1. |
As I Am
04:02
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Carolina the black wind
Is blowing through my sheets
& we love like war torn children
Or just dogs tugging at a leash
And I am falling slowly
From the stars back to the streets
I'm a stranger in your arms again
You were chasing soft dreams
But they always got away
Trying to tie your shoelace
But your hands just shake & shake
When all that you've forgotten
Meets all that you forgave,
of my mistakes
Then a stranger's at the door again
& you said...
ooo
Let me down easy
ooo
Let me down sweetly,
If you can
I think I need my head cleaned
It's been dirtied up with debt
And this constant fear of fear
I've not confronted yet
So I catch myself in circles
My tongue waggin' like a fool
And there's a stranger making all these rules
I tell him...
ooo
Let me down easy
ooo
Let me down sweetly,
I tell him,
ooo
You do not see me,
As I am.
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2. |
There's Still Time
03:46
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He hit the skies
Moving slowly over lost days
What love he'd find
He'd carry with him like a dead weight
She was on his mind
A pretty picture in a busted frame
Across the walls of time
A promise, amidst a nameless fate
The sun would rise
Only to fall
Catching shadows where the mountains,
Stood too tall
He once believed
That he would climb
But now I just sleep
Come kiss my eyes
I can't see you but I felt you,
When you left my side
And you once believed that we would survive
Is there still time?
Now there's a river between
And to a broke heart, new love don't mean a thing
It's come to make him mean
And so much colder than he wants to be
But don't quit now
The worst is over, the man you want is close around
And if you do fall down,
These wings are heavy but they still can leave the ground
The sun would rise
Only to fall
Catching shadows where the mountains,
Stood too tall
He once believed
That he would climb
But now I just sleep
Come kiss my eyes
I can't see you but I felt you,
When you left my side
And you once believed that we would survive
And I once believed that I could make you mine
I once believed that I could make you mine
Darlin,
I know there's still time.
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3. |
The Run (Molly's Song)
03:52
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It was a dark & stormy night
I was making my way towards the light
And somehow, someway, back to you
I thought I had new kin
A place that I belonged in
Until they said,
It was you or them
So it seems I'm on the run again
My feet over earth
My hair to the wind
Now it's not always plain to see
But there's something different to me
And the way I want the world
I don't have to choose your side
I won't be divided by your lines
My heart still leads the way
So it seems I'm on the run again
My feet over earth
My hair to the wind
And I'm coming to meet you my friend
No matter what they say
No matter what they say.
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4. |
Of Me & You
04:03
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There's a wedding on the killing floor
There's an order I can't ignore
There's a fire burning slow & true
I found the animal...
In me and you
Counter-clockwise & drugged again
Confetti nightmares from one last binge
You've come to see me as the palest blue
But I'll force a fire...
You never knew
mmm
I haven't thought of you in awhile
Not your lips, not your smile
Now you're walking down the aisle
Towards another man
I used to see you everywhere
In strangers eyes, I sought your stare
Till your color lost it's hue
So I made a ghost...
Of me & you
mmm
There's an island in the dark of man
From the holy or unspoken plan
And the mind can never know true
I strike the heart....
Of me & you.
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5. |
Break Me
03:17
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I got pockets full of rain
I got a head full of ghosts
I got this ball & chain,
I'm gonna drag coast to coast
I got the moon in my skin
Can you find it in my eyes?
I've been so many people now,
I'm laying down this disguise
And I'm standing tall
Against it all
Try to break me
Darkness rides on the wings
A fixture in my time
It held my head while I was bleeding out
Across imaginary lines
And I wore you like armor
When the wolves were set loose
The faithless cling to the altar
Desperate for a truth
But we're standing tall
Against it all
Try to break me
There's a girl lost to wonder
She keeps a lion beside her bed
And she's been fucking up those nice boys
Laying secrets in their heads
Now she calls me by my name
Like a junky to a fix
It's been awhile she cries
Slides a knife across my wrist
So the curtain calls
For my final fall
Yeah the curtain calls
It's my final fall
Try to break me
Try to break me.
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6. |
Edge of Town
03:14
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Take a little trip to the edge of town
Take a bottle along, pass it around
Take my headphones off, to hear the sound,
Of a city burning bright
I've been chasing highs like a helpless fool
Found a limit to my logic, so I bend the rules
Got to get to where I'm going before the morning,
Makes my bed
Cause I fell in love
Then I had enough
Guess I had enough...
Took a long look in the corner mirror
Saw my mother, saw my father,
Then I reappeared
I swear any weight, of their mistakes,
Meant nothing to me then
But I know how this ends, I've been here before
I'd say all the right words, you'd come back for more
I don't want to see you leave, but it just hurts you more
So I'll keep it to myself
Cause you fell in love
Then you had enough
Guess you had enough
So I got tough
Yeah, I got tough
Now that's a bluff...
Take a little trip to the edge of town
Take a bottle along, pass it around
Put my headphones on, succumb to the sound
Just forget about her,
Tonight.
