B i o g r a p h y (by Marcy Donelson)
Though Waxahatchee has spanned self-recorded solo material, reflective folk-rock, and more raucous, full-band indie rock, the project has remained intensely personal in nature. Making her debut with the breakup-inspired American Weekend in 2012, songwriter Katie Crutchfield continued to amplify her knack for hooks and engaging melodies with her John Agnello-co-produced fourth LP, 2017's Out in the Storm. A year later, she reversed course with the spare Great Thunder EP, which revisited material from her side duo with Keith Spencer from Swearin', while 2020's Saint Cloud settled into a more reflective folk-rock. Waxahatchee continued in this Americana direction with 2024's Tigers Blood. Named after the lake not far from her parents' house in Alabama, Waxahatchee began as a solo project for musician Katie Crutchfield in 2011. That year, the moniker first appeared on a split cassette with Chris Calvin. Crutchfield had been writing songs since her early teens and played for a while with her twin sister, Allison, in the scrappy punk outfit P.S. Eliot. That group disbanded around the time of a serious breakup, and Crutchfield stole away to her parents' country home, where she recorded the songs that would become Waxahatchee's lo-fi debut full-length, 2012's American Weekend. The confessional songs on the project's debut gained Waxahatchee more exposure, and Crutchfield began performing in and around Philadelphia, where she had moved. Around that time, she also formed the lo-fi duo Great Thunder with Keith Spencer from her sister's band Swearin'. They released the LP Sounds of Great Thunder in 2012, and when Crutchfield assembled a backing band for Waxahatchee live shows, he signed on as drummer. In March 2013, her still intimate but more expansive sophomore album, Cerulean Salt, was released to largely positive critical reviews. She was joined on the album by Spencer, Kyle Gilbride, Radiator Hospital's Sam Cook-Parrott, and her sister. Great Thunder released the Strange Kicks EP and Groovy Kinda Love LP later in 2013, and Waxahatchee toured internationally for the next year, gaining fans and listeners as her profile grew. In early 2015, Waxahatchee signed with Merge Records for the U.S. release of their third LP, Ivy Tripp. Continuing a trend toward a fuller, more aggressive sound, the album saw release in April of that year and marked her debut on the Billboard 200. Joined in the studio by producer John Agnello, Allison Crutchfield, bassist Katherine Simonetti, and drummer Ashley Arnwine, among others, she followed it in 2017 with the defiant Out in the Storm, about overcoming a toxic relationship. Her next release covered a selection of Great Thunder tracks, which she re-recorded with producer Brad Cook. Stripping down arrangements to mostly piano, the six-track Great Thunder EP arrived in Merge in 2018. Returning to the studio with Cook, she recorded her more country-rock-minded fifth long-player with Bobby Colombo and Bill Lennox of Bonny Doon, Bonny Light Horseman's Josh Kaufman, and Elvis Perkins in Dearland's Nick Kinsey as her backing band. The resulting Saint Cloud was released in March 2020 to widespread critical acclaim. After contributing a cover of "Talking Dust Bowl Blues" to the 2021 Woody Guthrie tribute Home in This World, Crutchfield returned in January 2022 with her original soundtrack to the Apple TV+ series El Deafo. Crutchfield continued to work with Brad Cook on Tigers Blood, a 2024 album largely recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas. Tigers Blood featured a band comprising drummer Spencer Tweedy and guitarist MJ Lenderman. Following the album's release, Waxahatchee guested on Futurebirds' song "Easy Company" and released the single "Much Ado About Nothing."
Abandoned Angeles Black Candy Chapel Of Pines Clumsy Easy Company Erasure Farewell Transmission Home Game Liar's Tale Mighty Bolt Much Ado About Nothing No Curse One Paper Kid Other Side Pretty Paper Resentment (New Feelings Version) Singer's No Star Sister Saint Slow You Down Take Me Home, Country Roads Takes So Much Talking Dust Bowl Blues The Dark Don't Hide It Thirteen Tomorrow Trampoline Love Song Up In The Sky Whiskey + Math With You You Can't Stay The Same You Left Me With An Ocean You Said Something You're Welcome
AMERICAN WEEKEND Catfish Crave, desolate You dive in, we follow along And I contrive you with whiskey and Sam Cooke songs And we lay on our backs, soaking wet Below a static TV set Conversation flows Counting shooting stars and catfish But I'll never make a wish Barefoot, parking lot Getting high in Portland, Oregon Echo seventeen and we glue it back and poke fun And it gets real quiet, I don't care Darting with moonshine, truth or dare I say just what I'm thinking And second-guess instantly And you laugh at me You stick to our slow motion memory It's one in the morning and ninety degrees And though now it is hovering darkly over me It'll look just like heaven when I get up and leave You're a ghost and I can't breathe Grass Stain I don't care I'll embrace all of my vices And we'll black it out Or at least slow everything down And I'll fish for compliments And I'll drink until I'm happy And I'll wonder what you're doing But I won't call Our paths split It's morning, but I still feel it We skate around Why our intemperance feels so profound And I let you in real slow And I regret it immediately I run away so fast You fall too deep too easily I don't care If I'm too young to be unhappy Or I recklessly impair This newfangled proclivity And I won't answer my phone And I'll never leave my bedroom And I'll avoid you like the plague Because I can't give you what you want I won't give you what you want Rose, 1956 Sharp hangover, it is Christmas Eve It fades and evaporates Passing the trains and lakes and trees Your breaths are short and urgent And it is unsettling 'Cause you got married when you were fifteen Fifteen Now I hide out from telephone wires at Waxahatchee Creek Your body, weak from smoke and tar and subsequent disease You got married when you were fifteen Fifteen Miscalculation Each other's only living means Your arms wane thinner Your legs surrender Sunlight probing, it is Christmas Eve No stitch of shade We pass by lakes and big mimosa trees Your breaths are short and urgent And it is unsettling You got married when you were fifteen Fifteen American Weekend I watch these projections of us You're magnetic and I cannot keep up And I feel as you move in real close And I feel as your head arose You're a figment I believed it I depart, your dog died today And you drive all the way here to tell me I'm okay And I left, I didn't say goodbye And I ran all the way home in the gray moonlight It's dark now, but we made it that way With what we drink and how we think and what we say We degrade ourselves And then expect help Its morning, we're still in the same place We are diluted, we are the only ones awake And you hold me like you do it everyday I chase a graceful way to erase or to run away We diverge and I collapse into my bed And you are shoved awkwardly into my head Wage sleep to sleep in American weekend Michel Hands under my clothes We can't let it go You set it up masterfully And then blame it all on me Cynicism smothering Implanted, blossoming in me Our fun is toxic and bold Embellished and oversold Embody me 'Cause I am weak I moved out But I never opened my mouth I never opened my mouth It's late, I'm up on the roof In New York, I hung up on you I can't pay for the mistakes I made So I'll just let this die and decay Be Good It's unclear now what we intend We're alone in our own world You don't wanna be my boyfriend And I don't wanna be your girl And that, that's a relief We'll drink up our grief And pine for summer And we'll buy beer to shotgun And we'll lay in the lawn And we'll be good Now I'm laughing at my boredom At my string of failed attempts Because you think that it's important And I welcome the sentiment And we talk on the phone at night Until it's daylight And I feel clever And I hear the slow in your speech Yeah you're half asleep Say goodnight Now I've got friendships to mend I'm selfishly dispossessed You don't wanna be my boyfriend And that's probably for the best Because that, that gets messy And you will hurt me Or I'll disappear So we will drink beer all day And our guards will give way And we'll be good Luminary Blake Full moon, we see our breath in a blue glow I follow you to the bar in the snow And then we roll around in your sheets And watch our habits become a routine We'll fall asleep eventually And I'll move away Forget today Someday Meditate, I expand on the floor Floating in pennies and microphone cords Repeat mistakes, you're easy to erase And I abstain, ideal falls in to place But luck will fail And others will pale And I'll think of you And I'll think I tried it Or I will deny it But it's not true No one reminds me The better won't find me And I won't learn Tiger, tiger I play with fire I get burned And no one reminds me The better won't find me And I won't learn Tiger, tiger I play with fire And I get burned Magic City Wholesale Crowd stale, wholesale We're on the porch and there's a keg and you are quiet Wind shifts, I drift to autumn I tell Dom what I see She laughs at me Blast beats, we retreat And it's a lonely street The burden of circumvention But fractions like us Fill cities and flats and cul-de-sacs So we yell over it and have a laugh And it's a laughable scenario Peripheral motion picture show And I feel your eyes And I stayed inside But it wouldn't work So I soak up your vice Tonight's a blur We meet, you scare me See, I have met people from Maine and Athens, Georgia and Montreal And I'm dead, lips red Licking sugar, I smile at everyone Formulated fun Bathtub Take my word for it I'm not worth it I ignored you all night You don't deserve it Morning, bathtub My skin soft and hot I was sure you were right But you're not, you're not And I contemplate my ruined fate Someone will hurt me so bad one day You'll resonate, apologize Or maybe I'll make the same mistake twice I hide from phone calls under the warm water And Malice desists No, it woefully recurs And it plays like daytime TV shows, I confuse you And I tell you not to love me But I still kiss you when I want to And I lament, you're innocent Somehow the object of my discontent It's fucked up, I let you in Even though I've seen what can happen You make a tape I receive it in the mail And I force myself busy The diversion will prevail And I will swallow all my guilt With little pills and forge my chin up And I will only think about it in the morning In the bathtub I Think I Love You It's late We are not awake And I smashed my phone I am learning how to be alone Resoundingly Unpretty girl stares back at me And I become What everyone's harboring from Is it your fault No, I think it's my fault We digress You're inhaling smoke emotionless Somewhere on a map Unaware that I am falling flat And you will hurt me And I deserve it It's late You are not awake And it's nothing I want you so bad It's devouring me And I think I love you But you'll never find out Noccalula We'll make it real loud Four years, we'll barely speak And you've got a husband now I have Waxahatchee Creek And you used to come here with me I need a heavy heart Allison's only calling me when her life's falling apart So I pour it tall and talk to myself in my head alone But it's really better until I learn how To gracefully let someone in and back out But I won't worry about it right now Say what you're thinking I'm watching thoughts dance around in your head You'll let me down easy or you'll beg for my empathy Your lips are moving, your mouth is so close to mine I almost can taste your spit, Pilsner brew and cigarettes If it keeps up, we'll run out of time I'll write you letters and I'll write you songs And you will be endlessly distracting and then It falls flat onto paper again You're in the Carolinas and I'm going to New York And I'll be much better there Or that's what I'm hoping for And we will never speak again
