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Up With Everyone
04:36
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Sometimes I feel like I need to keep up
With everyone in my life.
But is it okay for friends to move on
And our friendship to fade?
I can’t keep up, so we have become
A sad refrain I keep singing in my head again, again.
Is it okay for friends to move on
And our friendship to fade away?
Do you miss our chats?
I know I do, but the phone works both ways.
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You Picked Up the Phone
02:14
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I'm not bashful,
But I only seek help with undulating pokes.
You've helped me to see the tragedy
That I cling to self-deception.
Oh, how I trust my friends to deliver the truth.
I'm not sure how to tell you what I think anymore.
How should I feel when I am at the precipice
Of giving up on my dreams?
You picked up the phone,
And you called when I needed it.
You stayed on the line
After telling me you had to go.
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Love (May Come) My Way
02:59
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Although it seems that most everything works for the worst,
Is it so bad to remain optimistic in this life?
I want to know the warmth of love
And feel the strength of commitment
Can you ever know
How my parent's divorce and this unfaithful culture
Could leave me so pessimistic?
Am I naive or realistic,
To think love may come my way with dedication?
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The Morning Waits
02:12
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The morning waits, and I make up a few more things to do.
A second trip to QuikTrip feels better than thinking of you.
Maybe I’m distracted, maybe I’m in pain.
Maybe I’m impatient, and I fear the hurt again.
Maybe it's not my fear that I fear the most.
When I hear your song,
I’m reminded I am alone.
It’s waves of mutilation, waves of fear,
Waves of so many things I've held dear.
Maybe I’m distracted, maybe I’m in pain.
Maybe I’m impatient, and I fear the hurt again.
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Disappointed Again
02:57
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It’s that feeling of being on the cusp,
When you just didn't give enough,
That’s harder to forgive than
When you just can't give enough
Loving you is so hard when I feel like I do today
Loving you is so hard when expectations budge in the way
Is it alright to be okay with
Realizing we’re not always going to
Understand one another well?
Tell me, how do we make up?
How do we explain ourselves?
How do we repent
When we've disappointed again?
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Heartbeat Next to Mine
02:13
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I thought I could be the strong one, but now I’m not so sure.
I thought I could hold my own, but now I just need a hug.
I know that it can’t change the circumstances in my life,
But it’ll lift my countenance when I feel your heartbeat next to mine.
Now I’m left alone, thinking about you, and I wish I were there.
But I’m presently content with things because I know you care.
I know that it can’t change the circumstances in my life,
But it’ll lift my countenance when I feel your heartbeat next to mine.
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Miles and Lifestyles
08:08
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If things get worse before they improve,
Maybe you should prepare to fail well, my friend.
Be quick, be quick to repent;
Be slow to defend yourself.
There's more to our friendship
Than proving I am right.
Sifting through reservations,
I’m determined to pick up the phone tonight.
Miles and lifestyles may have separated us,
Miles and lifestyles wedge in their years of silence.
Can I listen to your wound,
The wound ‘neath your criticism?
Can I still call you friend, my friend?
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8. |
I Ask Myself
04:42
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Driving home tonight,
I wonder how we can completely agree that we can agree
Yet respond so differently
Sometimes I ask myself if we’re alone.
Sometimes I ask myself if we can be known.
Driving home tonight,
I wonder how we can completely agree that we can agree
Yet respond so differently
Sometimes I ask myself if we’re alone.
Sometimes I ask myself if we can be known.
Do you find that I’ve mistaken the voice of comfort for fear?
Do you find that we’ve mistaken the voice of comfort for fear?
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The New Normal
06:18
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I’m so tired; I can't even finish
The second side of Spiderland tonight.
Fifty hours into this work week,
And I’ve only started seeing what I need to complete.
When I think frantic has become the new normal for us,
I challenge myself every day to find some meaning in the mundane.
Have I lost my inspiration?
I never have the time all of the time.
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Welcome Adversity
05:19
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I go out to drink by myself,
Not to socialize.
I'm not here to drown my sorrows.
I am here to clear my mind.
Do you think I ever could, or
Do you think I ever should
Welcome adversity or embrace the unease?
Maybe grief is just like love,
Maybe it draws me back to you.
What do I do but embrace and listen to my friends?
Do you think I ever could, or
Do you think I ever should
Welcome adversity or embrace the unease,
Knowing fully it could bring growth to me?
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Jonathon Smith Kansas City, Missouri
Jonathon Smith draws from a wide range of influences.
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