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Spare Me
03:04
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Save your gaze for when it matters
Don’t waste time on me
Don’t you fill your heart with murmurs
You don’t belong here, you don’t belong
You’re too strong here, too strong
Spare me torture, spare me pain
Don’t come through my door again
I can’t help it, I’m too weak
You don’t belong here, you don’t belong
You’re too strong here, too strong
Every night I stay awake
At the mercy of my sorry state
Who knows, who knows what you’re dreaming of
Just say the word and I’ll leave you alone
There’s no time for these regrets
But there are things I can’t forget
Just give me a break, I’m not ready yet
Just give me a break, I still need to make mistakes
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Aurock
03:55
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Call me tonight or call me tomorrow
Call me anytime you can
It’s not that I can’t live without
It’s just all I can think about
Call me before it gets too late
I’ll be embittered I’ll be irate
It’s not that I am desperate
It’s just you still haven’t said it yet
It’s in the way that you speak to me
Like we’ve been friends for a hundred years
I can’t get that nowhere else
I can’t get that nowhere else
And when we speak, it feels like life
Is really happening to us
What would I give, what would I give
To have that feeling every day and night
Hold still, you keep moving
When I try to get
A clear picture
Of what I forget
You disappear
I’ll start again
What do you shop for, do you have money
Where do you go when you leave your home
Where do your friends live, do you walk there
Or do you drive your car
If I was with you, where would we hang out
I just can’t picture it
What is your voice like when it’s late at night
And would we ever fight?
So I say
Hold still, you keep moving
When I try to get
A clear picture
Of what I forget
You disappear
I’ll start again
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I Have Loved Your Ghost
04:07
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Stand on the dock with the ship not coming
Wait for your wave
Stay by the waterside, and watch the morning tide
Chill to the bone on the dock not lucky
Naughtless again
Hurry to the nearest gunhouse
And watch the time run out
Trying to believe what the truth can’t be
Swimming in smoke
Sabotage your body and watch the feeling choke
Being in the right place at the right time
Can’t be enough
You can’t enjoy your luck
You have to work it up
I have loved your shadow
I have loved your ghost
And it hurts the most in the morning
When you’re not talking
Stare through the flesh of the girl not looking
Peel out your eyes
She doesn’t see you now
You haven’t earned it yet
Singing to a stone at the water’s edge
Pick it up, throw it
But now you wake up crooked
Cause you’ve been on my mind
I have loved your shadow
I have loved your ghost
And it hurts the most in the morning
When you’re not talking
I have loved your shadow
I have loved your ghost
And it hurts the most in the morning
When you’re not talking
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Eye to Eye
03:45
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Eye to eye, here it is
Everything, nothing else
But what we say
And will it last the whole day
Won’t let your searching eyes away
I’ll never know, I’ll just listen
And speak with only colours
You’re painting and I’m peering
Looking for the split in the canvas
Every time you let me go
I half remain and half abstain
I’m split in two
And have you hesitated too
Or does the noise become you?
I’ll never grow, I’ll just shapeshift
And pour into your mould
You’re singing and I’m listening
Looking for the break in your breath
Eye to eye here it is
Everything, all I can see
Your headlights
I’ll never sleep, just keep talking
Til silence descends on us
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Hollowed
04:53
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Tried to make a sound you could hear across
The rocks of the heart’s holy shield
Did it bouce off the pointed peaks
Did it brush through the western wheat
Kids mock my hanging jaw
I’m in awe of your silence
Do my words seem hollowed out
Have I said too much
Do my words seem hollowed out
Have I not done enough
Is the feeling short lived
Have we got no time
Tried to make a sound you could hear across
The rocks of the heart’s holy shield
Tried to make a sound, tried to make a sound
Try to lift a curse cause there’s nothing worse
Than the games that you play
Try to lift a curse cause there’s nothing worse
Than the games that you play
Do my words seem hollowed out
Have I said too much
Have I overstepped
Have I not done enough
Do my words seem hollowed out
Have I said too much
Tried to make a sound you could hear across
The rocks of the heart’s holy shield
Tried to make a sound, tried to make a sound
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Nursery
03:49
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You forgot to think of her
You forgot to remember
But when you get home
The one you want to soothe is wronged
There’s nothing left to do but wait
Til the walls leak and the blood starts dripping
Til the light’s out and your feet start tripping
Now I know what it is
To bite into the apple
Once you take it in
You’ll never spit it out again
You’ll never be so pure again
Til the walls leak and the blood starts dripping
Til the light’s out and your feet start tripping
Now we live in a half life
Crushed into a vial
Waiting for some explosion
To break us out for a while
Get thee into a nursery
Get back into your womb
You’re not fit for the outside world
Never leaving this room
Get thee into a nursery
Get back into your womb
You’re not fit for the outside world
Never leaving this room
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Is That Enough
04:32
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I never thought I’d end up here
In the dark of night, trying to catch a glimpse
Through the curtain frame of your window pane
Just a quiet dark and a lighter spark
Act out your heart, that’s how it starts
Now I’ve lost my mind, acting out of line
This man you love is a broken man
Part of his heart has burned to ash
Don’t miss it, dismiss it with a shrug
Don’t feed it, cause being needed is a drug
If you stay, I’ll show you real love
Unashamed, uncautious
Is that enough?