CERULEAN SALT Hollow Bedroom I left like I got my way But truly I left with nothing at all When I saw you the next day I knew they'd hear our breath through these walls We are late, we are loud And we'll remain connected as you're reading out loud Mirroring a staggered youth Flowered with nerves and shadows and truth And it swept in Like a strong wind And I don't believe I care at all What they hear through these walls Dixie Cups And Jars I'm not a whipper in the wind Or solace laying at the bottom of a bottle Or your thick skin Escape yells both our names out loud We run like hell, I'll write a tragic epilogue And you'll act it out I watched your dad give you away I watched him drink the bitter taste In his exertion away Make-up sits on your face like tar The champagne flutes poorly engineered Employ dixie cups and jars Like minds let go of doubt I watched it blow right out And we danced on gaffs and graves You'll remain, I will find a way to leave gracefully Or I'll escape I do not fall to losing face I dream I dive into something greater Something to take my grief away Dead leaves crunch, I will not be missed I fill my jar up to the brim I'm an arid abyss I'm an arid abyss Lips And Limbs Could you be extraordinary Stems and seeds, bucket seats This house is full of slurred speech You're tormented, I watch you bleed And with this drink, I'll take you back home We are shimmering bright Stagger through uncharted parks The stars could be tawdry streetlights And we don't have too much to say I can't feel a thing Is this just a wrinkle On a page that ends dismally I choose a path and run so fast You are bored of following me And with this drink, I'll swallow the intangible I can't illustrate Control my limbs and lips 'Cause you're too crowded to commiserate And we're mechanical in your double bed Remorse hung overhead to approach me Could you be extraordinary We're alone in this gaudy mess In the house of slurred speech Sharing gravity to suppress And in your ear, I will whisper weakly Things that I do not mean You are deaf and dumb and I am numb And we're illuminating I never had too much to say I can't feel a thing Blue, Pt. 2 If you think that I'll wait forever, you were right and I'll give you everything you wanted if I can And when I look into your olive-colored eyes I feel a breach, it makes me cry, it makes me cry I wake up early every morning and you sleep for hours after me In our darkened bedroom, I can't breath behind this curtain that we keep We'll wake up sober two weeks later and we're loving The atmosphere is fucking tired, it brings us nothing If you think that I'll stay forever, you were right and I'll give you everything you wanted when I can And it may look like every hour is dictated by the chance of ream We won't want to die, we won't even feel an ounce of pain Brother Bryan I said to you on the night that we met, "I am not well" Our habits secrete to the sidewalk and street, our civic hell And we covet the dark, share a cab to the park And you'll let me Speak of bearings undone, silver hair in the sun We are only thirty percent dead and our parents go to sleep early We destroy all of our esteem And the sunlight starts to shine through the trees And the noise on this block keeps my mind interlocked and unfastened And the struggle sheds skin, heavy breath is a deadly assassin My sister's eyes flood like rivers of wine in your absence So we echo each song to which you'd sing along A circuit hymn and we'll sing it again And we'll smoke 'til our pockets are empty A person cannot live without sleep And you can't hold up a story so heavy We tell it so rarely And in this place, I think about you The spirits and veins that you run through And in this place, I think about you Coast To Coast Treacherous, empty Alert on the backseat Visiting disgrace Each dull face or first name You scan the AM for "Coast to Coast" I'll try to embrace the lows We lay at night Cursing our stage fright Or leading our own lives Into the empty night When you've indulged every reckless whim What is the weight of all your weakness Tangled Envisioning The river's clouded thick with mud I can't hear your scream or see your blood And I do not trust your cheating luck I don't console you in the back of his truck I do not hold the means to mend You had a pain I could not comprehend Been in tangled envisioning We lived in water at the tops of trees We'd never see the same blue sky It wasn't far, I had to fly It wasn't far, I had to fly It wasn't far, I had to fly It wasn't far, I had to fly Misery Over Dispute Revive the summery dusk I'll run fast, leave you in the dust And the first soul that I pass on the street Cannot rid me of a cheating defeat If I claim a sole regret I love only enough to accept And I'll be spineless and sick in your eyes Until death or the dragging of time I chose misery over dispute I've whispered and walked on eggshells Just to choose misery over dispute Choose misery over dispute Lively Doctors and naive love Silver spoons over fire You tell a lazy lie And I tell them you're a liar And we sit in the dark Needles and tubes in your arm I see you in dark glasses Writers and old movie stars And you'd die before you look me in the eye I had a dream last night We had hit separate bottoms You yell right in my face And I poison myself numb and You will lick your wounds In only the most crowded room I'm longing for my youth You were lively then, too And you lie when the truth is Hovering vast as the dark and grey sky We were crowded and blue You were lively then, too You were lively then, too Waiting Red forest double cross You'll hunt me down Smack me around I know you We'll burn down every tree Live out a dream And we'll be alone This grave is our home And we're free And you'll never cut me as deep We'll garnish a home But my blood is my own And we're free Red forest that once stood We come unwound Lay on the ground Don't make a sound We're waiting 'Cause everything has to end So I would recommend To be waiting Swan Dive I cling to indifference, you to your worst memory Dark winter morning, you honk your car horn at me And I will grow out of all the empty bottles in my closet And you'll quit having dreams about a swan dive to the hard asphalt Won't you sleep with me every night for a week Won't you just let me pretend this is the love I need And I will grow out of all the empty words I often speak And you will be depleted, but much better off without me You hold on to the past, you make yourself miserable And I'm ruled by seasons and sadness that's inexplicable And we will find a way to be lonely any chance we get And I'll keep having dreams about loveless marriage and regret Peace And Quiet End up in alabaster The radio counts your thoughts You grow as big as the ocean Soothing when I'm destroyed But you can run, you can hide, you're a giant and depend on the damage you cause If I muster the strength to afflict you I won't feel any better at all Some cosmetic illusion You'll rest your callow bones And blame my hardworking father For harm you cannot atone But you can't argue the truth, you're exceeded And you'll rest on your laurels and stall If I muster the strength to afflict you I won't feel any better at all You're Damaged Come right back Buy all that they have Convenient disguise We distantly laugh You are eleven Nineteen ninety-seven God is implicit Your luck is consistent And no, I cannot see into the future No, I cannot breathe underwater Bit your last word, I call out to you This place is vile and I'm vile too My gallant father Vomit and water We're not alone here We invent our own fear And separately we will see Chaos, condolence, defeat And now in this place You talk to my shell You keep double wides You dream in motels And my words are ugly And you can't discern me God's buried under Your damaged wonder And no, I cannot see into the future No, I cannot breathe underwater With sabers and sticks, we'll run to our peace Kept undisclosed and told of a memory And in this dejection lives a connection Tattooed in vain silence And all my resistance We'll cut our hands agape and manifest Compassion, we'll lose with time and test
IVY TRIPP Breathless You look at me like I'm a rose Singing a song that you don't know You always walk so slow You always walk so slow If I was foolish, I would chase A feeling I long ago let fade We could be good for days We could be good for days You take what you want You wear it out I'm not trying to be a rose You see me how I wish I was But I'm not trying to be seen To be seen You strike a chord with all my friends Saying stuff that will transcend A sad story with an end A sad story with an end But if I just cloy myself in light Stare at you picture late at night Then I could just close my eyes I could just close my eyes You take what you want You call me back I'm not trying to be yours You indulge me I indulge you But I'm not trying to have it all To have it all Under A Rock One, two, three Maybe you got your head caught in a ditch last night I got to you imparting Now you're someone else's mess tonight And I got upset, I told you twice That I know how to break inside The brick house that you built around rour cranium You wear it like a crown Maybe I let on that I was interested In your brand of lonely A book you cracked once and never read Your ravenous, insatiable Appetite for the expendable Will leave you just as hollow as your requiem You'll bang it like a drum Maybe Maybe Poison I watch you anxiously You paint it celestial You paint it serene What do you want What do you need A welcome mat You get lazy You get boring You jump the track And your birthday party tongue dripping You'll summarize Travel the world, ivy tripping with No spotlight I fill your plastic cup I'm cooling in peacefulness You dress it up What do I want What do I think Nobody hears I take all the space I need And my tears run clear While your short-term memory's slipping You'll improvise Travel the world, ivy tripping with No spotlight La Loose In the middle of my eyes Are the black hills of tonight And you can lean on me for now I am frozen in time And when the sun burns, I'll turn red But I will feel so close to dead And I will visualize a tragedy And blame you for it I get why you would long for your past I know why you would run away so fast And I'll try to preserve the routine I don't want to discuss what it means You're the only one I want watching me In my thoughtful consort When the stars are holding court We will be in another world Where my clarity's restored And this charming picture of Hysteria in love It could fade or wrinkle up I don't hold faith in much I know that I feel more than you do I selfishly want you here to stick to And I'll try to preserve the routine I don't want to discuss what it means You're the only one I want watching me Stale By Noon Ethereal (ethereal) I'm in bloom Torturing (torturing) The afternoon Simple things (simple things) Will light me up I can imitate (imitate) Some kind of love Or I could see it for what it is And stop kidding myself We are not (we are not) That alike I can be (I can be) A ray of light But you are (you are) Always in my head Down on earth (down on earth) Rest in bed I could stop praying for everybody I'm just wasting my time I'll read your philosophy And get a new lease on life I get lost looking up I get lost looking up The Dirt Loaded, you'll eulogize before you will preach Rubbing your filthy hands on my speech My hedonistic sugar-white beach And the grievance that I breed If I fill you with fiction that won't hurt Will you eat up my words with the dirt Outside in my inept hands or my active eyes I'll use the oxygen in this room To call everyone I know and unhinge Disrupt neutrality You'll deliver a fable I could live And I'll throw it off the nearest cliff Long since I was as empty as a young child Hope lying in prospect I wasted my boredom hastily I'm a basement brimming with nothing great I'm a basement brimming with nothing great Blue We, we never leave the beach We'll grow numb to the mystique And the world spins as we sleep Running water, running Running water, running Some are allergic to the sun They'll grow numb in the long run They'll get everything they want Running water, running Running water, running Running water, running Running water, running Running water, running Running water, running Running water, running Running water, running Air It fogged up again My spotless exit So we walked two-by-two With tedious ascent When I am gone, at least I won't be thinking I left you out like a carton of milk You were quick to query me But I wanted you still To relay something warm To break off a good piece But you won't be, you won't be And you were patiently giving me Every answer as I roamed free It fogged up again My liar's remorse We stand hand-in-hand Idle in our course When we are moving We just pretend to be strangers lamenting a means to an end And you were patiently giving me Everything that I will never need < I woke up Brush my hair There's not much there I reveal More and more Sculpting the bust of a man I'll forever ignore While you gloss All your fear Shout it from the rooftop Then hide in the basement and cheer You're less than me I am nothing I am nothing You're less than me I am nothing I am nothing You're less than me I am nothing I am nothing You're less than me I am nothing I am nothing You're less than me I am nothing Grey Hair Maybe you're not the only one You might wait and see me become A candle, precarious psychically among The ill at ease, the summer breeze But sugar soda pop songs play on the radio I get short of breath because I can't slow down Maybe you'll learn to live on stage Rambling in a staggering haze And maybe American kids will start a craze Devoid death, bleeding heads But lusting for hollowness releases a cold sweat I get short of breath because I can't slow down Summer Of Love I didn't think, now I'm here Treading water without you My reflection is wry, it's enticing But I couldn't last long here without you I gave it up, the mystique The colors allure me, but I can't make out A face in the picture of palm trees The summer of love is a photo of us I lose a thought and I'm here Reaching for poise as I'm speaking Conversations are dry, I absolve Playing alert, but I'm sleeping I gave it up, the mistake The colors allure me, but I can't make out A face in the picture of palm trees The summer of love is a photo of us The summer of love is a photo of us The summer of love is a photo of us Half Moon Curious impulse drifting slow in a state In the darkness, in music, our imperfect escape You're a good girl, a daughter of liars avenged And you paint such a picture, the departed, unhinged You make a splash You're adored by strangers through glass We fuck up our rhythm this idea is a curse I invite myself in and I think I kissed you first But this glimpse at the past, it is tattered and trite Our love tastes like sugar, but it pulls all the life out of me Out of me You cry to an old friend, to a hole in your heart To a ghost in the fading strokes of your glorious art And she lied when she said she would call you today And you know I couldn't blame her The pain that you make, it never dies I hung it up in a wistful disguise Bonfire You got your mind set on it Losing me over the head on it You splatter your logic like I came here to see the first day of your life The speed of light fixates on you Moving through time, a failing pursuit Give off a spark, you light up the room You got your heart broken Now You unfold it when you're falling down You tell me she was boring you She keep ticking behind glass walls, good as new The speed of light's over your head Moving through night, faces you'll forget You ask a lot, she said, "Go ahead" He said, "Go ahead" I say, "Go ahead"
