Standing Behind

The Rift

I dropped a pebble in the water just like I was instructed to do
I watched the circles move concentrically outward it was so clean and so black and blue
And when the water settled I could finally see just what was under the pool
It was me staring back at the me that is you

Everything is real now. 
Everything is really freaking me out
Everything is real now
Everything is real somehow

The ancient people built a pyramid which stands steadfast for thousands of years
The architecture of the Roman people spins along on top of the sphere
The way the stones have settled never touched a moment of shade
Oh the light, touched the seam where the stone hit the blade

Everything is real now
Everything is really freaking me out. 
Everything is real now
Everything is real somehow.

Pyramid Theories

Late, night, could be the latest of your life
Can I borrow your light?
Can I borrow your
Track suit? Bongs and boots?
Can I borrow you? Can I borrow you?

Cause I'm digging deeper but nothing's coming out
Our condensation's repossessing condensation coming from your mouth
Well I understand I've got to write my own damn book
So I'll make a copy of your house key
And place it in the page of me
You took.

Well eighteen, it's a mystery to me
What kind of machine?
A time machine. 
We've got the same routes
And they've got, gables and rooves
While you're out searching for truth
I'm out there looking for you

Cause I'm digging deeper but nothing's coming out
Our condensation's repossessing condensation coming from your mouth
Well I understand I've got to write my own damn book
So I'll make a copy of your house key
And place it in the page of me
You took.

We found a hubcab in a ditch by the road. 
Placed it on a fence post and we'll forget about it as we go.

Cause I'm digging deeper but nothing's coming out
Our condensation's repossessing condensation coming from your mouth
Well I understand I've got to write my own damn book
So I'll make a copy of your house key
And place it in the page of me
You took.

Page of Me

How I feel, I do
It's got nothing to do with you
Open my door and come on through
Slip through the window as I love you

Uh huh

We can live it up today
And let it all go away
All in all, in every way
You put on a brave front and let it stay

Uh huh

Yeah what's this, what's enough?
That feeling so high above
Of a little push and shove 
Cause you want to be in love

Yeah what's this, what's enough?
That feeling that stops and starts
A little push and shove
Cause you love to be in love

Brave Front

Why do I need anybody? 
I only needed myself 
When I was cryin alone in my bedroom
Praying for somebody else
Someone to open the door frame
Let all the cold air in
Oh it reminds me of my expectations
Of warming up this old house again

I went and took all the mirrors down
Loaded them up in my car
Cause every time I really look at myself I
See exactly who you are

Fog on the hillside when the old ways died
I was barely 22
Though I'm only a little older now
I think I finally understand the blues
The way it grabs a hold of you
Makes you do things you never thought you were gonna do
Turns the inside out of you too
Now I understand the blues

Why do I need anybody? I only needed myself
When I was stranded alone on the road side
Praying for someone to help
I put my hands in my pockets
Filled as much as I could fit
I started walking alone
10 o'clock at night
Nobody came down that road again

I went and pulled all the mirrors in
Plastic bag in the door
I wrote a note saying I'm broke down so they
Know what their delay is for.

Fog on the hillside when the old ways died
I was barely 22
Though I'm only a little older now
I think I finally understand the blues
The way it grabs a hold of you
Makes you do things you never thought you were gonna do
Turns the inside out of you too
Now I understand the blues

Why do I need anybody?
Why do I need anybody?
Why do I need anybody?
Why do I need anybody?

Now I Understand The Blues

Can you recall the field made of tweed
The sky made of matchbooks our hands in the feed
I cannot believe I thought you were all that I need
I thought
Stay with this body
The woods draw you in
Aluminum headache
And songs made of sin I cannot begin
No quiet in a house made of tin
No quiet

Nothing's quite so lonesome
As the day turned to ice
Nothing falls as hard as the branches to the right
Oh I swear if I had a machete
I would cut all that keeps us apart 
I'd open the bark of your body
And I'd build you a new wooden heart

Beautiful people, beautiful things
Catch your attention which means everything
Radiant jewel, diamond of coal
Celestial body
West Virginia soul. 

Round, guess I'll keep you around. 
Round, the shape of your mouth when you sleep and
I'm awake in your bed
You lie on the floor.
You stand in my head, no I won't forget what you said darling

Nothing's quite so lonesome
As the day turned to ice
Nothing falls as hard as the branches to the right
Oh I swear if I had a machete
I would cut all that keeps us apart 
I'd open the bark of your body
And I'd build you a new wooden heart

Wooden Heart

Uninterrupted time, I 
Put it on my schedule I 
Try to hold it for a whole god damn hour
What kind of life I live in
To be alone for a minute
And try to hold on to my tiny bit of personal power

When it was thrown, I had no hands
When the questions came I had no plans
When the doctors came I could not stand up on my own
Without a chair or a hand rail
Or my mom and my daddy to make bail
I wish I knew there was no way I would fail
But I'd been in that jail for too damn long
And now my uninterrupted time's all gone!

Uninterrupted time, now
Can this all be a lie now
I can hear it when the radio's on
What kind of world I live in
Empty cans and dirty linens
Old guitars and broken drum heads
Just tryin to make it to the next show!

When it was thrown, I had no hands
When the questions came I had no plans
When the doctors came I could not stand up on my own
Without a chair or a hand rail
Or my mom and my daddy to make bail
I wish I knew there was no way I would fail
But I'd been in that jail for too damn long
And now my uninterrupted time's all gone!

Uninterrupted Time

I know there's many things in life that go to waste
Well I put it in my garden when it comes off of my plate
There's an answer there

Old stacks of paper and a pile of apple cores
Now I know life is worth living I don't eat em anymore
Oh there's a story there.

I lost so many friends this year
Some you could see it coming, others disappeared.
They're off to Nashville, Austin.. I'm just staying here.

I know there's many things in life that turn around
I will divvy up my body to the circle underground
There's an answer there
Standing like a stack of paper I have been afraid
And the night it was so heavy I could slice it with a dull blade
And turn around
Without a sound but singing

I lost so many friends this year
Some you could see it coming, others disappeared.
They're off to Nashville, Austin.. I'm just staying here.

Now I'm sending all my best again
You put on your vest again

I lost so many friends this year
Some you could see it coming, others disappeared.
They're off to Nashville, Austin.. I'm just staying here.

Compost

Oh the west, the east, the belly of the beast
Is filling with the feast of sin
When I was young, I saw 
But I could not tell my pa because
He's working for the government.

I wanna go down to Mexico cause
I hear it's the very last place on earth
I'll lope along, and I could be wrong, but,
I've got to find me a place to be born again.

Spin the globe place your finger where to go
Find it in a reference book
Write a note to the folk and while you do that have a toke
Would it be cool if I come by and take a look?

Cause I wanna go where all the birdies go
There must be something grand for all that their journey's worth
Oh I'll lope along and I could be wrong but
I've got to find me a place to be born again.

Nobody ever asked me honey would you like to come from here
So I'm saving up all my money and I'm
Bound to disappear

I wanna go where nobody knows
All the crimes that my family will soon commit
Oh I'm in misery I swear it was not me!
I've got to find me a place to be born again.

Born Again

Cut Out in the Spring // Mink's Miracle Medicine // #songwritersunday

AT THE FAIR
I’m a fan of everything you make
Every late night
Every mistake
Every woman 
Every kiss
I’m a fan of everything that’s brought you to this.

At the fair, there is such a prize:
Rainbow colors, and neon lights.
I’m a fan spinning in this world
A fixture in the architecture.

Omens, send me omens
Signs, send me signs
Omens, send me omens
Signs, send me signs

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