Minute Songs: Passing Ships
And I've had too much wine
It's almost time
For passing ships to pass me by
We watched our shadows grow
In the fading lamps
We watched our shadows go
And I've had too much wine
And I miss you sometimes
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Minute Songs: Technical Difficulties
Cannot find the words
To make you understand
It's not a bird
It's not a plane
It's just a man
And it's not him, babe
That makes you feel this way
It's simply your mistake
It's not him, babe
That brings you to your knees
That has you begging please
Wake up
Wondering how this is happening to you
And you wake up, you're wondering why this is happening
But its not him, babe
It's not
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Minute Song: Music Box Static
She got her lip gloss on
She gonna paint the town up
With every color she got
She looks like hell
It's okay baby, you're living it up
You're doing well
Go anywhere,
Anywhere you want
She got her dress on
She gonna send the world out
For everything
Everything
Everything she wants
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Minute Songs: Feather
He said I was brave
As my knuckles hit the pavement
With years of seconds spent
Tucked behind my ears
Waiting for life to begin
Is this what you're going for?
Is this what you're made of?
Is this what you're going for?
Is this what you're made of?
She's light as a feather
She floats to the ground
And when she hits
She doesn't make a sound
And she's off and running
In search of a crown
And you can try
But you cannot take her down
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Minute Song: Broken
You were a beautiful place
To hang dreams
She said to the king
Your ghost steering my heart at the film
Your eyes staring back from the film
Unwriting the past to the last letter
To the last line
Heart broken
Broken open at last
Unwriting the past to the last letter
To the last line
Heart broken
Broken open at last
Unlock the places that wouldn't budge
And he'll cry tonight in this room
And we'll learn what it means to love
And for tonight it will be true
Unwriting the past to the last letter
To the last line
Heart broken
Broken open at last
Unwriting the past to the last letter
To the last line
Heart broken
Broken open at last
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Minute Song: Heavy
Trailing back to the words from which all wounds began
Turned up collars and hurry past
The tired go-nowhere
You string your life between two points
And then you just hang out on the line
You polish your memories
Sitting around just killing time
It's heavy on your mind
It weighs heavy on your heart
And you don't know where to start
You feel it in your bones
There's a hollow where you used to call home
The voices find you in your quiet space
The place you were was safe
Your heart is a Judas
Waiting to betray your good name
Can you storm the gates
Outta here
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Minute Song: Set Sail
When I said I was done
I didn't mean forever
When I said I was through
I didn't mean you
Let's build a ship out of hope
And sails of silver screens
Climb over the side
With my skirt hitched to my knees
And you can be my captain
And I will be a girl with a dream
Come on baby
Whisper what you mean to me
Winds at our backs
Let's go to the edge of the map
If there are dragons I will fight them for you
If there are giants
Hell, I'll kill them too
As long as you are here
As long as I am here with you
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Minute Songs: Prelude To Je Ne Sais Quois
And I
And I
And I
Your fingers
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Minute Song: Everyone
And everyone wants to be seen
Everyone wants the big machine
To pick them up right off the ground
And make them the next big thing
And everyone knows that I love
You were the right mistake to make
And if I had a chance to do it all again
I'd do it all the same
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Minute Song: Tent City
And the days go by without a hitch
But the nights
They are ceaseless
The streets are full of debris
Of you and I
The tent city
Guards up
It is a long lost night of long lost loves
Guards up
Dawn takes aim, a loaded gun
Guards up
It is a long lost night of long lost loves
Guards up
When you wish this bed would be enough
And there are those bastard things you cannot name
Or change
And your eyes are trained
on the ceiling
And the dawn is still a million miles away
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Minute Song: We Never Slow Down
a photograph says too much
breaking behind the veil of your touch
we never slow down
and we never stop
we never slow down
and we never stop
you keep giving me that look again
I don't know what you've been thinking
I keep saying all the wrong things
and you pretend that you're listening
we never slow down
and we never stop
and I don't know what you're made of
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Minute Song: Show
We raise up the dead
Our footfalls stir up dust of things
We couldn't give up yet
Your name hangs off my lips like a half-lit cigarette
and after all this time
we still couldn't say it
say it
You show up all bright eyes
You show up all bright eyes
You show up all bright eyes
You show up all bright eyes
We raise up the dead
It hangs fat coiled between our tongues
You give away the game, my friend
the game, my friend
we raise up the dead
and one of these days
we finally might acknowledge it
acknowledge it
