B i o g r a p h y (by Marcy Donelson)
Torres is the performing pseudonym for introspective and vocally raw indie rock singer/songwriter Mackenzie Scott, a tribute to her grandfather's surname. Raised in Macon, Georgia, she began singing seriously in high school, performing in school musicals, singing in church, and taking up the guitar. As a teenager in 2009, she moved to Nashville to attend Belmont University. While finishing her degree, she recorded her first album, the self-titled Torres, at singer/songwriter/guitarist Tony Joe White's studio in Franklin, Tennessee. The record was co-produced by Scott and Belmont alum Ryan McFadden and released in 2013. Though Torres didn't make an impact commercially, Scott received attention in the music press for a songwriting maturity beyond her years. After extensive touring to support the album, including opening spots for Hamilton Leithauser and Sharon Van Etten, she appeared on Van Etten's 2014 LP, Are We There? She relocated to Brooklyn for her volatile second Torres album, Sprinter, which was recorded in Dorset, England with producer Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey, Marianne Faithfull) and released in 2015 on Partisan Records. Following the success of her sophomore effort, she signed to the British independent record label 4AD, who released her third album in September 2017. Inspired by the writing of Lorrie Moore and Ta-Nehisi Coates, Three Futures reunited Ellis and Torres and celebrated the body's potential for joy.
Torres
Mother Earth, Father God I was born on bloody battleground To the middleman between two realms The hungry eyes linger as she twirls Got her hands lifted to Heaven And her toes dipped in Hell O Mother Earth, O Father God The demons wager on my fall The greatest trick I ever saw Was them fooling us to think they were never here at all Should I be held responsible That it's come to this Was I blindsided after all I knew beforehand of the kiss Another copy paste from aotr O Mother Earth, O Father God The demons wager on my fall The greatest trick I ever saw Was them fooling us to think they were never here at all Should I be held responsible That it's come to this Was I blindsided after all I knew beforehand of the kiss You always warned me of the kiss I have been betrayed by a kiss Honey This cannot happen again Twice in a year is too much Heavy are you on my mind Twice in a flush, it ain't enough Honey While you were ashing in your coffee I was thinking 'bout telling you What you've done to me Another copy paste from aotr Honey Pretending like it never happened Come over here and let me Put you back together Writing just to save my life You stretch barelegged across each line What ghost crawled inside my guitar Don't move, just stay right where you are I don't need to look I'd know that voice anywhere Everything hurts, but it's fine (it's fine) Happens all the time Oh happens all the time Heavy are you on my mind Heavy are you on my mind Honey While you were ashing in your coffee I was thinking 'bout telling you What you've done to me Honey Pretending like it never happened Come over here and let me Put you back together Maybe some other time then I'll come back again Maybe some other time then I'll come back again Oh honey While you were ashing in your coffee I was thinking 'bout telling you What you've done to me Oh honey Pretending like it never happened Come over here and let me Put you back together Honey While you were ashing in your coffee I was thinking 'bout telling you What you've done to me Oh honey Pretending like it never happened Come over here and let me Put you back together Honey While you were ashing in your coffee I was thinking 'bout telling you What you've done to me Honey Pretending like it never happened Come over here and let me Put you back together Maybe some other time then I'll come back again Maybe some other time then I'll come back again Jealousy And I What am I supposed to say, babe I'll be up all night to tell the truth Would you really have a stranger in your bed Rather than let someone like me take care of you It's no one's problem but my own I think I've always cared too much I'm suffocating you, I know It's just the only way I know to ' Know to ' Jealousy gets me sometimes But I don't mind, no I don't mind Jealousy gets me sometimes But I don't mind, no I don't mind Another copy paste from aotr 'Cause Jealousy and I We're two of a kind And she's all mine She's all mine You don't owe me anything But you've got to spell it out for me 'Cause if you're saying things that you don't mean Then you don't really want me at your feet At your feet Jealousy gets me sometimes But I don't mind, no I don't mind Jealousy gets me sometimes But I don't mind, no I don't mind 'Cause Jealousy and I We're two of a kind And she's all mine She's all mine She's all mine She's all mine I'll never let her go I'll never let her go Never let her go I'll never let her go 'Cause Jealousy gets me sometimes But I don't mind, no I don't mind Jealousy gets me sometimes But I don't mind, no I don't mind 'Cause Jealousy and I We're two of a kind And she's all mine She's all mine She's all mine She's all mine November Baby This skin hangs on me like a lampshade Keeping all my light at bay That night I banged at Winter's doorstep For just a look at your face Another copy paste from aotr Let me in, I said I know someone inside I just haven't met them yet November, please, don't make me beg Your big sad eyes Your crooked smile Your gapped teeth Your widow's peak Oh my November baby Now everywhere I go I see you When I walk and when I sleep I hear you on the tongues of strangers I hang on every word they speak I try to be just where you are But Summer takes you far from me So just for now I'll place an angel Atop an early Christmas tree Your big sad eyes Your crooked smile Your gapped teeth Your widow's peak Oh my November baby Oh my November baby Your big sad eyes Your crooked smile Your gapped teeth Your widow's peak Oh my November baby Oh my November baby When Winter's Over There are cracks in the wall Giving me only slivers of the sun I remember it all Truths being told as soon as our minds were gone Don't tell me there's no way Your mind will change Even the leaves grow weary Of the trees from which they came You can't hang onto something If it's gone and lost its color So go find someplace warm I'll still be here when winter's over Another copy paste from aotr You always made my head spin More than the whiskey on our lips I just needed thicker skin To help me loosen up my grip Don't tell me there's no way Your mind will change Even the leaves grow weary Of the trees from which they came You can't hang onto something If it's gone and lost its color So go find someplace warm I'll still be here when winter's over Go find someplace warm I'll still be here when winter's over Go find someplace warm I'll still be here when winter's over Go find someplace warm I'll still be here when winter's over Go find someplace warm I'll still be here when winter's over Don't tell me there's no way Your mind will change Even the leaves grow weary Of the trees from which they came You can't hang onto something If it's gone and lost its color So go find someplace warm I'll still be here when winter's over Chains This was more than I had bargained for They struck gold and beelined for the door Now I'll make me o'er from head to floor If I don't find me soon I won't be searching anymore 'Cause I am starving for the truth So feed me something real while I've got youth left in my veins I believe I knew it all along But you're the only one that didn't try to tell me I was wrong So soon, so soon, so soon I will run But until then I'll sit and let you saw, saw away Till my chains are gone Another copy paste from aotr Fool me once and I won't make a sound Fool me twice, there's shame to go around But I fooled myself for my whole life Let me be the first to say these feet never left the ground And now I'm starving for the truth So feed me something real while I've got youth left in my veins I believe I knew it all along But you're the only one that didn't try to tell me I was wrong So soon, so soon, so soon I will run But until