OUT IN THE STORM Never Been Wrong I spent all my time Learning how to defeat You at your own game It's embarrassing I walk around like This is the last strike I love being right Especially with you Now I wake up early I ruffle, I lie in wait All your tragic fiction I always take the bait But the margin's gigantic Am I happy or manic Does it make you feel good To just blend in with the wall Everyone Will hear me complain Everyone Will pity my pain You'll play defense Evading the nonsense Does it make you feel good To watch me stumbling in the dark You're smoking and laughing Untethered and carefree I will unravel When no one sees what I see You walk around like It's your god-given right And you love being right You've never been wrong 8 Ball Hey, I'll go away You let me take my own damn car To Brooklyn, New York, USA I'll dream, embarrassing reverie I'm all detached feeling like myself I'll drink too much, I'll cause a big scene And I'll breathe I don't care who sees I'll be nobody I'll be the wind blowing through the leaves When I fall I will not be ashamed at all You'll see a failure You wanna brand my losing streak You wanna be the eight ball Why I curiously catch your eye The blood that's keeping it alive Is the illusion of the limelight Manhood The tragically misunderstood And you will bury the bad blood I am remiss, I am bodiless output What you see It could not possibly be me I'm your diversion I am the wind blowing down your trees It's plain I lit the groundwork up in flames We watch the smoke rise You wanna name my weakness You wanna be the rain Silver I stare at myself The whole world keeps turning I went out in the storm I felt the house burning The kiss on my lips Starts to feel unfamiliar A part of me rots My skin all turns silver You tell a classic story Smothered underneath formality I'll portray the old shag carpet You can walk all over me If I turn to stone The whole world keeps turning I went out in the storm And I'm never returning Recite Remorse I was shaking like a leaf I was clenching my fists I was losing my mind, yeah I was dancing with death When I stood in my front yard Felt the sun on my face It just felt like a rerun Holding everything in place For a moment I was not lost I was waiting for permission to take off When we were new to each other In the city after dark You were so condescending You wrote me in, gave me a part See, I always gravitate toward Those who are unimpressed I saw you as a big fish I saw you as a conquest And I know for you it's easy to walk away You would never ask permission or rue the day I was out of my body Reciting lines of remorse I was losing my mind, yeah I was halfway out the door I was out of my body Reciting lines of remorse I was losing my mind, yeah I was halfway out the door I was out of my body Reciting lines of remorse I was losing my mind, yeah I was halfway out the door I was out of my body Reciting lines of remorse I was losing my mind, yeah I was halfway out the door I was halfway out the door Sparks Fly I take it back, I was never alone My censored thoughts, mild and monotone I took a train to Berlin today When I called last night, you felt so far away Tonight I'll laugh, I say whatever I want Stay in the bar 'til the sun comes up And I see myself through my sister's eyes I'm raw like wire, electrified Sparks fly Sparks fly Death grip on some feigned humility Effort executed beautifully My pride clenched tight in my shaky hand 'Til I let go and bury my head in the sand Or I'll go back south, I'll leave it all behind See myself clearly for the first time Since I met you on a foggy night A disaster, dignified Sparks fly Sparks fly We sat in the hot summer twilight Radio loud and the brim bite The Coosa water is choppy and wild I jumped abruptly, unreconciled Float on my back, watch the purple sky In the last moments of sunlight I know you don't recognize me But I'm a live wire, finally Sparks fly Sparks fly Sparks fly Sparks fly Sparks fly Sparks fly Sparks fly Sparks fly Brass Beam I took a pill I went to sleep for the first time in weeks You kept me up With all your manic energy I had to go I put it out just like a cigarette I'd never be a girl You'd like or trust or you'd respect When I think about it, I wanna punch the wall When I remember everything, I wonder If I'll always feel small You look for me In the broken glass and styrofoam Painting yourself As a sufferer, a stepping stone You work real hard To herd your friends into a gallery Narcissistic injury Disguised as masterpiece I just wanna run, yeah, I don't wanna fight I just want to sing my songs And sleep through the night I endured your criticism Self-loathing and all your doubt I held you up above myself Trying to ride it out I got lost in your rendition of reality All my offering Rendered boring hyperbole I couldn't see the sun from there, just a beam I thought it would never come out, yeah I had to Couldn't see the sun from there, just a beam I thought it would never come out, yeah I had to leave Hear You I don't want to Dry your tears You're in the shadows You're always near You're crystal clear You give up half your life Talking trash up all night Stake out the coolest girl She smiles at you Weighs on the world I could have lied to you Spineless, shrinking Tried and true You muffle a paradigm Yeah you'll have your truth I'll have mine I don't want to Hear you out I lay on the floor You stomp around And you fall down I stand up on that stage You sink your teeth Build your own cage Wait for the coolest girl You break her down Make her hear you out I could have fought with you Forever and never break through You play your hand, cut and dry Yeah you'll have your side I'll have mine A Little More We pretend to be kind I hold everything back You politely point out All of the goodness this world lacks You draw X's on our backs And the feeling tapers off My feeling tapers off Reality is lost Reality is lost I move delicately I slowly choose my words When my presence is felt I'll fly away just like a bird A jagged truth left unheard And I live a little more I live a little more And I die a little more I die a little more And I live a little more I live a little more And I die a little more I die a little more I live a little more I live a little more And I die a little more I die a little more No Question My objective was blind You were always looking for a fight An invisible race We'll be in it 'til one of us dies You went back in time today Expecting me to do the same I can't get away I can't get away I can't get away When you viciously crave captivation You set the tone You will mimic a martyr Quiet and left alone Behind sycophantic amends You sleep around with most of my friends It never ends It never ends It never ends When I'm seeing red, I'm embarrassed It's suffocating I hoped howling out all this truth Would be liberating But all the pity spills from the seams And everyone questions the unseen It sets you free It sets you free It sets you free It sets you free It sets you free It sets you free It sets you free It sets you free It sets you free It sets you free It sets you free It sets you free Fade You wring me out, I tell the truth I feel amazing today You interrupt, you yell in my face But you finally hear me say That I'll walk, I'm walking away I watched myself fade and fade I laid down next to you For three years shedding my skin Dreaming about the potential The person I could have been I left home with nothing I left home with nothing I left home with nothing First saw you through childish eyes I was in love with a song A fleeting glimpse, romanticized And I hoped you let me hang on And I went, I went along I lied to myself I always knew it was wrong I poured everything out It never would be enough I kissed you goodbye And hid for the rest of your life I stayed out of your way I stayed out of your way I stayed out of your way I'm fading, fading away I'm fading, fading away I'm fading, fading, fading, fading away
SAINT CLOUD Oxbow Barna in white Married the night What dreams become concrete They may feel trite Makes a dull mind Well, I'll give it all to you for a while, that's fine A speck in the oxbow, depressing by design If I go along with it, am I lying to you Watching from a distance Whispering close about anything else But it's not that far I want it all I want it all I want it all All I want it all I want it all I want it all All I want it all I want it all I want it all All Can't Do Much We will coalesce our heaven and hell My eyes roll around like dice on the felt My mind turns to something useless and trite My uneasiness, materialized I want you All the time Sanity Nullified When you're missing me, oh what do you see Something wild that you think you'll never be Something safe that you can tend to and leave Something versatile to fill all your needs Maybe I give it to you all on a dime I love you 'til the day I Love you 'til the day I Love you 'til the day I Love you 'til the day I die I guess it don't matter why In my loneliness, I'm locked in a room When you see me, I'm honey on a spoon Do you think that you are reading my mind My uneasiness, materialized I'm waiting All the time Sanity Nullified I hold my breath, I don't make a sound I love you that much any Love you that much any Love you that much any Love you that much anyhow Can't do much about it now I want you All the time Sanity Nullified I want you Fire That's what I wanted It's not as if we cry a river, call it rain West Memphis is on fire in the light of day Give me something, it ain't enough It ain't enough I take it for granted If I could love you unconditionally I could iron out the edges of the darkest sky For some of us, it ain't enough It ain't enough And I take off driving Past places, been tainted I put on a good show for you And when I turn back around Will you drain me back out Will you let me believe that I broke through Tomorrow could feel like a hundred years later I'm wiser and slow and attuned And I am down on my knees I'm a bird in the trees I can learn to see with a partial view I can learn to be easy as I move in close to you And that's what I wanted It's not as if we cry a river, call it rain West Memphis is on fire in the light of day Give me something, it ain't enough It ain't enough I take it for granted If I could love you unconditionally I could iron out the edges of the darkest sky For some of us, it ain't enough It ain't enough Lilacs I wake up feeling nothing Camouflage the wavering sky I sit at my piano Wander the wild whereby And the lilacs drink the water And the lilacs die And the lilacs drink the water Marking the slow, slow, slow passing of time I get so angry, baby At something you might say I dream about an awful stranger Work my way through the day I run it like a silent movie I run it like a violent song I run it like a voice compelling So right it can't be wrong If I'm a broken record, write it in the dust, babe I'll fill myself back up like I used to do And if my bones are made of delicate sugar I won't end up anywhere good without you I need your love too When I live a sparse existence I'll drop down in the fold Lean in to an urgent falter Spin silence into gold I run it like the crop of kismet I run it like a dilettante I run it like I'm happy, baby Like I got everything I want