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Games
04:55
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You say you love, so what now?
You say you care for me, but you don't know how.
You say you want me, but you want to try.
You say you need me, but you leave me behind.
I can't play this game any longer.
It's time the two of us got stronger.
I can't pretend that this is alright,
So I think we had better start alone tonight.
You say you're working, but it's not working out.
You say you're busy, so you're starting to doubt.
You say you're sorry, but then again, you're not.
You say you're failing, starting to rot.
I can't play this game any longer.
It's time the two of us got stronger.
I can't pretend that this is alright,
So I think we had better start alone tonight.
Let go, let go.
Don't show, don't show.
Let go, let go.
Don't show, don't let anything show.
I can't play this game any longer.
It's time the two of us got stronger.
I can't pretend that this is alright,
So I think we had better start alone tonight.
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Crowd Pleaser
06:02
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Don't, don't, don't you see?
I'm building the walls back up around me.
I thought I wouldn't cry until tomorrow.
Have, have, have you heard?
You're worse than a broken wing on a bird.
Holding me down in your sorrow.
No one can see you if you never sit still.
No one can leave you, well, soon I will.
Counting the days till I don't have to see your face.
You push everybody out of your way,
Just get someplace you've already been.
Hush, hush, hush, don't cry.
You'll cover it up with another lie.
No one will know what you mean.
Back, back, back away,
Advance again on another day.
Everyone will think you play clean.
No can see you if you play along
No one can leave you if you're already gone.
Counting the days till I don't have to see your face.
You push everybody out of your way,
Just get someplace you've already been.
Keep on smiling, little crowd pleaser.
Everybody believes her.
Counting the days till I don't have to see your face.
You push everybody out of your way,
Just get someplace you've already been.
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War
03:57
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We’re getting so good at these circles we run,
Back to the beginning again.
I never thought that I’d be the one
To send you away, my friend.
Keep marching onward, don’t look back,
Nothing can help you there in the past
All you can do is try not to react
And maybe you won’t finish last.
All I ever needed was you to stand by me
All I ever wanted was you to let me be.
Dig out your foxhole light a match
Hunker down for the night,
That heart in your chest is in need of a patch
Barely giving you life.
All I ever needed was you to stand by me
All I ever wanted was you to let me be.
Wind up your rows of toy soldiers, now,
Send them off to the war
Here is the only way that we know how to
Find out what we’re living for.
All I ever needed was you to stand by me
All I ever wanted was you to let me be.
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Magnets
04:23
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I am an icicle, cold and solitary
Hanging high above you.
But I was wrong, you're the sun;
All along, I thought that you were the dew.
So you shine on me, and I try to resist,
But you melt me down.
And I let myself fall, but too late;
You're gone when I hit the ground.
You pull me in, and then step back.
I wish I could switch my polarity.
Maybe if we weren't the same, then you'd come to me.
Spinning in circles, we're always off by a day.
Each time I stop, you're still too far away.
I am a lone bird sitting on a telephone wire
Thinking I'm better alone
You're a tree branch across the road calling endlessly
That you'll help carry my load.
Well, I'm getting tired of the sway of the wire,
So I think that I'll try you.
And I soar all the way, but too late,
You see, there's not room for two.
You pull me in, and then step back.
You're here, and gone, and back again
Before I have time to react.
I wish I could switch my polarity.
Maybe if we weren't the same, then you'd come to me.
Spinning in circles, we're always off by a day.
Each time I stop, you're still too far away.
They say that opposites attract
So maybe if I change, I'll get you back.
I wish I could switch my polarity.
Maybe if we weren't the same, then you'd come to me.
Spinning in circles, we're always off by a day.
Each time I stop, you're still too far away.
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Ephemeral
04:06
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The rain stood still for a moment, then it turned and went back to the sky.
The moon grew three sizes, and danced with the tide.
The road stretch out ahead, and the sand waved good-bye.
I held your hand, and I couldn't decide.
Let me lie in the field where we started from,
Let me feel like I did long ago.
Let the world stop telling me things,
I didn't want to know.
Let us wrap ourselves in nighttime,
And laugh like there won't come a morn.
The night is long, the stars are bright, the air cold,
The fire is warm.
The rain stood still for a moment, then it turned and went back to the sky.
The moon grew three sizes, and danced with the tide.
The road stretch out ahead, and the sand waved good-bye.
I held your hand, and I didn't want to cry.
Let the poor man count his blessings,
Let the rich man fall on his knees.
Let us all forget pretending,
And remember how to breathe.
Tomorrow, I can promise you,
The sun will rise in the east.
What comes after that,
I don't know in the least.
The rain stood still for a moment, then it turned and went back to the sky.
The moon grew three sizes, and danced with the tide.
The road stretch out ahead, and the sand waved good-bye.
I held your hand, and I watched a chance pass by.
The rain stood still for a moment, then it turned and went back to the sky.
The moon grew three sizes, and danced with the tide.
The road stretch out ahead, and the sand waved good-bye.
I held your hand and submitted to the ride.
Snowball fights in December, bonfires in June.
I want to remember why I forgot so soon.
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Rachel Ziolkowski Wisconsin
Rachel is a singer-songwriter, composer, and music educator in Wisconsin.
Her free time is often spent knitting or doing calligraphy.
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