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Rearrangements

by Ryan Ford

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Fifty One 02:26
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howl with me baby. i know you feel that wild wind too. we are lonely, we are the only ones with nothing to do. i bite my tongue, i scrape my knees, i scratch my name into city streets. they'll remember longer than me. oh death, here it comes around again. and i won't let it go. and i can't let it go. go tell everyone your name. honestly i'm not so sure a goddamn thing would change. sometimes the only way i know it's still alive, is the scratches from the animal inside. mister, i am old enough to see, you and i, we don't seek such different things. i'd like to be in love. and you'd like me to believe, however fading, in that all american dream.
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Spanish Steps 03:20
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shake the kiss from your fingertips, and i won't watch you walk away. but i hope you'll be watching me. my steps stick to the pavement in the anxious streets of summer. these are things i would forget if i didn't write them down. whoever turned your compass south, anyhow? i'm exhausted for all the wrong reasons, as the summer weeds begin to grow. tie your fingers in a knot before god. and if you don't love me, don't let me know. in brief, in passing, leave and leave me asking. i'm a stranger more than less, we are thieves in summer sweat, asking penance for things i must confess. draw the blinds, trace the trail of power lines. day by day, brick by brick, a rain of sand, a tallied year. the times they are a changing, everywhere but here. count on your fingers, count on your toes. count on me to make my exit before the curtains draw closed. god forbid a little effort was of need. i nod true and strain a sigh between my teeth. i point the blame into the mirror and then retreat. so go ahead and make your escape. i've been alone a lot longer girl than i was anything with you. between the white and yellow lines, i'll be waiting patient, like i always do.
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Rearrangements 03:50
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wide-eyed i am wide awake. greet the day with a nervous shake. wrap my head in an anxious wind. maybe one day i won't take nothing for granted. in movement so studied and deliberate, i round corners, trace borders, try to keep my chin up. one foot infront the other. sometimes that gets so hard to remember. if there's a purpose we all share, i hate to say i think i'd keep it to myself. with things that i've forgotten, things that i've been looking for. things i can't put easily in words. i stop in to say hello, and ask advice for when the summer air gets cold. stumble on my words for a little while, and try to greet the end of another year with a smile. i will move the only way i know. through the wind and rain, against the grain, if i make it home. well i promise i'll get better. i'll work harder. i'll sleep sounder. i will think longer. stand up straighter. with a sharp eye, on steady land, let me die with a compass in my hand. i believe in a light, swift and revealing. i believe in a dark that swallows whole. there are ways to shake the hourglass it seems, but still i'll meet them both someday i suppose.

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another EP i recorded in my bedroom. pardon the quality and the singing. enjoy.

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released September 23, 2012

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