1. |
Inside Out
03:05
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I’ve winged it long enough
All of these close calls are keeping me up
And I think it’s starting to drive me nuts
And it seems about time I got it right but
I’m falling, landing on my feet
An accidental symphony
Why can’t I see in front of me?
I’m guessing every second guessing every time I’m cutting it fine
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It’s all inside out and soon to be sailing but I don’t know how
I’m all inside out and waiting here seeing what it’s all about
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And I want some time to figure it out
A little more before the eleventh hour
And I want someone to be spelling it out
I want to know, want to see transparency ’cause
I’m reaching out, it’s shooting by
It’s getting smaller – maybe I
Am looking behind and side to side as this train keeps rolling on right on time
*
It’s all inside out and soon to be sailing but I don’t know how
I’m all inside out and waiting here seeing what it’s all about
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In an accidental, perfect plan
The final deal a winning hand
It’s cutting it fine and one of these times
This whole damned thing will fall out of the sky
And I need some strategy
Not cryptic simplicity
So throw me a bone
I want my training wheels
All this time I need a talking neon sign
I’m running backward, maybe I
Could turn around if I had any idea of forward, back or up and down
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It’s all inside out and soon to be sailing but I don’t know how
I’m all inside out and waiting here seeing what it’s all about
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2. |
More or Less
03:13
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There’s nothing left on this bumpy ride
Maybe the straight and narrow is proven right
‘Cause everything I’ve been hunting down’s
Just a shadow on empty ground
Like a fly on the window I
Cannot get to the other side just when I
Think I’m reaching the mountain top I look back down
See the start – it’s a long way off
*
And I say Yes
More or less I’ve got nothing left
I tried every time for a finishing prize
Instead, more or less, there’s nothing I have left
But I stumble and fall on the starting line
*
All I wanted was in my hands
Falling perfectly into plan
And all I wanted has slipped away
Looking more distant everyday
Like I’m flying into the wind
I haven’t left where I started and it seems that
You could say that I had it made and then I
Took a risk and I threw it all away
*
I’d say Yes
More or less I’ve got nothing left
I tried every time for a finishing prize
Instead, more or less, there’s nothing I have left
But I stumble and fall on the starting line
I trip and fall on the starting line
*
And all of it fades as I’m approaching and then all that’s left
Is an empty pot of gold and a note that says
When you go circling the globe you arrive back home
You have to die just to know you’re alive
All I wanted was in my hands
Falling perfectly into plan
The closer I look the more it fades
Like it never mattered anyway
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Chorus
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3. |
Hiding So Long
03:59
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See the day
Holding something I can’t touch
Asking me is it too much so turn and walk away
It’s out of reach to me
Like photos in a bottom drawer
And something’s here
Waiting everyday
Something kind of vague but still there’s something in the way
Swinging back and then
Looking to find a footprint
*
I’ve been hiding so long, I don’t know where I’ve gone anymore
I’ve been hiding so long, tell me where it went wrong I can’t find it anymore
*
When all is done
There’s nothing left to say
Nothing matters anymore so take it all away
It’s just a blur to me
Running around in circles
And when it’s done
There’s an ache inside
And it’s calling out
There’s nowhere left to hide
Holes are waiting there
And they’re saying there’s no escape
*
I’ve been hiding so long, I don’t know where I’ve gone anymore
I’ve been hiding so long, tell me where it went wrong I can’t find it anymore
*
Like waking up forgetting where I’ve been
And for a second I could see what it was to be free
Taking all these words and dreams
I can’t see what it means
Is it me?
Am I older than I seem?
