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This Peculiar Way
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This Peculiar Way by Danielle Ate the Sandwich
Call it what you want to
Find a place to lay your head
Pull your blankets closer
Take your sweet time with it
When you're under moonlight
When you're in the breeze
When you’re stuck in traffic
That’s when you’ll finally feel
This peculiar way we say goodbye
Thought I made it over
Thought I crossed the bridge
But this paperwork says
I’m not over it
So I learned your passwords
And I felt your hand
Through the pencil markings
Of your sweet handwriting
This peculiar way we say goodbye
So I put one foot in front of the other
This Peculiar Way, we say goodbye
I’m saying goodbye I’m saying goodbye
Call it what you want to
Tell yourself you’ve got a grip
I will take my sweet time
With the little I have left
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It's Not Jupiter
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It’s Not Jupiter by Danielle Anderson/Danielle Ate the Sandwich
It’s not Jupiter that we watched from your couch
Through the window while the winter whipped itself around
It’s not simple this thing in front of us
But we do our best to make a name for it
And the milky way dropped its stars above the night
Chasing blindly after Orion as he hunted through the sky
And the sands inside the hourglass give us a knowing sigh
But in the living room with this clear view it’s only you and I
Nothing is quite as it seems what a lovely thing
And it’s laughable to think back how long it took
For the mercy and the atoms to make existence up
And the nights I spent with hands outstretched hoping you would come
And here you are under the stars and I am drinking up
Nothing is quite as it seems what a lovely thing
Seven sisters grant my wishes and won’t you keep your whispers
In the wild of the moonlight while I’m falling asleep by his side
So I’ve been torn and turning bound to fates I didn’t bargain
Let me linger in this moment for a little longer
And the greater dog tricked us all along
That night we watched the southern sky above the tennis courts
And I realize I don’t need a name to call
This simple thing, earth shattering, being wrapped up in your arms
Nothing is quite as it seems
Nothing is quite as it seems
Nothing is quite as it seems
What a lovely thing
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Fumbling
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Fumbling by Danielle Ate the Sandwich
Where I come from opportunity means too much to me
to decide where I finally wanna go
Got so many homes can't tell where I belong
And the doors are open but nobody’s lights are on
Everything is wild, everything is fine
Everything is moving along just as it oughta be
and it's a heartbroken lonely kind of wandering
to be so elegant in all my fumbling
Everybody’s asking, “what’s the goal?”
But I blew past my purpose so many years ago
If I were a mother would the man
sitting under the umbrella believe my plan
Everything is wild, everything is fine
Everything is moving along just as it oughta be
and it's a heartbroken lonely kind of wandering
to be so elegant in all my fumbling
I made my living out of feelings
And I wore the heart out of my sleeves
Nobody's gonna teach you how to fall
Here I am stumbling, bumbling making
the best of, the best of it all
I’ve been outsmarted I’ve been out stretched
Climbing ladders to change light bulbs that I burnt myself
I've proved it in the past I can find a place
In the uncomfort of the strength it took to learn my name
Everything is wild, everything is fine
Everything is moving along just as it oughta be
and it's a heartbroken lonely kind of wandering
to be so elegant in all my fumbling
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I Need to Bury My Dad
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I need to bury my dad
he died a few years ago
a global pandemic swept
through the lungs of the planet’s soul
so we couldn’t get together with family
caught in the obligations of living
and I made excuses that I learned from you
like winter can be so goddamn cruel
But it’s been two summers past
and I could’ve already driven there and back
When we were young they said it would happen
So me and my sister figured it would
But inside acceptance I run a circle
caught in the feelings of being so old and so young
I’m writing poetry and nodding my head
when somebody talks about grief
Civilizations made up the rituals
for mourning and moving on from death
so I might know how a thousand years later
how in the world to lay your body to rest
I’m writing poetry and nodding my head
when somebody talks about grief
In the painting of the pine trees
on the hillside where you named me
on the wind we spoke your memory
and the tall grass kissed our knees
Part of me can still hear you laughing
When the earth shook from the sound of the canons
From ashes to ash, in the hills of Nebraska
you have been returned to dust
I’m writing poetry and nodding my head
when somebody talks about grief
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Peace to You Brother
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Peace to you, brother, peace to your family
Peace to your loved ones, peace to your enemies
Life is a hallway and change is coming
Can’t you hear it knocking on the door?
You’ve done a fine job of blocking up your doorways
so it’s hard for any light to shine through
but all you’ve been fearing, is the mouth you’ve got starving
while you walk a mile in another man’s shoes
Peace to you, brother, peace to your family
Peace to your loved ones, peace to your enemies
Life is a hallway and freedom is coming
Can’t you hear it knocking on the door?
Well I knew a wise man, he stood for glory
Said “do unto others as you’d have done unto you”
But we all got so angry we all started shouting
No one remembered that one fine golden rule
Peace to you, brother, peace to your family
Peace to your loved ones, peace to your enemies
Life is a hallway and I've been calling
Can’t you hear me knocking on the door?
