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Heart Watered Down
03:56
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I tried to be poetic to a man who deals in numbers
He said “Boy, don’t be pathetic. Just tell me how it is”
I tried to trim my tale, that one that I’d been spinning
But to no avail I couldn’t help but make a scene
I rambled on for years, talking long into the night
I was in and out of tears, the man rolled his eyes
When I finally took a breath he interjected with this pill...
Said “Boy, I deal in death and now it’s you I’d like to kill.
I’m the one who gives and takes, the gatekeeper of life
And I fear that must say, you’ve been waisting your time
With your skeptic views of the life you’ve been given
Don’t speak to me again until you’ve read what’s been written.”
So I took him at his word and I crawled my way home
My tail between my legs and a goal to be transformed
I started boning up, reading Campbell’s “Thousand Faces”
And folded every corner of Jung’s learned pages
I dined with theologians and licked their plates clean
Pontificating daily over smokes and caffeine
I found peace of mind then lost it so quickly
In hipster conversations, in a hip part of the city
Flustered in a flutter, forebode and unfulfilled
Drowning in a puddle, dangerously distilled
Surprising speculation, seek to clearly see
Occidental admiration is not owed to me
How could a profound love be found in a heart watered down?
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Frances Dances
02:52
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Where did my sunlight go? Blue moon rising
I couldn’t feel it coming on, no, though it ain’t surprising
I fell in love too quick again, she never thought of staying
She was in a rock n’ roll band, she only thought of playing
Listening to Lucinda, slow dancing in moonlight
Looking out my window wondering are you dancing alone tonight
Are you dancing alone tonight?
Where did my sunlight go? Blue moon rising
Holding on too tight again, though it ain’t surprising
That I’ll be dancing alone tonight.
As you’re hopping along.
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3. |
Let Go Again
04:07
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I was hoping to lose you
Let you fade away
But like a knock on the door I come running
Just been losing myself
Never knowing the truth
Can’t look to the future when I keep looking back for you
Headstrong don’t mean nothing
When my heart’s all I hear
I don’t know who I am without you
Been missing you, my dear
You and I in a coma state
Lay a lilac down to remember my name
Always waiting up for you but nothing seems to change
Maybe someday soon
I’ll let go again
Cold hands, warm heart
Washed up on the shore
Headed west for the county line but sun doesn’t shine anymore
I wouldn’t change for you
You shouldn’t change a thing about you
Maybe we’ll meet up, in the middle, down the road
Chasing the wind we lean into
You and I in a coma state
Lay a lilac down to remember my name
Always waiting up for you but nothing seems to change
Maybe someday soon
You’ll come back again
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This here’s the end
To a bitter heart, the lonely dark
Found myself a friend
One who can’t be named, and without face
Pull me inside
To the big river wide
Dock to the shoreline
And bathe in the light
A sparrow to tree
An orphan homed, a hand to hold
Look inward to see
What can’t be named and without face
Pull us inside
To the big river wide
Dock to the shoreline
Bathe in the light
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Lucky Penny
04:41
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No money left with the bills past due
Offer up a favor, in exchange for food
I’ll keep you in my pocket, or I’m bound to lose
You’re my lucky penny, baby, I’ve been looking for you
Needed your love like a washing machine
Showing up dirty but I come out clean
I hope you can understand what I mean
You’re my lucky penny, baby, and you’re all I need
It’s a good thing I walk with my head down
Might’ve passed you up if I was looking around
Of all the lonely people on this side of town
It was a lucky day for me to find you on the ground
Yeah, it was a lucky day for me to find you on the ground
I’ll pick you up when you let me down
Can’t make heads or tails of the love I found
Nickel and dime me, I’ll pass the buck on the side street
Leave you there, heads up and shining
Two months in, when you took my hand
Told me that you loved me but I couldn’t understand
How you could fall for a penny-pinching man
Laid you down and away I ran
Out of luck and not a cent to my name
Didn’t know my heart could so quickly change
I’ll take the buck, yeah, pass on the blame
Sorry for the luck that I threw away
I’ll pick you up when you let me down
Can’t make heads or tails of the love I found
Nickel and dime me, I’ll pass the buck on the side street
Leave you there, heads up and shining
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6. |
Face In Chrome
03:30
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There’s a twenty mile walk
Kingdom come and on the clock
Gonna ride down anyway
If you ever have a choice
You should know by now,
on your way downtown,
that’s it’s build and bound
You won’t be happy when you’re gone
You only get one time around the sun
I’ve seen the ocean turn to stone
Father I don’t see your face in chrome
I see the old kid coming home
Father I don’t see your face no more
Anyway
