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Black Bear

by Andrew Belle

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1.
Dark Matter 05:18
Just cause your heart’s afraid Doesn’t give the right to say I was born this way You see the part you played All the silhouettes you’ve made Fleet the light of Day I wish I was innocent in a bad way But I’ve found You don’t come after soldiers Unless they were yours in the first place Oh I swim in a violet sea But I’m bending the light connecting you to me So write a ‘lettre de marque’ and see Oh if this dark matter heart can bleed out right Why do I push away When your welcome is overstayed All I breathe is grey But through the disarray You’re the emissary vein To my left right brain Oh cause, I wish I was reticent in my own strength But I’ve found You don’t hold your composure When I say that with a straight face See you brought your wits about you The black bear that’ll haunt you If I can feel it, why do I need to see it – do I? See you brought your wits about you The black bear that’ll haunt you I don’t see it, oh did I ever feel it – did I? See you brought your wits about you The black bear that’ll haunt you
2.
Pieces 04:01
You and me Got ourselves a problem I can see this Better than I solve em I believed I found a way around it I will leave This better than I found it There’s too much smoke to see it There’s too much broke to feel this Well I love you, I love you And all of your pieces History’s a letter made of scarlet Victories look better when you’ve called it Misery’s the moment when I lost you It’s pleasure in a costume It’s more than what it cost you All of your pieces
3.
Sister 05:17
Sister I remember Mother kept happy when she could Weather in December Never felt as warm as it should You were like a feather Never land where we thought you would Or anywhere close to it Who would have thought you never would So tell me what happens When the waves break And you’re surrounded He tries to kill you And you allow it Sister I remember The morning light on evergreen What seemed like forever Was just my mind escaping me Imitation leather The smell of blood left on the seat Was that your way of proving We look the same from underneath So tell me what happens When the waves break And you’re surrounded He tries to kill you And you allow it And you allow it Over and over he says I surround you I surround you I never leave my beloved I’ve found you I surround you I surround you, I I never leave my beloved I’ve found you
4.
Black Bear 05:11
Help, help I’m drowning In the sea where I found you The kerosene in your skin The chemistry that I’m bound to Picture me on an ocean In a chest that I hollow I picture you in slow motion Somewhere in west Colorado Well I don’t know where that place is If I did I would follow I don’t know what this taste is If I did I would swallow Thought I knew all the answers Thought I held all the keys The black bear that I led you too Wants more than I can speak Thought I drew out the cancers Thought I fell the disease Turns out that I need you now Much more than you need me A track meet in my car Complicates what I told you The back beat in my heart Syncopates when I hold you Well I don’t know what the use is If I did I’d unfold you I don’t know what the truth is If I did I’d have told you Thought I knew all the answers Thought I held all the keys The black bear that I led you too Wants more than I can speak Thought I drew out the cancers Thought I fell the disease Turns out that I need you now Much more than you need me
5.
So where do I begin this my love Am I blowing down your door way If so then I’ll rebuild it this time And I’ll be on my way Come if you believe me Come if you remember the way If not then I will find you this time Wishing you had stayed Because it It wants what it wants The heart does It wants what it wants The heart, the heart It wants what it wants The heart does It wants what it wants The heart, the heart So how do I forget this my love And when do I belong here If trouble is a pathway we build Then I’m a pioneer Blame it on the illness Blame it on the winter we’ve had But suddenly the finger I pointed Is on the other hand Pushing the night Bending the light I succumb to I succumb to it Pushing the night Bending the light
6.
Details 03:49
I confess, I’m heartless Live to guess So I don’t mind your lips Oh you wear that dress And I become an easy target Shoot to kill I guess The only chance you’ve got No one ever told you You might turn Might turn to fire I could never hold you You might turn Might turn to fire The devil’s gonna let on That you’re in the details Ivory black in my head Break your back But I won’t hound you to death Fine I’ll hold my breath Til I forget, it’s complicated Time is all the steps you either made here Or you didn’t Oh you might turn You might turn, might turn Oh you might turn You might turn yet No one ever told you You might turn Might turn to fire I could never hold you You might turn Might turn to fire The devil’s gonna let on That you’re in the details
7.
Santa Fe 03:45
I don’t know what’s happening Palpitations of White is snow And the coffee’s on Maturation of All you remember All your secret doorways Battle’s not with flesh and blood White is snow My good fortune I never came across a spark worth faking I should have told you I never really had a heart for the taking Like a cartoon I tried to pull your head the other way around Ooh ooh ooh
8.
The Enemy 04:46
My heart gets lost like a message My head is on the clouds And I don’t get it And so I’m fashionably numb Sometimes it helps to forget Where we come from Out of the mire we were torn from Remember Out of the fire again But I’m an ember I hold a banner for you But it’s upside down You got a question or two But I’m tongue tied now Don’t try to follow me I would Hold you down if I could Make you the enemy I would Let you down I took a ride on the champagne You took a flight over San Fran Bay We washed misunderstood Your heart was warm like a brother’s should But then the gallow gave way Sometimes they call after you But you say Don’t try to follow me I would Hold you down if I could Make you the enemy I would Let you down I hold you down I hold you down I hold you
9.
Many Lives 04:46
I’m just getting over this My fingers are arguing over which One of them gets to climb down your wrist Introduce themselves to yours first I try to make sense of this Cause my lips are starting to make a list Of all of the things that they seem to have missed Before the day that they met yours Oh but, how many lives have we How many lives have we How many lives have we led You’re just getting over him Your eyes are shining But oh so dim I heard he tore you apart limb from limb You promise it wasn’t the worst And I hope there’s enough for you Cause my love is bleeding and slightly bruised You be the page and then I’ll be the glue Come here, I’ll show you it hurts Forget all the times that you sat felt sorry for yourself Cause that’s done I hope that you’re falling for me and not just for my wealth Cause there’s none My heart’s speeding up so I think that we should take it slow Oh no, I Think we should try to see just how far this thing can go Oh, oh I’m just getting over her It’s funny cause I thought I was so sure You be the patient and I’ll be the cure Ain’t that just the way that it goes Oh but, how many lives have we How many lives have we How many lives have we led
10.
I’m alone The son of tears Thought I was free but I wasted All these years The rancor Won’t fit ya So now I wait for the phone call To come get ya I pull up You crawl out Of a window in the basement of Your parent’s house A new song It’s unsung Now there’s some dust and a rectangle Where my picture hung I won’t fight it I won’t fight it I won’t I won’t fight it I won’t Woo ooh A sharp tongue It’s obvious Now there’s a room in a hospital Where your body is The B-bridge I walk to it If there’s a crowd waiting for me there I’ll break through it, but I won’t fight it I won’t fight it I won’t I won’t fight it I won’t Woo ooh

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released August 20, 2013

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Andrew Belle Chicago, Illinois

Andrew Belle is a Chicago-based singer-songwriter. He released his debut album, The Ladder, in 2010 and Black Bear, in 2013. Andrew was presented a John Lennon Songwriting award in 2009 and is currently part of the acclaimed US touring group Ten Out Of Tenn. Both The Ladder and Black Bear were selected as iTunes Top 10 Singer/Songwriter Albums of the Year, 2010 and 2013. ... more

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