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7. |
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Spend another night alone
Boxed in by the rain and snow
I only feel the Chicago cold
When I lay without you
Got some friend that I try to see...
Something about our destinies
If you believe that sort of thing
We're in this together
I broke my heart
& I broke yours too
Sadly that's not even new
It's just something we learned to do
When the clock runs over
Oh,
Take it away
I can't feel this way again today
And what was that you tried to say?
I don't think I can love you
Oh,
Make it brand new
Help me love like I used to
When I gave all that I grew
From the greenest gardens
I wonder what you're doing now
I know I said I'd figure my shit out...
But all those words got lost somehow
Everyday without you
Now I just want to get away clean
Dodge the wind that's been blowing through me
But honey, this ain't a movie scene
You know I'm...
Bent beyond my back
Oh,
Take it away
I can't feel this way again today
And what was that you tried to say?
I don't think I can love you
Oh,
Make it brand new
Help me love like I used to
When I gave all that I grew
From the greenest gardens
Spend another night alone
Boxed in by the rain and snow
The only question left to know...
Does another lay with you?
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8. |
What We Keep
03:14
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A still light in the dark of night
A new shadow to tame
Every time I face myself
So much has changed
I step down to the rising rain
All of time at my back
And I need love, I need love
Do you have any of that for me?
Can you see?
Honey,
And could it be,
That it was always you and me
So many days left alone
Lost to fire, blood and bone
It's what you keep from a broken home
And drag down the street
I took it to another door
Left it there on her kitchen floor
She said hey, don't worry no more
That's never the you,
That I see
Cause to me,
It's beauty,
Not tragedy,
And honey,
It was always you and me
She said,
Oh...
I know you're gonna fly again
Oh...
I won't always be here
when you land,
But I am right now.
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9. |
Love Waits
06:05
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I was swayed by a mystery
Exhaled a fevered dream
A high I couldn't bare to keep
A low I know too well
I was falling
I was
I was falling in love
or something else not far from
yeah here’s my heart,
beat the drum, beat the drum,
beat the drum
I’m seeing neon
So cake my flesh in dirt and cloud
And pull my teeth
And throw me out
Into that empty space
Where love waits
You were safe from the cold
Lantern led and cautiously bold
I wanna say they broke the mold
But we’ve met before
Back when the first summer knew
That everything I saw would be you
Yet all your colors on a curfew
And my claws still white
Now I’m content to take the blame
Your eyes betray this language game
And all these words add up the same
I need to see you tonight
I’m naked in neon
So cake my flesh in dirt and cloud
And pull my teeth
And spit me out
Spit me out
Into that empty space
Where love waits
I’m seeing God
So cut me loose or turn me on
Turn me on
And rise me up like holy dawn
Like holy dawn
Cut me loose or turn me on
Cut me loose or turn me on
Cut me loose or turn me on
Honey won’t you fill this space?
Where love waits.
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10. |
Restless Seeking
03:57
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I changed my name
Then I changed my mind
Then I fell in love one last time
So I shook hands
With my enemy
I'll hold his breath for eternity
Then I went under
The weight of her stare
And love's a look you can't help but wear
I'll face it soon
In your room
You can strip the color from these blues
Now the moon just keeps me bleeding
I think the stars are there for teasing,
All this restless seeking
I held you close
Then I turned away
I know I can't expect you to stay
But faithfully, I was yours
Lost to time
I don't need you here to know you were mine
My lungs are full
Of foreign air
And the dark I chose always takes the dare
So I'll be coming now
On a pilgrims whim
And I'll trade my breath for your kiss again
Now the moon just keeps it beating
I think the stars are finally leading,
From all this restless seeking.
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11. |
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Waiting in the wings
Another broken thing
If you say run honey I’ll fly this thing
Bottomed out the ballroom
Crushed every can
Spent my last dollar on something I can’t stand
You said you’re gonna go
Now you wanna stay
What’s one more night, what’s one more day?
You got me up and down
You got me spun around
You got me telling fibs to that sad old clown
Picturesque as poison
Promise of the town
Pulling all the punches till my feet leave the ground
I said I’m gonna go
You said you wanna stay?
I said what’s one more night, what’s one more day?
You said I’m old news
I feigned confused
You said aren’t I pretty
I said yeah, but aren’t I too?
she said honey I’m feeling low and blue...
I said yeah, I guess I am too.
Waiting in the wings
A kite without a string
If you say move, honey I’ll fly this thing
Buried in the basement
Got a ghost upstairs
Looking for a mirror that doesn’t stare
You said you’re gonna go
I said it’s time to stay
What’s one more night, what’s one more day?
Baby, what’s one more night, one more day.
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Eric Quigley Chicago, Illinois
A singer/songwriter primarily drawing from folk & rock traditions.
Attempting to find the meeting place
between Led Zeppelin and Leonard Cohen.
Deceptively melancholy songs that always seek the silver lining.
Frontman and songwriter for Chicago hard rock band 'One More Moon'...& one half of Folk duo 'The Alibis.'
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