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Songs Out of Season
04:57
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In our later years with nothing left to do
In the little light we hide, split silently in two
Oh, everything better, except for the weather
Just try to forget her, like I do.
Does it come true if we never leave our rooms?
You said the internet was beautiful, beautiful like you.
Send a message to our moms and dads,
It wasn't all that bad.
Oh, everything happens at once now
I don't believe what I once found alone, down that road.
Oh, everything happens at once now
I don't believe what I once found down, down that road.
Do you really feel it coming off the rose?
Suddenly ten minutes seems suddenly too slow
Send a message to my embassy
Whatever happens, just make it clean.
Oh, if nobody's laughing, is it comedy gold?
Oh, send me down river
Float away with your smoke
On our tenth anniversary
You were going away now,
Far from the rage you knew
I was happy just to know you,
Happy smiling, sitting close to you
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2. |
Faraway Friends
04:53
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Mercy, mercy, I can't believe my world
Some bad appointment, backwater Wonderwall
I close my eyes and smile when I see you
Hit the tide, a break in the mirror
Baby baby, the moon never lets you sleep no more
No need to let go, please keep me in your world
Back in your old back seat
Time never slows when I want to leave the scene
For faraway friends in need
Lazy wonder, welcome to the new age
maybe Sunday, maybe I want to wait
I fill that voice with sounds from the future
In my heart, they feel so familiar
And every Tuesday I sit like a dog and wait.
Know when to go out the other door
Like so many friends far away
Time never slows but it keeps me on the road
Turn up your radios
Mom isn't home to help you understand
Why you're so far away
Dad never shows to help you see the signs
How life can be beautiful,
totally beautiful,
Let it feel beautiful tonight,
Today and tomorrow.
Don't know when to go out the other door
Like so many friends
Where are my friends?
Why must we feel far away?
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3. |
Ducks in the Flood
04:47
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Take a ride, memorize
I memorize my favorite number
Note the time on a line, June 11th felt like
Diamonds in the water, falling from above
Now you're the only one who's not having fun
Cause everything here reminds me of you
So next time let me know when you're coming through
Make it nice, on Christmas night
I demonize it in his letter
Like prophesying more bad weather
Come back to life tonight
Yesterday, running late
Blame my memory
Like suspiciously on cue, they play 'Dancing in the Dark'
And for no apparent reason, it's tearing me apart.
Like diamonds in the water, falling from above
So who's the lucky one who you're running from?
Like diamonds in the water, falling from above
Why are you the only one who's not having fun?
It's like everyone here just hangs around for more
So honey let me know when you're coming down for sure
I'm sure, with everything here and everyone here,
Everything's clear
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4. |
Mirrors Up
04:16
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Mirrors up, calling for brand new reflection
Windows down, one day you might see right through
All the days in your half life
(Holding on to) all the ways to come home
Counting days to your new life
(Waiting for) a good reason to smoke
Coming to grips with the latest blow
I try and I try but the future's too cold
People return to the deepest freeze without a sound
Mirrors up, when talking you down from the big one
Mirrors down, when nobody gets you off
All the days in your half life
(Adding on) time away from the soul
Counting down to your new life
(Waiting for) what it means to be home
Crawl back to bed when I hear the news
It feels like a lifetime but I know it's been two
Wall to wall ocean beyond my bedroom, it rises up
Mirrors up, holding my heartache and master plans too long
Oh, just play that song
First to retreat when I hear the news
It felt like a dream and the ocean was you
When all of our memories flood into view
And keeps rising
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5. |
April Afternoon
06:11
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Satellite fell down, landed in my town,
What I meant to say, does it ever go away?
in the April light, in the hallways doom
What I meant to do, always catching up with you
I was wide awake, I was still in shape
Now there's nothing left, seen the world's affair
Tacoma, right where I left you,
Hardly resulting in lessons learned
What I should've said, what I meant to do instead
Don't let them leave you breathless
There's always some other way
I might be the last to unplug
Intimate day-tripper with nothing to say
Dead of night, my town, I heard every sound
I knew all the lights, hope I see them again sometime
Going away for a little while, gonna wake in a river run wild
I was collecting bad blood, leaning on mass appeal
Falling in love with hard times
Don't turn away when I say what I feel
Intimate day-tripper on the outside
Yesterday's starting to sting
I was holding somebodies drum beat
Someone disappeared again
I see you every time
Yesterday, it never goes away
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6. |
Greatest Hits
04:59
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Hey Julie, I think you're going to love this one
We go to the movies and say "I think we saw this one"
Hey Davey, good luck with that master plan
You know I get paid on Thursday,
Hey Dave I think we heard this one
The bones look good despite the rain
If we can turn it all around and set the stage
Or save it for someone to sing
We're taking that trip to the other side
Another shade open, I shut my eyes
Blinded by the astral light
Too easy, pretty sure I can turn it around
Though some say it's crazy, watching I Love Lucy
Without the sound
Big Easy, I really think you could love this town
Now I run through my greatest hits
I run through everything that's been bringing me down
Blinded by the astral light
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7. |
Three Voices
02:32
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Ahh
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My body went over the line, my body felt nothing like mine
Won't be ashamed when I love you, but what else can I do?
My body reflected in gold, a body I tried to outgrow
Working my way back to love you, like Frank used to do
Your body connected to mine
A body betrayed by the sunlight
Made in the shade of the blue moon
Making my notes I can pass through to you
Like a rush of blood, spiking my water through the night
Relief won't come, you're already throwing the fight
Everything, everything changed
Wake up one day, you're always the same
Every time I answer, my baby wants to go
My body fading from the light, a body with nothing to hide
Feeling no pain
Oh, bending the room again
Anytime we meet, every time we meet
Oh, caught up in your defects, every time I need your love
Breaking my back just to get through,
turn up the sound to tune out the news
Lay in the dark of whatever happens to me, happens to you
So I believe it, whatever you do, it matters.
