1. |
You Might Be Different
04:44
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cool slouch, long hair
bright eyes, hot stare
you start walking towards me
could stay, could run
you could be the one
or just a real good story
I'll know better this time
just like I did last time
I've been waiting for this all my life
another lucky star comes crashing down from space
and as i watch it fall I cross my fingers
another perfect match just blew up in my face
as lovers go I've sure been through the wringer
but you might be different
you might be different
some say love's blind
I say, not quite
It's more like tunnel vision
I've chased that light
all day and all night
unwary of collision
but I'll know better this time
just like I did last time
I've been waiting for this all my life
another lucky star comes crashing down from space
and as i watch it fall I cross my fingers
another perfect match just blew up in my face
as lovers go I've sure been through the wringer
but you might be different
you might be different
I'll know better this time
just like I did last time
I'll know better this time
just like I did last time
another lucky star comes crashing down from space
and as i watch it fall I cross my fingers
another perfect match just blew up in my face
as lovers go I've sure been through the wringer
but you might be different
you might be different
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2. |
Waiting on You
04:37
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I may be lonely
I may be blue
as long as I'm lonely
waiting on you
I'd gladly spend a lifetime or two
so take your time thinking things through
don't need no gold ring
or your last name
as long as I'm playing
your losing game
others may gamble on somebody new
but I know I can bet on waiting on you
I get a feeling if I set myself free
that you won't come running, running
running after me
and the pain that tears me up
each time you walk away
reminds me of the sweet reunion
we will have one day
so if it's tomorrow
or in fifty years
you'd better believe I'll
be standing right here
oh babe cause I'm stubborn through and through
and I'm stubbornly fading
waiting on you
I get a feeling if I set myself free
that you won't come running, running
running after me
and the pain that tears me up
each time you walk away
reminds me of the sweet reunion
we will have one day
so if it's tomorrow
or in fifty years
you'd better believe I'll
be standing right here
oh babe cause I'm stubborn through and through
and I'm stubbornly fading
waiting on you
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3. |
Love Like This
03:40
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you'd go halfway around the world
for a girl you barely knew
but you're too scared to look too hard
at what's standing right in front of you
why are you so scared of a good thing?
why you wanna chase the love she dangles on a string?
this ain't no fairytale
and I can't wake you up with just one kiss
so I'll wait
hey, what a shame
you ain't ready for a love like this
you've been watching the days go by
but haven't seen the light in years
you've been keeping your heart high and dry
in a tower of your frozen tears
why you wanna lock your heart away?
is it cause you're scared that if you let me in I'll stay?
this ain't no fairytale
and I can't wake you up with just one kiss
so I'll wait
hey, what a shame
you ain't ready for a love like this
I won't be the one who stops you from choosing
someone who wants you just for the using
I won't pry your heart from out of your clenched fist
no
cause this ain't no fairytale
and I can't wake you up with just one kiss
ooh, what a shame
you ain't ready for a love like this
oh, baby no
this ain't no fairytale
and I can't wake you up with just one kiss
so I'll wait
hey, what a shame
you ain't ready for a love like this
* etc. ;) *
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4. |
Back To You
04:27
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the passing headlights spill their silver through the room
through half-closed eyes I can pretend that it's the moon
and I know I shouldn't call
but of course I do
you show up looking at me through those seaglass eyes
I fall to pieces in the facets of their light
and we said we'd only talk
but of course we lied
how do you do it?
how can you tell
just how to get me under your spell?
strange wizardry
bringing me back to you
you're just no good
I'm just no fun
we go together like Valium and rum
but oh, no, still I run baby back to you
I've got a feeling that I haven't met my match
the one you lit beneath my skin is fading fast
but moths flutter blindly to the light
and you're ablaze tonight
you pull me on your lap, say "baby what's your rush?"
"think you're too good for me?" "of course I do, but hush"
there's just something bout your kind of wrong
that makes me feel alright
is it the moon
ripe as a peach
pulling me to you like waves to the beach?
