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Spinning Circles
03:46
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She’s a pretty powerful thing
You can’t even see what she’s making you be
Til it hits you in the eye
She’s a pretty powerful thing
She’s dragging you in, she’s nagging again
You better follow her this time
Attached or not, you’re all wrapped up
In her mysterious ways
You can try to escape
But every time, you’ll end up in the same place
Making mountains out of metal, spinning circles in your brain
You can try to escape
But where will you go?
And every time, you’ll end up in the same place
Making mountains out of metal, spinning circles in your brain
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Surprise
03:52
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You and me, we're not the same
Whittled from a different grain
Carved from two different bricks of clay
Not that it’s a tragedy
That you’re not just like me
In fact I prefer it to monotony
Surprise, surprise
That you could look me in the eye
And tell me you don't give a shit
bout any of this
Surprise, surprise
I can't believe my eyes
I really thought that line would stick
Your mama said
Leave it better than you found it
You and me, we're not so strange
Though we're from a different age
Since 1932, a lot has changed
You're from an old dusty town
With no neighbors around
Entertained yourself with stories and songs
So I have to admit I'm
Surprised, surprised
That you could look me in the eye
And tell me you don't give a shit
Bout any of this
Surprise, surprise
I can't believe my eyes
Weren't you the one who told me this?
You might as well
Leave it better than you found it
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Thrift Store Dukes
02:51
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Hey you, in your thrift store dukes
Acting like you own the moon
And everything the night consumes
Hey you, hoping for a tragedy
To catapult you into fame
And help you make your name
Romanticizing all of this
Like it’s a novelty or something
Well you’ve never been broken, or left wanting for a thing
Hey you
And we’re all just getting by
But you gotta cry out over me
Seems like you don’t have a single qualm
Why don’t you invent your own
See if you can pass it off
In time, it’ll all come back to you
Don’t you know your blood runs blue
And not a single word is true
Romanticizing all of this
Like it’s a novelty or something
Well you’ve never been broken, or left wanting for a thing
Hey you
And we’re all just getting by
But you gotta cry out over me
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Nothing to Say
03:25
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Sitting staring at a screen, passing time, wasting space
I never remember to call, I got nothing to say
Been staring at a wall
So what are you gonna do about it
So what are gonna say?
Finding my way around, stumbling in the dark
Cuz the light burnt out
Maybe I’ll just go to sleep, I’m too tired to change
And it won’t work anyway
So what are you gonna do about it?
So what are you gonna say?
I don’t know how I feel about it
So I guess I got nothing to say
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Unbeliever
04:50
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When I told you what you didn’t want to know
And you heard it and crumbled to the floor
I regret that it had to go this way
Cuz I know that isn’t what you wanted
I don’t, I don’t believe it, I don’t, I don’t
I don’t I don’t believe it
So we waited hanging helpless in the sky
Staring blankly and we’ll never know why
I remember exactly what you said
And I promise I won’t ever forget
I don’t, I don’t believe it, I don’t, I don’t
I don’t I don’t believe it
You said you wouldn’t leave me
I won’t I won’t
I guess you didn’t need me
I don’t, I don’t
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Middle Name
04:48
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I’m holdin onto too many things
And I can’t take anymore
Or something’s gonna fall by the way
I can’t do this another day
Stubborn is my middle name
I’d rather shed some skin before I let you go
Oooh
Been carrying too much weight
I need to take a break
But no one else will pick up the load
And I’m staring, staring
Into the abyss while you march circles round my fist
And in my mind I’m letting go
Oooh
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HDYK
03:49
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How did you know where I came from
Following closely or from afar
Watching me slowly offer it up
How did you know where I came from?
Laying it out like a magazine
Side by side visions of my life
Fill it with color and blur the lines
How did you know where I came from?
House of mirrors
Everything looks the same
How did you know my name
How did we find our way
Stuck in my skin like a parasite
Can’t seem to quit or get it off my mind
House of mirrors
Everything looks the same
How did you know my name
How did we find our way
How did you know my name
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River
02:08
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Fierce as a fist
Swift as a current
Soft as your lips
Stronger than stone
Sharp as a knife
Carving through canyons
Carry the life of the world to the sea
No one tells a river where to run
When men try to harness her power
She fights back with fury and flood
Raises her temperature, boils her blood
Roiling and angry she calls out to me
No one tells a river where to run
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Mtn Peak
04:27
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Mountain peak and valley floor
A familiar place we've been before
I'm sorry, but I know I'm sure
River wide and tumbling
You must get lost to find what you need
And what I need is room to breathe
And make up my mind about what I believe
Sky so high and big and blue
It was not my intention to hurt you
I'm sorry, but I know I'm sure
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10. |
String Me Along
03:30
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I've been so patient, I've understood
Every explanation, I take your word
Got me believin your heart is kind
Deep down I know that you've got me on a long long line
You string, string me along
I only hear your bad promises
Tired of hearing just hold on tight
I cling to every chance
Knuckles gripped white
You oughta know I won't go down without a fight
Don't try and justify, don't tell me it will be just fine
You string, string me along
I only hear your bad promises
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Dirty Pain
03:31
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My eyes are heavy, my love is wide
I did all I could to keep you from the fire
The waters muddy, I lost my way
So I’ll wallow in the filth of dirty pain
So why is it so difficult
I tried to dismantle
The Rube Goldberg machine that you built to keep
People like me from ever breaking through
My eyes are heavy, my love is wide
For the thousandth time I’ve failed before I tried
You throw the first dart, I got the next 25
Now just walk away and leave me where I lie
My eyes are heavy my love is wide
I did all I could to keep you satisfied
So why is it so difficult
I tried to dismantle
The Rube Goldberg machine that you built to keep
People like me from ever breaking through
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12. |
Used to Pray
04:07
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I used to pray
Every time I heard the sirens wail away
Didn’t second guess, maybe I thought that I could save
I’d count to five
Every time I saw lightning strike
When the thunder clapped I’d know that we were safe from fire
I used to think
I was special, I was different, I was right
Something moving through me wouldn’t let me tell a lie
I pushed and pulled
Hammered you with questions til you broke
Yelled until you cried in the name of the holy ghost
I ran away
To a place where no one knew me, tried to put this all behind me
Tried to flee my memory
One early morn
I was wrestling with a dream when I heard
Sirens closing in, couldn’t even count to one
But I was rushed
And how could talking at the sky even help
So I hurried on my way, and when I got there I found out
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Arrowleaf Missoula, montana
Arrowleaf is an indie rock quintet from Missoula, Montana. Featuring the introspective songwriting of Sarah Marker, the band
is filled out by the thoughtful work of Brady Schwertfeger, Jim Frazer Riach, Amanda Ceaser, and Jon Filkins.
Associated acts: Mendelssohn, Norwell, dead glaciers
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