Can't cheat if I don't play your game - SotW [Week of 1-27-13]

Never thought I was very good at tests. But I'll still take them, if that's what's given. If that's what I have to do. There's not much that's not worth this risk.

SotW 1/27
Ed Sheeran Give Me Love

Give me love like her, 'cause lately I've been waking up alone,
Paint splattered teardrops on my shirt,
Told you I'd let them go,
And that I'll fight my corner,
Maybe tonight I'll call ya,
After my blood turns into alcohol,
No I just wanna hold ya.

Give a little time to me, or burn this out,
We'll play hide and seek to turn this around,
And all I want is the taste that your lips allow,
My, my, my, my, oh give me love,
My, my, my, my, oh give me love,
My, my, my, my, oh give me love.

Give me love like never before,
'Cause lately I've been craving more,
And it's been a while but I still feel the same,
Maybe I should let you go,
You know I'll fight my corner,
And that tonight I'll call ya,
After my blood is drowning in alcohol,
No I just wanna hold ya.

Give a little time to me, or burn this out,
We'll play hide and seek to turn this around,
And all I want is the taste that your lips allow,
My, my, my, my, Oh give me love,
Give a little time to me, or burn this out,
We'll play hide and seek to turn this around,
And all I want is the taste that your lips allow,
My, my, my, my, oh give me love,
My, my, my, my, oh give me love,
My, my, my, my, oh give me love,
My, my, my, my, oh give me love,
My my, my, my, oh give me love.

M-my my, m-my my, m-my my, give me love, lover, M-my my, m-my my, m-my my,
Give me love, lover, M-my my, m-my my, m-my my, give me love, lover, M-my
My, m-my my, m-my my, give me love, lover.

M-my my, m-my my, m-my my, give me love, lover, M-my my, m-my my, m-my my,
Give me love, lover, M-my my, m-my my, m-my my, give me love, lover, M-my
My, m-my my, m-my my, give me love, lover (Love me, love me, love me).

M-my my, m-my my, m-my my, give me love, lover (give me love), M-my my,
M-my my, m-my my, give me love, lover (give me love), M-my my, m-my my,
M-my my, give me love, lover (give me love, love me), M-my my, m-my my,
M-my my, give me love, lover (give me love).

My, my, my, my, Oh give me love, My, my, my, my, Oh give me love, My, my,
My, my, Oh give me love, My, my, my, my, Oh give me love

Give Me Love

Little bit like Marcus - SotW [Week of 1-20-13]

With a heavy heart, and like frozen glass into fire. So ready to walk into and away from, and so addicted.

SotW 1/20
Phillip Phillips Home

Hold on, to me as we go
As we roll down this unfamiliar road
And although this wave is stringing us along
Just know you’re not alone
Cause I’m going to make this place your home

Settle down, it'll all be clear
Don't pay no mind to the demons
They fill you with fear
The trouble it might drag you down
If you get lost, you can always be found

Just know you’re not alone
Cause I’m going to make this place your home

Settle down, it'll all be clear
Don't pay no mind to the demons
They fill you with fear
The trouble it might drag you down
If you get lost, you can always be found

Just know you’re not alone
Cause I’m going to make this place your home

On a rainy day

Is there guilt there - SotW [Week of 1-13-13]

The other side of the coin has far less promises, and far fewer lies. Far more possibilities, and patience. Who did you push me into? 

SotW 1/13
Coyote Grace Forever's Song

Come with me where the river flows high
I got a blanket and I got the sky
Come with me where the earth is dry
And I cry and I’ll tell you why

Come with me and the birds to the sea
Step in the water, wade to the knee
There is something I want to see
And try to be

Take me down to the county fair
Take me to where there’s water in the air
Take me where the seasons change
And the leaves turn the color of your beautiful hair

Take me on where the wild ones go
Show me the ways, and the wise, and the know
Take me through the ice and snow
Where ever you go

This life ain’t going no one’s way
Sweet Goddess, she’s gonna do what she do
Miss fickle rolls with God in the hay
And leaves him sleeping under the moon
The harvest is done and she ain’t coming back till June