strange gravity
bringing me back to you
all that I know is one touch of your hand
makes my knees crumple like castles in sand
one call, and I crawl baby back to you
sometimes I think of running
to find a lover whose kisses won't bruise me
or try being alone for once in my life
but then you show up
at my back door
wearing this smile that I just can't ignore, so
oh no, there I go baby back to
oh no, there I go baby back to
oh no, there I go baby back to you
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5. |
Let Me Fix You
06:03
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picking through the scraps of an old memory
trying to form a picture of you and me
before your iron heart and my flinty pride struck a match
you say you'd love me better if only you could
it's my fault for buying into damaged goods
you told me from the start that you wouldn't get attached
but I don't want no comfort for my lonely blues
I just want to pick up the pieces of you
let me fix you baby
I ain't good for nothing else
I wanna dive inside your wounds
cause I can't bear to face myself
let me heal your heartache
a healer's all I'll ever be
let me fix you
cause if I do
maybe it'll save me
your head on my shoulder, heavy with drink
reminds me of the first time someone leaned on me
but you can stumble all you want
cause I'll always carry that weight
up the stairs and down the hall, you fall straight to sleep
I sit by the window, listen to the sirens scream
it kinda comforts me to know that you need me that way
and I don't care if by morning I'm just a ghost
as long as I'm the one that you needed most
let me fix you baby
I ain't good for nothing else
I wanna dive inside your wounds
cause I can't bear to face myself
let me heal your heartache
a healer's all I'll ever be
let me fix you
cause if I do
maybe it'll save me
I just want to pick up the pieces of you
but you'll never let me, cause you never want me
when you come unglued
let me fix you baby
I ain't good for nothing else
I wanna dive inside your wounds
cause I can't bear to face myself
let me heal your heartache
a healer's all I'll ever be
let me fix you
cause if I do
maybe it'll save me
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6. |
Miles Away
04:23
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I've hit another wall again
it was waiting the whole time
wide awake at 4am
trying to last another night
and I know that you're still asleep
on the other side of town
you said you need your space from me
does that mean you're happier without me around?
I won't bother trying to let my heart decide the way
cause I can see your dead end coming up from miles away
from miles away
from miles away
I talk to you inside my head
and you tell me love has died
well even if I'm left for dead
I'd still raise myself to fight on by your side
but I won't bother trying to let my heart decide the way
cause I can see your dead end coming up from miles away
from miles away
from miles away
these walls are built for our own good
these walls won't make us stronger
but they'll protect our fragile love
make it last a little longer
so I won't bother trying to let my heart decide the way
cause I can see your dead end coming up from miles
miles, miles
from miles away
from miles away
from miles away...
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7. |
Talking to the Ceiling
04:46
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lost inside my fickle head
all you did and all you said
are miles away
lost inside a sip of scotch
sweet oblivion on the rocks
it never stays
so I’m lying on the floor
talking to the ceiling
looking for a door
out of this old feeling
talking to the walls
waiting for the sky to fall on me
you should really let me be
if you’re gone, why do you haunt my dreams
each night?
I should really let you go
in another drink or so
well I just might
but I’ve got a knack for holding on to things
and going right back to the dawn of things
can’t change the present
but I may just change the past
if I wash it down with one more glass
while I’m lying on the floor
talking to the ceiling
looking for a door
out of this old feeling
talking to the walls
waiting for the sky to fall on me
spotlight on my empty cup
what’s it take to get me to give up
on you?
seems to me that if you cared
you’d spend more time here than there
across those miles so blue
the room is rocking gently like a ship
to sail me back into your listless grip
I’d get more warmth out of some fast-burning affair
but I’m too comfortable down here to care
while I’m lying on the floor
talking to the ceiling
looking for a door
out of this old feeling
talking to the walls
watching shadows as they fall
I'm lying on the floor
guess I should be kneeling
praying for a door
out of this old feeling
baby, won’t you call?
and come lift this sky up off of me
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8. |
Try
02:58
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so once again
I'm alone
and just when I thought I'd found a lover
I could call my home
but you gave up on me
overnight
you said we argue way too much
but then you left without a fight
I'd move mountains just to be with you
but I can't do it on my own
I need you
I need you to try
baby just try
I'll give you all the love left
in this broken heart of mine
if you just try
baby just try
cause when you got a love like this
you don't just let it die
oh baby, you try
now I know I scared you
with this fire in my soul
sometimes I think I burn too hot
for any man to hold
you were drawn in
by my glow
but you couldn't take the heat
and so you left me in the cold
well I'd walk through the flames to hold you close tonight
but I need to know that you'll be waiting on the other side
need you to try
baby just try
I'll give you all the love left
in this broken heart of mine
if you just try
baby just try
cause when you got a love like this
you don't just let it die
oh baby, you try
I'd move mountains just to be with you
but I can't do it on my own
I need you
I need you to try
baby just try
I'll give you all the love left
in this broken heart of mine
if you just try
baby just try
cause when you got a love like this
you don't just let it die
baby, you try
why won't you try?
give a little effort, baby
we can make it right
if you just try
why won't you try?
cause when you got a love like this
you don't just let it die
oh, baby you try
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9. |
Driftwood
05:11
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oh love, I'm driftwood
weathered by waves and sun
I've crossed horizons
how deep do these waters run?
