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Gifts - Acoustic
02:54
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There's nothing I can tell you
You've heard it all before
We can talk and talk for days
Til the reason drifts away
And if you want to believe that
There's nothing here to do
We can talk and talk for days
Til we're blue in the face
You came bearing gifts, but nothing's free
I've never heard you say you're sorry
I walked into your party
I talked with all your friends
I hid my fragile heart
Betrayed my beating heart
Some days I just feel like crying
Some days I feel nothing at all
When I moved away
When I moved away
You came bearing gifts, but nothing's free
I've never heard you say you're sorry
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Insides Out - Acoustic
02:37
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I'll keep myself from going under
I'll force myself to feel the wonder
I'll battle on with hope and anger
To leave the world a little better
I wanna just want to get better
I want us all to see December
I want to see a world of plenty
Take the power from the money
Time takes its toll
The earth keeps spinning
I keep spinning until my inside's out
Every day it just gets harder
And I don't wanna be a martyr
This time of day no motivation
No excuse just explanation
I've tried ignoring, tried forgetting
Tried reading more and I've tried fretting
I've tried to breathe and felt the pressure
But have I ever gotten better
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I met a man when I came to the crossing
It didn't take long before we were in love
He used me for singing I used him for dancing
He knew how to talk and I knew how to listen up
With metals and empties and our hollow bodies
We filled up the whole neighborhood with our noise
Songs wrote for no one, I said, but kept dreaming
Sitting alone with the shame of my hope
And all we saw was nothing
And all we knew was
I breathed self imposed catatonic depression
Tried once or twice to rekindle the past
Well I never learned how to play the piano
Even though I always wanted to know
Maybe there's time now my gray hairs are growing
Maybe that's part of the shame of my hope
And all I see is nothing
And all I know is
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I know that there's something I'm meaning to do
I know there's a cart and I know there's a lute
I know this all has something to do with you
I know you were here and I know that you're gone
I know that I'm slipping but I don't know how long
I know long ago I sat down and wrote you a song
I can hear the song in my head but I can't make it play
My fingers forgot that familiar feeling
I can hear your voice in my dreams but I can't make it stay
I'm afraid I'm forgetting that familiar feeling
I don't know where you've gone and I still don't know why
I don't know how this ends, I just know that I'll try
I know that I can't just accept that this is goodbye
I can hear the song in my head but I can't make it play
My fingers forgot that familiar feeling
I can hear your voice in my dreams but I can't make it stay
I'm afraid I'm forgetting that familiar feeling
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Won't you tell me all your secrets
All about your life when you didn't know me
I'll believe anything you tell me
Because I need to know you were happy alone
Were you happy alone, please tell me
I hear you talking to your sister
I'm just watching the record spinning
I'll start it all over from the beginning
And I'll listen again cuz you're laughing again
And I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it
You're laughing again, and I don't wanna hear it
Won't you give me peace and quiet
I've heard all that you've got to say now
The right words are further and further away now
And they're calling my name but it's never the same
And I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it
You're calling my name and I won't wanna hear it
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Sediment - Acoustic
03:10
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I'm trying to keep my head above
The sediment that I've built up
The decades of bad habits and excuses
I'm trying to ignore the bits
That might just be trivial to fix
A lifetime of coping, of wishing and hoping.
No reason
No feeling
Just take me home
I'm trying out a new routine
A way to keep my temple clean
And look at that, a week then it's abandoned
I'm trying to open up some more
To make connections, even up the score
But when it comes to it, I just don't go through it.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
And my deeds are much too menial to mention
So I'll write another song about being sad
I'm crying out, or I wish I would
I'd get some help, yeah I know I should
But I'll just stay quiet, I won't even try it
No reason
No feeling
Just take me home
I'm sorry
These rough days
I want you to know
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Everything is outside
Everyone's together again
Everything is outside
Everyone's together again
The present is relentless
Make the most of sunlight
I slept in till eleven again
Make the most of sunlight
I slept in till eleven again
The present is relentless
Pretend that I don't see it
I'll never change my habits again
Pretend that I don't see it
ICUs and flood plains
There's no milk at the store again
ICUs and flood plains
There's no milk at the store again
The present is relentless
I saw you through the wreckage
I shed a tear and smiled again
I saw you through the wreckage
I shed a tear and smiled again
The future isn't written
So why am I here whining again
The future isn't written
So why am I here whining again
The present is relentless
Everything is outside
Everyone's together again
Everything is outside
Everyone's together again
The present is relentless
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Let You Down - Acoustic
03:26
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We're on the other side
Of another week
My body's tired
Can't hardly speak
Here comes another day
Of counting down to sleep
It hurts to say
But the winters deep
If I run and hide
Who do I let down
If I don't confide
Who wants me around
How can I build
If I keep falling down
I don't have the will
I'll just let you down
I don't have the will
I'm gonna let you down
I'm gonna waste your time
I'm gonna get too angry at myself
I'm gonna let you down
I'm gonna sit and mope
I'm gonna steal your thunder
I won't learn
I'll never learn
There goes another day
Not doing anything
Sometimes I can't
Remember how to sing
I'm up to bat
Can't bring myself to swing
It's the time of year
I don't feel anything
It's the time of year
That I let you down
That I waste your time
That I get too angry at myself
Yeah I let you down
I just sit and mope
I stole your thunder
I didn't learn
I'll never learn
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Signs - Acoustic
03:35
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The idea of catharsis
Has ruined all my thinking
Got me waiting for one moment to define
Everything that came before
And everything that will come after
Oh everything is changing all the time
The signs that I've been waiting for
They're never gonna come
The idea of retribution
I can't stop thinking like a cop
Remind myself I don't have to control
I don't want to have these feelings
Second nature's hard to break
Chip away the hardened shell around my soul
The signs that I've been waiting for
They're never gonna come
The idea of deserving
Have I earned myself a rest?
As if I haven't earned it all just by existing
There are voices all around me
I've forgotten how to hear
There's no better time to just start listening
The signs that I've been waiting for
They're never gonna come
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Nick Krefting Boston, Massachusetts
making music after the kid goes to sleep. learning by doing.
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