, just the wind, that's all
you see a bad moon rising
and tenderly you rest
as you wait for morning to patiently undress
where have you been, my lonesome traveler?
buried in the sight of another's decay
another dying bird who just flew down from Rockford
got away from someone who had boarded up all of her shelter
and said "I never thought that love would be so cruel,
but the more I fly, the more I find that it's true,
and in my memory, I never pledged to try again,
I will keep holding myself up against the wind."
until the storm clears from your eye
I won't lose you from my sight
and when you feel relieved enough to fly
I'll release you to the sky
and in your wing, you'll find a splinter
that I stuck with hesitation
knowing you'd come back for treatment
only I could find the wound
and you'll still wonder my intention
without knowledge of infection
pleased to find I'm only passing through
it's not a terrible secret
every lover knows your weakness
you hit the ground so many times you can't take off
a burden once, but now forgotten
you keep a picture in your locket
so no one else could ever see
until you find a new place to bleed
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3. |
Face The Moon
04:34
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I need a drink to face the moon
jump through the fire once it turns blue
a chemical reaction fades
and leaves you nothing in its place
hard not to hear the siren call
I don't believe in much at all
that bitter taste that once made you complete is a drowning act
and I know I've been losing faith
and some days, I want everything to change
don't stand by me
don't stand by me
there is a light I've never seen
has it gone out or gotten weak?
it won't get easier to find
between the shaking hands and clouded mind
it's a game that's played in solitude
always the one thing you couldn't lose
heart is empty until it overflows back to zero
but I lay awake, wait for the dream
I'm not as hopeless as I might seem
disconnected, trying not to drown
getting further with each passing round
hallelujah, goodbye goodbye...
get in line, here comes the night
the longest wait for time yet to arrive
before the cameras flash
and this photograph slides out of frame
Jesus Christ won't even know my name
but he will guide me out to waters deep
and tell me that he himself was once a wanted thief
and there are lies that live atop of every crown
but then he walked away, and he just watched me drown
don't stand by me
don't stand by me
don't stand by me
don't stand by me
don't stand by me.
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4. |
Stay (Rihanna cover)
03:53
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Andy Holmes Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Full of wordy poetry and haunting atmospherics that recall indie storytellers like Conor Oberst and Sufjan Stevens, Andy
Holmes' late-night folk music is rich with existential observations about everything from panic attacks, to the loneliness of city life." -IndyWeek
Andy Holmes is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Philadelphia, PA.
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