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The Woodsman
02:41
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the shadow of my house's chimney reaches to the trees
that sit and sway all through the day waiting for the evening
when the shadow and the roots meet tenderly
and i watch this from my window that is sat above the ground
and some fifteen feet below i hear the soft unhurried sound
of the birds and the beasts and the leaves
and i look and i see and i believe
now there's the sun that crawls up through the leaves at least once every day
then falls back down without a sound in the prettiest of ways
and there is red and there is violet and there is me
i wanna sleep in the fields i see, i see them all around
so i can dust the frost off of myself as i lift up off the ground
as the sun stabs me sweetly with his beams
and i stand and i breathe and i scream
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2. |
Control
02:12
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oh i don't feel that i belong
and i know that i've been here before
when will we ever go home
oh when will i have control?
i won't
so i'll wade down the river
where we all began
cells choked with cinder and sin
and then emerge again
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3. |
Fakers
03:21
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the best's been done and the rest is won
in lottery pools or behind a gun
til there's nothing left to want
all the years you thought you wasted
all the days you can't replace
they will never be enough
misplaced hope and youth rebelling
always screaming, always yelling
i'm not having any fun
all of your friends that you pushed away
in a desperate attempt of a deserved escape
all these years later i can finally see what you were doing
in the small town shitstorm that swallowed us all
we worked and we earned and we answered the call
and when no one was left, there was no point at all in pursuing
we scribbled the slogans and called out the names
and hoped that no one would notice the way
we cried and we lied cause we were afraid of the feeling
it took us too long to discover the truth
that most try to do the best they can do
and when there's nothing left for you to hold to there is healing
no, you're not real
you're just mean
and falling down is what it seems
life is life at sixteen
time goes by
i'm still me
who will be the fakers when the fakers are the last to go?
and who will tell the fakers they are faking when the new ones show?
you're not real
you're just mean
falling down is what it seems
life is life at thirty
time goes by
i'm still me
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4. |
Bravery
02:11
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i'm a bottle in a storm, baby
i don't mean the other way around
look at me and i can see
i'm not the way i thought i'd be
until then i will wait to break or drown
let me drown, let me drown
all that i can do is break or drown
let me drown, let me
all that i can do is break or drown
the game is rigged and here's the thing, baby
we are all still playing to win
if you all are having fun i guess that it's my time to run
to all those in the alleys who hold out their hands
and my friends in the desert who haven't got out yet
from the ancient islands distant to the rooftops of home
let me know when you too have run
i cannot explain away bravery
i am just a vessel to be filled
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5. |
The Flood
03:14
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don't go waiting for me, i'm gone
the same day that levee done broke
i rode that river in an old tin boat
and the rain kept splashing mean and cold
i saw the water rise beyond the road
an oak branch breaking and a baby's wail
an old man's hands on a wooden pail
and i know it's time to go, to go
i swear to jesus, no this time i mean it
i will not last very long
there's a pain that does seep from the base of my feet
into every last muscle and bone
the poison is coursing
i don't know how much longer i can hold on
i swear to jesus, no this time i mean it
i will not sleep till it's gone
deep in the eve 'neath the willow trees
i drank where two streams meet below
and oh you should see where the leaves dip beneath
the water that shimmers along
but you won't believe all the evils that keep
in the sparkling clear and cold
the poison is coursing
i don't know how much longer i can hold on
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The Reins
02:38
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get away away away from here
they filled your head with all the words
you wanted to hear
so run, be gone, and flee the land
and don't tell nobody cause nobody will understand
no don't tell nobody cause nobody will understand
this life of mine is so far away
i did the things i thought i should
that's all i can say
oh the beasts, the beasts that we used to be
riding blind into the night where no one could see
yeah i was riding blind into the night with no one
head em up now, don't let hold of the reins
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Rise
02:45
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where will we be running when the day comes?
will we see the lights shine ahead?
or will they rise upon our backs and find us
chasing our own shadows across the land?
tattered nets and rusty nets behind us
hidden teeth are waiting with the dawn
fear enough to turn us round in darkness
and sap the strength we need to move on
i will rise along the way on
regret is no remedy
and time's not wasted just gone
so move on
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Old Town Wake Pennsylvania
"A band that artfully combines punk, Americana and country sounds in original music that resonates with immediate
authenticity. It’s an irresistible combination that draws on the earnest expressiveness of each genre, eliciting the deeply emotional experience that good heartfelt music does. Find them, hear them, feel alive."
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