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NJ EP (Demo B sides)

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Set Me As a Seal 02:52
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Set me as a seal upon your heart Oh Love stronger than death That I may feel through every part Your burning, fiery breath And then like wax held in the flame I'll take the imprint of your Name Set me as a seal upon Your arm Oh Love that bursts the grave Your coals of fire can never harm But only purge and save Oh Jealous Love, oh burning flame Burn out all unlike Your name The floods can never drown Your love Nor weaken Your desire The rains may deluge from above But never quench your fire Make soft my heart in your strong flame To take the imprint of Your name
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Sigh With the Waves 03:42
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Sigh with the waves--tide out I'm missing you today All the words Blow like foam Moonlight on water glass Clear my throat And hope things come to pass I don't quite trust You So hold me on the shore So I can sing and dance a little more It's the only way I know how to pray this pain sand shifting flying feet I ran into a fence the other day--in the rain It left a line across my chest I was running from the feelings in my head Didn't work so well A towel and some tea These friends you gave to me So far away So far away And God I feel that You must be Somewhere out past Aberdeen Somehow transatlantic The static and the cut-outs in our skype prayer conversations I need you so much nearer I need you so much nearer Can I see your face? You're walking out upon the waves I wish they'd swallow me And take me out to sea But I sit on a carpet floor I'll sing some songs, I'll pray some more If you come back in the next nine months Meet me in Jersey Come out, come out, come out, you say Come out with me upon the waves No, I'd rather not I'm tired and hope is hard Each wave we climb means another fall And more good-byes Stay with me I'll try to follow, see But when I tried to walk on water I just got wet
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Gather (Piano) 04:16
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Gather Gather all your buckets And put them in meadow Catch the rain, catch the rain, Can you catch it on your tongue? Gather up the dirt to dam The rivers in the road Watch erosion cut away The walls that we've called home Gather all the dewy stems Of sorrel, clover, dandelion Catch a salad in your hands And picnic in the road Gather up your candles Shut the breakers down a while Feed a roaring bonfire a branch Feel the dewdrops on your toes Hear the quiet Let it go Set your feet To the road Gather up the swirling sea Into a sushi roll Gather up the breeze Into a sailsong we can bellow Gather all the sand to glass Curl it as you blow Twirl the gulls, catch the wind Let go Let go let go Catch the music Let it flow Set your eyes To the sunglow Gather up your bags Throw it all out, save for one You don't get a carry-on When the dusty trail is done Gather up your friends Into their beds beneath the soil Ezekiel can these dry bones dance Lord You alone can know
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Head Heart Gut Hands 04:10
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Head Heart Gut Hands I want to love you with everything I have Head, heart, gut, hands I want to give you all the best things that I have Time, cash, skills, plans My waking worries are far from you My twilight dreams are all selfish Doubts define me, fears and stress Cacophony inside my head (chorus) My time affections waver fast Girls and safety, plans and friends Wounds and crushes ebb and flow Above all, my heart is fickle (chorus) My first instinct is to run from you I know I'm gonna leave you soon Guilt and shame, angst and fear I am two men on the inside My two hands are quick to sin My busyness is vanity Quick to anger, slow to help Grasping, striving, industry (chorus 2x)
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Samson 04:46
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Samson You can cut off all my hair if you want to I'm tired of being strong You can come and run my life if you dare to Just don't let me be alone You can ruin all my plans if you want to I know it's what you'll do I'm letting go, of addict control I don't know how to let go Head bowed solemn to the table So as not to meet your eyes You can fight me if you want to Tear the curtains from the wlal I think I need you to wreck me You can make it so hard to sleep But lately it's been too easy You can take me somewhere else if you want to Put me in a body bag Everyone goes to the junkyard Everyone's going to die You can come and kiss my lungs if you want to I'll keep singing and never die Put me in a special choir Or let me wash holy dishes with rags I think that'd be nice Yes, I think it'd be nice Head bowed solemn to the table So as not to meet your eyes You can fight me if you want to Tear the curtains from the wlal I think I need you to wreck me You can make it so hard to sleep But lately it's been too easy I think that'd be nice Yes, I think it'd be nice (2x) To fail sometimes So I could cry Resting my head on your thighs
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When am I Supposed to Go 03:24
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When am I supposed to go? When am I supposed to go? How am I supposed to know? When is this gonna end? When do I settle down? No pillow for your head They say we're far from home It's how I live my life Deep or wide, scattering myself across oceans, tides People-pleasing, you think I should sabbath I'm a people-pleasing addict I know love, not to seek my own I know you're not really the one I always love I like my place on the stage, I like my angst My addictions are behind me, but you're not my everything I'm hoping that you'll at least lead I'm hoping you'll chase after me I'm hoping what you've given will sustain I'm exhausted God, I'm still in pain I know this is a selfish song I don't really need to know Just whisper in my ear And I'll walk with you down this road Your paths are better Your plans are better
