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Means to an End
05:07
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I’m tying up loose ends
Cold calls to all my oldest friends
Recalling simple lives
I wanna see you face to face again
Means to an end, then let go of it
Where do you want to go tonight?
Means to an end, then c’mon with me
We’ll leave at first light
I break my fall with all I got
I stumble til you pick me up
I’d like to look like an island
But why feel so empty and alone?
Means to an end, then let go of it
Where do you want to go tonight?
Means to an end, then c’mon with me
We’ll leave at first light
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2. |
Long Eyes
05:58
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Hear me now, breaking up the frequencies
Starting fits and lying through my teeth
On the ropes believing in some fantasy
While time flies by, another anthem flees
Even though you’re gonna say “I told you so”
I’m privy to just a pinhole of it all
All I know somebody told me long ago
An LED mistaken for the sun
On the road, take my mind anywhere
Anywhere but here
I wanna be dancing ‘round a little campfire
We’ll do this… get out of here… somehow
Even though you’re gonna say “I told you so”
I’m privy to just a pinhole of it all
All I know somebody told me long ago
An LED mistaken for the sun
If you still waiver on the choices you were given
hold on to what you know
and if you're still separate
from the sea in which you're swimmin'
You were the last to know,
You were the last to know
Dancin' ‘round a little campfire...
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3. |
Sweet Sleep
03:05
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Weeks go by
You’re the only one who tries at all
A firelight
Only in my mind, only in the light-time
Sweet sleep
Weeks go by
You’re the only one who tries at all
A fool admires
Lighter than you know, lighter than the wind blows
Sweet sleep
Weeks go by, you’re the only one
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4. |
June
04:41
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June was a lightbug flickering on and off on the road
It’s hard enough to keep the wind from blowing us off
Won’t you sing? “Hai-d’lai, da-dai, dai-dau-dai do-oo-oo”
Fall night, headlights flickering on and off on the road
It’s harder still to keep your confidence, strength and will
Won’t you sing? “Hai-d’lai, da-dai, dai-dau-dai do-oo-oo”
June was…
T’was a time when it felt right,
Was a time when it weighed heavy on
One more look and it’s our time to go
June was…
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5. |
Sleep When We're Dead
05:52
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Living off the fat of the land, taking things that they don’t deserve
There they go patting all their friends on the back
I could never live like that
Me, I’ll never learn to relax
And babe, I’m gonna work ‘til I die
Cause I’ve got this magnetic field in my head
Singing there will be time enough to sleep when we’re dead
We’ll sleep when we’re dead
Caught you gazing up at the moon
Tryin’ to make sense of your life
And how to carry that heart that’s all busted and bruised
On account of all the shit you’ve been through
Me, i’ll never learn to relax,
And babe, I’m gonna work ‘til I die
Cause I’ve got this magnetic field in my head
Singing there will be time enough to sleep when we’re dead
We’ll sleep when we’re dead
May take longer and it
Sure seems harder but we
Keep on walking, and we’ll get there in enough time
Draw that line from memory and then you just
Get out of your bed and stop wasting away
Catch me slowing down you let me know
Find me giving in you pull me out of that hole
Hear me breaking all my promises
You keep me honest and we
we’ll sleep when we’re dead
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6. |
Ides
06:04
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Hello old friend, hello old ghost
It seems this haunted house is big enough for
Strangers to live close
As I recall, as the story goes,
I left you alone too many times, you just said, “babe, I gotta go”
Well I don’t blame you, we burned out fast
The flame was hot and heavy, but the fuel would never last
All my tries to make amends
When all our roads led us to endings and
So much time has dissipated everything
Well I built a life out of what I knew
I was scared and I was lonely but what else could I do?
Now you got your own, yeah you made it out
It’s funny how pain will end with time, you
Don’t know when, you can’t know how
And all these hours spent thinking about the past it takes
So much strength to carry all them bags and as
I let go you come on back and remind me that
It wasn’t good enough,
And what you want changed now
We ain’t even friends somehow
When I feel far away from the center I can get far away from the city
When I feel far away from the center,
I can get far away from the city
And I can get far away from my body
But I am still far away from your heart
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7. |
Beguine
05:46
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Run your hands across my back
The knots of muscles in my neck
Are nightmares you can help me to forget
I’ll let you close to me
I’m simple and I’m free
Talk about life underground,
Of missing love and sleeping sound
The street before me doesn’t want to breathe
Maybe it’s just me
Sing about it, sing aloud
Make every note and lyric count
In the past I've written empty words, but there’s no time for it now
Tell me secrets late at night,
If you won’t tell me no one will
My friends are few but strong, and you are still
Maybe it’s just me
There are layers on the page,
They are cities she created in which wars that we’ve waged
Will years from now still be debated, as the aftermath is gray
The spoils no one takes
The winners don’t know the flavor of that cake
So kiss me when you leave today
Let my lips send you on your way
And if you return and I’m not home,
I'll be walking ‘round and all alone
I’m waiting for you there
My friends are few but strong and you are still…
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Matthew Boyle Brooklyn, New York
Matthew Boyle is a multi-instrumentalist living in Brooklyn, NY & St. Pete FL. Matthew played in Ghastly City Sleep (Robotic Empire, Magic Bullet Records, Blue Sky Writings) from 2007-2017. He is currently in Skulk Kits, Bunny Punch, and Barrette.
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