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[Verse 1: Sharon Van Etten]
Will the marker stain the skin?
Stole the dress I saw you in
Now nothing comes to mind
Saw a life as override
One more session overdrive
The ceiling is the roof
[Pre-Chorus: Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen]
Change address and draw a line
Show my friends the silver line
Call my family just to know they're there
[Chorus: Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen]
Sleeping in late like I used to
Crossing my fingers like I used to
Waiting inside like I used to
Avoiding big crowds like I used to
[Verse 2: Angel Olsen]
Crawl the field and lеt you in
Brand my heart I found you in
To say nothing's more apart
Will my lover bе there, stay
Follow them to less the pain
The ceiling must be wrong
[Pre-Chorus: Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen]
Well, my head's gone today
Sell my past for a way
To sing and have something left to say
Pray my hands, pray my voice
Give the reason, take away
Make believe an order for to stay
[Chorus: Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen]
Lighting one up like I used to
Dancing all alone like I used to
Giving it up like I used to
Falling in love like I used to
Open my heart like I used to
Making out long like I used to
Holding hands openly, rights to
Taking what's mine like I used to
[Outro: Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen]
Like I used to (like I used to)
Like I used to (like I used to)
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Arguing with the dead
I'm not alone but it sure feels like someone left
Deaf notes and talking heads
Carrying on your debt
Blood on the bed head and volumes you left unsaid
Let 'em talk and let it habit, now I'm afraid you're alone
[Chorus]
Oh, my God
Let me relinquish and start to distinguish my past, and my time
You and I are oil and fire, so
Oh, my God
Let me extinguish the habit, the sequence, the loss in my mind
Now I believe in the ghost
Ghost
[Verse 2]
Clawing against your skin
Clutching my neck said, "It's all supposed to end like this"
You and I are panoramic
Now I'm afraid of the ghost
[Chorus]
Oh, my God
Let me relinquish and start to distinguish my past, and my time
There is only love and fire, so
Oh, my God
Let me extinguish the habit, the sequence, the loss in my mind
Now I believe in the...
[Bridge]
Right by the entrance, you broke
Finally, reality's taking its hold
You're not who you were, but you can't let it go
You're not where you're from, but you're always alone
So I stick a flag in the ground
I think I know who I'm living for now
I am what I am, same above as the ground
It's not what I want, but I'm figuring it out
[Chorus]
Oh, my God
Let me relinquish and start to distinguish my past, and my time
You and I are holy fire, so
Oh, my God
Let me extinguish the habit, the sequence, the loss in my mind
Now I believe in the ghost
[Outro]
"...he was teasing around the town and cried, 'Wolf, wolf!'
Everybody came to help, but there was no wolf"
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[Verse 1]
I believe that ecstasy happens when we all get together
Standing right in front of me feeding off the energy together
Looking for identity freaking out a little bit together
Just like when we were kids all the bad things we did together
[Chorus]
I don't want to drag you down
I don't mean to drag you down
[Verse 2]
Laughing as a self-defense crying at my own expense together
Yeah, I'm still wearing black, it feels safe to walk around in leather
The megafauna cleared away you just hope the good ones last forever
Change the channel acid rock making room for biz boy bullies
[Chorus]
I don't want to drag you down
I don't mean to drag you down
I just like hanging, hanging out
[Verse 3]
Indiana tall corn straddling the time zone wishing
Grandma's in the backyard yelling, wrangling all the cousins
And dad brought home the big screen, and the microwave oven
And maybe it's the solar wind pushing us further from our mother
[Chorus]
I don't want to drag you down
I don't mean to drag you down
I just like hanging out
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Once again the winter's gone
But still chilling your veins
And they tore up the plains
To make way for a new tollway
Waiting for the warm of spring to come
To turn your world green
Hoping soon to be
Twisting along the open road like a snake
But you're alone again as usual
Out on the balcony
But soon the drought will become a flood
And it'll drown out the feeling
Awaiting an awakening
You could have one again
It would not be pretend
It could be so reasonably easy
Or a perfect moment now to pray
To a Christian Lord
Wine, ashes and palms
Born again again just yesterday
Now alone again as usual
Out on the balcony
A two-point-eight is still a quake
And it can shake away what you believe
Now alone again as usual
Out on the balcony
A two-point-eight is still a quake
And it can shake away what you believe
And yeah soon the drought will become a flood
And it'll drown out the feeling
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I've a tale or two to tell you