I don't know, don't know where I lead
now the moon pulls the waves
and the waves push me
and stars aren't nets to reel me in back home
but cling to me, and I'll keep you afloat
cling to me, and I'll keep you afloat
you are a wanderer
wind fills the sails of your heart
if you're looking for safe harbor
you won't find it out this far
out here some nights are still as deep space
and through it all I've been carried
mostly by grace
my fate is sealed to wind and tide alone
but cling to me and I'll keep you afloat
cling to me and I'll keep you afloat
now dawn is breaking
and with it, waves on the shore
I know in these shallower waters
you wouldn't mind letting me go
it don't matter, I know who I am
and if you're tired of drowning your dreams on dry land
cling to me
cling to me and I'll keep you afloat
cling to me and I'll keep you afloat
for as long as you hold on, there's hope
cling to me and I'll keep you afloat
oh love, I'm driftwood
weathered by waves and sun
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10. |
Who Knows
04:58
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I was caught by your kiss
in your eyes such loneliness
saw the water below
and I jumped right in
now you say you didn't see
the water rising to your knees
either way, you're in deep
and the tide's coming in
ooh, you say it feels so good to be around you
but when I ask you where this will go
you say who knows
but I think you'd know by now
if you knew at all
you wouldn't let me fall alone
cause when you love someone, it shows
take it from somebody who knows
do you think I'm a fool
cause I don't play by the rules?
bluffing never made sense to me
when we've both shown our hands
babe, you got it
got it all wrong
playing cool ain't being strong
and I'm not gonna dance round it now
when you know where I stand
where do you stand?
you say who knows
but I think you'd know by now
if you knew at all
you wouldn't let me fall alone
cause when you love someone, it shows
take it from somebody who knows
now I won't hang around
cause I know how this ends
won't tell myself that same old story again
the one where you realize that it's always been me
could we ever be more than who knows?
I think i'd know by now if you knew at all
and this time I won't fall alone
cause when you love someone, it shows
take it from somebody who knows
I think I'd know by now if you knew at all
and this time I won't fall alone
cause when you love someone, it shows
take it from somebody who knows
take it from somebody who knows
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11. |
Play Me Out
03:38
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now it seems our act is through
I know we both enjoyed the view
but this stage isn't made for two
and you won't move an inch
it was always yours, the art
of parading bleeding hearts
and I will gladly exit left
my one request is this
oh, play me out
I need to exit with some flair
before we dim the spotlight's glare
on this ill-fated love affair
give me one swansong to sing before the end
we've already played pretend, so now
play me out
I remember every fight
breaking bottles friday nights
we enriched our neighbors' lives
with great Shakespearean scenes
looking back, it was our fate
to smash every china plate
we were both too far in love
with our own tragedies
so play me out
I need to strike a lasting pose
before we let the curtains close
on this ill-fated play I chose
let me leave with one more lovelorn melody
but put it in a minor key
and play me out
so play me out
I need to exit with some flair
so please at least pretend to care
for this ill-fated love affair
let me leave with one more lovelorn melody
the show cannot go on, you see
so play me out
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12. |
Another Song
04:05
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you and I could walk into the sunset
basking in the rosy glow
we could walk a path that's paved with starlight
and all the words of love I know
but that's another song
a song for moonlit dances
a song for lovers and dreamers and people
who still believe in second chances
can't say goodbye yet
I guess I'll settle for so long
maybe I'll meet you in another song
I tried to orchestrate our romance
with flowers flutes and sighing strings
now I see I've written every lovesong
in a key we can't both comfortably sing
it's just another song
a song for show and glamour
a song for spotlights and hot nights and stories
that end with all the answers
can't bow out just yet
so when the curtains have been drawn
baby, I'll meet you in another song
time after time
I try to write you into these lines
my broken heart will not resign
maybe someday you will hear this lovesong
maybe you will change your tune
but that's another song
a song for happy endings
a song for soulmates and first dates and lovers
whose hearts are not beyond mending
can't say goodbye yet
I guess I'll settle for so long
maybe I'll meet you in another song
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Glimmer (Jocelyn Limmer) Boston, Massachusetts
Glimmer is a Boston-based singer-songwriter and pianist whose lyrics are inspired by matters of the heart, patterns of the mind, and the winding path towards self-love. Also a mental health advocate, Glimmer believes music is the closest thing we have to magic: the ability to transmute pain, loss, and even despair into something beautiful. ... more
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