I Thought You Were Sleeping
by matt pond PA
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The calm and certain cold of autumn falling into winter.
Favorite track: Measure 5.
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Other Countries
03:23
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there’s other countries in the world
I know there must be some
but this state’s blocked them all out cold
start out so good then you recline
there’s been talk of getting out of here
but change is not the same of hope
or words of quitting, getting on with things
you can’t quit nothing
we shed the old scales to be sure they don’t weigh anything
like what you’re worth and if you’re pure
had it so good, into a decline
heard you doubt the value of the shore
you know you might be getting near
words of quitting, getting on with things
you can’t quit nothing
When I like awake at night i race the light
I race the light
I race
how I hope to fold my sight
to fold my sight
to fold
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2. |
Put Your Hair Down
03:37
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put your nature in the dirty turn
pull it out you found that you’ve gone bad
like stones we dream to only stay asleep
there’s no forgetting
put your hair down, put your hair down
it’s time to find out who you really are
too careful in the light of permanence
there’s only seconds
and though you say we go too far
it’s not enough to know your name
around the hedges you hide so hard
it’s not enough to know your name
not enough to know your name
wouldn’t ask, it couldn’t be explained
reasons and resistance are a lie
how the functions added up to shame
when no one’s looking
put your hair down, put your hair down
it’s time to find out who you really are
too careful killed the meaning that you meant
when there’s no time left
and though you say we go too far
it’s not enough to know your name
around the hedges you hide so hard
it’s not enough to know your name
not enough to know your name
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St. Andrews
01:54
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I’m telling secrets about the advantages of unawareness
I hope embarrassments fade from the eyes of the ones that are sea less
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I thought you wouldn’t mind
we turned our amps up high
I thought you were sleeping anyway
when you see the signs
have turned into lines
you’ll already have gone away
it’s been on my mind
for a long long long time
how could you be sleeping all these days
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5. |
Measure 5
03:45
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the clearing is to the brightness
as the nearing is to far, too far
we both stand up
swallowed by these fast trees
running beside us
we couldn’t leave the ground
we’ll clear the rocks up from the road
i’ll tell you what you want to know
we’re holing back of the payload
watch the wind growing
as the sky stays still
and we both look down out onto these tall trees
running beside us
where we’ll lie we’ll lie
we’ll clear the rocks up form the road
I’ll tell you what you want to know
we’ll clear the rocks up from the road
I’ll tell you what you want to know
we bottomed out on the soft shoulder
remember the lines that you told her
but also there’s lot of other ways that aren’t in that whole realm – I mean there’s so many ways but I don’t know…
Yeah I think I’m capable but I think I’m a lazy asshole – m. garito
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released April 17, 2001
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matt pond PA Kingston, New York
After two decades of successfully pursuing simple truths in popular music, Matt Pond has recently begun to take on projects that stretch beyond the conventional trajectory of independent rock and roll. Other projects explore artist relationships over mediums and miles, where the aural meets the visual and beyond (-ond -ond -ond). ... more
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