then I'll sit and let you saw, saw away Till my chains are gone My chains are gone Gone My chains are gone Don't give up on me just yet Don't give up on me just yet Don't give up on me just yet Don't give up on me just yet And I'm starving for the truth So feed me something real while I've got youth left in my veins I believe I knew it all along But you're the only one that didn't try to tell me I was wrong So soon, so soon, so soon I will run But until then I'll sit and let you saw, saw away Till my chains are gone Till my chains are gone My chains are gone Till my chains are gone Till my chains are gone Till my chains are gone Gone Gone Gone Gone Gone Gone Gone Moon & Back Little baby, if you're reading this You're probably all grown The way most babies do I'm sure your eyes are still that pretty blue I'm writing to you From 1991 The year I gave you to A momma with a girl and son Another copy paste from aotr Please, don't look at this like a hit and run In a breath I felt you leaving like the setting sun Life just thought that I should draw the shortest straw But, little baby, for a short time I had you to break my fall, fall, fall Your new daddy, yeah he 's you, too To the moon and back he said When I laid you in his arms And he kissed your soft blonde head Please, don't look at this like a hit and run In a breath I felt you leaving like the setting sun Life just thought that I should draw the shortest straw But, little baby, for a short time I had you to break my fall, fall, fall Your new family knows I did this all for you Maybe one day you'll believe it, too Please, don't look at this like a hit and run In a breath I felt you leaving like the setting sun Life just thought that I should draw the shortest straw But, little baby, for a short time I had you to break my Please, don't look at this like a hit and run In a breath I felt you leaving like the setting sun Life just thought that I should draw the shortest straw But, little baby, for a short time I had you to break my Don't Run Away, Emilie Empty talk and angry lies Had made a home behind my eyes They told me they were here to stay And I believed them till the day I saw you smile Your kindest eyes were laughing And for the first time This place felt like home Don't run away, Emilie Please, don't try and get out now Dream of angels, Emilie I need you 'cause you see me somehow I don't feel the need today For my usual masquerade I threw away the pedestal I'd rather have what's real Another copy paste from aotr And when I saw you smile Your kindest eyes were laughing And for the first time This place felt like home Don't run away, Emilie Please, don't try and get out now Dream of angels, Emilie I need you 'cause you see me I wanna tell you everything I wanna tell you everything I'll be the truest one you know If you'll stay awhile Don't run away, Emilie Please, don't try and get out now Dream of angels, Emilie I need you 'cause you see me Don't run away, Emilie Please, don't try and get out now Dream of angels, Emilie I need you 'cause you see me somehow Come To Terms These lives are so contrived And out of focus But if I can derive some happiness from this Then I'll have made it out alive 'Cause people always change But ain't always changing for the better And just because the two of us Will both grow old in time Don't mean we should grow old together So I'll be sure to turn my back On everything you said you'd do I'm gonna come to terms Before I have to Been keeping all my time In my back pocket Taking from it only what I need to be Whoever I'm supposed to be But when I look at you I get so lonely I used to just adore you But now you bore me Another copy paste from aotr 'Cause people always change But ain't always changing for the better And just because the two of us Will both grow old in time Don't mean we should grow old together So I'll be sure to turn my back On everything you said you'd do I'm gonna come to terms Before I have to I'll never know If looking out the window Is what brings me to my knees Or if it's what's inside that's killing me That's killing me 'Cause people always change But ain't always changing for the better And just because the two of us Will both grow old in time Don't mean we should grow old together So I'll be sure to turn my back On everything you said you'd do I'm gonna come to terms I'm gonna come to terms Before I have to Waterfall The rocks below, they bare their teeth They all conspire to set me free I sip my tea and contemplate All the possibilities Oh waterfall Do you ever think Maybe it'll all be Better in the morning From way up here It looks so calm Do you ever make it halfway down and think God, I never meant to jump at all The water flings itself From the devil edge so easily It doesn't hesitate Or wonder if it's doing the right thing Another copy paste from aotr No world-class dancer could compete My head conspires to set me free Oh waterfall Do you ever think Maybe it'll all be Better in the morning From way up here It looks so calm Do you ever make it halfway down and think God, I never meant to jump at all Nowhere to go but down Nothing to do but drown Nowhere to go but down Nothing to do but drown Oh waterfall Do you ever think Maybe it'll all be Better in the morning From way up here It looks so calm Do you ever make it halfway down and think Oh waterfall Do you ever think Maybe it'll all be Better in the morning From way up here It looks so calm Do you ever make it halfway down and think God, I never meant to jump at all
SPRINTER
Strange Hellos Heather, I'm sorry that your mother Deceased in the brain Cannot recall your name Heather, I've dreamt that I forgave That only comes in waits I hate you all the same I was all for being real But if I don't believe, then no one will What's mine isn't really yours But I hope you find what you're looking for Beg her, blow in her face Toward changing, never take But I'm with you, I deflate I ' you all the same I ' you all the same Another copy paste from aotr I was all for being real But if I don't believe, then no one will What's mine isn't really yours But I hope you find what you're looking for Strange hellos are not my beg Better never having that Strange hellos are not my beg Better never having that I was all for being real But if I don't believe, then no one will What's mine isn't really yours But I hope you find what you're looking for I was all for being real But if I don't believe, then no one will What's mine isn't really yours But I hope you find what you're looking for New Skin Lay off me, would you I'm just trying to take this new skin for a spin Pray for me, would you I'm just nervous 'bout my family filing in Ready to wrap me up Ready to ' me in this new skin I'm filling in Who's that trying to speak for me What is it that they claim to be A child of God much like yourself You will find me right where I fell I am a tired woman In January I will just be twenty-three In Kansas City I was undressed And bested by an airtight floor Then it said, "By the power in me vested" And wrapped me in this new skin I'm dying for Who's that trying to speak for me What kind of ' do they claim to be A child of God much like yourself You'll still find me right where I fell Who's that trying to speak for me What kind of ' do they claim to be A child of God much like yourself You'll still find me right where I fell Another copy paste from aotr The darkness fears What darkness knows But if you've never known the darkness Then you're the one who fears the most The darkness fears What darkness knows But if you've never known the darkness Then you're the one who fears the most The darkness fears What darkness knows But if you've never known the darkness Then you're the one who fears the most But if you do not know the darkness Then you're the one who fears the most But if you do not know the darkness Then you're the one I fear the most Son, You Are No Island Son, you are no island You don't get to choose what stays or goes Son, you're not a man yet Until your yes, is yes and no, follows Son, you are no mountain You and the sky aren't seeing eye to eye Son, you're not a man yet You're just a first born feelings left behind Son, you are no ocean Your sunken