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I Want To Be Sure
03:29
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Late night
Lit up by brake lights
No place to hide now
Nowhere to run
Old words
Echo like mockingbirds
Playback again now
Nowhere to run
I want to be sure
Be sure this time
If that’s what it takes
I’ll reach for the sky
I want to be yours
If you’re either/or
I want to be sure
Cease fire
Combustible high wire
Count out the steps now
Nowhere to run
We’ve got one shot
To give it our best shot
The spotlight is on now
Nowhere to run
I want to be sure
Be sure this time
If that’s what it takes
I’ll reach for the sky
I want to be yours
If you’re either/or
I want to be sure
Time to
Map out the next move
No going back now
There’s nowhere to run
On this late night
Lit up by brake lights
No place to hide now
I want to be sure
Be sure this time
If that’s what it takes
I’ll reach for the sky
I want to be yours
If you’re either/or
I want to be sure
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2. |
Begin Again
03:27
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Finally found a few moments of silence this morning
Taking two steps away from a city that’s burning
Is it a crime to fight for your time when your mind can’t stop spinning
Out of control that’s a war we have no shot of winning
We stop so we can begin again
Masking up, moving out to the edge of where footsteps can take me
This coast is my cathedral and I’m leading the procession this morning
Our opening hymn has no words just the sound that surrounds me
Sacred ground all around and a space for consoling the lonely
We stop so we can begin again
We stop so we can begin again
The connection I feel is more real than the bricks of your buildings
Monuments of a time when your stories and rhymes could still reach me
Marble floors, silent wars, bolted doors and a faith that is fleeting
Masking up, moving out to the edge of what I’ve been believing
We stop so we can begin again
We stop so we can begin again
We stop so we can begin again, again, and again
We stop so we can begin again
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3. |
Shades Of Blue
02:57
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So I make my mistakes
I don’t erase the outtakes
Saving every picture
Though they all won’t get a frame
I hang up the good ones
I carry the bad ones
The gallery keeps growing
While I rotate the display
I get lost in shades of blue
Nothing comes from nothing new
All I know is nothing just won’t do
“I’m sorry if I hurt you”
Is not a phrase I want to
Leave my lips again
When you tell me how you feel
Dismissive of your vision
I’d see it if I’d listen
You’re revving up your engine
And I’m just a squeaky wheel
I get lost in shades of blue
Nothing comes from nothing new
All I know is nothing just won’t do
While I wander empty streets
You have made a masterpiece
Beautiful and balanced
All that’s missing is the frame
The feedback that I’ve given
Is less than half of what I’m feeling
A filter on my soul
And I know that needs to change
I get lost in shades of blue
Nothing comes from nothing new
All I know is nothing just won’t do
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Next Paperback Hero Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Emotive indie rock by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nathan Honoré from Milwaukee,
WI.
Melodic baritone vocals deliver confessional lyrics that are as resilient as they are vulnerable, complementing the guitar-driven sound with an undercurrent of restlessness.
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