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Beneath the Storm
03:29
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A penny for your thoughts, and a penny for another smile
A hundred dollars later, we were lost and we walked for miles
So we walked in circles, such a familiar place
But our thoughts became hurtful, and the smile faded from your face
There’s a storm beneath the beauty, you can feel
And you wanted to see what the wind and the rain reveal
Delirious shine, beating down, but the sun never lies
It doesn’t show mercy, it doesn’t care if it makes you blind
And when we’ve stripped away everything
That we try so hard to conceal
Are we gonna hate what we see, what the wind and rain reveal
All that you love and all you believe, the storm will sweep it away
Until all that remains is just you and me
Beneath the storm there is beauty you can feel
And you wanted to see what the wind and the rain reveal
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Sensation of Flying
03:28
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The sensation that you’re flying
But still afraid to leave it all behind
Every truth and every lie
Desperation to keep trying
And what you’d pay to feel it one more time
With nothing left to hide
Is your salvation worth the blood it’s written in
If our destinations are the same
No matter where we’ve been
The sensation that you’re falling
There’s no forgiveness on that cold hard ground
When you look down
The temptation that keeps calling
To try to buy some time with everything you know now
Set free and heaven bound
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On the Table
03:16
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Just south of the county line, I swerved over the yellow line
Didn’t see the one-way sign, we were having such a good time
I think it did some damage, but nothing I can’t manage
Parked it in a tow-away zone but I made it home
With the flashers on
Found your keys on the table, I’ll explain as soon as I’m able
Just over the fault line, I crossed over the red line
Couldn’t turn around this time, we were having such a good time
Left your keys on the table, I’ll explain as soon as I’m able
Shattered glass and twisted steel can’t feel
Time will pass and skin and bones will heal
You didn’t count on what It really cost
How to learn to live without something that you lost
Left it all on the table, I’ll give you a call some day when I’m able
To explain
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Tear Down, Start Over
03:11
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She hit the road, I hit the ground
She lashed out at anything that wasn’t tied down
She hit the town, and it hit back
Hard as a rock, quick as a heart attack
She hit the bottom, and punched through
I cleaned it up, like I always do
There’s something wrong with this picture
But I was sure that I could fix her
A tear down, you say, and start over
Who do you think you are you don’t even know her, like I do
She ran for hours, seemed like days
She chased dreams, I chased demons away
There’s something wrong with this picture
But I think I can fix her
She ran harder than I could
She ran farther away, from where I stood
There’s something wrong with this picture
I wasn’t sure if I could fix her
A tear down you say, and start over
Who do you think you are you don’t even know her, like I do
There’s something wrong with this picture
And I can’t fix her
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Allison Says
03:00
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Allison says she didn’t get enough sleep, and it’s beginning to show
Now she’s standing in the middle of the street
Wondering where the hell did everybody go
The cops come around a few times a week, and everybody knows
That Allison’s had too much to drink
She’s screaming where the hell did everybody go
Allison’s free when she has all she needs
But when she starts running low
She gets sick and gets tired of these friends she’s acquired
And says it’s time for everybody to go
She walks down the road in her bare feet and it’s beginning to snow
Remembering back when she had so many friends
Now where the hell did everybody go
It’s not like she wants it to be this way,
It’s just that she don’t know how
To live with herself and please everyone else
But there’s nothing she can do about it, right now
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Stage Fright
03:20
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My time came around, but I wasn’t ready
The voice I knew so well was so unsteady
If nothing came out when I opened my mouth, well it would undo me
My hands were shaking I just knew everyone could see through me
Stage fright
Hope to get it right this time
May never have this chance again
I let myself down again, and it wasn’t softly
Didn’t treat myself like a friend, and just what it taught me
If there’s ever someone to blame, then put it all on me
I don’t want more of the same, but that may be beyond me
Stage fright
Hope to get it right this time
May never have this chance again
Stage fright
Let me get it right
May never have this chance again
Can’t run and hide cause it surrounds me
Overcome with the fear that moves throughout me
But it’s how I feel so let’s just keep this about me
If I think its real then there’s no reason to doubt me
My time came around, but I wasn’t ready
My hands were shaking and I knew everyone could see through me
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Blind Spot
03:43
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It’s getting crazy out there, something’s obviously wrong
You still have a hope and a prayer, but nothing you can count on
It’s getting crazy out there, didn’t think it would happen to you
Sometimes it doesn’t seem fair, and it blindsided you
So what do you say to someone with a blind spot for the truth
This conversation is done, and I hope you get well soon
Some people just don’t care, or just want to be left alone
You still have a hope and a prayer, but no one you can count on
Some people can’t understand, someone you thought you knew
Someone you thought was a friend, and they blindsided you
So what do you say to someone, with a blind spot for the truth
This conversation is done, and I hope you get well soon
