1. |
Lost for Now
03:27
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Can you imagine the panic at the first sunset?
Down on your knees begging it not to go
Why would you warm up my heart and my skin
Just to leave me alone in the end
I truly don't know how to make it
Now that you're gone
Why? Why do you take?
Leaving my heart on a limb just to see how it breaks
Feels like everything is lost
'Til you hold me
Saying it's only lost for now
Can you imagine the joy eleven hours later?
There's a chorus of birds teaching me how to sing
Hard to believe all the people I see
Brighter today than they were in my dreams
I hear the notes of my pain and you're making a song
Why? Why do you take?
Leaving my heart on a limb like it's some kind of game
Feels like everything is lost
'Til you hold me
Saying it's only lost for now
Hard to believe what you say
Hard to believe what you say
But I wanna believe when you say that it's all coming back one day
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2. |
If You Really Knew Me
04:03
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You throw your arms open wide and I extend my hand
I'm running out of excuses not to let you in
Call it the burden of the human race
My deepest longing and my deepest fear
Are exactly the same
If you really knew me
Could you really love me
I keep on hiding out and holding it in
If you really saw me
Would you really want me
I don't know how to let you love me again
And I extend my hand
I hear us talking around the words we ought to say
I'll be a sketch of myself for now to play it safe
Still I can feel you pulling on my heart
And I could tell you what I want in the end
But I'm lost in my head at the start
If you really knew me
Could you really love me
I keep on hiding out and holding it in
If you really saw me
Would you really want me
I don't know how to let you love me again
And I extend my hand
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3. |
Cluttered Soul
03:26
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Another day in the old world
Somebody's pouring it on
Just when you get over one thing
They send another along
I need a minute to go through
What I've been carrying 'round
But then again there's a lot here
And no one showing me how
I'm a cluttered soul
Bad at letting go
And I'm crying out
Just a cluttered soul
Bad at letting go
Can you clear it out?
The only thing that I'm needing
Is tucked away in the back
Under a mountain of old things
They say I'm lucky to have
If I could throw it away now
I'm sure it'd help me to breathe
But if I threw it away now
I don't know what I would be
Just a cluttered soul
Turning animal
And I'm crying out
I'm a cluttered soul
Bad at letting go
Til you come around
I see you giving me one thing
Saying it's all that I have
Finally sounds like a good thing
If it's as simple as that
Looking for something that stays true
If I believe it or not
You say you're making it brand new
If I believe you or not
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4. |
I'll Be Here
02:47
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So you're right back in that place
Got you mad and that's ok
You're not angry with me
I just happen to be
The closest thing
I can hold that
Hope you know that
I'll be here when you wanna unpack
Everything that weighs you down
Don't be sorry
Put it on me
I'll be here with you in the story
I'll be here with you while you figure it out
With you while you're finding yourself
With you while you figure it
Out of nowhere memory
Got you back at seventeen
Couldn't carry it all
So you buried it all
Now it's always there underneath on repeat
I can hold that
Hope you know that
I'll be here when you wanna unpack
Everything that weighs you down
Don't be sorry
Put it on me
I'll be here with you in the story
I'll be here with you while you figure it out
With you while you're finding yourself
With you while you figure it out
With you while you're finding yourself
And if we never figure it out
And you're right back in that place
Got you sad and that's ok
I'll be here if you need
I'm just happy to be
The closest thing
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Climb up the chair by the window
You were looking for your friend
Mama said "they'll be here soon"
Makes me wonder what's in your head
"Soon" that's a tough one
All it means is not right now
And for you just a couple of moments
Are the same as a hundred hours
What to do?
When all you want is forever away
Or maybe it's soon
Either way
It takes a long time to wait
We used to dream by the window
Lots of laughter, steady smiles
Something pure, something simple
Now I can't take a joke and there's dirt in my eyes
I've been trying to clean them
But there's dust on the other side
I see you so dimly right now
And I'm waiting
I've been waiting for things to go bright
What to do?
When all you want is forever away
Or maybe it's soon
Either way
It takes a long time to wait
Keep a chair by the window
For the waiting in the night
And we pray for the morning
Though we can't find a hint of the light
Can you give me a window?
