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Motherfolk

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1.
Logos 02:27
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound I've heard that every single week Until I left my savior to see if art could save a wretch like me So far it's working out fine I've gained a gaping hole inside my chest And all my demons, they moved in with me They never fill me up, but they sure try their best It's strange I've made my home here I've ate at tables with Holy men Like a stray dog for dinner I eat my fill just to leave empty again And now the sadness is setting in I left Your kingdom just to live in weeds I wasn't searching for darkness Just what you promised in this gospel of peace But God I'd settle for one night of sleep What's that about grace that burns me up? Unfailing love, it's not quite enough I've heard my whisper, now where's my touch you promised me Father Heavenly
2.
Hiccups 03:33
Well I sat on the edge of a cliff with you And you said "Go ahead, They won't miss you when you are dead." And the kids, they never quit After the bus they'd always follow me My way home, chipped my teeth That's the day I knew that I could bleed And my blood has been bled in the places where it needed to bleed And my head, torn apart And my soul is just begin to breathe And my feet, frozen up From the snow I would walk in my sleep Cover up your red hands In your pockets for no one to see Careless, bitter, I refuse to break I won't fall on my knees It's all inside my head And I was so sure I was strong enough To overcome myself But now that knife is red It's all inside my head Well I sat on the edge of a cliff with you And you said "Go ahead, They won't miss you when you are dead."
3.
Defining Me 05:02
On the precipice of nothing new Fell into question all I held as truth It seems there's holes in all my fairy tales Despite my passion to preach them well A yell hushed after many long worn years Not a failure to launch, but to persevere Being one so close to write upon my arm A testament I've since torn apart All these rings around my wrists How they scream who I am in this I'm not sanctified and I'm not free There's no love that's come to rescue me Bend my heart and even break my knees But it's these chains that are defining me Sin is all I've been able to wield It's been my sword and even been my shield And death O' death is my only home A grave so familiar I could call it my own 'Cause a loving grace could only go so far As to show my wounds and reveal my scars A medicine I've taken to get well But the aftertaste is that of my own hell I'm not sanctified and I'm not free There's no love that's come to rescue me Bend my heart and even break my knees But it's these chains that are defining me I met Jesus, yeah he came to me And he said "Son, do you want to believe?" I cried "Oh help me from the grave I'm in, And teach me life and who I really am." I'm not sanctified and I'm not free There's no love that's come to rescue me Bend my heart and even break my knees But it's these chains that are defining me
4.
I Know 03:39
I've grown weary of the phone Honey, leave me the hell alone I just need to find some peace of mind That'll carry me on my way Marry a girl I used to know I'll give her all my love in gold Then my heart can stay mine, and mine alone Safe and sound, stowed away She caught my eye in a dream I had last night Far away from truth, and what I'm living in So I just said I know that I don't know you that well But I know I've been missing you like hell I know I know, I know I know I've burnt the letters that you wrote Wish I could force them down your throat All the lies you gave my heart to hold Are safe and sound Still stowed away for that day I tell you I know that I don't know you that well But I know I've been missing you like hell I know I know, I know I know
5.
Hold on to me, Don't loosen your grip. Cause you know I'm bound to leave, Bags packed to go, I hope you know that I hope your organs fail you before I do, I hope your lungs run out of air before your dreams run out of truth, I hope your heart explodes before you watch me turn human. I hope you shiver from the cold before I let you sink, I hope your body gives up before all your joy leaves, and on that day you close your eyes, I hope you don't feel a thing. Take all the time need, don't worry about me. Because my rage has been my air to breathe, filling up my lungs. I just don't have the strength, The strength you really need. I hope your organs fail you before I do, I hope your lungs run out of air before your dreams run out of truth, I hope your heart explodes before you watch me turn human. I hope you shiver from the cold before I let you sink, I hope your body gives up before all your joy leaves, and on that day you close your eyes, I hope you don't feel a thing.
6.
Goldie Hawn 04:07
I burned my Sunday clothes Thought I had found my gold But here I sit, picking up the pieces And I've given up my hope replaced with will to cope I lost my friends to drugs and drinking I'm slowly slipping away Is it sad to say I feel okay? I've tried my changing But God, I just don't care at all But God knows that I've been playing a fool I've been staying up and torturing myself And if I could, I would save my own soul I would burn my cross, burn it to the ground So I screamed my final words Not sure they would be heard But I packed my bags and I carried on And now I stay up nights Contemplating the value of one life But like Eric told me, "Keep on keepin' on" Am I broken, is there just too much to fix? Like a puzzle who's pieces just won't fit I'm sick of hauling myself in To learn there's just nothing that can be done But God knows that I've been playing a fool I've been staying up and torturing myself And if I could, I would save my own soul I would burn my cross, burn it to the ground And I was too scared to face it I settled for fool's gold Now I'm trying to make it worth something it's not But God knows that I've been playing a fool I've been staying up and torturing myself And if I could, I would save my own soul I would burn my cross, burn it to the ground
