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Hope Stops Breathing

2/17/2010

Verse: C F G C
Chorus: C F Dm G C F G C
Bridge: C Dm G C

sometimes you gotta let go of the good
to make a little room for a little great
sometimes you gotta do what you know you should
let the hope just suffocate

when the hope stops breathing
maybe i’ll stop believing
in a love that won’t come to pass
when the hope starts dying
maybe i’ll stop trying
to turn fiction into fact

i always seem to choose
metaphor over reality
but just this once i will refuse
and say i loved you
quite literally

there was peace outside your window tonight
but i drew the shade babe, and stayed
so the hope stays alive
and i try with all my might
to get you to come outside with me and play

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Handy Man

11/9/2009

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you got your tools spread out on the table
you’re hoping that you’re able
to fix every single problem you get your hands on
but you’re tearing out your hair
you’re frustrated and scared
the woman that you love is up and gone

but you can’t fix a broken heart
your hammer and nails will only tear it apart
oh, handy man of mine
you can’t fix me this time

you got your sewing machine ready
your hands are nice and steady
you want to sew me back up like a quilt
but my legs start to shaking, my body starts aching
i can’t lay under here with all this guilt

you can’t mend a broken heart
your needles and pins will only tear me apart
oh, handy man of mine
you can’t fix me this time

no glue is gonna hold me
no clay is gonna mold me
into the happy lady you deserve
no wrench is gonna bind me
no drill is gonna rewind me
i’ve gotta find me first

you can’t mend a broken heart
wish i would have told you from the very start
oh, handy man of mine
you can’t fix me this time

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Happy We Both Deserve

8/4/2009

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Verse: Am F E
Chorus: Dm C G
Bridge: F G F G F G F E7

our bed is just a queen
but lately there’s miles between us
i keep waiting on a change of scene
i keep waiting for something to bring us

back to what we had
back to where we were
back before the sad
back to the happy we both deserve

my faith wavers
cause who’s gonna save us?
i keep waiting on judgement day
i get on my knees and pray that we go

it’s never gonna be perfect
but forever was not a mistake
so if we both think it’s worth it
what’s it gonna take to go…

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Hope Song

7/15/2009

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the day is done and so am i (so am i)
i may not have won, but i gave it a try (gave it a try)
tomorrow the sun will shine, and i’ll shine too (i’ll shine too)
tomorrow i’ll quit crying over you (over you)

soon the birds will sing, and i’ll sing along all day
soon this silly little thing is gonna fade away
it’s gonna fade away
it’s gonna fade away
gonna fade away

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House of Leaves

7/5/2009

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Verse: root C F E C
Chorus: root Am B C (end on G)

my mom, my dad made sure i had the things they never did
they worked so hard, they just ignored everything but their kid
years went by, i never noticed
years went by, i couldn’t see
the only thing holding them together was me

in the house of leaves
in the house of leaves

my dad, my mom they tried so long to make it seem okay
when something hurts, it just won’t work, it’s hard to live that way
years went by, they finally noticed
years went by, they finally caught on
the only thing holding them together was gone

in the house of leaves
in the house of someone always leaves

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Hallelujah

2/5/2008

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you’re being a bee, you’re buzzing around
trying to stick your stinger in the lost and found
but i just keep sticking to swatting you down
cause i hate your sting more than i like your honey

you’re seeing the sea down to the ocean floor
blowing through it like an open door
i never saw the sea before
i think it’s dull and not that stunning

maybe if it was a bigger deal to me
then i could see what everybody sees
maybe if i ever got that feeling
i’d have better things to do than just
lay here staring at the ceiling

i’m playing a part, there’s a role i carry
i’m trying to be the virgin mary
but no one wants to sleep with her it’s too scary
she said “come on joseph, the whole world needs us”
and i wonder about joseph’s mindset
did he ever look to his wife with regret and say
“god damn, mary, my needs aren’t met?
my life would be better if it weren’t for jesus”

maybe if it was a bigger deal to me
then i could see what everybody sees
maybe if i ever put down my bible
i’d be better prepared for a bedroom revival

lay me down, straighten me out, i want to shout hallelujah

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Hope Stops Breathing

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Happy We Both Deserve

Hope Song

House of Leaves

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