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Baptism
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Baptism by Danielle Ate the Sandwich
Before the world was round
before I even knew my sister
Before I heard a sound
You were already making history
Before I knew what I believed in
before I knew which way to go
Before I had my drivers license
You were already on the road
Can we lay down in the river
And watch the world go by
Can we lay down in the river
Don’t need answers to the why
All I’m hoping is you stay, cause you’re all I’ve ever wanted
Before I held your hand
Before I knew the way your body felt
Before you made me laugh
I had assumed it was impossible
Can we lay down in the river
And watch the world go by
Can we lay down in the river
Don’t need answers to the why
All I’m hoping is you stay, cause you’re all I’ve ever wanted
Here we are two puzzle pieces dancing to the radio
Cannot stop the forces that combined to make it possible
Tried to count the steps it took to get me here in front of you
All I’m hoping is you stay cause you’re all I’ve ever wanted
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Fine
01:37
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I ought not complain so much
I always find a reason to be ungrateful for the gorgeous things you’ve laid inside my garden
I ought not find little things to dance with in the ballroom of the madness of the inside of my tiny brain apartment
Isn’t “want” a funny thing, to be alive and well in spring?
It’s not enough to have a ‘frigerator full of fruits and vegetables
I am sure there’s someone worse off shipwrecked by the seaside, but how’s a girl supposed to realize she’s actually doing just fine?
All the dead skin that I grew in winter, slowly peeling off like splinters
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Honoring the Dead
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Honoring the Dead by Danielle Ate the Sandwich
Pack it all up, tape the boxes
take what you wanted discard the rest
in a day in a few hours everything you kept
will be someone else’s
Honoring the dead
So we say the words we thought you wanted
the words we couldn’t figure out to say
Back when we were young and acting foolish
and finding reasons to keep our distance
Honoring the dead
So we sang the hymns that buried our fathers
The words were familiar and cut through the air
When I think of God, his son not sparing
in the graveyard the birds were singing
Honoring the dead
Wherever you are now
You would’ve loved it
we were all gathered
and telling your stories
wherever you are now
whatever you call it
you would loved it
we sang from hymnals
So we let you go as best we could’ve
bouquets of roses and bible verses
And we milled about the rows of headstones
of all your siblings the grass was wet
Honoring the dead
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We Mourn the Loss
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We Mourn the Loss by Danielle Ate the Sandwich
We mourn the loss of the mud and the moss
that grew on the rocks that we left there for too long
We mourn the dents that we made in the dirt
from the lawn chairs that sat us as we got our sunburns
I mourn the people that we saw in the mirror
When the makeup was painted just right and convincing
I mourn the moment that I knew I couldn’t
love you any longer but I swore that I did once
So just do your best to forgive and forget
whatever door opens next do your best to fit through
I mourn the sunset when I sat beside you
and the pink of the sky danced in your eyes like lightbulbs
and that was the last year we put up a Christmas tree
you always wanted it, but I hated the stupid thing
I miss the morning I thought I’d forgotten
you begin this thing ripe but it spits you out rotten
Time is a brutal ballroom dance teacher
And he’s tapping his cane at your feet and your ankles
So just do your best to forgive and forget
whatever door opens next do your best to fit through
There is a motion that we make as humans
running straight towards the things that we know will consume us
but God are we brilliant, in all of our bull shit
And you couldn’t fault us for just loving the taste of it
So just do your best to forgive and forget
whatever door opens next do your best to fit through
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10. |
Not Easy to Do
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Not Easy to Do by Danielle Ate the Sandwich
I don’t see no bumper stickers bragging for the honor students
That went to my high school anymore
I’m not trying to remember where I knew that bartender
Maybe my Women’s Studies class in college
I don’t know just which direction to avoid if there’s construction
Unfamiliar roads are keeping me humble
Just needed something new
Needed a different view
Needed to stretch my arms
Needed to listen to my heart
That’s not easy to do
All these fish seem to be swimming caught up in the same direction
There’s questions for the ones who change their course
We’ve all got our motivators some people’s look good on paper
Others gonna make the neighbors gossip
Just needed something new
Needed a different view
Needed to stretch my arms
Needed to listen to my heart
That’s not easy to do
Well they talk in their general statements
About how you can do anything
You decide to set your mind to
But when you finally do, they don’t seem to get it
All they do is ask you questions ‘bout the budget
They seem a little scared of the ones unprepared
but ready to jump off the cliff to see what happens
Cause it’s not easy to do
Somewhere in her sleeping quarters with purple velvet black out curtains
A ceiling full of stars and all of our mad dreams
The universe is wrapping presents in random order sending out her blessings
Giving back to the kids who ate their soap
Who just needed something new
Needed a different view
Needed to stretch their arms
Needed to listen to their heart
Cause it's not easy to do
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My Grandma Won't Be Calling Me by Danielle Ate the Sandwich
My grandma won’t be calling me when I turn thirty three for the first year in my life
I got so used to hearing a voicemail of her singing Happy Birthday to me
Peace and love to everybody
Moments are good and they’re gone
It can get so complicated
Breathe in breathe out
The summer took her from us, she was glad to go, I learned the beauty of release
My cousins and my sister, my mother and the pastor, held hands over her body
We said the prayer that I first learned back when I was a little girl, and I remembered every word
Peace and love to everybody
Moments are good and they’re gone
It can get so complicated
Breathe in breathe out
It kind of makes me nervous to get calls on my birthday if they know me well, they’d let me be
My grandma won’t be calling me when I turn thirty three for the first year in my life
Peace and love to everybody
Moments are good and they’re gone
It can get so complicated
Breathe in breathe out
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Danielle Ate the Sandwich Kansas City, Missouri
Danielle Ate the Sandwich is a folk singer/songwriter, known for original songs, homemade Youtube videos, and The 24 Hour Album Project, where she writes and records an album in one day, live streaming the process to her fans. Her 8th studio album releases March 2025. ... more
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