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City of Lost Buildings
05:35
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City of Lost Buildings
In a time of relentless, restless beauty
I command every spirit to come through me
Down a winding path like a drunken abbot
All alone with the curses you inhabit
Blow a kiss to the souls in the express lane
Going back through time to relieve their lost pain
On the steering wheel you hold a kind hand
And the signs read six more miles to dreamland
Only have one key so I’ll just leave it on the steps
It won’t be hard to find it
City of lost buildings I’ve been looking for a light
It won’t be hard to shine it
Set adrift on an existential feeling
Writing sad confessions on the ceiling
All the secret plans and double dealing
Turn me inside out, my senses reeling
There’s nobody living in these streets
The tallest buildings fall eventually
Setting years of dust and shadows free
Dandelions exploding in the breeze
Setting years of dust and shadows free
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Dark At Heart
04:38
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Dark At Heart
When I heard your voice I knew it was for real
No more bouncing in between the poles of how I feel
I could not safely say that you were fair and free
So I had to steal your love and tie it tight to me
No point in pretending
We won’t be forgiven
It’s too late not to start
I’ve turned out to be dark at heart
You were not alone, as you should have been
Someone has to take the blame, the pain belongs to him
Wholly unprepared and fabulously dressed
A vagabond, a visitor, an uninvited guest
When you call out it can’t be wrong
I beg you to belong to me
We stumble to the door
Our hands are wanting more and more
All of my desire, breaking out of jail
When these sparks get in my eyes negotiation fails
Being cold in life, or being hot in hell
I don’t have much going on, I guess it’s just as well
It’s not an accident
We said what we meant to say
May be a mistake
But what choice could we ever make
It’s too late not to start
I’ve turned out to be dark at heart
It’s too late not to start
I’ve turned out to be dark at heart
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Suddenly
04:39
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Suddenly
Notes that ring infinitely
You can’t hear but they whisper to me
Keep repeating tell me the truth
Tell me the truth
Children running skinning their knees
Sunlight shining down through the trees
Painting shadows over everything new
Everything new
Suddenly your heart skips beating
Suddenly you’re all alone
In a sea of shipwrecked drifters
Suddenly you’re home
Waves caress Andromeda glows
Lights your way wherever you go
Aimless carried on the whims of the tide
Whims of the tide
You can say it doesn’t matter at all
I know better than to be called
To the altar of insatiable pride
Insatiable pride
Suddenly your heart skips beating
Suddenly you’re all alone
In a sea of shipwrecked drifters
Suddenly you’re home
Let me trick your heart into beating again
Suddenly your heart skips beating
Suddenly you’re all alone
In a crowd of missed connections
Suddenly you’re home
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Whispering
03:33
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Whispering
Whispering, you can’t quite make out
Just what you heard, just what you heard
Was that a breath or an invitation
You're never sure, you're never sure
Why can’t you speak up
So I can hear you
Why can’t you speak up?
I want to hear you
Raise your voice on high
To the rafters of the night
Drifting in and out of focus
Invisible, invisible
So insecure, we beg the comfort
Of miracles, of miracles
Why can’t you stand up
So I can see you
Why can’t you stand up?
I want to see you
Slip your shadow into
Velvet waves of darkness
Hastening, we rush to follow
Like criminals, like criminals
Whispering, we can’t quite swallow
What we believe
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Give It up
04:05
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Give It Up
Baby, I don’t know my name I don’t know my number
Tell me how did I get here, how did we get under
All this weight everything we know, everything we wonder
Terrible poison in my veins can I get another
You want an answer but you just can’t take it
You want a reason but it passed right over your head
Another player who got played while playing
It happens, I’m just saying
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
Follow, platform to the train, station to the station
Dreaming, ghost in the machine, too much information
How do we ever know what’s true, ever know what matters
Our love, fragile as a glass, sings before it shatters
You want an answer but you just can’t take it
You want a reason but it passed right over your head
Another player who got played while playing
I think the universe is saying
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
Let it go, let it go right over your head
Stuck in the middle but you’re pushing it close to the edge
You said a lot when you should’ve kept your mouth shut instead
You want an answer but you just can’t take it
You want a reason but it passed right over your head
Another player who got played while playing
Now listen everybody’s saying
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
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The Sound of Getting Used
I’m surprised you said you know me well
Cuz I keep my guard up religiously
Might not happen even one time in a day
That you pass by and I’ve got anything to say
Color me confused
Must be the sound of getting used
I try not to give too much away
It’s like I’m saving myself for a rainy day
And when it comes I’m gonna walk into that flood
Laughing like a demon til I’m gone for good
Sinking like a stone
It’s not ideal but then at least I’ll be alone
Wearing concrete shoes
Must be the sound of getting used
Giving off suspicious vibes
Too many possible agendas to ascribe
I’ll keep my cards close to the vest
And leave a trail of lonely ripples for the rest
Sometimes I wish that I could let it go
But then I think about it more and say hell no
A solitary kind of blues
Must be the sound of getting used
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Patrick R Porter Seattle, Washington
Songwriter from Seattle, WA.
Doing the work is its own reward.
Music is a quest for joy.
Grateful.
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