gold pervades your salty bows Son you're not a man yet You, dove to save a child that must be drowned You drowned to save yourself You drowned to save yourself Son, you are no chasm Your void holds no mystique to be unearthed Son, you're not a man yet No womans arms could carry out your words No, not even hers No, not even hers Another copy paste from aotr Son, you are no river Your currents don't run steady as she goes Son, you're not a man yet You fucked with a woman who would know I would know, I would I would know, I would know I would, I would know I would know, I would I would know, I would know I would A Proper Polish Welcome Oh January, keep a secret for me Only Poseidon knows what I've seen If you ask me, she was never there They ask how is it, I carry you everywhere Everywhere Heavy hands, she moves Slowly, steadily Pale legs Straddling the seat Aboard a floating savior What does language mean It was a proper Polish welcome A proper Polish welcome Another copy paste from aotr A shift of the table, a slip of the tongue Silence and then a muffled "Oh my God" I was the first to laugh, she followed suit Rocking and holy, we came two by two We came two by two Heavy hands, she moves Slowly, steadily Pale legs Straddling the seat Aboard a floating savior What does country mean It was a proper Polish welcome A proper Polish welcome I wish I was the sea I wish I was the sea She was straddling the sea I wish I was the sea Heavy hands, she moves Slowly, steadily Pale legs Straddling the seat Aboard a floating savior What does language mean It was a proper Polish welcome A proper Polish welcome Sprinter Word of life on savagery I picked it up and took a swing My pastor told us, "Don't you worry Even Zacchaeus found his glory" I was a sprinter then Living decedent Pastor lost his position Went down for pornography So I found myself some ground to stand Bound to be the better man 'Cause I was a sprinter then Living decedent Another copy paste from aotr Wound up in a holding pattern Circled my landing in a lather Unnerved I laughed, I planned the snag Then went down for a decedent 'Cause I was a sprinter then And I am decedent I was a sprinter then And I am decedent There's freedom to and freedom from Freedom to run from everyone There's freedom to and freedom from Freedom to run from everyone While what I did is what is done The baptist in me chose to run But if there's still time to choose the sun I'll choose the sun, I'll choose the sun I'll run it back, I'll choose the sun I'll run it back to everyone If there's still time, I'll choose the sun I'll run it back to everyone Cowboy Guilt We spend our only season On a mattress sleeping With our best friend We donned our winter livers With weary resignation Three southern spines to the wind Wrapped in my Sunday best with The king of Fort Worth, Texas Wrapped in my Sunday best with The king of Fort Worth, Texas You had us in stitches With your George W impressions You sang of reparations With the Native Americans You donned your cowboy guilt You donned your cowboy guilt We drowned our winter livers With bleary expectation Three southern spines to the end Another copy paste from aotr I was queen and protected Wrapped in my Sunday best with The king of Fort Worth, Texas I was queen and protected Wrapped in my Sunday best with The king of Fort Worth, Texas Ferris Wheel Do I have reason to be spared Crying over something I never had You borrowed my car a couple times You don't like me, you just like my ride You hide behind glasses and music and wit You laugh at yourself and then roll cigarettes There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do To show you that I've got the sadness, too To show you that I've got the sadness, too Another copy paste from aotr I talk about you like mine My friends just laugh and roll their eyes When I tell them I don't mind the way it feels To ride an empty ferris wheel You hide behind glasses and music and wit You laugh at yourself and then roll cigarettes There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do To show you that I've got the sadness, too To show you that I've got the sadness, too You hide behind glasses and music and wit You laugh at yourself and then roll cigarettes There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do To show you that I've got the sadness, too To show you that I've got the sadness, too The Harshest Light Get in line, take your time It's a lot to decide Tell me how much truth would you like to buy But chew and swallow it good Coffee to chase the mirror down Lost, I was not ready for what I found It was all in my mind And my body was fine But try as I might I could not hide Another copy paste from aotr And my eyes were wide And I stepped into the harshest Light Light Rose of red and ill fame All alone with my brain Just a misguided woman in Amsterdam You always said, "Eat up my body And you will see" But eat of that tree and you will be free of me It was all in my mind And my body was fine But try as I might I could not hide And my eyes were wide And I stepped into the harshest Light Light I stepped into the harshest light (light, light) I stepped into the harshest light (light, light) The Exchange My mother lost her mother twice Once in '54, then later in life The exchange was quick and quiet The records sealed, the names made private Her search began and ended with a judge Her papers had been claimed in a freak basement flood An entire family tree An eternal privacy Underwater, underwater I am afraid to see my heroes age I am afraid of disintegration If you're not here, I cannot be here for you If you're not here, I cannot be alone Mother, father, I'm underwater And I don't think you can pull me out of this Another copy paste from aotr There's virgin oil painted over my door And hotel soap from every city Lined up in my window Blew my per diem on an eighth of Blue Dream So I can breathe, but I still can't breathe Around my mouth, brown paper bag Founding fathers on my back I'm no martyr, I'm no martyr I'm just afraid to see my heroes age I am afraid of disintegration If you're not here, I cannot be here for you If you're not here, I cannot be alone Mother, father, I'm underwater Underwater, underwater I've so much that I want to sing But there's no room for toothbrushes and poetry I pray to Jesus Christ incessantly I shine my shoes for the fat lady I'm still underwater, I'm underwater Underwater, underwater I am afraid to see my heroes age I am afraid of disintegration If you're not here, I cannot be here for you If you're not here, I cannot be alone Mother, father, I'm underwater And I don't think you can pull me out of this I will no longer claim to know Where we go when it's time to go But when you go, will I go too When you go, I am going too I'm underwater, I'm underwater Mother, father, I'm underwater I'm underwater, I'm underwater Mother, father, I'm underwater
Three Futures
Tongue Slap Your Brains Out Knowing you were laundry-folding Just outside the bedroom door I slept near it Knowing you would carry Half the hapless buzzing of My dilated spirit you always copy, paste and cheat I know you never dreamed I'd become a damn Yankee I need you to believe That I'm still your same baby No feeling like finding A peach cobbler sunning Belly-up on the granite The kind that'll make your tongue Slap all your brains out I know you never dreamed I'd become a damn Yankee I need you to believe That I'm still your same baby I know you never dreamed I'd become a damn Yankee If you could only see It's still the Georgia winds that move me Skim Consider the source of your energy Do you just hate him more than you ' me Never been this sore for alkalinity There's no unlit corner of the room I'm in There's no unlit corner of the room I'm in I'm only the skim of What has already been I know every tense in Which I cannot exist, yet My head swivels at one-ways My head swivels at one-ways you always copy, paste and cheat Can you probe the ends of the Almighty Did he hold your hips with authority No pride or projection swells like insecurity If only I could use that to hold you I would use that to hold you There's no unlit corner of the room I'm in There's no unlit corner of the