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Heat from the Day

by Ben Kreader

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broken bottle tore the tire rode the rim and sparks made fire pulled off and worked my hands to blue switched a spare to look for you lane change markers don’t tell me nothing that I don’t already know motel neon blinks pink a vacant glow heading on down the line chase the stars across the sky leave the headlights set on high speedometer lurches over but then stops and twitches still blind speed building I’m burning down this hill headlight traces all backlight faces that I’ll never ever know gas sign shadow says all the pumps are closed heading on down the line I’m gonna find you I’m gonna find you truck throws a rod and the hood feels hot and I’m choking on the smoke green stream burning down through the grass below and I’m heading on down the line I’m gonna find you yes I will yes I will I’m gonna find you
2.
I turn on the faucet and nothing comes out rust on the tap dirt in the spout but drop by drop the water begins to flow I put my head in the stream and I drink your cold where did you come from? how long will you stay? please don’t walk away will you show me who are? the back of your knee, the jackknife scar me I have no marks you can see ’cause I’m as empty as empty empty as empty can be all day long nothing but words spat out and choked hollow and burned but with your voice you shatter the shells to dust you sound like scissors as you cut the truth from the trust tell me a picture I see what you say I’ll watch it all day stop me ’cause you’ve heard this before sad and funny, I’ve got plenty more I will make you laugh ’til you see I’ve been as empty as empty empty as empty I’ve been as empty as empty empty as empty can be put your hand on my head and you’ll feel the words I’ve said put your mouth on my mouth let your lips shape your whole world out we’ll be as empty as empty empty as empty can be
3.
I’m gonna fill you then push you over you’re gonna spill everything that you hide and while the heat from the day is fading into the darkness we can ride I’m gonna hold you like a shadow holds the ground on my midnight round you’re gonna cry ’cause your step will falter you never knew you could breathe so deep I’m gonna forecast you up some thunder then lull a rain so you can sleep I’m gonna love you like a shadow loves the ground on my midnight round open up to the dark you hold inside gonna get you I can feel when you move and when you sigh close your eyes let your fingers feel my bones come and get me find your way to my voice and you’ve found home midnight ’cause in the dark I see that you’re the man for me too many words have been broken open too many lies have turned to truth after the twilight there stands a silence where only my hands can feel what’s you I’m gonna love you in the shadows on the ground on my midnight round
4.
you painted stars and space above me you paved the road so I could run you understood more than you told me now I’m the one who understands I’m not the one how can I leave without you? I’ve never felt someone so strong how can I leave when I feel you holding on? this is wrong, this is wrong maybe how can I leave without you? I can’t forget you’re not alone how can I leave when I don’t know where I go? I was wrong, I was wrong maybe I can’t give back the gift you gave me when you woke me up and asked me why but you’re just a man without an answer and now I must lose this love I dug so far to find how can I leave without you? I’ve never felt someone so strong how can I leave when I feel you holding on? this is wrong, this is wrong maybe how can I leave without you? I can’t forget how I’m alone how can I leave when I don’t know where I go? I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong I’m pulled by your side and my eyes won’t let go want to reach out and touch you and make this thing whole but I loved you too hard and it broke me so slow I know how can I leave without you? I’ve never felt someone so strong how can I leave when I feel you holding on? we were wrong, we were wrong how can I leave without you? I can’t forget how I’m alone how can I leave when I don’t know where I go? now you know, now you know, now you know
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and I left you at the side of the road kicking a sun-stained paper cup but as I pressed the pedal down and the tires gripped the ground I couldn’t even look up ’cause it’s true that I loved you and it’s true I was scared they spill through all those things I never knew we never had and I watched you swallowed by the mirror the sun burned a hole in my eyes sliding box of glowing red crossed my mouth — fell off my head wind blew the trash through the lights pinwheel pictures through the dark I could see you shimmering and then spinning out of sight then I saw you in a field just a shadow as you kneeled arms stretched out to the night ’cause it’s true that I loved you and it’s true I was scared they spill through all those things I never knew we never had

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Heat from the Day is Ben Kreader's second EP and features 5 songs including Down the Line which features a new music video available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFflqwZOcKA

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released March 18, 2014

Production: Bryan Cook and Ben Kreader
Mixing: Bryan Cook
Mastering: Hans DeKline
Photography: Johnny Nicoloro
Design: Gary Trethaway
© 2014 Hecho Derecho Music / ASCAP

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Ben Kreader Los Angeles, California

Ben Kreader writes songs driven by the rhythm of the road and framed by the pain of the blues. His Chicago roots bring tornados, rain, and sky to his lyrics, mirroring the Midwest's meditative melancholy. Influenced by art-pop pioneers, Ben melds country-folk narratives and blues vocals with a dense forest of electronics and beats into simple songs of love and loss. ... more

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