1. |
Isn't It Hard
03:22
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Isn't it hard
to believe in anything
Isn't it hard
when there's so many things to believe in
I ain't searching
till I'm hurting
without no meaning
isn't it hard to believe in anything
Is it enough
to belong to any place
Is it enough
when they say that your home’s where your heart is
I ain’t fearin’
When I’m nearin’
My destination
Is it enough to belong to anyplace
Any place
Woo hoo
Any thing
Yeah
Isn’t it fine
Not to mind them petty things
Isn’t it fine
When your own is a mind to run free in
Ain’t enough to
Break my gait and
Leave this soul needin’
Isn’t it fine not to mind them petty things
Petty things
Woo hoo
Ain’t it fine
Yeah
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2. |
Sign of Its Time
04:28
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A sign of its time
Well I guess you gotta wait and see
The thing about time
Well it’s best you don’t wait on me
When you’re swept up in the flood
With the walls closing in
It’s kind of like the lives
Our mothers lived
Runnin’ over the fire
Just to get what you give
Like mem’ries of the flames our
Fathers lit
Danger on the horizon
It’s a travesty, fallin’ over me
Comfort in chosen silence
Turned to tragedy, a discernible
Sign of its time
Well I guess you gotta wait and see
The thing about time
Well it’s best you don’t wait on me
Oh, don’t ask why
It’s just somethin’ that’s got to be
It’s written on that line
Generations got to bleed
When it gets into your blood
Don’t forget to forgive
And time will mend this breach
Undoubtedly
Like clearin’ out of the fog
Don’t forget that you’ve lived
A metamorphosis
Most certainly
Danger on the horizon
It’s a travesty, fallin’ over me
Comfort in chosen silence
Turned to tragedy, unmistakable
Sign of its time
Well I guess you gotta wait and see
The thing about time
Well it’s best you don’t wait on me
Oh, don’t ask why
It’s just somethin’ that’s got to be
It’s written on that line
Generations got to bleed
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3. |
Home Water
04:04
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Home water
I got the longin’ disease
Home water
Cool the fire in me
I need you to redirect my
Patterns ‘cause I
Can’t tell which way to flow
No no no I don’t know which
Way to go
If constancy is a virtue then consider me a
Sinner in the highest form
I’ve been wanderin’ this desert of my
Own creation, I didn’t know it, I had just
Lost my way among the gravel and grit beneath these
Cracked and dusty boots
What started out as an ember’s
Spreadin’ like wildfire, out of control and with any
Luck I’ll be back in time to feel that sweet
Morning breeze over
Home water
I got the longin’ disease
Home water
Cool the fire in me
I need you to redirect my
Patterns ‘cause I
Can’t tell which way to flow
No no no I don’t know which
Way to go
I swear when I stand upon your edge I swear
I can see the Earth turn
The criss-crossin’ of the daylight through that
tinted glass, I can see it, I can feel
Your love in-between my toes and chillin’ my bones
When my fever’s high
Your gentle flow washin’ my troubles away
And I’m weightless, I am free and with any
Luck I’ll be back in time to feel that sweet
Morning breeze carry me
Home water
I got the longin’ disease
Home water
Cool the fire in me
I need you to redirect my
Patterns ‘cause I
Can’t tell which way to flow
No no no I don’t know which
Way to go
No no no I don’t know which
Way to go
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4. |
Thieves
04:23
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Thieves
Will hit you when you're sleeping all alone
Thieves
Will wreck you in your center till you're cold
They
Will strip your fortunes naked to the bone
When
You leave it to the fate they have foretold
Oh does the sun still rise
Other days when the dawn does die
Oh let the seething subside
Other ways does the heart Revive
Thieves
Say only what they want you to believe
Thieves
Speak like angels when you're needing sweet relief
They
Spin webs of gold from which you can't release
When
It makes them feel no longer incomplete
Oh does the sun still rise
Other days when the dawn does die
Oh let the seething subside
Other ways does the heart Revive
Though the way is sometimes scattered
And your weary weeping shatters
I can tell you you still matter in some way
Though the way is sometimes scattered
Your restless soul is tattered
I can tell you that you'll find it there someday
Oh does the sun still rise
Other days when the dawn does die
Oh let the seething subside
Other ways does the heart Revive
I can tell you that you'll find it
I can tell you that you'll find it
I can tell you that you'll find it there someday
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5. |
Taste Like Fire
04:00
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Empty dreams
And burnin’ desire
