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Can't Talk
02:40
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I'd do anything if you'd just say you like it
I'd go anywhere if you promise to go with me
Any time of day you just tell me baby
What you need and I'll be on it right away
Mmmmm lets talk, can't talk cmon babe don't you know you're talking to me
I never say it since I feel it only digs my grave in deep
And that's the reason that I sleep with one eye open even knowing that the future doesn't hold a place for me and I know that you're better off
If this picture
didn't either
and the past flowed through the ether
When the patterns of the weather seem deceiving all that matters isn't matter see it's only you and me
This is life my love
it's not theatre
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2. |
Lets Talk
04:32
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She liked to talk ancient mythology
But her degree was in psychology
She can’t prescribe me drugs
But thats ok with me
These are the kinds of things you keep to yourself
Like when you think too much about killing yourself
It doesn’t add up to me, Im on the edge of my seat
Trying so hard, And I’ve got a sick gut feeling
But the cut throat villain that I was
When I met you is dead
Dead and gone
Even the remnants of his memory
Relinquished their throne and moved on
This is all
All that I could say
I wanted our love
To transcend this place
Retrace your steps
If you must give chase
If you don’t catch up
I promise to wait
If you run right past Please just glance my way
I held the past up to the flame
It's all as distant as we want it to be
How could the stars control our destiny?
I'm not convinced at all
At least not presently
Sometimes it feels so unattainable
I start to think that you're incapable
Then I realize our love is unmistakable
Just like a willow tree
So fascinating to me
And now the sweet little angel that I was
When I met you is tired,
All but moved on
Its all so hard I will admit
That its a struggle but I'm trying to hold on
This is all
All that I could say
I want our love
To transcend this place
Retrace your steps
If you must give chase
If you don’t catch up I promise to wait
If you run right past
Please just glance my way
One last time
I've tasted love and it is oh so sweet
But if you bite too hard you'll break all of your teeth
But we sucked it dry you see
That's how the pendulum swings
It all works out, I mean eventually
Don't ask me how it is I know these things
I trust my gut you see
And that's what it's telling me
I know where you belong
And it's right here with me
But the cut throat villain that I was
When I met you is dead
Dead and gone
Even the remnants of his memory
Relinquished their throne and moved on
She liked to talk ancient mythology
But her degree was in psychology
She can’t prescribe me drugs
But thats ok with me
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3. |
Taking the Long Way Home
03:45
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It's so bucolic and in a way it's not so bad
Tucked in the middle of the heartland
The life I never thought I'd have
And within me looming
Was a love unscathed by the past
A brand new day means everything
We've built was built to last
And I can feel it all coming
Something I've been working towards
The stakes are high but I've been through all of this before
And if you want to see something that you could never prepare for
Just open up your eyes its all right here and more
It's all right here and more
Just open up your eyes its all right here and more
Oh I can make the music I wanna make
without the pressure to conform
To some industry mans standard,
No I won't ever be that whore
And you can keep on inquiring,
about the days still yet to come
The stars and cards don't hold your future,
look inwards to the only one who does
And I can feel it all coming
Something I've been working towards
The stakes are high but I've been through all of this before
And if you want to see something that you could never prepare for
Just open up your eyes its all right here and more
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4. |
Cat Can't Be Fooled
03:50
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I traded the laces from the boots I just bought
For a warm pull of whiskey and a long late night talk
With a man I just happened to stumble across
We started sweating out our secrets just when the temperature dropped
I've never been to confessional so
I choked down one more shot
Since I've never felt like myself
In the presence of God
Then I looked at my reflection
In the water and thought
To myself about eternity
And how it's all that we've got
The most valuable gems cannot be bartered for or bought
You've got to mine them right inside yourself
A technique that just can't be taught
When I turned back to the stranger and
Noticed he was already gone
I contemplated my existence
And if it Really means what I thought
If it doesn't, oh well
It was still worth shot
I'm sure we'll meet again
More often than not
We'll dance straight towards our deathbeds until the
Next time our paths cross
I never caught your name, but a name is nothing I thought
It's the spark in our eyes that caught fire and burned on
It was the spark in your eye, just like a nightingales song
I kept my wings moving fast, I felt you humming along x4
From a tree on the hillside overlooking the largest Great Lake
You hung ornamentally, with a grin glued to your face
I slipped off my boots, stepped past the fire and flames
Around your neck were the laces, still I had no one to blame
Slowly I lowered you, retied my boots with the lace
But ever since that day they never seemed to fit the same
If I had one more moment, I'd tell you life ain't no race
And I'd wash off my feet in that fresh cleansing rain
Your body was burned, so I never visited your grave
I know you aren't in there, and for that I give thanks
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Oh I can't wait for everything to get back to normal
And if you only see me for one thing
Please just , let it be my heart
Let my spirit ring
Out loud above the choir as they sing
Out praise to the creator
I will be the one that guides you home one day
When the light of dawn is drawing near us
And when we see what we've done to the ones we love
It will be just like a door has opened
Deep inside our minds ,to the garden where
We've been led by the hand and laid down in the center of it all
As the cool rain falls upon us
And now I know that even though we can never ever go back the way we came
I see the way thE path has shaped us
Let my spirit ring, out loud above the choir as they sing out praise to the creator
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How many times I could relive this moment
Could not be counted
on fingers or toes
I tried to write a poem all about it
The way you linger
On all of my clothes
Inside of me I feel the waves rise up
Down the corridor I hear your voice shouting out how much you truly love me
I wake up I’m drenched in an ice cold sweat, The alarm clock keeps blinking so incessantly
I feel the earth as it begins to quake, Underneath my feet that I so surely placed
Right where I thought would be the safest bet, now I know that there really isn’t such a thing
I wanna take your heart
and drain out all of your blood
Fill up my drinking jar
My ritualistic love
My state of mind can’t be saved
This story’s really starting to take shape
Are you forming conclusions
Or will you wait for the ending to come
I add it all up into one lump sum
She haunts me morning til the setting sun
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7. |
This Ain't Reno Honey
03:49
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As I descended inward towards
A place I'd never been before
I couldn't see you anymore
But I recall exactly what it was I'd done
then it all became so clear to me
I saw the serpent in the apple tree
I took a seat when he invited me
And I ate until my belly had been filled
The light receded darkness crept in
Hounds were howling, the souls were weeping
Knowing what I know I remained seated
And strapped in for one hell of a ride
And I wish that you were here with me
if only just to be my guide
out from this Pit of utter selfishness that I've drowned myself inside
The shadow cast is all that's left of me
The paranoia true and tried
I'd double down if this were Reno honey,
But it's not it's so much hotter you will find
There's a reason everything is different
Colors aren't the same as they used to appear now
All I see is grey light leaking through the pinholes
I used to call my eyes but no longer are they mine
No, no longer are they mine
The shadow cast is all that's left of me
The paranoia true and tried
I'd double down if this were Reno honey,
But it's not it's so much hotter you will find
I asked the first person I passed to check the time
Her watch was stuck on 6 I guess it must have died
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Joshua Putney Des Moines, Iowa
Joshua Putney is the songwriter/lead singer of Des Moines, IA based bands Diamonds for Eyes, Instants and Black Pills.
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