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Skeptic Shepherd 03:14
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This house is such a mess I didn't think you would come so soon The beds were full up man I'm sorry but there isn't any room Holidays remind us of the homes we left behind And the people far from my eyes I'm sorry bout the shit We'll clear a space so you can sleep Man it's been rough around here Where the hell you been? We've been waiting We stopped waiting You're not much to look at there Straw tangled in your hair I was hoping for some help Guess I expected something else Damn, and really though why would you stay with us? I hate to say it, but we ain't got much, I hope it's enough Este templo es tu templo Make yourself at home I guess Welcome to your world Do you think you can fix all this? I'm sorry I'll stop talking Rest on us so we can rest
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Ninety-Five Percent 03:44
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Ninety-Five Percent Like 95% of songs are love songs But I won't sing one for you You'll feel some type of way I keep telling myself To make you choose me Instead of darkening your door Every chance I get But it's where I want to be Even though I know this isn't lasting You told me there were other forms of intimacy I really think love is all the same You want to hold it, you want everything Maybe I'm just crazy If you chased me, I'd run away, I'd be afraid I'd realize how foolish this is This continual charge is much more safe You'll always see it coming It's not a question of love It's something more like wisdom or call Why I won't sing you A love song I won't sing you a love song
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Wednesdays 04:52
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Wednesdays I'm not an addict except on Wednesdays Cuz that's the worst day of the week Self-medication for all my failings Better than the killing pills the doctor gives I--know I will die--on a Wednesday I--know we're all addicts in the end Balance, you gotta hold your head up high You've gotta hold onto something When you're this scared of heights Don't worry, I'll be fine tomorrow By then I'll put out the flames You deserve much better than me Get away, I'm just not ready I'm not insane except on Wednesdays Cuz that's the day it always rains Rain, clean my hands, clean my lungs out Cuz I never want to do this thing again I never want to do this stupid thing again I'm not a saint except on Thursdays Cuz that's the day I always pray God, how I've changed, I'm not ok I don't want to ever see this place again Don't let me ever see this place again
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God Forgive Me 04:20
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God Forgive Me God forgive me I know exactly what I'm doing No excuses I ran through them long ago Could you really change my heart this time? We've been through all this at least a dozen times? God forgive me I don't know how to live No excuses For the things I've done again Cuz we've been here before You've met me in this mess I think that you want more Cuz victory don't look like this Could you really change my heart this time? We've been through all this at least a hundred times? I'm back on my knees Can you save me please Apathy, lust, greed God forgive me Wake me up when the morning dawns Could you make things new again You're the one I've been waiting on I betrayed my father and friend I've been fashioning this hell in my mind Where you can't touch me You can't touch me Oh please touch me God please change me
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Red August Rush 07:04
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It's the same familiar tune it's knocking at my attic ear It's breaking brain in two I think I feel my heart again And you're still here, waltzing around all my fortifications We haven't spoken in months The sea is glowing green again, greedy at the shore It's like nothing has changed, warm south wind I almost ask if you would ask something of me The words fall off my lips into the empty night unsaid I've been running, I've been waiting For something to take me past all this The plane is boarding at terminal B I'm getting in line again If I change the faces frequently enough Maybe I will forget that one familiar smile Forget that I could be loved My frenetic compensation for letting you down is wearing thin I'm moving on this time (I can't be paralyzed any longer) It get easier with time (That's what I keep telling myself) I keep convincing myself it's better to keep up the motions Than feeling the impact, the bruise in my eye I didn't hear your voice this time Convincing myself that that's fine Come back, please stay, I promise I won't go away No, that's not true I know I'll leave you I'm a wanderer through and through Jasmine scent, the sprouting buds Suggest that I could learn to love I'm a perennial failure, an annual death Hoping that You'll come around again Just to hold my hand Hold me one more step Don't let the music Slip out of my head And I'm broken That's where we begin

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released March 22, 2011

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James Metelak Kyrgyzstan

Indie-folk Acoustic Singer-Songwriter Multilingual World Traveler Music That is Sometimes to God, and sometimes not.

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