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Staycation
03:27
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Do you want to leave everything?
Come with me and let it end
There’s a place I want to go
Where the butterflies move into our bellies again
Riddle our brains til we feel our skin
And the world begins to glow
The kids will soon be home
And we’ll turn back to the people that they know
And we’ll lose track of time as it goes
(But I never want to lose a thing)
I feel odd cause our love has strength
But it isn’t what the songs led me to expect
The feelings come and go
When you let me sleep in I’d like to write you a poem
When I clean up the kitchen I would like you to know
It’s the little things that go
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Pale Horse
05:04
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Head down, in the sand
Got a house, got a kid
Settle in, settle down, go within, go without
La di da, la di da
Pale horse in the night again
Unknown number in the phone again
Clean the bathroom, clean the basement
Check the chimney then forget it
Is the water coming in again? Is the water coming in again?
Settle my sights, settle my youth
Step on a crack, fall right through
The sky is down, we’ll try to rearrange
Deny, deny, the fools are here to play/stay
Go without, go within, settle down, settle in
I got fear in my head tonight, I’m 38 and I’m scared at night
I’m scared of the thunder, I’m scared of the light
I settled my sights, I settled my youth
I stepped on a crack, I fell right through
I read the news today, oh girl
You were up all night cradling the world
What will become of this rage?
Will it hate? Create? Fade out like a dream?
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3. |
Tory Tory
04:03
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I know you’ll rise above
I called the hospital
Your sister came out of her shell to be with you
I took the week off to nurse your broken head
I put my hand into your hand and sing to you
Maybe I’m breaking through, maybe I’m coming true
We spent so many long days hiding from the sky
Tory, we are little things
Tory, we are miracles
The Elliott song came on as we waltzed along the tracks
Now it’s all that I can hear
I stayed at your house when my parents split
Your parents were my parents when it was shit
I see them in the waiting room
They say you’re pulling through
If I don’t tell the truth there’ll never be something new
Between me and you
I get all up in our heads
I push down the feelings but they begin again
Tory, we are little things
Tory, we are miracles
The Elliott song came on as we waltzed above the tracks
The February snow melts and the birds get tricked again
The false spring can make your full heart believe in anything
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Dreamfeed
03:54
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I drive us down to the Park of Roses
This is as close as you’ll get to the ocean today
I guess I wouldn’t have it any other way
Me and the boys stroll down to the river
Sometimes I forget that I’m more than a father
But today I wouldn’t have it any other way
All the late bloomers
Have a strange sense of humor
Mosquitoes fan out from the water
And land on the stalks of our arms
As we laugh and run through them
We put our days into the feed
They fade into the screen
Will they mean a little more if we share them with our friends?
(What’s happening with them?)
I’ve got this recurring dream where I’m falling asleep
You know what it means- they wake us in the middle of the night
It means you’re getting tired
Bleary-eyed babble
Schedules unravel
I’ve got a square foot of quiet protected for a song
You’ve got a longing for travel
And all the times I pulled apart
And all the times I just forgot
And all the times I failed to start again
Well I’m starting again today
It’s a brand new day
I guess I wouldn’t have it any other way
I wouldn’t have it any other way
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5. |
33
04:43
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You are the souls
The hours in the sand
The colors in the wind
The lions in the bed
I needed to believe good is in the world
All my love is here walking through the world
Go on
You give more to love more
On your way, on your way
Be drawn to the light, drawn to the light
Listen to the train rumble through the house
Love is all around, it’ll take you for a ride
Let it take you for a ride
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6. |
On Your Mind
03:16
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Tell me why, I will go
Tell me lies, I will know
I was on your mind
Come inside, any hope
Leave a light in my soul
I was on your mind
In your bedroom I feel high
I was over you
Now I’m high and wasted on you
Take me back
But maybe it’s all wrong
And maybe I’m holding on
To something all wrong
But I don’t know how to let it go
Am I on your mind?
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7. |
Under the Sun
02:16
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I feel so peculiar walking through revolving doors
Have I seen your face before under the sun?
I could be a million sons or daughters waking up
Were you there in ‘81 under the sun?
I’ve been gone a lifetime Mum but I’ve come back to tell you that
Things ain’t what you think they are
And you should just have some fun
Under the sun
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8. |
Ain't it a Life
08:39
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Ain’t it a life? Roll down the longer way
The house is mine, it takes some time to see
We fill up, empty by end of day
Just tell me what to say
Oh I’m looking to get by til the weekend
Ride out the feelings down to the deep end
I know it’s time to belong to my friends
Yes sir I know
Ain’t it a life? A star for everyone
Morning light, take some time to be
Give it up, what you’ve been trying to save
Oh look, here comes the rain
(Don’t you want to lose control?)
Now I pinch my skin, now I know I’m not dreaming
Now the songbird flies from the sparrowhawk screaming
There’s a punchline coming and it’s something that I just can’t see
Now I’m pit-stained, drained, back from work in the backyard
Move into the shade with my sons, I’m the Death Star
There’s something I remember now, someone I still think I could be
And I’m looking for time on the weekend
I'm tired of the deep end
Time with a good friend
All I want is to hear you sing
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Solitaires Columbus, Ohio
Solitaires is the creative outlet and recording project of Nate Gelinas. Goal is to express everything while trying to keep it simple. Failures are commonplace. New album "No Escape" out in May 2023. Current collaborators include Jon Helm, Hal Hixson, Jon Schiedermayer, and Andy and Holly Malone. Based in Columbus. ... more
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