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Dark Matter
05:18
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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
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Pieces
04:01
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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
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3. |
Sister
05:17
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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
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Black Bear
05:11
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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
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5. |
Wants What It Wants
04:57
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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
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6. |
Details
03:49
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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
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7. |
Santa Fe
03:45
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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
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8. |
The Enemy
04:46
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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
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9. |
Many Lives
04:46
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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
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10. |
I Won't Fight It
05:31
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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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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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