If I'm a broken record, write it in the dust, babe I'll fill myself back up like I used to do And if my bones are made of delicate sugar I won't end up anywhere good without you I won't end up anywhere good without you I need your love too And the lilacs drank the water And the lilacs drank the water And the lilacs drank the water The Eye I leave my home, desolate but not alone I have a gift, I've been told, for seeing what's there And I will chase all the rain, put it down, call it paint To possess something arcane, oh it's a heavy weight We leave love behind Without a tear or a long goodbye And as we wait for lightning to strike We are enthralled by the calling of the eye Oh and one of these days you'll call up You'll give me something beautiful to think and sing and follow Our feet don't ever touch the ground Run ourselves ragged town to town Chasing uncertainty around, a siren sound Oh and you watch me like I'm a jet stream A scientific cryptogram lit up behind the sunbeam You paint my body like a rose A depth of beauty in repose A complicated love you chose Where love will land nobody knows, nobody knows, nobody knows We both dig a grave To immortalize all the shortest waves We can try to let stillness be But if I spin off, will you rescue me Or will I beg you to set me free I think what's wild might be meant to be You and me We leave love behind Without a tear or a long goodbye And as we wait for lightning to strike We are enthralled by the calling of the eye We come running, we always abide Powerless against the calling of the eye Hell Swallow my pride, it's mine to quell I'll put you through hell I'll put you through hell I release a ramble of a sigh You illuminate me as I galvanize A flowery demise I, well, I was never gonna survive He's a fire burning fast and so, so bright Taking back the night It's a classic plight Through vacillating eyes He wants to have it all and who am I And I hover above like a deity But you don't worship me You don't worship me Yeah you struck the illusion, you did it well I'll put you through hell I'll put you through hell I nurture the one track taking flight Let it surround me like a starry night Let it hypnotize Puncturing the minds Of those who canonize A love that is so true, it never dies And I hover above like a deity But you don't worship me You don't worship me Yeah you strip the illusion, you did it well I'll put you through hell I'll put you through hell I'll put you through hell I'll put you through hell Witches Stave it off, don't let it get away The hold you had was ironclad, don't sway You take it just like a man, babe Scathing at the first sight of pain A link in that old chain Marlee's in the back just trying to maintain Her wind on the weather vane There's nothing here to gain But if you wanna buy a round, we might hang out Give us all something to talk about The myth won't love you like no other, babe The myth will always be fair weather, babe We do stupid things in the right way Spineless at abandon in vain A link in that old chain Lindsey's giving me a little faith about What tomorrow might bring There's nothing here to gain Allison always had a heavy disdain For every link in that old chain, chain, chain You can't bluff or outsmart All reasons fall apart Yeah, the myth without struggle, babe It can't fill your heart War Listening to the outside Happiness swelling landslide I'll show you, I'll fill up the room I'll devastate you, it's true I run my soul and body down If I kept a parasite around I'll keep lying to myself I'm not that untrue I'm in a war with myself It's got nothing to do with you In my head, there's a war room Keeping score, ripe to exhume I'll come in hot, I'll fill up the room Possessed and consumed, it's true I wonder how I wound up here I try to say it loud and clear But I mostly keep to myself What I'm going through I'm in a war with myself It's got nothing to do with you Listening to the outside Stagnant air on the front lines A dark star on a clear night Rightly born under a bad sign I run my soul and body down If I tote this dead weight around I'll keep lying to myself I'm not that untrue I'm in a war with myself It's got nothing to do with you It's got nothing to do with you It's got nothing to do with you You, you Arkadelphia I lose my grip, I drive out far Past fireworks at the old trailer park And folding chairs, American flags Selling tomatoes at five bucks a bag When she was young, she kept to herself Now she regrets sending me straight to hell She kissed my cheek, she touched my skin She said, "You're just as stupid as I was back then" If I burn out like a lighbulb They'll say, "She wasn't meant for that life" They'll put it all in a capsule And save it for a dark night When we were kids, free as the air With a violence craving to turn up somewhere A tap dancer, a memorized number An avalanche of the deep red clay earth When it got bad, Arkadelphia Road I couldn't cry, I just pick up the load And feign a strength, try to force your hand But you leave a promise wherever it may land If you get real close to the ending I hope you know I did what I could We try to give it all meaning Glorify the grain of the wood Tell ourselves what's beautiful and good I hold on tight, come in from far I watch the baby run around the yard Get lonely for what I'll never know Losing the thread of a story, overtold If we luck out, free as the air With an unrest craving to spill everywhere We'll weigh what's good and get real old Keep driving straight searching for a heart of gold If we make pleasant conversation I hope you can't see what's burning in me To see a slip as a failure A balance I couldn't keep You count the rings for truth you'll never cheat Ruby Falls I take flight on borrowed time I was once terrified of heights I say a prayer, I look down and I'm ready to die If you cross over tonight You see beyond the darkest sky You taste the blood as something wild and alive You might light up in a flash You won't hold onto a flame It's a squalid way to live But it's the rules of the game It ain't your fault It's just a shame To fall without aim I walk down East Seventh street A wistful, wild depravity Iconoclastic, black and white, dusty and sweet I tell this story every time Real love don't follow a straight line It breaks your neck, it builds you a delicate shrine You might mourn all that you wasted That's just part of the haul Tangling up all your good fortune Bearing the heart of the fall You won't break it after all Look at us, man and bride And a grinding sound Faithful to a life underground And when the picture fades the years will make us calm I'll sing a song at your funeral Laid in the Mississippi gulf Or back home at Waxahatchee Creek You know you got a friend in me I'm an angler married to the sea St. Cloud When you get back on the M train Watch the city mutate Where do you go when your mind starts To lose its perfected shape Virtuosic, idealistic Musing a fall from grace I guess the dead just go on living At the darkest edge of space When you get back home to Saint Cloud Watch the new world project A rousing image, scorched earth swinging Supernatural and complex And I might show up in a white dress Turn reluctance on its ear If the dead just go on living Well, there's nothing left to fear If you burn slow, burning slow On your own roof, yell what you know Burning slow Burning slow Burning slow Burning slow And when when I go, when I go Look back at me, embers aglow When I go When I go When I go When I go Fruits Of My Labor (Lucinda Williams cover) Baby, see how I been living Velvet curtains on the windows to Save the bright and unforgiving Light from shining through Babe, I remember all the things we did When we slept together in the blue behind your eyelids Baby, sweet baby I traced your scent through the gloom 'Til I found these purple flowers I was spent, I was soon Smelling you for hours Lavender, lotus, blossoms too Water the dirt, flowers last for you Baby, sweet baby Tangerines and persimmons And sugarcane Grapes and honeydew melon Enough fit for a queen Lemon trees don't make a sound 'Til the branches bend and fruit falls to the ground Baby, sweet baby Oh come to my world and witness The way things have changed 'Cause I finally did it, babe I got out of La Grange I got in my Mercury and drove out west Pedal to the metal and my luck to the test Baby, sweet baby Well, I been trying to enjoy All the fruits of my labor I been crying for you, boy Oh but truth is my savior Baby, sweet baby, if it's all the same Take the glory any day over the fame Baby, sweet baby Light Of A Clear Blue Morning (Dolly Parton cover) It's been a long dark night And I've been waiting for the morning It's been a long hard fight But I see a brand new day dawning I've been looking for the sunshine You know, I ain't seen it in so long Oh and everything's gonna work out just fine Everything's gonna be all right That's been all wrong 'Cause I can see the light of a clear blue morning I can see the light of a brand new day I can see the light of a clear blue morning Oh and everything's gonna be all right It's gonna be okay It's been a long, long time Since I've known the taste of freedom And those clinging vines That had me bound, well, I don't need 'em Well, I've been like a captured eagle You know, an eagle is born to fly Now that I have won my freedom Like an eagle, I am eager for the sky And I can see the light of a clear blue morning I can see the light of a brand new day I can see the light of a clear blue morning Oh and everything's gonna be all right It's gonna be okay I can see the light of a clear blue morning I can see the light of a clear blue morning I can see the light of a clear blue morning Oh and everything's gonna be all right It's gonna be okay I can see the light of a clear blue morning I can see the light of a brand new day I can see the light of a clear blue morning Oh and everything's gonna be all right Everything's gonna be all right Everything's gonna be all right It's gonna be okay Streets Of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen cover) I was bruised and battered I couldn't tell what I felt I was unrecognizable to myself I saw my reflection in a window I didn't know my own face Oh brother, are you gonna leave me wasting away On the streets of Philadelphia Walked the avenue 'til my legs felt like stone Heard the voices of friends vanished and gone At night, I could hear the blood in my veins It was just as black and whispering as the rain On the streets of Philadelphia Ain't no angel gonna greet me It's just you and I, my friend My clothes don't fit me no more I walked a thousand miles just to slip this skin The night has fallen, I'm lying awake I can feel myself fading away So receive me, brother, with your faithless kiss Or will we leave each other alone like this On the streets of Philadelphia
I WALKED WITH YOU A WAYS Summer Sun When the summer sun melts candles I dig out the wick Honey, we're up against something Our love alone can't fix So I won't see the garden Or the figs when they are ripe It hurts to be leaving But I know that staying ain't right It was always fun getting a little drunk On your back deck in the rain And I'd cook for you like a good woman do You had no reason to be afraid That my heart was hidden behind a wall That came before you It's really no one's fault But I tried to warn you You wanted understanding Your intentions, they were pure Well, that wasn't the problem I always knew that they were When the summer sun melts candles I dig out the wick In another life, it's simple But I know someone is gonna get All the love you have to give You need a heart that's ready for ya It's really no one's fault But I tried to warn you Problem With It I drift out farther away I got a problem with it And I don't know how to say It's a pink carnation It's a hand hastily played Potboiler wearing out Give 'em something to kick up dust about If it was love you were after With a long shadow of doubt If it's all you got, yeah it's all you gave I got a problem with it If you can't do better than that, babe I got a problem with it Justified it in my own way I lost myself in it If it's all you got and it's enough you say I got a problem with it I drive fast on high alert Pass the Jet Pep and the Baptist Church On the county line, I'll be a songbird softly heard My loose change falling out Got a heartbreak burn, take the quickest route On this four-lane highway, I'll trace it in the clouds If it's all you got, yeah it's all you gave I got a problem with it If you can't do better than that, babe I got a problem with it Justified it in my own way I lost myself in it If it's all you got and it's enough you say I got a problem with it If it's all you got, yeah it's all you gave I got a problem with it If you can't do better than that, babe I got a problem with it Justified it in my own way I lost myself in it If it's all you got and it's enough you say I got a problem with it Line Of Sight Lord, if I'm wrong, set me straight Get me back in line Oh and if I'm not, let the sun