Now you lie, where you fell
They set you up in time for their hard sell
It ain’t right, it’s not fair, you’ve got your pride, but you don’t care
It’s getting crazy out there, didn’t think it would happen to you
Sometimes it doesn’t seem fair, and it blindsided you
So what do you say to someone, with a blind spot for the truth
This conversation is done, and I hope you get well soon
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Into the Water
03:32
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I heard you lost your grip, when you let it slip into the water
Without explaining why, I saw you take a dive into the water
And you imagined it was me, holding you down in the deep
The foaming and the brine swirling in your mind and on the water
Waves wash over your head and offer you a bed on the water
And you imagined it was me, holding you down in the deep
A perfect place to hide, you just have to slide beneath the water
Drowning in yourself, you dream you’re someone else beneath the water
I covered you so you could sleep, but when you woke it wasn’t me
I heard you lost your grip, silently you slipped into the water
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Fair Weather Friends
03:41
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A fair weather companion who rode on your back
Was quick to point out all the graces you lack
Was nowhere to be found, when the lifeline went slack
Left drifting alone many miles from dry land
The search party came but they had their demands
All that you own, just to untie your hands
To hate like a man or cry like a baby
Are your options my friend, but you thought just maybe
This time would be different, this time wouldn’t be so cruel
And those so-called friends, some pretend to be lovers
And each one you said was not like the others
Took what you had, left you huddled under the covers
And all those intentions that fell through the cracks
At least you can swim or float on your back
Find your way back to shore, before the blue fades to black
A fair weather companion who rode on your back
Was quick to point out all the graces you lack
Was nowhere to be found, when the lifeline went slack
To hate like a man or cry like a baby
Are your options my friend, but you thought just maybe
This time would be different, this time wouldn’t be so cruel
To fight when you can or pretend that you’re crazy
Are the choices at hand but this time just maybe
This time will be different, this time you won’t feel
Like you’re being used
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Million to One
02:55
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I figured the odds at a million to one
But all of my chances have diminished to none
A glimmer of hope, is better than none
I thought it was mine, a million to one
I reached too high, I thought that I won
I was so sure that I would be the one
A glimmer of hope, is better than none
I thought it was mine, a million to one
The person you knew, I tried to outrun
And I hope you see me now for who I’ve become
A glimmer of hope, is better than none
I thought it was mine, a million to one
A glimmer of hope, till it all came undone
I thought it was mine, a million to one
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The Safe Word
03:55
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I thought we had a safe word, can’t you see the line’s blurred
Looking back with your twenty-sixty vision
It was just an embrace, somewhere in a dream state
That left you in a compromised position
Get your house in order now, make everybody proud
So no one else gets hurt when all the cards start falling down
And reminds me that you don’t want me around
I thought we had a safe word, another lesson hard learned
Laid down while you created a diversion
You forgot the safe word, was the explanation I heard
Telling the same story different version
Get your house in order now, make everybody proud
So no one else gets hurt when all the cards start falling down
And reminds me that you don’t want me around
Everybody wants a payback, to compensate for what they lack
And tried to force you back into submission
You could have missed the train wreck
If you waited for a rain check
Now you’re faced with an unpopular decision
To get your house in order now, or let everybody down
And everyone gets hurt no matter how the cards turn out
And now nobody else wants you around
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OK to Drive
04:01
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Somewhere beneath the surface is a diamond in the rough
But just when you think you’ve found it, they say you’ve had enough
Enough or one too many is a crooked line to walk
I’m ok to drive home now but I’m not ok to talk
To talk about tomorrow and all that we had planned
Once had with so much promise but became an also-ran
Ran before they chased you down and made you take that stuff
I’m ok to drive home now but never dreamed that it would be this rough
Rough around the edges but smooth as it goes down
Keeps you warm a little while but never sticks around
Around that time you realize that one more’s not enough
I’m ok to drive home now but getting there may be tough
Tough to be the only one who’s picking up the slack
When everything turned out wrong and they want their money back
Back before you had one more than what the law allowed
I’m ok to drive home, but not ready to right now
Now they’re turning up the lights and stacking up the chairs
It’s not where I was meant to be but you’ve got to be somewhere
Somewhere beneath the surface is that diamond in the rough
Waiting for the time when you decide you’ve had enough
Enough or one too many is a crooked line to walk
I’m ok to drive home now but I’m not ok to talk
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These Fine Moments Austin, Texas
The Austin, Texas-based duo of Hilary Kaufmann and Robert Watts celebrates ten years of writing, recording, and performing together with the release of their fifth full-length record, Season 10, produced by Mark Hallman (Ani DiFranco, Carole King), with Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, REM, Big Star) helping out with electric guitars, keys, and backing vocals on two of the tracks. ... more
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