room I'm in I'm only the skim of what has already been I know every tense in which I cannot exist There's no unlit corner of the room I'm in There's no unlit corner of the room I'm in Three Futures I got hard In your car In the parking lot Of the Masonic lodge We lined the Hudson with our tangents You trusted me to ' your parents Sunk into my tunnel vision Sunk into my tunnel vision I hope that's what you'll remember Not how I left but how I entered You didn't know I saw three futures One alone and one with you And one with the ' I knew I'd choose you always copy, paste and cheat You got me loaded On bergamot perfume Downstairs in The tv room You laid the plans And I was quiet My eyes A trinity divided My eyes A trinity divided I hope what you will remember Is not how I left, but how I entered And not the hope that I abused If remembering's something you do You didn't know I saw three futures You didn't know I saw three futures One alone and one with you And one with the ' I knew I'd choose Righteous Woman I am not a righteous woman I'm more of an ass man And when I go to spread, it's just to Take up all the space I can You notice You know this Next time you're in the city Should you decide to call me Just know that I am dealing With a flesh that's far too willing you always copy, paste and cheat I am not a righteous woman I'm more of an ass man And when I go to spread, I'm only Squinting out a strip to land From my panopticon From my panopticon Next time you're in the city Should you decide to call me Remember that I am dealing With a flesh that's far too willing To do anything That you wanted to To call it home in you To call it home in you Next time you're in the city Should you decide to call me Remember that I am dealing With a flesh that's far too willing Next time you're in the city Should you decide to call me Remember that I am dealing With a flesh that's far too willing Greener Stretch Camped out in your sinking house Coulda gone bowling I saw you cherry-picking ashes You shoulda told me Though there was no mention Of a slanted kitchen I'll just tilt my vision To see it all better It can't be over yet There must be a greener stretch ahead you always copy, paste and cheat Now that we have groped the ledge Let's step back from it I'll spend all the time that's left In my new velvet Though there was no mention Of a slanted kitchen I'll just tilt my vision To see it all better Don't tell me it's over yet Gotta be a greener stretch ahead Helen in the Woods You never spoke a single lie Still no one believes your side You were bored and too polite And Helen had you in her sights You come home from school To find her naked in your bed Everybody always said Helen's funny in the head Threw her class ring To the voices in the trees Keep an eye out good Cause Helen's in the woods you always copy, paste and cheat Her momma proved a hitch to pose So Helen broke her momma's nose Your dad said "Son what'dya do to that girl Somethin's gone and made her whiskers curl" You come home from school To find her naked in your bed Everybody always said Helen's funny in the head Threw her class ring To the voices in the trees Warn the neighbors if you could Tell ‘em Helen's in the woods Helen Helen Come out come out wherever you are Helen Helen Come out come out wherever you are You come home from school To find her naked in your bed Everybody always said Helen's funny in the head Threw her dignity To the voices in the trees I'd leave the neighborhood Cause Helen's in the woods Bad Baby Pie I heard you reserved a silver table To outrun the Florida June I heard you reserved a silver table Where you planned to cut me loose you always copy, paste and cheat Was it the cutlery Or your first look at me That sent you hurdling home Without your clothes on Though you had every right to choose it I'm so glad you didn't do it I'll make it worth every sleepless night I'll make it worth every last bite Of that bad baby pie Of that bad baby pie You ordered me a salted water Fed your heels into the grooves I was still undercooked and you Could hardly feed yourself Was it the cutlery Or your first look at me That sent you hurdling home Without your clothes on Though you had every right to choose it I'm so glad you didn't do it I'll make it worth every sleepless night I'll make it worth every last bite Of that bad baby pie Of that bad baby pie You must have been leaning I must have been beaming You must have been leaning I must have been beaming Was it the cutlery Or your first look at me That sent you hurdling home Without your clothes on Though you had every right to choose it I'm so glad you didn't do it I'll make it worth every sleepless night I'll make it worth every last bite Of that bad baby pie Of that bad baby pie Of that bad baby pie Of that bad baby pie Marble Focus Did you know before this morning Come eleven you'd be soaring You should have waved to us As you scaled Stonehenge Saw your marble focus As you mounted the wind What use is the orange to me If you siphon all the goody you always copy, paste and cheat You should have waved to us As you scaled Stonehenge Saw your marble focus As you mounted the wind Concrete Ganesha I saw someone posted up Under the Myrtle viaduct A concrete Ganesha, winking Knower of beginnings I've got to wonder What it is you're seeing That I can't see from here 'Cause I busted my guts On the Myrtle viaduct And those guts are nobody's now ' lit us Cadillac green My ' is patient with me Late-twenties-skinny In your sweater Knower of beginnings I've got a hunger For whatever you're seeing That I can't see from here you always copy, paste and cheat Cause I lined up my ducks Along the Myrtle viaduct And those ducks are nobody's now You moved like a sunroom Bracing for Sunday evening Auburn curls hanging From a mind made up Knower of beginnings I think I know now What it is you're seeing Turns out my baby's had enough Of the Myrtle viaduct And the city is knocking it down My baby is nobody's now To Be Given a Body Where would I have been if Not safe in the middle Pressed between His right shoulder Your left shoulder Drowsy on the ski lift Drowsy on the ski lift To be given a body is the greatest gift Though the jar lifts and the jar descends Though the morning glory withers Before it begins Though all creation groans you always copy, paste and cheat Every Sunday morning He'd wake me with a whistle Rolled me in a sheet I swung towards you I swung towards him Laugh until I can't breathe Laugh until I can't breathe To be given a body is the greatest gift Though the jar lifts and the jar descends Though the morning glory withers Before it begins Though all creation groans
Silver Tongue
Good Scare Are you planning to love me through the bars of a golden cage Don't make yourself sick with the wanting,skittish thing When you said you couldn't swing it You gave me a good scare for a minute there I had never seen that look from you before You were eyeing all the exits Feels like I've been on your heels for a lifetime Flew north to find you without knowing that was why You make me want to write a country song Folks here in New York get a kick out of I'd sing about knocking you up under Tennesseee stars In the bed of my red Chevrolet pickup You might give me a good scare for a minute there But I'll say, "Well, I've seen that look from you before" When you start eyeing all the exits When you start eyeing all the exits You might give me a good scare for a minute there But I'll say, "Well, I've seen that look from you before" When you start eyeing all the exits When you start eyeing all the exits Last Forest How could I be neutral when you who I've been waiting for Came in hot from the August night as I was on my way out the door Forgive me for being forward, but have we done this before Forgive me for being forward, but have we done this before Now something jogs the memory that I loved you repeatedly I've run to you It's come to me I've been chasing you for centuries Again I am closing in Build my house upon the hips Again I am closing in Build my house upon the hips of the last forest of its kind You are the last forest of its kind Now something jogs the memory that I loved you repeatedly I've run