come out Baby, ease my mind You know I struggle every time In the bright spotlight I gotta take my time I'll get it right, I'll get it right And I don't wanna give you an eye for an eye There's a heart beating under A case I make all worn out, running dry Howling out like thunder I, I can't hide, hide In your line of sight Lord, take me back, passing through On my own time The July moon and the stars align Baby, ease my mind Oh and you know me, a cruel mystery Driving West in the stillest peace Gotta heed my pride I'll get it right, I could get it right And I don't wanna give you an eye for an eye There's a heart beating under A case I make all worn out, running dry Howling out like thunder I, I can't hide, hide In your line of sight And I don't wanna give you an eye for an eye There's a heart beating under A case I make all worn out, running dry Howling out like thunder I, I can't hide, hide I, I can't hide, hide I, I can't hide, hide Abilene We don't need to talk about Abilene 'Cause Abilene don't mean No coffee shop, no liquor store So I don't talk about Abilene no more Young lovers like to dream We'll settle down and we'll make a good team Well, Main Street was cute and The rents there were cheap But I was too much for you and for your Abilene We don't need to talk about Abilene 'Cause Abilene don't mean No couple acres, no screened in porch So I don't talk about Abilene no more I remember the air when I drove out of town Crying on the highway with my windows down I'da stayed there forever 'til death do us part Texas in my rearview, Plains in my heart Could't hold it together when Abilene fell apart We don't need to talk about Abilene 'Cause Abilene don’t mean No turning the garden, no toys on the floor So I don't talk about Abilene no more We don't need to talk about Abilene 'Cause Abilene don't mean No life that we're building, no weathering storms That's why I don't talk about Abilene no more That's why I don't talk about Abilene no more Hurricane I blow into town, babe I do my worst, it's true If I don't ruin everything Baby, I'll come back to you Baby, I'll come back to you You run off to the desert Try to make yourself small I might do a little damage But you always take my call And I come in like a cannonball I've been that way my whole life Sweet as honeysuckle When you want a pocketknife And if you keep calm in my hurricane I might keep it at bay But I know you'll love me anyway If I stand in the shadows When you say something true Well, I might try to argue But, baby, I'll come back to you Baby, I'll come back to you You stand in the great wide open Try to hear yourself think I can learn to wait for you Ride it out with some peace But I come in like a cannonball I've been that way my whole life Sweet as honeysuckle When you want a pocketknife And if you keep calm in my hurricane I might keep it at bay But I know you'll love me anyway Baby, I'll come back to you Baby, I'll come back to you Baby, I'll come back to you Baby, I'll come back to you Come back to you Bellafatima Her face read like Anna Karenina She was strong as that old gypsum weed And oh she could dance like a blind beggar's hand Just waiting for someone to see She spoke like a hard night in Beaumont Carried on like the old Suwannee And she came along like a ravenous song So hungry for someone to sing The days turned like cowards So swiftly to the hour of need And I'll be a martyr to whatever Your heartache will leave Then I'll slip through your hands like a boy Born with no name Her eyes, they were set like a cannon And boy, they'd blow you away And she'd cross your mind Like a cheap box of wine Where each sip is like a track switch and train She swore like a dry county welder She's pry on the side seldom seen And she could make love like Augusta Road And just buckle like the bends in a creek The days turned like cowards So swiftly to the hour of need And I'll be a martyr to whatever Your heartache will leave Then I'll slip through your hands like a boy Born with no name The days turned like cowards So swiftly to the hour of need And I'll be a martyr to whatever Your heartache will leave Then I'll slip through your hands like a boy Born with no name Last 2 On Earth Leaving here tomorrow if it don't go my way And if it does or doesn't, don't have much of a say I can't take that bull right by the horns Call it a foul play And when I lose my good grip Get down on my knees & pray And I'll dry my eyes I'll laugh instead I'm leaving tomorrow, babe I'll come back from the dead And I'll hold your hand Let the noise go unheard Pretend that we're alone here We're the last two on Earth Leaving here tomorrow if it don't turn out right Can't tell nobody nothing It's a bright spark to ignite And it looks like it might stay the same For a long, long time You can take that sin to battle But you can't make it fight And I'll dry my eyes I'll laugh instead I'm leaving tomorrow, babe I'll come back from the dead I'll hold your hand Let the noise go unheard Pretend that we're alone here We're the last two on Earth I'll dry my eyes I'll laugh instead I'm leaving tomorrow, babe I'll come back from the dead And I'll hold your hand Let the noise go unheard Pretend that we're alone here We're the last two on Earth Pretend that we're alone here We're the last two on Earth Easy Keep your own time You know, I wasn't gonna be much better You call a spade a spade You gotta shield yourself from stormy weather An onslaught of cynical people, baby And I'm not, I never was It's not gonna be easy, babe You're not gonna believe it When you shake off What's weighing down heavily But it's not gonna be easy Call it a farce You drop down, take it to the limit Ya know ya, can't lose a fight if you take Cover or abandon it An onslaught of noise in the background, babe What you've got, don't let it fade It's not gonna be easy, babe You're not gonna believe it When you shake off What's weighing down heavily But it's not gonna be easy It's not gonna be easy, babe You're not gonna believe it When you shake off What's weighing down heavily But it's not gonna be easy No Record Of Wrongs Give me a minute For my soul and my heart to finish What we started This aching spirit's gotta mend 'Fore I let you in And I can't ask you to wait on this Lord, I wish you would Some things won't stop, you try to pause it When love comes calling When love comes calling Hold on Can't untie a candle Can't blow out a knot I can't blame ya, angel Somewhere we just got lost And I can't ask you to wait on this Lord, I wish you would Some things won't stop, you try to pause it When love comes calling When love comes calling Hold on Love is patient, love is kind Love'll give you a real hard time A cigarette in a potted plant Empty bottles, open hands And no record of wrongs No record of wrongs No record of wrongs No record of wrongs I can't ask you to wait on this Lord, I wish you would Some things won't stop, you try to pause it When love comes calling When love comes calling When love comes calling When love comes calling Hold on I Walked With You A Ways I ain't your girl no more Busted out the gates of your world I'm clinging to my candle in this dark valley No one watches over me No one watches over me On the winding path of life Sometimes you walk alone 'Cause people come and go There is a season for each one They change your heart and then it's done Well, I'll be better all my days 'Cause I walked with you a ways I walked with you a ways There always is a last time for anything you do We don't notice in the moment You'll know after it's through My back is to the sunset 'Cause I wanna see your face Glow in the light at the end of the day Glow in the light, I'll think of you that way On the winding path of life Sometimes you walk alone 'Cause people come and go There is a season for each one They change your heart and then it's done Well, I'll be better all my days 'Cause I walked with you a ways I walked with you a ways I walked with you a ways
TIGERS BLOOD
3 Sisters I pick you up inside a hopeless prayer I see you beholden to nothing I make a living crying, it ain't fair And not budging I don't see why you would lie It was never the love you wanted It's a state of mind you designed You get everything that you want You might get lost in the moment Take it easy on your opponent It plays on my mind, how the time passing Covers you like a friend I don't see why you would lie It was never the love you wanted It's a state of mind you defined You take anything that you want If you're not living, then you're dying Just a raw nerve satisfying Some futile bottom line, all my life I've been running from what you want You drive like you're wanted in four states In a busted truck in Opelika Your bad reputation carries And I'm just like ya Try to justify and scrape by I was always the one unsteady It's a state of mind you malign And ya don't get caught up in much I'm defenseless against the sales pitch Am I your moat or your drawbridge It plays on my mind how the time passing Holds you like pocket change I don't see why you would try It was never my love you wanted It always mystifies me The time passing covers you like a friend If you're not living, then you're dying A lightning bolt, horrifying Unsuspecting sky, all my life I've been running from what you want Evil Spawn Take my money, I don't work that hard I fall asleep in the beating heart Of a dying breed peddling some lost art Watch it fade, watch it fall apart You let me go on and on In the tall grass of a con The prestige of some evil spawn Well, I guess that's yours to settle on But there ain't nothing to it, babe We can roll around in the disarray In the final act of the good old days What you're holding so close calls you by name What you thought was enough now seems insane If we stand out in some wild city street Dodging every car, every thief and disease Catching tiny crumbs in the heartless breeze Say we're tough as nails, say we're both naive You let me fill every room Wax poetic and presume Your principles ripen into A fragile tomb, watch it split in two What you do and you say sustain harmony What you thought was enough, well, it works for me There ain't nothing to it, babe We can roll around in the disarray In the final act of the good old days In the final act of the good old days Good old days Good old days Good old days Good old Ice Cold Run it back, boys It's didactic It's white noise Counteractive We say the same thing Yet we argue Some pendulum swings To an ambivalent muse A rusted-out sign Jesus loves you Landmark of mine I drill it into Some folktale I'm keeping alive While the curtain falls Dramatic demise And I might fall in love with The next story I'm told But I'll never have another Burning hot Coursing through me This is water It's blood loss Call it a gamble Or a tightrope walk You show your face Keep your eyes shut Call your own fouls Cheat your own gut If I'm losing touch with Everything I once held I wouldn't think much of it Run on fumes Abide by nothing I might have it out with The next person I see But I'll never have another Burning hot I run ice cold I run ice cold I run ice cold Right Back To It (Feat. MJ Lenderman) Photograph of us In a spotlight On a hot night I was drifting in and out Reticent on the off chance I'm blunter than a bullseye Begging for peace of mind I get ahead of myself Bracing for a bombshell Your love written on a blank check Wear it around your neck I was at a loss But you come to me on a fault line Deep inside a goldmine Hovering like a moth I lose a bit of myself Laying out eggshells I've been yours for so long We come right back to it I let my mind run wild Don't know why I do it But you just settle in Like a song with no end If I can keep up We'll get right back to it If I swerve in and out of my lane Burning up an old flame Turn a jealous eye I'll fall down into a fair game Lick a wound that was not Ever mine I get ahead of myself Refusing anyone's help I've been yours for so long We come right back to it I let my mind run wild I don't know why I do it But you just settle in Like a song with no end If I can keep up We'll get right back to it I've been yours for so long We come right back to it I let my mind run wild I don't know why I do it But you just settle in Like a song with no end If I can keep up We'll get right back to it We'll get right back to it We'll get right back to it Burns Out At Midnight I got something to hold back If I put up a fight, it'll follow me home I think I might stay out dancing If my blood runs cold with a heart of stone And my fire burns out at midnight I get home from working hard, honey State the obvious and watch it work its way in We been checked out, chasing the money And I been trying to tell 'em it ain't no way to live We go another round, I got nothing to say It don't make a difference Might be good on my own, but I ain't running away I wanna chase it to the end When I'm seeing a vision If we take it way too far I could stay here forever if I let myself Picking dust off my bright star If my heart of stone weighs on you