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Break in the dam
05:59
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I sing for you, I sing for me
I sing for you, I sing for me
all of these words are dead
all of them wander in my head
all of these seeds that we have sown
left fallen, rotten to the bone
I find these words no home
How could I find myself alone (x5)
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2. |
Mountains
06:16
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Thick as mud
left out cracked and frozen in the night
forming shapes we knew not to
we knew not to be right
I killed a spider
and I took from it it's eyes
but before it left this world
it spoke of our demise
Foxgloves fade from pink to white
tell me things will be alright
foxgloves fade from white to back
tell me there's no coming back
They told of mountain folk
of our demise they spoke
they told of mountain folk
of our demise they spoke
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3. |
Scout
03:16
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I was born down by the river back in 1991
by the time that I could walk I knew I couldn't be your son
and I never felt just right
I'll always have your face but we will never be alike
I'm not a boy scout, I'm not a little league star
I'm a tiny little mouse who sings and plays guitar
and the further that you push me the further I will go
Dad I wrote this song for you
because I thought that you should know
We moved to Massachusetts back in 2003
and the ocean was my mother and my fathers were the trees
and they raised me on their own
they were all I had 'cause you were never home
I'm not a boy scout, but I like to play with cedars and the pines
maybe you would understand me if you only had the time
and the further that you push me the further I will go
Dad I wrote this song for you
because I thought that you should know
You drove me down to Philly back in 2009
and you asked if there was anything you could do at the time
so I threw you a bone
I moved back north and then out west, and I'm never coming home
I'm not a boy scout but I'm searching for someone who understands
and if you want me back, I can't be your little man
and the further that you push me, the further I will go
Dad I wrote this song for you
because I thought that you should know
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4. |
Coming home
03:58
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I've been on the run from what I can't see
it's beside in the shadows
for a month I've been coming home
learning to love myself
Do you remember last month, when I saw myself
picked apart my face and fell to pieces
for a month, I've been coming home
learning to love myself
why can't I leave myself alone
why can't I find myself a home
why can't I leave myself alone
why can't I find myself a home
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5. |
Guest upon this ground
03:59
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Standing bodies make a wall
and on their backs we stand so tall
and the best thing for me to do
is to shine the light on you
unlearning all my hateful past
on this earth we claimed we'd found
treading lightly with respect
I'm a guest upon this ground
Lock their bodies to machines
and they will keep their water clean
from the men who come to take their land and say that it's their right
hallelujah praise the folks who fight
unlearning all my hateful past
on this earth we claimed we'd found
treading light with respect
I'm a guest upon this ground
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6. |
Mountains pt. 2
03:38
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I sing for you I sing for me
I sing for you I sing for me
all of these words are dead
all of them wander in my head
they told of mountain folk
of our demise they spoke
they told of mountain folk
of our demise they spoke
all of these seeds that we have sown
left fallen rotten to the bone
I find these words no home
how could I find myself alone (x5)
they told of mountain folk
of our demise they spoke
they told of mountain folk
of our demise they spoke
they told of mountain folk
of our demise they spoke
(x5)
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Do you remember when I was twelve, and you were just 13
I used to wear your dresses and you always wore my jeans
helped me paint my face, cause that wasn't yer thing
and we had no say in what was happening
Our bodies were blank slates, naked and bare
'till someone said your ass looked big and that they'd always stare
and hair kept growing, where hair just shouldn't grow
I thought that that was normal, but inside I'd always know
but sometimes, when I close my eyes
I'd see what I world where kids weren't codified
and if I try to forget
maybe I just won't remember
that my body's in a war against me
and I'd like to say I'm winning, but we'll had to wait and see
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8. |
Ice
04:03
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All the warmth has left my soul
left me buried in the cold
moving forward by candlelight
giving up my will to fight
and all my darkest dreams are coming true
poisoning my mind with thoughts of you
and I try to find a place where I feel cold
burying our thoughts of growing old
Walking on a bridge of ice
and every step I take is timid and light
and when the leaves fall, and they turn to rot
well it's the whispers of the mother and it's all I got
well it's the whispers of the mother and it's all I got
All the warmth has left my soul
left me buried in the cold
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Dawn//Dust
05:08
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Oh when I went down to Georgia, I was on the fence
'bout whether I was coming home
and I know now, better than before
I don't know, lord, what I'm looking for
In his red red rocking chair sitting on the porch
picking as the bottle runs dry
and I go there for the free beer
I don't know lord, what I'm doing here
There's a train waiting as I walk tracks
Freddy a-callin' me
so I climbed on, bottle in my hand
why I left, lord, I'll never understand
So I took that ride back to Tennessee
through the dark, the wind, and the rain
I call that a ride, the depths of the wind
goes to show you just can't win
Singin' oh my Caroline, I never should have left
and you shoulda never stayed with me, gal
and I know now, there's two ways to be
live in love, or die in misery
Oh when I went down to Georgia, I was on the fence
'bout whether I was coming home
and I know now, better than before
I don't know, lord, what I'm looking for
and I know now, better than before
I don't know, lord, what I'm looking for
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Do you remember Longbeach
where charred driftwood makes a home
let's stay the night here
come on help me build a fire
Can you feel the strong coast of the tide
crashing and splashing off of the rock
well head into your skin
to all the threads of your sweater
Do you remember, because it's all that I can remember
Do you remember, because it's all that I can remember
So many evenings spent by rivers
where the condos they we building always crept higher than the moon
I wanna hold these words in my mouth
I want to tell you something that I dare not speak aloud
Do you remember, because it's all that I can remember
Do you remember, because it's all that I can remember
Where will ya be next winter
how much in postage should I put aside fer you?
please pick up yer pen, dear
send me something to hold onto and to know that your still here because I
can't tell if it's the season
that's making it so easy to list all of the reasons that I miss you
Do you remember, because it's all that I can remember
Do you remember, because it's all that I can remember
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Mouse and Banjo Portland, Oregon
Born by a river, raised by the ocean. Currently residing in the Pacific Northwest, organizing with radical anarcho-queer folks, grappling with emotions, and pursuing anti-oppressive ideals.
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