Love is thicker than before
Shoulders bent against the bore
Gonna ride down anyway
If you ever have a choice
Take it up with me, ain’t gonna be easy, but we’ll ride on through the night
And the daybreak comes and our eyes will see all the polar whipping light
Won’t be happy when you’re gone
You only get one time around the sun
I’ve seen the ocean turn to stone
Father I don’t see your face in chrome
I see the old kid coming home
Father I don’t see your face no more
Anyway
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Dead Air
03:36
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Like a strip of light cutting through the crack in the shade
I come alive just before the morning break
Try to make sense, get a little wider view
If this is everything, than I’ve got nothing to lose
Lonely, baby
Low down, crazy
Wild but never free
I keep chasing
White lines on pavement
Looking for something concrete
Think that I just might get myself back to the lake
Wash myself clean or try to find another mistake
With nothing left to give and even less to take
I’ll be singing in the service on Sunday to remember my name
Lonely, baby
Low down, crazy
Wild but never free
I keep chasing
White lines on pavement
Looking for something concrete
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She’s fifteen and he’s barely driving a car
She’s got his ring and he’s got the keys to her heart
It’s just a matter of time
They’ll spread their wings and fly
Like two sparrows in a hurricane
Trying to find their way
With a head full of dreams and faith that can move anything They’ve heard its all uphill
All they know is how they feel
The world says they’ll never make it
But love says they will
There’s a baby crying
And another on the way
There’s a wolf at their door,
With a big stack of bills they can’t pay
The clouds are dark and the wind is high
But they can see the other side
Like two sparrows in a hurricane
Trying to find their way
With a head full of dreams and faith that can move anything They’ve heard its all uphill
All they know is how they feel
The world says they’ll never make it
But love says they will
She’s eighty-three and he’s barely driving a car She’s got his ring and he’s got the keys to her heart
It’s just a matter of time
They’ll spread their wings and fly
Like two sparrows in a hurricane
Trying to find their way
With a head full of dreams and faith that can move anything They’ve heard its all uphill
All they know is how they feel
The world says they’ll never make it
But love says they will
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Set my hand upon the seat
To gesture you “Come next to me”
All I wanted was your company
Just another pair of eyes
To help me examine life
And why we never seem satisfied
Some take a trip to the Middle-East
Brag about their adventurous tendencies
To complete strangers they’ll never meet
Thought some solitude may help
Give me a chance to know myself
But I just end up thinking of someone else
Please tell me what to do
As my rudder’s fallen loose
And the wind won’t be picking up soon
Too terrified to test the storm
Too ambitious to accept the norm
Too skeptical and so uninformed
To ever really know
Which way’s the right way to go
Been talking to that old Scarecrow
(Spoken Word)
For your sake I made myself presentable
No more blades beneath my tongue
No more daggers behind my eyes
No more pain disguised as armor
No more reason to keep from crying
Some days I wonder how you saw my surrender Could you tell I was running away from something Is that why you opened the door
Did you feel more like an alter than a partner
Should I have held back just a little bit more
For my sake, I no longer seek religion, or refuge, or last resort I make myself presentable
I arrive at my own door
Past a church on a motorbike
Boarded up like the Anti-Christ
Had done his work and was satisfied
Had to stop to take a breath
Tip my hat to this holy death
Payed my respects and then I left
It all felt like a chapter closed
No more praying for a golden road
Just some wind will do to guide me home
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10. |
Landlocked
04:56
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Now there’s a sign hanging in my window And it reads “For Rent- information call Sam Ko” Landlord abroad and the man to pay
I’m leaving you, Lady, for the coast of LA
I heard the road, it was calling my name
My heart in yours, falling like a stone
The same one you kicked when we were walking alone I heard your call and I replied
As loud as I could while I was waving goodbye They saw us weeping while we’re waving goodbye
Landlocked, love corrupt
Let the river behind keep lifting me up
Feeling so low sitting in the Highland
Call it my home but I’m still missing my old friends I heard that milk and honey flow free
Still waiting for callbacks from CTB
I’m missing you darling but I’m chasing my dreams
Landlocked, love corrupt
Let the river behind keep lifting us up
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Edwin Los Angeles, California
Jacob and Matthew Boll began recording the songs for West in the beginning of 2020. Every song from the record was recorded remotely, Matthew from the wilderness of Michigan and Jacob from sunny L.A. What started as a small 'acoustic' project quickly expanded as their friends and collaborators joined them from their own homes, recording over the internet, to contribute to the album. ... more
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