heavy, babe Just hit the lights and call it a night I got reason to believe This old house gave me revelation I wasn't prepared to receive And you been called upon for the duration You're a wrangler keeping the pace Hunting for open space We might get tangled up, I got nothing to say It don't make a difference I might turn up the heat, it's getting late And my fire burns out at midnight And my fire burns out at midnight Bored Take it easy, honey Catch me toeing the line Lost in a role I play Stuck in a video game Armed with a safety pin Overly confident My skin is airy thin But my game is rigged to win I keep my head up I fill up your empty cup All in the name of love While you get the hang of A shade that suits me It's not natural beauty The line of duty Collapses into me I lay out all the basic science I try to make it fit, it's mystifying I can get along 'Cause my spine's a rotted two-by-four Barely hanging on My benevolence just hits the floor I get bored Lord knows I tried I keep my mind occupied Watch for the falling tide Make an exit on the sly Armed with a memory Surely will stay with me Fragments of misery Feeding off my body I keep my eyes shut Sage advice to rebut A blind squirrel finds a nut Mapping out the shortcuts Twenty questions Dexterous protesting And what a blessing Say you've been manifesting I lay out all the basic science I try to make it fit, it's mystifying I can get along My spine's a rotted two-by-four Barely hanging on My benevolence just hits the floor I get bored I get bored I get bored I get bored I get bored Lone Star Lake What do you say, you sleep all day We drive out to the only lake in Kansas Turkey wheat My heart sinks in the orange and pink And I call you by your last name I'll kiss you like a fever-dream companion Ancient history We burned that story like the Bama heat And in the drunkenness of free reign I'm an outlaw in the court of strong opinions You'll kill me But my failure's legendary, babe I get caught up in my thoughts For lack of a better cause My life's been mapped out to a T But I'm always a little lost You swerve to hit a dead deer A girl like that would bore you to tears, baby It's cosmic A caustic buck knife slicing you But I'll sit down at your table I'll stand arm-in-arm with anyone who's able To let me Be the object of their misery And I'll whistle like a songbird And you'll parse my devotional words so carefully My blood loss Was a weak performance after all If I cannot tell a lie We might be here all night My heart's been strung up like a flag Passively idolize Shirk every rule of thumb I got more where that came from My expectations are a cinder block I tote around like a hollow gun What do you say, you sleep all day Drive out to Lone Star Lake What do you say, you sleep all day Drive out to Lone Star Lake Drive out to Lone Star Lake We can drive out to Lone Star Lake Crimes Of The Heart I got off at your stop, at my stock's sudden drop I'm a trusted doorstop or a paperweight, taciturn, inanimate I can sit on your shelf like ashes foretell A spirit in hell while the living sleep right on through, take a shortcut And I coulda called, I suppose, I'm the thorn on your rose I'm the emperor's new clothes and I make it look easier every time If you'da left it to me who knows where we would be Reading fortunes for free in someone else's goldmine Survey my breaker like cheap wine You let it in sometimes A floodgate you can pantomime You let it in sometimes In every crime of the heart, you'll rip yourself apart It's outsider art, provokes every emotion And it may bewilder a few, it's an unpleasant view You're an agent of truth, twisted up at the tail end You play the villain like a violin It comes from within Darkness, you can befriend It comes from within It's a dead end Don't overextend Hail the darkness, you can befriend It's a dead end Don't overextend Hail the darkness, you can befriend Crowbar I left your heart of glass in my unmade bed In the right time, you could shine so bright in my doubtful eyes And I imprint all your ideas on mine I move awkwardly at the speed of light Maybe it's easier to be afraid Drenched in tragedy, man-made And my compass is an antique But if I'm not back soon, don't come looking for me You can take it pretty far on a prayer that's pale and synthetic Bending my crowbar with tension that's telekinetic A paradox poetic, you get choked up reading the classics Your pride'll take a gluttonous bite, a stupid question I'd rather not ask it I take a sip of something I can barely taste Dull as dusk, with a skull and crossbones to bring us luck And I, I know that you can't read my mind I swear I said the same thing a hundred times Maybe it's harder than it should be Variations on a theme, I could Wear it right on my sleeve When an antagonist emerges, don't blame me You can take it pretty far on a prayer that's pale and synthetic Bending my crowbar with tension that's telekinetic A paradox poetic, you get choked up reading the classics Your pride'll take a gluttonous bite, a stupid question I'd rather not ask it Stupid question I'd rather not ask it Stupid question I'd rather not ask it 365 Three hundred and sixty-five days Tell me you're a wounded soldier Ya ain't had much luck, but grace is In the eye of the beholder I had my own ideas, but I carried you on my shoulders anyways And I stop picking up all your phone calls Take a shot at decency If I heard your voice on the other line Unceremoniously The shadows of a lie or A state of emergency I've been run down I catch your poison arrow I catch your same disease Bow like a weeping willow Buckling at the knees Begging you please If you fly up beyond the cosmos It's a long way to fall back down You always go about this the wrong way And I'm too weak to just let you drown So when you kill, I kill When you ache, I ache We both haunt this old lifeless town When you fail, I fail When you fly, I fly And it's a long way to come back down Three hundred and sixty-five days Tell me I'm your lucky charm We defy gravity again Somehow make it out unharmed And I have my thoughts about it, but I carry you in my arms anyways The Wolves There's a car on the corner She's waiting for me to come out And I ain't said a word in weeks These old habits'll weigh you down I can't talk to God, I can't light it up I can't take something that I'm unworthy of You might sing it wrong, clumsy Off-key, top o' your lungs Smile at everyone You don't ease up on me You know I stay in a hurry, babe I miss a lot of good things If I throw my body On a plane, in a car, on the ground I'm living like I'll never die And your ax is not a key There's a lock on the door That costs more than my car, babe And I ain't ever come close To crossing that threshold anyways I can't hear our song on the radio Without a clear recollection of the touch-and-go I can't prize my certainty Let bygones fade away For my own sake I walk a paper-thin line I know there's something for everyone But I've got a one-track mind If I throw myself To the wolves, I did it all for the glory Not the fruit rotting in my shade Who's begging to get inside There's a reason I fold I'm sure it'll become clear You've been proving yourself wrong With or without me here You don't look around You don't check the score You cause all that trouble, then you beg for more On every warm horizon of what I let disappear You don't ease up on me You know I stay in a hurry, babe I miss a lot of good things And when I throw myself to the wolves I do it all for the glory Not the wind shaking off my leaves Not begging for a key Tigers Blood (Feat. MJ Lenderman) You come alive in the heat, you ain't crossing state lines Stood up like a crepe myrtle, can't be killed or denied Throw a brick through the window, leave your mess at my door Lord knows, sooner or later, it'd wash up to shore Lord knows, sooner or later, it'd wash up to shore You're laughing and smiling, drove my Jeep through the mud And your teeth and your tongue bright red from tiger's blood We were young for so long, seersuckers of time Drank someone else's juice, left only the rind Drank someone else's juice and left only the rind And I held it like a penny I found It might bring me something, it might weigh me down You got every excuse, but it's an eerie sound Oh when that siren blows, rings out all over town Named after a city you ain't never seen Spellbinding copperheads banging a tambourine And it's the kiss of death, but it's the only way out Galloped up to the mirror, looked her right in the mouth Galloped up to the mirror, looked her right in the mouth I'da skated the surface, I'd left you alone By now truer words spoken like blood from a stone And it fills me with dread, but I've learned to ignore The smell of dust that creeps up through the cracks in the floor The smell of dust it creeps up through the cracks in the floor And I held it like a penny I found It might bring me something, it might weigh me down You got every excuse, but it's an eerie sound Oh when that siren blows, rings out all over town When that siren blows, rings out all over town
Non Albums Tracks
Abandoned (Lucinda Williams cover / Live on Instagram, 2020-04-09) All of my love has been taken for granted I've been fair, but you've been underhanded I've been disgraced, but I can't bear to face it 'Cause the truth is my heart has been abandoned I was hoping for Heaven, but, baby, I ain't blind This ain't the first time I've been undermined Sad eyes and crooked smile that I remember well Now it looks like all I got was time to kill You can't fool me, I see it in your eyes You can't fool me, I see it in your eyes Everything I thought we had has all been cast aside You can't fool me, I see it in your eyes These boots are the same boots I was wearing then And this beer I'm drinking is still the same old brand But these blues are something new, they came around when I lost you Now it looks like I got stuck with an empty hand You can't fool me, I see it in your eyes You can't fool me, I see it in your eyes Everything I thought we had has all been cast aside You can't fool me, I see it in your eyes You can't fool me, I see it in your eyes Angeles (Elliott Smith cover / Say Yes! A Tribute To Elliott Smith LP) Someone's always coming around here, trailing some new kill Says, "I've seen your picture on a hundred-dollar bill" What's a game of chance to you, to him is one of real skill So glad to meet you, Angeles Picking up the ticket, show there's money to be made Go on, lose the gamble, that's the history of the trade Did you add up all the cards left to play to zero And sign up with evil, Angeles Don't start me trying now 'Cause I'm all over it, Angeles I could make you satisfied in everything you do All your secret wishes could right now be coming true And be forever with my poison arms around you No one's gonna fool around with us No one's gonna fool around with us So glad to meet you, Angeles Black Candy (Early Recordings EP) Short breaths, our living death You take me for a ride Mouth shut, all blood and guts And social suicide Why don't you go, pretense in tow We'll be alright Eyes wide, good looks preside You take me for a ride We ascend, hand in hand I toss and turn, you understand We learn to synchronize Tirade provoke and inside jokes And you just go Moonlight pours in tonight And you are infinite We squeeze out dark disease Ex-boyfriend jealousy And then you take off Your name aloft We'll be alright Fair-weather friends forever And I just wait in line We ascend, hand in hand I toss and turn, you understand We learn to synchronize Tirade provoke and inside jokes And you just go Skinned knees, Christmas Eve It meant everything Train tracks, we sit back Watch it atrophy Skinned knees, Christmas Eve It meant everything Train tracks, we sit back Watch it atrophy Chapel Of Pines (Great Thunder EP) Mississippi, I'm alone in the alley What am I supposed to be fighting for If you build yourself up tall You can tell me what the future holds Will you settle where you stand or keep it to yourself Will you go Will you go Will you go Will you go Will you go Will you go Will you go Will you go Clumsy (Early Recordings EP) One, two, three It's trivia, the tangles in my hair Winter hat on my bedroom floor Next to your underwear And pretty soon, I'll have nothing left to cut loose Being clumsy's an explanation, not an excuse Lately, I think about insecurity How I'm not real sure I even know what it means Pushing through each boring, blurry day This behavior is a method, not a phase You spell it out, how I mistreated you And I'm silent, you know I treat myself badly, too So I write Jordan letters to say I'm trying to learn And say I'm sorry for how I acted that one summer I know I've fucked up, I've put people through hell Well, I guess I just don't know myself that well He forgives, forgets and he thinks that I'm uptight And I'm learning about loneliness each night And I'm learning about loneliness each night Easy Company (Futurebirds feat. Waxahatchee / Easy Company LP) A social butterfly out flying in a hurricane She's looking