I’ve forgotten what it means to feel
I just keep chasing the wind and it’s dragging me down this stream
*
I’ve been hiding so long, I don’t know where I’ve gone anymore
I’ve been hiding so long, tell me where it went wrong I can’t find it anymore
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4. |
Dying Daily
03:45
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Every day a new me waits
And with it comes a whole new place
I’m not sure I want to see
I drag my feet until I find
The mask of yesterday has died
Melting in creation’s memory
And every end turns out to be
The start of something I’m not ready to see
*
I keep trying and dying daily
To a view that’s a new side of me
*
I’m always flying blind
Leaving myself behind
Today is all I am
Everything I’ve ever been
Was just a breath of air it seems
Dissipates
And every end turns out to be
The start of something I’m not ready to see
*
I keep trying and dying daily
To a view that’s a new side of me
*
A week from today I’ll be a faded memory
Romanticized good old days like bottled milk and J.F.K.
My end is near, dreams of tomorrow obsolete
And when I wake I’m off again
As someone I have never been
*
I keep trying and dying daily
To a view that’s a new side of me
Parts of me I can see die daily
As I watch from the space in between
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5. |
Alive
03:04
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I fell into
The deep blue sea that’s drowning all of me
No turning back
Fell, I drowned, I felt for
All this time I’ve been wondering
What it is I’m missing
All this time to find what’s
Right before my eyes
*
I’m breathing, I’m alive for the first time now in a long time
I’m feeling I’m alive, feel a little life on the inside
*
Forget before
Nothing’s heavy anymore I
Left it all in deserts where I’ve been for
All this time I’ve been wondering
What it is I’m missing
All this time to find what’s
Right before my eyes
*
I’m breathing, I’m alive for the first time now in a long time
I’m feeling I’m alive, feel a little life on the inside
I’m breathing, I’m alive for the first time now in a long time
I’ve waited all this time just to feel a little life on the inside
*
Standing on the edge at last I’m
Breathing just for the first time
Been waiting here for
All this time I’ve been
Futilely looking for the next stop
All this time to find what’s
Right before my eyes
What am I to think now
Everything I knew but wasn’t real is
Here at last, dumbstruck, it’s all here waiting
Unassumingly
*
I’m breathing, I’m alive for the first time now in a long time
I’m feeling I’m alive, feel a little life on the inside
I’m breathing, I’m alive for the first time now in a long time
I’ve waited all this time just to feel a little life on the inside
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6. |
No More Words
03:27
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Plan another face
Wait until it’s safe
Build a story and I’ll stay out of sight
Hour later on
Take another page
Into the night
*
Forget the words they’re sinking in gravity
We can’t wait forever until the end
No more words ’cause it’s now or it’s never then
Blink and it’s gone
*
I’m counting numbers till I’m ready to walk outside
It’s never safe until you know and you know it well
If I could see then I’d be with you wouldn’t I
And if my eyes were open then I’d leave it all now
*
Forget the words they’re sinking in gravity
We can’t wait forever until the end
No more words ’cause it’s now or it’s never then
Blink and it’s gone
*
And the time is never right for a taste of life, no, it flies
So no more waiting for permission to shine
I’ll take the map and the plan and drop them out of my hands so
What am I waiting for? I’m looking everywhere but at the open door
*
Forget the words they’re sinking in gravity
We can’t wait forever until the end
No more words ’cause it’s now or it’s never then
Blink and it’s gone
*
And it’s all
In the blink of an eye
Just an eighty-year life
But can we sit with the scars revealed under the light?
