1. |
Caught You Knockin'
03:22
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LYRICS:
Been feeling like I’m taking up space
I’m sure it’s written all over my face
Sometimes I even scare myself
This line of thinking is bad for my health
But I’ll keep runnin’, I’ll keep runnin’
It’s been a while since I’ve been home
It’s been a while of feeling alone
It’s been a while of lockin’ my doors and
It’s been a while since I’ve caught you knocking
That i’ve caught you knocking, I’ve caught you knocking
I’m not supposed to let down all my family and friends
But how am I supposed to just act normal and pretend?
Sleepwalking all through my days
Can’t seem to get out of the haze
Not sure where my peace of mind went
At what point are you more broken than bent
But I’ll keep rollin’, I’ll keep rollin’ on
It’s been a while since I’ve felt whole
It’s been a whiles are taking their toll
It’s been a while of needing to grow and
It’s been a while since I built a garden
But I’m gonna start it, I’m gonna start it
I know I can’t take back all of the things I said and did
So I’m just gonna be myself in spite of everything
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2. |
Shadow Dance
03:30
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LYRICS:
Death is sewn to our feet like a shadow
The tragic grace as we waltz to our life’s song
Pirouet down the streets of your hometown
No use trying to pretend
‘Cause we all live with the end
When I die wipe my prints from the fretboard
Unbraid all of the words from my songs
Cast my bones in lake Pend Oreille’s shallows
And don’t let me hang around
‘Cause the dead tend to bring the mood down
[Chorus]
I could never be someone else
Light casts a shadow dance, shadow dance
The night falls with one last chance
And I thought you’d never ask, never ask
Somewhere there’s a great tower of records
Triumphs, trials and ultimate failures
Things you said at inopportune moments
That’s the life you have led
The fates boil you down to a thread
Pearly gates or if reincarnation
When my life hits the last stop at the station
I will savor every emotion
Though we all live with regrets
It was a life well spent
[Chorus x2]
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3. |
Not So Bad
03:07
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LYRICS:
Little league, swim team and your farmer’s tan
Time is just something that runs through our hands
And it’s not so bad, not so bad after all
You learn to accept when you fly and you fall
Soap operas, day dreams and your garden beds
All that you lose just try not to resent
‘Cause it’s not so bad, not so bad after all
You learn to find solace when you’re feeling small
Skinned knees and pine trees and walks after dark
The tales of the drunks hanging outside the bars
That it’s not so bad, not so bad after all
What burns up today you’ll build back tall and strong
Ski team and palm trees and letters you sent
Lessons you gave and the mysteries you kept
That it’s not so bad, not so bad after all
Because you learn when you fall
It’s not so bad after all
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4. |
Rearview Mirror
04:16
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LYRICS:
I never thought you’d do it
Leave me standing there
Just waving at the rearview mirror
Now all I do is look back
Who can account for all the
prayers I said for all those years?
I was a fool to think that
Fate had cast you in my way
Upon a lonesome path
All my incantations
Just brought on hallucinations
It took you spinning straight out of my grasp
[Chorus]
How can I miss you so much and be so mad?
What’s there to hold on to if
At the end it’s all just
Ash to ash and dust to dust?
You used to be a buoy
But all the lines I cast have
Slowly disappeared into the rust
Trust is a rarity
Not like a diamond but the scent
of summer air in early June
And how could I convince you
Not to discard it all
The story’s left to bitterness and ruin
[Chorus]
I don’t really understand why
You couldn’t just be a friend
Flannel shirts and unwashed jeans
Why couldn’t you be
Country roads to city streets
Why couldn’t you be
Strangers on the L.I.E.
Why couldn’t you be
I never thought you’d do it
Leave me standing there
Just waving at the rearview mirror
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5. |
Memories
04:37
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LYRICS:
I find myself in the service
Of someone else’s dream
And I know that I should do it for myself
But you know that just isn’t me
Instead of dedication we breed apathy
When I try to mold
All these feelings that I have with my hands
Well I envy the concise beauty of a poem
And that the author has so many people they can be
Instead of admiration we breed jealousy
When I was young
I was fearless and loud and free
Then I recall, nostalgia’s one hell of a drug
Just take a step back into the hourglass and I’ll be gone
Instead of revelations we seek memories
And all I want
Is one day, ten years back, with my friends
And I know nothing ever feels the same
But just this one time peel the veil back and I’ll walk home
Instead of contemplation we seek revelry
Maybe it’s true that love is all we need
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Honeysuckle Saratoga Springs, New York
Swirling synth pop meets traditional folk storytelling. Honeysuckle’s sixth studio release, Shadow Dance, encapsulates
feelings of nostalgia, loss and hope.
The songwriting is ever poignant, painting a picture with nostalgia. Shadow Dance, as the name implies, plays with the themes of loss and hope and how the two criss cross through our lives.
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