1. |
Is That So Much To Ask
04:27
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Got an angel on my shoulder who keeps whispering a date
There's something in my pocket and I cannot bear its weight
I can see the darkness lurking in the corners of your eyes
I want to keep it from you, love, but these waters tend to rise
Yet this light still spills through windows and the cracks beneath our doors
My hands they won't stop to shaking but my fingers fit with yours
I don't know if the world ends in a whimper or a bang
But I do know how my chest ached when you smiled as I sang
CHORUS
My ribcage aches with not a heartbeat but the ticking of a clock
Yet our shadows merge behind us on the concrete as we walk
Maybe happiness comes in only flickers or a flash
I just want you with me always is so much to ask?
Is that so much to ask?
Oh, my love, I see the darkness in your dreams
The floor will give beneath us because I am far too weak
You pulled me out of shadows and I want to do the same
But my hands are tied by things of which I do not know the name
You make the streets feel solid, make me feel like flesh and bone
For a place I don't belong, goddamn, you make it feel like home
But the scars across our bodies whisper truths that I can't stand
So I'll whisper your name softly and reach out to take your hand
CHORUS
Cause together you and I we helped something to grow
How two specters found courage to give life I'll never know
Yet that seedling pushed its way up through the January snow
And I'm terrified of being made to ever let that go
To ever let that go
CHORUS
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2. |
What We Have
03:40
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What we have isn't something that can burn to the core
With its rampant fire and flames
What we have has yet no name
What we have is awkward and informal, just like us
Just like everything we do
Just silly me and you
PRECHORUS:
But I don't know if we should call it love
I wouldn't quite call it that yet
But please, dear, don't fret
'Cause I don't know
How these things grow
To embrace us, to encompass
All the world will show
CHORUS:
Cus I am young, and there are many things
That I have yet to see
I have yet to be
And some seem to think that
What they have is unlike anything
The world has ever seen
But I am not quite so naive
CHORUS 2:
Cus I am young, but I am cautious
Not to throw these words around
My feet are on the ground
And I don't feel, no,
I don't feel like I am flying
Like poets say, or prose
I just feel a bit more happy when you're near
That's all I know
That's all I know
What we have is like a painting that's been set out to dry
Like clay that has yet to fire
A rocket shooting higher
What we have is so much more than what we have
Do you sort of understand?
For now just take my hand
PRECHORUS
CHORUS
CHORUS 2 x2
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3. |
A Little Time
02:46
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Lately I take things day by day
Worry too much about what I say
And right now, it seems that might be okay
I’m scared of taxes, cars, and rent
Not sure where my last paycheck went
Still learning what the last few years meant
CHORUS:
But I found a hand to hold in mine
Been told that I know how to shine
So kid, just give it a little time
I’ve years ahead to see a sign
It's all right to not be doing fine
So kid, just give it a little time
It’s okay to not be perfect, dear
Something I’ve needed to hear
Whispered words to calm my rising fears
Sometimes I need to remind
Myself not to become too blind
By things that won’t come for quite some time
CHORUS
There’s lots in time that might change me
Don’t know yet what it means to be
I guess that it’s all right to wait and see
CHORUS
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Little one, won't you look outside your window
Seems night's shadows have given up on this town
Darling one, won't you open up your shutters
Seems there's voices in the street calling you down
[PRECHORUS]
Remember whispers on your skin and wear them proudly
Your hands will shake when you play out, but please sing loudly
What a shame, you have known the darkest corners of your mind
And what a shame, you believed you were something to leave behind
[CHORUS]
While it still lurks in songs and parking lots and pictures like a frantic knot
That tightens in your chest, my boy, believe.
Listen to the stars above that shine for you with endless love
Illuminate your nights and set you free
After all, everyone knows that good things, they come in threes
Darling one, can't you feel the sun upon your skin?
From a place where there are only open doors
Precious one, they have always been trying to lead you home
Where there live two hearts that have always been yours
[PRECHORUS]
[CHORUS]
[BRIDGE]
You don't have to wander these streets alone
There are hands reaching out, hands reaching to guide you home
There is light in you, so much light that you have shone
You don't have, don't have to wander alone
[CHORUS]
After all, everyone knows that, everyone knows that, everyone knows that, you see
After all, everyone knows that good things, they come in threes
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5. |
Smoke
03:31
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I sometimes wonder why
The sky look grey
Have the rain-clouds come again
And this time now to stay, oh
And I sometimes wonder why
I cannot see?
Is it this haze of smoke that’s settled over me?
Sometimes I wonder why
Her eyes look green
Have I somehow missed something
That I should have seen, oh
Sometimes I wonder why
I cannot breathe
Is it this haze of smoke that’s settled over me?
Sometimes I wonder why
The sea looks black
I wonder how far I’d go
If I just stopped turning back, oh
Sometimes I wonder
How I still believe
With all this smoke that seems to settle over me?
Sometimes I wonder why
The rain looks clear
If I wait just long enough
Will I see the sun appear? Oh,
Sometimes I wonder
How the world’s perceived
Past all this smoke this seems to settle over me
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Zoe Johnson East Lansing, Michigan
Nonbinary queer singer-songwriter.
[they/them pronouns]
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