1. |
I Help Myself
04:06
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Verse:
My dress is slowly beginning to resemble a piano
My colors are fading into a distinct black and white
Sky is sunny, Air is piercing and you are on my mind
Hands on the clock only remind me of your heartbeat
Every second is one without you
Chorus:
I help myself by loving you the most
I help myself by talking to your ghost
Verse:
Snow begins to cover itself in the wintertime,
Quickly my mind needs to be with yours and I'm always sure,
I'm always sure
I slept inside your ribcage for days to find my deeper sleep
Sleep has never been this goddamn pure and you are the cure
You are the cure
Chorus:
I help myself by loving you the most
I help myself by talking to your ghost
Bridge:
There are miles and clocks and highways that keep me away from you
When your memory comes flashing back, you'll only have to know
Where the time goes,
I won't keep my distance it's true
Verse:
Sometimes I feel that my heart is made of rust
Give me a sign, a straight premonition,
Tell me you'll pull through if I want you to
Chorus:
I help myself by loving you the most
I help myself by talking to your ghost
I help myself by loving you the most
I help myself by talking to your ghost
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2. |
Collect My Thoughts
04:07
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Collect My Thoughts
I can't help but thinking that I don't know how to be alone anymore
I can't collect my thoughts
I can't collect my thoughts
I can't collect my thoughts
It's summer outside and I've never felt more like I haven't seen the light.
Its summer here in CA, London England MA and NY
Chorus:
You will
I've never been alone
Not even born alone
I can't collect my thoughts
I know you're not around as much
Too hurt to touch you'd fight for me if need be.
It's just the fear of making sense
The failure of innocence
I can't collect my thoughts
I can't collect my thoughts
I can't collect my thoughts
Chorus:
You will
With all the able ways around the two of us could work it through
You'd think at least you'd even have to try to
Flashing back into the past it's fuzzier than you know
You really think it's going to last
I'm barely here although
I've never been alone
Not even born alone
I can't collect my thoughts
It’s summer outside and I’ve never felt more like I haven’t seen the light.
It's summer here in CA, London England MA and NY
Chorus:
You will
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3. |
Have Some Company
03:24
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Have Some Company
Verse:
When the stars are out and the sea of doubt starts to rise up in my spine
Wrapped up in your room
Hopefully morning soon
It's the lowest place to be besides with me
Chorus:
If you want to be lonely have some company
If you want to move slowly we can walk for free
And if you're going to be lonely here's some company
And if you're going to move slowly we can walk for free.
Verse:
When the winter chill
Caused its latest thrill
Place it in my thoughts
Just say it loud and say it proud
Softening the blow
When the sun is up changing all our tides into orders of the waves
Hang on to yourself
It's your bravest help
It's the warmest place to be besides with me
Chorus:
If you want to be lonely have some company
If you want to move slowly we can walk for free
And if you're going to be lonely here's some company
And if you're going to move slowly we can walk for free.
Bridge:
Sure as fire and sure as the clues
I'll be waiting there for you to choose
Sure as fire and sure as the clues
I'll be waiting there for you to choose
Sure as fire and sure as the clues
I'll be waiting there for you to choose
Verse:
When the stars are out and the sea of doubt starts to rise up in my spine
Wrapped up in your room
Hopefully morning soon
It's the lowest place to be besides with me
Chorus:
If you want to be lonely have some company
If you want to move slowly we can walk for free
And if you're going to be lonely here's some company
And if you're going to move slowly we can walk for free.
Bridge:
Sure as fire and sure as the clues
I'll be waiting there for you to choose
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4. |
City Lights
04:14
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City Lights
Verse:
These old city lights
Trash piles
Haven't seen you for a while
It has been lonely whatever that means
I've been caught on the moon
Been stuck on the stars
Being on earth is much too hard
I'm not feeling bad for myself
Just surprised at my kind
All of these people with harm in their minds
Chorus:
The word is out, the heat is too
The word is out, that you've found someone new
Is that true? Someone new?
Verse:
Wars in parts of the world,
In our own bodies too
All of this judgment just acts as a glue
I can't complain, people move on
I am much better off with you gone
Chorus:
The word is out, the heat is too
The word is out, that you've found someone new
Is that true? Someone new?
