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Books
05:05
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I’ll rest in the shadow of my given name
Confession: I’ve come to call the ghost again
You’ll hide in the verses that I couldn’t write
Reflected shallow in the poet’s tide
In all the words he couldn’t rhyme
This song will break
The masochist who lives behind the moon
You are mistaken
Once I’m old I’m just as good as new
We sleep, our hands tied up in paper sleeves
God reads the words that have become of me
The books that he has made of me
But we are just his poetry
This song will break
The masochist who lives inside of you
You are mistaken
The truth has only disappointed you
They made a holiday held in your name
Bloodstained our ancestors are all the same
And that’s our only claim to fame
This song will name
The masochist who lives behind the moon
This song will claim
The books that I have read and bled for you
This song will shame you -
The masochist who lives behind the moon
How can I blame you
I’ve only ever disappointed you
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Pilgrims
04:17
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Shameless
I stole this song from you
I am the knife
The martyr has left for you
Shameless
I took to notice you
I dedicate this
Walk to the death to you
And one page
Reads of the fight for you -
A masterpiece fallout
I knew was inside of you
You are one speed slow down
I can’t help but race the fool
You are one speed slow down
I can’t help but race the fool
And you’re a fool
I am shameless
This ain’t my song to take
I am the rope
The tied to the pilgrims legs
Shameless
They hang my type ‘round here
I’ve got a mansion
Filled to the brim with tears
We are one speed, let’s slow down
I can’t help but race the fool
You are one speed slow down
I can’t help but race the fool
And you’re a fool
And I am shameless
I stole this song from you
I am a pilgrim
Running out of the truth
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3. |
Little Brother
04:29
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It’s over, little brother
All your life lines through the afternoon
Did she say they were long enough
To withstand every Sunday too?
It was almost my little brother
Who’s life lies in the afternoon
I’ll wrap him up in my footnotes
And real quickly
Did she say you made it through?
It’s over for Oklahoma
Did they say somebody made it through
We’d better make plans up for the earthquake
And real quickly
I know just what I’d do
I would write a thousand songs for you
I would write a thousand songs for you
See I could die and you would not know why
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4. |
Me & Jenny
02:52
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Stick figure nine o’clock news coverage
Couldn’t make me feel
Any better
Six figure well above average
Couldn’t make me feel
Any better
When Jenny says
You’re too much older than me
And haircuts don’t talk
When you wear your heart on your sleeves
Like me and Jenny
Dear God
What’s happened here God
Can we blame it on
Rainy weather
Oh God
Here come the Sun Gods
Can they make me get
Any wetter
When Jenny says
You’re so much better than me
But fashion don’t talk
When you wear your heart out on your sleeves
Like me and Jenny
Thank God we
Rest in pieces with our
Roses down, down, down, down
Save your speeches
For me and Jenny
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5. |
Joe
04:40
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I, I got an accent
Right between my cheeks
Colorado made them red and then
Alabama made them weak
You’ve got this stranger
Right behind your gun
Iowa made him dangerous
Boy, you’d better run
Cause we’ll make it across Kansas
On a low tank of gas for Kansas
Joe Joe Joe
I guess I missed your birthday after all
Joe Joe Joe
I fell asleep out in the hall
You and I used to walk the railroads
Right behind our homes homes homes
Should’ve shut up
Shut up
Should’ve should’ve kept my mouth shut up
Shut up, shut up
So they’d had never known
That we’ll make it across Kansas
With our thumbs in the air for Kansas
But Joe, Joe, Joe
I guess I missed your birthday after all
Joe, Joe, Joe
I fell asleep out in the hall
Joe don’t know, Joe don’t know
Joe don’t know, Joe don’t know
I really loved him in the fall
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Ashes
05:59
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I’ve made a mountain out of men
And hope that I’ll get back again
He pulled my salts into the sea
And there was nothing left of me
But ashes
I had fun in summer sun
Golden days that kept us young
I could take you into fall
Or be a name that you recall
So cull the kites and string the stars
Let the light fall into darkness
Shadows long and fabric laid
Flying in a still parade
Of ashes
You walked in one summer’s night
You pulled the curtains from my sight
Don’t let me be your regret
Or just a name that you forget
Don’t ask
I’m so blessed
To look at you this way
I guess
That I wrote this song
Hoping you would say
I hope you’ll say
You’ll make a mountain out of me
Pull the salt out of the sea
If that’s far to much to ask
At least fresh water tears and ashes
Ashes ashes dust to dust
We could crash and burn and rust
If I stay collecting dust
Bury me in burning lust
And ashes, ashes
I’ve made a mountain out of you
In every corner of my room
Fallen kites and distant stars
Salt stained tears in beach glass jars
Ashes
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7. |
Waterproof
04:04
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I have no secrets now
You were my last
I stirred the sea up
And sailed right past
Come kiss my hair blonde with sunlight
Come taste the last of these cold white lies
Am I waterproof now
Waterpoof now
I can't drown you out
Does that make me waterproof?
My waterproof friends
Say it doesn't make sense
To keep diving in to be waterproof
You are so faithful
Remembering how
I tore your pride
As I reeled you in
Come kiss my cheeks red with laughter
Come read the cards for the morning after
Am I waterproof now
Waterpoof now
I can't drown you out
Does that make me waterproof?
All my waterproof friends
Say it doesn't make sense
To keep diving in
Does that make me waterproof
Waterproof, waterproof
Come kiss my hair blonde in sunlight
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8. |
Dead Goldfish
03:49
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Oh paper crane
What are you doing here
Count my dead goldfish
And all of my empty beers
I cannot cry no more
I did too much last year
What are you doing here
And he said girl let’s go seeing stars
And he said look girl that one is ours
But instead of just one moonbeam
We’ll take two
‘Cause I can’t bare share the light with you
What are you doing here?
Down on one knee
What are you doing there
Let’s go get married
An spend our life somewhere
Your mom will miss you
But I could hardly care
What are you doing there
And he said girl let’s go seeing stars
And there used to be real life on Mars
I bet it was a lot like ours
‘Til they all died off from broken hearts
What are you doing there
Another sad song
What did you come here for
I heard it’s healthy
To cry a little more
You sing it with me
And we can mop the floor
What did you come here for
And he said girl let’s go seeing stars
And there used to be real life on Mars
I bet it was a lot like ours
‘Til they all died of from broken hearts
From broken hearts, from broken hearts
You broke my heart
What are you doing here
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Scout MacKay Seattle, Washington
At an early age, Scout fell deeply in love with music. She has been writing and preforming ever since. Influenced by singer- songwriters Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Regina Spektor, & Bon Iver, she continuously expands her original style and repertoire of music. She is the former lead singer of indie-rock band Sage for Someone, & now and collaborates with various artists in Seattle, WA and Maine. ... more
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