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Clarity by Vance Joy

The day began like all the rest A frantic beating in my chest A panicked reeling in my brain Perspective lost but nothing gained 

The precious moments that we shared You slowed time down inside my head I wish I'd found this clarity While I still had you close to me

But I was stuck inside my shell Until the ground began to sway I realized what mattered most, that day When the stars began to fall right out of the sky And the seas were rising up

I had one thing in mind When the road began to crumble in front of my eyes There was only one person I wanted to find

It was you It was you

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Prior Warning by Marcus Mumford

Put on my running gear I knew that this was coming, I Picked up my phone and called my favorite I knew I had to sit you down But sitting you down could not prepare you for another night like this We made a promise that we always would be honest, I Never thought that I would break again Circled Hall and Park Cold When I came back and sat you down For yet another night like this

I wish we could play the fools again

Each word is a cut that I see coming, I Clench my fists as I'm inflicting them And now I'm running out of parts that I can play Not the hero, not the dodger, not the preacher's son You ask me why I'd wanna break the very thing I love the most You knew I couldn't answer plainly Then you knelt down on the ground like you were drawing in the sand And I surrender Now

On the floor we painted white You're picking up the pieces Reminding me of love and what we would look like without it It's not a problem that is yours to fix As this pours into your life The streetlights on and off again Enough is enough is enough

Will it someday be enough?

I wish we could play the fools again Go back, or just skip to the end

How could you not Blame me?

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First accidental hiatus

OOF

My apologies, and know it will almost certainly happen again. But for now, back to the SLAPs!

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Babel by Mumford and Sons

I know that time has numbered my days And I'll go along with everything you say, But I'll ride home laughing, “Look at me now!” The walls of my town, they come crumbling down

And my ears hear the call of my unborn sons And I know their choices color all I've done But I'll explain it all to the watchman's son I ain't ever lived a year better spent in love

I'll know my weakness, know my voice And I'll believe in grace and choice And I know perhaps my heart is farce But I'll be born without a mask

Like the city that nurtured my greed and my pride I stretched my arms into the sky I cry Babel! Babel! Look at me now Then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down

You ask where will we stand in the winds that will howl As all we see will slip into the cloud So come down from your mountain and stand where we've been You know our breath is weak and our body thin

Press my nose up, to the glass around your heart I should've known I was weaker from the start You'll build your walls and I will play my bloody part To tear them down

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Something in the Orange by Zach Bryan

It'll be fine by dusk light I'm telling you These things eat at your bones and drive your young mind crazy But when you place your head between my collar and jaw I don't know much but there's no weight at all

And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't 'Cause if I say I miss you I know that you won't But I miss you in the mornings when I see the sun Something in the orange tells me we're not done

I need to hear you say you've been waiting all night There's orange dancing in your eyes from bulb light Your voice only trembles when you try to speak Take me back to us dancing, this wood used to creak

To you I'm just a man, to me you're all I am Where the hell am I supposed to go? I poisoned myself again Something in the orange tells me you're never coming home

If you leave today, I'll just stare at the way The orange touches all things around The grass, trees and dew, how I just hate you Please turn those headlights around Please turn those headlights around

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Beloved by Mumford and Sons

Sit enthroned in white grandeur But tired and shift A whisper of wayward silver hair From your eyes I'd never seen you unkempt before As you whisper "Darling close the door" How have I not made a note of every word You ever said And time, is not on our side But I'll pretend that it's alright She says the Lord has a plan But admits it's pretty hard to understand

Before you leave You must know you are beloved And before you leave Remember I was with you

Are you afraid However could you not be In this rosy light This is strange I see a hand come through the mirror Pointing at the light we never see As you put your feathered arms over me

Before you leave You must know you are beloved And before you Leave remember I was with you And as you leave I won't hold you back beloved

We'll sit And talk the stars down from the sky And I'll not forget the chaos in your eyes love

And as you leave You must know you are beloved I can see the wild has come for you I won't hold you back beloved And as you leave See my children playing at your feet

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Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel is a great one

Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel

Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools," said I, "You do not know: Silence like a cancer grows! Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you!" But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed its warning In the words that it was forming

And the sign said, "The words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls And tenement halls And whispered in the sounds of silence"

(obligatory plug for the Disturbed cover because imo they both hit different vibes that subtly change the focus of the lyrics)

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I found your blog and immediately thought of Traveling Song by Ryn Weaver <3 the last verse is particularly poetic

Traveling Song by Ryn Weaver

O father time That meter maid who lends one lively winking eye! We dance a borrowed jig while hiding from the fine Oh, what I wouldn't spend to lend you mine

I take it in vain All the plans and moves that we made. Half a heart is aching to grow Soulmates aren't just lovers, you know? I know, I know Your eyes are the rain, just a soul that's changing in shape I'll be laughing all of the way Thinking about the days

Nobody knows where they are going Oh how we try to wrap our minds Over the edge of all our knowings-- Be it a bang or the divine Tip of my iceberg blues are showing I've never been one for goodbyes So, 'til I meet you there, I'm singing A traveling song to ease the ride And so you know, everywhere I roam I'll see you on the road

So farewell to my friend He who taught me to love like a beast And to feast like the queen that he fed turtle soup Little boy from Paris to the States, check the facts That was Magical Max He was black sheep and mischief and love for his craft

Then he told me that I was Apollo 13 On that very last day, he said "Shoot for your dreams, little girl, to the stars" Well, I'm taking you with me Now this one is ours and I know what you'd say You'd say "On with the show" So on we go

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Free by Florence + the Machine

Sometimes I wonder if I should be medicated If I would feel better just slightly sedated A feeling comes so fast and I cannot control it I'm on fire, but I'm trying not to show it

