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Daughter
03:39
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i found a man who knows how to hold my hand
stand up and say you can’t talk about her that way
venom drips from your sibling’s lips
i shaved some hair off today
a part of me you touched, let it regenerate
have you learned to be alone? learned to stand tall on your own?
in the arms of a lover who forgets you’re someone’s daughter
undo all the buttons of the dress i own
i’ve worn it everyday since i was told i’d grown
i cry for every woman, cuz it’s all we’ve ever known
there’s magic in loss and heartache in growth
i’m grateful for all the love, but i’m fed up with them both
have you had to battle with yourself about the cards that you’ve been dealt
in the arms of a lover who forgets you’re someone’s daughter
in the arms of a lover who says you’ve got nothing left to offer
in the arms of a lover for whom you became a martyr
in the mountains i felt strong, you get so small your life is gone
everything is endless, it can’t get better than this
the feeling slipped as miles grew, and the highway forced me home to
the arms of a lover who forgets i’m someone’s daughter
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2. |
Actin' Tough
04:39
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stitch me up and pour me a drink
it’s getting heavy and i’m too tired to think
it used to hurt and now it’s lost
i asked my mother, she said don’t get too caught up
beauty gets crossed
you put your hand on my heart but my foot’s in a grave
you can serve me something special, i’ll tell you how bad it tastes
baby don’t be brave
and if you’re feeling something, you’re one of the lucky ones
if it won’t open up, don’t push your luck,or it’ll come undone
you know it’s nothing to do with love
i’m just actin’ tough
i found you in the dark but we never grew
the nights were red but the mornings were always blue
i miss all the people that i never knew
but baby don’t you worry, i’ll never follow through
and if you’re feeling something, you’re one of the lucky ones
if it won’t open up, don’t push your luck, or it’ll come undone
you know it’s nothing to do with love
i’m just actin’ tough
i woke up with an ache in my hips
i know i linger on your bottom lips
i wanna do it better this time
get you in my muscles so i can say i tried
that’s a lie
and if you’re feeling something, you’re one of the lucky ones
if it won’t open up, don’t push your luck,or it’ll come undone
you know it’s nothing to do with love
i never can get enough
i’m just actin’ tough
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3. |
My Weight
03:35
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i know what i am worth, i know what makes me hurt
i know when i am tall, i don’t scare you at all
when i dance you let me be, don’t try and take the lead
and i don’t need to be impressed cuz this is how it should be
i think i want this with you
how can i get you closer? i’ll do it right forever
oh i think you want the same too
so c’mon let’s get closer, we’ll do it right forever
when you hold my weight it feels so
good to be alone and to be in your home
i love your walls i love your chair i love when my dog sleeps there
you’ve got a language with your laugh, the type where everyone is happy and even if i’m glad i know this is how it should be
i think i want this with you
how can i get you closer? i’ll do it right forever
oh i think you want the same too
so c’mon let’s get closer, we’ll do it right forever
when you hold my weight it feels so good
i believe in everything you’ve got up your sleeve
i believe that you’ll always believe in me
strong hands hold me like a million friends
oh don’t you know that you are a five star show
i wonder if you know that you’ve got a heart of gold
if i found it on the street i’d pick it up and save the meat
i’d show it off to all my friends and say can you believe the quality
but i don’t need to be impressed cus this is how it should be
i think i want this with you
how can i get you closer? i’ll do it right forever
oh i think you want the same too
so c’mon let’s get closer, we’ll do it right forever
when you hold my weight it feels so
good!
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4. |
Ugly
02:54
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in the water i was frozen
i never saw without a sound
i took the dreams that i had broken
i turned back then back around
in the army of the current
you made the fish see down as up
so they swam towards what would starve them
only beasts can feed off love
saw you by the water tracing the shadows
that the moon did cast but even her purity can’t
outshine the light that i see in your eyes
no it can’t outshine the light that i see
when you are ugly to me
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5. |
What I Want
03:12
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peel the skin from the fruit
devour the sweetness i gave you
tough stuff was there to challenge you
now it’s in the garbage to sift through
suck my goodness off your fingers
wash away the residue
complain that this is too sticky
then back to the kitchen to get more fruit
oh man this must be hard on you
poor man is this so hard for you?
how do you take it?
raw, rare, tender, shape it, life is what you make it c’mon!
if you want it, you can just take it
but can you take it like i take it everyday?
oh man this must be hard on you
poor man is this so hard for you?
poison in your cup, does it scare you when i know what i want?
poison in your cup, does it scare you that i know what i want?
