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Introduction
02:10
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Sunrise
03:49
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She was the sunrise
But he refused to get up
Cause the touch of her rays
Just wasn't enough
And even if he tried
He knew he'd only burn
Cause the beauty of her eyes
Is something that you earn
She saw the big picture
All he could see was her
But he couldn't hold his tongue
He was careful but so young
The philosophers say it's the wild part of her that wants you
And that she deals with it like fools do
Saying that she can't choose
Her separated lips send you up into the air without a parachute
Do you think that she can catch you?
Do you think she really loves you?
Fever blisters on your lips from the heat of the words that you've carefully sung
But when you light such a fire filled with heartache and desire
You let her smoke slowly fill up your lungs
She'll never let you burn and she'll pray that it won't die down
Because she needs you
Do you think she really loves you?
The philosophers say it's the wild part of her that wants you
And that she deals with it like fools do
Saying that she can't choose
Her separated lips send you up into the air without a parachute
Do you think that she can catch you?
Do you think she really loves you?
© 2013 Tiger Darrow
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Swimming Upstream
04:09
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And if I put it out there
I know you'd take my heart away
But would you ask me to stay?
Or would you just fade away
The fish, they scatter
When the droplet hits the water
They're not scared by state of matter
But of the ripples that it brought here
From the tears I can't afford to shed
I've been living in my head
Now we're swimming upstream
Living in a rough dream
Would you run, would you believe me?
Or think I give it up too freely?
Now we're swimming upstream
Living in a rough dream
Joined by nothing but a feeling
When words have got me reeling
If I wrote it down now
Would you ask to erase your name?
Would you see it's still the same?
Just hung in a lovelier frame
The birds, they whisper
On a telephone wire
Cause when the breeze begins to blister
They can't fly any higher
Now we're swimming upstream
Living in a rough dream
Would you run, would you believe me?
Or think I give it up too freely?
Now we're swimming upstream
Living in a rough dream
Joined by nothing but a feeling
When words have got me reeling
© 2012 Tiger Darrow
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I'll Love You More
02:55
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Please break my heart
I’ll hide away until you’d like to start
Your words are sharp
But the blades won’t cut us both apart
I’ll love you more
When you walk out the door
All the wisemen said to get you out of my head
But I’m conflicted instead by all these hours in bed
Thinking we belong and where did I go wrong
I’ll love you more
When you walk out the door
I feel your breath upon my neck
And your fingertips across my shoulder blades
But my heart won’t feel the pain until I hear you say that we are lost
I’ll love you more
When you walk out the door
© 2013 Tiger Darrow
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When Summer Dies
04:41
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When your soul rumbles low
And the earth starts to go
And the flowers forget to grow
And the flowers forget to grow
Don’t lose your head
When grey grows to red
Fall out of bed
And love someone else instead
Sometimes pain makes the logic numb
Sometimes hurt makes your tongue go dumb
And your heart beats loud like a marching drum
And your heart beats loud like a marching drum
Don’t lose your head
When grey grows to red
Fall out of bed
And love someone else instead
You’re climbing up the things
That used to tear you down
The wind is harsh but still
You stay and hold your ground
You’ve searched through all the books
But truth won’t make a sound
And you can hardly sleep
Until the answer’s found
Sometimes pain makes the logic numb
Sometimes hurt makes your tongue go dumb
And your heart beats loud like a marching drum
And your heart beats loud like a marching drum
© 2013 Tiger Darrow
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7. |
Love Me Blind
03:27
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Dear Mr. Frost, must you paint my heart so beautifully?
Convince my mind, buy some time, your words infect me, rob me blind
Dear Mr. Frost, I'm lost, though you say it's clear for me
write my summer songs before they're gone and winter says I'm wrong
When the snow begins to fall, where's the warmth to melt it all
away When you're left to beg my heart to stay?
