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Not Today
06:12
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What do I have when the wind blows you away?
What do I want to keep of the years that I gave to you?
Your eyes are a mirror, the ways that I don't see you
You don't see me
Yet I see it clear, I see the post-it on your wall
It says
Not today
Is the day that devotion
Is why I'll stay
In something that doesn't serve me
Not today
Is the day that I will bear the weight
Of your mistakes
As if it were up to me
When the fire winds came
As Summer turned to Fall
That's when I received your letter
The one that changed everything
Circle dance in Santa Cruz
The way you laughed, how my heart bruised
Not today
Is the day that devotion
Is why I'll stay
Right where you left me
Not today
Is the day that I will bear the weight
Of your mistakes
As if it were up to me
Held onto you for balance on the train when we were young
It was you who kept me standing in a city that made me fall
Perfect teeth in Clinton Hill
Bagel weight, I love you still
The way you love
Will show in time
Until then
I'll say goodbye
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Kelly Reichardt
02:46
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3. |
Rose City
02:58
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Up in Rose City is where I first met you
This won't sound pretty
But this is how I try for you
Gently touch my stomach
Where I hold my fear
I can feel you drifting
While I'm nowhere near
You took me dancing
We glide across the room
It's almost over
And I'm afraid to go home with you
I just want to touch you
But I've forgotten how
Finally you leave me
I remember now
I remember now
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4. |
Talking to Mary
03:32
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Talking to Mary, you know you don't have to shout
She can hear what you're thinking like you're saying it right out loud
She sees behind that dirty look
It was her that followed down every every stupid turn you took
One day she'll go, I told you so
One day she'll go, I told you so
Saw the one big problem you keep under your hat
And its pretty unlikely that anybody else will be cool with that
Bus fare in your pocket, more money down in your sock
But she can't tell you how to contact her if you won't listen to her talk
One day she'll go, I told you so
One day she'll go, I told you so
Its no problem, I'll just keep quiet if its easier for you
To make believe then that I don't love you as much as I do
One day she'll go, I told you so
One day she'll go, I told you so
I told you so, I told you so
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5. |
White Owl
03:55
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We drove at night
On a dirt road in the forest
And a white owl guided us between our headlights
Just like our owl, our love disappeared
But I remember what it's like to love you
To love you
We kissed in the desert
You said my eyes glowed red and I didn't care
You were the shadow of an oak tree and I'm on LSD
We slept at your work
Behind the industrial fridge
And climbed through the basement of where we used to live
Used to live
The raindrops waited
Until the nightfall when we parted ways
We chased the sunset
As if it were something we could ever keep
Just like our owl, our sun disappeared
But I remember what it's like to love you
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Friends
03:23
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Please don't be afraid
All your friends are here
They will hold you near through good times and bad
And Bad
Things don't go as planned
Love will break your heart
Family falls apart
Why do you hold on?
Hold on
People change
You will too
But in the end
Friends are true
Don't you give up
Never Give up
I won't give up
We won't give up
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7. |
Votive Candle
01:52
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Why can't you be someone who can bear this weight for me?
Let's face the facts your not like that
I'm out alone at sea
Tow me in, cast me out
Give me things to hurt about
Pawns and bishops grip my throat
I want to see this through
But neither player wins the game
If this is what you'll do
Tow the line, live the lie
Kiss me with tongue
And steal my light
But maybe you'll be the exception
If I just open up my heart
And let you in my trash cathedral
Where you can light a votive candle
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8. |
Big Heart
03:22
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We drove in your car to follow the fox
Amongst the grass and sands that you adored
One evening on that frozen Jersey Shore
I tried my best to love your sister
Who ate steamed vegetables and nothing more
Drank cosmos with your mom on the Jersey Shore
You once said I'll love you forever
But only 'til my body isn't yours
How can I keep my big heart open
When everyone I love is a closing door
We flew in a plane to the Hilton in Miami
Your father booked a suite on card rewards
And kept the room too cold on the eighteenth floor
Like spring you came
Like winter you went
When on that trip you said we were no more
You once said I'll love you forever
But only 'til
My body wasn't yours
How can I keep my big heart open
When everyone I love is a closing door
Like evening on that frozen Jersey Shore
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Deer of Mine
05:23
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Took you down at the side of the road
You're still warm
But there is no pulse
Flies gather in the corners of your eyes
Deer of mine, deer of mine
Let me help you up and we'll walk around
There's so much to do in this no deer town
The sky is your door and the earth your bed
You don't need to love you're already dead
Laid you down on yellow and black lines
You're still here but we're out of time
Vacant eyes as I hold you in my arms
Your last breath says goodbye
Let me help you up and we'll walk around
There's so much to do in this no deer town
The sky is your door and the earth your bed
You don't need to love you're already dead
You're already dead
You're already dead
You're already dead
You're already dead
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10. |
Witch Mtn.
03:04
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Purple light flows between our hands
Like Anna and Danny who didn't stay but ran
Escape to Witch Mtn. when the going got tough
I wish that you stayed
But did I do enough to help you stay
They turned your bed into a T.V. room
Where we watch Netflix in your catacomb
Your silver spoon took your last breath away
I didn't say bye but if I could today
I would say
You were the only one who got me
I play this guitar because of you
This purple light still flows through me
I hope it flows through you too
Through the friends that you left
Through the family that you left
Through the mess that you left
Purple light
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Shea Devlin Oakland, California
Shea Devlin is a musician and filmmaker from Santa Barbara, California. Haunting honesty and melancholic acoustic progressions characterize her stripped down folk sound. Her music is dedicated to her late brother, Sean.
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