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I Need You Darling
03:02
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I need you darling more than you’ll ever know.
Your smile bursts my heart, an all-coming work of art.
But we’re still worlds apart.
I need you darling more than I can bear.
I’m on fire when you’re near, burning up your atmosphere.
Let’s see what happens when you stay here.
I’m gonna love you every single day.
Because when I’m with you,
I’ll need you over and over again.
I need you darling more than I can say.
You’re a permanent mystery forever setting me free.
The only lock that’s a key.
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2. |
Solitary Man
04:07
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Talk is cheap, but means so much when you’re alone.
Your thoughts can’t sleep, but have nowhere to roam.
I’m so bored of being me.
It’s with you that I’m free.
I am, I am a solitary man,
imitating the shadow where I stand,
a wandering island, a self-made sham,
waiting on me to come back to you.
Love is blind till you walk away.
You keep on running because you want to stay.
Pride came after my fall.
Instead of getting up, I learned to crawl.
I am, I am a solitary man,
imitating the shadow where I stand,
a wandering island, a self-made sham,
waiting on me to come back to you.
I’m turning around with you,
lost but now found with you.
I’m turning around with you,
lost but now found.
They burn within me, but I can’t get them out.
The revelation finally comes and rots in my mouth.
My words are a screen.
They keep me from saying what I mean.
I am, I am a solitary man,
imitating the shadow where I stand,
a wandering island, a self-made sham,
waiting on me to come back to you.
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3. |
I Feel So Far Away
04:11
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slashing words, hanging silence
rewinding patterns of violence
twisting images echo in my mind
too numb for the pain this time
you impale me with empty eyes
I asphyxiate under shattered skies
a refugee lost in time
with a girl I cannot find
I feel so far away from you
I feel so far away
I feel so far away form you
I do
darkened room, moonlight washed
awake in bed I twist and toss
want you here, hate that I do
my heart a toxic pool
I feel so far away from you
I feel so far away
I feel so far away form you
I do
love is a chemical reaction
self-mutilation
alone again, I feel you gone
your presence burns, encroaching dawn
overdose on reality
gripped by chains and yet free
I feel so far away from you
I feel so far away
I feel so far away form you
I do
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4. |
Love Is Like a Flower
03:12
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I've been wandering lately
through the foothills of your mind.
I've been patiently waiting
until an unknown time.
I just want to be with you,
finally by your side.
To be known completely
beneath your smiling eyes.
I find myself drifting,
not quite here or there.
I float like a feather
on a solid sheet of air.
I just want to be with you,
finally by your side.
To be known completely
beneath your smiling eyes.
Here on the borders,
the crisscrossing corners,
I find you when I'm so distracted
I've subtracted myself from you.
I see flashing shadows
and illusions of grace,
magnetic lips that draw
me to your face.
I just want to be with you,
finally by your side.
To be known completely
beneath your smiling eyes.
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6. |
Uncut Skies
04:51
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sun lifting shadows
slicing through the autumn breeze
swimming in gold light
waves of fallen leaves
I can't see what's beyond today
I'm already on my way
just figuring it out
always searching for more solid ground
mist-rolling mountain,
thoughts hang in heavy air
emotions hung over
learning not to care
I don't know what I'll find
as I escape my mind
just figuring it out
always searching for more solid ground
all I have is tragic hope
underneath these uncut skies
singing to the amber moon
because I've nothing left to say
tortured by freedom
lost on the American way
oh, what solemn gift is this
life is a poison kiss
just figuring it out
always searching for more solid ground
eyes burn like anger
I spill onto the grass
attended by angels
echoing through the glass
I am running away toward me
like the river to the sea
just figuring it out
always searching for more solid ground
all I have is tragic hope
under these uncut skies
petrified motion
wrapped in a thundering wave
I'm a wind-up toy
dancing on the edge of the grave
trying so hard to be free
the better part of me
just figuring it out
always searching for more solid ground
all I have is tragic hope
under these uncut skies
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7. |
Reaching Out
05:13
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I was reaching out, wondering
if someone would reach back
I was stuck thundering
tossed backward into the future
with great artifice and stealth
I plow the wind by myself
I'm found stripped on my disguise
in the polished prisons of your eyes
and there you were, an injured bird
shivering and absurd, just as lost as me
love is madness by other means
cold convictions torn from dreams
totally numb but staggering with pain
you came, my affliction got a name
and there you were, an injured bird
shivering and absurd, just as lost as me
don't let go. you're the anchor
that keeps me on the line
you already know I am yours
and you are mine
the fishbone moon the sky
ponders a world wondering why
the only answers are wordless
moments suspended in a kiss
and there you were, an injured bird
shivering and absurd, just as lost as me
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8. |
Chicago
02:59
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I live where sidewalks growing faces cut the wind,
flat as a pancake on the prairie.
