Hands in his pockets
Her soul's in his eyes
She couldn't get it back if she tried

Follows him slowly
Blinders on
Never knowing anything but the road she's on

Built these walls with your two hands
Once your shelter but now your prison stands

Can't give a mile
He keeps her in line
Slips through his fingers
It's a crime
It's her crime

Painted faces telling her lies
Never occurred to her she shouldn't cry

Built these walls at his command
He takes her down with his demands
Shut the doors with your two hands
Once your shelter but now your prison stands

Prisoner

You didn’t mean it, but you still said it
You can’t erase it
You can’t take it back
Like stains on a T-shirt the evidence lingers
It lingers

You turned a victory empty and hollow
Deeper the love the harder to swallow
Boat started rocking
You kept on talking
Just stop talking

Where did this come from?
I don’t know what I’ve done

It’s so hard going back
Once the damage is done
But you’ll forgive and I’ll forget
And then we will move on

Maybe we make these surface recoveries
While underneath the waters are muddy
Faces beguiling
We keep on smiling 
Why are we smiling?

Where did this come from?
We quickly come undone

It’s so hard going back
Once the damage is done
But I’ll forgive and you’ll forget
And then we will move on


Movin' On

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LYRICS
You don’t have a way with words they always come out wrong
Me I’m sick of analyzing and writing Sad Love Songs
I’m sick of Sad Love Songs

With you I was uncomfortable just being who I am
And you, you spoke a foreign language I didn’t understand
I couldn’t understand

Hold out for the one who takes you as you come
I’ve finally had enough I’m sick of Sad Love Songs

You were desperate just for someone to fit into your mold
You tried to force a circle where a square should go

Everything you hated in me you hated in yourself
No use hangin’ on to something that only brings us down
You only bring me down

Hold out for the one who takes you as you come
I’ve finally had enough I’m sick of Sad Love Songs
Hold out for the one who takes you as you come
If I’m not lifted up I’d rather be alone

I’m sick of Sad Love Songs
Sick of bein’ wrong
Sick of the run ‘round
Sick of feelin’ down

Sad Love Songs

Lyrics

They say that you’re a Landmine
I’ve deftly stepped to the side
They’re just trying to make me feel better
Cause everyone could see that you were really good for me

Timing’s all wrong, but it couldn’t feel more right
I’m impulsive; You’re a little uptight
It’s impractical, but that doesn’t make me feel better
Cause everyone could see that you were really good for me

But I guess you win some
And I guess you lose some 
I guess I lost this round, but that ain’t gonna hold me down
Thought it was real love
Something I’d never get tired of
Gonna be frank if you’ll let me
There’s plenty of you in the sea

I made a list of the strikes against you
It’s a long one; I should be glad this fell through
To be honest it doesn’t make me feel better
Cause even I believed that you were really good for me

Just so you know you’ve burned a bridge here
Listen closely; I’d like to make myself clear
We had a good thing it’s too bad you’re insane
I dodged a bullet so go ahead forget my name

Not gonna lie I tend to fall quickly 
But you really had me fooled guess I got myself schooled
But it doesn’t matter now ‘cause I’ve risen above
Though it was a lie it taught me more about
More about how’s it’s supposed to be, supposed to feel, gotta be real
What I’m now holdin’ out for
Go ahead and walk away 
Go ahead forget my name
I don’t really need you here
Go ahead and disappear

Landmine

Surrender

Little Drummer Boy

Lyrics
Marion didn't eat a thing tonight
Trying to become a perfect ten
Desperately starves her body but she feeds the lie
That nothing tastes as good as being thin

In school they can be so cruel 
She's dying to fit in

Hey little puppet on a string
Don't you dare believe those centerfolds made of fool's gold
Don't lift your arm and tilt your head with all the other Marionettes

Marion watches lovers on the movie screens
Make believe made up to be real life
So convinced everything is seredipity
She writes off all the ones that could be right

So sure of an imaginary love
She sleeps alone at night

Marionette

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LYRICS
Hard to know where to start
How do you unpack a heart?
There are a hundred ways to hide

Split yourself into parts
Keep 'em all in the dark
Spinning around til they collide

You are Lighthouse when I'm in the sea
When I go under you go down with me
When I am longing for higher ground you let a ladder down

Caught between layers of sleep
But the fighter inside runs deep 
When all the colors fade to gray

I never tried to hide
You never closed your eyes
You can make sense of wind and waves

Lighthouse feat. Brian Elmquist

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LYRICS
When the best years feel behind you
Peace can't seem to find you
When you wake up and you're older
You're story isn't over yet
You're story isn't over

When you question all your choices
Hearken doubtful voices
When you look back with regret
Your story isn't over yet
You're story isn't over

It's not over

When you just want to start again
You're sure that it's too late

It's not over

It's Not Over

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LYRICS
Suntans from a bottle and lazy small town days
Teenage girls with summer faces in the middle of May
Larger than life in high school I said, “Girl you're gonna be great”
She shrugged what's the rush I'm young that real world stuff can wait

Her friends said sure baby choose a future but no need to choose today
The first few years are just for fun and they don't count anyway
She swore to me when the time is right I’ll move out to LA
But timing's never right and I heard she hasn’t left the state

There's gold downriver 
Just around the bend
There’s gold downriver
If she'd only known back then
Careless with her twenties
She had plenty of time
Looking back now asking how’d I live a casual life?

She built dreams in California said one day I'll get away
Tryin' out weed and cigarettes in a tired Chevrolet
Born and raised in this backwoods town; she never meant to stay
The neighbors shake their heads too bad the world should know her name


Careless 20s

I love all dogs and thrift stores. I make music in NYC.

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