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Danny Phantom Limbs
02:34
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I lost my head somewhere along the road
It’s still kicking up dirt
I don’t think I’ll need it for the rest of the ride
But there’s blood on my shirt
Ghosting hopefuls possessing my dinner
Crumbs all over the floor
I lost my legs in another life
They were just dead weight
I fell asleep just to wake
On the other side of the world
As they open my spirit refuses to choose
Eyes of blue or green
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Bug Bite
02:56
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Bugs gonna bite
Men gonna fight
I’m gonna light a fire
Just to put you out
It’s all a game
Don’t feel ashamed
Losing love is tame
Compared to losing time
So we’re winning it now
I’ve got you in my mouth
Every moment sweeter than the last
Floorboards creak
Only when you try to sneak
The midwinter looks bleak
But only from the other side
Life runs free
Burns it’s neck and scrapes it’s knees
Listens carefully to the trees
And all their rotten tongues
So we’re cooking now
In the park with the sprinklers out
Every moment sweeter than the last
So we’re winning it now
I’ve got you in my mouth
Every moment sweeter than the last
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Old
03:05
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We grew up together
When the pink still spotted your nose
Lying down for days your gaze
Decidedly froze
Sleeping in a blanket I scoop you off the carpet
Careful to cradle your head as I open the door put you in the back of the car and say goodnight
And my mom said, ‘Oh Ben’ and called my sister
And I know you’re running girl
And Heroes is playing
And the leaves are changing
And the water got cold
And we all got old
We all got old
Drying every tear
In every life that used to be mine
Lying in the sand commanding the fish
To swim in a line
Wrapped up in an autumn embrace you shine under the sun
Your friends will miss you but winter is here
Your family’s shadow never disappeared
Everything stays though we might shed a tear
When at last your work is done
At last your work is done
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Adelaide
04:09
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Thumb prick and a drop of blood in the earth
Wing twitch and a crack of the shell
And I don’t know what got into Adelaide
But I’m shivering in the back of her car
Thumb prick and I drop your outreached hand
Don’t itch away all of your hope
And all of her sons are castaways
But I’m living just to see how far they go
I’ve been waiting on a sign
Posted upon your forehead and mine
Patient wanderer
Don’t look over yonder
The view here’s serene
Paint it green
I’ve been waiting at a light
Rolling an inch or two at a time
Requesting permission
Lost in transmission
The moth to a flame
As winter fades
Don’t sit with your grief on your arms and back
Just sit on the trunk with me
And I don’t know what got into Adelaide
Little girl what a mess you’ve made
Oooh Interlude
I’ve been wasting all my time
Drawing a map from your house to mine
Chasing pavement
But the dust in the basement
Cheats my lungs
Roll off of my tongue
I’ve been wasting on a vine
Plucking the strings of backyard light
Sour and sunburned
Houses crumbling to the earth
And the sea
Rolling off on a breeze
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Ben Griffin Portland, Maine
Singer/Songwriter splitting time between Philly and Maine
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