Christian Brothers - Elliot Smith Cover (QOSTA VERSION) by Charles Devin

you could take the death right out of me
take the sad in my heart and crumble it
I was in under the knife
some doctor saying it's
only a matter of time
t-minus send me on the flat line
I made up mine right away
I saw your face my, my
ew, ew ,ew. la, la, la
gimme your oxygen
ew, ew, ew, la, la, la
could never get enough 
of your bloodsugar

this sensitive tongue 
a doe-eyed mess
some anti-body to burn
barbital virulence
the kind of immanent danger
you could revel in
forever's fleeting
favors are abandonment

I ain't a bottle of ages
how long darling
I'm good as guzzling down
poison
I wanna be indentured 
bought and insured

Bloodsugar - DODDER written by Charles Devin

When the moon waves
down through the window I'll be
naked down on the marble

reigning on 
out on the rivers of my dreams
sinking 
gone tomorrow

see them run
right where I sped before
it's not the way I'd 
seen it in my brain

how long were you there
waiting for me 
just make your rounds
for awhile

eating on 
out of a lemon i.v
gazing down a rabbit hole

cheated by 
all the anger in thy pain
bleeding out on a corner

heathen run
right where I sped before
and not the way I'd seen it in my dreams
how long were you there
waiting for the kill

just you make your rounds
I'll be big enough for you
quick enough for me

bear on down again and I'll
hold right here

roaming around 
through the bog
babe you caught me right on time
through the heart
babe you cut me right on time
through the heart

Through The Heart - DODDER written by Charles Devin

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DODDER

DODDER - Deep In The Bottom of the Bag (DEMO)

in another ten
anywhere i'm layin
i'm stayin

been counting sheep
standing up

though ill never be 
a millionaire no

met a lover easy enough       

I stay
I stay un
-der where I know 
they are

well where the rEAl lonely are
without a reason or care, well there they are
no better than me, anywhere i'm way over low life

well you got both feet why don't you
play on, well play on

you might just think your alone

girl you've got a mean streak
all your playing is yourself

Why not try and just ease it up
 stay on, well hang on and
I will be your handle 

well darling just sing it out, don't stay under
Just sail around the uvula

there's healing
in the truth
yea, there might
Be more to being here than fear
under low light
And all it needs
is real, real love

Everything in Moderation (including moderation)

WHERE THE REAL LONLEY ARE

out on the low blue skies are
pinking up
comatose, two eyes are
drinking it up

who would have known
the stars are reeling around this drain in us
so all alone but aren't you feeling
A little dangerous

This illusion 
is a lie
You suffer through
 till you die

in limbo
So hard to tell
How you've been gone
And this world of ours 
keeps spinning around

begin to wonder how
you feel so down and out
so like a stone is our belief
until it's breaking down

win or lose 
there is no right
Just suffer through
Till you die


bleeding for is easier
in love
out on the low
i must behold the ancient one

still not bothered to 
let go or give it up
well all I wanted was the lie

THE ANCIENT ONE

so who's in charge of caring
are we moving on or staying

whats pulling on is failing
are we moving on or sailing

whats pulling on is failing
are we moving on or sinking

we could enter
through the clouds babe 

within reason
over high ways

are we moving on or sailing
what's pulling on is failing

WITHIN REASON

Tried to tell me
Tried to clear my eyes
Tried to crash your love against my tide

And these are the waves we float endlessly
Beneath the moon kissing me 

Floated to me
Climbed upon my side

I turned away from your venus eyes
and heeded a way for shore left you wading

Gone and blew my love to the wind
I must be high

Lables must be high

Waiting alone anchored here
Beneath the moon hanging wishing waiting alone

Tried to tell me 
Tried to clear my eyes

Tried to crash your love against my tide
and these are the waves we float endlessly

I think I know what your saying I failed my friend

here
I want you here in our room
home

WADING

when the moon waves down 
through the window i'll be
Naked down on the marble

reigning on out on the rivers of my dream
sinking, gone tomorrow

see them run right where i sped before
it's not the way i'd seen it in my brain
how long were you there waiting for me,
just make your rounds for awhile

eating on out of a lemon i.v.
gazing down a rabbit hole
cheated by all of the anger in my pain
bleeding out on a corner

heathen run right where I sped before
and not the way i'd seen it in my dreams
how long where you there waiting for the kill
just you make your rounds, i'll be

big enough for you 
quick enough for me 
bear on down again and ill
hold right here

roaming around through the bog
babe you caught me right on time
through the heart
babe you cut me right on time
through the heart

Everything in Moderation (includng moderation)

THROUGH THE HEART

There's not a soul that's left to see here
and not a moment that goes by
our lowly paths don't intervene

hard to fit you in, you know that ain't right

my jealous seething has sold
and all the colors wearing off

10 thousand crimes of passion are
committed in a young and heavy heart

and all the time i've waited here
under will and maunder

if her arms are made to mend
i begin to wonder

feel like a mouse inside a zoo
how i feed your endeavor 

if i only had a heart
id taste much better

sailing aground in our slumber
we've got ourselves too much to hide

a whole lot of road we've left to cover
whatever makes your feel that your living life

about to turn the gate again
run until edens over

about a thousand years today
i'll assume even under

may i hand it on a plate
would you even remember

when the conversations end
ill burn your letter

fool 
ill be the end of us to the enemy's
i don't buy

for your anniversary i am not the animal in your head

storm on out ill see your face up on the other side
i don't need your flame, o no, darling
im not hungry all the time

don't you tread on me 
i think it's plenty alone
run on out on me and be happy

head a figure like a bully eyed animal 
my fear of it is fearing

don't you tread on me 
i think it's plenty alone
run on out on me and be happy

head a figure like a bully eyed animal
my fear of it is fearing

fearing

FOR YOUR ANNIVERSARY

in the sweetest grave
of the deepest tomb
I had a dream about you
no better one on one come true

and the cleanest way
is to see this through
but honestly 
I couldn't breath without you

with every sting
I ever take
in your arms
strips the bone

won't you tell me just where you are
stop right here and let me off
Confucius say
we are all made of metal

the only way
to medicate 
free a moan
sing along

we all discover 
the same old fate
on our own
it doesn't mean your alone

is it safe just where you are
stop right here and let me off

for goodness sake
we are all made of metal

stop following 
the dinosaurs
you've been in love 
with death before

some part of me
could never get enough
but honestly 
I'm just a fool for your love

stop right here and let me off
Confucius say
we are all made of metal

MADE OF METAL

I'm on the vine
my Valentines 
a long way from here
about as dead as dead 
as dead could ever be

this bottle must be 
the devils way 
of calling you to me

I'm caught in the net
but all the hate you spill
makes me appreciate 

all of the nice things 
you say to me
o  your so pretty 
when you talk dirty

go on
go on 
go on 
go on

deciding you'll wear 
my ashes out 
what is it
master ?

throw your reigns 
on my throat
pry into my 
holed armor
begging me 
to giddy up 

hold on
hold on 
hold on 
hold on

You and I crawl 
on my knees 
feeling tired
weak
I'm not this easy but
I follow you around 
and share in this vice

You and I

YOU AND I

Hi. I'm Charles Devin, a singer songwriter from Little Rock, Arkansas. I mix all of my tracks and play all of the instruments. All songs are free to download. Lyrics are in the descriptions. Thank you for your support and feel free to contact me at (charlesdevin366@gmail.com).

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