7.
Tune For Me 04:57
All my lovers tend to leave me Hanging by a thread with not much to hold But that's been okay for me The nights I get lonely As sad as it may seem The sun's been waking up much sooner Shining that light right into my eyes I think maybe it's all a lie And everything's just fine Yeah I think that I'm alright So help me put something together A piece of art that truly matters And you can find your own meaning To me, it don't mean anything I found a brand new way to move Bust out my tie and my best suit And brown leather dancing shoes And that gave me much more room to breathe I wrote a song and I did sing A tune I gave my sleeping to a tall girl And I admit I still sing some songs for her She was warm just like the summer And God knows that I loved her In spite of all her spite And now I'm living for this new one She loves me day by day, and that's how I progress I swear she'll bear my name But I'll never love the same way I did last July I built my castle in the sand 'Cause I swear that's all I had Lying on the beach So help me put something together A piece of art that truly matters And you can find your own meaning To me, it don't mean anything God I miss those good days When spring was warm, and summer wasn't far away And I just told her "Don't be afraid" But those days have come and gone
8.
I feel it's time to stray From the road I was bred for A burning thirst for more Than you could give me on your own So don't ask me to return To the road I came from Your cold controlling love Always telling me I have a home Oh my love, oh my love How I hate all I've done But I don't want forgiveness I just want to have some fun I don't want to fix this And face the man that I've become Blood sweat and tears Just to atone My sin is my own That's more clear to me every day I keep on thinking back To when I was younger Those days I was stronger But I know I can't go back that way Oh my love, oh my love How I hate all I've done But I don't want forgiveness I just want to turn and run I don't want to fix this And face the man that I've become And all in all, I knew it As you were standing to leave They fell right out of your mouth The words I couldn't believe But if there's no one standing in the way Of who I want to be If you can't hold me down My feet will never touch the ground Oh my love, oh my love How I hate all you've done How I hate the bitch that you've become But I don't want forgiveness I just want to have some fun I don't want to fix this And face the thing that you've become
9.
Tired 04:54
I was the truth trapped inside the walls of your heart And you never thought to tear them down And I was the love you left behind when you decided not to face the death That lives inside you now It's all around I thought that I should lend a helping hand, before you finally drown But I felt myself begin to change I felt my pride corrupt the best of me It hardened up my heart But I've been trying to make that right But every time I see the damage that I've done I know this salvation cannot be mine I've wasted all my chances I've let them all slip away And I think you'll find that I'm just tired I can't hide it anymore I've run myself to the ground And I think you'll see that I climbed atop to get a better view But I could hardly see Not everything is made so bright And I've spent the last two year searching for myself And I've come face to face with who I oughta be And it's exactly who I hate But I've wasted all my chances I've let them all slip away And I think you'll find that I'm just tired I can't hide it anymore I've run myself to the ground And I think you'll see that I've been the best that I could be Though my best is hardly anything But I think I finally see I think I deserve some sleep
10.
Thank You's 03:52
Here's to all the people who have helped me through this year I never could have thanked you all for that You put up with my flaws and all my pessimistic thoughts And this is my attempt to say thank you I don't think I'm quite as sad as I was before I've only got myself to blame for that I couldn't see where I was or what I was working towards But I've come to accept that side of life I walked alone For as far as I could let myself go Now I fall dethroned I crack a smile, but the joy is not my own Here's to all the people that I always just ignored I'm sorry that I couldn't say hello Though you came in constant crowds, as I worried about myself I couldn't see that you were all alone I think about Jesus and the things they say He did I think I'd like to live some more like that But I'm consumed with growing doubt, a need for hope, and getting out My love could never go as deep as that I walked alone For as far as I could let myself go Now I fall dethroned I crack a smile, but the joy is not my own I'm getting better slowly But I am still losing my mind And I can't get rid of the old me In spite of everything I've tired But I never bothered you I never asked for you Here's to everybody that is worried about me I'm doing fine, as far as I can tell I still want to die before I turn 25 But I guess we'll have to see if time prevails 'Cause thirty years sounds bold But God, it seems so old I guess we'll have to see where my road goes

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released February 27, 2014

All songs written & recorded by: Nathan Dickerson and Bobby Paver
Produced, engineered and mixed by: Stephen Keech
Mastered by: Dan Coutant

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