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Ground Meets Sky
03:10
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Think I’m gonna run away south
River’s gonna open its mouth mouth mouth
Depending on you makes me feel good
But not quite better as it should should should
Never felt lazy like
A willow tree when the wind it sighs
Left my dreams by my bedside
Oh and the moon it shined
You paint my world with every touch
There’s traces of bromide left by your brush
I’ve got a question and it’s just for you
Oh what do I do?
Learned once to be a grown man
Never took nothing by the hand hand hand
When trouble and you become friends
Only when you voice it is it sin sin sin
Never saw rays of light
Breathing out where the ground meets sky
Left my fears by the tree line
Oh and the leaves don’t mind
You paint my world with every touch
There’s traces of bromide left by your brush
I’ve got a question and it’s just for you
Oh what do I do?
You paint my world with every touch
There’s traces of bromide left by your brush
Don’t know why happiness means so much
I’ll learn to walk without this crutch
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2. |
Hourglass
03:24
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Turn the hourglass
Let the moments pass around you
If you embrace the past
Tomorrow’s melody will ring true
My heart's made up my mind
This fragment of time
I want to spend it with you
Take me leaf and root
Inspect every mark you’d like to
Conclusion that you’ll find
My soul it hovers right beside you
My heart's made up my mind
This fragment of time
I want to spend it with you
Memories are grains
Of sand that too quickly will pass through
I’m not one to feign
I want every one to be with you
Because my heart's made up my mind
This fragment of time
I want to spend it with you
So turn the hourglass
I’ll watch the moments pass beside you
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3. |
The Way It Used to Be
04:02
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Tell me now, where are you going
Because I want to know
Before this river starts flowing
To the sea, just you and me
The way it used to be
Do you know, that every song I sing for you
And do you know, that asleep at night I dream of you
Or am I a tree
Mutely crumbling
In the woods that you
Never walk in anymore
You’ve shut that door
And left me on the floor
The action figure that you bought me I still have
The note on the box, a scribbled remembrance of the past
Memories are scarce as the game of time plays on
But I’ll still play, knowing already that you’re gone
And I look ahead
But I can’t seem to find you
And I’m afraid I never will
But I can’t give up
No I won’t give up
So tell me now, where are you going
Because I want to know
Before this river starts flowing
To the sea, just you and me
The way it used to be
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4. |
Half Moon
03:39
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Well I’ve heard it many times before
You’re never gonna find a way up anymore
Tell me, does that feeling ever last
For me it’s gone in three days past
Is it long the road you’ve been walking on
Are there miles still before the dawn
Looking at a half moon out tonight
Is it waxing or is it waning for you
Well, I never really knew the man
Just a fragmentary puzzle who my mother called dad
Never really knew what to say
He seemed content in a solitary way
Is it long the road you’ve been walking on
Are there miles still before the dawn
Looking at a half moon out tonight
Is it waxing or is it waning for you
It’s been years since he passed away
Ghost or spirit it’s hard to say
I see the lines in his hands
I stand one-fourth the solitary man
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5. |
Melanie Makes
02:37
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Melanie makes
Melanin in my memories
Her melody sways
I’m dizzy but I’m not yet ready to faint
She walks so slowly now
She’s floating on over the fields
Someone please show me how
To make such imagery real
Oh if I could paint my past
Melanie makes
Melanin in my memories
Her melody sways
I’m dizzy but I’m not yet ready to faint
Remember all the ways
She filled my emptiest days
Pale green, cerulean
Can’t look at those colors the same
Oh if I could paint my past
We’d go one way only
That’s the way I always wanted to go with you
Riding down a country road
With the sky above
Smiling down at our love as we go by
Dreamers in the real world
Melanie makes
Melanin in my memories
Her melody sways
I’m dizzy but I’m not yet ready to faint
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6. |
Little Bit of Moonshine
02:35
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It’s safe to say
I’m a little lost
The game I’m loosing
It’s so confusing
And the route I’m choosing
It makes me late
But oh my candle’s burning
It’s giving off this light
And this little bit of moonshine
It helps, but what I seek is still so out of sight
Why must I be
So great to free
Myself from these chains
Walk and repel rain
Make gains with no pain
When it hurts to live
But oh my candle’s burning
It’s giving off this light
And this little bit of moonshine
It helps, but what I seek is still so out of sight
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7. |
76
03:14
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There’s never been a reason
Or anything at all
No signal in a season
Of Haley’s time to fall
Fly a little higher
Haley wants to try
And who is there to blame her
When her limit is the sky
Haley come down
Give a little more of your time
You’re never around
Wandering the maze of your skies
Maybe next December
Her skin will be cold
But who am I to say
Whether Haley grows old
Haley come down
Give a little more of your time
You’re never around
Wandering the maze of your skies
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8. |
Isabella
03:10
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Isabella wants to chime
She’s gazing at the eastern sky
Waiting on a sign of light
It’s been a long, lonely night
Many came to hear her ring
She remembers songs they’d sing
Then there came a day
They found another place to pray
All night long she’s been reading
Candle’s run out of wax and light
Spine holds no more pages
There’s nothing left to occupy her mind
Isabella must decide
If she wants to try and fly
She wants to know the moon
Go walking in the afternoon
When Isabella leaves this world
She knows her troubles will unfurl
She plans to travel light
When she boards her next flight
All night long she’s been reading
Candle’s run out of wax and light
Spine it holds no more pages
There’s nothing left to occupy her mind
Isabella wants to chime
She’s gazing at the eastern sky
Waiting on a sign of light
It’s been a long, lonely night
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9. |
Shadows
03:14
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You sir, you put me down
Right through this aching ground
All these dreams I’ve put in place
You say are just a waste yeah
Oh I’ve had enough
I’m going away
I’m gonna get you
Oh one day
But until then
Don’t look for me
Because in the shadows
Is where I’ll be
I promise you that
You girl, don’t want my love
Yeah you say I don’t mean enough
Well if I go away
Don’t you miss me oh one day yeah
You say that I could have it all
If I live inside these barren walls
Well I will tell you what I know
Winds are calling now I’ve got to go
So goodbye
Because I’ve had enough
I’m going away
I’m gonna get you
Oh one day
But until then
Don’t look for me
Because in the shadows
Is where I’ll be
I promise you that
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10. |
Rough Draft
05:08
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Give me a love
Give me a love that’s not fleeting
Give me a love
Give me a love that’s still breathing
Have I reached
Have I reached the end of the world
Could it be
Could it be this hard to find a girl
Who I could call my own
Show me a light
Show me a light that’s not fading
When is it time
When is it time to stop waiting
All my life
All my life it’s been a rough draft
When can I
When can I ever just be proud
Of something I’ve done
Just take a look
It’s sketches and light shades
What If I could
Color in one face
I know I can
Give me a love
Give me a love that’s not fleeting
Give me a love
Give me a love that’s still breathing
Have I reached
Have I reached the end of the world
Could it be
Could it be this hard to find a girl
Who I could call my own
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11. |
Traveler's Lullaby
02:47
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Traveler, come in from the rain
And tell me about your day
It’s been a long while
Since I’ve seen you smile
But it’s okay
Drifter, why do you sigh
What’s that tear in your eye
These burdens you carry
Will no longer matter
For better days are on the way
Traveler, come rest your eyes
And dream of these simpler times
Your journey’s been long
So come hear my song
Everything is in its place
Yeah everything is in its place
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Matt Skerk
Sibling harmonies, wistful riffs, sylvan vibes. Skerk is an abbreviated form of my mother's maiden name.
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