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Facets of This Faded Memory

by Ben Reneer

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1.
Arizona (feat. Ari Kokol) 04:37
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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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coping with regret and being present

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released February 22, 2019

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I'm 100% human other than my #9 incisor tooth (it's fake).

I don't like rollercoasters.

I’m fighting the forces of evil, one sad song at a time.

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