Can’t you greet me when I wake
Silent streets
All taste like fire
Can’t you reach me when I break
Address your maker, your maker
And your maker is you
Stand down your takers, no takers
For your maker is you
Bleeding hearts
Sweet remnants of liars
Such affliction in your wake
Leading blindly
Into the pyre
Leaving debts where you would take
Address your maker, your maker
And your maker is you
Stand still your takers, no takers
For your maker is you
Restless heat
How daylight must tire
Would you still me when I quake
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6. |
Little Pieces
04:32
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Searching for the answers
In the same old silly places
And I wonder why I can’t feel at home
Even when I’m right here in my home
Stealin’ all the glances
From the same old silly faces
And I wonder why I still feel alone
Even with the world under my toes
Still I find the reasons for the same old gut reactions
Maybe then the healing starts to unfold
Or perhaps that notion’s only for the bold
Dare I steal a breath, can I be sound in consternation
‘Cause I still can’t seem to find a way to go
Even when I know all that I know
Something fills me with that achin'
Sigh
But my will compels me ev'ry time I
Die
And in winter's fury please stay by my
side
May the breeze break swiftly with the changing
Tide
Something fills me with that achin'
Sigh
But my will compels me ev'ry time I
Die
And in winter's fury please stay by my
side
May the breeze break swiftly with the changing
Tide
Searching for the answers
In the same old silly places
And I wonder why I can’t feel at home
Even when I’m right here in my home
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7. |
Habit to Break
03:43
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Well I must be blind ‘cause I
Just can't see
How quickly things are comin’
Down on me
I must be crazy but I
Just can’t take
God damn I got a
Habit to break
Now it’s a feelin’ that I just can’t fake
Can’t you see I got a habit to break
It’s in my mind but I can’t
Wake from slumber
It’s in my hands but I can’t
Tighten my hold
Well I can't escape this notion
That's made stark
That I keep on endin’ right back
Where I start
And I know it’s ‘cause I just won’t
Play my part
Then I gotta medicate
Soothe my heart
Now it’s a pattern that I just can’t shake
God damn I got a Habit to break
It’s in my mind but I can’t
Wake from slumber
It’s in my hands but I can’t
Tighten my hold
Well I got affection that I
Just can’t stop
Wishin’ you would be someone I
Know you’re not
This ancient wound is
Startin’ to bleed
when I cut me open
Just to fill my need
I gotta know it ain’t my
Claim to stake
But God damn I got a
Habit to break
Can’t you see I got a
Habit to break
Come on I got a
Habit to break
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8. |
Blessings and Curses
04:49
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Remember back when we met each other
I was a liar
The hero from the story of struggle
I’d clearly survived
And I needed you to know I
Needed you to know my life
Things that you do in your 20s
Just to fall anyway
Harkin’ back to seasons of trouble
We were on fire
Runnin’ round runnin’ our mouths for
Some game we’d devised
Well we needed everybody to see what
We thought we could be
Things that you do when your hungry
Young and divine
I Haven’t been up in a while
Thinkin’ bout the way it used to be I know I
Haven’t been down in a while
And that’s made of
My blessin’s and my curses
La da da da da da da da
La da da da da da da da
Lookin’ back upon the endeavors to which
We had conspired
Try'n to stake it all on the end game, but
We did it all wrong
In the throes of misfortune
Havin’ just the time of our lives
It’s funny what you’ll do when you’re chasin’ down
What’s drawn to your heart
I’m sorry that I missed out on things that
We can never get back
What’s true is what they say about time, that it's
More precious than gold
I Haven’t been up in a while
Thinkin’ bout the way that it might’ve been I know I
Haven’t been down in a while
And I treasure
My blessin’s and my curses
I Haven’t been up in a while
Thinkin’ bout the way that it should’ve been I know I
Haven’t been down in a while
And God damn them
My blessin’s and my curses
La da da da da da da da
La da da da da da da da
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Emily Zimmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Emily Zimmer is a soulful guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and producer. She has played on hundreds of singles and albums as
a session musician, made 9 albums with her own groups, taught hundreds of music students, and created fully-produced songs for clients worldwide.
Emily's unshakable passion for the musical artform has kept her touring, recording, and performing internationally since 2002.
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