1. |
The Battery
03:56
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Halcyon days at the Cumberland Farms
The car outside
the fix we tried
the battery
The air we drew while pushing to
your parents house
parents house downstream
And as the rain seemed to come from below
I recall your voice
You cried rejoice
for either way our band had had some fun
Our soggy shoes and some matzah ball soup
A great unknown
had gripped our bones
and we had made
we had made its match
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2. |
Collarbone
03:19
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Chin clamping down on collarbone
talking on the phone
talking on the phone
with the one who leaves you prone
makes you feel so known
makes you feel so known
Even in the other room
All the artful dodgers of the world
long to rifle through your pearls
rifle and unfurl
But I don't mind if you stay veiled
The gauze shows the detail
Blows when you exhale
Even in the other room
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3. |
Chokecherries
04:26
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Which one of us will be the next one to be married
Which one of us will be the next to have one born
I think of how your old home smelled in the heat of the summer
When we were kids before we felt such distant drummers
Drawing nearer to me
And I'll say time is slow and all at once
And I will say I feel is slipping through our teeth
And you'll say it's time to behold your own fields
And when you say that more is growing underneath
I know you're right
I'd rather be a rose than smell one spun in clover
Youth like a fence holds back its groves chokecherries spooled around
Whom will I haunt when I come back home with pieces missing
Whom will I have when our days are steeped in reminiscing
of all the ways we have been
And I'll say that I feel empty like a drum
And I will say a drum that's ready to be heard
And you'll say you're like a candle in a drawer
And when you say a candle ready to be burned
I know your right
You've got the same twisted teeth that your father did
and his old grey eyes
and I can tell I have the simple side of youth
I know your right
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4. |
Know By Feel
03:19
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It's New England in the autumn and I'm counting
all the brassy leaves that I can bring to you
I've got seven red and three gold and I'm counting
up enough to make a crown that will sit true
I'll know by feel
I'll know by feel
There's a candle in the middle of our alter
There's a candle there that's always burning blue
And at times an opened door will make it falter
but it oft recovers from the breath it drew
It always heals
It always heals
What we all need is somebody to be weak with
What we all need is a spark out from the hearth
What we all need is the dry heat in the winter
What we all need is a way to play a part
We'll know by feel
I'll know by feel
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5. |
Edge of a Dream
03:16
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Who is the unmade bed
who's the ghost that haunts your house
Who brings the dust in
and is quiet as a mouse
Steals like a magpie;
taking keys and dropping dimes
Sits in the other room
while the morning cell phone chimes
Somewhere in fireworks season
you are dancing with our friends
Dogs yip in panic
as the latest display ends
Though these are the dark times
darling these are days of play
Dance while the tides rise
while the future comes on vague
I am drifting out to deep
edge of a dream edge of a dream
Lay there on the cusp of sleep
edge of a dream edge of a dream
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6. |
Can't Wear It All
03:17
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What's so funny I can't wait to see
send it to me
All enjoying and suffering beings
want to be seen
Comes like a dream
but you can't wear it all
It's the sight of your weakest tattoo
you can't undo
It's the ceiling of your old bedroom
hung like a tomb
Comes like a dream
but you can't wear it all
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7. |
Your Guess
02:56
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Make whatever plans you dare
rain don't care
rain don't
Wind tousles your once kempt hair
all is fair
all is
Hey do you see we are bound by degrees to wood
From here I can see our house
Make whatever plans you dare
rain don't care
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8. |
Spangled Sun
02:57
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Tarmac baked by the spangled sun somewhere out there
Deer turn back halfway when the crossing's regrettable
There is nothing that we'll never forget
Won't you
tell me what you want
tell me what you want
I'll try to want it too
Don't be fueled by impossible fame
and a hate for those who overlook you
Don't be fueled by the death that is being forgettable
There is nothing that we'll never forget
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9. |
Moon Views
03:21
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High hangs the moon
you can see it in your room
Light it comes, light it slips
right between your curtains ribs
Shadow bend, shadow spread
at the footboard of your bed
Like a loose molars dare
so your tongue keeps going there
and it wiggles wide
Time is fake, schedules real
Fingers rapping on the wheel
past the neons of town
The sun goes up and they go down
Still there is hope and there is fear
Is it too provincial here
and am I seen, am I heard
every time I say a word
would that be wise
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The Tines New Haven, Connecticut
The Tines are a New Haven base indie alternative outfit. They play cleverly crafted indie rock that focuses on the balance of tension and beauty.
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