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Atlas
02:47
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A mind is a battle between warring states
Battered by bullets, battered by fate
You swing your sword to celebrate at last
You cannot heal the wounds
You do not acknowledge
You must use ointment and gauze
Can't this task be easy?
You ask me meekly
I just turn and sigh
I try to fight them all,
I try to stand tall
But the burden of Atlas
Weighs on my shoulders
Tragic is the love that craves but cannot feed
Tragic is the love that gives but not receive
Tragic is the life that lives but cannot breathe
You cannot heal the wounds
You do not acknowledge
You must use ointment and gauze
Can't this task be easy?
You ask me meekly
I just turn and sigh
I try to fight them all,
I try to stand tall
But the burden of Atlas
Weighs on my shoulders
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2. |
Good Luck
03:19
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Filling the pages
Of a new journal
One I intend to finish
Unfortunately
I have these problems
With finishing any-
What?
Whiskey aids in disinfecting
the bleeding heart
It kills my liver
How can i live here
In my own body?
In my years on this earth
I have learned just one thing
People will leave you
So be ready
I wanna be more than this
I will wait so I don’t exist
Until that time I ought to be
A grown up
Yeah, good luck with that
The future is daunting
I’ve still got haunting
Images from my past
I put them in the closet
And there they’ll sit
until i admit
the shit I don't want to admit
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3. |
Escape
02:27
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We are always trying
To find our way home
With our feet wandering down the road
We are always trying
To exist beyond
Our mortal coils
Pass the bowl,
pass the beer.
Escape all that's here.
We are always trying
To find that balance
Find the stars and pluck them from the sky
We are always trying
To keep our feet
Steady on the ground
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4. |
My Dear
02:59
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After the trees undress
They pull blankets over their heads
And drift into a sweet, sweet sleep
Waiting for the moment to confess their love
For the stars, up above
Only bars could ever keep you from me my dear
My dear
After you close your eyes
I hope that I'm on your mind
That kiss as the rain fell down from the murky skies
Was a spell
I gladly fell for you that day
I pray you feel the same way
I don't need to hide from you
I trust these words you say are true
I can feel my heart begin to melt
Oh love
After I undress
I pull blankets over my head
And drift into a sweet, sweet sleep
Waiting for the moment to confess my love
For you
Only bars could ever keep you from me my dear
My dear
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5. |
I Love You
02:13
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I love you, yes I do
I love you, yes it's true
I love you, yes I do
I love you, yes it's true
So much more that I could take
So much more that we could make
If you open up to me
And my heart is set free
I love you, yes I do
I love you, yes it's true
I love you, yes I do
I love you, yes it's true
I love you like the sun loves the moon
I love you like the fork loves the spoon
I love you like butter loves toast
Cuz you melt in my mouth cuz I love you the most
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6. |
Superior
04:07
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There's a meadow far from here
Where the fireflies sing in my ear
There's a meadow close to my heart
But I know it was doomed from the start
And I drift down to old Superior
Her cold water soothes my bones
I drift down on my back
She cradles me and I know it's alright
Superior
Superior
She is my home
Superior
Superior
There's no place like home
I heard you say I'll be there right by your side
But the tears trickled, I cannot hide...
You made promises you never meant to keep
And now the river that flows out of me
Drifts drift down to old Superior
Her cold water soothes my bones
I drift down on my back
She cradles me and I know it's alright
Superior
Superior
She is my home
Superior
Superior
There's no place like home
There's a meadow far from here
Where the fireflies sing in my ear
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7. |
I Won't Wait Too Long
02:56
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Close my eyes and smell your hair
That’s sweet smell washes over me like a prayer
Lie awake at night right next to you
Caress and undress and rise anew
I know you’ve been thinking bout other things
So I’ll just smile at the songs you sing
But no I won’t wait too long
Won’t let the clock keeps ticking cuz
Down in the dirt is a different sense of time
I woke up and realized
My image of you was idealized
Now the chains around my wrists are broken
How could I resist?
I fell hard, I fell fast
I knew this love just wouldn’t last
But every moment with you
was a dream my dear
The taste of your neck,
the taste of your lips,
the taste of your love
Now everything is clear
I’m free, but I love you from a distance it may be
My mind’s just an unnavigable Labyrinth
I know you’ve been thinking bout other things
So I’ll just smile at the songs you sing
But remember what I told you
I won’t wait too long
Won’t let the clock keeps ticking cuz
Down in the dirt is a different sense of time
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8. |
Did I Ever Know You?