Here I lie awake, she’s down the street
Nothing I can do, can’t sleep or eat
She’ll come around, she said she would
Would if she could, not unless she could
Don’t miss it, dismiss it with a shrug
Don’t feed it, cause being needed is a drug
If you stay, I’ll show you good love
Uncynical, unconditional
Is that enough?
Leave us alone, go and get a life
Don’t drag her down, like you drag yourself
She’s dear to me, more than you can see
You’re not the only man, you’re periphery
You’re periphery, you’re periphery
Fuck no, get away, you’re a leech
You’re a loser, you abuse her, can’t reach
If you know being needed is a drug
You use it, and now you lose it
Have you had enough?
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No Words
04:36
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I see you sitting across from me
Brows lifted in expectation
I almost want to shrug you off, laugh you off
You wanna find a common ground
You’re gonna have to build it for us
Cause I’m a million miles away, far away
And if you’re looking for an answer
Now is not the time
Cause I have no words
And if you’re looking for conclusions
I am not your man
Cause I have no words
Well I can give you a hand to hold
And I can keep you warm from the cold
But in my heart I’m alone with me, honestly
Maybe the years will see a change
Maybe I’ll die as a stranger
But I just want you understand what I am
And if you’re looking for an answer
Now is not the time
Cause I have no words
And if you’re looking for conclusions
I am not your man
Cause I have no words
Are you scared
Are you scared of what’s not there
Do you dare
Do you dare to take the risk
Of missing out on someone who will always be there
Well I can give you a hand to hold
And I can keep you warm from the cold
But in my heart I’m alone with me, honestly
Maybe the years will see a change
Maybe I’ll die as a stranger
But I just want you understand what I am
And if you’re looking for tomorrow
You are out of luck
Cause I have no words
And if you want me to appease you
This is not the way
Cause I have no words
No words, no words
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9. |
The Best
04:11
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Staring at the words you sent to me
Trying to force a feeling
You’re so worth it
You deserve the best, my girl
You have been so true
But I am not the best, my girl
It’s up to you
You could find someone who deserves you
You could find someone to stick around
Every time I think of what I put you through
I’m giving up hope
Night is dark and cold, I hold you
Keeping you so warm
Sun will rise on all our troubles
You’ll walk away
You could find someone who deserves you
You could find someone to stick around
Every time I think of what I put you through
I’m giving up hope
You could find someone who deserves you
You could find someone to stick around
Every time I think of what I put you through
I’m giving up hope
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10. |
I Picture You
03:06
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All the way back
To the mist of our history
All the way back
To the first conversation
All the way back, all the way back
To the spark that lit the flame
The beginning of the end
I picture you
With gorgeous wrinkles
I picture you
With blond grey hair
I picture you, I picture you
With the smile that knows it all
Don’t reach for me
I’m drifting in oblivion
Don’t look for me
I’m not what you need
Don’t hope for me, don’t wait for me
I’m a newborn spirit
And I just can’t cut it
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Omhouse Toronto, Ontario
Toronto alt-rock band headed by Steven Foster with bandmates Sam Gleason, Evan Cartwright, Anh Phung and Ben Harney.
Photo by Alyson Hardwick
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