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I could barely feel it
It took some time to trickle in
A dream I can’t get up from
The voice of God in a siren
Now the kids are gone and you’d given in
Yeah, the kids are gone and you’d given in
Empty skies won’t wash away the blood
So we cry like Arizona never does
We were left to wonder what we did and why you died
Scarlet skies of thunder
Money’s loose and tongues are tied
And hollow words can’t heal our pride
No, hollow words can’t heal our pride
Empty skies won’t wash away the blood
So we cry like Arizona never does
Empty skies won’t wash away the blood
So we cry like Arizona never does
Now I’m standing here alone
Wondering what it’s like to lose me
Time is not something we own
Buy it back, we’re slipping slowly
And I think you may have thought:
If living’s hard then dying’s easy
Empty skies won’t wash away the blood
So we cry like Arizona never does
Empty skies won’t wash away the blood
So we cry like Arizona never does
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I Should Have Been There
04:32
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I drive slow over that bridge
Blasted by the sunlight
Burned back to just a kid
I stand by the old post office
Where I sent that letter
I’m sure she never read
The old Saint Joseph river flows into the harbor
The lake just up ahead
I should have been there when you died
I’m sorry
I should have been there by your side
This time of year the apple trees are heavy
But I’m just losing sleep I can’t hold down
I guess I’m still not ready
Stuck in 2011
Just to put my time in
So I can call it even
All these things I’ve done
I should have been there when you died
I’m sorry
I should have been there by your side
And I was close but far away
It was further than my mind could carry me to you
To relocate the facets of this faded memory
Pushing snow off of the driveway
And your face from my memory
I wipe the windshield clean
Longing for life among the redwoods
I’m stuck here with saplings
I am something in between
I should have been there when you died
I’m sorry
I should have been there by your side
I should have been there when you died
I’m sorry
I should have been there by your side
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Off My Mind
03:54
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Blue eyes open wide
Side to side, just trying to find it again
It’s about time you and I forget about everything
Love is bound it isn’t blind
No
Don’t leave me drowning in the river
I don’t know if I can swim back
You left me here, head under water
I don’t want to live like that
And I’ll spend everyday struggling to find
A way to get to shore and to get you off my mind
Maybe I’m still afraid
Maybe I’ll just drive all night
Bright lights in my eyes
I’m losing sleep, I’m losing sight
Love is bound it isn’t blind
No
Don’t leave me drowning in the river
I don’t know if I can swim back
You left me here, head under water
I don’t want to live like that
And I’ll spend everyday struggling to find
A way to get to shore and to get you off my mind
I’m a stowaway in a ship I never chose
Locked up with the others who have fallen for your soul
Don’t leave me drowning in the river
I don’t know if I can swim back
You left me here, head under water
I don’t want to live like that
And I’ll spend everyday struggling to find
A way to get to shore and to get you off my mind
A way to get to shore and to get you off my mind
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The Middle of the Story
01:52
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ahh ahh, ahhh ahh
ahh ahhh, ahh ahh
ahh ahh, ahhh ahh
ahh ahh, ahh ahhh
(probably my most lyrically complex song, good luck)
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Michigan
03:20
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I need something to change
An extra dose of medicine in these veins
It’s been so long this way
My eyes fixed on the mirror and what I hate
If I go back to Michigan
Will I hear your voice again
If I go back to Michigan will I find you?
We cannot erase
The forest fire
I’ve fallen from your grace
And it leaves a bitter taste
It’s just me now, always the same face
If I go back to Michigan
Will I hear your voice again
If I go back to Michigan will I find you?
If I go back to Michigan
Will I hear your voice again
If I go back to Michigan will I find you?
Well we didn’t ask to be bleeding and wondering who left who
If you’re the sun I am the shadow
Well we didn’t ask to be breathing and taking in the view
Of the water and light it slowly swallows
Just a sunset on Lake Michigan
If I go back to Michigan
Will I hear your voice again
If I go back to Michigan will I find you?
If I go back to Michigan
Will I hear your voice again
If I go back to Michigan will I find you?
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Thin Light (acoustic)
03:19
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Now I'm back on the sidewalk
I watch the sky burn through the rain
In the words when I don't talk
And empty eyes unload again
And I'm barely believing
That there's a house my hands can raise
So I open my eyes and look
Through the haze
Thin light
I was buried in my cells that night
And she can't hear me if I'm in my mind
And I can't see her if I'm blind
In the thin light
Now I'm back at the window
I lap the drops of summer rain
On the roads that I don't know
I drive around for days and days
So I open the blinds and look
Through the haze
Thin light
I was buried in my cells that night
And she can't hear me if I'm in my mind
And I can't see her if I'm blind
In the thin light
Thin light
I was buried in my cells that night
And she can't hear me if I'm in my mind
And I can't see her if I'm blind
In the thin light
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Is It Too Late?
01:46
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Maybe I was pushing you away
Light another fire
I will come back to your flame
Maybe with my lungs about to break
I whisper your name
But now is it too late?
Now is it too late?
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