And I’ll tell all my secrets
But please don’t fade into the background
Keep it all plainly in sight
Don’t say a word oh no don’t
Don’t say a word – I won’t
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7. |
Sweet Release
03:18
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I watched it crush all that I was
I watched it chip away until it seemed
I saw a speck of who I used to be
And only a thread remained
With no possible escape
*
Sweet release – it burns
Tearing away till it doesn’t hurt
I see emperors’ clothes, it all implodes
And I watch that bubble burst in a perfect ending
One last breath and then
I let it burn, sweet release
*
I watched it all drain empty
I watched the sky fall down
And what was empty filled with silence
A picture of clarity
Signed: your friend, Catastrophe
*
Sweet release – it burns
Tearing away till it doesn’t hurt
I see emperors’ clothes, it all implodes
And I watch that bubble burst in a perfect ending
One last breath and then
I let it burn, sweet release
*
I buried my despair in hope but then I
Finally melted them both when I
Came to see reality and
Everything is purity – it’s all that it can be
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Chorus
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8. |
Gone at Dawn
03:36
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I’ve seen this place sometime before
It looks distant now to view it from a different angle
My life keeps flashing before my eyes
A panoramic view of who I’ve been
*
Where did it go I saw
A part of me I used to know
Where did it go now it’s over just
As foggy as a dream, once more
It died in the night now it’s gone at dawn
Gone at dawn
*
I’m sure I caught a glimpse of colors lost to me
As I search my memory for who I used to be
And then I said that I’ll put my life on hold
Return, I’m changed, the new and the old meet
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Where did it go I saw
A part of me I used to know
Where did it go now it’s over just
As foggy as a dream, once more
It died in the night now it’s gone
*
I caught a glimpse of who I used to be
Now it’s gone at dawn
I see that someone right in front of me
Now it’s gone at dawn
And I saw my childhood home in another world
And I’ve lost all that I used to be now I see
Well I’m sure I’ve seen this place one day sometime before
When I used to feel my feet were swept from under me
I felt it could go either way
I changed more than I ever thought possible
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Chorus
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9. |
You, You, You
03:17
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Everywhere I look I see a memory of us
Everywhere I go I hear a laugh
It makes me smile to think it could be you
Then I realize I’m losing any clue I ever had over you
Every time I’m out I hope I’ll come across you
At the perfect time
And then I’d tell you how I’ve thought about you every day
And every word I heard you say
Replaying in my mind hoping I’d find
*
You, you, you, your smile is all I see
A distant memory of
You, you, you, I’m laughing with you too
While people wonder why
I never knew I’d need you quite like this
I wonder, will I ever have the chance to tell you
Face to face
Now it seems we’re living worlds apart
*
Every time I see your photo I’m transported to a fantasy
Which makes me think have I created my own Cinderella?
Escaping life – I’m tragic
Well I pray that all my hope is not betrayed
*
You, you, you, your smile is all I see
A distant memory of
You, you, you, I’m laughing with you too
While people wonder why
I never knew I’d need you quite like this
I wonder, will I ever have the chance to tell you
Face to face
Now it seems we’re living worlds apart
*
I’m waiting for a fantasy, avoiding my reality
I’m staring at the mirror asking
What it is I’ve tried escaping
All this time obsessing something new
Well I’ve tried to work out what I have to do
But every time it keeps on coming back to you
*
Chorus
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10. |
All or Nothing
02:47
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The world has started to shine
Or has it only begun?
Or has it finally died?
Something’s changed – it’s gone
Goodbye to all that I loved
Arm’s length is not enough
I’ll sell my shadow and all
My soul exchanging something whole
I’d take all that
I’ve dreamed and then I’d
Give it up, give it all up and
Die just one more time
Until it’s real until I see
Through Faustus’s eyes and
*
Every color fades to black and white it’s gloom
Nothing’s real anymore to me but you
And I can tell it’s all or nothing
I see now it’s all or nothing
Bury me I choose – all I want is you
*
I would build the world just like new
And then I’d drop it at once
And leave it all for you
I can’t stop till I see
Everything I thought was me
Alone and dead on the floor
There’s nothing more for me
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Prechorus
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Chorus
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That’s why
I’m taking it all away I’ll say
Goodbye, I’m leaving it all if I could
Stare a little more at the sun I’m done
Move a little closer till it’s gone and then
I’d take my life and name and burn it all – gone – it’s all the same
Nothing can give me what I want
Nothing can give me what I want
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Chorus
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Simon Spire Durham, North Carolina
Simon Spire’s songs traverse the ground between layered alt-pop and singer-songwriter introspection, investigating individual and collective transformation. A three-time award-winner in the USA Songwriting Competition, Spire has been featured on MTV, NPR, NBC, AOL, Voice of America, and radio stations throughout the U.S., while also featuring in the Top 20 airplay charts in New Zealand. ... more
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