1. |
Black Hatted Man
02:51
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Lone black hatted man, with sin burnt hands,
stains of a lapse in feeling
Stand, black hatted man, above the law,
cinematic story classics
He always robs the gold. He always steals the girl.
He's always up to something, cause he's no good
when you're not here.
His unruly guise, lives in noble lies, all for one woman's feelings.
Love; interposed guide, stars of his sky, his only honest bearing
He always slips back somehow. He always ends up fighting.
He's always up to something, cause he's no good
when you're not here.
Your love makes him the man worth loving...
makes him someone who can love too.
He'll always worry, you'll end up hurting.
What the whole truth could undo.
He'll always rob the gold. He'll always steal the girl.
He'll always fall back somehow, cause he's no good
when you're not here.
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Paper Son
03:50
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I claimed your name when I was nine
We swore and oath to God
Your fingers held my shoulders tight
and you squeezed that you were proud
"As your dad" you say and place
the guilt upon my mind
You mark me with another lie
and you seperate the blood
Am I your paper son
Am I your paper child
Separate the oath from blood
Indifference of a paper father
Caring for you little ones
indulging every moan
You've lost the faith and broke the oath
preferring what you've sown
More and more unloyally
you steeped away your love
Removed the unconditional
and replaced it with a clause.
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3. |
Case For Love
05:44
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Don’t lose hope a case for love is out there.
Don’t pay respects, your dreams delayed not dead.
Love isn’t blind, turn on a light and it’ll find you.
Don’t bide your time, just try to live until you die.
I hope you’ll not
give up odds on love as time goes by.
Don’t get caught up
watching windows where others live their lives.
With love is change
Alters every moment, every need.
Both flesh and soul
Their heart beats in cadence with yours
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4. |
Transfiguration
02:40
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This is my son deserving of Alleluias
Listen to him, come down and do for others
Go now you must leave though it terrifies you
Valleys await, and I will come down there with you
Though we cry,
“Stay here with us, we’ll raise you the perfect dwelling
Beyond compare befitting of all your glory
Stay here with us, we’ll raise you the perfect dwelling
And never leave this place,”
but heaven’s voice cries out compelling…
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5. |
Art School Girl
04:09
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There's a girl you wanna know more about
She's skating all by herself
She's a girl that people call "Crazy"
What is it that makes her smile
Watching her cut in conversations
Where nobody knows her name
People say she doesn't act right
She thinks actors should get a life
She colors where no one gives her lines
There's never been any other way
She throws snowballs at pure strangers
She thinks....
There's a girl you wanna know more about
You never even caught her name
She's shaping your imagination
Could you ever be so free?
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At Average Detroit, Michigan
Indie-folk inspired by history, cinema, God, myths, unexpected situations, and efforts to make a fairly normal life above average amounts of interesting.
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