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Urban Dusk
09:37
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I meet you on the edge of the urban dusk
A lifetime’s seemed to pass between us
Is your memory caked with flaking rust?
Cuz mine’s as clear as day
We walk and we talk about how we’ve been
I really didn’t expect to see you again
“I’ve been doing great,” (so I pretend)
What else was I gonna say?
We get dinner again just like old times
When we would talk with just our minds
And our thoughts aligned, we didn’t even try
And you knew me to the core
But now there’s something here that wasn’t there
The fabric splits, the curtain tears
And as I study you with a breaking stare
We don’t speak the same language anymore
It wasn’t always bad
And through the air I flew
Swept up in the flow of
Falling in love with you
Tell me you felt it too
Under the scaffolding of night
Did we hold on to each other too tight?
Cuz it was us against the world
It was us against the world
It was us against the world
All your red flags outwitted my white one
Every time we fucked it had to feel like a fight
And you couldn’t be wrong, but you couldn’t be right
That’s just the way it was
But you reminded me how to dance along
To the jeers of chaos and the manic song
And reminded me the culture that I belong
Is not without its flaws
Do we ever get over a love that’s burnt,
Or do we just forget the way it hurt?
But now my phone calls all go unreturned
And I don’t know what’s next
Cuz see, I’m the ice king bleeding poker chips
Well, at least I got a bucket to catch the drips
But how can you help? You’re a sinking ship
Disguised as being “complex”
It wasn’t always bad
And through the air I flew
Swept up in the flow of
Falling in love with you
Tell me you felt it too
Under the scaffolding of night
Did we hold on to each other too tight?
Cuz it was us against the world
It was us against the world
It was us against the world
It wasn’t always bad
And through the air I knew,
Swept up in the flow of
Falling in love with you,
You had to feel it too
Under the scaffolding of night
We held onto each other too tight
But it was us against the world
It was us against the world
It was us against the world
Meeting you again just makes me sad
Seeing what we had wash up on the shore
We don’t speak the same language anymore
We don’t speak that language anymore
But how could you forget?
How could you forget?
How could I forget?
How could I forget?
We don’t speak that language anymore
But then I wonder if we ever even did
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The leaves were starting to change in Jamaica Plain
We spent the day outside with the last few signs of summer
And then we threw on Morphine and stayed up much too late
And in the morning you gave me something to hide love’s watercolors
But you broke my heart
I’m keeping your scarf
It’ll get me through the winter without you
In the snowy nights
It’ll pull me tight
Better than you could ever do
Now the weather’s changed, I don’t feel much anymore
It’s hard to when you’re frozen, icy, numb
I’m tired of trying to break down your battered door
But I’m still here cuz it’s still too cold to run
You broke my heart
I’m keeping your scarf
It’ll get me through the winter without you
In the snowy nights
It’ll pull me tight
Better than you could ever do
Sometimes I wonder where it all went wrong
Was there a point when I became too much to bear?
Do you even feel bad how you strung me along?
At least when the frost bit I had something new to wear
Cuz you broke my heart
I’m keeping your scarf
It’ll get me through the winter without you
In the snowy nights
It’ll pull me tight
Better than you could ever do
You broke my heart
I’m keeping your scarf
It’ll get me through the winter without you
In the snowy nights
It’ll pull me tight
Better than you could ever do
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3. |
A Memorable Shade
04:56
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When we first moved into town
Kim and I didn’t know anyone
You knocked on the door and said a group was going out
And you asked if we would come
So we all walked downtown at 9
After we put the kids to bed
As we came upon the hill looking down
We saw the golden town lights gleaming at us ahead
Those days are colored
With a memorable shade
Those never ending nights
Down at the corner bar
I never thought how it
Couldn’t be the same
If you went away
Sometimes I wonder where you are
Every first Tuesday of the month,
I knew you’d call and we’d all get together
And even when the cancer reared its ugly head
You said you couldn’t miss a party like that ever
Those days are colored
With a memorable shade
Those never ending nights
Down at the corner bar
I never thought how it
Couldn’t be the same
If you went away
Sometimes I wonder where you are
The nights are quieter since you’ve gone
We don’t go out much anymore
Our friends have scattered like spilled die
from a drunk’s crapshoot
But I don’t mind
I spent ten years of my life knowing you
And what more could I ask for?
