1. |
The Closest
03:52
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Your eyes look up to heaven
After you've fallen to the ground
I can't give you what you're after
It's time you looked for yourself
Between these two gates we wander
Thinking we rule our own
I'm surrounded by my closest
But I've never felt more alone
So I wait for you to come back
And I pray from my heart for something
But there's no release
And there's no reprieve
Till daylight sees us drown in seasons
So I count my heart deceived
And I'm trying hard to see
My fading guiding light
And the stars have all long since gone
Living in washed-out monochrome
Take the hit, watch the fall
Now I'm alone
So sick and broken
Nothing's as good as it seems
Breathing, choking
All I have is me
Some may say that it's too late
To keep on tempting Lady Fate
But with nowhere else to turn
And with nothing left to burn
Nobody could call me wrong
Your eyes look up to heaven
After you've fallen to the ground
I can't give you what you're after
It's time you looked for yourself
Between these two gates we wander
Thinking we rule our own
I'm surrounded by my closest
But I've never felt more alone
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2. |
Door Closed
03:45
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I'm stepping light and slow
Through a fast-paced town
Trying not to get my hopes up
Cos they always get shot down
You left me standing at the corner
In the hope I'd see your face
I know it's been a while
I still find myself in this place
I hope you fall right back
Help me out a little
I'm slipping through the cracks
Should have taken less
Could have given more
The chance is gone with a click
And shut of the door
Memories creep like shadows
Projected on the wall
Of clouded days in sorrow
Lit by the faces I once saw
Everything you said to me
Held closely from afar
They're only words you didn't mean
Whispered softly to the stars
I hope you fall right back
Help me out a little
I'm slipping through the cracks
Should have taken less
Could have given more
The chance is gone with a click
And shut of the door
There's a ghost who haunts my head
And she looks a lot like you
She smiles from a distance
In the hope it'll see me through
But I can't seem to escape
She steps in and clouds my view
I wish things didn't work out
The only way they ever do
I hope you fall right back
Help me out a little
I'm slipping through the cracks
Should have taken less
Could have given more
The chance is gone with a click
And shut of the door
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3. |
Lay Down
03:53
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One day I'll die in a place that never knew my name
A mourning ghost with no face to tie to my shame
Disconnected, left repentant, a victim of life and love and blame
Lost chances and second glances, still it ends all the same
Still it ends
So lay down by my bones
Lay down by my bones
Not every thorn has a rose to call its scarlet sideling
But many a cloud hangs over without the promised silver lining
This my ghost will sing at my empty funeral
Burn my shadow down, leave no trace at all
So lay down by my bones
Lay down by my bones
Lay down by my bones
Lay down by my bones
Arms outstretched now in the black
I'm trying to find how to come back
I know I've been gone a while
And though I'm not the man you love
I'm praying to the Lord above
One day I might see you smile
Arms outstretched now in the black
I'm trying to find how to come back
I know I've been gone a while
And though I'm not the man you love
I'm praying to the Lord above
One day I might see you smile
So lay down, lay down, lay down alone
So lay down, lay me down, now I'm just dust and bones
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4. |
Montreal
01:26
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5. |
Hold
04:05
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Lord, look down over me
So you say, do you mean?
Eyes look up, eyes that plead
Soul unsaved left to dream
Then we collide and hope shines a light
But it's far too bright to be mine
Further I slide, further from the right
But I hold and wait for a sign
To you I ask
When all is futures past
Everything we had
Cut like shards of glass
Then we collide and hope shines a light
But it's far too bright to be mine
Further I slide, further from the right
But I hold and wait for a sign
Still I wait, still I hold
To be sure I know
Fading faith, getting cold
You know I need to be shown
Still I wait, still I hold
To be sure I know
Fading faith, getting cold
You know I need to be shown
You know I need to be shown
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6. |
If I Left
04:20
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Daylight ebbs and flows
Who am I to know where it goes?
I'm crawling my way back home
I found myself, but I was alone
And it's high time that I learned
To accept my own reflection
Every leap of faith I take
Leads me in the wrong direction
Who decides a twist of fate?
Who divides the lines we make?
Either too little or too late
No time I at all or forced to wait
I know I'm burning slow
But I dare not turn to face the scene
So I'll dig now a deeper hole
Hide my face in the spaces in between
And it's high time that I learned
To accept my own reflection
Every leap of faith I take
Leads me in the wrong direction
Who decides a twist of fate?
Who divides the lines we make?
Either too little or too late
No time at all or forced to wait
Should I take this chance to hold your hand?
Do you know where I stand?
Would you know if I left?
Should I take this chance to hold your hand?
Do you know where I am?
Would you know if I left?
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7. |
Fate Run
04:22
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I've burned every bridge
As soon as I've crossed
Cut off all ties
But you know that ain't no loss
Never know who's catching up to you
I won't bury the hatchet
I'll keep singing the blues
I count my life of blessings
On the fingers of one hand
Cast off hopes of days gone by
Like ashes in the sand
Silver tongues and their piercing eyes
Turn my coat to the wind
But it's not much of a disguise
All I've got to hold on to
All that I once thought was true
Here it comes
The fate I run from
All that I am
Is too late to count on
Tonight is my fate run
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8. |
Cast Out Light
03:30
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Haven't you felt use dividing?
Don't you know how this ends?
Brittle and bitter, backsliding
Too much at stake to stay friends
You'll never know
Till there's dust on my bones
How much you meant to me
You'll never know
Till there's dust on my bones
How much you meant to me
Could you pull on that rope
Just a little more?
Lift me up, let my feet sway above the floorboards
God only knows where I'll go tonight
Devil casts his dice to cast out my light
You'll never know
Till there's dust on my bones
How much you meant to me
You'll never know
Till there's dust on my bones
How much you meant to me
Oh I know where I'm going now
Tonight I'm too blind to crawl my way out
Could you pull on that rope
Just a little more?
Lift me up, let my feet sway above the floorboards
God only knows where I'll go tonight
Devil casts his dice to cast out my light
Cast out my light
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Chris Ebin Halkyard Auckland, New Zealand
Just a grumpy guy with an old acoustic guitar, singing grumpy songs. After a lot of work and whisky, my first EP 'Here or
There' is finally finished, and here it is for your listening pleasure!
You can also hear me out here: www.youtube.com/user/EbinHasGuitar
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