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Weathering
02:58
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You are a ghost so far away
Off in the distance I can see you fade
I can see you fade
Disconnect in a drawbridge daze
There was no reflection in the water
To misty eyes, I'm the color grey
There was no reflection in the water
I'm not a blank key
Waiting for you to etch into me
But ever changing
I'm weathering everyday I'm living
You thought that it was pouring
Droplets of water and acid rain
And you said that I was drowning
'Cause I was nowhere near where you wanted me
Blinded myself with a made up story
Something to comfort and so I could breathe
Now looking back I just feel silly
At least I've weathered away some things
I'm not a blank key
Waiting for you to etch into me
But ever changing
I'm weathering everyday I'm living
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2. |
Lead Balloon
02:33
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You cut me loose, I'm a lead balloon
It's probably for the best
I dragged you down towards the depths with me
At least that's what you said
You cut me loose, I'm lead balloon
It's probably for the best
I find more beauty in everything
When I'm not planning for death
You cut me loose, I'm a lead balloon
It's probably for the best
I dragged you down towards the depths with me
At least that's what you said
You cut me loose, I'm lead balloon
It's probably for the best
I find more beauty in everything
When I'm not planning for death
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3. |
Perpetual Sweater
04:11
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Locked in a closet with my hands tied
Amongst all the clutter
I'm not who I am
Every Sunday is a cold sweat
Disguised in a sweater
Hiding in plain sight
And so if I expose who I really am
I hope you will stick around even though we're different
'Cause I know I'll be surrounded by cold shoulders
I need someone to understand my burden
I'm the only one that knows I'm
A perpetual liar
To save my own skin
From the anguish and the heartache
And the inevitable changes
That soon will come
And so if I expose who I really am
I hope you will stick around even though we're different
'Cause I know I'll be surrounded by cold shoulders
I need someone to understand my burden
I hide behind my old face, it's all I really know
I’m too afraid to isolate myself
I want to be an open book, but I'm terrified
So I'll stay a lonely liar
To keep this all the same
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4. |
Superior
03:31
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Time burned a hole through my sweater
Now I trace every fraying fiber
And I let them take me back a year, I see a stranger
I wish that I could be there but I can’t
Because there’s no way I can mend what’s left
Endless lines I chase and I follow
I realize that they just circle around my neck
But I break sight and stare at the void that's always been there
There's no way I can turn back time
Faithlessly following for miles and miles and miles but nothing could float
I drowned in Superior and hoped for a glimmer of light
There's no way back to the way I was
Everyday was a corner
And I was left with no answers
There's no way back to the way I was
Everyday was a corner
And I was left with no answers
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5. |
Wondering and Wandering
04:54
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My eyes are closed as I lay awake
There's no more shadows, they moved away
The same old thing just the same old thing
I wish I'd leave, I wish they stayed
I’m a fly on glue and a paper weight
Casting stones as I waste away
I hold my tongue to taste another day
I bought some faith when I got paid
Cold breath and dark roads
I'm swerving all around
I'm swerving all around
I've got the radio so loud, but I can't hear a single word it speaks
NPR to BBC the sun set hours ago
And I'm still driving home from her place
I said one more year of this same drive
But I don't know if I can keep a promise with myself
I'm wondering and wandering
I'm wondering and wandering
I'm wondering and wandering
I'm wondering and wandering
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6. |
Saugatuck
04:14
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Seamless clouds on an infinite lake
With the softest touch it's kissing the slumberous crests of the incoming wake
My shadow's walking hand in hand, stalked by shallow prints
On blankets of sand, eroding the dying shoreline
There the chorus of hills sing in the sun
Dressed in sedimentary dots
Standing one by one
Watching you and me climb up and up and up
Fizzling out with every breath
We are embers
We are embers
We are embers
We are embers
I'd love to forget my pain
For a fortnight or a day
And bury my grief then erase the tapes
But I've let the fire lose every flame
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Pittsburgh, PA
04:47
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I'm watching cities cross my eyes
And I wonder
What if I broke down and never saw her face ever again?
Time fades away and I begin to forget her smile
I've got a photo in my wallet to keep me alright
And in the winter it's the same 'cause I'm alone
And when the birds arrive she still will just be home
I'm watching cities cross my eyes
I'm in a new state
They all are the same when you are lonely
Just roads leading to roads
Time fades away and I begin to forget her smile
The photo in my wallet’s worn out
And the writing on the back, I can barely read it
Maybe one day I'll be home again
Maybe one day I'll be home again
State by state one by one
Parallel days, I’m isolated
Day by day, weeks are long
State by state, I’m always leaving
Time fades away and I begin to forget her smile
The photo in my wallet fell out
On the pavement in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Maybe one day I'll see her again
Maybe one day I'll see her again
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8. |
Tightrope
04:15
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Farther life passes me by
Floating on the wind where I stay behind
Wasting away
Monotony has engulfed everything
It's been years
Of falling in and out
And feeling nothing
Plagued in fear
By insignificant things that live outside me
I'm not naive to this anymore
Over the years there's been a closing door
Hopelessly standing
On a tightrope I can feel my toes are slipping
But it seems as if I'm already falling
Reaching out into empty space
My cards were dealt, I'm not a face.
It's been years
Of falling in and out
And feeling nothing
I can't see
the fate that lies ahead that's waiting for me
I'm not naive to this anymore
Over the years there's been a closing door
Creaking along the lights have dimmed
But my eyes will adjust and I will see past the nothingness
Creaking along the lights have dimmed
But my eyes will adjust and I will see past the nothingness
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9. |
Speckled Film
07:53
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Lighter than a feather in the depths of space
Lonely in the mirror
Slowly fading away
Sleepless searching nights
What if there's no existence after life?
Then I've been wasting time
Dreaming there's another day so I'll feel fine
Splitting sound from ear to ear
And the speckled film blurs into a smear
Hours escape, I’m suspended over time
I keep hiding from all of my conclusions
Sleepless searching nights
What if there's no existence after life?
Then I’ve been wasting time
Dreaming there's another day so I'll feel fine
I am just a speckle in a film
A dot for a fraction of a second
And I know I won’t ever meet the stars off in the distance
I’m wandering on a tightrope, I can feel my toes are slipping
(There’s no way back to the way I was)
I’m wandering on a tightrope, I can feel my toes are slipping
(There’s no way back to the way I was)
I’m wandering on a tightrope, I can feel my toes are slipping
(There’s no way back to the way I was)
I’m wandering on a tightrope, I can feel my toes are slipping
(There’s no way back to the way I was)
I’m wandering on a tightrope, I can feel my toes are slipping
(There’s no way back to the way I was)
I’m wandering on a tightrope, I can feel my toes are slipping
(There’s no way back to the way I was)
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Parkway & Columbia Detroit, Michigan
Indie Rock from Michigan
Contact us at parkwayandcolumbia@gmail.com
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