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CREDITS
Produced By: Philip Weinrobe and Tomberlin
Engineered By: Philip Weinrobe at Figure 8 Recording
Mixed By: Philip Weinrobe
Mastered By: Josh Bonati


PERFORMERS
sarah beth tomberlin: vocals, acoustic guitar, shell percussion
felix walworth: electric bass, drums
david cieri: una corda
stuart bogie: tenor saxophone


LYRICS
i don’t know who needs to hear this 
sometimes it's good 
to sing your feelings 
and every time 
i open my mouth
hope something halfway 
helpful falls out 

and on the phone
i said it clear 
how could I
ask you dear
to hold the feelings
i don’t want to
when i distract and barely try to?

but here is one thing i am learning 
everyone’s heart burns for something 
and really what i wanted to be 
was everything you weren’t for me

this song is simple
but it ain’t easy
to sing it like it is
believe me 

these days we learn
to hold ourselves 
light your candle 
cast your spell
sing it like it is a prayer 
sing it like no one else is there
sing it like no one can hear you
sing whatever makes it feel new

i don’t know who needs to hear this
sometimes it's good
to sing your feelings
especially when you don’t know
the next line 
or how it goes 

i don’t know who needs to hear this
sometimes it's good
to sing your feelings 

i don’t know who needs to hear this 
i don’t know who needs to hear this 
i don’t know who needs to hear this 
i don’t know who needs to hear this 

#SCFIRST

idkwntht

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CREDITS
Produced By: Philip Weinrobe and Tomberlin
Engineered By: Philip Weinrobe at Figure 8 Recording
Mixed By: Philip Weinrobe
Mastered By: Josh Bonati


PERFORMERS
sarah beth tomberlin: vocals, acoustic guitar
john rossiter: electric guitar
felix walworth: drums
shahzad ismaily: electric bass, electric guitar, percussion
doug wieselman: flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
stuart bogie: flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone


LYRICS
i’m not tired 
i’m just wired
for late nights staying up 
talking till the sun gets stuck
back up in the sky
reminding me 
i’m still alive 

i’d been looking 
for hope in a song or
a run or a deep breath
a punch or a two step beat
that could carry me 
away from absurdity 

you’d been smoking lots
and living in your head
cause at least you’d know
where you last left it
i’m left waiting for you to wake up
but you’re still dreaming of your next cup

but it’s never quite enough
you pour it out
but nothing will come
from an ever flowing cup
when you’re too fucked 
to fill it back up

left you alone 
or i did my best
not to water a garden
that didn’t want to live
there were signs of life
but it wasn’t my land 
and i had my own to tend
and i’d forgotten it 

well i played it back
in my head
again and again
not to do any harm
just to try and understand 
couldn’t find a path
that made much sense
just some half finished thoughts
and a couple new plants

i went looking 
for myself 
by myself 
and it wasn’t close to easy
but it sure did help
and my heart kept 
keeping time 
wondering where you were
and what was on your mind

but it’s never quite enough
i can think it and write it 
but it’s hard speaking up
i don’t mind the sweet and wasted time
the taste of your lips
and your smirk when you lie

but I try
not to get in the way 
and I try
so hard 
I evaporate 

a year passes 
and some seeds take root
your garden is growing 
and mine’s growing too
and the works not always fun
but it’s better than staring 
at the weeds and the mud

we left behind some pain
to get to the magic thing

#SCFIRST

sunstruck

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CREDITS
Produced By: Philip Weinrobe and Tomberlin
Engineered By: Philip Weinrobe at Figure 8 Recording
Mixed By: Philip Weinrobe
Mastered By: Josh Bonati


PERFORMERS
sarah beth tomberlin: vocals
felix walworth: una corda, percussion
philip weinrobe: juno 60
jonnie baker: moog rouge
doug wieselman: flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
stuart bogie: flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone


LYRICS
trusted in the invisible 
when i was young
practiced twenty years
left me undone
but I've tasted 
and i’ve seen you
and still trust 
won’t come

kept your voicemail 
in my pocket
afraid one day 
it’d stop playing 
and i’d never hear
your voice again 
but i play it like a song
and when it stops 
i turn it back on 

possessed me from the start 
locked me in both your arms
and i’d never ask to leave 
and i never had the need
keep me keep me 

memory is a silent killer
but i’d use my last night 
to think of you
to think of you

#SCFIRST

i don’t know who needs to hear this...

memory

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CREDITS
Produced By: Philip Weinrobe and Tomberlin
Engineered By: Philip Weinrobe at Figure 8 Recording
Mixed By: Philip Weinrobe
Mastered By: Josh Bonati


PERFORMERS
sarah beth tomberlin: vocals, acoustic guitar
felix walworth: percussion, electric bass
philip weinrobe: drum programming
aaron roche: acoustic guitar
doug wieselman: flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
stuart bogie: flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
david cieri: una corda


