1. |
Open The Windows
03:20
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Invite all the ghosts that look inside at me
Open the windows and set them all free
Slowly wake up from the strangest of dreams
I never thought about what they could mean
Buried our bodies in the salt and snow
Covered it over we thought it would grow
Waited for summer to see what we’d sown
The emptiest season that I’ve ever known
I’m counting backwards and I’m counting slow
Chasing the darkness with nowhere to go
We’re all just looking for someone to hold
Not filling up space between the warm and cold
Carry the water away from the sea
Let it wash all of these feelings from me
Open the windows and set them all free
All of the things that now never will be
It’s 4 in the morning
And I’m giving speeches
No one is listening
But I don’t believe in
An infinite wisdom
That's making decisions
We’ll build it an alter
Make it an offer
Whatever the cost is
Or this thing will haunt us
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2. |
Turn Around
04:53
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I don’t want to see you turn around
Close my eyes and focus on the sound
There’s a lot of things to figure out
Try to undo how this string is wound
Dodging shadows that are burning bright
Oscillate between the black and white
I don’t wanna to be your camera
Scattered light inside your aperture
Figure it out
We’ve got time
All the people that we could have been
It’s the things that haunt us in the end
A living ghost to trade in for your sin
Find another secret hidden in
Will you understand it late at night
When you think about who’s wrong or right
Was it really such an awful dream
We fell in love so easily
Figure it out
We’ve got time
It’ll tear you up
It’s gonna tear you down
I can’t sleep at night
I cannot turn it off
I’m turning it over and laying it down
Somebody I knew is somebody else now
I’ve run out of reasons to figure it out
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3. |
Sirens
04:05
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I don’t want to be scared
Of always falling down stairs
My body bruised and broken
Just like when you told him
Turn into our fathers
Disappointed mothers
Sleep out on the ocean
Extinguish every beacon
A siren for your shipwreck
For boats that never came in
Silence isn’t golden
It’s terrified and broken
The worlds on fire, burning down
Start a new beginning
Living in the basement
Fall down to your knees and
Exposing every weakness
Find the source of anger
Sudden rage and embers
Books that aren’t yet written
Backwards from the ending
Paragraphs and pages
Start to take the shape of
Boats you came ashore in
Smashed apart by sirens
The worlds on fire, burning down
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4. |
Without
04:45
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I don’t know what I’m doing
Or even what direction
This ship is headed in
I go to sleep on ceilings
It keeps away the demons
This house is haunted with
Burn down the city
To kill the snake
Biting down on my tongue now
To stay awake
I’m getting used to
Living without you
There is no easy answer
And no one knows the questions
We will keep listening
And will we love another
What if we ask forever
I can’t keep falling for some
Strangers surround me
Keeping me awake
There’s something about you
That I can’t escape
I’ve been trying to tell you
I feel like I’m being erased
Drawing on a chalkboard
A long list of my mistakes
Maybe there is a stranger
Maybe there is a face
That will save us
From this fate
I’m getting used to
Living without you
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Where are you
My love
I’m so lost
My love
Half my life
Is salt and rust
What did we do
My love
Tell me why
My love
Half my life
Is salt and it's rust
What are you saying to me
What are you saying to me
I cannot hear you anymore
I wanted love not a souvenir
Put it down in front of the mirror
I don't want to think about
All the time we gave away
Hello to heartache
I don't want it
I don't need it anymore
Move away to a different city
Late at night fighting over family
Loudly shouting, it carries down the alleyways
Can you please just try to keep your voices down
All the time we gave away
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6. |
Dead Leaves
03:16
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What are we
Dead leaves
Scattered ashes or buried seeds
A sunrise or sun setting
I don’t know
What are we
Islands at sea
A lantern fire for somebody
A thousand I’m sorries
I don’t know
In your eyes a mountainside
A thousand diamonds a thousand lights
A hidden garden of delights
When we let go of living things
Our bodies aged and our minds empty
Will you still want to be with me
I don’t know
I’ll make you laugh like back when we
Kissed on porches in our 20s
Hold my hand when I go to sleep
But I don’t know
In your eyes a mountainside
A thousand diamonds a thousand lights
A hidden garden of delights
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7. |
Running Red
04:30
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I don’t want to be your big mistake
I don’t want to be your stage
Now I live in an empty house
You keep somebody awake
Don’t want to get used to it
I don’t want to get over it
I am suddenly a tourist
In a place that i used to fit in
I can’t keep from falling down a well
You can’t hear me I am screaming out
Footsteps in a quiet place
Haven’t heard another voice in days
Fall asleep in someone else’s gaze
I worry myself awake
Just a little bit of blood to let
Is there something more we could have said
Running back to you its running red
But we’ll never know the secrets
You took your time with it
To tighten down the tourniquet
This is really happening
We’re going off the deepest end
We’ll figure out if foe or friend
I’m doing fine thank you for asking
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8. |
Empty Hours
06:36
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We found a little darkness
And kept it locked inside us
A bowl of wilted flowers
To bring us back to kindness
Day and night passing time between the empty hours
We built a wall in silence
And gathered all our secrets
Assembled for what reasons
To find a hidden weakness
Day and night passing time between the empty hours
The shining star rises with a new way to haunt us
The infinite stage that we play on is spinning above us
A thousand reasons to celebrate
The emptiest of hours and we could hardly wait
The camera caught a ray
While our lives disintegrate
Give in to reason
To find another way
Suddenly beginning
To find new words to say
The day and night
Evenly split
You gave me a gift
That got me out of it
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9. |
When I Learned To Sleep
04:22
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Get in your mother’s arms
But I don’t want to talk
Just bite down on this rod
The seams are all coming apart
Tell me your wishes
Tell me your secrets
I don’t want to miss you
But you won’t live like this
The end to this winter
Get old and get over it
In the belly of a sinking ship
In the shadow of a certain wreck
Tell me your wishes
Tell me your secrets
I don’t want to miss you
But you won’t live like this
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The Color Study Bend, Oregon
The Color Study started as the studio project of Scott Oliphant and has since evolved into a 6 (and growing) piece band that
is bringing the debut, self-titled album from the studio to the stage.
Live and in the studio, the band veers from quieter moments of melancholic instrospection to giant wall of sound sonic productions.
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