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Catch a Spark
02:57
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attempting to create something great from dead space can be like trying to put your fist through a wall of bricks, separating the words from your lips
don't know what to say...
stumbling in the dark
catch a spark
hurryhurry
find your part and ride it out
listen to the wind whispering
eyes on your opening
slowly make your way through the shades of gray
shed your self restraint and fill some color in
bring it to life with taste
with loft and grace
give it a name
give it a face
then set it off
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2. |
The Distillery
03:13
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without the winter woven in, the summer would not feel the same
to feel the warmth inside my skin, i must experience the rain
and if it doesn't take, i'll try, try, and try again until time stands still
i'm sending my love on down the river
down to the distillery for a chance at greener pastures
i sit and watch it float away
not an easy thing to do
i tell myself i must be brave, even as it tears my heart right in two
and if it doesn't take, i'll try, try, and try again until time stands still
i'm sending my love on down the river
down to the distillery for a chance at greener pastures
i poured in all the age and youth, the tears and truth accrued through years of paving roads on earth and soul, and then i watched it grow
i'm sending my love on down the river
down to the distiller for a chance at being bigger than itself
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3. |
Good Vibe Symphony
04:39
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i was ready for the end of the world
i could've sworn i saw it through an open window, heard it knocking at the door
but when it came, i didn't know what to think
just sat and stared at nothing for awhile, waiting for me feet to find the floor
mind inundated with injured thoughts
life addlepated, it could fall apart
i feel checkmated, but the other shoe has yet to drop
and it's coming down
it's coming down all around me
and now i'm feeling it hard
but i won't succumb to the dark
i'm at my best when i'm caught in a crisis
the world around me melts away leaving me free to be in the moment now
just gotta reach in and grab my thoughts from the cyclone
seek the broken pieces and take a moment to be, then sort all of 'em out
life inundated with injured thoughts
mind addlepated, it could fall apart
i feel checkmated, but the other show has yet to drop
it's coming down all around me
and now i'm feeling it hard
but i won't succumb to the dark
i don't need sympathy
i need a good vibe symphony
i need unbroken harmony
i need some rest from this distress, yes, yes
i don't need sympathy
i need a good vibe symphony
i need to know you're right there behind me
it's coming down all around me
and now i'm feeling it hard...
but i won't succumb to the dark
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4. |
Sad Songs
04:37
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all this time spent being, and i never got it down
i've beaten all around these bushes, trying everything short of growing up
and now i'm feeling the repercussions
this soft melancholy sound is reverberating through my insides
i'm searching for something soothing to drown it out
but there's nothing around that i can hear
no guiding light towards which to steer
i'm tired of writing sad songs
moreover of writing them from the heart
i would say i wish this my last sad song, but i know that's reaching a little bit far
broken down and defeated
it's like no one shares my mind
brothers will fight and growth takes time, but that does not make it any easier to swallow
tomorrow will bring fresh pressures that we must shoulder as they grow heavier
i'm tired of writing sad songs
moreover of writing them from the heart
i would say i wish this my last sad song, but i know that's reaching a little bit far
i suffer in my gut, no tears
my pain can stay at arm's length for years
i'm tired of writing sad songs
moreover of writing them from the heart
i would say i wish this my last sad song, but i know that's reaching a little bit far
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5. |
Dead Ends (part I)
03:23
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so many dead ends begin as promising as any road
but as away they wend curtains fall on what came before
i don't know who to trust anymore
i'm little use as a soldier in another fool's brigade, and i'd make a terrible slave
many many men have fallen from far greater heights than this over lesser things
and i keep telling myself that i've got what it takes because that's the only way
i don't know how, but i know i can't let anybody down
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6. |
Murphy
02:49
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only when you're already at your capacity will people reach out and offer you more
just as the camel's back starts to bow, the postman arrives with a bushel of straw at your door
there's nothing for you in your hometown
it's like being lost in a way
if only you could slow down and get your bearings straight...
sometimes the grass it grows too green
browner pastures can break a family apart
sometimes you may long for sights unseen even thought you know exactly what it is that you've got
life is full of heaters and curves
they don't just give you a ball on a tee (it's not so easy)
you've only one mission: to learn how to grapple with chaos and win
when one sun rises another one somewhere else sets
but to get what you give, that is something that you cannot expect
there's nothing for you in your hometown
it's like being lost in a way
if only you could slow down and get your bearings straight...
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Soldier / Leader
05:37
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he's a solitary soldier in a trial balloon army
breaking his back just to keep the faith
he can't drive his blues away...
and if you take a step back, it's no wonder that it does not feel the same
the same as yesterday
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i never could muster the strength to say all the things that i wanted to
but then again, on that other hand, perhaps it was strength that kept it all in
it seemed like the right thing to do
try to listen through another man's shoes and speak from the noose
yeah, i'm a natural leader, but that's the same thing as saying i ain't no good at playing with other kids my age
i've never been the staunchest believer, but i know i won't do this all on my own
it's funny how, when you put a little distance between yourself and your love, you can find clarity
yet there's always such resistance...it's like sailing into the wind
and then the things you got to do don't jive with those you want to
and it's your path to choose
yeah, i'm a natural leader, but that's the same thing as saying i ain't no good at playing with other kids my age
i've never been the staunchest believer, but i know i won't do this all on my own
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8. |
Dead Ends (part II)
02:28
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it's all starting to blend, this din, and all i hear are broken chords
the will to mend is in me, but my hands are cold
i don't know who to trust anymore
it's little use
i'm out here on my own
and i don't remember what i used to say
what i used to do to make it all go away
and i don't think i'll ever find that place again
i may well have reached another dead end
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ajk Boston, Massachusetts
Adam Kaufman is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer working out of his home in the Boston area. He records his music in what time he can get, and plays out around Boston as often as he can. Though he comes from a pop/rock/grunge background, his writing tastes vary. He is a strong believer in the album, and works hard at his craft. ... more
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