Paint me
Decorate me
Put me on a pedestal and tell me that you want me still
Break me
Come back and save me
Lie to me, but love me still, and tell me that you always will
Print my name within the subtext of your mind
Don't be so forward in the prologue of our time
Love me blind
Dear Mr. Frost, my heart's been mapped out carefully
My hiding spots, and all my thoughts laid out for you to see
What is the cost of careful love versus sanity
When you budget time, you seem to find you'll better afford the mind
When the winter turns to spring, you'll seek the fortunes that it brings
Paint me
Decorate me
Put me on a pedestal and tell me that you want me still
Break me
Come back and save me
Lie to me, but love me still, and tell me that you always will
Print my name within the subtext of your mind
Don't be so forward in the prologue of our time
Love me blind
Dear Mr. Frost, I hope that someday you will see
My summer songs are dead and gone and cast out on the sea
Paint me
Decorate me
Put me on a pedestal and tell me that you want me still
Break me
Come back and save me
Lie to me, but love me still, and tell me that you always will
Print my name within the subtext of your mind
Don't be so forward in the prologue of our time
Love me blind
© 2013 Tiger Darrow
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Home
03:38
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When we first met, I'll never forget
How the promise in your eyes shined like diamonds in the sky
Tell me what you want, and I'll ask you why
You can have it all if it makes you cry
You say pretty things for a pretty girl
That you would give me the whole damn world
Take me to the fast lane to give it a try
While everybody else is just waiting to die
21, chewing on my bubble gum, Momma says I've gone astray, but honey, I'll write home to say
Carry my words through your bones
'Cause they're the only piece of me that you could ever own
And even if they hurt, the world is still gonna turn
And maybe this time my heart won't burn
But now I'm leaving home
I was your pretty little girl in bubble gum dress
Clinging to your arm and tryna not act too impressed
With the gold you got me dripping in, the wine you've got me sipping in
The castle that you built for two, Now what's a girl to do
And when you came home, eyes of stone
I was sitting on your throne, looking at the mess I made
Gazes locked, gun cocked, pointed to my head
Running from the bed and out the door I said
Carry my words through your bones
'Cause they're the only piece of me that you could ever own
And even if they hurt, the world is still gonna turn
And maybe this time my heart won't burn
But now I'm leaving home
Speeding through the night with the top down
Stop round turtle creek falling on the hot ground
Reaching for the cellphone
Call home, hear the empty ring tone
Desperate for your voice to say
Carry my words through your bones
'Cause they're the only piece of me that you could ever own
And even if they hurt, the world is still gonna turn
And maybe this time my heart won't burn
But now I'm leaving home
© 2013 Tiger Darrow
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Washed Away
03:42
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I'm broken, I'm hollow
With no one to follow
I'm hiding within my own skin
I'm reaching, I'm coping
I'm seeking, I'm hoping
I'm looking for warmth, I'm looking for light
I can feel life beating through pain
Links come together forming the chain
No we're not so different
What's been washed away
Has left us the same, has left us
I'm broken I'm hollow
Will you be the one we follow
A beaten dirt path is better than ocean
I'm reaching I'm hoping
But I'm breathing I'm coping
There's a lighthouse on shore, it's calling me in
I can feel life beating through pain
Links come together forming the chain
No we're not so different
What's been washed away
Has left us the same, has left us
I'm broken, I'm hollow
with no one to follow
I'm hiding within my own skin
I can feel life beating through pain
Links come together forming the chain
No we're not so different
What's been washed away
Has left us the same, has left us
© 2013 Tiger Darrow
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Aqua Vitae
04:02
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Bending over backwards
Slurred emotions so it won't hurt
In the morning when your light is too bright for my eyes
Funny how your touch is
What brings me pain and comfort
And my heart begins to beat with the heat of your sighs
Spinning circles, oh I'm swimming in the comfort of the words that you say
Seeing double, oh you're trouble but, my darling, you are guiding my way
And my body's heavy, but your spirit it can lift me, so I'm begging you stay
Oh hold me tighter, set my weary bones on fire, be my aqua vitae
Kisses laced with liquor,
Loosened lips will quiver
The plunge is getting quicker
Through the depths of whispers
Should I fight it or just drown in the tears that you cry
Spinning circles, oh I'm swimming in the sorrow of the words that you say
Seeing double, oh you're trouble but without you, I won't find my own way
And my body's heavy, but your spirit it can lift me, so I'm begging you stay
Oh hold me tighter, set my weary bones on fire, be my aqua vitae
© 2013 Tiger Darrow
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12. |
Lost and Found
03:16
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I’ve these dreams that we’ve been running away
With nowhere to stay
I never know what happens when they all fade,
They’re just dreams anyway
But if you’d like to convince me otherwise,
I’d let you try
If you’d like to convince me otherwise,
I wouldn’t mind
Waking up, staring into your eyes
And I don’t wanna stop this feeling
Falling from the sky,
I’m stealing moments of your time
For glances of your smile,
So please just stay a while
Please just stay a while
You once told me when the birds start to sing
That they’re singing for me
I laughed it off, but now I’m starting to feel
Like they really could be
And their tune has repeated in my head
For the hundredth time
The melody sings your name back to me,
So I really don’t mind
And I don’t wanna stop this feeling
Falling from the sky,
I’m stealing moments of your time
For glances of your smile,
So please just stay a while
Can’t feel the ground
When you’re around
You’ve got me lost and found
And I don’t wanna stop this feeling
Falling from the sky,
I’m stealing moments of your time
For glances of your smile,
So please just stay a while
© 2013 Tiger Darrow
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Tiger Darrow New York, New York
Tiger is an Austin, TX raised songwriter currently based in New York City.
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