like a catalog model And she wants to hang Got no complaints that sounds alright Just some easy company is all I need tonight I like the freaky way that you appreciate When the morning light hits the room just right Mumbling in tongues like your wires are crossed And when I thought I'd lost ya, you said When the day turns us back into strangers I'm going to hold this tight Just some easy company is all we need tonight You say you're all turned up You say you can't relax Why don't you try and get some sleep And I'll watch your back 'Cause nothing's gained from all those racing thoughts They're going to rot your brain You got some easy company in me tonight Just some easy company is all we need tonight It's on my mind, on my mind Just tonight, I'll be staying with you It's on my mind, on my mind Just tonight, I'll be staying with you It's on my mind, on my mind Just tonight, I'll be staying with you It's on my mind, on my mind Just tonight, I'll be staying with you Erasure (Superchunk feat. Stephin Merritt & Waxahatchee / What A Time To Be Alive LP) And now it's night But I've seen our silhouette fade And weaken to gray We used to be sharp against the light Our empathy weaponized Our history bleaching out during the day What you're after, what you're after Erasure, erasure What you're after, what you're after Erasure, erasure But we're the weeds And you need a path now clear for you A single golden tear for you won't fall As if that's all we have to leave To bleed for the blank you want to fill The heart you want to kill won't die Can't you see What you're after, what you're after Erasure, erasure What you're after, what you're after Erasure, erasure Hate so graceless and so cavalier We don't just disappear Shifting shapes, you're just an auctioneer But we're still here What you're after, what you're after Erasure, erasure What you're after, what you're after Erasure, erasure What you're after, what you're after Erasure, erasure What you're after, what you're after Erasure, erasure Farewell Transmission (Kevin Morby & Waxahatchee) The whole place is dark Every light on this side of the town Suddenly it all went down Now we'll all be brothers of the fossil fire of the sun Now we will all be sisters of the fossil blood of the moon Someone must have set 'em up Now they'll be working in the cold grey rock Now they'll be working in the hot mill steam Now they'll be working in the concrete In the sirens and the silences now All the great set up hearts All at once, they start to beat After tonight, if you don't want this to be A secret out of the past I will resurrect it, I'll have a good go at it I'll streak his blood across my beak And dust my feathers with his ash I can feel his ghost breathing down my back I will try and know whatever I try I will be gone, but not forever I will try and know whatever I try I will be gone, but not forever The real truth about it is No one gets it right The real truth about it is We're all supposed to try There ain't no end to the sands I've been trying to cross The real truth about it is My kind of life's no better off It's got the maps or if it's lost We will try and know whatever we try We will be gone, but not forever Come on, let's try and know whatever we try We will be gone, but not forever The real truth about it is There ain't no end to the desert I'll cross I've really known it all along Oh mama here comes midnight With the dead moon in its jaws Must be the big star about to fall Oh mama here comes midnight With the dead moon in its jaws Must be the big star about to fall Oh mama here comes midnight With the dead moon in its jaws Must be the big star about to fall Long dark blues Will-o'-the-wisp Long dark blues The big star is falling Long dark blues Will-o'-the-wisp The big star is falling Long dark blues Through the static and distance Long dark blues A farewell transmission Long dark blues Listen Long dark blues Listen Long dark blues Listen Long dark blues Listen Home Game (Early Recordings EP) Twenty-third street The only girl I've ever seen Pumpkin street lights I was just fourteen You are not sick You hit your head on the brick wall Quick comprehension Gold rings and waterfalls We lived a fleeting convention But I felt constant in others' absence Your mama, barely awake And your feigned light heart I was stuck from the start Trophy of mine Highschool football games Enemy lines I think both sides feel the same Paris in the back of your mom's Chevrolet She pretends we're not there, she smells like yesterday We live like the last two on earth And we'll float on our backs 'Til the whole sky goes black Your fresh mind concentrated All the water we're made of 'Til you evaporated My mother says you are under our feet Under the sidewalks, under Twenty-third street My mother says you are under our feet Under the sidewalks, under Twenty-third street Liar's Tale (Guided By Voices cover / Guided By Voices Tribute EP) Let me tell you a story Conclusive, based on fact Long ago in the morning She left, did not come back I don't really care anymore I don't really care Change the days into nights And you will know when the feeling is right This tale is too long The plot is weak and the characters wrong I don't really care anymore I don't really care But she changed my life I thought she loved me And I will pray for you You'll see the truth 'Cause that's how it's got to be Oh oh oh yeah Let me tell you a story About the way she was Let me tell you a story About the way she was Mighty Bolt (El Deafo OST) Mighty bolt saves the city with the power of electricity Hey Power up, power up, power up, power up, power up Hey Power up, power up, power up, power up, power up Hey Power up, power up, power up, power up, power up Hey Power up, power up, power up, power up, power up Much Ado About Nothing I throw it in the right direction, please, don't look my way You stare directly in my eyes 'cause you are brave You drive around in circles talking, yourself out of rushing And I sit alone and wait so patient, much ado about nothing Always the easiest to love and hardest to claim Knock down everyone else around me and shout out my name My pride is snapping like a branch shouting at my brain My friends are making their assumptions, I was just looking for pain Oh no, I'm down and out, I'm tragically amiss Tell you I'm undefeated, I'm not worth fighting with Oh no, I've lost my mind, I've lost my mind again Tell you I'm razor sharp, I'm terrifying I call somebody, anybody, chasing off my dread I watch the yellow roses die, a symbolic death I watch the sky fill up with shapes, I cannot explain I tell you every passing thought, I was just looking for pain Oh no, the earth is moving, the groundwork's compromised Tell you to lose my number and then I call you twice Oh no, it's getting dark, everyone's eyes on me Light me up with one spark, relish the anarchy I leave every light on, hunting bygones Play it off like I'm cynical But I sweat and I swear Say a prayer, stare at your picture, it's visceral And it's crushing Much ado about nothing Much ado about nothing No Curse I'll jump in the swelling line I'll envelop the meantime You classify every bruise I'll tell you I'm satisfied You got lost, you skim off the top You tell yourself it's something it's not It's not me, it's no curse or disease That led us to the ending, babe Wavering, free I'll jump in the swelling line I'll envelop the meantime You were too much to unscrew I'll tell you I'm satisfied You fuck off, you say your goodbyes You trip up all of your favorite punchlines It was me, clumsily unforeseen I got lost in the moment, yeah A blaze of glory I'll jump in the swelling line I'll envelop the meantime You got so hard to see through I'll tell you I'm satisfied I'll tell you I'm satisfied I'll tell you I'm satisfied One Paper Kid (Emmylou Harris & Willie Nelson cover / Kevin Morby & Waxahatchee / Montana Story OST) Cowboys and Indians and trees, he could climb Tomorrow come too fast, but he didn't mind The distance was short, so light it again It don't take no time to get where I am One paper kid wasn't really so mean Just a little bit scared and a little bit green And he heard of a place, it was legal to drink So we sat with his coffee and a blue Texas wind And he wrote on a rock The one paper kid, he's rolling again The driver was drunk or he just didn't see The future is there, it'll happen to me And all the time that he wasted was his once again It never takes too long to go where you've been Broken hearts scattered all over the past Old bad memories trying to last Whiskey and women and growing up fast Fussing and loving and itching like grass But the one paper kid wasn't really so mean Just a little bit weak 'cause the times were so lean Now he's gone to a place where it's legal to dream No Camels, no coffee, no cold morning winds It was put on a rock The one paper kid, he's rolling again The one paper kid, he's rolling again Other Side (Wynonna & Waxahatchee) Take my word, I got a wild hair I'm standing as still as I can Say my peace like an offhand prayer I'm living in a grain of sand I'm coming in hotter than the torch You once carried readily But you say my name like it's your favorite song A breeze blowing against my leaves I got a heart, a heart of gold Casts a shadow, dark and cold If we move our way against the tide There's something on the other side The other side It takes something more than a woman To sharpen up a sleeping eye It's a memory you hold on to It's high noon in the Texas sky I'm coming in like a renegade A redbud in a field of rye I can't lead you to water But I will never leave you fading dry I got a heart, a heart of gold Casts a shadow, dark and cold If we move our way against the tide There's something on the other side The other side The other side Take my word, I got a wild hair I'm standing as still as I can Say my peace like an offhand prayer I'm living in a grain of sand I got my feet planted on the ground My troubles are watered down Let me laugh, let me cry There's something on the other side I got a heart, got a heart of gold Casts a shadow (shadow), dark and cold If we move our way against the tide There's something (something) on the other side I got a heart, got a heart of gold Casts a shadow (shadow), dark and cold If we move our way against the tide There's something (something) on the other side On the other side On the other side On the other side Other side Pretty Paper (The Philly Specials feat. Waxahatchee / A Philly Special Christmas Special LP) Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Wrap your presents to your darling from you Pretty pencils to write "I love you" Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Crowded street, busy feet hustle by him Downtown shoppers, Christmas is nigh There he sits all alone on the sidewalk Hoping that you won't pass him by Should you stop, better not, much too busy In a hurry, my, how time does fly In the distance, the ringing of laughter And in the midst of the laughter, he cries Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Wrap your presents to your darling from you Pretty pencils to write "I love you" Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Oh pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Resentment (New Feelings Version) (Madi Diaz feat. Waxahatchee / Same History, New Feelings LP) I feel loved, darling, I feel used Nobody makes me feel the way you do And sometimes I, sometimes I, sometimes I just can't stand it Isn't that just the thing about us I'm still thinking you could be the one But you're always, you're always, you're always taking me for granted I got something I gotta get off of my chest I've been staying up while you're sleeping in my bed I don't hate you, babe, it's worse than that 'Cause you hurt me and I don't react I've been building up this thing for months Resentment You say you know me like you know yourself But there's a part of you that you can't help And you say you can't do it, just do it, do it for my sake It's a shame knowing we could be good That you could treat me better if you really wanted to And if you can't do it for my sake, do it for our sake I don't hate you, babe, it's worse than that 'Cause you hurt me and I don't react I've been building up this thing for months Resentment Oh I don't know how to leave or how to stay So I've been talking to strangers 'Cause I can't talk to you anymore that way Did I let you down 'cause you let me down But you would never say that you let me down But you let me down, you let me down I don't hate you, babe, it's worse than that 'Cause you hurt me and I'm more than sad I've been building up this thing for months Resentment Singer's No Star (Great Thunder EP) Mostly all the time will go to you Coming up for air for all the people who Recognize the sadness in a stranger with less to lose We get comfortable with our detachment to our oldest friends And you got me here where I'm left alone I'm not the only thing you ever left If I were to spoil a victory Or accept all of your trust and praise in spite of me Will