LYRICS
left my home
and a best friend
the places i could hide 
for a city of six lane highways
and lots of traffic lights
but i’m trying to grow roots here
keep my feet on the ground
but sirens swim and circle
the shore that i have found

well it’s only been a few months
and i can’t tell the difference
was i happy in the quiet?
all the open handed distance
from the people and their parties
where no one really talks
distracting from the thought of you
and all those late night walks

cause if i don’t call you up
then i don’t have to feel down
and if i don’t say i miss you
then you never have to be around
if i don’t say i love you
then you don’t have to love me
see how simple
the unsaid keeps things?

and lucy gave me a reading
king of cups and queen of wands
and in the middle
a perfect picture
of everything I want
and i laugh cause it makes sense
but something leaves me feeling wrong
i know you’re not a perfect picture
but my heart it won’t shut off

cause if i don’t call you up
then i don’t have to feel down
and if i don’t say i miss you
then you never have to be around
if i don’t say i love you
then you don’t have to love me
see how simple 
the unsaid

#SCFIRST

unsaid

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CREDITS
Produced By: Philip Weinrobe and Tomberlin
Engineered By: Philip Weinrobe at Figure 8 Recording
Mixed By: Philip Weinrobe
Mastered By: Josh Bonati


PERFORMERS
sarah beth tomberlin: vocals, acoustic guitar, shell percussion
felix walworth: electric bass, drums
david cieri: una corda
stuart bogie: tenor saxophone


LYRICS
collect caller 
don’t even bother
see you’re running around town
befriending anyone 
who will spill an idea
or a bag of drugs

collect caller 
go stack your followers 
networking at every show
could build the tower of babel
as you babble on

collect caller
i know it’s harder 
to be in a room
feeling like a ghost
but it might be better
than everyone knowing 

collect caller 
don’t say you’re a baller
you’re a white boy 
living on your daddy’s dime
no hate i know these
are very rough times 

collect caller
go get your dollar
disappearing from the table 
before the bill is paid
but at least i got out 
before you got my name

collect caller
your worlds getting smaller 
take two steps forward 
as she takes one back
playing so dumb
but I know 
it ain’t that 

collect caller 
collect caller 
collect caller 
collect caller

#SCFIRST

collect caller

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CREDITS
Produced By: Philip Weinrobe and Tomberlin
Engineered By: Philip Weinrobe at Figure 8 Recording
Mixed By: Philip Weinrobe
Mastered By: Josh Bonati


PERFORMERS
sarah beth tomberlin: vocals
aaron roche: background vocals, acoustic guitar
 jack mcloughlin: pedal steel
felix walworth: drums, electric guitar
philip weinrobe: juno 60


LYRICS
woke up and read the news
start my day crying over things you prayed would break our hearts
when my sisters and i were young 
you said “we’re trying to learn to consider others more important than ourselves”
well i’m not the one yelling 
but you say i’m too emotional 
walk away kicking myself 
should i save my tears for somebody else

watching your sermon 
looking for an apology
i’ve sat through so many 
and they always use to panic me
face the pews 
i need to leave 
go sit in the balcony 
sync my breathing with the ac 
pretend i’m in the nosebleed seats

well i guess i’ve had enough
you preach peace and patience 
but you don’t seem to have your own
and i’m tired of calling your bluff
and i know i’ve said it more than just once 
i know i’m not jesus but jesus i’m trying to be enough

wrote you a letter trying hard to describe myself 
you never seemed to see me 
you always saw someone else 
that i was trying to be
to get you to love me 

you said when i was a kid
i was always running
away from a hug or 
some kind of loving 
and hey maybe you were right
and hey maybe i still might

come on you don’t have to be so tough
if you’ll try to listen 
then i’ll try to call you up 
and i’ll let you call my bluff
and i know i’ve said it more than just once
i know i’m not jesus but jesus i’m trying to be enough

#SCFIRST

born again runner

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CREDITS
Produced By: Philip Weinrobe and Tomberlin
Engineered By: Philip Weinrobe at Figure 8 Recording
Mixed By: Philip Weinrobe
Mastered By: Josh Bonati


PERFORMERS
sarah beth tomberlin: vocals, nature percussion, acoustic guitar
felix walworth: drums
kenny wollesen: percussion
shahzad ismaily: percussion, una corda, electric bass
philip weinrobe: sony camcorder
gyða valtýsdóttir: cello
marvy ayy: electronic hi-hat


LYRICS
tap the heart
until i hate myself
hit the square 
and rearrange myself 
i don’t like it what it does to me
never makes me want to laugh 
or sing

do you think
about the trees
in the breeze
how they swing
and scream and talk 
and breathe 
i wish i was so tall
and green
swing my branches 
only sing for me

talk to strangers 
like we already met 
even though it hasn’t happened yet
will i be found 
if i’m never met
did the chicken 
come before the egg

i love the people 
playing songs in the park
guitar for babies 
instead of people in the bars
do you think they know 
how good they are 
i think they do they got kids
singing like larks 
they go 

stopped watching movies 
that make me feel 
and you said trash tv
is the best meal
and i reply well none of it’s real
you said i know and i think that’s ideal
but sometimes don’t you wanna 
hit to the heart 
he said he only wondered 
who would play his part 

always wondering about my health 
always wondering if i’ll go to hell
should take some vitamins 
i don’t know what to take
and i should sleep more 
but i’m always wide awake 

i’m not a tree 
i’m in a forest of buildings
i’m not a singer 
i’m just someone 
who’s guilty 
remind me that i don’t have to be anything
remind me that i don’t have to be anything 

i look for signs on the faces of the buildings 
i look for signs on your face of us ending

