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Liars
02:55
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I was a stubborn storm
Tapping at your window, child
You won’t be a child anymore
I was a siren song
Didn’t make the man
But, sure—I killed the boy on that shore
You were as green as could be
So green and down on your knees
Now you’re the beast life made you, dear
I was a whisper
“Don’t worry, I’ll protect you.
Now quiet all those fantasies of yours.”
I was a ticking clock
Go faster, and faster, and faster, and faster, do more
Some of us are lions
Some of us just lie
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Dressed in the fashion of the time
Our fantasies cut down to size
We plot a fast and sweet egress
Our hearts beat hard against our chest
We’ll get away from you
Johnny and I
Escaping to a world where
We ride on together
Now’s the time to feel alive
No more second guessing
No more compromise
Running out of time
And I’ve only just made you mine
Running from the thought that when we die
It’s a list of regrets that’ll steal the light from our eyes
So let’s go
Run! Run!
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Beautiful Life
04:01
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The sweetest lullaby
A room of happy people
Laughing, swearing, and I was born to listen
Time travel’s not so hard
I float through past and future
Sitting on my bedroom floor, just looking
Oh, we had a beautiful life
Grieve for ventures not yet taken
Search for words we could have said
Mourn the moments, gone like sun on a winter’s day
Oh, we had a beautiful life
Let go, we have a beautiful life
We will stitch together all that we remember
We’re still weaving tonight
And it’ll keep us warm and dry ‘til the day we die
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Desert Eyes
04:15
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Daddy, bring your car in from the rain
Momma, shield your flowers from the storm
Johnny’s talking politics with Kerry
And I’m a doe-eyed child gazing across the landscape of my lives
I watch the tides rise in the black night
I wake up with desert eyes
It’s been a long time since you’ve seen me smile, my love
Hey, diddle diddle, I am living in the middle
And the cow just caught a ride, just to see the other side
Oh, lovely bovine, won’t you write from paradise?
Daddy, tell me everything’s okay
Momma, sing another happy song
Build us up to heights we cannot handle
But who will put us back together
When we’re broken in the streets?
Hey, little lady, are you tired of jumping around?
All those lives that synthesize have you high up off the ground
Oh silly child, you want it all, but you got it bad
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Lead Weights
02:54
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I’m tying lead weights to my feet tonight
Cause I’m tired of all these blue balloons
That pull me to the clouds
And when the string’s not strong enough, I fall back down
So I’m tying lead weights to my feet tonight
I’m locking shackles around my ribs tonight
Cause these bones have done a lousy job protecting what’s inside
And no, my heart’s not strong enough to hold its own
So I’m locking shackles around my ribs tonight
I’ll sing a bandage for my wounds tonight
I let you see my battle scars, but you won’t show me yours
And baby you weren’t strong enough, I didn’t know
Baby you’re not strong enough, but now I know
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Be it bullets or from the roof
I knew we’d never have the truth
The dog’s been hiding since he heard the sound
And I’ve been hiding since the demons laid waste to your house
But if it’s alright that we looked away
Then it’s alright that you gave in
Too anxious to speak, too drunk to care
Your voice hangs stagnant in the air
The anger and worry starts to wear us down
While the space between appearances expands
Who can tell if you’re at peace now?
I never read your note anyhow
Traffic slows down but we get through
Angels will sing but not for you
My only wish is that you were still here
I wouldn’t lose my strength again and try to push you out
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Blackwater
04:44
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I was floating down a river, or was it floating up to me
If I get real drunk and I fall asleep, would I wake up out at sea?
I was standing in the water, I was screaming at the lightning
When a young girl came and she passed me by
She said, “Boy, why are you so frightening?”
Too busy to look for shelter, we just laughed aloud instead
Seasick smiles on our faces, just there I might have lost my head
We were just too high to be afraid, and the rain was so damn lovely
I wasn’t praying for my death that day
I was praying for electricity, man
There was an Indian princess and an emaciated Civil War soldier
There was a grown man wearing a little girl’s dress
The world was cold, but the water was colder
I’m not asking for that much, I think
So just smile and look my way
The Blackwater and the summer beer
Just came and washed all my worries away
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Breathe Deeply
03:48
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I lie awake in early hours shuffling pieces around, over and over
I comb the hills for days wondering how to get back home
While there’s still sun, while we’re still young
Called my doctor, told him, “Doc, I’m scared I’m fading out.
It’s dark where I’ve been living.”
He said, “Nurse, get in here now.”
“Get her a pill, get her a bill, and get her out.”
No one ever taught us to breathe deeply
No one ever taught us how to breathe
No one ever taught us to breathe deeply
And I catch myself trying now, to learn how
I lie awake when it’s too quiet, am I dying?
My whole body’s buzzing
I fight this chatter, fists out, crouched down, boots bound,
Fresh round, but I’m tired of the battle
There’s a calm I’ve been chasing
There’s a lie I’ve been told
There’s a truth in your face, dear, I’ll hold onto
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One Day I Flew
02:51
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I waited for a snowy day in February, two weeks late
To show my face, I guess I only fire at my own will
And then I grew up like most children do
Make Daddy proud, and Momma too
But all those perfect marks in school meant little when, one day I flew
And I learned expectations are infections we fall victim to
And I learned not to be afraid of what our bodies do when I found you
I woke up this morning ready to fight
But these voices won’t stop—and the loudest, my own
So I point my five fingers into the unknown
Won’t surrender my smile, won’t concede to the foe
But I’m praying for someone to yell through the dawn:
“Everybody is free, you are free from your bonds
Come out, come out prisoners, wherever you are
Come out, come out children, wherever you are”
And I learned there are certain cuts that you can’t stick a bandage to
Accept defeat, yeah let it bleed, and take a shot of modesty
And I learned that the world will never stop taking from me
So I’ll keep a little for myself and call it even
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The Bigness Ithaca, New York
Indie pop/rock. Currently in Ithaca, NY. Roots in Philly, PA. Kristin Bigness, John Bueno, David Kovach, Kevin Brosky.
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