But you sit with me under the tree
The city lights are nowhere in sight
I’m one, I’m kind, I flow, I find
It’s right, it’s right

I see you in white

Come with me where the cliffs get steep
Where you need somebody, trust don’t come cheap
Your head gets clear and the air gets thin
Look into my eyes, take the great leap

Come with me down the road to the end
Moving steady, it’s only a bend
Come and be my closest friend

Take me down where the fire’s built high
Where the human spirit lights up the sky
Take me where the world breaks down
And things are allowed to grow and die

Take me down by the waterfall
Joy to renew, let go of it all
And we will hear the old earth call

But I come up from a different stock
My soul straight from the Drunkard’s Lore
Dirty man gonna go where the wind is hot
Dirty boy, dirty whore, gonna sleep on your floor
Watch him as he begs his mama for more

You lock the door and I leave you sore
I dream at night, you wrap me tight
I’m one, I’m kind, I flow, I find
It’s right, it’s right

I see you in white

Come with me to the grounds below
Come and bury with all we know
The winter and the cold surround
We are warm and living beneath the snow

Come and see what the firelight brings
What comes forth when we dance and sing
Come and be at peace with all things

Take me down by the willow tree
Set me down and let us be
Take my hand and lead me home
To roam as far as the eye can see

Take me on where the days get long
Come up from the ground to the world belong
Sing to me Forever’s song
Forever’s song
Listen here

Never grow tired - SotW [Week of 1-6-13]

The same song, never knew, never loved, never on once, until the first time and it never stopped, on repeat forever after. When you want to slow dance and cry by yourself. And when you're so excited that you're scared. I cannot get enough of this, enough of you, and when we cannot stop, and we cannot not do this. If I begin to list excuses, remind me what it's like to watch the water, the sunset, and a falling star. Remind me what it's like to want forever.

SotW 1/6
James Blake A Case of You (Originally by Joni Mitchell)

Just before our love got lost you said
"I am as constant as a northern star"
And I said "Constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar"

On the back of a cartoon coaster
In the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh Canada
With your face sketched on it twice
You're in my blood, you're my holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet

Oh I could drink a case of you darling
I would still be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid

I remember that time you told me you said
"Love is touching souls"
But surely you touched mine
Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time
You're in my blood, you're my holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet

Oh I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh I would still be on my feet

I met a woman
She had a mouth like yours
She knew your life
She knew your devils and your deeds
And she said
"Go to him, stay with him if you can
But be prepared to bleed"

You're in my blood, you're my holy wine
You're so bitter, bitter and so sweet

Oh, I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh I would still be on my feet
On repeat and repeat and repeat

Forever and never - SotW [Week of 12-30-12]

You don't know this, but I would hold you right now. Some things we listen to we're never really ready to hear. But I hear you. I will never forget when you told me that if I could put my arms around the world, it would be balanced. I am thinking of juries and judgement days, and I am thinking of tall trees and the sun that shines through where you can see the dust. I am thinking of seeing your breath, and the snow, on a cold night. My favorite deck of cards is the one from the Bellagio. How many hands and lifted hearts and broken promises. I miss what I want, I know what I have. I can forget and forget and forget, and always remember.

SotW 12/30
A.A. Bondy Witness Blues

Come out to the edge where it is quiet
Where the ink will drain right out of you
Far below, the sea and its convictions
Get broken by the beach out of your view

And once there was a time to join the army
And once there was a time to hear the news
And once there was a time for easy silence
But now the jury waits for you

You're caught between the mirror and the country
And caught up in a prayer of liars' words
The hounds are on your scent, you must move swiftly
Their spies just tellin' lies of what they heard

And once there was a time to join the army
And once there was a time to hear the news
And once there was a time for easy silence
But now the jury waits for you

So make yourself a mask of chrome and heartaches
And give yourself a hand to turn away
Once you heard a choir when you were dreamin'
And you wish you could remember it today

And there may be a time to join the army
And there may be a time to hear the news
And there may be a time for easy silence
But now the jury waits for you

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