to you It's come to me Been chasing you for centuries Something jogs the memory that I loved you repeatedly I've run to you It's come to me Been chasing you for centuries The last forest of its kind You are the last forest of its kind Now something jogs the memory that I loved you repeatedly I've run to you It's come to me Been chasing you for centuries Something jogs the memory that I loved you repeatedly I've run to you It's come to me Been chasing you for centuries Something jogs the memory that I loved you repeatedly I've run to you It's come to me Been chasing you for centuries Something jogs the memory that I loved you repeatedly I've run to you It's come to me Been chasing you for centuries Dressing America I know you like to keep us wondering I know that you feel every eye on you in any given room You tend to keep your kitchen willing And when we all go home the quiet's enough to crack you up You think that I don't know that you stay cold Come on You're always telling me I don't know who you are Come on, woman I tend to sleep with my boots on Should I need to gallop over dark water To you on short notice To you on short notice You tend to keep the scales tipping One steady eye narrowing on a clock that's spinning out It's easier for you to insist that I can't remember Than to admit that you can't forget You think that I don't know, you don't want to be alone Come on You're always telling me I don't know who you are Come on, woman I tend to sleep with my boots on Should I need to gallop over dark water To you on short notice To you on short notice To you on short notice To you on short notice Records Of Your Tenderness You, in the corner watching me You, with the gaze I'd die beneath You smoked Parliament blues in my living room And I went and hoarded the ash I let myself love you knowing I could never look back I've dug so many graves that I never had plans to fill I've saved records of your tenderness that you say don't exist See, my mind's an overgrown orchard Can't get in one word in front of the other You know (see) my mind's an overgrown orchard Oh I can't believe you're coming over You, your skirt raised to your knees You, with the hidden hand You, I wore with disbelief, laid me bare on linoleum While the morning goes empty I limp off the victory gin In the winter of love I forget to check in with my friends I've dug so many graves that I never had plans to fill I've saved records of your tenderness that you say don't exist Oh my mind's an overgrown orchard Can't get one word in front of the other You know my mind's an overgrown orchard Oh I can't believe you're coming over You know my mind's an overgrown orchard I can't get one word in front of the other You know (see) my mind's an overgrown orchard Oh I do not want this to be over Two Of Everything To the one keeping my baby warm Does she tell you she's still yours When you fear what she might choose Does she promise you won't lose To the one sharing my lover's bed Does the heaviness of words unsaid Give way to comfort in the night to Make room for the dreams she dreams beside you What was it that made her think She could have two of everything One of you and one of me Forever in the in-between To the one keeping my baby warm Are you holding out for more She lives with one foot out the door Are you sore, are you unsure To the one sharing my lover's bed Do you hold her when she sleeps Does she also call you baby You should know she calls me baby What was it that made her think She could have two of everything One of you and one of me Forever in the in-between To the one keeping my baby warm I'm going to be the biggest thorn In your side though I won't try You deserve a simpler life To the one sharing my lover's bed It's not my mission to be cruel But she don't light up the room When she's talking about you What was it that made her think She could have two of everything One of you and one of me Forever in the in-between What was it that made her think She could have two of everything One of you and one of me Forever in the in-between Good Grief Tonight I'll sit at the bar on St. Marks where we met If I stayed away from all the places we have been together I couldn't go anywhere anymore You said I should find somebody new to love me like we choose it You want to believe that there may be a sweetness to a temporary distance Good grief, baby There's no such thing Good grief, baby There's no such thing Winter's coming again and I've started to spend When I'm out and I smell your perfume Now it hurts when I open the medicine cabinet And see your red lipstick Good grief, baby There's no such thing Good grief, baby There's no such thing If you were to leave there would be no silver lining I don't believe I would get all on my feet There's no such thing as good, good grief There's no such thing as good, good grief Good grief, baby There's no such thing Good grief, baby There's no such thing Good grief, baby There's no such thing Good grief, baby There's no such thing A Few Blue Flowers You had the car drop us eight blocks from your door You dropped my hand before we turned the corner Then you sent me home with a few blue flowers Alone again to count the hours You leaned back into me, my guitar on your chest I sang you a memory I can't seem to put to rest Then you sent me home with a few blue flowers Alone again to count the hours It was everything I wanted It was everything I wanted It was everything I wanted It was everything I wanted Then you sent me home with a few blue flowers Alone again to count the hours Then you sent me home with a few blue flowers Alone again to count the hours Gracious Day I don't want you going home anymore I want you coming home I don't want you going home anymore I want you coming home Once you cried You said love songs are not the songs that you inspire But when I look far down to the end It's you that I see by my side And if you stayed to find out I'd write you only love songs I'd sing you only love songs Like gracious day You moved in like a wave of quiet grace No surprise Honey, I'm gonna love you all my life I don't want you going home anymore I want you coming home I don't want you going home anymore I want you coming home Gracious day You moved in like a wave of quiet grace No surprise Honey, I'm gonna love you all my life Gracious day You moved in like a wave of quiet grace No surprise Honey, I'm gonna love you all my life Silver Tongue My mother told me every breath Holds the power of life and death My teachers warned me Watch what you sing Whoever's listening will believe When you serve it up on that silver tongue When you serve it up on that silver tongue I hold you with my hands open but you'll stay I bend with your branches when they sway You've sworn you'll never close the circuit But I can see my will is working Conviction for breakfast That's what I keep the hours fed with I'm Heaven-bent on keeping you smiling I'm Heaven-bent on keeping you smiling I hold you with my hands open but you'll stay I bend with your branches when they sway I hold you with my hands open but you'll stay I bend with your branches when they sway You'll stay, you'll stay, you'll stay, you'll stay I hold you with my hands open but you'll stay I bend with your branches when they sway I hold you with my hands open but you'll stay I bend with your branches when they sway
THIRSTIER Are You Sleepwalking Baby, are you sleepwalking? Let's get to the bottom of this Is it you who's driving Or is there someone else behind the wheel? Some things have gone missing I promise we'll find them again Did one of us do this? Your computer's disappeared I promise your mind is intact I know that it's hard keeping track If you're seeing things, I'm seeing them too I'm gonna chase the answers with you I'm gonna chase the answers with you Baby, you might be sleepwalking The thought of it's pretty surreal Where could that machine be hiding? Checked the freezer, no deal I promise your mind is intact I know that it's hard keeping track If you're seeing things, I'm seeing them too I'm gonna chase the answers with you I'm gonna chase the answers with you I'm gonna chase the answers with you I'm gonna chase the answers with you For all we know it evaporated Remember when we found that marble in your food? Sometimes things are just weird Doesn't mean screws are loose I promise your mind is intact I know that it's hard keeping track If you're seeing things, I'm seeing them too I'm gonna chase the answers with you I'm gonna chase the answers with you I'm gonna chase the answers with you I'm gonna chase the answers with you
