1. |
My Enemy
04:40
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Every time you get too close to the limelight standing still
You didn’t learn the hard way, pushing boulders up a hill
There’s a fun house in the past where you chased moths into a flame
You should have asked the right way, there is no one left to blame
Head roll, tight drum, bent and rusted
Book smart, no clue, barely trusted
Head fake, wrong way, bent and broken
Bookmark, no proof, you’re my token
Enemy, my enemy
You’re an open silhouette, I’m a soft line in the sand
If you wait until the tide ebbs, water runs right through your hands
Head roll, tight drum, bent and rusted
Book smart, no clue, barely trusted
Head fake, wrong way, bent and broken
Bookmark, no proof, you’re my token
Enemy, my enemy
Should I take you at your word? I know where that word’s been
If you get out of your own way, let you let me down again
Head roll, tight drum, bent and rusted
Book smart, no clue, barely trusted
Head fake, wrong way, bent and broken
Bookmark, no proof, you’re my token
Enemy, my enemy
Enemy, my enemy
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2. |
All This Time
03:41
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In the decades since I knew you
In the spaces in between
In the way you would remember
What you thought were your mistakes
In the District on the red line
In the starts between the stops
In a bed sometimes together
Couldn’t dream one lucky break
What’s yours, or mine didn’t mean so much
The hurt was fine, we could take a punch
I wondered and I wondered all this time
In the sepia-toned shadows
In a corner locked away
In a book that’s still unfinished
One you’d written in your head
In the nighttime in the city
In the light behind your eyes
In a chemical reaction
Some things better left unsaid
What’s yours, or mine didn’t mean so much
The hurt was fine, we could take a punch
I wondered and I wondered all this time
One shot, guess not, should’ve called the other’s bluff
I thought you thought I’d never be enough
What’s yours, or mine didn’t mean so much
The hurt was fine, we could take a punch
I wondered and I wondered all this time
I wondered and I wondered all this time
I wondered and I wondered all this time
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3. |
Let You Go
04:04
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The lamplight casts its shadow
On the ceiling and the walls
Indirectly incandescent
On the floor and down the hall
Through a pale square of window
Summer comes to call
Let you I will let you
I will let you let you go
The snowpack melts undetected
‘Til the springtime river flows
Feeds the salmon and the heron
And the water wheel below
It follows the fissures
Gravity’s the show
Let you I will let you
I will let you let you go
I’d loosen my grip if I knew how
Everything tangled up for now for now for now
When the ocean does the talking
Nothing’s overheard
And the sky sings to the forest
A song without the words
There’s a verse and a second
Finally a third
Let you I will let you
I will let you I will let you
Let you I will let you go
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4. |
Worst of Me
04:44
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There’s a crack in the wall it’s been two years though
Running north to south next to the window
There’s a hole in the screen where the bugs get in
Keeping them away since I don’t know when
All that is left unspoken
Can’t break what is already broken
I see it but I don’t see it clearly
Next to it but not even nearly in focus
In fairness, I might be unfairly giving you the worst of me
The worst of me
When water seeps into the stone foundation
‘Cause a stone gets thirsty out of desperation
All that is left unspoken
Can’t break what is already broken
I see it but I don’t see it clearly
Next to it but not even nearly in focus
In fairness, I might be unfairly giving you the worst of me
There’s a bow in the floor and a break in the beam
Forever’s not forever that’s what it seems
All that is left unspoken
Can’t break what is already broken
I see it but I don’t see it clearly
Next to it but not even nearly in focus
In fairness, I might be unfairly giving you the worst of me
The worst of me
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The Ross Freedman Chicago, Illinois
Powerindiefolkpop singer-songwriter who wonders if "powerindiefolkpop" is a thing? Give a listen and let's discuss.
rossfreedmanmusic.com.
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