1. |
Fine Emotion
03:22
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She won’t offer a lip to bite across this bloody apostrophe
Hides her tale, retreat beside her broken jaw family
Surprised her friend’s attention ghost don’t seem to leave
Writes her song upon approach for my potential touch receive
hell is this fine emotion
help isn’t on its way
infected with blind devotion
think you caught the leak to save the boat
but still it sinks beneath the waves
Float the breach like a flag and drown the peace between
Sink the full parade of proud to kill your self esteem
Her crippled smile announced this lyric lost its rhyme
She watched my back until events and allies told her it was time
this bold emotion chokes I hope will subside
my motive often jokes; “bitch, it’s here to reside”
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2. |
Cyrus
03:55
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i find spring
i find spring doesn't entertain my fears
i find you don't understand my cares
don't understand my peers
don't understand
sail away when your ship's coming in
cause it's better to leave in sin
then give in
peal away the rapid
and peal away the long
she steals the songs
and comments on emotion
steal the seed to plant the apple tree
it's on my mind
it always reminds me
i say and you hear the siren sound
but it's better to turn around
then be bound
I train you
i train you to entertain my fears
i train you to scare away my fears
i train you to scare away my peers
and set me free
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3. |
Ride On
03:30
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she, pinched the wick that's stolen
but i don't care if her smile is stiff to flicker frozen
ride on baby
you caught the bed on fire
what time taught crushed us both together past our filler hanging on the phone wire
i've been waiting
wasting time without finding the easier route
i've been patient
but taking stock won't crumble this trouble over and out
she, over there's got me rolling
i don't have enough hands to keep her still
ride on baby
seems you finally found me guessing
and grandstands taken talked down the best gun waiving teaching without the kill
i've been cruising
moving fast past this broken landscape alone
i've been choosing
what I thought lapsed long enough in my heart was my home
and the winter staggers and the setting sun
crawling out these days now summer's come
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4. |
Over and Over
03:11
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Season’s begging rest
My hope begins to fade
Selling fast what’s left
My demon has been raised
Now winter colder
Hence summer fitness phased
Winding signs scream breaks
But I spilt over the barricade
Sifting through these days
some things deserve another chance
same thing over and over
some things won’t live against the past
alive and well
Easy waking pinch
My foot against the floor
Willing partners progress
Until it’s locked down, I guess
Yesterday’s never a compliment
So don’t count on it
This night’s power’s deposed
so I don’t care, what I fear
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5. |
Last Defeat
04:17
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Won’t have the sweet tale
Surprising my misery
Owed half this trades time taking
And pockets still sympathy
We laughed like the sun rising
Forgot in the dead century
Wouldn’t want to be on my own
Flying home in cold retreat
Wouldn’t want to be all alone
Flying home for my last defeat
Sunset with timing
cracks eventually
When I went rewinding
standing next to me
A kind friend’s reminder
betrayed complacency
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6. |
Save the World
05:03
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sat unmoving black outside
cold hearted
will our setting sun miss midnight?
this parting light might battle
caught against the weaning wounded rattle
the dead forgotten
sing and take
singing takes away the silence
banner arms been causing ill emotion,
wrecks the senses sad
dusk is closing fast departed
hides the sin of my bleeding heart
poor boy old
poor boy overheard in mourning
trouble takes us deeper still
past the fill of kings abandoned
swift pariah claims these sights
fascinates my senses smiling
but i woke up
and i walked away
save the world
save the world from breaking
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7. |
Everyday
02:46
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coaxing cold and clear my image from its scene
couch borrowing and listless
wide eyed, so green
i run on to meet
sometimes it seems the world stands in our way
when we're trying hard to build something
we do our best with what cards we can play
to make the most of everyday
took my time abroad abounding
sing sorrowing and land lorn
this quiet dusk lights what i run on to meet
sometimes it seems the world stands in our way
when we're trying hard to build something
we do our best with what cards we can play
to make the most of everyday
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8. |
Sending Me Out
02:59
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well i could have smiled at your weakness
a broken smile, stone set in forgiveness
by sending me out now you're burning those bridges
burning the sound of my footsteps behind
making me dig for change
locking me out again
i want it to stay the same
but you're sending me out in the rain
sending me out on my own
i won't let you lie to me at night on the phone
inside i still want to play your game
my eyes need nails to pin the tail on your shame
i couldn't keep it
the feelings come and go
i couldn't leave it
the feelings come and go
making me dig for change
locking me out again
i want it to stay the same
but you're sending me out in the rain
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9. |
Never Been Down
03:43
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and so it began, a tale growing long
seems my dreams so far away from the present daily
besides sunshine and downtime play
a world without end
like words without song
i count better days among the way life scares me
and darkness blends, making me strong
and i never been down, falling over, or crying out
so i never been up, drowning in my luck
talented tales, infinite throng
as i take a taste today i'm sure is the day that fails me
making me grasp and leading me on
curious space, and no giving up
this gate opened up and threw away complaining
so i'm shedding my face and filling the cup
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10. |
rock, - Am I Not
04:15
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Two arose, cornered by the center
Must be partly dying in the head
And I crossed this big river
Over again and again
Back from the land of the dead
Am I not silent in the wind
Am I not waiting at the edge
Am I not thirsty for the sea
Are you not calling out to me
Some fires burn slower than a warning
Some burst quickly open instead
This distance earned
Further than my calling
Over again and again
Deep in the land of the living
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sky cooper Portland, Oregon
Sky Cooper is a musician living in the Pacific NW.
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