Don't Go Puttin Wishes In My Head If we're calling off the funeral Then I'm calling for a hitching Just when I thought that it was over It was only just beginning I know you've been here time and time again Every man wants his name on a mountain How many thought they'd be the one to keep your love I know promising forever's not your thing But now if you don't want me to go dreaming Don't spend your mornings and your evenings in my bed If you don't want me believing that You're never gonna leave me, darling Don't go puttin' wishes in my head If we're calling off the funеral Then I'm calling for a hitching Your friends warned mе I might lose What I knew I was winning If you want, I'll talk myself from the ledge Lord, girl, you've gone and put me to the test But I don't want you choosing something you'd regret I know promising forever's not your thing But now if you don't want me to go dreaming Don't spend your mornings and your evenings in my bed If you don't want me believing that You're never gonna leave me, darling Don't go puttin' wishes in my head So if we're calling off the funeral Then I'm calling for a hitching For a while, I was sinking But from here on out, I swear I'm swimming From here on out, I'm swimming I swear, from here on out, I'm swimming I know promising forever's not your thing But now if you don't want me to go dreaming Don't spend your mornings and your evenings in my bed If you don't want me believing that You're never gonna leave me, darling Don't go puttin' wishes If you don't want me believing that You're never gonna leave me, darling Don't go puttin' wishes Don't go puttin' wishes Don't go puttin' wishes in my head
Constant Tomorrowland Always an element of surprise Fierce machinations of the mind I know therefore I am Living in a constant tomorrowland Age of Aquarius Bringer of consciousness Bearer of justice Harbinger of progress It's not that we're there but we've nearly arrived A future before us of highest design Water of life will flow from me to you Take my hand, let's step into the light I know therefore I am Living in a constant tomorrowland Age of Aquarius Bringer of consciousness Bearer of justice Harbinger of progress Centuries writhing in Dullness of darkness After all of this Comes a mighty harvest I'm ready, I see it, we're gonna take flight If you need to lean onto me it's alright Drive Me Drive me to the water Drive me up the wall Drive me by the collarbones Drive me to stand tall Drive me to do the things I never thought I'd do Drive me to keep choosing to eat the fruit Hands on ten and two I know this much is true There's so few like you Sweeter than juice Better than a muse Burns slower than a fuse Tall drink of water Steer me in the direction of heaven I can see that you've got needs So lover, introduce me We can do it your way Just don't stop driving till we get there To the water Drive me up the wall Drive me wherever you're headed Drive me to walk tall Hands on ten and two I know this much is true There's so few like you Sweeter than juice Better than a muse Burns slower than a fuse Wetter than a feedback loop (There's so few like you) (There's so few like you) (Sweeter than juice) Big Leap I was on my way to see a seer on 14th The morning you fell thirty feet Your body broken on concrete Across the country in the Georgia heat Somehow you're still here Got a birthday in three weeks But now all I can do is cry and worry I hounded you to stay on the ground It'll haunt me forever, the way you came down I am diabolically truthful And I live beyond illusion My view of the hour from up there in my tower Or down here prostrate to a psychic It's all the same to me I have never known peace Now all I can do is cry and worry I hounded you to stay on the ground It'll haunt me forever, the way you came down You never listen to me You took such a big leap
Hug From A Dinosaur Lord girl, you're the best of all possible worlds Before my wild happiness, who was I if not yours Lord girl, you're the best of all possible worlds Before my wild happiness, who was I if not yours My baby ran ablazing Forty laps around the sun She is hungry, she is thirsty But she don't wanna stop for lunch No time to spend, so I'm gonna bring her some No time to spend, so I'm gonna bring her some Clock is sinking in the quicksand, disappearing past No bother where we're headed, we won't need that What comprises all this joy I feel and where was it before Ancient and eternal and surreal as a hug from a dinosaur My baby ran ablazing Forty laps around the sun She is hungry, she is thirsty But she don't wanna stop for lunch No time to spend, so I'm gonna bring her some (No time to spend, I'm gonna bring her some) No time to spend, so I'm gonna bring her some (No time to spend, I'm gonna bring her some) I just had a memory, a future Time and money aren't real and empathy's scarred You're superconscious, already knew it Ancient and eternal and surreal as a hug from a dinosaur Hug from a dinosaur My baby ran ablazing Forty laps around the sun She is hungry, she is thirsty But she don't wanna stop for lunch No time to spend, so I'm gonna bring her some (No time to spend, I'm gonna bring her some) No time to spend, so I'm gonna bring her some (No time to spend, I'm gonna bring her some) No time to spend, so I'm gonna bring her some (No time to spend, I'm gonna bring her some) No time to spend, so I'm gonna bring her some No time
Thirstier You want someone to worship you I see you loving to watch me risk it all You think you're always right But you love watching me try Proving you're wrong Baby, keep me in your fantasies Baby, keep your hands all over me The more you look, the more you'll see As long as I'm around, I'll be looking for nerves to hit The more of you I drink, the thirstier I get Baby, baby I know what'll wear you out, I'm never sleepy I'm sorry for all the times I've made you feel guilty for sleeping easy But you can get high when I show you how devout I am I walk the walk and I show off just how proud I am Baby, keep me in your fantasies Baby, keep your hands all over me The more you look, the more you'll see As long as I'm around, I'll be looking for nerves to hit The more of you I drink, the thirstier I get Baby, baby I'll admit that sometimes I'm afraid you'll still run Aim and shoot your arrow at a new obsession But if I've got permission to stay under your skin You'll never want another love as long as you live Baby, keep me in your fantasies Baby, even though you live with me The more I look, the more I see As long as I'm around, I'll be looking for nerves to hit The more of you I drink, the thirstier I get Baby, baby As long as I'm around, I'll be looking for nerves to hit The more of you I drink, the thirstier I get Baby, baby