Bridge:
The word is out
Touched all our lips and still the truth is known
You've always been afraid of hearts and minds who are made of stone
After rushing fires of gossip I do see that I am prone
To an accident
The accident
Was you...
Verse:
Lights are lonelier now
But still glowing strong
And can't and help but think I was wrong
I can't complain
People move on
I am much better off with you gone
Chorus:
The word is out, the heat is too
The word is out, that you've found someone new
Is that true? Someone new?
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5. |
Caught
06:04
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Caught
Verse:
She is standing in the hallway
Of her summer gallery
And the paintings just resemble
Foreign places
He is speaking in the riddles that his father gave to him
The decoding barely ready
While she's on her way out again
On the phone now, they can hum it
But they still can't find the tune
It is either much too late or much too soon
He is angry, feels forgotten but he rarely ever is
She is unclear and alone now but she rarely ever is
Bridge:
Sidewalks much too soft for her and all of her contenders
Night breeze is too cold for him
And so he will surrender
Chorus:
Snow comes down so hard
Harder to believe
It was ever rain
On its way to you
You just take your time, on your way to me
That's what's keeping you, from ever being free.
Verse:
Pieces seem to just assemble and they slide so easily
Words of friends and trusted poets still hold little strategy.
In the driveway in the winter
The ice seemingly askew
He is trying, she is trying
And that's all that they can do.
It's a slowly aging painting in a summer gallery
So clearly impossible to get through
It's the anger of a stranger
Drawing close enough to you,
Want to tell you that she's lying but I am too
Bridge:
Sidewalks much too soft for her and all of her contenders
Night breeze is too cold for him
And so he will surrender
Chorus:
Snow comes down so hard
Harder to believe
It was ever rain
On its way to you
You just take your time, on your way to me
That's what's keeping you, from ever being free.
It's the fall now of the same year
Of the same old company,
In the city of good fortune, is it choice or meant to be?
Chorus:
Snow comes down so hard
Harder to believe
It was ever rain
On its way to you
You just take your time, on your way to me
That's what's keeping you, from ever being free.
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6. |
Ghost
03:18
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Here I am surrounding myself
With the things I love the most
Holding onto every last thing just to hear the ghost
Of every time I felt alive or well
Well this is not that time oh well.
Here I am attaching myself to the things I love
Materials are much more satisfying when alone.
And all the times I felt alive or well,
Well this is not that time oh well.
Here I am sitting on a train to New York
A love that does not love me, people are above me
They don't understand
All the lights and the Atlantic shore seems to mean a little to me more
Here I am surrounding myself with the things I love the most
Anything to love you
Most of all just to feel the ghost,
But deep inside we are all a little scared and hard to find
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7. |
Know When You're Around
03:08
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Verse:
Birds fly low when you're around and
Keep on flying down so
I keep you around all day
Masquerading like a princess
Soaking in the distance
Lying in the low tones of your voice
Chorus:
I could sleep when you're around,
I'd waste my kiss all night
and not deserve the next big choice
Choices are to be had
But mostly are for the bad season
Verse:
When it's negative degrees
I often see the trees are only sleeping they're not dead.
When they burst back into life
I hold onto to the branches
So I know that you'll come back
Chorus:
I could sleep when you're around,
I'd waste my kiss all night
and not deserve the next big choice
Choices are to be had
But mostly are for the bad season
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8. |
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Nobody Is Perfect (After All)
Verse:
So, wanting you wasn't easy,
After all I'm a girl
So, wanting you wasn't clear
After all it's been trouble from the start
So getting to know you wasn't easy,
You were strong and protected like you should be
Bridge:
Fearing the day we'll have to part
It's been trouble from the start
Chorus:
Nobody is perfect
But you're pretty fucking close
And I'm not pretending, not pretending that
Nobody is perfect but you're pretty fucking close
And I'm not pretending, I'm not pretending it's a
Ghost of a hope I once had, just be glad I've been disappointed.
Verse:
Mystery doesn't work well for me
It's not easy to be calm around you.
