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Miss You
02:38
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it's been one hard week
since I've been away from you
looking out my doorway
what I see is nothing new
well I went to the kitchen
and I found some mr. gleam
well I took a little sip
and I had a little dream
that I kissed you
oh baby how I miss you
well you screamed and you shook
"go to hell and don't come back"
please know that I won't hurt you
lay my head down on the tracks
something led me to your door
something made my knuckles knock
something made my mouth fall open
you shut the door and turned the lock
oh honey I miss you
oh baby how I miss you
well now where have you gone?
how long will you be?
I've been down so long about you babe
that down do worry me
well I guess I'll go to sleep now
Billie's singing in my dreams
well I try and make her face out
her voice is ripping at the seams
oh honey I miss you
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Sink or Swim
04:07
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blue turns black before my eyes
you punched my heart so hard
I fell against the car
and bruised my side
and as I walk
along this shoulder into town
looking down
the puddles on the ground
become oceans I could drown
just from your lies
right now it’s hard to go on
but I will
gonna see this thing through
I know nothing I could do
sink or swim
is gonna carry me back to you
someday when all our anger burns away
when I could reach across
and touch the thing we lost
and make you stay
but go on and drive
to leave me in the dust so dry
this neverending fight
has cost me boy tonight
the best friend I had
and he left so mad
right now it’s hard to go on
but I will
gonna see this thing through
I know nothing I could do
sink or swim
is gonna carry me back to you
someday
it’s gonna be cold without you my baby I know
I’ve got to go
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3. |
Rusty Water
04:44
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though the love for which we fought
won’t be ours anymore
what we tied into a knot
has unraveled ‘round its core
though this house is leaning down
old fatigue in the walls
with no current in their wires
all the sockets have grown tired
rusty water carries sorrow
more than angry words can know
wearing down this useless shackle
into oxidized hope
though the chairs are broken down
to feed the flames we stoke
though we have no place to sit
and we stand and shout through smoke
I’ve been burned by all these sparks
so I can’t feel anymore
standing quiet in the dark
soaking salt into the door
rusty water carries sorrow
more than angry words can know
wearing down this useless anchor
into oxidized hope
all I have is this picture I hold
where we were that day I will never know
nineteen years bleached the blue from our eyes
turned what was green into yellow lies
two young men who were bound to collide
people we’ve lost and we’ll never find
rusty water carries sorrow
more than angry words can know
wearing down this useless anchor
into oxidized hope
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Downspout
02:47
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there's a child at the door
his tiny fists twitch
has his nose pressed into the screen
crooked bangs blunt across
scribbled lips are tight and taut
and his eyes are silver panes
I fell, my hands hit the gravel
salt sweat out through my eyes
warm rain and wind on my shoulder
glowing green grey yellow light
somebody in a truck
somebody on a train
somebody with a flood
gonna take me far far away
hell, with all I've been through
all I want to do
is forget about you
locomotive fell through the hail storm
forged tracks a mile wide
dirt and dust bit at my eyelids
photo flash lit up the sky
you took me down
then my back found the floor
hit my head against the door
all the pictures fell from the walls
when I woke, looked around
shining gold lay in the ground
all the people seemed so small
you took me down to the water
you left me there to dry
standing still, my arms churn a current
pulling water into the sky
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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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