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Magpie
02:30
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Mother was a magpie
oh the stories I tell
wink away the night
ride it straight down to hell
get a room with a view
and a seven hundred dollar bottle of perfume
I wasn't so illuminous
not quite sure what's alluding us
...but I do
I still don't get it right
but I really try
swim though we're starry-eyed
I'm swinging from your kite
I want to follow the lines
though I know i've said it over thirteen times
I love your hands
I was thinking of us kissing in a marching band
in Chicago on a Tuesday
all packed up in the subway
Darling your hair falls right down straight
in a way that makes your smile feel great
I wanted to tell you how
but your eyes were pointed down
I thought we could walk around
but I heard you'd already walked around
But I still don't get it right
but I really try
swim though we're starry-eyed
I'm swinging from your kite
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2. |
Big Dipper
03:34
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When it was over
I was making up for two
it made you wonder
what would I even do
Undercover
a midnight lover was looking after you
Though I know I don't know you very well
It's up in the stars
they don't know how to spell
we are starting to sound just like everyone else
we embraced in a touch that has never been felt
It's a disorder
we're getting older
still like the way you move
you talk with them
but sleep with me
that's how we know it's true
but it gets so cold that I don't know what to do
Though I know I don't know you very well
It's up in the stars
they don't know how to spell
we are starting to sound just like everyone else
we embraced in a touch that has never been felt
Though I know I don't know you very well
It's up in the stars
they don't know how to spell
we are starting to sound just like everyone else
we embraced in a touch that has never been felt
I'll be going out
make me feel ashamed
it's so serious
it's the devil's game
touch me like you did before we lived like this
touch me like you did before we lived like this
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3. |
Son of Comfort
03:30
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Endless times we would try
not to let them get a sentence in
on the line you could cry
but it's sadder to stay friends
Most the time I was high
I would let you
and expect you
you're a kid on the mind of a child
I was breathing
and you were breathing too
I talk to Brett on the phone
make a couple of corrections
following directions away and back to you
I was mending everyone into a family circle that could include you
don't you love it when nobody can argue
It can include you
don't you love it when nobody can argue
You heard you aren't the one I want
you heard eventually I'll go
I hold my sponge straight up to God
and I let her body soak
close division with the sun
oh she's not the only one
I could close you with my eyes
but I've only just begun
I was collecting for his conscience
just recollecting what I wanted
I was collecting for his conscience
just recollecting what I wanted
This is necessary
this is necessary
this is necessary
this is necessary
I talk to Brett on the phone
make a couple of corrections
following directions away and back to you
I was mending everyone into a family circle that could include you
don't you love it when nobody can argue
It can include you
don't you love it when nobody can argue
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4. |
Alpine
02:40
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Let's call it what it is
you're a celebrity's kid
down on your money honey
who's talking to ya
right behind a leather chest
Yes and I do think you should
suck every straw that you could
it's cold in Orlando too
tell me what you wouldn't do
to wink and forget all the rest
It's getting dark out
it's almost over
it's getting dark out
wanna come over
it's getting dark out
it's almost over
it's getting dark out
you should come over
While I forget how you write
someone thinks that you look nice
you've got that look in your eyes
look at the city at night
while I forget how you write
someone thinks that you look nice
you've got that look in your eyes
look at the city at night
It's getting dark out
it's almost over
it's getting dark out
wanna come over
it's getting dark out
it's almost over
it's getting dark out
you should come over
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5. |
Five Year Rule
03:28
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Running from the law
I'll keep it down some
it's a very noble cause
so just keep on dancing
Interaction as a toy
in inclement weather
an intimate review
it feels so much better
I only think of you
when we are talking
the little boys in scripture
can keep me revolving
and warm my tired mind
they can still make me laugh
I brushed his hand in a tv show
I must have been high to stoop so low
it took too much to turn around
you already know how this sounds
I wont come back til I'm coming home
and I must admit that it's sitting close
it calms me down
I keep him out
I don't know how
but I need you now
After lunch we made eyes on a computer
when no one else is home
you make me feel much less alone
I recognized the pulse
I should have sooner
the fire in your voice
just makes me cry
I lay down sprawled across three chairs
there's a show tonight
talk it out
oh you know we can't
there's a show tonight
Backed by city lights
I watched you fasten tight
what's the context
it's a contest
do what's right
why don't you do what's nice for a change
I brushed his hands in a tv show
I must have been high to stoop so low
it took too much to turn around
you already know how this sounds
I wont come back til I'm coming home
and I must admit that it's sitting close
it calms me down
I keep him out
I don't know how
but I need you now
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6. |
Skywalk
02:36
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A closet full of laurels
and a phone right full of hardys
there is a tenor in your voice
you only break out at parties
the rasputina tour
and the eyes when he is speaking
made him feel so insecure
a suspicion you've been sneaking
always happens in strides
we should keep this inside
The second level sway
to the two step motivation
the love and counterweight
isn't much an aggravation
I'll teach you how to dance
you can touch me when you're angry
I've lost taste for romance
not the feelings that you make me
Love's so hidden and shy
but I'm such a nice guy
Love inside a balloon
I couldn't have you
pop your bubbles at night
we were some naturals
love inside a balloon
I couldn't have you
pop your bubbles at night
we were some naturals
Don't you forget it
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7. |
Velvet
03:26
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In a night so far
I'll make it up to you
what else can I do
we're making this harder
All the way to the East side
I'll make some waves for you
from the window I wait for you
I know who I'm talking to
I'll stop banging my knees
stop saying I'm sorry
I just need oxygen to breathe
It's fine that you're here
it's fine that we're scared
and unprepared
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Shanf Kalamazoo, Michigan
Shanf is the art rock fusion project of musician/producer Shane Freeman. The songs are products of complex song structures and melancholy vocal performances paired with viscous guitar tracks and loose drum rhythms. Shanf sets it’s tone in the middle ground between sinister and amiable with a soundtrack to suit some of your most nostalgic repressed memories. ... more
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