Kiss The Corners I will not forget how your mascara ran for the corners of your lips Everything goes away You remain Oh, how I once missed those corners I once kissed Everything goes away You remain You remain You remain You remain You remain You cried in the window of Cafe Gitane When you melted all the way down When I saw the bruises all up your arms You played it all the way down I will not forget how your mascara ran for the corners of your lips Everything goes away You remain Oh, how I once missed those corners I once kissed Everything goes away You remain You remain You remain You remain... Hand In The Air Funny, isn't it, how my nerves can't even tell the difference Between pain and pleasure though my memory knows better It's a bad habit to start asking questions with one eye closed I'd be a coward, keeping from one eye what the other knows From far away your hand in the air Could mean goodbye Could mean hello I hear the businesses outside my window rollin' up their gates And tonight when they go back down again they're gonna sound the same All the clocks, they have stopped so I'll have to trust the night where it hangs Or I'm gonna fear I'm gonna, I'll go insane It's a bad habit to start asking questions with one eye closed I'd be a coward keeping from one eye what the other knows From far away your hand in the air Could mean goodbye Could mean hello From far away your hand in the air Could mean goodbye Could mean hello Either way you wear the same sad smile, so You've got to let me keep you close enough to know Either way you wear the same sad smile, so You've got to let me keep you close enough to know Either way you wear the same sad smile, so You've got to let me keep you close enough to know Either way you wear the same sad smile, so You've got to let me keep you close enough to know Keep The Devil Out Stir crazy and bored Expiring behind doors What's your next move? You've only got time to lose I for one am gonna dig us out of here I have got all the hope I need To keep the devil out my ear If you only had One song left to sing What would it be? Go on and sing it to me I for one am gonna dig us out of here I have got all the hope I need To keep the devil out my ear Everybody wants to go to heaven But nobody wants to die to get there Everybody wants to go to heaven But nobody wants to die to get there Everybody wants to go to heaven But nobody wants to die to get there Everybody wants to go to heaven But nobody wants to die to get there Get a load of this I had a vision Tomorrow we rise From our deep-sea slumber Make ourselves a new world order I have got all the hope I need To keep the devil out of here Everybody wants to go to heaven But nobody wants to die to get there Everybody wants to go to heaven But nobody wants to die to get there Everybody wants to go to heaven But nobody wants to die to get there Everybody wants to go to heaven But nobody wants to die to get there
WHAT AN ENORMOUS ROOM Happy Man's Shoes Old dirt road Brand-new moves The me of yesterday hadn't a clue Today I'd be baby blue Struttin' to the fountain in a happy man's shoes When you lost me We all lost All I needed was your joy Now I'm lookin' at the sky Same as lookin' inside No I do not accept your shame I've got a way of not seeing the dead Go ahead and call it unsuccess It's not like it's your demise Babe, my star's just on the rise I've got a way of not seeing the dead Go ahead and call it unsuccess It's not like it's your demise, babe My star's just on the rise, babe Won't spend the rest of my days Crawling into the frame But I love you Now I am baby blue Struttin' to the fountain in a happy man's shoes Now I am baby blue Struttin' to the fountain in a happy man's shoes I love you I love you Life As We Don't Know It Turned a corner Dug my heels in Lucky fool Lucky fuck Lucky duck We'll celebrate forever Life as we don't know it is coming at us quick No one ever thinks they'll get caught up in a rip Tried to let it carry me, tried not to fight Each time I looked for God I drank a wave down every time Don't think I could have forgiven If the ocean took us both Yes it's true we're drowning together But we're so alone Life as we don't know it is coming at us quick No one ever thinks they'll get caught up in a rip Tried to let it carry me, tried not to fight Each time I looked for God I drank a wave down every time Don't think I could have forgiven If the ocean took us both Yes it's true we're drowning together But we're so alone
I Got The Fear Well, this is new My winter blues have turned yellow I'm down here before noon Squinting up out the window This isn't what I meant at all When I said, "Let's get out of here and thaw" Worry's got me by the throat I keep my feet to the road But it's breathing down my neck And it does not care that I object I got the fear I got the fear You panicking In the public bathroom stall Your chest in a free fall You're not alone in there And the dread doesn't pay any rent money But as long as it doesn't get ahold of my honey Think I'll be all right Think I'll be all right Though my usual tricks aren't working And our only world is burning And even what's only real in my head Destroys me, are we all doomed To fulfill this prophecy
Wake To Flowers Months of Sundays Coffee stains I see them comin miles away Loneliness Deaths of pets and parents You know they're lurking in the wings But the morning sun that lights your cheek The way you smile with your teeth The way you hold me way too tight when we sleep Didn't know I'd wake to flowers after goin to sleep to rain Is this my life I'm surprised, I'm surprised Didn't know I'd wake to flowers after goin to sleep to rain Didn't know I'd wake to flowers after goin to sleep to rain Didn't know I'd wake to flowers after goin to sleep to rain Didn't know I'd wake to flowers after goin to sleep to rain Ugly Mystery Monette, Monette I felt you suck the life from me I won't forget your apathy was such an ugly mystery I watched myself vanish under vanity lighting Hope is so violent and I knew you wouldn't jump ship Unless you saw another one coming You said you needed plausible deniability You said distinct was my perfume when it got into the sheets And so the bedroom was off limits by June And I know it was mean leaving my toothbrush by the sink But Monette, sometimes on paper We're someone we don't want to be Hope is so violent and I knew you wouldn't jump ship Unless you saw another one coming Hope is so violent and I knew you wouldn't jump ship Unless you saw another one coming
Collect I know what you expect You expect to be first You claim what you didn't earn Is that what you deserve Is that what you deserve Don't sleep yet My hunger's whet I've laid the ground Now I'm making rounds Want to know what's next Colossal success Justice is coming Know it and relax Did I hit a nerve Did I hit a nerve Did I hit a nerve Did I hit a nerve Did I hit a nerve Did I hit a nerve Did I hit a nerve Did I hit a nerve I am nothing you've seen before I am the way forward I am the water of life I am the angel of death I'm here to collect I'm here to collect I'm here to collect I'm here to collect I'm here to collect I'm here to collect I'm here to collect I'm here to collect I'm here to collect I'm here to collect I'm here to collect I'm here to collect
Artificial Limits Recently I've been dreaming nightly of a ship Capsizing, all of us inside If you're here it means you've survived Your own death sentence So rest in pleasure now No more artificial limits Took me this long to realize a flame casts no shadow I'm not sayin' I've let my darkness go But it's like I'm learning to float It's gettin' hot under my skin Think I'm starting to glow There are no safe places, people or things And in spite of everything Anything could happen now Anything could happen now If you're here it means you've survived Your own death sentence So rest in pleasure now No more artificial limits So we've got our insanities So we are inclined to bleed We could let these be our strengths There are no safe places, people or things And in spite of everything Anything could happen now Anything could happen now Anything could happen now Anything could happen now Anything could happen now Anything could happen now Anything could happen now Anything could happen now Jerk Into Joy What an enormous room What an enormous room Look at all the dancing I can do Look at all the dancing I can do What an enormous room What an enormous room Look at all the dancing I can do Look at all the dancing I can do Jerk into joy When the light goes out Jerk into joy When plans go south I didn't sing today Because I didn't have a song in my heart It's our third spring in the house Our first without you If I could get out of my way Maybe I'd find a place to start When I can't pull the words from my mouth I've got to choose to Jerk into joy When the light goes out Jerk into joy When plans go south Left her in the driveway In the car you thought you'd left in park When it started to roll she jumped out And in a flash it was through I don't have a clue How somebody moves through that But if I can help to carry you We can try to Jerk into joy When the light goes out Jerk into joy When plans go south Jerk into joy Can look a lot like rage Jerk into joy No time to leave the