1. |
Back Again
03:42
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I’m a just a cold fool, a red handed man
On a sick day for the lonely, I decorate your fence
But tear down this display now, cuz' I’m alone in the dark
Like the dogs I wait here to be where you are
Lord I want to go back again, said I wanna go back again
To the days when she was enough
Lord I’m not even half the man, said I'm not even half the man
That had raised her up
I’m just a sad soul looking for a sign
Staring at the window where I hung the blinds
Fear takes me over when I can’t bear
Desire’s the deceiver that leaves me in despair
Lord I want to go back again, said I wanna go back again
To the days when she was enough
Lord I’m not even half the man, said I'm not even half the man,
That raised her up into the forms that she'd become
Lord why could I not just stay in days when we were enough?
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2. |
New York
03:23
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The sky is turning grey
And ma don’t wanna stay
The kids reflect the light
off the ocean towards the bay
Leave the kin for the kindred
Leave our name down the line
Blood runs through the borders
And we’re taken by the tide
Don’t you know...
I would drive to New York if I could
My tires ain’t no good
So I’ll drive round the neighborhood
Kids running through the streets
Everyone I meet gives directions
But they’re lost like me
There’s a lady for my love
And she takes away the pain
It's dark outside the shelter
But you can't hide from the shame
Everything’s uncertain when you're happy standing still
My shadow shares distain
There’s no freedom in freewill
Don't you know...
I would drive to New York if I could
My tires ain’t no good
So I’ll drive 'round the neighborhood
Kids running through the streets
Everyone I meet gives directions
But they’re lost like me
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3. |
Sing into the Void
01:07
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We broke the beam
Earth on our back and we breathed
Over seven years you carved into me
Now it’s hard to believe
But I’ll carry you in my memory
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4. |
Solar Eclipse
03:16
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Solar eclipse touching your lips
I wanna to cover up your memory of his
80% and it's not dawn yet
Someday I'm hoping that we will learn to forget
Circle the sun with silver under my thumb
I bought it after treating you dumb
You waited so long
A remedy became a symptom
I thought it'd all turn out alright
And maybe we could try to try
But it doesn’t mean a thing
It’s just light that’s been darkening
You took a trip with your mom
You’re here and you're gone
The closer I get the more we fall apart
Are you with them now when you visit that town?
I think about you and it brings me down
Celebrities of Canton, it’s all just pretend
I use to be so proud
Now I don't wannna hear our names out loud
I thought it'd all turn out alright
And maybe we could try to try
But it doesn't mean a thing
We're just circles and we're circling
We're circles and we're circling
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5. |
Words About Things
01:07
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6. |
Magnolia
03:39
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Can’t stop staring at your post
Figure near looking like a ghost
I’m here but nobody knows
I don’t want to get stuck in photos
Magnolia showing in the sun
Thought you wanted me to hold on
Thought we could prove to everyone
The thoughts all stop cuz’ you’re done
Be still, be still, be still
I still want to change you how feel
Be still, be still, be still
I still wanna change now for real
This cul-de-sak's got me looking back on Akron
Where the old smokestacks, they look like the pillars of Samson
You can cut my hair if you think it makes me handsome
Just don’t get with him, how can I put you in my plans then?
Wish I’d been able to commit
Wish you were more able to admit
Wish we didn't have to break to begin
Knowing all the ways we fit in
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7. |
1:07
01:14
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Can I borrow joy?
I see it in my friends
When they speak into a soul and now it is
Now she lives with her eyes like his
Can I borrow love?
Even if it ends
Like the letter that you wrote but never sent
I wonder what it said
Did you wanna mend?
Cuz' I wanna mend
Of all the things I never said that's what I meant
Seems like so much of what we are we keep held in
Matt, it's time to mend
I think it's time to mend
It's 1:07
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8. |
As I Am
01:07
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9. |
Quail Hollow
04:07
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We chased the deer till the woods took her sound
I walk the girls around the backyard
Grandma stared at the clouds through the pain
Nothing feels right but to be wrong
You decide not to choose
Turns out, you’re choosing all along just to be
Dying for some selfish sense of clarity
I’ll give you my soul
If you can save the sincerity
I've been too young to make up my mind
Too old to know why I was trying
Now I’m too far along the 2-track to record on this side
Another song I never thought I would write
Oh, my my...
So I’ll follow my failures like cracks on the sidewalk
Cemented by the breakups and the last time that you talked to me
While time takes on our innocence through the the air of separation
After each unknown kiss that we keep
But tell me how does one carry the change?
I spent the twenties of my life on you sharing my name
I've been too young to make up my mind
Too old to know why I was trying
Now I’m too far along the 2-track to record on this side
Another song I never thought I would write
Oh my, my...
Just as I am though tossed about with many conflicts, many doubts
Fighting and fears within, without
Oh lamb of God I come, I come
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10. |
Heart Duet (Live)
01:07
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