When the power dies, I'll match my rhythm to the storm
Don't ask me twice when you're already asking me for more
Unless you're ready to love me now
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Double Sundae Daydream
04:17
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W wants a fight!
Sweat it out and knock 'em down and you'll be home tonight.
If W wants a fight, then W probably wants it more than you
Mexico under night!
In a town so underground, they buried him alive
Mexico under night, watch the stars go watching after you
Can't I say? I don't know where I am gonna land
Without a helping hand
Romeo wants a ride, Romeo wants to drive!
They shut it down straight out of town, the rein's running dry.
Cause when everyone takes a bite, the road ahead is lined
With folks like mine
Lucifer in the pines! He's counting down the hours, counting backwards, double time.
With all that time to waste, I was going to leave it til tomorrow.
Get a hold of yourself and all your blues
Can I ask? Why everything happens last minute?
Getting married on Judgement Day
Don't I love you? I swear I do
Can't believe in saving your favorite transmissions
Paid vacation to techno-space
I can't breathe, when everything feels like it's ending
Carelessness all on the rise
Don't I know you, from some lonely time, long aog?
Lord of daisies in winter snow
How will I know, if everything feels so indifferent?
Pleased to meet you on Judgement Day
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10. |
Starman Underwater
05:42
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I was dreaming of oceans under me
Losing daylight out there beyond the reef
All together, you're in good company
Send another letter to Starman Underwater
Born deflated, self admittedly,
Love is true and quick to leave
All together, and all you had to see,
Then in time, get back in line
You'll feel so much better next to me
Wasting my time, the last of my line
And all your light, but you can be yourself
If you want to.
One of us won't be the best,
and none of us are built to last
If all of us are happenstance,
You'll feel so much better after this,
It could be much better.
Fear the future in feeling obsolete
Luck may lift you off your city street
All together, and all you want to be.
Send another letter, make everybody better.
But you can be yourself
If you can live with yourself
Been wasting my time,
You're breaking my line
You're breaking my heart
You break it all down,
You're losing the light
So go out the door, take over for me and drive
I wasn't brave, but I was in tune for you
Where are our people? Why do they run from us?
Couldn't run, couldn't stay, couldn't wait another year
Couldn't bend, I couldn't break out of the way
Oh lover of the night, lover of the righteous melodies
Oh family that you like, a memory that you hide
So far away from me
Bring me along, I'm here to stay
Life has a weird way of happening to you.
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11. |
So Many Devils
06:12
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If you lose your right, your life savings
We're not waiting
Unholy Mother only breaks you down
I was a burnt bird, now I am something more
So many devils down at the cellar door.
Oh, never mind
All this underneath your world
So who said you're the sum of all things,
Running out the door?
With people refusing evil afterlife
Once was a blind bird now I am something more
So many choices down at the country store
I've always loved the rain
An act of god and a long handshake
With who we were before.
Oh, never mind
Don't misunderstand your world
Is it better now you're leaving?
Trying my best with someone's heart
A spoonful of moondust to go far
Is this what we paid for?
Oh, a tested faith
We lay in the mud like bricks in the mortar
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12. |
Keep 'em Coming
04:43
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One you once lost, returns through your window
Grieving in cars, composed and in park
Stay out of harm, don't want to think about it
Don't want to know, tomorrow
What was I becoming? Waiting out the rain
Troubled times keep haunting, keep 'em coming
(Run the red, run the reel through
Play dead, play the new tunes
I wonder why I run the right to
Catastrophize don't read the reviews)
(Run the red, run the blue too
Play dead, cut the brakes loose
I wonder if you wonder it too
I wonder why, I wonder why)
Leaving my heart, in riffs I never committed
To paper or the lights
Leave a slow start, tripping out the door
Then I heard your brother asking why things are so hard
Bottle up, explode, just don't leave me here alone
Until tomorrow
Peace of mind returning, where's the line?
Stuck inside composing, slowly burning
Almost learning, always burning my way home to you
(Run the red, run the reel through
Play dead, play the old tunes
Wonder why, I wonder, I do
I wonder why, I wonder where)
One you have lost, one you may find.
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Return, revolving evergreens
Reverse your curse
Cause if you feel it coming down,
It's going down tomorrow
Same as before, same as the oceans floor
Reflects the night
I'll meet you at the chocolate shrine
I'll meet you at the bottom of the night
Shadows of gold, shadows of gold
Shadows were running
is this what you wanted?
Is this what you need?
Every time I lose
Someone to chauffeur
Some to lead us back to you
We want, we need a new design
Our love, our dreams felt so unkind
My luck's one number shy
Don't think you got it figured out, man
Same as before
I'll meet you in the black of space
I'll meet you where the river looks like lace
Shackles of hope, so fucking bored
If I'm just being honest,
It's so hard to leave everything I know,
Shining in the road
Someone to care for
Someone who needs
We want, we long for reasons to
Return, revisit these moments
Stop living in a landslide of the past
Cause the past is the past
And that's all that I ask
Everything hits me at once now
Turn away from the smoke
God, if you live in your own world,
You've kinda been asking a lot of us everyday
And as you lay down in that stream
Did it really happen, or was it on TV?
Gone with so, so many things
Gone with what good weather brings
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Hotel of the Laughing Tree New York, New York
New York born and raised songwriters in love with the power of storytelling.
Hotel is the
musical collaboration between AJ Estrada, Brandon Peterson and Jonathon Streker.
With a history spent sharing the stage together throughout countless venues and DIY dungeons up the East Coast, they now reside in their respective states of NY, TN and MA, working remotely to create new records.
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