1. |
Love in the New World
03:14
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I lost my taste for what I was again
Threw out every letter you ever sent
But all the ashes are scattered on the wind
Every coin is coming up heads
Love in the new world has a different price
Everything gets done up to the nines
But words that cut us open can’t be unsaid
Broken bottles at the foot of our bed
And I
Can't forget
You
And I
Won't regret
You
Sprawled on the loveseat like a wounded child
All the substances I use couldn’t sink the style
But this my one trick, better get it right
You can keep the faith and still lose the fight
And I
Can't forget
You
And I
Won't regret
You
And I
Can't forget
You
And I
Won't regret
You
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2. |
Seven Birds
04:08
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We buried that guy on TV
Six channels deep
Just a barfly playing it cool
And from here it looks like nothing
But don’t you know?
It’s a rotoscope
It’s a post-it note
From a sentimental fool
We got a live one for you
Watch him dance on the dark
You said I was pretty
But no one said I was smart
“Get off the cross,” you said
“You got nobody fooled”
Well I’ve been perverse
But you’ve been worse
Since we’ve been making up the rules
As we go along
This doesn’t have to be that kind of song
Just play along
With me
I saw seven birds overhead
Calling for me again
I saw seven birds overhead
And it all felt like falling
Water on my skin
And nothing hurts like the truth
You knocked me out with cruel left hook
But the stars just look like you
I’ll carry the bruise proudly it’s true
It’s all my fault
No should have to stand that tall
Your back against the wall
Again
I saw seven birds overhead
Calling for me again
I saw seven birds overhead
I saw seven birds overhead
Calling for me again
I saw seven birds overhead
Calling down the thunder
Calling down the thunder
Calling down the thunder
I saw seven birds overhead
Calling for me again
I saw seven birds overhead
I saw seven birds overhead
Calling for me again
I saw seven birds overhead
I saw seven birds overhead
Calling for me again
I saw seven birds overhead
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3. |
Shaking the Tree
04:01
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I hear you calling from the other shore
No one cares, no one sees
Looking for you out on the dancefloor
You couldn’t be happy unless you’re shaking the tree
When you crave it like an animal
The things we do to survive
Call the doctor with a siren song
You push the bruise just to know you’re alive
I thought I could wait
For you
I thought I could wait
For you
Just a candle flicker in the dark
No dignity in the fall
I got busted now I’m falling apart
I was broken when I got to you
I thought I could wait
For you
I thought I could wait
For you
Oh you're gonna get it
Oh you know it's coming to you
Oh you're gonna get it
Oh you know it's coming to you
I thought I could wait
For you
I thought I could wait
For you
Oh you're gonna get it
Oh you know it's coming to you
Oh you're gonna get it
Oh you know it's coming to you
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4. |
Farewell to Lo Fi
02:34
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I said farewell to lo fi
It never did me any good
I thought I would give it a try
But here I am again just singing in the phone
And I will never be cool
I will always be the one who’s too loud and too clear
Well at least I was nobody’s fool
Yeah that’s what I’ve been saying
That’s what I was aiming for
I said farewell to lo fi
It never suited me anyway
I wore it like a foreign crown
She kept calling me up just to say that she was sorry
And the war is not won
We just took it to the alleys
Sprayed on walls across the city
But I had my share of the fun
But you, you’ve been repeating
The last words that I told you
I said farewell to lo fi
I know I gave up on you first
Yeah I know I’m not the flattering kind
But I get it
Yeah I get it
I get what you were going for
And I can’t help who I am
I can’t help that I feel helpless and restless and resentful
But none of this was part of the plan
Yeah none of it prevents me from what I should feel sorry for
At least nobody suffered
At least nobody suffered for it
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5. |
She's Hung
03:28
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Give it up
Give it up for the one who brought you
Give it up
Give it up for us all
Give it up
Give it up for your selfish fissures
Give it up
Give up the ghost
I’m not part of your crew
I’m not anything you can claim
I stand before you
I’m not playing these stupid games
You said, “Is that a fact?
