1. |
Decades
03:34
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They gave it all they could
Through the needles and frozen years
But they never said a word
Never
Sealed lips mumbling
Stories of the people they have loved
Bare skin shivering
From the night air flowing through their minds
Truth awakening
Silence so understood
All of the promises over time
But they never said a word
Never
Sealed lips mumbling
Stories of the people they have loved
Bare skin shivering
From the night air flowing through their minds
Truth awakening
Hollow right to the end
Decades of nothingness
But they never said a word
Never
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2. |
Make It So
02:56
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Three more steps and you're home again
Dust the dirt out of your hair
One deep breath and the day falls down
Floods of feeling fuel the air
Puff upon your cigarette
Keep your eyes right on the sun
Count the days you don't regret
There's nothing to drag you down
Just 'cause you say it doesn't make it so
Just 'cause you want it doesn't make it yours
Just 'cause you built it doesn't make it safe
Just 'cause you feel it doesn't make it true
Talk until your teeth go numb
Throw your letters through the air
Wider and brighter your eyes dry of water
Pools of sand and clouds of dust
Just one knock and the lock's undone
Pull the cobwebs from your lips
History and songs of love
After all there's only this
Just 'cause you say it doesn't make it so
Just 'cause you want it doesn't make it yours
Just 'cause you built it doesn't make it safe
Just 'cause you feel it doesn't make it true
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3. |
Cheer Up
04:31
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The end of an era
A cheap farewell
The days that once were
Will never be again
All my condolences
And sincere regret
For your happiness passed
And new loneliness debt
Cheer up
You powerful charm
Look down upon the darkening days
Give up
Your remnants of faith
And dream new dreams
And find new ways
And then you'll make this whole world
A more beautiful place
A pocketful of memories
And long forgotten songs
A lingering suspicion
That you knew all along
The chaos of new birth
And dying love
It will consume all of you
If you don't feed it enough
Cheer up
You powerful charm
Look down upon the darkening days
Give up
Your remnants of faith
So you can dream new dreams
And then you'll find new ways
And then you'll make this whole world
A more beautiful place
The end of an era
Tears for a friend
The hands that once held her
Are on the mend
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4. |
Doomed
03:49
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Being in good company
Did not distract me
From feeling like a fool
On a ship doomed to crash
I wear my scowl
Out on the town
Without thinking
Without speaking
Can't face the faces
Gnawing on my quaking heart
Oh so unkind
A million jagged parts
Downhill
Sunken ship
This is it
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5. |
My Arrow
03:55
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If I drop all of these vices
Will I float into space?
To be the best the fastest
Seems the ultimate race
Try to shoot
My arrow at
The bullseye of perfection
Before I'm pulled
Into the pitfalls
Of my own convention
Start each day
Downing genius
If I stop all of these curses
Will I look like A. Saint?
A paradigm of glory
Face so red with restraint
Try to shoot
My arrow at
The bullseye of invention
Before I die
Or slip into
The blankness of pretension
Start each day
Downing genius
What are you looking at?
And where are you traveling to?
And what is the next step
When the sunshine pours through?
And when is the last time?
How sure is your mind?
Why do you keep looking when there's nothing left to find?
If I stop all of these curses
Will I turn into Grace?
Consumed at every moment
All my love will enlace
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Solo
03:54
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I shake when I talk
Without you by my side
I cry while I sleep
When you're not here next to me
Oh, my heart is alone
When you're so many miles from home
I sing all your parts
In the songs we used to play
I sleep in your clothes
While the smell of you fades away
Oh, my woes are my own
When you can't make it to your phone
Oh, what will I do
For half a year without you?
I'll wait for my love
To come walking through the door
I'll count every chill
Till he's here to keep me warm
Oh, my heart will ever beat
With the rhythm of a love so sweet
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PATRICIAN Portland, Oregon
Patrician is the solo project for Portland artist, Patti King. A multi-instrumentalist often on tour and in the studio, the record 'Matters in Such a Manner' reveals Patti's songwriting and arranging skills. Inspired by her opinions on social climates and personal criticisms, her songs often take on a darker persona. ... more
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Solo project for co-producer/mixer on Matters in Such a Manner.
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This band blows me away every time.
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My girl.
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