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Minute Song: Different Mistakes
Days were falling around me
Like paper birds
Mistakes and miscalculations
And all my broken words
Gimme gimme gimme a plan
Gimme gimme gimme a place to stand
Gimme gimme gimme your hand
Let us make different mistakes
Chases herself in circles
Tracing the same old misdeeds
And tries to find a way out
And walks the line carefully, carefully
Change the subject when she can
I'm alright, of course I am
Gimme gimme gimme a plan
Gimme gimme gimme a place to stand
Gimme gimme gimme your hand
Let us make different mistakes
Gimme gimme gimme a damn
Gimme gimme gimme everything and
Gimme gimme gimme your hand
Days were falling around me
Like paper birds
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Minute Song: Great Escape
Beautiful complications
With your eyes like birds
They're poised, they're poised for flight
Bypassing self-preservation
Undone
Any closer and the whole sky will ignite
Spreading hands
Towards the sun
Counting time
You're touching my body
The fear in me disappears
I don't know how you found your way down here
You're touching my body
The strength in me disappears
But then it's too late
You've made your great escape
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Song: Find
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this is the moment electric
the great divide
what came before
and what will come
knuckles grip the wheel
wind whips my face
haven't slept in days
my blood is shaking
What will you find when you get there
fall heavy to
the place this all began
What will you find when you get there
you saw colors, you saw colors and ran and ran
every mile driven
is another burden I can't bear
every treasure from the wreckage
trips me up
I'm burning like a beacon
for the blind
can't see the forest
for your brilliant light
This is what was and might have been
tonight
What will you find when you get there
stand steady I'm
the place this all began
What will you find when you get there
you saw colors, you saw colors
and ran and ran
this is the moment electric
the great divide
what came before
and what will come
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Song: Violently Back
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the heart's an unfaithful wife
fingers stop in their stride
you looked at me once like that
that's the thing with love
you tend to forget
bring me violently back
to that night
to that trick of the light you leave behind our moment in the sky
fell silent with a sigh
bring me violently back
to every dream that I've left undone
just open the door and let me in
just open the door and let me in
it's not too late
I just want you by my side
but I'm not sure it's right
can you build a life out of that
that's the thing with love
never know what you get
bring me violently back
to your fire
to your stars, to the peace in it
I pluck a shrug from your eyes
thought it might be different
might be different this time
bring me violently back
to every dream that I've left undone
just open the door and let me in
just open the door and let me in
it's not too late
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Song: Loved You On Accident, Left You On Purpose
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and why don't you stay
and why don't you stay awhile
her breath rolled out in waves
you kissed her chest and said
pan away
I've gotta go
I'm not ready for this
and why don't you stay awhile
and why don't you stay awhile
I don't know the name of this town
it all looks the same when you
turn around
I'm tied and bound
and why don't you stay awhile
why don't you stay
and why don't you stay awhile
why don't you stay awhile
I'm having a crisis of faith
ill-prepared for grace
/repeat
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Song: Feeling Fine
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You're at the wrong place
at the right time
You're spinning useless circles
across the sky
And you're feeling fine
That's what you tell yourself
at the time
You're at the wrong place
at the right time
You're spinning useless circles
across the sky
And you're feeling fine
That's what you tell yourself
at the time
And everybody's listening
to the things that you don't say
And I'm writing letters
and I'm throwing them away
I'm kissing him in a subway
These hands don't shake
like they used to shake
And I'm keeping every promise I've made to myself
Even those ones that I don't understand
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Song: A Dream Of Gardens
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There are shadows
in the garden
twining slowly
like serpents or vines
And they follow
where I wander
I have seen them
from the corner of my eyes
Of my eyes
So I start to run for shelter
And you're waiting with a smile
And you hold me and you tell me
all the secrets of denial
And your arms are wide and open
When you hold me it's forever
and our secret names are spoken
And our art is fine and clever
Where the shadows
were are hollows
like strange daughters
of the people in the dusk
There is fear too
in the garden
When we're near to
seeing faces in the dust In the dust
So I start to run for shelter
And you're waiting with a smile
And you hold me and you tell me
all the secrets of denial
And your arms are wide and open
When you hold me it's forever
and our secret names are spoken
And our art is fine and clever
And you hold me
and we make art
and you hold me
and we make art
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