#SCFIRST

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CREDITS
Produced By: Philip Weinrobe and Tomberlin
Engineered By: Philip Weinrobe at Figure 8 Recording
Mixed By: Philip Weinrobe
Mastered By: Josh Bonati


PERFORMERS
sarah beth tomberlin: vocals
felix walworth: acoustic guitar
philip weinrobe: resonator guitar


LYRICS
won’t you cover my eyes 
won’t you cover my eyes 
i don’t know who to be 
i don’t know what to sing
somethings always
possessed me 

won’t you please 
sit with me 
as i figure it out
figure it out 
i have nothing 
i have nothing 
but a head full of doubt 
a head full of doubt

#SCFIRST

possessed

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CREDITS
Produced By: Philip Weinrobe and Tomberlin
Engineered By: Philip Weinrobe at Figure 8 Recording
Mixed By: Philip Weinrobe
Mastered By: Josh Bonati


PERFORMERS
sarah beth tomberlin: vocals, electric guitar
cass mccombs: electric guitar
felix walworth: drums
philip weinrobe: electric bass
shahzad ismaily: moog rouge, electric bass


LYRICS
after the party 
i walked home
alone alone 
talked to god 
like i believe him
but I don’t 

felt so lonely
made me want 
to sink 
not float 
so i crushed the feeling 
with a smoke 
so stoned 
so stoned 

i thought of you
and what you chose 
it made me cry
couldn’t get my breathing right
all night 
all night 

i still remember 
every word 
you spoke 
to me
you paid for lies
to be made truth
does that 
fuck with you?
i had forgiveness in my heart 
you knew 
you knew

after the party i walked home
alone

#SCFIRST

stoned

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CREDITS
Produced By: Philip Weinrobe and Tomberlin
Engineered By: Philip Weinrobe at Figure 8 Recording
Mixed By: Philip Weinrobe
Mastered By: Josh Bonati


PERFORMERS
sarah beth tomberlin: vocals
felix walworth: percussion
shahzad ismaily: moog rouge
david cieri: una corda
doug wieselman: flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
stuart bogie: flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone


LYRICS
not one word a keepsake 
don’t wanna hold the key
the stories that i told you
sweet words you spoke to me

you hoped i’d stay here in the city 
you asked me not to leave
you alone so I listened 
till you forgot your misery

you tell me that I'm easy
you say i seem “so free”
but i’m frightened to make you feel
like others have made me

i always keep it quiet 
i’ll sit up on the shelf 
no real desire spoken
and i deny myself

cause i am so easy
cause i’m always easy

didn’t hear from you this weekend
and i know what that means
you don’t know how you feel about her
but i know it hurts me
and when you say you saw her
i ask you how she’s been
and you don’t wanna talk about it
and i wanna let you in

cause i am so easy
cause i’m always easy 

is my love worth something?
cause it don’t feel so free
always loving everyone
in love i expect nothing
and i hate to sing it like this 
but that's what they tell me
i hope that i can fix it
i can’t forever be

the one who’s always easy 
why am i always easy 
don’t wanna be so easy
stop telling me I'm easy

#SCFIRST

easy

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CREDITS
Producer: Philip Weinrobe, Sarah Beth Tomberlin
Mixer: Philip Weinrobe
Recording Engineer: Philip Weinrobe
Mastering Engineer: Josh Bonati @ Bonati Mastering


PERFORMERS
Sarah Beth Tomberlin: vocals, electric guitar
Cass McCombs: electric guitar
Felix Walworth: drums
Philip Weinrobe: electric bass


LYRICS
what’s the point of this 
if i know how it ends 
you said i got the spark
well baby are you
the flint?
and don’t you dare me to
cause you know that i will
and don’t you say those words 
that ain’t part of our deal

walk five miles from my door
just to give you some more
do you just talk to me 
when you’re lonely and bored
and don’t you act like that 
when you know what i feel
and don’t you tell me to stay
cause you know that i will

but you get so close 
i almost don’t 
bite my lip
happy accident 
and i wanna die
when you say don’t cry
i won’t quit
happy accident 

always measure my time
by the way you spend mine
i wanna burn it all down
could i borrow a light?
and don’t you dare me to
i could leave in the night 
and don’t you dare me to
cause you know i could fly

but you get so close 
i almost don’t 
bite my lip 
happy accident 
and i wanna die
when you say don’t cry
i won’t quit 
i’m no accident 

what’s the point of this
i don’t know how it ends 

#SCFIRST

happy accident

1:06 am bedroom cover / guitar / tired human singing and trying to play guitar

Tomberlin

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