1. |
Cul de Sac
04:47
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summertime, cul de sac
hold it there, holding back
better times
cue the line:
whatcha got saturday?
feelin’ like we could arrange
a better time
all of my friends aren’t here
i should invite benjamin
or david, let’s entertain the thought
you could…come over for a change
i want nothing more
than to reciprocate the hospitality
it’s better i
have all of my good friends here
so if you would oblige,
i’d like to share a moment
spanning years, it’s been a little while
since we lived here, but that don’t change a song
my metronome: my left foot marching in the cadence
summertime, cul de sac
where everything’s a byegone and nothing gets better than better times
all of my friends aren’t here
so if you would oblige,
i’d like to share a moment
if you would oblige,
i’d like to take a moment
i show you heart
and i show you heartily
where we started
colfax, alden,
autumnal weekends
i was living with no permission
leaves fall scarlet,
i’m disarming
all i’m harmed of
i guess you got a point if it ain’t so troubling
i’ll try my very best
to keep this happiness
i’ve earned it
“don’t deserve it”
would you stop with all of that!
hey, better times
right?
better times
better times
better times
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2. |
Genesee
02:38
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this morning harked an autumnal morning you lived in genesee
where orange groves line new york corridors
but nowadays it’s evergreen and emblematically speaking there’s no change when you’re heading out the door
but set aside the setting for a second now i’m beckoning you closer
to what made homely estate
there’s nothing waving eastbound that can’t be saved or rebounded through westward willingness or open minds and heartfelt honesty
it’s true
i’m not you
but i know the days are coming
a little light could shed on
light could shed on you
i’m not you
but i know the days are coming
a little light could shed on
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3. |
Michael
03:27
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sometimes it’s hard to admit the seasonal
shift causing rifts in our friendship
has left me with puzzling stares at the ceiling at all
sometimes i’m wondering how you’ve been treated
by all adolescence led you to believe in
how i couldn’t find any beacon those days at all…
michael how could we have been prepared?
we were just kids playing star wars out back
no rhyme or reason just victory, defeat
but now everything’s blurred, incoherent—
i’m feeling smaller
every day that’s passing
michael how could we have been prepared?
how did all of it start again
bloody palms, bicycling,
outrunning all tomorrows to come?
could’ve sworn we solved it…
solved it?
michael how could we have been prepared?
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4. |
Caledon
04:14
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my
eyes aspire west
somewhere out there is you:
my companion in the west
while i’ve been trailing down to catacombs
you always harked a homely feeling
like caledon and all
the places i found relief in
you bind these pages bound to centerfold
so i
was waning in the red
when i lost faith in all i ever held
and it ain’t been better yet
no i guess this falls on terminal
to wind up in that lonesome season
there’s no caledon at all
there’s nowhere else that i believe in
to bind these pages bound to centerfold
to bind these pages bound to centerfold
so bind these pages bound to centerfold
so bind these pages bound to centerfold
so bind these pages bound to centerfold
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5. |
I Won't Leave You Behind
03:44
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idly by
the window longing
heaving a line
taking in stride
your sense of belonging
i’m wondering how
to communicate your meaning
in a meaningful, readable way
when you’re feeling lonely
when the loneliness won’t leave
i won’t leave you behind
no i won’t leave you behind
it’s founded in me
to open my arms and hold you
thoroughly, throughout everything
and i know you’re tired
the nicotine and adrenaline were never good replacements for sleep
they run out eventually
but it doesn’t stretch eternally
i want you to see
the light that you’re beckoning back to everything that’s set in my scene
you’ll never be the only
you’ll never be
i won’t leave you behind
no i won’t leave you behind
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6. |
Peace Bridge
04:08
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back in november i was different then
i had awe in my eyes and how i couldn’t take it
o—how the world makes a grand open space,
plenty of room with for your thoughts and any intentions…
truthfully i should’ve known.
it’s not that i was ever really clueless
to the notion that all that i was keen on feeling
drifting from break, trailing the starboard, steady on 090: outward from homeward…
i guess it simply made me lonely
i couldn’t fake it
i couldn’t fake it
then back in december i felt better then
whether it was the drinks or being starved of feeling
i let myself in
and by god you’re right, it’s only been harmful to me when i let it take hold of my time
but sometimes i can’t help but loiter
yeah i can sing a higher note
i can wrap my head around a year ago
but it don’t change the circumstances
so how to help a somber soul?
