1. |
A Song for You
04:28
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[Verse 1]
I've been a lot of places in my lifetime
Sung a lot of songs
And I've made some bad rhymes
Acted out my life in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But now we're alone
And I am singing my song for you
[Verse 2]
I know your image of me
It’s what I hope to be
If I treated you unkindly
Darling, can't you see?
There's no one more important to me
So darling, won’t you please see through me?
‘Cause now we're alone
And I am singing my song for you
[Prechorus 1]
You taught me precious secrets
Of a truth, withholding nothing
You came out in front, but I was hiding
Now I'm so much better
And if my words don't come together
Just listen to the melody
For my love is in there hiding
[Chorus 1]
I love you in a place
Where there's no space or time
Love you all my life
You are a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone
And I was singing my song for you
[Prechorus 2]
You taught me precious secrets
Of a truth, withholding nothing
You came out in front, but I was hiding
Now I'm so much better
And if my words don't come together
Just listen to the melody
For my love is in there hiding
[Chorus 2]
I love you in a place
Where there's no space or time
Love you all my life
You are a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone
And I was singing my song for you
We were alone
And I was singing my song for you
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2. |
A Simple Life
03:58
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[Verse1]
In a little house with a broken yard
We walk out to our machines, to our dreams
And this is the part where I push you away
This is the part
[Chorus 1]
It was a simple life, never needing any insight
It was a terrible fight, never felt the same again
[Verse 2]
In this little house, we stood
We cried out, pounding on our thighs
And this is the part where I push you away
This is the part where I push you away
This is the part where I push you
Up against the wall
[Chorus 2]
It was a simple life, never needing any insight
It was a terrible fight, never felt the same again
[Chorus 3]
It was a simple life
[Verse 3]
In a little room on a bed meant for pleasure
We lie still
A little sigh passes through your lips
Making waves, a razor in my lungs
[Chorus 3]
It was a simple life, never needing any insight
It was a terrible fight, never felt the same again
[Chorus 4]
(Part I)
It was a simple life, never needing any insight
It was a terrible fight, never felt the same again
Took all I had to not stop breathing
All I had to not stop breathing
All I had to not stop breathing
All I had to not stop, not stop
All I had to not stop breathing
All I had to not stop, not stop
(Part II)
Please, won’t you please stop. Please, all this, too much
Please, won’t you please stop. Please, please won’t you please. All this is too much
Please won’t you please, won’t you please. Please won’t you please stop
Please, won’t you please. All this is too much
All I had to not stop breathing
All I had to not stop. Stop
All I had to not stop breathing
All I had to not stop. Stop
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3. |
Water on Rock
04:14
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[Verse 1]
Like water on rock
They wear you away, my dear
These words that I speak
To you, they stay
They can’t be taken back
So they wear you away
[Verse 2]
Like fire inside
Chasing you out, my love
Flames howling like wolves
In you, they shout
They send you to the door
Chasing you out
[Verse 3]
Like water on rock
They wear you away
These words that I speak
They stay
These words that I speak
They stay
These words that I speak
They stay
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4. |
Unknown Lands
03:36
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[Verse 1]
Clouds share the sphere with blue sky
Metal wings cut through white
As they kiss the air
You’re landing on the red earth
Ruined roads they reach forth
Across the open plains
Your mind grows wide
As your eyes open
[Verse 2]
Time’s too relaxed to move
So it sits with you on the front porch
Magic fills the air
Words spoken in unknown tongues
Still you’re sure you know what
They mean to communicate
Your mind grows wide
As your eyes open
[Chorus 1]
You came here to this point on the earth
To be close to the sun
You can feel it’s warmth wrap around you
Sleep and become one
It gives you the secret of it all
But when you woke up you forgot
[Verse 3]
Clouds share the sphere with blue sky
Metal wings cut through white
As they kiss the air
You’re landing in your own life
Days turn quickly to night
Time waits for no man
Your mind grows wide
As your eyes open
[Chorus 2]
You came here to this point on the earth
To be close to the sun
You can feel it’s warmth wrap around you
Sleep and become one
It gives you the secret of it all
But when you woke up you forgot
It gives you the secret of it all
But when you woke up you forgot
But when you woke up you forgot
But when you woke up you forgot
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5. |
Seagull
03:39
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[Verse 1]
Fists covered in dust
Tell me what it takes
To lead a clean life
To leave a small town
(Iridescent dusk)
To make sense
To make more
(Stirring up a war)
(Cars all rolling backwards from Kansas City)
[Chorus]
Before you were
You were born
Tulips pushed
Snow from earth
Took it upon myself
To walk away
Walk away
Walk away
[Verse 2]
Took a silver train
Hooking through the field
Sat in the rear car
Pressed my head
(What is a good life led?)
On the glass
Staring out
(Tell me what it takes)
There all night watching black
[Chorus 2]
Before you were
You were born
Went to see
The ugly world
Took it upon myself
To walk away
Walk away
Walk away
[Bridge]
For twenty odd seconds
I loved the air
Mingled my breath with a Hudson Gull
Near the dawn, the light arched sky
Unlike most, the city didn’t beat me
The city didn’t beat me
But, I came back
But, I came back
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6. |
The Way I See It
03:10
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[Verse 1]
I woke up in the vortex again, again
Same bed, but ten years have passed
Everything, everything, everything
My heart drying in my hands
[Prechorus 1]
I went to the doctor and the doctor said, “relax”
I went to the post office, but I can’t send that
The little blonde girl sitting on my street waving a small starred flag she said,
[Chorus 1]
The way I see it, as long as you’re here
The way I see it, as long as you’re here
You might as well have a good time
[Verse 2]
I want to fall in love with everyone I meet
I want to kiss that girl, that girl, that man
But I’ve been married and set for a long time
My heart drying in my hands
[Prechorus 2]
My therapist says for money she can fix that
My friends all say it’s a phase, it’ll pass
The little blonde girl asks me why I’m so worried, she says,
[Chorus 2]
The way I see it, as long as you’re here
The way I see it, as long as you’re here
You might as well have a good time
[Chorus 3]
The way I see it, as long as you’re here
The way I see it, as long as you’re here
The way I see it, as long as you’re here
You might as well have a good time
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Physical Kids Brooklyn, New York
We are Alaina Ferris and Matt Schlatter, a folk duo based in Brooklyn.
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