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Shadow of a Man
03:34
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yours were the stars i followed
this is the sky i see
yours were the trees i hid behind
this mountain, you and me
deep was the sea i swam in
dark was the night above
now i’m drowning in an empty ocean
what happened to the love
that was drawn behind the curtain
on the canvas, on the easel there
it’s a still life of a stillbirth
of a love pretending not to care
and am i still in love
am i prepared to understand
that your masterpiece was just
the portrait of a shadow of a man
yours were the words i swallowed
with a kiss that choked the heart
yours was the path i followed
it ended where i’d hoped to start
now mine is a well of sorrow
i drop my dreams in from above
but i never hear them hitting bottom
what happened to the love
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Thirty Year Skin
03:19
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oh my god. eureka! i have found it
after years of stumbling around it
i have fallen on it now
this must be the promised land
so damn close so many times before now
flew in low but never hit the shore
how could i miss the giant letters
that were written in the sand
maybe all it takes is growing up a little
growing up enough to see above the shit’ll
make me feel like a brand new baby
in a thirty year skin
spent some time up upon the mountain
high and low and over by the fountain
it’s a little hard to swallow
the bit about eternal youth
when i came down
down into the valley
a voice said ‘thou shall not ever dally
get off your ass, son
go out and find the fucking truth’
now i’m not talkin’ about god or some religion
i’ve done my time with all the other pigeons
just looking for a handout
too lazy to cluck around
now i swear the lazy days are over
i have turned the four leaves of the clover
i can leap tall buildings with a single bound
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4. |
Keeler's Gone
02:25
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5. |
Amy Carter
04:20
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Alice
03:04
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alice saw the other side
of things the other night
through the pane of window glass
she stared into the light
a hairline crack inside her hear
began its slow divide
alice touched the window
saw a welcome place to hide
stand back from the window
draw the shade and dim the light
someday sleep will come
and take you deep into the night
stand back from the window
if the darkness is too bright
comes a time that will not be denied
on the other side
alice down the hole again
and shrinking to the wall
mad about the hatter
in her head she hears the call
a cheshire smile upon her face
a grin from ear to ear
seeing something close at hand
but far away from here
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7. |
Cradle of Your Heart
03:36
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knock knock, look who's here
a little bit of history
why i ever left now is just a mystery to me
but i won't stay long
i'll just take a look around
i know the baby's sleeping
so i won't make a sound
time and time again
i settle on a snapshot
taken in the haze of a morning very grey
she is in your arms
you both are fast asleep
there's two hearts for the taking
but one who couldn't keep
but i never thought that you could untie the knot
i had tied around the cradle of your heart
and part of me was hoping that another part would open in me
telling me that love is not the hardest part
low wind blow, sad and slow
years of tiny steps could never walk you home
knock knock, look who's here
another bit of history
why i ever left now is just a mystery to me
but i won't stay long
that comes as no surprise
i don't know what your mother told you
but i see it in your eyes
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8. |
Dreaming of Elissa
03:21
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every night i go to sleep
i'm dreaming of elissa
what was hers is mine to keep
when i'm dreaming of elissa
whispered fingers pressed against her lips
drinking in her smile with gentle sips
i am taken by the slightest of her slips
i don't remember the first time that i saw her
i don't remember much of anything these days
some say the weather might be turning finer
she would have wanted it that way
from the café across the street
i was dreaming of elissa
i took my fate in hand to meet
the dream that was elissa
and as her whisper trailed off with the light
what never will be echoed in the night
i am shaken just the slightest bit tonight
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When's House
04:04
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10. |
Hold On Callie
04:03
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i can see her standing there
she's digging at the ground, ground, ground
she's pulling up a fist of sand
and throwing it around and 'round
over by the fence
a boy is standing with his collar turned
the whisper of the bitter wind
and this is all he's ever learned
hold on callie
hold on callie through the night
the wind comes screaming
you know it'll be alright
hold on callie
hold on callie through the night
the rain comes streaming through the crack in the moon tonight
twenty years beyond the sandbox
she has learned to mind the bell
until she turns the corner
and she stares deep down into the well
pulling up a bucket full of sodden leaves and memories
the dirt beneath her fingernails
the mud that colors all she sees
follow me down
to the hollow of my mind
follow me down to the sea
oh callie
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11. |
Madge
01:38
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12. |
He Was Breathing
03:35
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now it's fall
and all the leaves have turned away from me
and they've fallen into someone's waiting arms
but not in mine
all the words
that i couldn't say
seasons pass and then they pass away
you never get the chance to say goodbye
when he went to sleep
he was breathing
standing high above the canyon
father, son, hand in hand
you know your son burns brightly now
with a solar mind
is it hard to set a spirit free
free, so strong that he cannot see
the love he needs from home
as he flies alone
when he went to sleep
he was breathing
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Rule of Thumb San Francisco, California
A now-defunct San Francisco quartet that bridged the alt-roots and indie-rock worlds through memorable melodies, literate
lyrics, and non-traditional song structures.
Over the course of four albums, Rule of Thumb created what listen.com called "Multi-faceted, near-flawless gems of catchy, yet uncompromising pop. Rule of Thumb's music is smart, beautifully produced, and scintillates with wit."
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