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Out of Smokes
04:02
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Once my dreams burned like the ember
But I crushed them out to please everyone else
Now it’s just a drag spent trying to remember
Exactly when it was that I gave up on myself
These days I’m lighting one off the other
Pacing around and wondering if the truth I seek
Might have got lost in all the words
I've been too damn afraid to speak
I'm about out of smokes
Just ashes left of my time
Can't keep on pretending
I’ll ever be just fine
One more drag left to think
About the mess I left behind
I just hope you'll learn to forgive me
Somewhere down the line
Those long lost nights of records and drinking
With my old friends laughing and cigarettes
They say life winds down as a trail of loses
Well, losing those nights remains my deepest regret
We’re just like smoke clouds left hanging
Fading away but we’re always looking back
On memories poisoned by nostalgia
Got me feeling about as empty as this pack
I'm about out of smokes
Just ashes left of my time
Can't keep on pretending
I’ll ever be just fine
One more drag left to think
About the mess I left behind
I just hope you'll learn to forgive me
Somewhere down the line
Now my fears burn like the ember
But I’m trying like hell to crush them out for you
Maybe earn a little forgiveness
Before this ashtrays telling me my times about through
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Sally crushes pills with her boot heels on
She’s never been the same with her old man gone
Polyester silhouettes prance on the lawn all night
Tuesday was a bust and tomorrow will be
Something sordid in her diary
Scratching pain in calligraphy she cries
It’s another day gone by
Trading the water for the wine
And you don’t know why
Drag your tears through the sunshine
Shutters on the window make an awful sound
She scatters to think with the wind blowing around
And everybody in this town knows
That lonely is a verb and sorrow is a state
Forgotten are the words written too late
Tattoos of love, they just lie
It’s another day gone by
Trading the water for the wine
And you don’t know why
Drag your tears through the sunshine
Projector slides from the days of old
Flow through her mind like fool’s gold
But it’s the only thing she has that’s real
It’s another day gone by
Trading the water for the wine
And you don’t know why
Drag your tears through the sunshine
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3. |
Cracked Edges
03:16
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I held her close and told her she was mine
She just laughed and leaned in with a smile
"I don't belong to anyone, boy
But I think I could be happy here a while.”
I know we're both broken
But we're still a ways from falling apart
So matching up our cracked edges
Might be the best place to start.
Yeah, it’d be the best place to start
All these words we spoke left me at a loss
Trying to break down these roles we've been shown
I think this life's about finding where we belong
Because love is something we share, not something we own
Yeah, I think we're all broken
But we're still a ways from falling apart
So maybe matching up all these cracked edges
Might mend all our broken hearts
Yeah, let’s mend these broken hearts
We like to hide in our shells
Obscure the pain and say we're alone
But the only way to heal these wounds
Is to be brave and let the damage show
Yeah, I know we're all broken
But we're still a ways from falling apart
And I believe all these cracked edges
Make us exactly who we are
Yeah, they make us exactly who we are
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4. |
Take the Blame
03:30
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Talk it on out, we’ve got all the time we need
Made my mistakes but I always did love you
It pains me to think about life without you
But I can’t help feeling we may be through
You can say the problems are all my doing
You can say my actions split us apart
I’ll take the blame for all the anger
Just promise we can try to make us a brand new start
You’re damn right, I took you for granted
Just figured that you’d always be around
Never thought to think it’d all go southbound
Was too busy driving myself right into the ground
You can say the problems are all my doing
You can say my actions split us apart
I’ll take the blame for all the anger
Just promise we can try to make us a brand new start
Talk all you want, we’ve got all the time in the world
And I don’t think I could live without your smile
I’m willing to admit that I’m the reason
I haven’t seen you do it in quite a while
You can say the problems are all my doing
You can say my actions split us apart
I’ll take the blame for all the anger
Just promise we can try to make us a brand new start
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5. |
Before the Ghosts
02:45
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In the wake of these lives we’ve lived
And the scars we’ve made
The past comes calling with debts left unpaid
No time for facing yourself or coming clean
You gotta run like hell because
Those memories, they get mean
I’m burning out until the memories fade
Lighting that candle at both ends and gaining speed
Yeah, I’m burning out until the memories fade
Running until those ghosts give up on me
These exit wounds, they still remain,
A souvenir you left
Thoughts my mind just won’t lay to rest
Drop that hammer down, let’s pick up the pace
Because all this noise in my head
It’s more than I can face
I’m burning out until the memories fade
Lighting that candle at both ends and gaining speed
Yeah, I’m burning out until the memories fade
Running until those ghosts give up on me
In the dark, silhouetted scars
They all come crashing down so fast
The fear, the grief, the anxiety
I’m running until it’s lost in the past
Yeah, I’m running until it’s lost in the past
I’m burning out until the memories fade
Lighting that candle at both ends and gaining speed
Yeah, I’m burning out until the memories fade
Running until those ghosts give up on me
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6. |
Playing Favorites
03:55
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I catch myself looking in your eyes
Wanting to say all I feel
Hoping we might find some peace
In the things we can't heal
And I hope I don't let you down
In the ways I let down myself
Sometimes it's just too damn hard
To admit you need some help
I'm trying to be everything you need
But I never learned to be fake
So I stand before you, dear
Cracked, flawed and fray
Hoping my love is something you might take
Hoping my love...is something I might take
I get lost in your smile
Like a little boy out in the world
We men like to act so strong
But I'd be lost without you, girl
They say there's art in lonely
I'm quite sure they're right
I'd kill that muse, my dear
To be in your arms tonight
I'm trying to be everything you need
But I never learned to be fake
So I stand before you, dear
Cracked, flawed and fray
Hoping my love is something you might take
Hoping my love...is something I might take
I catch myself looking in your eyes
Wanting to say all I feel
Hoping we might find some peace
In the things we can't heal
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7. |
Still Here
03:03
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I remember you face in the pale moonlight
The way it shined like a beacon in the night
Life stories crossing those lips so sweet
The world seemed to disappear underneath our feet
Before the bills, they got in the way
And all those harsh words we have to say
My how these days turn into years
But I'm so glad we're still here
One in diapers and another on the way
Never saw my teens ending this way
Love notes, eviction letters hanging from the door
Were we going to make it, who's quite sure
When young love yields to reality's pain
It's hard to get by, even harder to stay sane
Grandfather said, "Son, just give it five years."