Just a glimpse of what heaven is like
I've been looking for something
But I can't see a lot with these same old tired eyes
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6. |
Night Sky
02:42
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Good behind it all
Tell me it's still true
Maybe the night sky is the proof
Blanket full of blue
Every small break
Making the light stream on through
Devil cut me down
Keeping a tight hold
Thinking he might have some control
Thought by now he'd know
All of his plans fail
After a dark night of the soul
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7. |
Plead
03:32
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There's more pain in this room than we could imagine
We're wearing it different ways
There's some on our sleeves
And some buried deep
And we don't have the right words to pray
Tell us the end of the story
Show us the glory ahead
See how the proud and the mighty have fallen
And the broken are lifting their heads
There's more shame in this room than we could imagine
It's grabbing our joy by the throat
With the air I have left
I will plead with my savior
For the faith I can't make on my own
Tell us the end of the story
Show us the glory ahead
See how the loud and self-righteous have fallen
And the broken are lifting their heads
There's more life up ahead than we could imagine
Our sorrows will turn into laughter again
We'll drink wine and break bread
And boast in our weakness
Talk of the ways we were raised from the dead
Tell us the end of the story
Show us the glory ahead
See how the proud and the mighty have fallen
And the sinners are lifting their heads
All the sinners are lifting their heads
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8. |
What If We Fall
03:22
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Why did I say it like I said it?
I didn't mean it I was dealing with a lot on my brain
Oh what a terrible excuse
Love isn't easy and I hate that we're just letting it fade
We're both of us to blame
And maybe both afraid
Together all the same
What if we fall
What if we try starting over
What if our faults don't keep us from getting closer
What if we saw what it could be when we're older
What if we fall
What if we fall back in love
My arm around your shoulder
I had a feeling I could hold you for the rest of my days
A beverage on the sofa
It was so easy and I don't know how it started to fade
We're both of us to blame
And maybe both afraid
I want you all the same
What if we fall
What if we try starting over
What if our faults don't keep us from getting closer
What if we saw what it could be when we're older
What if we fall
What if we fall back in love
Back in love
I don't wanna watch us fade
I wanna see us make it everyday
What if we fall
What if we fall
What if we fall
What if we fall back in love?
Back in love
What if we fall back in love?
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9. |
Layers
03:35
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You're talking short
'Cause you're feeling shy
But I think it's me so I change all my lines
Telling half truths
And half of our dreams
I wish I would learn how to say what I mean
I'd like to know you
You like to hide yourself away
The second you open up
I'm hiding the same
Why all the games
When it's already hard just to know who we are
Wish it was easy to get to the heart
I hate all the layers keeping us apart
I've been so angry
So easily
And it's hard to take care of the wounds we can't see
I'd like to know you
You like to hide yourself away
The second you open up
I'm hiding the same
Why all the games
When it's already hard just to know who we are
Wish it was easy to get to the heart
But I'll find all the layers keeping us apart
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10. |
Pull
02:45
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I've always known where home was
But most of all when I'm gone
And when I think of you there
I go back for a song
The moon pulls on the ocean
The wind pulls on the trees
But the sweetest pull of all
Is the way you pull on me
Last night I heard thunder
Like a river rolling through
And the breeze where I was sleeping
Took my soul straight back to you
The moon pulls on the ocean
The wind pulls on the trees
But the sweetest pull of all
Is the way you pull on me
I know the world is better
When there's angels in the sky
And I know they're here for certain
By the colors in your eyes
The moon pulls on the ocean
The wind pulls on the trees
But the sweetest pull of all
Is the way you pull on me
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11. |
Already
03:15
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I know it's taken a long time
Looking for what we can't see
And you stare at the night sky
And you ask for relief
And it's already on its way
Yea it's already on its way
What I'm missing is already on its way
Yea it's already on its way
Already on its way
I'll be writing a sad song
My baby daughter starts dancing
I think she knows what music is for
I know I'm missing something
All of us missing something
And it's already on its way
Yea it's already on its way
What I'm missing is already on its way
Yea it's already on its way
And you're making an endless day
And it's already on its way
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Joel Ansett Denver, Colorado
Once an avid open mic performer, Ansett has now begun to find fans all over the country. With more than 32 million streams online and a song placed in Marvel's "The Punisher", he earned the title of "songwriter to watch" from The Huffington Post. His songs combine folk and R&B, and beyond the genre, Artist Review wrote: “This music is soul therapy.” ... more
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