Measure
by matt pond PA
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Measure 1
04:12
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sailors count on the water – they think they’ll measure – they think they’ll know
behavior that would seem awkward – you’ll let your hair down – you’re letting go
You think you’re right – why do you bother – why do you bother – when you’re so right
these novelties - doing me favors
it’s good you’re pleased – doing me favors
answers, we’ve sailed beyond answers – caught in your tide pool – you’re letting go
but these sailors – count on the water – they think they’ll measure – they think they’ll know
so you know you’re right – why do you bother – why do you bother – when you’re so right
these novelties – doing me favors
it’s good you’re pleased – doing me favors
I’ll measure water – I’ll measure the wind – that’s all I can do – that’s all I can do
and if you see them – would you remind them – that they know nothing – that they know nothing
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The Sound and the Words
01:28
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the sound is in your head
words cannot be heard
the sound is in your head
words cannot be heard
I can’t waste another minute
I can’t wait another day
the sound
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The Hollows
03:24
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erasers impress me everyday – they have a way – of forgetting easily
morning when your better half – has gone out back – and you can’t hide what you see
hide the hollows from me
what’s there, windows holes intact – behind me lacks the walls for me to breath
I’m there – I am all around – I am spread out – the wide transparency
hide the hollows from me
I’m not into explaining
the symbol’s slight but burning bright
hide the hollows
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Green Grass
05:51
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look captured – but calm behind your eyes – why you try
you break my heart and i can’t evolve
with nature – there’s so much less to mind – why you lie
you break my heart and i can’t evolve
on the green grass on the green grass
under starlight starlight
but this nature – has to be denied – why I try
and it breaks my heart – that I can’t evolve
I’ve settled – I’ve given up desire – why I lie
and it breaks my heart – that I can’t evolve
on the green grass on the green grass
under starlight starlight
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Measure 2
03:08
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these are the words and they have been building
thermostats and light control
if the point goes on forever that’s the only truth you know
let’s just all turn down let’s just all turn down off the marks
your books even they have an ending
that fears respect is all towards unknown
if you say you can’t believe me
that’s the only truth you know
let’s just all turn down lets just all turn down off the mark down off the marks
the proving ground has been closed down
there’s nothing here but quiet anymore
so popular to die for convictions
possibilities were banned from the fold
in the good parts your eyes stay shut
when it’s bad you like to gloat
and all the voices are competing
all the voices steal the show
let’s just all turn down
let’s just all turn down off the marks
down off the marks
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Sugar House
01:42
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sugar house, the roof half-torn
private place the snow keeps warm
we won’t lie down, we won’t undress
and so much guilt we won’t address
a kiss is all, a kiss is all
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New Fall
04:38
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leaves are reminders
the small fallen signpost
you are going cold
under the bleachers
you can’t hide forever
the air has grown old
what you wanted to say
has now all blown away
frozen the dirt roads
the ruts become guides and you’re mind you’re confined
stumbling backwards
to where you’ll end up and it’s all been defined
it’s the force of the cold and the chances you’ve sold
and I’m killing this time but it’s not really mine
don’t give me the wide eyes and act like you don’t know
these small towns have ways of making you feel sorry
don’t tell me, I know
I’m off
pulling your hair and you don’t seem to care
you’re no fun anymore
blaming the brown of the sky and the ground
you’re so easily bored
it’s the force of the cold
and the chances you’ve sold
and I’m killing this time but it’s not really mine
don’t give the wide eyes and act like you don’t know
these small towns have ways of making you feel sorry
don’t tell me, I know
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Competition
02:34
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I won’t be able to come to the table
without the greenness that I believe in
somewhere but I don’t know
thoughts of competition will take hold
somewhere but I don’t know
thoughts of competition
it’s the running around the field
and the lanes that you couldn’t yield
back and forth between air that’s thin
is the idea that you might win
somewhere but I don’t know thoughts of competition will take hold
somewhere but I don’t know
thoughts of competition
I won’t be able to come to the table
without the greenness that I believe in
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the orange of the fire – the catch of the barbed wire
running through the woods can cost – across your chest your breath you’ve lost
we got here by back roads – the turns the breaks the hills that roll
seconds I would realize I never want to close my eyes
and here we are – we’re flying through the scenery
I hope you turn your head – to see the moon has set
miss it every time it goes – the further on the less I know
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10. |
The Price of Spring
03:10
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close up the door of abandoned self-control
it’s like a show where the maps will all unfold
don’t tell me why there is a price of spring
uncover other things
the leaves to lie
marked by new growth making circles with a pen
of all unknowns can we wait until the end
don’t tell me why there is a price of spring
uncover other things
the leaves to lie
I’ll admit to half that should make your map
these words hang frozen and swollen and still
right here I open and close up my will
so there’s not one thing
til there’s not one thing
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11. |
It's Over
01:49
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to begin where I once left off
is a trail
I am descending
if words were more, picture the depth of trees
there’s no start, can’t see the ending
we’ll say that it’s over it’s over
we’ll say that it’s over it’s over
where river waters are deemed too deep
you sort of float on weak conclusions
for lack of reason, for lack of truth
throw out your mind
it’s a vacation
we’ll say that it’s over, it’s over
we’ll say that it’s over it’s over
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released March 21, 2001
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matt pond PA Kingston, New York
From the band’s beginnings in Philadelphia, to their current home in the heart of the Hudson Valley, through 13 albums (among them Emblems, Several Arrows Later, The Dark Leaves, The State of Gold, and, most recently, the luminous The Natural Lines), Matt Pond PA has always been a living, breathing organism—one that’s constantly changing. ... more
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