"It take a little time before you get into the clear"
When the bills, they get in the way
And all those harsh words you had to say
My how these days turn into years
But I'm so glad we're still here
There are some times I'm glad we left behind
Making our ends meet on the welfare line
We've lived the worst, now we're living the best
A little room to breathe, but no time to rest
Yeah, the bills, they got in the way
And all those harsh words we had to say
My how these days turn into years
But I'm so glad we're still here
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8. |
Save Myself
03:07
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I wish we had happened some other way
Without such a price to pay
Leading to this
Beyond all the hurt words and lashing out
You make known your every doubt
I know you can’t resist
You revel in pain, you built your own cage
You go down in flames, alone and afraid
What made me decide that you needed my help
Couldn’t stand on your own
But how I thought you could fly
You made me feel needed like nobody else
And now I can see that’s not enough to get by
No, I’m not the one who withheld
Tell me why can’t I just save myself
I was blinded by freedom
I should have know
it wasn’t sustainable
Not at that speed
Now the man you are just doesn’t fit my plan
I’m tired of pretending that there’s any kind of hope
That I can keep up this pace, make myself stay
That you will ever feel safe, that you’ll ever be sane
And I had to decide that I need my own help
I stood on my own, lately I’m learning to fly
So many signs I pretended weren’t signs
The lessons you taught me, I learned them time after time
I’m not the one who withheld
Tell me why can’t I just save myself
No, I’m not the one who withheld
Tell me why can’t I just save myself
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9. |
No Saints Here
03:52
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Pick up the phone or leave a message
Just let me know if you're still there
I never say what I oughta
But it doesn't mean I don't care
Love ain’t about sunshine and rainbows
Nor just happiness being found
It’s knowing at my darkest
That you’ll still be around
You keep looking for answers
But the truth never reveals a saint
Don’t give a damn about redemption
Because I can’t be something I ain’t
The past never held our perfection
Just a blind eye to all our wrongs
Been sugarcoating disasters
From the moment we said so long
You keep looking for answers
But the truth never reveals a saint
Don’t give a damn about redemption
Because I can’t be something I ain’t
Forget what we were
Because that time will never come again
We might find some forgiveness
But first we gotta pay for all the sins
You keep looking for answers
But the truth never reveals a saint
Don’t give a damn about redemption
Because I can’t be something I ain’t
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10. |
The Righteous Hand
04:15
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Smoke rises up from the dying fire
Read a passage from the book of John
I’d rather die than call you a liar
But I’ve been waiting far too long
We spilled blood and tasted hunger
Felt the flies circle around our souls
Not much more could go asunder
Not much more that we could hold
In the morning, we’ll be baptized
The healing waters of the Sabine
See the world through a savior’s eyes
Fool ourselves by coming clean
Restless dreams, they come with terrors
Sights the eyes won’t soon forget
Faces of guilt, not much clearer
Than in the glow of our cigarettes
The wrath of Judges comes again
To strengthen the shepherd’s hand
Are the sins of all us men
The worst that we could understand
In the morning, we’ll be baptized
The healing waters of the Sabine
See the world through a savior’s eyes
Fool ourselves by coming clean
A lonesome wind blows across the land above
The sun holds the earth to the flame
Take the life with the hand that held a dove
Wash the knife clean without shame
Because, in the morning, we’ll be baptized
The healing waters of the Sabine
See the world through a savior’s eyes
Fool ourselves by coming clean
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11. |
Goodbye Letter
04:50
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Woke up this morning to face
The things I’ve done and the places that I’ve been
On the fall down, you know,
I lost more than my fair share of friends
I don’t owe you a damn thing
But I just gotta let you know
That I’m getting the help that I need
And it’s about time I let you go
And I don’t expect you to write back
But I just gotta let you see
I’m doing what I must
And don’t you worry over me
When the triggers hit
You know it fills my head so full of doubt
Fighting these demons, you know they say
It’s going to be a lifelong bout
But I got nothing but time to kill
30 days until I get out
There’s so much I could make right
Best not sit around and pout
And I don’t expect you to write back
But I just gotta let you see
I’m doing what I must
And don’t you worry over me
Some days it feels like I’ve got
This whole world crashing in my head
Looking through the past years
I can’t believe I didn’t end up dead
And I just take it one day at a time
Realize this thing is bigger than me
Some days it adds up against you
And it feels like fighting against the sea
And I don’t expect you to write back
But I just gotta let you see
I’m doing what I must
And don’t you worry over me
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Brightwire Houston, Texas
Brightwire is an Americana band born from a household of musicians and hailing from southeast Texas. Combining elements of folk, rock, country, punk and whatever else they happen to get interested in, they weave tales of lives lived in our world today. For them, music is about inclusion and letting others know they are not alone in their struggles. ... more
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