1. |
The Room
04:49
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Up the stairs and through his door
the empty bottles on the floor
these dusty windows, these picture frames
the room of the one she desires
Sunset waits through empty hours
to pour through names we with were ours
this cracked guitar, this broken string
the room of the one she desires
We slowly drink from mason jars
beside the sound of passing cars
but the sun goes down without a sound
in the room of the one she desires
Three different bibles on the shelf
to add to life, love, faith and health
while picking locks and swing keys
to the room of the one she desires
I forget the ways she moved me
the sugary taste, the way she chased after him
while clinging to me
The softest singing from her lips
the brushing of her, oh her fingertips
on my back and through my hair
but I'm not there, no I'm not there
no I'm not there, no I'm not there...
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2. |
Eggs & Oranges
04:23
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Well he sets cigarette, cigarette on the window sill
even still, the ash all collects and stains there
he does it every morning
While the pets pirouette, pirouette 'round the table legs
table legs, eyeing them eggs and oranges
praying he'd take pity
'Cause babe, he cursed the afternoon
far away from you, far away from you
oh...
So regrets are regrets, that's what she tells him
breath after breath, just a reminder that we
should've seen it coming
'Cause babe, he cursed the afternoon
far away from you, far away from you
And babe, he cursed the afternoon
far away from you, far away from you
oh...
Don't go back to him
(if you go)
don't go back to him
(if you go)
don't go back to him
(if you go)
don't go back to him
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3. |
Hold Me Down
04:49
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If you look inside my mind
you'll see the eyes of jezebels and succubi
and with taloned hands, they dig
and bury my heart deep within the mountainside
So if you write a book sometime
about my life or something that resembles mine
please address the mistakes I made
so those next in line can turn around and learn from mine
Just hold me down
cause I'll do, I'll do it again
is it too late, too late, too late
to save someone like me
So blessed are the blind
sightless from birth 'though, those other senses compromise
and death is never satisfied
and through the test of time, neither are these eyes of mine
Just hold me down
'cause I'll do, I'll do it again
is it too late, too late, too late
is it too late, too late, too late
is it too late, too late, too late
to save someone like me
I'd sit down if there was room to be found
at your side, at your feet, in your bed, in your head
but the waiting room for love was always
elbow to elbow, and I want to sit down
but there's no room to be found
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4. |
Red Threads
05:08
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And as I walk to your room with your memories
I am consumed
by the spiders and cobwebs you grew as decoration
There lies your bed where you once laid your head
as I played, just for you
my favorite selections from CD collections I knew
you'd sleep well to
But as the sun rises, there're no more surprises
the blinds are pulled shut so no light can pour through
the big eastern windows
and pool in your eyelids
warming those sleepy hands that are keeping
the blood in your veins, the red threads that bind us
there to remind us that we can be whole again
I came here a mourner, curled up in the corner
beside the now empty birdcage
and tracing the elegant curves the wire frame
I wish I could recall the name of a creature
with you for its keeper
and hold it to see if its lovesong's as wild as mine
You'd think somewhere on these walls
would be inscribed the reasons that she's gone
but they're not
they're not
Now back in that hallway I picture you softly
closing the door behind me once more and you blink
unexpected first and then second flashes
of those emerald eyes
never mind that my heart strings
were pulled from those irises, you're still gone
so slowly I walk from your room with your memories
and I am consumed
Slowly I walk from your room with your memories
and I am consumed
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5. |
Runaway
04:35
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What I'd say to the runaways
I'm sure they've heard before
if you'd have tasted what they ate
you'd lick it off the floor
and beg for more
What I'd say to the carnivores
stuck between the teeth
you cannot cure this bellyache
we'll bury you beneath this very floor
where you've never ever been alone before
When I think of all the things I coulda' done
when I think of all the races I'd have won
when I think there's no escaping from
the sinking ship I'm on, I think of you
there's always you
What I'd say to the dead and gone
is I'm just wasting space
tying anchors around my knees
just want to see your face
and touch your face
'Cause when I think of all the things I coulda' done
when I think of all the tales I coulda' spun
when I think there's no returning from
this road that I set on, I think of you
there's always you
There's always you
(When I think of all the things I coulda' done)
There's always You
(When I think of all the races I'd have won)
There's always you
(When I think there's no returning from)
There's always you
(When I think there's no escaping from)
You carry me, carry me home
Home...
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6. |
Widow's Walk
05:30
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Elizabeth of the lighthouse
believes that she commands the sea
day and night, how she wanders there
on her widow's walk, prayerfully...
Elizabeth, she is old and grey
she's watched the waves since seventeen
with hair as white as her nightgown
it billows in the sea breeze...
And she prays
See my light, see my sign
Love, return again for me,
Bring your ship up from the deep place,
See my light, see my sign
Love return again for me
Bring your ship up from the deep,
Love return for me
Fell asleep at the lighthouse
in a bed of leaves made for me
and laid alone, I'll dream forever
of loves who've been left behind
And we pray
See my light, see my sign,
Love, return again for me
Bring your ship up from the deep place
See my light, see my sign
Love return again for me
Bring your ship up from the deep
See my light
See my light
See my light
Love return for me
Love return for me
Love return for me
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7. |
(The Deep)
01:22
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8. |
Saboteur
02:04
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Saboteur,
are you working alone to break my heart
to break my heart?
And right or wrong
you've been throwing your shoes
into the gears out of your fears
that I won't see us through
to the end I promised you?
Saboteur,
can't you see that I have loved you from the start?
That you've thrown all of the switches in my heart?
And that I have found a way
to fix the mess you made,
oh, my saboteur...
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9. |
A Somehow Cold Sun
03:52
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Already December, oh dear
no time for lovin', no friends, no money
and it's hard to remember, these days
what I wake for
what dreams have severed
A somehow cold sun
water that cannot wash away
what I've done, son, oh
I've got too much left to pay
It was sweet, it was tender, oh
In a postcard marked up "return to sender"
and is it any wonder, really?
Would you pay my debts when I'm digging my own grave?
A somehow cold sun
water that cannot wash away
what I've done, son, oh
I've got too much left to pay
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10. |
Turpentine
06:11
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Once awake you're slow to roll over
until I shake you and pull back the covers
let's be late, late you say
or skip altogether
the plans we made over the summer
Oh Designer, Designer, design me a way
Designer, Designer, design me a way
to stay in her head
Once awake I have to start over
strip the paint and bathe in the turpentine
the canvas calls me, "so you say you're a saint?"
that's hard to see, it's all been erased
So what do I do with all this negative space?
What do I do with you?
When you designed her, designed her
designed her this way
Designed her, designed her, designed her this way
to stay in my head
to stay in my heart
to stay in my head
Once awake, you're slow to roll over
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Lifeboat Etiquette Fort Collins, Colorado
Lifeboat Etiquette, the moniker for singer-songwriter Ryan Hollen, has been around the Fort Collins area since 2005. Originally a solo act, new members were added over the years, including Baily Stauffer (now Hollen, thanks very much) who married into the project. Songwriter Shawn Keefer joined the band in 2011, rounding out the harmonies. You can listen to his full-length album Saboteur now! ... more
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