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Monadnock
03:43
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the road you left, a dead-man's curve
it kept you humble, it left you hurt
so up you climb, to cheat the sky
to hang long icicles from your eyes
I feel something you're trying to feel
way down here we take trouble to hear
if you'd only come down
from Monadnock mountain
you're covered in snow
frozen your fortune
so you steal what they stole
my empty pockets
are all I am here to take
you won't melt, but I won't go away
I know these floods, they feel like home
I guess I drown better than I float
but I am strong to sink so low
a pressure diamond, I came from coal
I hold something you're trying to burn
flames won't thaw what you're wanting to learn
if you'd only come down
from Monadnock mountain
you're covered in snow
frozen your fortune
so you steal what they stole
my empty pockets
are all I am here to take
you won't melt, but I won't go away
I won't go away
climb down, climb down, oh climb down
put your head on the soft, soft ground
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Got to Go
03:14
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I guess you wanted to see me one last time
to search my eyes and read me one last line
I could say things about you
but I could never be cruel
‘cause this time I know you know
who’s leaving who
and all the love we thought would last forever
I have got to go
and all the trials we tried and lost together
I have got to go
I know you never wanted to end this way
all but you left long before today
I could tell tales about us
but that would never be fair
to the troubles we both had to share
and all the spite we spat out at each other
I have got to go
and all the fights we fought tough just like brothers
I have got to go
I've got to go
I've got to go
say what you want and please don’t spare me now
I’ll take it all so we can end this proud
of all the love we lost between us
nobody else could lose so hard
but no more losing baby
we’ve got to say it’s over now
and go
I have got to go
I have got to go
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Blizzard
03:33
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it's been a blizzard of mail, a paper flurry of hail
empty envelopes ice my door
all the sweepstakes that lie that I’ve won the big prize
don’t know what you done me for
did I win? did I lose? do I care that you used me?
paper debris offers nothing for me that’s from you
calm this blizzard in my soul
whistling as the wind whips through a great hole
calm this blizzard in my soul
empty as my ribs grip through a great cold
calm this blizzard now
the day you left you froze my heart straight out
so help me baby, gonna drive these blues away
gonna get in my car, I’m gonna drive real far
‘till your voice just fades to gray
but I turn on the car and the radio's on
and you come through anyway
over the mountain with a plow all I can see
when my words hit the windshield my breath turns to ice
and I melt it with the back of my sleeve
I am lost, I am sad and I think I’ve been had
but I want you so bad that I'm frozen into this repeat
calm this blizzard in my soul
whistling as the wind whips through a great hole
calm this blizzard in my soul
empty as my ribs grip through a great cold
calm this blizzard now
the day you left you froze my heart straight out
froze my heart straight out
froze my heart straight out
froze my heart straight out
well I made me a plan
never gonna love a man like you
ever again
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Not Much Worse
04:15
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and I’ve been running for so long
that I’ve forgotten where to go
to find the earth beneath my boots
I’d have to shovel through miles of snow
and in my pocket is a scrap
the one you crumpled up and threw
a few short words that made a map
that used to open my heart for you
we go under
we go mad
we grow hungry
we grow sad
when you’re told your soul is dirt
silence seems like
not much worse at all
my hands are tired from pressing pearls
from every stone you throw my way
my blood is weak from mending holes
torn by the bullets of your faith
and from our sorrow, static jumps
a tattered blanket thin and dry
a thousand seams, a thousand shocks
so I can’t touch you now, you’d die
we go under
we go mad
we grow hungry
we grow sad
when you’re told your soul is dirt
silence seems like
not much worse at all
and all the hope that I have left
a polished penny in a tree
will do no good if you play deaf
to hear this gift that could heal you and me
for all you say that you hate me
I couldn't love you less if I tried
some lessons take courage to see
imagination to wonder why
we are beauty
we are love
we are beauty
we are love
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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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