cloaked in the milky way
she wears it like a shawl
draped over her shoulders
the nebulas stare in awe
of the beauty that seethes
like nectar through a sieve
through the cracks of my fingers
and onto the floor

watch as she tiptoes to the moon
to dance among the stars
because when you're feeling this high
they can't see your scars

she's all i see
when i look to the sky
and the lights of the city
she don't pay them no mind
and the words that she fears
her celestial ears won't hear
as she drifts away

she left me there under that open sky
a head full of doubt
a hand full of fireflies

watch as she tiptoes to my room
we dance the night away
but while i was staring at those stars
she went and slipped away

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A big thank you to Ben Greenberg for programming the percussion and for his mixing/mastering expertise! Check out his stuff at his bandcamp or his soundcloud!

http://bengreenberg.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/bengrizzlymusic

Lights Of The City

A Lonely House

let's climb a mountain 'til our days grow old
and take along with us the hearts that we stole
they'll keep us warm when the weather turns cold
let's climb a mountain and never tell a soul

let's plant a garden with the secrets we told
and the seeds that we plant will be silver and gold
in the spring of our life, it'll be a sight to behold
let's plant a garden and never tell a soul

let's build a house in a field alone
halls lined with familiar faces when the harvest moon is full
a place we can join these two halves, make them whole
let's build a house and never tell a soul

Never Tell A Soul (Demo)

well drape me in the skin of snakes
i pray the lord my soul to take
underneath that burning lake of gold
judas iscariot won't show himself so won't you let me know
why the mockingbird and the sparrow have gone away

fields of green now tongues of red
just go to bed and forget she said
but his words they linger
fading into the floor
and this dusty life we lead
we need
no more

and through the soot and dust and ash
you look through me as though to ask
why the ground moved beneath your feet
souls of old, they float on by
now join them and take to the sky
sweet redemption has come
to carry me away

Reds And Greens

well they sent her off to make her way
but branches weren't made to bend that way
and the gravity of the words that weigh on her soul
like nobody knows

toy soldiers and make believe
winding through those willow trees
and the smell of freshly brewed black tea fills the air
as she makes believe her mind's all there

through and through
i'll carry you

we found sleep that night in that one person bed
one person too many on that backyard shed
and though we swam out in the waves
the pounding in your head
wouldn't let me go again

through and through
i'll carry you

the dents in the drywall were all you left
peaks and valleys pounding in my chest
though she left me drowning in the waves
you'll find me swimming in her wake
because her grip on this old heart
i couldn't shake

through and through
i'll carry you
because through and through
i love you

My Dear, My Darling (Live)

honey wine
my cup spills over
cradle my head dear
beneath the covers
honey wine
i swear that i'm sober

but i'm drunk on you

they say honey wine
won't do you no harm
but darling where were you
when the silence broke my arms
honey wine
filled up my heart

and took me from you

Honey Wine

save me now
have we forgotten how
when our dreams
they sleep
deep underground

late at night
under that full moonlight
you dance my heart
until sunrise

so hold me like the winter winds
sing to me the storm
her arms like love around me
a ward against the world

VANOVER

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