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Luck 4 Beginners
04:00
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Few played in closer, now we’re older
We don’t make pretend
I play the straight right down to the river
Waiting on windfall to dive all in
Close to call it, but we cut our losses
Back in a past life
Oh, I’m not expecting any surprises
Cutting my demons down to size
Bring it near to me
All that was remote
The hardest part of the dream was to wake
Let’s meet the winners
If luck is for beginners, I’ll be damned
If thirty winters didn’t triple my chances
Much farther to fall than to call
Waiting on windfall to dive all in
Bring it near to me
All that was remote
The hardest part of the dream was to wake
So slow
Wake so slowly
Wake so slow
Wake so slowly
Bring it near to me
All that was remote
The hardest part of the dream was to wake
Was to wake so slow
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Sickly Sweets
03:49
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Numbly through a crowded room
Might well have been lightyears from you
Will meaning carry far enough?
Répétez you’re breaking up
So sorry we got disconnected, disconnected, disconnected
Darkly, through a clouded glass
Might well have caught me in the act
Have I seen this face before?
Jamais vu and nothing more
So sorry, we got disconnected, disconnected, disconnected
Sleep, my hungry honeybees
Till starlings sing of silver grapes
Beneath the vine, her sickly sweets
I pray the lord my soul to take
Climbing through your open windows
Might have climbed too far not to fall
over my head
Turning on my heels again
So sorry, we got disconnected, disconnected, disconnected
Wake, my hungry honeybees
The starlings have been at the seeds
Beneath the vine, her sickly fruit
I pray the lord my soul to keep
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3. |
Does She Dream
06:26
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So get the set and setting right
The sun’s a sunken hull
And turning golden belly to the sky
Does she oft return to the same cold comforts?
Let it pass, let it pass like ships in the night
So better we should make our peace
My heart’s an old romantic
Yours a vessel of the open sea
But fast on the heels of the molten twilight
Let it pass, let it pass like ships in the night
Gently my sister, shed softly your watery eyes
Pain is a heart clinging to some position in time
But does she dream? You mean like I do?
Or, does he dream sweet dreams of you?
I’m sure she dreams, I’m sure he dreams
Oh, I know they dream just like we do
The moon was swift as if to say
Hope is little harbor if you’re waiting for your heart to break
Oh, but I dream
Sweet dreams of you
Does she dream of me too
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4. |
WMYH (feat. Dave Easley)
03:11
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Now dad sleeps in the front room
It’s fun it’s like we’re camping out under the full moon
Through the window I can see it now
Caught mom sobbing
Like a broken faucet I was soaking up all that I could
But I couldn’t stop a drop of it
Some fifth grade summer
Sun wasn’t even up and the stepmom’s stumbling
Dad he nearly carried us
But even then I thought what are you doing guys
You’re not selling it and I’m not buying
Whatever makes you happy
I want whatever makes you happy
I want whatever makes you happy
I want it
Mom’s one hell of a gardener
Now every waking hour flowers surround and guard her
And not a one has any thorns
Well they’re at it again
It’s like a bottle rocket ricocheting under my ribs
Now I swear every wall is paper thin
Spent one whole birthday
Just watering the pavement at the end of the driveway
He’ll be here any minute now
But even then I thought what are you doing guys
You’re not selling it and I’m not buying
Whatever makes you happy
I want whatever makes you happy
I want whatever makes you happy
I want it
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5. |
Grieve
03:27
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we’ve quite the eye for open endings
pains to keep us from upending
questions are the answers we can deal with
fall enough you’ll make it graceful
toughen up, these wounds are far more faithful
than any one they may hope to leave
it’s all been such a mess
it’s all been such a mess
since she left
I left the spirit unattended
consequence of un-intention
buried in the shoebox by the back steps
I’ll keep my secrets
secrets keep me we preserved
a heart made sweeter from the brackish waters
I will reemerge
it’s all been such a mess
be strong
freeze, thaw
so be calm
grieve, just grieve
we’ve quite the eye for open endings
pains to keep us from upending
questions are the answers we can deal with
fall enough you’ll make it graceful
toughen up, these wounds are far more faithful
than any one they may hope to leave
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6. |
Within Your Glow
07:33
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I’m gonna wake in the middle of the night
I’m gonna take my own advice
I had a taste of what I could never have
I’ve got a habit of holding back
I’m gonna go
It’s been wonderful to be within your glow
So well rehearsed, I nearly got the part
Froze at the first beat that wasn’t in my heart
Inside turn it out, that was never part of the scene
Telling the secret that was only keeping me
I’m gonna go
It’s been wonderful to be within your glow
I’m gonna wake in the middle of the night
I’m gonna take my own advice
I had a taste of what I thought I could never have
I’ve got a habit of holding back
I’m gonna go
It’s been wonderful to be within your glow
So close, or could you believe it
Let go, what’s digging your feet in
What follows when you’re willing to leave it
Are you willing to leave it?
I’m gonna go
It’s been wonderful to be within your glow
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Ari Carter Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ari Carter is an indie rock power-trio, the brainchild of Ari Kirkman, Quinn Sternberg, and Nicholas Solnick.
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