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It Was, It Was
04:54
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When tide water's in focus
Then let us begin
Held hands on the way
To the end
To the end
You made me so happy
In your melancholy way
Now I stand before you
Before the waves
And I saw your face
It was something like violence
It was something like love
Don't know what it was
But it was
It was
You know I still can taste you
Feel you on my skin
Bittersweet transgress
We unfold from within
The perfect sin
It was something like violence
It was something like love
Don't know what it was
But it was
It was
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2. |
Smile
03:41
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Hard work don’t seem to count anymore
I wear my face for you when I walk out the door
I know exactly what you see
I am the expectation that you have of me
I am only what you see
I am only what you see
I am only what you see
I remember the first time I tried
I lost myself in it, I can’t get back that time
My life was just a compromise
I am the thing you want, and it’s just all lies
I am the veil of what you seek
I am the veil of what you seek
I am the veil of what you seek
Project onto me
All your petty insecurities
Tell me to smile
Just ignore what’s inside
I am only what you see
I am only what you see
I am only what you see
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3. |
The Basin
06:17
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I wish I was a thousand miles away
Cuz how I feel would make sense
Call it a desert, call it home
Five million people living alone
Late at night, I lay and cry
I know we are all of one mind
But that don't mean a thing
Go to your apartment and hide
And I feel so alone
You can’t call this your home
And we suffer each day
Spend 'fore it’s made
And we’re all just like stone
Five million people living alone
You know when it rains, everything stops
And the garbage builds up
Til there’s nothing left of the roads
And you call this your home
That harbors all you live for
You're afraid to go out your door
And I feel so alone
You can’t call this a home
And we suffer each day
Spend 'fore it’s made
And we’re all just like stone
Five million people living alone
Watch what you wish for, you’ll get it
The land of plenty has its limits
Only so much she can give
'Fore she gotta take back again
Then we’re nothing more than we were
A footnote to her
And we’ll all die alone
Cuz we made this our home
Chose to suffer each day
Spent all made
And we’ll all turn to stone
Five million people living alone
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4. |
Morning, Noon, & Night
02:35
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The winter rains are leaving soon, and so I sing a springing tune
I love you, and I know that you love me
Every day I spend with you, I learn to love the world anew
How lovely, to share this life with you
And when the car breaks down and the lights go out and the rent goes up
Oh friend, oh light, you’re by my side
Morning, noon and night
The winds have blown the cobwebs out
Gave the sun something to shine about
I’d love to, go walking through the trees
The day will come when I will go
But you will never be alone
Cause I loved you, and I knew that you loved me
I love you, and I know that you love me
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5. |
Winter of '96
04:02
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There was a time
I saw you next to me, I thought you was mine
Didn’t know, dear lord
Love is to share
Not to hold
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh yeah
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
And there I was
Young, dumb, so smug
You had my eyes, my mind
I adored you
With twisted design
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh yeah
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
You Coulda taught me so much
If only I had listened to more than your touch
Coulda been a lifelong thing
But it exploded, because of me
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh yeah
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Twenty years on
Bill and Tea Corrine, they’re both gone
Along with those nights we shared
We had a life
And this is its song
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh yeah
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
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6. |
Bitter House
03:16
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I’m building a bitter house
For me to live inside
Forget about myself
Make the bed and draw the blinds
I’m planting an ugly tree
Roots deep in the ground
I climb up to the top
Whenever you’re around
I see your face when you’re not there
In the mirror above my sink
In this bitter house I built
A place for me to think
I’m hanging a sickle moon
In someone else’s sky
I cut my teeth on it
As I lie awake at night
I see your face when you’re not there
In the mirror above my sink
In this bitter house I built
A place for me to think
Circling outside my walls
Hairy, teeth that bite
Lock the doors, turn out the lights
But you still get inside
I see your face when you’re not there
In the mirror above my sink
In this bitter house I built
A place for me to think
In this bitter house I built
A place for me to think
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The Music of Frank Ellis Medford, Oregon
The Music of Frank Ellis is an indie rock band in Southern Oregon, started by a group of big-hearted people and one ghost, Frank.
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