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WISE (when it's so easy)
03:51
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Give me the keys cause I got a degree
And I’m ready to feed all one hundred of me
New life’s got me looking under the door
What for? To settle the score
Pit bull sniffing trying to get in my space
Children tripping trying to get in my way
And I just want to get paid but it’s so hard
When it’s so easy
His area code spelled GOD in all caps though he himself was
Hopeless as a generation with no name
They had eyes resembling lasers
We found fun in bad behavior
How does one ruin something so mundane?
Never stop learning or you might get dumb
Shake it to the rhythm of the hum drum
My mind’s going numb
My mind’s gone numb
Never stop laughing or you just might cry
Take it from the wisdom of a lullaby
In your dreams you can fly
It’s like waking up from a deep sleep a fantasy
Turning over a new leaf
Need a refrigerator for all that beef
I’ll let you have a piece if you show me your teeth
If you give me the keys cause I got a degree
And I’m ready to feed all one hundred of me
And I just want to get paid but it’s so hard
When it’s so easy
Never stop learning or you might get dumb
Shake it to the rhythm of the hum drum
My mind’s going numb
My mind’s gone numb
Never stop laughing or you just might cry
Take it from the wisdom of a lullaby
In your dreams you can fly
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Pity
03:20
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Your negativity is poisoning the room
Sometimes I can't believe there are people like you
Do you listen? Do you ever look to see that there are other people
And they're suffering too?
So I'm standing behind the counter cornered
Listening to you complain
Cause I look like a body
Well call the coroner and let her explain
You've got enough pity for two in your veins
I'm spread thin like icing on a sheet cake
Snip snip in pieces like a paper snowflake
You can't be everything at once
Can't be the hunter and the hunted
I'm a liability in this room
Sometimes I can't believe I've been here since June
Listening to the murmur of a sea
Of people looking at themselves when they look at me
So I'm standing behind the counter disappointed
Sipping on a cold light roast
Cause I look like a body but feel like a ghost
And I've got enough pity for two in my veins
I'm spread thin like icing on a sheet cake
Snip snip in pieces like a paper snowflake
You can't be everything at once
Can't be the hunter and the hunted
You cant have everything you want
Can't be the hunter and the hunted
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Let It Shine
03:17
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Look at the rain
As it shines up the night
Through your windowpane
And keeps me sane
As I know all things grow
And they must decay
How is this night not like the others?
Asphalt mirror let me see more than I hear
Tell my brothers I said goodnight
Told them I cared as I meant it at the time
Now the dream’s gone by
And all that’s there is a happy memory
They won’t bow to me
I am now your queen
How is this night not like the others?
Asphalt mirror let me see more than I hear
Tell my brothers I said goodnight
And come morning let it shine
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Roaming Stars
03:07
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Funny thing about age
Everyone does it in a different way
The more we collect the more we object
And days become like un-cashed checks
Some don't get the respect they need
But you can't wake up grumpy if he never sleeps
So I stayed up all night to see the sunrise
Then it dawned on me
There is a rain and it's torrential
As technology grows exponential
Some are born to survive it
The rest are left to drown
But it's only life
Don't let it get you down
I know cause I stayed up all night to see the sunrise
Then it dawned on me
It's true we are all roaming stars
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Anatomy Of An Illusion
03:59
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How is it so easy to appease me?
Out of sight, out of spite
You deceive me
Thought you might
And the song just writes itself
You are a photo on a shelf
You are the spirit of a smile
And I thought for a second that you died
But I’ve never been better than now
I just keep getting better somehow
So thank you for thinking that I was not worth your time
My body bombarded
My senses gone wild
I’d scream but it’s never been my style
It’s all going to shit and there’s not enough room at the inn for me
I’m already tired, may never retire
They say that we actually started the fire
So one of a kind or one in a million, what’ll it be?
I think you’re forgetting what you’re missing
Though I don’t blame you for telling then kissing
Cause we’ve all got bills to pay
Needs to get met and lies to say to get our way
And I’ve never been better than now
I just keep getting better somehow
Though it’s hard to believe that I was not worth your time
Now it’s 5 and my mind’s already run a mile like
Who are these prodigies stealing my style?
Concealing the spots I don’t want them to see til I’m someone new
Don’t act like you don’t do it to
But I’ve never been better than now
I just keep getting better somehow
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Tire Bouchon
00:42
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We never did find "le tire bouchon"
But never gave up hope that there might be one
Pushing our cork in the bottle
Pushing our cork to the bottom of the bottle
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Amidst all the muck and the torment
The tossing and turning
The wondering what wanting more meant
She’s made up her mind
Some people are not worth the pain
What on earth has she got to gain
Looking for insight from behind closed eyes?
So out with the tragic
In with the magic
Somethings feels different now
Then she had this realization
Not to do what doesn’t feel right
No innocent infatuation
No bleeding without the bite
She said, Brother I will pray for your soul
That’s the sweetest kind of control
I’ll stand here with my head held high
Killing you from the inside
So out with the tragic
In with the magic
Somethings feels different now
Light in the darkness
Calm in the chaos
Give me a likeness to Thou
She said, Darling it was never a waste
We’re all just modifying our taste
I’m not done spinning around the sun
But if I want to be great, then I’d better make haste
Light in the darkness
Calm in the chaos
Give me a likeness to Thou
Give me a likeness to Thou
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The Revival
03:50
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I’ve been to the revival
I walked out on a high
I swore it on the Bible
I won’t let the momentum die
I wanna make it and not just talk about it
And not forsake it for goodness sake
I wanna change once and for all
So I keep praying I don’t fall back on the woman I was yesterday
This time it’s different
This time it’s vision
Easy to be broken when you’ve never been broke
I’d swear I had misspoken if ever I had spoke
I wanna yell it from the rooftops and not just tell it to an empty cup
That I’m in love with a dream
And I might need you on my team cause this time I’m not waking up
This time it’s different
This time it’s vision
Hundreds of hearts all beating for the same thing
Hundreds of lungs all breathing for the same damn thing
And this time it’s different
This time it’s vision
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Dusty
03:36
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You were always good at keeping a distance
And I was always good at letting it happen
Figured you were none of my business
So you went and fell off the map
I guess that’s life, right?
A series of highs and silent goodbyes
Wishing them well though you don’t feel they’ll be fine
But what can you do?
A whisper of a wish holds no weight in a world like this
You were always good at keeping them guessing
And I was always good at calling you names
When you weren’t around
And I was allowed to be vulnerable
I guess that’s life, right?
A series of highs and bitter goodbyes
Wishing them hell through your teeth as you fake a smile
But what can you do?
A whisper of a wish holds no weight in a world like this
What can you say when it's all been said...In your head
You're a book that no one dares to read
Wide spine, sharp pages that'll make you bleed
I took a look like many before me and found
You're bound to be dusty
I guess that's life, right?
A series of highs and stale goodbyes
To the ones we used to know
To the ones we used to need
To the ones we used to love
To the ones we used to be
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Fading Slow
04:30
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This tide is gonna win me over
Will these sands keep time forever?
I’m fine just looking over your shoulder
Face to the wind our skin is already leather
We’re already fading slow since the moment we started
Rise and fall like the final break of a restless wave under angry sun
It’s over as quickly as it’s begun
I’d give all the four leaf clovers for a little innocence
A light bursting from the black horizon
And I’m fine just keeping up with your footprints
Running from the world our legs are already
Fading slow since the moment we started
Rise and fall like the final break of a restless wave under angry sun
It’s over as quickly as it’s begun
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Carly Taich Asheville, North Carolina
Fearless folk-pop from Asheville, NC
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