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Purple

by Rae Sterling

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1.
Thin Skin 02:53
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Open my book and write on my pages I'll just absorb your graffiti in stages First every line of your pen made with ink Then every word that you wrote me to think I'll swallow them whole as they sink to my binding I'm harder to rewrite you are finding, you are finding Let anyone in, there's no lock on my door Walk straight through my gates, come and traipse on my floor The windows are open to day and to night Welcoming strangeness, both darkness and light But watch what you leave in the shadows and nooks The thing that you brought will outlive what you took, what you took Don't tell her to toughen up Don't tell her "tough it out" again Break down the armor All things can harm her But all within, go on through her thin skin Your bullets and needles can pass right on through Let blood flow outside and my bones come unglued My muscles and skin will stretch over the wounds Though what they hide from your view is in ruins The pain that I feel is but nothing to me Than what it can do after you set it free, set it free Don't tell her to toughen up Don't tell her "tough it out" again Break down the armor All things can harm her But all within, go on through her thin skin Though my body's full of holes There's no direction to the flows What was inside comes out again What is left, I'll take it in Walls may be easier to make But walls like that are hard to break So I will choose the lesser sin Keep my wall up, paper-thin Break down the armor All things can harm her But all within, go on, go on through her thin skin Break down the armor All things can harm her But all within, go on through her thin skin
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Purple 04:08
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Blood runs purple through my veins And when I bleed, leaves purple stains Swollen, bruised, my heart remains Bound by heavy, purple chains Even in Frost, you warm my bones Though your wooden walls were cold as Stone Your arms in the Chapel and to the South A Valentine sweeter than any mouth Blood runs purple through my veins And when I bleed, leaves purple stains Swollen, bruised, my heart remains Bound by heavy, purple chains Tall as Kings upon a Hill You took my heart, but I found my will And the candles laid at Memorial's feet Flickered and died, more bitter than sweet Blood runs purple through my veins And when I bleed, leaves purple stains Swollen, bruised, my heart remains Bound by heavy, purple chains Chip away, chip away, chip away at the stone Vines creepin up the walls strangle bricks in their homes The footpaths are rocky and long overgrown Chip away, chip away, chip away at the stone Always masking heavy eyes Reveals something true to lies Anchors rusted steadily through But the pulse beats strong from me to you Blood runs purple through my veins And when I bleed, leaves purple stains Swollen, bruised, my heart remains Bound by heavy, purple chains (x2) Oh, bound by heavy, purple chains
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Trouble Me 04:01
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I can't hide from you in my sleep I might've buried you a bit too deep And now I carry you around You're my shadow underground And you are the name of my suffering I call it out sometimes just to know where I've been And when I'm surrounded I might whisper it Just a reminder to never quit I know the visions are not real But I still like the way they feel If I keep on going, never stop to think I'll hover forever right on the brink It's when I slow down that I start to fall Back to the place where I hid it all Lost in a crowd, I look around Even though I know you won't be found What do you want from me? 'Cause you're, you're botherin' You're botherin' me You trouble me Now every morning when you fade I tie up the heartstrings that you frayed I gather the stones inside my gut Manage to walk if not to strut And maybe I'll see you again Outside the dream, inside the end What do you want from me? 'Cause you're, you're botherin' Oh, you're botherin' me And I cannot hide from you in my sleep No, you're, you're worryin' You're worryin' my dreams You, you
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I Don't Need You To Dance 03:22
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There's a party goin' on in my house But I'm not even there You're dancin' with my friends While I pretend not to care The music's got you groovin' And the crowd will get you grindin' But all I need is an empty room And a party to put my mind in I don't need you to dance I don't need a dark and crowded floor I don't need you to dance Just turn it up a little more Don't worry that I'm all alone 'Cause I can rock out on my own I don't need you to dance There's a party goin' on in my head I'm the only one who came So while you dance with my friends I'm doin' much the same Nobody to get me grindin' But the music's got me groovin' By myself in my old jeans Just try to stop me movin' I don't need you to dance I don't need a dark and crowded floor I don't need you to dance Just turn it up a little more Don't worry that I'm all alone 'Cause I can rock out on my own I don't need you to dance And I, I want to feel connected And I don't want to feel rejected I, I wanna feel like livin' So I'll make the best of what I'm given I don't need you to dance I don't need a dark and crowded floor I don't need you to dance Just turn it up a little more I don't need you to dance I don't need a dark and crowded floor I don't need you to dance Just turn it up a little more I don't need you to dance I don't need you to dance I don't need you to dance I don't need you to dance Don't worry that I'm all alone 'Cause I can rock out on my own And I don't need you to dance
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Before I Go 04:53
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Wanna turn you upside down 'til your heart's where your head should be Wanna bend the wires 'round 'til you hear when you oughtta see Wanna yell and make a scene with you standin' near Wanna take a boat out past the breaks and let you steer I want to climb way up the tower Reset the clocks, relive the hour And all I want is a word from you But all I need is a glance or two Before I go, before I go Brick by brick you build me up until I can't take the weight no more Blow by blow you break me down until I'm left on the bottom floor When the clothes are stripped away I see another veil When the voices cease to tell I hear another tale My fire escape won't hold me soon And you, you smile at me from behind the moon And all I want is a word from you But all I need is a glance or two Before I go, before I go The monster sleeps, he snores, his claws begin to scratch My dreams, once bound, once young and frail, detach Put my money down and beg for luck to last Hold my breath below and pray for waves to pass Doesn't matter what I want, it's gonna be what it's gonna be Doesn't matter what you do, I'm gonna see what I'm gonna see So if you wanna get feisty with me, well, you're not the first And if you wanna tear me down, well, it could be worse If I (if I) was sure (that I) I'd done (my best) enough (to rest) I'd let (my youth) it go (to truth) embrace the rough And all I want is a word from you But all I need is a glance or two Before I go, before I go And all I want is to stay up high But all I need is to say goodbye Before I go, before I go

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released July 1, 2013

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