Because that’s how I want it to stay.”
She’s hung
Hung up on me
She’s hung
Hung up on me
Listen up
I know you’re a man-made addiction
Listen up
I know you get wild
Listen up
I didn’t tell you to fix this
Listen up
I know you got style
I didn’t say I had a heart
I’m not saying I can’t change
I’m through playing the part
Through with rattling the bars of the cage
The world under me moved
You took me by the hand
My legs got weak as I pushed you away
She’s hung
Hung up on me
She’s hung
Hung up on me
We are the ones who never learned to love
Painted rings around yourself
Repeat and fade you never get enough
A ruby train shot straight to hell
She’s hung
Hung up on me
She’s hung
Hung up on me
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6. |
Over You
02:54
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I’ve been well
Maybe not so well
I’ve been down
I’ve been kicked around
I was poisoned by time
I’ve been out of my mind
Over you
I'm over you
I’ve been blessed
With this curse
I heard the rolling thunder
I prepared for the worst
I dreamed of a house
That never sleeps
Over you
I’m over you
Hey there
You intend to blaze a trail
And you expect me to follow you down
But I’ve written in love’s book
I know all the right looks
And it’s high time
I leave this town
I leave tonight
Without a fight
But I got battles that rage in my heart
The love that we made
Not a soldier could save
The crowns that we fought for
Have torn it apart
But the kings and the queens
That we used to be
All for you
I’m over you
Hey there
It’s a pain out of scale
It’s a sorrow that hurts more than it seems
But I’ve packed it all away
I won’t play your crooked games
But I will wait
If you come back to me
Come back to me
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7. |
Never Get What I Want
04:16
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Just you wait
Nothing going to stop us tonight
Alright
Keep up the faith
Brittle like the bones of a bird
Oh yeah
Bind the light
Bring you down to your knees
On yeah
No one gets saved
No one, no one, no one asked how we survived
We got through the night
And I have a song
Stuck in my head
And I could bleed out
Before it would stop
Two weeks at a time
Guess it's nobody’s fault
And I keep saying
I never get what I want
Oh
And you got a way
Of hurting me good
Like none of this matters, just wild and alone
I'm praying for honey
I’m praying for rain
I’m praying not to lose my religion
Pray to play through the pain
And I have a song
Stuck in my head
And I could bleed out
Before it would stop
Two weeks at a time
Guess it's nobody’s fault
And I keep saying
I never get what I want
And I don’t, I don’t, I don’t wanna feel it
I don’t, I don’t, I don’t wanna listen
I don’t, I don’t, I don’t need it carry it all
And I don’t, I don’t, I don’t wanna feel it
I don’t, I don’t, I don’t wanna listen
I don’t, I don’t, I don’t need it carry it all
And I don’t, I don’t, I don’t wanna feel it
I don’t, I don’t, I don’t wanna listen
I don’t, I don’t, I don’t need it carry it all
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8. |
Bastardized
04:38
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And I
I can’t help myself
And I can’t help you
So let me down
And I
I know you’re in love
But it’s not enough
You don’t like me much
And babe
It’s not a fertile world
They just pick the bones
Until we crack like stones
And love
Is just a fragile thing
A wedding ring
Can’t hold it in
And everything is starved here
Everything is choked out
We’re a bastardized
Version of ourselves
Oh, you can’t feel the rain
The stomach pains
Thin as cellophane
And I
I will be gold
And just as hard to hold
Until you take me home
And everything is starved here
Everything is choked out
We’re a bastardized
Version of ourselves
And everything is starved here
Everything is choked out
We’re a bastardized
Version of ourselves
It’ll look like you, talk like you, walk like you
When you come out on the other side
It’ll look like you, talk like you, walk like you
When you come out on the other side
It’ll look like you, talk like you, walk like you
When you come out on the other side
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Gray Bouchard Boston, Massachusetts
Trash dandy. Singer, songwriter and guitar player of Salem Wolves. Neon macabre. Howling at the door to success.
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