Smells like people and greasy pizza.
They built a zoo on the cemetery.
Oh Chicago, the city with a view.
Your neighbor knows you by your number,
another cell in a noisy hive.
The walls hide unwanted people,
and no, we’re not fine.
Old Chicago, the city with a view.
My heart is racing.
Beat Kitchen’s bracing.
Laura Stevenson’s on cue.
Laura is on cue.
A naked girl’s in the conservatory.
Every day she poses in the pool.
I don’t know where her clothes went, or where she’s going.
I hope she takes me with her, too.
Oh Chicago, the city with a view.
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9. |
You've Got a Grip on Me
04:11
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you've got a grip on me
I don't understand
how you hold me
in the palm of your hand
I just want to touch
I just want to hold you as I'm held
I can't let you go
you make me want to be here
if you need me let me know
I'll be near for you
you've got a grip on me
I don't understand
how you drown me
on solid land
I just want to sink
I just want to fold into you
I can't let you go
you make me want to be here
if you need me let me know
I'll be near for you
a delirious mind
and unused ring
a wet knee in the park
a kiss for a stamp
a boy who sings
shadows that dance in the dark
you've got a grip on me
I don't understand
how you confound my best plans
I just want to know
you should just know
I just want to know you
I can't let you go
you make me want to be here
if you need me let me know
I'll be near for you
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10. |
Jack Kerouac
03:44
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I'm not Jack Kerouac
but I'm trying to get back
to America where I belong
it's such a big world
a great place to roam
but it's not my home
I need your silhouette in the sunset
rusted plains beneath iron clouds
desert silence for my echo
as we gun it out of town
I'm not Frank O'Hara
but I'm trying to care
about every single day
it's hard to remember
that you're alive
when you're trying to survive
I seek timeless revelation
on a kaleidoscopic sea
I wait till the stars burn out
for your to return to me
home is where you are with me
I'm not Ferlinghetti
but I'm ready to begin anew
my heart's on the left coast
but body's on the right
I'll be home in a couple of nights
I'm still waiting for America
to be what it claims to be
for lines on maps to disappear
a renaissance of reverie
I'm not Jack Kerouac
but I'm trying to get back
to America where I belong
so when I'm back in Oregon
please save a plate for me
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11. |
And I Love Her
03:19
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12. |
One Minus One
04:37
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clouds brushed with blue fire
above my head I see
the nothingness in me
as I choke on endless sky
because I'm on my own
a bird without a home
life weighed by the ton
when you're one minus one
faces washed with electric light
again alive on Saturday night
everyone's happy but me
in a crowd but lost at sea
because I'm on my own
a bird without a home
life weighed by the ton
when you're one minus one
I know I'll figure it out
and there's no reason to shout
you know I'm already out of your way
a spiral staircase leads to heaven
the elevator leads to hell
but I'm going nowhere
I guess I belong where I fell
because I'm on my own
a bird without a home
life weighed by the ton
when you're one minus one
I know I'll figure it out
and there's no reason to shout
you know I'm already out of your way
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13. |
Kamikaze Lovers
05:36
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Pretty girls, happy boys go out on Friday night.
Delirious shadows chase them in the moonlight.
Heart strings winding like pegs of a violin.
Beautiful and dumb, too innocent to sin.
At a loss for words, wet light on the skin.
At a loss for words, with another fading in.
Immortal youth bleed American on the street,
follow suicidal, telekinetic priests.
The son of man tonight will rest his head
on another shoulder for a bed.
At a loss for words, wet light on the skin.
At a loss for words, with another fading in.
Kamikaze lovers don't need covers.
Kamikaze lovers don't need covers.
Kamikaze lovers don't need covers.
Kamikaze lovers don't need covers.
Everything is clean and nothing hurts.
A truck bed of roses and centripetal force.
Dancing beneath the raw, untamed sky,
dry lips drink as stars begin to cry.
At a loss for words, wet light on the skin.
At a loss for words, with another fading in.
Kamikaze lovers don't need covers.
Kamikaze lovers don't need covers.
Kamikaze lovers don't need covers.
Kamikaze lovers don't need covers.
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Jonathan Ng Portland, Oregon
This music blog is meant to help me keep track of the songs that I am working on. It is also a way to share my music with friends and family. Of course, stragglers are welcome here, too. Thanks for visiting.
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