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One Foot Forward
06:18
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Drove toward the sunset
from the east end of town
trying to assemble
all the ghosts that I carry around
alright, it’s been a while since I held my breath and leaped into the night this time, I don’t know what I’m drifting toward but the wind feels right
If you are awake,
say my name or touch my face
hold tight, you never know what’s waiting for you on the other side
I might be afraid
that if you leave I just might break
hold tight, put one foot forward or you jump out of line
Hard to decipher
all my intentions as the flitter and sway
when all I hold onto
is the excess that circles the drain
(alright) I’ve gotten good at taking no for an answer long before all this
but you’ve got something
that I don’t want to miss
If you are awake,
say my name or touch my face
hold tight, you never know what’s waiting for you on the other side I might be afraid
that if you leave I just might break
hold tight, put one foot forward or you jump out of line
I’ve been the man who talks to much
and I’ve been the one who can’t speak up
sometimes they feel the same
I’ve clung to ties and followed lust
I’ve blown with the wind and been a rock
hid my face and dreamed of fame
(alright) we’re building castles made of sand pretending they won’t fall
watching each wave crash that much closer to the wall
If you are awake,
say my name or touch my face
hold tight, you never know what’s waiting for you on the other side I might be afraid
that if you leave I just might break
hold tight, put one foot forward or you jump out of line
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2. |
Only You
04:22
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Well you’ve punched yourself out looking for answers
but you still want to continue the fight
praying that that one perfect gesture
will make everything alright
but you’re not through getting nothing from nothing
and you’re certain that the odds aren’t that long
but you can’t begin to survey your losses
’til you finally admit she’s gone
So many times you’ve been burned by assuming
that there’s nothing left you can learn
Say all the lines but confuse all the meanings
it’s just to watch her churn
and you’re struggling for your balance
’til you’re stumbling ‘round the room
you keep thinking if you just go the distance
she will come back into view
but take a look around
it’s only you
well you say you find no comfort in memories
and the anguish is just your way to strut
but the image that sustains you is fading
as your eyes are swelling shut
So many times you’ve confused self-obsession
with an unrequited love
wrapped in the warmth of your own isolation
it fits you like a glove
and you’re struggling for your balance
’til you’re stumbling ‘round the room
you keep thinking if you just go the distance
she will come back into view
but take a look around
it’s only you
and you’re struggling for your balance
’til you’re stumbling ‘round the room
keep thinking if you just go the distance
she will come back into view
yeah take a look around it’s only you
but take a look around it’s only you
it’s only you
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3. |
Next Affair
03:18
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I want to tickle your fancy
I want to make you relax with reckless abandon
well how about that
now, was it so random that you chose to wear that hat
was it a statement of fashion
or just a sign of the times
or was it religion?
well, that’d be just fine
now let’s break this tension before I outgrow my mind
I never said I would give my heart
it isn’t mine to share
sooner or later we’ll be back at the start
and it’s not that far
so let’s get on with the next affair
I never said I would give my heart
it isn’t mine to share
sooner or later we’ll be back at the start
and it’s not that far
so let’s get on with the next affair
let’s get on with the next affair
let’s get on with the next affair
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4. |
Shiny Diamond
04:52
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There was a flicker of a candle
there was a suitcase and a knife
there was that camera that I bought you
on that damp, stale, starless night
and you were standing with that sullen look on your eyes
that I’ve seen too many times before
and you waved at me almost motionlessly as your white dress dragged across the floor
and you were just a shiny diamond
bought on the black market of hope
and I will never leave your island
and you’ll never grow old
You whispered something unintelligible
then you turned and went up the stairs
and you furrowed your face
like you heard something strange
and I knew right then that I’d never dare
it’d take a man braver than me
to tread casually in the blindness of my youth
but you pushed all my buttons
like Sam to Delilah
and I knew I couldn’t fight this truth
‘cause you were just a shiny diamond
bought on the black market of hope
and I will never leave your island
and you’ll never grow old
and if you were standing here before me
you would be no less of a ghost
and you’d linger in the air forever
like an old burnt up piece of toast
and you were just a shiny diamond
bought on the black market of hope
and I will never leave your island
and you’ll never grow old
and you were just a shiny diamond
bought on the black market of hope
and I will never leave your island
and you’ll never grow old
and you’ll never grow old
and you’ll never grow
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5. |
Crowded Hour
05:46
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There’s something amiss
has it really come to this
everything we thought was permanent was fleeting
the people go by
god knows their heart’s as big as mine
would I be relieved if I could just discern some meaning
if I could just move
there’d be nothing to lose
but we fall to the floor
stuck in this crowded hour we don’t know what it’s for
we rattle the cages just to make the lions roar
and bolt for the door
in the nick of time
afraid of what we might find
I know that look on your face
as if these years had been a maze
and every path you wandered down has led to nothing
you soldier on with your act
but you’re too weary now for that
tired clinging to the high ground you’re always seizing
if you could escape
walk away without pain
but we fall to the floor
stuck in this crowded hour we don’t know what it’s for
we rattle the cages just to make the lions roar
and bolt for the door
in the nick of time
afraid of what we might find
If we could let go
it’d be different I know
but we clamp it down
before the blood begins to flow
if we could just move
we’d have nothing to lose
but we fall to the floor
stuck in this crowded hour we don’t know what it’s for
we rattle the cages just to make the lions roar
and bolt for the door
in the nick of time
afraid of what we might find
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6. |
Disappear
02:17
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I know that I take you for granted
and I wish I could say that would change
but I want to destroy any semblance of heart
that I can see coming my way
Now, please don’t mistake my meaning
there’s part of me wants you to stay
but something inside you is making my mind do
backflips in the opposite way
and that don’t make me happy
but that don’t make me care
and you won’t forgive me
but I’ll dare
Well, I’ll probably just fall back on habit
and tell you what you want to hear
drink myself blind just to silence my mind
and hope that you just disappear
and hope that you just disappear
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Jeff Litman New York, New York
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