how to to truly know if we are getting close?
well— gibraltar’s just a week away…
it’s almost over
it's almost over
it's almost over
it's almost over
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7. |
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It’s getting later than I want
Nights been dragging on for days on end these days
I want everything just right; I wanna feel the way I felt it before it was leaving
So here I land at tearing page
My progressions always setback to the ground
Before I know it, I’ll come up with new improvements, then find some way to lose it before I can see it
It’s temporary
But I’m still uneasy
Sifting through remnants
I guess it ain’t so hard to declare we
Loved with some meaning
But it’s hard without that
I could calm down
To that recollection
My head was down
And your soul mended it
Oh great...here we go again
Right as I was writing up a method of forgetting you
Your iridescent iris in the lighting started bleeding through
The bioluminescence felt lively and cerulean
You always had a way of seeking me out through the crevasses
It’s temporary
But I’m still uneasy
Sifting through remnants
I guess it ain’t so hard to declare we
Loved with some meaning
But it’s hard without that
Are you still shaken up by the ending
Or are you without it
Imposing acceptance?
I’d only hope you’re conquering closure
The way that I haven’t
I really haven’t
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8. |
Amaryllis (Demo)
04:54
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Deer in the median
There’s no deflecting
I’m losing direction
Signal flickering
What’s to expect of
A long shot investment
Smoke delineating the southing
Somewhere without me
It’s probably homesick
Well I ain’t scared of holding the lighter
As much as the fire:
Hope and alarm joined as one
Someone in Virginia once told me
To loosen my shoulders
And straighten my posture
So I took aim at what she’s supposing
Realigned focus
On how I’ve been posing
Transfixed on something in the blind spot
Something to write off
When next to companion
But I don’t know how to be a person
The times we’ve collected
Must’ve added up to a sum
Something to help me
I opened the curtains and let you in
To find there’s nothing in the garden
But a an amaryllis withered, faded...
(and almost vacant.)
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9. |
Gulf of Aden (Demo)
02:27
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Moonlight off the Gulf of Aden
Swirling in a lonesome cadence
All can be forgiven out here
My companion, my friend
I saw you off in gloaming
And every time it’s morning
You’d come around, it would only assure me
That I miss you
Every time I hurl these wasted
Words towards a constellation
All I’ve ever had or endeared
Seems so far from my stretch
I saw you off in gloaming
And every time it’s morning
You come around, it only assures me
I miss you
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10. |
Ode to 2022 (Demo)
01:42
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happy new year
my dearest friend
here's to the songs worth singing with commitment
songs that ain't been written coming to fruition
when you find me next I'll be writing this
in the spirit of your seasonal presence
I hark back to your company when it's hard
and though it's no escape I'll appreciate
your melody harmonizing mine and
think your voice back to the canvas of this here
happy new year
my dearest friend
here's to the songs worth singing with commitment
songs that ain't been written coming to fruition
songs that you'll be bringing soulfully
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11. |
Laveer (Demo)
02:06
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starling on the power line,
spread wide to prepare for laveer
your wind ain't letting up, no
your wind ain't letting up this year
how to tell of a laurel?
there's no allegory in these clipped wings
reel in those laurels,
I try my best to be human being...
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12. |
Michael (Original Demo)
02:55
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sometimes it’s hard to admit the seasonal
shift causing rifts in our friendship
has left me with puzzling stares at the ceiling at all
sometimes i’m wondering how you’ve been treated
by all adolescence led you to believe in
how i couldn’t find any beacon those days at all…
michael how could we have been prepared?
we were just kids playing star wars out back
no rhyme or reason just victory, defeat
but now everything’s blurred, incoherent—
i’m feeling smaller
every day that’s passing
michael how could we have been prepared?
how did all of it start again
bloody palms, bicycling,
outrunning all tomorrows to come?
could’ve sworn we solved it…
solved it?
michael how could we have been prepared?
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