So there's a lot of anguish and there's plenty of pain,
There's a lot of risk, it comes from the gain
Bridge:
Fearing the day we'll have to part
It's been trouble from the start
Chorus:
Nobody is perfect
But you're pretty fucking close
And I'm not pretending, not pretending that
Nobody is perfect but you're pretty fucking close
And I'm not pretending, I'm not pretending it's a
Ghost of a hope I once had, just be glad I've been disappointed.
Nobody is perfect
But you're pretty fucking close
And I'm not pretending, not pretending that
Nobody is perfect but you're pretty fucking close
And I'm not pretending, I'm not pretending it's a
Ghost of a hope I once had, just be glad I've been disappointed.
Nobody is perfect
But you're pretty fucking close
And I'm not pretending, not pretending that
Nobody is perfect but you're pretty fucking close
And I'm not pretending, I'm not pretending it's a
Ghost of a hope I once had, just be glad I've been disappointed.
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9. |
My Fault
03:55
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My Fault
Verse:
I've been pacing the hallways all day
I've been wishing that I was a picture frame
Would it be my fault if you were my barrier?
Picked up last nights clothes from the floor
Honestly I was expecting more when I woke up
It is still my fault if you were my barrier?
Chorus:
Seems like these boys don't know what they want anymore
Seems like these boys don't know what's walking out the door
Seems like he loves me but he doesn't want to stay
Seems like these boys don't know what they want anyway
Verse:
The moon in the stone cold courtyard
Speaking to me
I didn't know he was gone
Would it be my fault?
If you were my barrier?
Simple decay I am not to see,
The love of you ever touch me again
Would it be my fault if you were my barrier?
Chorus:
Seems like these boys don't know what they want anymore
Seems like these boys don't know what's walking out the door
Seems like he loves me but he doesn't want to stay
Seems like these boys don't know what they want anyway
Bridge:
I'm turning out the lights to all the galleries we've ever had,
Photographs and secret stashes,
Only my good grace could last
I'm ripping out the pain stained walls
Disconnecting all your calls
Cutting you in half until I have to
Until I have to, till I have to, till I have to
Verse:
Just speak it aloud and arisen
Soften the blow until you go
Would it be my fault if you were my barrier?
Chorus:
Seems like these boys don't know what they want anymore
Seems like these boys don't know what's walking out the door
Seems like he loves me but he doesn't want to stay
Seems like these boys don't know what they want anyway
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10. |
No One Else
04:44
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No One Else
Verse:
Before I knew it
I'd gotten to it and no one else
No one else is honest anymore.
Last I heard I was a hermit
All alone with no one waiting at the shore
The sea a song that you ride along
You often slumber in my stronger anymore
A stronger song
For a longer long,
Oftentimes no one else is honest anymore
Chorus:
Did you watch yourself fall through the cracks?
Floating outside yourself
Lessons you weren't able to live up to
Being a woman, a person, a man
Will they love you?
Will they pity you?
Will they take you by the hand?
Sometimes I love you
Sometimes I hate you
How could I not?
Verse:
Before I knew it I'd gotten to it
No one else
No one else is honest anymore.
Last I heard I was a hermit
All alone with no one waiting at the shore
Bridge:
Taking sides and lower tides,
And no one else is into the stronger
No one else is honest anymore and no one else is interested in honest any longer.
Chorus:
Did you watch yourself fall through the cracks?
Floating outside yourself
Lessons you weren't able to live up to
Being a woman, a person, a man
Will they love you?
Will they pity you?
Will they take you by the hand?
Sometimes I love you
Sometimes I hate you
How could I not?
Instrumental
Chorus:
Did you watch yourself fall through the cracks?
Floating outside yourself
Lessons you weren't able to live up to
Being a woman, a person, a man
Will they love you?
Will they pity you?
Will they take you by the hand?
Sometimes I love you
Sometimes I hate you
How could I not?
Instrumental and vocal ad libs
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11. |
Winter Time
04:35
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Winter Time
Verse:
It's been a little hazy out
It's been a little warm before
I know no matter what you say I'll always want more
You love me cuz I'm interesting
You love me cuz I'm never there
You love me because you don't
And we are both aware
I observe you walking in
Your eyes take to the floor
Like always you so easily forget what you've really come here for
It's just a little colder now
I'm just a little less prepared
You've taken me across the country to a place where I am mostly scared.