I'm always running from something I push it back, but it keeps on coming And being clever never got me very far Because it's all in my head And "You're too sensitive", they said I said, "Okay, but let's discuss this at the hospital"

As it picks me up, puts me down It picks me up, puts me down Picks me up, puts me down A hundred times a day It picks me up, puts me down It chews me up, spits me out

But I hear the music I feel the beat And for a moment When I'm dancing, I am free

Is this how it is? Is this how it's always been? To exist in the face of suffering and death And somehow still keep singing Like Christ up on a cross Who died for us? Who died for what? Don't you wanna call it off? But there's nothing else that I know how to do But to open up my arms and give it all to you

'Cause I hear the music, I feel the beat And for a moment, when I'm dancing I am free

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Shrike by Hozier

I couldn't utter my love when it counted I couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted But I'm singing like a bird about it now

The words hung above but never would form Like a cry at the final breath that is Drawn

And I had no idea on what ground I was founded Then when I met you, my virtues uncounted; All of my goodness is going with you now

Dragging along, following your form Hung like the pelt of some prey you had Worn

I fled to the city with so much discounted But I’m flying like a bird to you now Back to the hedgerows where bodies are mounted

I was housed by your warmth Thus transformed By your grounded and giving And darkening scorn

Remember me, love When I'm reborn As the shrike to your sharp And glorious thorn

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Landslide by Fleetwood Mac (written by Stevie Nicks)

I took my love, I took it down I climbed a mountain and I turned around And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills 'Til the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky, What is love? Can the child within my heart rise above? Can I sail through the changing ocean tides? Can I handle the seasons of my life?

I've been afraid of changing Because I've built my life around you But time makes you bolder Even children get older And I'm getting older too

So take my love, take it down Climb a mountain and turn around And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills The landslide will bring you down

The landslide will bring it down

(requested by Anonymous)

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If you want requests, then might I suggest 'Ship in a Bottle' by Fin. It's pretty repetitive, but I'd love to see it as poetry if you'd like to give it a shot.

Ship in a Bottle by Fin (Steffan Argus)

You can fit everything you know In a bottle for you to show Pick your brain apart and put it in And build it again with needles and pins

Everything you have earned is a ship With blue waves crashing into it But nothing can touch your happy thoughts anymore With your glass ceiling, walls, and floor Sailing on a ship in a bottle Anchor all your thoughts to the bottom Pulling ropes and pulling your head back To see what is breaking the foremast There are red spots under your eyes From when you cry into the sky Ocean waters rising above your neck You feel the glass start to crack Sailing on a ship in a bottle Water's leaking through holes in the bottom Flying flags of ships that have long since Sat at the floor of the sea, but in defense You set sail alone, there is no crew No one on the deck who can help you: This is all your own battle to win This is your ship and you are the captain O captain! let's make a deal Where we both say the things that we both really feel I feel scared and I'm starting to sink And I only sink deeper the deeper I think Oh captain! make up your mind Before the salt burns your eyes and you run out of time because you're popping the cork, you get lost in your brain And you lose touch with all the things that made you feel sane

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May I submit Landslide by Fleetwood Mac and Shrike by Hozier? You've already posted Gordon Lightfoot's If You Could Read My Mind, so, like, it's hard to beat that one :)

You bet your button you can! Can't believe I forgot about the untapped wells of poetry that are Fleetwood Mac and my boy Hozier, so let's get started correcting that. (Queued for sep 11 and 12 respectively; i usually put the ask and lyrics in the same post but since this had two, i'm doing separate posts.)

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Just a reminder: You can and should submit songs for me to post.

Pretty please.

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Words by Gregory Alan Isakov

Words mean more at night Like a song And did you ever notice The way light means more than it did all day long?

Words mean more at night Light means more Like your hair and your face and your smile And our bed and the dress that you wore

So i'll send you my words From the corners of my room And though I write them by the light of day Please read them by the light of the moon

And I wish I could leave my bones and my skin And float over the tired tired sea So that I could see you again

Maybe you would leave too And we'd blindly pass each other Floating over the ocean blue Just to find the warm bed of our lover

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I Of The Storm by Of Monsters and Men

If I could face them If I could make amends with all my shadows I'd bow my head and welcome them

But I feel it burning Like when the winter wind stops my breathing Are you really gonna love me when I'm gone? I fear you won't I fear you don't

I am a stranger I am an alien inside a structure Are you really gonna love me when I'm gone? With all my thoughts And all my faults

I feel it biting I feel it break my skin, so uninviting Are you really gonna need me when I'm gone? I fear you won't I fear you don't

And it echoes when I breathe Until all you'll see is my ghost Empty vessel, crooked teeth Wish you could see

And I'm shaking like a leaf And I wither underneath in this storm I feel it

And they call me underneath to this storm

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Stick Season by Noah Kahan

As you promised me that I was more than all the miles combined You must have had yourself a change of heart Halfway through the drive 'Cause your voice trailed off exactly as you passed my exit sign Kept on driving straight and left our future to the right Now I am stuck between my anger

And the blame that I can't face And memories are something Even smoking weed does not replace And I am terrified of weather 'cause I see you when it rains Doc told me to travel, but there's COVID on the planes

So I thought that if I piled something good on all my bad That I could cancel out the darkness I inherited from dad No, I am no longer funny 'cause I miss the way you laugh You once called me forever now you still can't call me back

And I love Vermont, but it's the season of the sticks and I Saw your mom she forgot that I existed and It's half my fault, but I just like to play the victim I'll drink alcohol 'til my friends come home for Christmas And I'll dream each night of some version of you That I might not have, but I did not lose Now you're tire tracks and one pair of shoes And I'm split in half, but that'll have to do

I hope this pain's just passing through But I doubt it