03:50
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Sit on the front porch,
wind stroking my hair
Cigarette smoke wafts through
the midnight air.
I don't know you,
did I ever know you?
Each inhale brings a death sentence
but I cannot speak the language.
Funny how the things we overlook
cause the most damage.
I don't know you,
did I ever know you?
Your words were like poetry
a simple song we both knew.
Each blood stained rag waved
before my eyes appeared royal blue.
I don't know you,
did I ever know you?
My body could not lie,
new knots formed in my back.
It was only a matter of time till
you planned your attack.
I don't know you,
did I ever know you?
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I’ve got some walk left in my feet
Though my knees are gonna catch
I dreamed about the two of us
wand’ring the snowy Noquamenon
I hear the chorus in the distance
Singing muted tones
Vying just to return
to their well-heated homes
And why did I
Long to go
And why should I
Dive when I can’t swim
So I will wait
To paint the blue eyes in the snow.
I thought you ought to know
The hazy city lights
have a deep warming glow
I wrap the coat my grandfather gave me
Tight around my bones
And why did I
Long to go
And why should I
Dive when I can’t swim
So I will wait
To paint the blue eyes in the snow.
I thought you ought to know
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10. |
Stop For A Moment
04:00
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As the sun rises
On a new decade
You think you understand
You think you see the world as it is
Are you seeing yourself as you are?
You fumble in shadows cast by the sun
Everything cloaked in fog
You break a few bones
And shuffle around
Insisting that they’re not.
Stop for a moment
Breathe in the air
be gentle with yourself
Growth and experience
Comes from from making mistakes
You finally understand
That you don’t understand
The world at all
That’s okay
Just stop for a moment and breathe
Eventually you will find that you
Cannot keep up with this pace
You fumble and fall
But this time you know that it’s happening
Maybe tomorrow you’ll learn
But you don’t
Maybe the next day you’ll learn
But you won’t
Maybe you’ll never learn anything at all
Hush now and listen
Stop for a moment
Breathe in the air
Trust me, you have time
You’ll learn how to mend
how to soothe
How to care for
Yourself when things are bad
You learn you cannot
Wander as blindly,
As a bat does through the night
You must open your eyes
To the grotesque that leaks from inside
I hope that the third day
Brings some more wisdom
I hope I’m able to find
some semblance of control
As the twilight rears its head
I just want to stay in bed
I find this late at night
Gets colder and colder
I just have to remember
These words I have said
Stop for a moment
Breathe in the air
be gentle with yourself
Growth and experience
Comes from from making mistakes
As the sun rises
On a new decade
You know you understand
That life throws you curveballs
You’re never prepared
Even if you can’t
Stop for a moment
Stop for a moment
Stop for a moment
And breathe
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11. |
Live and Die
03:24
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Little child, little child
Trapped inside
Wants nothing more
Than to find, to find
Something inside
that’s not been there before
Something inside
that’s not been there before
One's a junkie
The other is too
Left them both behind
With words falling out their mouths
They’re so untrue
It’s so untrue
Live and die
Live and die
Live and die this way
So they went
Yeah they went
To a place they don’t belong
Oh they hopped
Yes they hopped
On a bus,
They will hold strong
You can’t catch a feather
Blowing through the wind
Chastise Them all you want
They don’t have much more left within
Not much left within
Live and die
Live and die
Live and die this way x2
Across the country they roamed
In search of what they doesn’t know
They craved excitement
They craved fear
They craved the things nowhere near
Grass is always greener on the other side
They found everything’s brown
Everything’s cold
You’ve gotta let your roots take hold
So they went
Yeah they went
Back to the green-clad hills
they fell
Yes they fell
Back on the wheels
You can’t catch a feather
Blowing through the wind
Chastise them all you want
They don’t have much more left within
Not much left within
Live and die
Live and die
Live and die this way
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Alex Cowles Marquette, Michigan
Self-described as “sad boy music,” or "musical poetry." I take on acoustic guitar fingerpicking with a punk mentality and jazz influences. My lyrics strike a balance between darkness and positivity, never shying away from reality.
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