stage What an enormous room What an enormous room Look at all the dancing I can do Look at all the dancing I can do What an enormous room What an enormous room Look at all the dancing I can do Look at all the dancing I can do What an enormous room What an enormous room Look at all the dancing I can do Look at all the dancing I can do What an enormous room What an enormous room Look at all the dancing I can do Look at all the dancing I can do Jerk into joy When the light goes out Jerk into joy When plans go south Jerk into joy Can feel a lot like dying Jerk into joy Not time to say goodbye Forever Home Born to the swamps and the cypress trees Florida baby just like me Few screws runnin' loose in the family Baby girl McConnell Was all they wrote on the certificate of birth Half a name No shoes, no shirt The void is not your only friend Baby girl will bring you in Give you a name A name of your own, a forever home A name of your own, a forever home A name of your own, a forever home A name of your own, a forever home Drinkin' black coffee by age three 'Cause there wasn't much to eat She claims she's only short because of caffeine Baby girl McConnell Was all they wrote on the certificate of birth Half a name No shoes, no shirt The void has always listened But baby girl will bring you in Give you a name A name of your own, a forever home A name of your own, a forever home A name of your own, a forever home A name of your own, a forever home A name of your own, a forever home A name of your own, a forever home A name of your own, a forever home A name of your own, a forever home Songbird Forever I am your king I am your queen I am everything in between I can sell you anything You'll believe anything I sing I am a songbird forever Songbird forever You and me You and me You and me You and me You and me You own me You own me Songbird forever You and me You and me You own me You own me
Non Albums Tracks
5th Amendment (27: The Most Perfect Album LP) Dred Scott Same name as me And a daddy to girls With all the hope Their bodies could hold A line was crossed And it called For an emancipation But they had no such celebration This is the sand we built our house upon This is the sand we built our house upon This is the sand we built our house upon This is the sand we built our house upon This is the sand we built our house upon This is the sand we built our house upon This is the sand we built our house upon This is the sand we built our house upon
All Apologies (Nirvana cover) What else should I be All apologies What else should I say Everyone is gay What else should I write I don't have the right What else should I be All apologies In the sun, in the sun I feel as one In the sun, in the sun Married, buried I wish I was like you Easily amused Find my nest to salt Everything's my fault I'll take all the blame Aqua seafoam shame Sunburn, freezer burn Choking on the ashes of her enemy In the sun, in the sun I feel as one In the sun, in the sun Married, married Married, buried All in all is all we are...
Making Memories Of Us (Keith Urban cover) I'm gonna be here for you, baby I'll be a man of my word Speak the language in a voice that you have never heard I wanna sleep with you forever And I wanna die in your arms In a cabin by a meadow where the wild bees swarm I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you And I'll earn your trust making memories of us I wanna honor your mother And I wanna learn from your pa I wanna steal your attention like a bad outlaw I wanna stand out in a crowd for you A man among men I wanna make your world better than it's ever been I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you And I'll earn your trust making memories of us We'll follow the rainbow Wherever the four winds blow And there'll be a new day Coming your way I'm gonna be here for you from now on This you know somehow You've been stretched to the limits, but it's alright now And I'm gonna make you a promise If there's life after this I'm gonna be there to meet you with a warm, wet kiss I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you And I'll earn your trust making memories of us I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you And I'll win your trust making memories of us
Married For Love (Feat. Fruit Bats / Decoration EP) I married for love I married for love I fought and I won I fought and I won I must stay patient Happy loving and fun Loving and fun I married for love I married for love I fought and I won I fought and I won I must stay patient Happy loving and fun Loving and fun I married for love I married for love I fought and I won I fought and I won I must stay patient Happy loving and fun Loving and fun Loving and fun Loving and fun
O Come All Ye Faithful (Christmas carol) O Come all ye faithful Joyful and triumphant O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem Come and behold Him Born the King of Angels Another copy paste from aotr O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him Christ the Lord Sing, choirs of angels Sing in exultation Sing all the citizens of Heaven above Glory to God Glory in the Highest O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him Christ the Lord Special (Garbage) I, I'm living without you I, I know all about you I have run you down into the ground Spread disease about you over town I, I used to adore you I, I couldn't control you There was nothing that I wouldn't do To keep myself around and close to you I thought you were special But I've run out of patience I, I, I, I I thought you were special Another copy paste from aotr I used to amuse you I knew that I'd lose you Now you're here and begging for a chance There's no way in hell I'd take you back I thought you were special I've run out of patience I'm tired of the violence I'm tired of the violence
Too Big For The Glory Hole No way to know what these hold Must be that God can make a joke Gold or no gold, we'll all still go Dark winds may blow, we'll all still go Making the bed ain't easy When you live alone And I've lived alone forever I've lived alone forever and a day If I ever get it made, I'll lay in it Smile all the way across my face Must be that God can take a joke To make the one I like best, the one I fear most Maybe some of us are just too big for the glory hole I'm not even sure I'd know what to do with God But I want you to love me forever I want you to love me forever I want you to love me forever I want you to love me forever I want you to love me forever
Until I Die (Brandi Carlile cover / Cover Stories LP) Hey there, what's that in your sky With all the pretty lights You think I can get that high Hey you man, where's your motivation And why the celebration You've gotten nothing done here You wanna live until you Die alone and will And I can fly alone and will I'm not so far below I live beneath your sky With tainted eyes I've made my mind To live until I die Run, run, run, catch me if you can, can, can Come and hold my hand and I'll be your biggest fan Followers living in your hollow words I have seen your nine to fives Wash away your dreams You wanna live until you Die alone and will And I can fly alone and will I'm not so far below I live beneath your sky With tainted eyes I've made my mind Hey I'm just fine with all my time To live until I die
Wandering Star (Portishead cover) Please, could you stay awhile to share my grief For it's such a lovely day To have to always feel this way And the time that I will suffer less Is when I never have to wake Wandering stars For whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever Wandering stars For whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever Those who have seen the needles eye now tread Like a husk from which all that was now has fled And the masks what the monsters wear To feed upon their prey Wandering stars For whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever Wandering stars For whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever Doubled up inside Take awhile to shed my grief Always doubled up inside Taunted, cruel Wandering stars For whom it is reserved The blackness, the darkness forever Wandering stars For whom it is reserved The blackness, the darkness forever