Florence

album drafts so i can be narcissistic and fall asleep to my own music on my ipod whoops. 

Found (instrumental)

The rain beat down, erasing the lines between lanes as I drove myself home

I should know the way by now, not peering through the windshield for the signs on the road - telling me which way to go
Oh  - - - 

we’re all typing with our eyes closed
fingers walking towards a word that resonates 
these beating hearts,
all my false starts, I apologize 

Rivers and mountains blend in with the highway
Let’s just do it my way
Maps aren’t my forte, anyway 
Any way we go we are going home 
Home.

This house is not of brick and stone, 
I have built it up from 
Telephone wires and typewriter words
Envelope glue and postal service sighs
I apologize, I apologize 

And if time could pass so quickly when I'm waiting for the end 
Why can’t time pass so quickly when I’m waiting to begin.

And if time could pass so quickly when I'm waiting for the end 
Why can’t time pass so quickly when I’m waiting to begin.

And if time could pass so quickly when I'm waiting for the end 
Why can’t time pass so quickly when I’m waiting to begin.




Rivers and Mountains

Home

After we have gone,
Walking flightless from this home -
For the ones whose empty houses ring,
I will sing, I will sing, I will sing - I will sing, I will sing, I will sing. 

Standing naked by the door
With our lives all packed away
For the ones who are taking everything
I will sing, I will sing, I will sing - I will sing, I will sing, I will sing. 

When we leave, we’re leaving shameless - 
When we leave, we’re leaving free.
The rising sun will set on different buildings
The running waves will break on different seas. 

Oh darling, I am coming back one day -
I promise I will find my way. 

We’ll leave no footprints in the dust
Where we go, we can’t be followed
For the ones we’ll call on telephones

I will sing, I will sing, I will sing -
I will sing, I will sing, I will sing - 

Oh darling, I am coming back one day -
I promise I will find my way. 
For the ones I’ve left behind,
For the ones I’ve yet to find.

I will sing, I will sing, I will sing. 
I will sing, I will sing, I will sing. 

When We Leave

Move on

Found pt. 1

I’ve travelled for a thousand, thousand days
I’ve said these words a thousand, thousand ways

How do I say goodbye to all these hallowed halls
Kicking and screaming all the while
The child within has just rebelled
So resolute, untamed, and wild
And while I fear my loneliness
It won’t be places that I’ll miss
It will be faces filling all my dreams of home
Home, home

This head has got to learn to let you go
Because this body was born to run, I'll have you know

Born to leave it all behind in hurried flight, m
Out of reach and out of sight
I am not graceful as I run
I fall and trip and come undone
These words are honest as I tell
That I would love you and do it well
But now is not the time to try
We were meant for other things, you and I
You and I


And to something higher than myself I beg
Give me the grace to leave with happiness instead

To leave as if this heart of mine has never broken 
Fresh faced, new and still outspoken
Always certain always steady
Overconfident and heady
With the invincible truth
Oh, meant to soften, meant to soothe
That all these faces in my past
They will not vanish, staying fast inside my heart
Fast, inside my heart

I’ve travelled for a thousand, thousand days
I’ve said these words a thousand, thousand ways
This head has got to learn to let you go
Because this body was born to run, I'll have you know
And to something higher than myself I beg
Give me the grace to leave with happiness instead.


Hymn To Grace

Recording courtesy of the Katzen AV department. 
Home performed live in the Abramson Family Recital Hall with the AU workshop ensemble. 
Thank you to everyone who's creativity and artistry made this performance happen. 

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