But the booze just makes me slow
I can rack my brain remembering
But I guess maybe I'll just go
There’s a method to my madness
There’s a secret to this town
There’s a reason why I’m still living here
Though I can’t think of it right now
I made a promise when I left for the coast
Twenty long years ago
I made a life out of chasing a ghost
Twenty years takes its toll
I got along for a while, I guess
But it took everything I had
I gotta find a way out of this mess
I’m in trouble and it sure looks bad
I've a thought or two to share with you
But thе dope tends to cloud my mind
I destroyed my health searching for myself
But there ain't nothing there to find
There's a debt or two I owe you
But the gambling left me poor
I put up my name in the sacred game
And forgot what I was playing for
I made a promise when I left for the coast
Twenty long years ago
I made a life out of chasing a ghost
Twenty years takes its toll
I got along for a while, I guess
But it took everything I had
I gotta find a way out of this mess
I’m in trouble and it sure looks bad
I gotta find a way out of this mess
I’m in trouble and it sure looks bad
I gotta find a way out of this mess
I went looking and it drove me mad
I gotta find a way out of this mess
I’m in trouble and it sure looks bad
I gotta find a way a way out of this mess
I ain’t never seen you look so sad
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[Verse 1]
Hope'll set your eyes agleam
Like four feet dangling in the stream
But the Kingdom of God, it's a pressure machine
Every step, gotta keep it clean
A mattress on a hardwood floor
Who could ever ask for more?
I'll get up and cut the grass
Ain't nothing wrong with working class
[Chorus]
I, I don't remember the last time you asked how I was
Don't you feel the time slipping away?
It ain't funny at all
It's gonna break your heart one day
[Verse 2]
Keep the debt cloud off the kids
Only sunshine on their lids
Jiminy Cricket and Power Wheels
And memories of Happy Meals
Sometimes, I look at the stars
And think about how small we are
Sweating it out in the pressure machine
Good 'til the last drop
[Chorus]
Why don't you say little things?
Butterflies don't just dance on a string
It feels like you clipped all their wings
And every year goes by faster than the one before
[Verse 3]
We've had that treadmill now for months
I think she might've used it once
If I shut my mouth and keep the peace
She'll cook my eggs in bacon grease
Life'll grow you a big red rose
Then rip it from beneath your nose
Run it through the pressure machine
And spit you out a name tag memory
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[Verse 1: Adam Granduciel]
I was lying in my bed
A creature void of form
Been so afraid of everything
I need a chance to be reborn
I never wanted anything
That someone had to give
I don't live here anymore
I went along in will
[Verse 2: Adam Granduciel]
When I think about the old days, babe
You're always on my mind
I know it ain't like I remember
I guess my memories run wild
Like when we went to see Bob Dylan
We danced to "Desolation Row"
But I don't live here anymore
But I got no place to go
[Chorus: Adam Granduciel, Adam Granduciel & Lucius]
Beating like a heart
I'm gonna walk through every doorway, I can't stop
I need some time, I need control, I need your love
I wanna find out everything I need to know
I'm gonna say everything that there is to say
Although you've taken everything I need away
I'm gonna make it to the place I need to go
We're all just walkin' through this darkness on our own
[Verse 3: Adam Granduciel]
Time surrounds me like an ocean
My memories like waves
Is life just dying in slow motion?
I'm getting stronger every day
I never took our love for granted
You never left me wanting more
But you'd never recognize me, babe
I don't live here anymore
[Chorus: Adam Granduciel, Adam Granduciel & Lucius]
Beating like a heart
I'm gonna walk through every doorway, I can't stop
I need some time, I need control, I need your love
I wanna find out everything I need to know
I'm gonna say everything that I need to say
Although you've taken everything I need away
I'm gonna take you to the place I need to go
We're all just walkin' through this darkness on our own
Beating like a heart
I'm gonna walk through every doorway, I can't stop
I need some time, I need control, I need your love
I wanna find out everything I need to know
I'm gonna say everything that I need to say
Although you've taken everything I need away
I'm gonna take you to the place I need to go
We're all just walkin' through this darkness on our own
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In keeping with tradition, here's the 5th annual series of Famous People Music. My versions of my favorite 2021 releases, from me to you.
To those artists and people involved in the songs listed above: I could never thank you enough for what you created. Thank you for helping me through this year (again).
Love, AJ
released December 27, 2021
All original music by the artists listed. Performances and recording by AJ Albert.
2021