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4. |
St. Patrick's Day
02:49
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The first thing I notice as I step outside is the silence
Crashing ‘round my ears like thunder
Dissolving into the great suffocating gray sky blanket
A hundred yards ahead
Someone walks toward me
It’s the same game of chicken
Who will cross the street first
Looks like it’s me again
Things could be worse
It’s strange how it all changed so quickly
A lone car speeds up and swerves down our sleepy street
Phone in one hand, latte in the other
We’re all about to die anyway
Anyway, an empty bus shuttles contagious air up and down Harvard Street
While a coughing homeless man rubs his hands and shuffles his feet
Looking for something to eat
How sweet
A man in a business suit and a surgeon’s mask hands him a card
Five bucks off at Five Guys
Now that wasn’t hard
He steps into a blinking Infinity
Drives off to God-Knows-Where
Over there, in the 7/11 window
A tired man sits at the register
With stains on his fingers from counting money
He stares out into a quiet store
Where CNN tells him what he’s heard before
But no one really hears anything
And no one really knows anything
And all through the city,
Someone’s pressed pause
On all normal living
Till someone finds the cause
And patents it
And things go back to the way things was
And everyone wants change but no one does
Anything about it too inconvenient
Cuz the people at the top’ll do anything to stay
While people at the bottom just wish they were smarter;
Well times are pretty hard, let’s drink something harder,
And we’ll all just say what we’re supposed to say
In the hopes that someone else’ll make it okay
I hear it gets better the louder you pray
And by the way,
Happy saint patrick’s day
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5. |
The Day After
03:24
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- Instrumental -
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6. |
Everybody Stumbles
04:34
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We drove through the night
Till at last we reached the coast
Cut the lights and rolled to a stop
I should be home
But I’d been sleeping like a ghost
And anyway, we had the music you’d brought
It’d been a long strange drive
I’d hardly seen your face
When the silence got too loud
Sometimes I’d turn the volume up
Pressed to the window
Your eyes were wide awake
And you’d sigh and put a hand on my arm
Now we sit, shoulder to shoulder
And the air is getting colder
And so, I’m afraid, are you and I
You said you’re starting to crumble
But everybody stumbles
No one can stand on their own all the time
The sea was deserted
Even the fish had gone to sleep
And I wondered what the point was
Of driving to the beach
In the moment
It’s fine to follow your feet
But if you fall, my hands are still within reach
Now we sit, shoulder to shoulder
And the air is getting colder
And so, I’m afraid, are you and I
You said you’re starting to crumble
But everybody stumbles
No one can stand on their own all the time
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7. |
Chasing Winter
01:17
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- instrumental -
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8. |
Lightning In A Snowstorm
05:04
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It wasn’t hard
for me to let you in
It wasn’t hard,
but maybe it should’ve been
I don’t know
how you wandered into my life
But I’m still wasting time
wondering if I played my cards right
Twelve years or twelve days,
I felt I’d known you forever
Is loving at the wrong time
Better than never?
We both knew what we had
Couldn’t happen twice
You were lightning in a snowstorm
And you flashed out of my life
Were we moving too fast
in that flurry of early love?
Were you stuck in the past?
Was I just some easy blood?
Did I do something wrong?
What made you want to go?
I wish you would tell me
cuz I’m drowning in the snow
Twelve years or twelve days,
I felt I’d known you forever
Is loving at the wrong time
Better than having never?
We both knew what we had
Couldn’t happen twice
You were lightning in a snowstorm
And you flashed out of my life
One day as the sun
Scorched the snow from the lawn
I dreamt I had lost you
And awoke to find you gone
You’re a thousand rays of light
But if there’s something I’ve learned,
Even the coldest ice don’t see it coming
When the sun strikes down to burn
Twelve years or twelve days,
I felt I’d known you forever
Is loving at the wrong time
Better than having never?
We both knew what we had
Couldn’t happen twice
You were lightning in a snowstorm
And you flashed out of my life
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9. |
The Streets We Shared
04:29
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I’ll bandage up my feet with roses
Put them in a jar
They’re blistering and breaking
And won’t get me very far
You know I tried my best
But as you may have guessed
You’re turning north, I’m due south
And we’re driving different cars
But I’ll remember
I’ll remember the streets we shared
In the corner of my room
And when I’m tucked inside my bed
Come smokey whispered wistful words
Of the things you might’ve said
And I know it’s just a dream
As real as it may seem
I’ll wake up with a pounding heart
And sweat across my head
But I’ll remember
I’ll remember the streets we shared
Lately I’ve been thinking
That we’d be better off
Convincing ourselves
To stop convincing ourselves
That we’re ok
You should drive up to the northwest
Catch up with your spirit
That’s been waiting there for you
A thousand miles away
Sometimes I still see you
From the corner of my eye
As busses, cars and cabs and trains
Come on flying by
And I can’t see through the lights
That pierce the darkened night
And you rode away in your dusty car
And I’ve gone off in mine
But I’ll remember
I’ll remember the streets we shared
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Luke Frees Chicago, Illinois
I'm a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, performer, and producer living in Chicago. My songs are melodic and have a strong emphasis on narratives, with lyrics that often tell a story.
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