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The Cars Are Empty
04:41
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The cars are empty
The storefront signs are barely readable to passersby
You chose the right words just in time
You always notice me
In this last go-round, we stumbled on the route
There's beauty waiting in the noise
Passed the weekday clouds
You didn't let me down
Hurry now, I need your voice
Crossed the sidewalk one more time
Dropped my keys in the autumn rain
You chose the right time to grab my arm
For so long I felt so dull
Made our way downtown and found a decent bar
Barely dodged the welcome boys
Passed the weekday crowd
You never let me down
Hurry now, I need your voice
Caught in the market lights
After all, we got it right
Beneath the grey high-rise we closed our eyes
Caught in the market lights
After all, we got it right
Beneath the grey high-rise we closed our eyes
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2. |
Leave The Fire Still
04:30
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A fire is ambition
A fire is greed
A fire is gluttony
A sacrifice for beauty
The fire must be fed
The source kept red
The race ahead appears instead I stare through the heat, my head, perfectly still I dance, a trance, a sudden, a sudden sheet, my head, cross the street, achieve, he said, "The law is the law," I never saw a more ambitious soul break her head
Leave the fire still
I gaze uphill towards the light
The light of subtlety, of independent loyalty
Up from the basement I see, I see a variation of reality
My head among complex roles
Who knows where the maze comes from
"They'll melt in the fire," she said foolishly, when we retire valiantly we'll get a third world hit, a tiny bit of enlightenment, up from the basement venting all I got involved with myself, my head, throw it all
As the moths are playing
Let's just let them go
Do us all a favor and just leave it
Leave it alone
Please leave, leave
Please leave, leave
Leave it alone
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3. |
Resting On The Leaves
04:06
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Resting on the leaves
You settle down and read my sad lines
Hoping you won't see my watch now
We need more time
Save a place just in case I fall
I may stay in the shade for good
Meeting halfway
We fall down and see daylight
I found a clever way to promise to be on your side
Save a place just in case I fall
I may stay in the shade for good
All alone, all alone
Our words disappear
Take me home
All alone
Most times I can't hear my heart
Save a place just in case I fall
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The Arden Room Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Arden Room is the recording project of Pittsburgh-based musician Jake Johns in collaboration with other western Pennsylvania musicians.
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