I can tell it's wintertime
By the dryness of my sight
Chorus:
Take me off this lonely street
Reflecting all the thrown out meat
Path's not mine for the taking now
All I hear is unbearable sound
Close my eyes and disappear
Invisible to everyone
Wake me up when he is gone
Bridge:
Of all the ways I run to you
Running home is not my way
Of all the warmest bodies
I won't stay
Of all the gifts you gave to me,
Like most of the things
They're never free
I won't stay
Open and close me
Tug and control me
Hate me and fake me
Fix me and break me
I won't stay
Verse:
I'm a little colder now
I'm a little less prepared
You've taken me across the country to a place where I am mostly scared
I 'm a little quiet now I'm a little more reserved
Did all that saving for someone else to store.
Chorus:
Take me off this lonely street
Reflecting all the thrown out meat
Path's not mine for the taking now
All I hear is unbearable sound
Close my eyes and disappear
Invisible to everyone
Wake me up when he is gone (Repeat)
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12. |
Say Goodnight
03:49
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Say Good Night
Verse:
Do you say goodnight on the river?
Do you wish you were a boat?
Do you say goodnight on the river?
Do you wait for the current to choke?
Chorus:
My voice; quiet and content
Holds your two hands
My mind; silent and benevolent
Waits for you
In the sand
Verse:
Do you say goodnight on the river?
Do you wish you were a boat?
Do you say goodnight on the river?
Do you wait for the current to choke?
Chorus:
My voice; quiet and content
Holds your two hands
My mind; silent and benevolent
Waits for you
In the sand
Bridge:
And it's not quite so often that I meet someone like you
It's not quite so often that I am river captain too.
Instrumental
Chorus:
My voice; quiet and content
Holds your two hands
My mind; silent and benevolent
Waits for you in the sand
My voice, quiet and content
Holds your two hands
My lips, now arrived and eloquent
Wait to see where you stand
My voice; quiet and content
Holds your two hands
My mind; silent and benevolent
Waits for you in the sand
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13. |
Caught (Radio Edit)
04:49
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Caught
Verse:
She is standing in the hallway
Of her summer gallery
And the paintings just resemble
Foreign places
He is speaking in the riddles that his father gave to him
The decoding barely ready
While she's on her way out again
On the phone now, they can hum it
But they still can't find the tune
It is either much too late or much too soon
He is angry, feels forgotten but he rarely ever is
She is unclear and alone now but she rarely ever is
Bridge:
Sidewalks much too soft for her and all of her contenders
Night breeze is too cold for him
And so he will surrender
Chorus:
Snow comes down so hard
Harder to believe
It was ever rain
On its way to you
You just take your time, on your way to me
That's what's keeping you, from ever being free.
Verse:
Pieces seem to just assemble and they slide so easily
Words of friends and trusted poets still hold little strategy.
In the driveway in the winter
The ice seemingly askew
He is trying, she is trying
And that's all that they can do.
It's a slowly aging painting in a summer gallery
So clearly impossible to get through
It's the anger of a stranger
Drawing close enough to you,
Want to tell you that she's lying but I am too
Bridge:
Sidewalks much too soft for her and all of her contenders
Night breeze is too cold for him
And so he will surrender
Chorus:
Snow comes down so hard
Harder to believe
It was ever rain
On its way to you
You just take your time, on your way to me
That's what's keeping you, from ever being free.
It's the fall now of the same year
Of the same old company,
In the city of good fortune, is it choice or meant to be?
Chorus:
Snow comes down so hard
Harder to believe
It was ever rain
On its way to you
You just take your time, on your way to me
That's what's keeping you, from ever being free.
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Macedo Los Angeles, California
Macedo is one of those rare female musicians whose music has the ability to define a season.Michelle and her twin sister Melissa's band have transfixed audiences from Boston to Los Angeles so much so that Deli Magazine named Macedo as one of the city’s 100 most popular. Michelle’s songwriting has been honored at the Malibu Music Awards and her songs broadcast on a myriad of key radio stations. ... more
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