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No one would blame you,
We’ve all gone a little wrong.
Sometimes you just need
Something to help you along.
A new thought:
They don’t get you.
How could they understand?
The things they said,
None of it matters;
Nonsense & clatter.
Time to get a new plan.
All it takes is a decision,
And we can start right now:
A brand new beginning,
And soon we’ll be winning,
And nothing from before will count.
No one would blame you,
We’ve all gone a little wrong.
Sometimes you just need
Something to help you along.
This will be the last time,
Then we can finally move on.
They shouldn’t always try to control you;
No one should tell you that you're wrong.
There’s a fire in your throat:
You’re choking on the relief.
But, by god, now that’s got it
You know that you’ve caught it
And now you finally can breathe.
Ah, breathe
Breathe sweet relief
Breathe
Breathe that sweet relief
No one would blame you,
We’ve all gone a little wrong.
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All On Me
03:40
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You won’t hear too much
About what’s going on with me
I got no desire to disturb another’s peace
I don’t say a lot
And that’s all on me
There’s a shade of lonely
in every bit of grief
Acting like you got it figured out
Is the closest you get to peace
The closest you’ll get to peace:
That’s all on me
—---- CHORUS —--
Hey, you shouldn’t pray for change
Things might look different
Even if they stay the same
Hey, maybe it’s the way it’s gotta be
—---------------
I keep looking for a reason
In exchange for sanity.
I keep hoping
For an easy answer to all these things
But there ain’t no bigger plot;
Nah, that’s all on me
There’s the person that you wish you were
But then there’s all the things
you gotta to do
A million careless decisions
Are the building blocks of you
And then they tell us that we’re free
And that’s all on me
—---- CHORUS —--
Hey - it’ll strip you to a man
You can watch it fall apart
While you do everything you can
Hey, it’s all on me
—---------------
—---- BRIDGE —--
If you need something done,
Do it for yourself
No use standing around,
Waiting on somebody else
—---------------
—---- CHORUS —--
Hey, you shouldn’t pray for change
Things might look different
Even if they stay the same
Hey, maybe it’s the way it’s gotta be
—---------------
That’s all on me
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3. |
A Danger to Yourself
05:28
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Dry as dirt.
Creaking hand.
Truth is hard to swallow
As a mouth of powdered sand:
perched high on an unreachable shelf.
You’ll never go home again
You’re a danger to yourself
Love the sinner
Hate the sin
Always a different reason
To try the same thing again
Again and again
No new tale to tell
There’s always someone else to blame
You’re a danger to yourself
Keep on
Keep on
The only way you know
Even when the cracks start to show
When all the doctor’s medicine
Is no good for your health
It isn’t safe to share the truth
You’re a danger to yourself
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4. |
Blind Spot
04:14
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Don’t wanna think, just got these details in my head
Don’t wanna go back over all the things I should have said
Don’t want to feel like I can’t have reasons of my own
The bigger picture’s not something that I can own
Hey, it’s right there in your face
Hey, I’ve gone all black and white in a world of greys
I’ve got all the words, but you’re the one with things to say
It’s in my face
A blind spot to put you in your place
Don’t want to think, just got some stories I could tell
Can’t find the humor and the metaphor as well
After all the damage done, the pennies fell, the stack collapsed
And I’m just sitting here waiting for the memories to come back
Hey, it’s right there in your face
Hey, I’ve gone all black and white in a world of greys
I’ve got all the words, but you’re the one with things to say
It’s in my face
A blind spot to put you in your place
That’s not my hand next to me on the bed
That’s not my mouth saying things you think I said
You’re trying to help
But you can’t fight
The war inside my head
And if your right hand betrays you
You've got your left one there instead
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Some Things Never Change
04:51
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On the couch, the morning half gone
Nobody’s watching, the TV is on
To keep the thoughts from getting too loud
To keep the pain from getting let out
A home where the truth wasn’t safe,
Those childhood ghosts that never were faced
The air is heavy, the carpet is old,
But hidden nearby, there’s a bottle half full
She’ll run away
From the fear
and the truth
and the love
and the pain
Until there’s nothing
left to save
And it's all hard as hell
A million miles from safe or well
But if you’re waiting for a miracle
Some things never change
Alone in the car, another hard day,
Recent affection: an ocean away
It’ll be fine, just bite your tongue
Hit the road
Thy will be done
You can’t know
How good it feels to just let go
But numbness comes
and numbness goes
And it leaves you feeling like hell
A million miles away from safe and well
And here we’re waiting for a miracle,
But, well, some things never change
You can’t know
How good it feels to just let go
When some things never change
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Lightholder San Francisco, California
For more than three decades, Seán Lightholder has sought to tell stories through his music, and for better or worse, he's got some heartbreakers to tell now. Lightholder is a fifth-generation San Franciscan who soaked up the city’s eclectic sounds and cultures. He lived in Ireland for a time and there became deeply influenced by its music and rhythms. ... more
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