1. |
On Ice
01:51
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she taught me how to read it when something wasn't right
it's all in her eyes
I know she just needs something to get her through the night
she's got it on ice
and though i feel that she needs me she won't tell me goodnight
without some disguise
we don't talk too often but I think she's alright
I hope she's alright
it's all in her eyes
i hope she's alright
i think she's alright
it's all in her eyes
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2. |
Tomorrow
04:00
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changing's not as easy as they said it was
eyes are open to the tide
can't get the moon down from the sky
keeping track and holding on to things i'd drop
if i didnt feel obliged
uncomfortable in wasted time
but i'll try again tomorrow
it can't always feel so bad
it might be that things fall into place in time
usually i break the motion
i catch them, hold them, feel them, throw them
and there might be a way to break through to the other side
all i want is to be open, why can't i let any love in
but i'll try again tomorrow
it can't always feel so bad
yeah i fear my door is closing
have you held it
it's so heavy
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3. |
Surprise Surprise
02:39
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by the end of march i'll stretch out all my shoes
double up my socks to keep my toes from going blue
and when it's warm, surprise surprise, they'll feel too loose
yeah you've been inflating my hot air balloon
i'll fly over all of this and back in just an afternoon
and when I land, surprise surprise, it feels too soon
got both my hands over my eyes, don't know my altitude
and I don't believe I could explain the way I came
how exactly I got so at home in my own shame
but every day, to my surprise, you feel the same
you're talking those hands off my eyes
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4. |
Steven and the Mouse
03:33
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walk into the bathroom on some nature documentary scene
the cat is staring at me, a mangled mouse is hanging in his teeth
I feel i'm in control now, it's the predator, the dying prey, and me
maybe in the morning, another one will wander to his jaw
and once again I'll wonder if it's kinder not to rescue it at all
but the feeling I know better
and the one that drives that cat to move his claw
originate the same in instinct, so why should I make the call?
that rodent wouldn't even make it if I freed it
so I tried to end its suffering but I failed it
I tried to let him kill it
he just wouldn't
he lives in the house
he's never caught food
and now that he's done it
he doesn't know what to do
that mouse in his mouth
now struggles to breathe
I'll put that on me
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5. |
At Arm's Length
04:47
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assume that you are young
hold the taste of being meant for someone
discursive eyes to view
hold the glass you're seeing everyone through
at arm's length
a little more
yea that's perfect
stay right there
I'm sleeping better now
with that light on, it feels darker somehow
I wrap my arms around
all the things I've been worrying about
at arm's length
a little less
oh, come to me
you know me best
at arm's length
a little more
I am lonely to my core
I am lonely to my core
assume that you are young
are you more inclined to wait for someone?
when things fall into your lap
do you ever think of giving them back?
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6. |
Back to You
03:14
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can I have just a minute to breathe?
I've been running for so long
and it's coming down hard on me, yeah
it's coming down so hard
give me something, give me someone, that'll help me to forget
all these tragedies I'm running from, they haven't happened yet
and my love you know you got me
yeah i'm so deep in the shit you threw
can I have just a little more time?
I'm begging for a chance to rest
I should've seen it coming, I was blind
and now you're deep inside my chest
I can't even close my eyes without you tearing through my head
you were quiet for so long, the pain was gone, the hurt was dead
and now it's back with such a vengeance and I'm following the thread to you
back to you
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7. |
Chalk
03:51
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I used to plan my life
in colored chalk upon the sidewalk
draw idyllic landscapes
that didn't seem unrealistic
look where I am now
now I sit and hope
that there is time enough for it
look where we are now
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8. |
I'll Never
04:12
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i sit back and watch
it feels better not to get involved
cause I expect too much
I desire more than I can give
don't let me get away with it
what I wouldn't give
to deny myself a little less
I struggle to believe
I'll ever be without this heaviness
I'll never get away from it
I'll never get away from it
I'll never, I'll never
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Keep It Down
03:38
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i would be glad to see that you control the weather
or that the minutes bend to your own power
I wouldn't care to see you there for worse or better
the gleaming light, the never ending hour
and now the shapes move in on me
from my corrupt periphery
what's more is that, from what I see
not one is there entirely
I can't imagine coming home to more attention
I couldn't stand another set of eyes
get your nails out from under my skin
oh, out from under my skin
my feet are planted on the ground
i'm full on solitude right now
I'll ask you to come back around
when I can finally keep it down
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10. |
When You're Near
03:34
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there are things
that my mind wants to hold onto
images and turns of phrase will stick with me
for hours on end
but yours will linger for a lifetime
can't hear anything when you're inside my head
there are things
I never thought that I'd consider
sentences
I'd never spill out of my mouth
but rules are void
when you part your lips to speak, my knees get weak
my sense of solitude destroyed
and when you're gone
I think about you when you're gone
I don't see
an easy way to win this game
this push and pull
I must erase the line I've drawn
'cause I won't stand
at this distance any longer
I'd give anything to feel your loving hands
and when you're near
I can't ignore you
when you're near
I want you more
each time you're near
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11. |
Garden
03:01
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there's a reflection of a garden
on the protective wall of plastic
translucent green against the brick and
I stop to stare
got hours to pass here
to everyone inside this building
my eyes are fixed upon a brick wall but
if they sat where I am sitting
they'd probably also sit here staring
I love a good and clean disruption
a light distraction from the desktop
and when they're sitting where I am sitting
we'll all be staring at the garden
on the plastic
against the brick wall
that reflection
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Kate Malanaphy Minnesota
singer-songwriter from the Twin Cities, MN. find me on facebook, instagram, twitter, soundcloud, and spotify!
photos by Zoe Challenger
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