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Ex-Lovers
04:26
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didn’t want to have to do it
didn’t want to have to break your heart again
now we’re spinning out on the ice
and you went and made me lose my cool again
you can call your friends
tell them it’s the end
now I’m just an ordinary
cautionary tale
like ex-lovers do
I’ll get over you
every time I think I’m in the clear
something always pulls the rug from under me
yeah you can come around and get your things
I’ll crack a smile while I’m giving back your keys
you can call your friends
tell them it’s the end
now I’m just an ordinary
cautionary tale
like ex-lovers do
I’ll get over you
didn’t you say you love me
I need you right about now
I can’t stand this
the way you make me feel
you’re so beautiful
I want you right here
like ex-lovers do
I’ll get over you
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2. |
Half A Wolf
02:48
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it’s really shocking how
there’s no one left to fake it for
I ride on my own
how far can I take it
I’m pared down to the bone
possessions are worthless
but on a three day jones
the bad feelings can surface
now you know
that you are free
all the time
just you and me
when the cold wind blows
and the snow piles high
the lone wolf dies
and the pack survives
now you know
that you are free
all the time
just you and me
now you know
that you are free
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I spent the summer high as fuck
and more than a little drunk
knocked my head against the wall
valium and alcohol
in the midst of a
seemingly never ending series of personal crises
yeah I was born with privilege
but I squandered it
in the vain search for the life of a libertine
and somehow managed to complain about it all
just because you’re right doesn’t mean I’m wrong
and you will know me by the shadow that I cast
you will know me by the wreckage that I’ve left
in my wake
I’ve got the shakes
oh baby hold me up
I spent a few weeks drying out
it wasn’t easy but not hard
sometimes I begged for God
but you know I never heard a word
that wasn’t in my own head
once in a while I thought of calling you
but what’s the point when
you’ve moved on in your own way
with another passing fancy
you said you were gonna make a movie
or maybe write that novel someday
whatever
you’ve had forty years to get your act together
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4. |
Hey Cecelia
02:52
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hey Cecelia
does your heart beat like a drum
do you shake
a dreaming violet
when he's done
hey Annabella
are you learning to pretend
like a make-up advertisement
paper thin
hey Ophelia
is it lonely at the end
when the cold is reaching for ya
does it feel just like a friend
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5. |
The Captain
02:48
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the captain said
boys head to the east
there we'll find fortune
and get us a piece
and when we spied land
it was not what it seemed
now I am frightened
and wish for release
there are things in the deep
it be better to let them sleep
don't disturb the peace
fair warning
the captain said
boys haul up the loot
let's get afloat
before it's too late
and when we set sail
they were in pursuit
we primed the cannons
for the orders to shoot
there are things in the deep
it be better to let them sleep
don't disturb the peace
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6. |
The Ghost Ship
04:46
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I tied myself to the mast
the storm has finally passed
rolled on frozen waves
to their deepest graves
the only one who's left
my crew are long since dead
the black leviathan
had only just begun
sharks encircle the ghost ship now
their smiling jaws below me
call me down
all I can do is just hold on
thought we'd escape with our lives
in our foolish pride
our prize tossed overboard
we thought would calm the storm
the decks were wet with blood
as the beast he fed
left me all but dead
my soul to atone
sharks encircle the ghost ship now
their smiling jaws below me
call me down
all I can do is just hold on to reason
sharks encircle the ghost ship now
their smiling jaws below me
call me down
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Black Leviathan
04:23
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I'm so bored
with the end of times
making pointless calls
writing shit on walls
system error
no retrieval
memory full
just an empty skull
with nothing to do
but pass the time
watching planes collide
falling out of the sky
there's a big black leviathan
blocking out the sun
there's a big black leviathan
blocking out the sun
all that stuff you know
is just weight that pulls below
the surface of a dark and endless lake
you could take it down a notch
if you could only reach the switch
it's running round your mind
and sometimes you just like to bitch
it's a question of survival
you know what you have to do
got to face the hard cold facts
what else is there to do
there's a big black leviathan
blocking out the sun
there's a big black leviathan
blocking out the sun
so you better run
think of what you've done
there's a big black leviathan
blocking out the sun
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8. |
The Sphere
02:47
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time rolls in waves
ever onward through the age
and when you return
you forget all that you’ve learned
the sphere turns and turns
the organism is dispersed
again we rise to find our way
in our indifferent universe
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Indiana, 1978
01:31
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from the outside
looking in
I hear the words
can I come in
sitting here in my room
crack the door
can I see through
the sound is all around you
beside you
behind you
inside you
the sound is all around you
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10. |
Bad Habits
04:09
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I lie awake at night
sometimes til morning light
counting all my mistakes
and bad habits
and I want to know
where the time goes
sometimes the darkness creeps
just on the edge of sleep
shadows at night
take on jagged
ominous shapes
and my mind breaks
do as thou will
shall be the whole of the law
light of the morning star
I wonder where you are
I'm staying up again
to wait for the
songbirds to sing
of everything
lift the veil of the evening sky
everything in its right
place a divining light
for understanding
just where we are
and just how far
do as thou will
shall be the whole of the law
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11. |
The Wild Hunt
07:55
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what’s that shimmering out of the sky
across the fields I hear the ghostly cry
the wild hunt, the wild hunt
do you hear the everlasting roar
drumbeats hoof beats evermore
the wild hunt, the wild hunt
they’ll draw you in as they pass by
ride like the wind through the sky
the wild hunt, the wild hunt
searching always for the prey
it’s the same always as it is today
the wild hunt, the wild hunt
could this be the night that I die
I’ll never ever know the reason why
the wild hunt, the wild hunt
what’s that shimmering out of the sky
across the fields I hear the ghostly cry
the wild hunt, the wild hunt
do you hear the everlasting roar
drumbeats hoof beats evermore
the wild hunt, the wild hunt
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Finn Swingley Chicago, Illinois
Finn Swingley is a Chicago based musician and songwriter. Finn has been playing and recording music since the early 1990s both in bands and as a solo artist.
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