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6. |
The Conditions
03:14
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came to me like a diamond
hot under pressure, everyone wanted ya
put your ego in your pocket
so every time you held me, there was something between us
the problem with your love is
there was always the condition of
the trouble with your love is
there was always the condition of
never asking for more
thought i was lucky just to have you
lucky that you would ever want me too
but my space was never valued
or my capacity or my amnesty but i was lucky that you wanted me too
the problem with your love is
there was always the condition of
the trouble with your love is
there was always the condition of
never being too loud
you had a surface made of kindness
the smoothest waters, i could skip stones on it for miles
then one day i threw a rock in
anger erupted and never settled back as sediment
you put your ego in your pocket
and when i clung to you, you yelled at me for smothering it
why couldn’t you be good to me
this was a mediocre fantasy
the problem with your love is
there was always the condition of
the trouble with your love is
there was always the condition of
never conditioned enough
i was never conditioned enough
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7. |
She Said
03:07
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she said i wanna know where you go in your dreams
is it gentle is it full of nice things
can the weight of it all follow you down safely
can i follow i’m thinking maybe
i like your grit
if it’s true can you handle it
i wanna go walking out in the sun
so it blinds me i don’t need to see anyone
do they know you have they seen you get high
you don’t wanna let them try but i’m thinking you might
let me
taste your empathy
let’s keep this in the dark, i promise not to
ask you how you’re feeling if you do your best to listen to her
heart’s the hardest part
my heart’s the hardest part of this
and wait does it do everything it can do
to a point in the distance towards nothing at all
do you know how grateful i am that you’re here
and to laugh with all your might and point your finger nowhere
man it’s easy to
it’s so easy to
i heard you’re playing with the dogs before the first sun falls
at the meadow that you figured could still be your cure all
but do you know how tightly you grip my palms after you
crawl back in and say it’s nothing at all
well i guess that’s it
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8. |
Your Real Life
03:56
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how did you learn to glow
when you ran me off the road
rev your engine all alone
tough guy drinks your spirit shows
do you wanna move around
do you wanna shake it out
morning fun playing house
nighttime lazy passing out
well it’s over now
nurse the ink from your pen
what was our nest became your den
didn’t want this to end
didn’t know how to spend
your time in your real life
your time in your real life
any time in your real life
was i your real life
doesn’t it feel good to know you’re gonna be loved out on the road
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9. |
Mundane
03:39
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i got steel in my fingers
call me up for a better version of the
reasons you linger
call you out but i could never calm you down
i’ve got the answers in my hands and i’m not running out of reasons
toes deep in the sand, tiny rocks that took the load off
i could stare off at nothing and learn something every day
write down your answers
to the riddles you ignore
drowning in chances
second, third, and stupidly a fourth
hoping there’s an explanation to the closing doors
it’s easier if you surrender, only truth will float
passing through the phases, learn to touch the things that sting
nothing goes away so try to face what you can
if there’s love in everyone why can’t you be my man?
walked with me, simplicity, but i dared you to dance
all we have right now is making the time count
but time is obsolete so let the phonies play in peace
scale it back and learn to lie down, is she laughing in your dreams
a manic imitation of the things you say you mean
give up your rations
call your greed by it’s name
laugh at your reactions
we’re just coffee grounds hangin’ round the drain
if there’s a way in then the way out’s still the same
stare off at nothing how do you define mundane
blanket baby watch it go by watch it never change
blanket baby watch it go by watch it never change
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10. |
Family
02:23
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there is a garden at my mother’s feet
lilacs and lavender, nectar so sweet
and brilliance blooms from the tops of the trees
she guides me, she heals me
she’s lovely, she’s lovely
and my father works til it’s stored in his bones
he speaks from his soul and his words are his own
an open oasis, he is his own home
he guides me, he heals me
he’s lovely, he’s lovely
and i’m so lucky
and my grandmother’s a woman of art
she can move mountains with the strength of her heart
in the darkest of skies, she’s the brightest of stars
she guides me, she heals me
she’s lovely, she’s lovely
and i’m so lucky
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