you recognize the failure in my voice before I leave We sit on a crowded ship It's not the ending that's the tragic part If you'd get off my shoulders and sit beside me, we would both be fine Sister Saint (Early Recordings EP) Weak knees, fuck your sympathy I'll be my own best friend She prays as the radio plays "I See A Bad Moon Rising" again Foretold, she lives on hold What is she trying to save me from Blindspot in the adjacent lot Waiting for my time to come And I won't wait in this line I've got nothing left in me My weight on your shifting spine I fuck up and you fabricate me Gray days on paper plates Our vibrations collide Arcane, sister's a saint She sets herself aside Pitfall, publish, appall I fall down right in the street You blow smoke, you sugarcoat Then you take a front row seat And I think I've had enough I'm not listening to it Lay all of your cards on the table I know that you'd take every bit And I won't wait in this line Sooner or later, it goes awry You live your life like a chore And I'm not listening anymore Slow You Down (Great Thunder EP) Realize we're not that far away We will chase the dimmest light of day I'll slow you down with the sunset I'll slow you down, we'll take it in In the house, the dust is floating free We will reach, resisting gravity I'll slow you down with the sunset I'll slow you down, we'll take it in Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver cover / Whitney feat. Waxahatchee / Candid LP) Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, mountain mamma Take me home, country roads All my memories gather 'round her Miner's lady, stranger to blue water Dark and dusty, painted on the sky Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eyes Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, mountain mamma Take me home, country roads I hear her voice in the morning hour, she calls me The radio reminds me of my home far away Driving down the road, I get a feeling That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, mountain mamma Take me home, country roads Take me home, country roads Takes So Much (Great Thunder EP) You shout from the roof that you know something better And you run 'til you prove to a fault To your failure, it's a knife Only safe when it don't shine I say you will see it clearly, give it some time I say you will leave all your failure behind Take it out, take it out Take it out on me, baby Take it out, take it out Take it out on me, baby You shake to the beat, you heard it slow And it washes of the weight of default and what's severe You're the only one tonight In the absence of the light I say you will hit the bottom harder each time I say you can leave all your failure behind Take it out, take it out Take it out on me, baby Take it out, take it out Take it out on me, baby Take it out on me, baby Take it out on me, baby Talking Dust Bowl Blues (Woody Guthrie cover / Home In This World LP) Back in nineteen twenty-seven I had a little farm that I called the Heaven Well, the price's up and the rain come down And I hauled my crops all into town I got the money, bought clothes and groceries Fed the kids and raised a family Oh the rain quit and the wind got high And the black ol' dust storm filled the sky And I swapped my farm for a Ford machine And I poured it full of this gas-i-line And I started, rocking and a-rolling Over the mountains, out towards the old Peach Bowl Way up yonder on a mountain road I had a hot motor and a heavy load Got a-going pretty fast, there wasn't even stopping And a-bouncing up and down like popcorn popping I had a breakdown, sort of a nervous breakdown of some kind There was a feller there, a mechanic feller Said it was a engine trouble Way up yonder on a mountain curve Way up yonder in the piney wood I gave that rolling Ford a shove And was a-gonna coast as far as I could Commence coasting, picking up speed Was a hairpin turn, I didn't make it Man alive, I'm a-telling you And the fiddles and the guitars really flew And that Ford took off like a flying squirrel And it flew halfway around the world Scattered wives and children All over the side of that mountain We got out to the West Coast broke So dad-gum hungry, I thought I'd croak So I bummed up a spud or two And my wife fixed up a tater stew We poured the kids full of it Mighty thin stew though You could read a magazine right through it Well, I always have figured that I'd If it'd been just a little bit thinner Some of these here politicians could've seen right through it The Dark Don't Hide It (Kevin Morby & Waxahatchee) Something held me down and made me make a promise That I wouldn't tell if the truth forgets about us Saying it now comes easily After finding out how you've been using me At least the dark don't hide it At least the dark don't hide it At least the dark don't hide it At least the dark don't hide it You said you only wanted friends for long enough to get rid of them You found the kind you knew would only kill you So you surrounded yourself with them At least the dark don't hide it At least the dark don't hide it At least the dark don't hide it At least the dark don't hide it Now the world was empty on the day when they made it But heaven needed someplace to throw all the shit Human hearts and pain should never be separate They wouldn't tear themselves apart both trying to fit At least the dark don't hide it At least the dark don't hide it At least the dark don't hide it At least the dark don't hide it Now death is gonna hold us up in the mirror And say we're so much alike we must be brothers See, I had a job to do, but people like you Have been doing it for me to one another At least I don't hide it At least I don't hide it At least I don't hide it At least I don't hide it Thirteen (Big Star cover / Bedouine, Waxahatchee & Hurray For The Riff Raff) Won't you let me walk you home from school Won't you let me meet you at the pool Maybe Friday I can Get tickets for the dance And I'll take you Won't you tell your dad, "Get off my back" Tell him what we said 'bout "Paint It Black" Rock and roll is here to stay Come inside where it's okay And I'll shake you Won't you tell me what you're thinking of Would you be an outlaw for my love If it's so, well, let me know If it's no, well, I can go I won't make you Tomorrow (El Deafo OST) I don't see a problem I'll draw you a map, meet you in that camp I gotta follow my own path And welcome what finds me right where I am And if you're gonna love me tomorrow Maybe you can love me today The love songs, poetry you borrow Picks me up, carries me away But I'd like to look farther than this sun on Saturday And if I hold on tight, I might not fall and float away I don't wanna lose my place I'm catching a break now I'm chipping away at the brightest gold I gotta see it through myself And let it become a sight to behold And if you're gonna love me tomorrow Maybe you can love me today You get lost in the pretty afterglow Picks you up, carries you away Now I'm not looking for a big distraction anyways I'll climb up to the top and yell out all I have to say Why can't that start today You're gonna love me, yeah You're gonna love me, yeah 'Cause I'm catching a break now I'm catching a break now Trampoline Love Song (El Deafo OST) Cece, yes, it's true, I got a gigantic crush on you And you know, girl, you're such a dream Will you jump on that trampoline Come jump with me Up In The Sky (El Deafo OST) I think I'm better off than I was yesterday When you came and swooped in, pulling me the other way If we stick together, we might be well on our way to something great A good idea that's taking shape I don't wanna fall behind, yeah I am not afraid when you're nearby I think together we could fly up in the sky I think I'm moving along, taking my time We go the same pace and take it as a good sign If we stick together, we might finally share the weight of something great A happy ending taking shape I don't wanna fall behind, yeah I am not afraid when you're nearby I think together we could fly up in the sky Whiskey + Math (Early Recordings EP) I'm not singing our song I've been waiting here for way too long Working out long equations Drinking from paper bags And I have spent fourteen summers Fucking around with this idea And I'll strain every connection And show you what I'm made of You said again "You get what you put in" My phone won't ring I've put in nothing I'm not blaming myself You're down to dusty bones And I read about women in black Floating up to the grey sky And if I was wherever you are I'd tell you pretty things like "We can stay as long as you want Tangled in sunny daylight" You said again "You get what you put in" My phone won't ring I've put in nothing Those ladies in black I saw them ascending, half-smiling And we live this scripted fate In these moments, we drop it and run away Run away With You (Jessica Simpson cover / Girls, Vol. 3 OST) The real me is a southern girl With her Levis on and an open heart Wish I could save the world Like I was super girl The real me used to laugh all night Lying in the grass just talking about love But lately, I've been jaded Life got so complicated I start thinking about it I almost forgot what it was like To know what it feels like With you I can let my hair down I can say anything crazy I know you'll catch me right Before I hit the ground With nothing but a T-shirt on I never felt so beautiful Baby, as I do now Now that I'm with you With you, with you, with you You speak and it's like a song And just like that, all my walls come down It's like a private joke Just meant for us to know I relate to you naturally Everybody else just fades away Sometimes it's hard to breathe Just knowing you found me 'Cause I start thinking about it I almost forgot what it was like To know what love feels right With you I can let my hair down And I can say anything crazy I know you'll catch me right Before I hit the ground With nothing but a T-shirt on I never felt so beautiful Baby, as I do now Now that I'm with you With you, with you, with you Come and take me Love you save me Like nobody else Now I can be myself With you I can let my hair down And I can say anything crazy I know you'll catch me right Before I hit the ground With nothing but a T-shirt on I never felt so beautiful Baby, as I do now Now that I'm with you I can let my hair down And I can say anything crazy I know you'll catch me right Before I hit the ground With nothing but a T-shirt on I never felt so beautiful Baby, as I do now Now that I'm with you You Can't Stay The Same (Bonny Doon feat. Waxahatchee / Let There Be Music LP) No matter how you play the game No matter what you try to tame No matter how you run from change Oh you can't stay the same No matter how you use the stage No matter how you ravage and rage No matter comfort, no matter pain Oh you can't stay the same And I hope you come and see me After all the years 'Cause I don't know where we're going But we can't stay here No matter how you roll the dice No matter if you pay the price No matter where you take your aim Oh you can't stay the same And I hope you come and see me After all the years When it's all behind us and There's nothing left to fear When it's all behind us and There's nothing left to fear When it's all behind us and There's nothing left to fear And I hope you come and see me After all the years When it's all behind us and There's nothing left to fear No matter where you pitch your tent No matter how you pay the rent No matter where you lay the blame Oh you can't stay the same Oh you can't stay the same You Left Me With An Ocean (Great Thunder EP) You can't say goodbye You ripped out its lungs And you let it die Or haunting the hall And swimming in the garbage The dirty and the fallen Who am I to say You left me with an ocean On this rotten day 'Cause I swam in it, too I swam in it, too I swam in it, too You Said Something (PJ Harvey cover / Save Stereogum: An '00s Covers Comp EP) On a rooftop in Brooklyn One in the morning Watching the lights flash In Manhattan I see five bridges The Empire State Building And you said something That I've never forgotten We lean against railings Describing the colours And the smells of our homelands Acting like lovers How did we get here To this point in living I held my breath As you said something And I am doing nothing wrong Riding in your car Your radio playing We sing up to the eighth floor A rooftop, Manhattan One in the morning When you said something That I've never forgotten You said something You said something You said something That was really important You're Welcome (Great Thunder EP) I cried all night when you came to my side It was late, it was trite Mothers pray for a padlock on their door Half their love is just ignored You can run, you can fight You can hunt for company tonight We can roll on the floor You can pretend you don't hold back anymore And if we sleep half the day You could say that your luck is on its way We live by the word A stranger overheard You'll seem tall A healthy machine Heavy breathing In the lake Of an ancient mistake That lingers