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More Than You Need
03:27
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I know you probably want more
More than you'll ever need
I know that you want more
More than you'll ever need
But you can't take what you never give
You can't give what you need
I know that you want more
More than you'll ever need
You want an open book
With pages in their place
All your answers written down
By hands that never shake
all your answers written down
all you pages in their place
You want a slamming door
and no one calling home
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2. |
Dry Out
03:58
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When you grow up
and out of your clothes
and into a suit
When you put on your tie
you'll wave your goodbyes
to mud on your face
(say goodbye) To digging the dirt
(say goodbye) With your knees in the grass
Out of the door
and down to the street
hailing a cab
Somewhere deep in your thoughts
These things you have lost
That you won't forget
(say goodbye) No matter how you try
(say goodbye) They won't leave your mind
I know it gets hard
when you can't remember the line
The sun beats down over the yard
Everything dries out sometimes
When you finally grow old
And your work is through
It's time to go home
Will you shed a tear
for each missing year
While you were away
(say goodbye) One for each bill you paid
(say goodbye) One for every penny saved
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Colors
03:37
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All these colors that you open after midnight
They wake me up from my sleep
For the altars you're painting on your front porch
They chase me right out of my dreams
I would walk out but only when it's safer
Cause I know, I know what all this means
You are raising a tower on your front porch
And there's no space left in the in-between
And I know there's no place for me
When you finish the mortar and the ceiling
And the doorways that open every wing
And you've locked out the world and all it's evil
You are lonely but you alone are king
and you can't wrap your arms around a thing
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4. |
Painted Faces
04:10
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Thunder and lightning
on my birthday
We had a good Christmas
while you were gone
New years was just
another reason
To know that all our best years
we save for when we're grown
Now, I need to believe
So don't close the door on me
These painted faces in the dark
Are trying
just a little bit too hard
pull out the silver
from your suitcase
turn your mind off and
close the door
I drew you a picture
with a pencil
A little boy laughing
his face against the floor
the time spent with you by my side
was only in mind
not only in my mind
all the fields of green and of red
they're not only in my head
not only in my head
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5. |
Murder Me
04:24
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Murder me,
please I'm begging you to come
with your hand upon a gun
through my window sill
where I'm am waiting still
For the crimson moon
to burn out both my eyes
I swear I will act surprised
when my time has come
through the barrel of your gun
oh the morning comes
and the blue birds fly
but the night begins again
the cold touch of your hand
Oh lay me down
with a quick and steady hand
and don't try to pretend that I have a chance
We both know this dance
So climb inside
and underneath my skin
The turn and the spin
and the lights go blue
and the knife is passed to you
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6. |
Digging
04:29
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If i was born a rich man
and i had no need for work
I would spend my whole day dreaming
not digging up the dirt
(oh) not digging up the dirt
I know that Im a young man
but my mind is getting tired
from all the nights that i spend
climbing high upon the wires
(oh) climbing high upon the wires
but you can't be
everything all of the time
all the while your walking on the line
yeah you know right where you are
I have searched this whole world over
for a heart of gold and stone
And in all this time Ive wandered
I have seen enough to know
(oh) I have seen enough to know
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7. |
He Who Hates
03:49
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These are some words I wrote about you
And most of the lines are probably not true
But you're not around to defend what you do
My oh My
This is a song, I've sang it before
The next two lines you can probably ignore
The melody sounds like you've heard it before
My oh my
If every line you hear
Sounds like poison in your ear
Then you've got no faith in the fever of life
If I asked for a sword you would hold up a knife
And cut of an arm if it meant you were right
My oh my
When people applaud, you sit on your hands
Asked to be seated and you take a stand
I don't know if I'll ever understand
My oh My
If every song you sing
Was an open ended thing
I'm not afraid to come to the end
The reception is warmer than when I began
And you'll never gave to hear this one again
My oh my
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8. |
Simple
04:23
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The world has changed
and we're left standing with
Pieces we would hide
Hunting for the sounds outside the
window, with nothing to find
Pink and naked
our ideas stumble
un-conformed in the womb
breaking through they fall into the
ocean, and float down to you
one heals one kills yet two will die
the steel will crack the blood will rise
the ship still sailing with the crowd
in hopes that grace is bound
to such a simple sound
Pink and naked
our ideas stumble
un-conformed in the womb
breaking through they crash into the
ocean, and float down to you
winter's chill is
cold and lucid
it calls me to hear
these sounds outside these walls
that, remain in my ear
one heals one kills yet two will die
the steel will crack the blood will rise
the ship still sailing with the crowd
in hopes that grace is bound
to such a simple sound
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9. |
Someday Soon
03:09
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Let the old dog sleep
Let the young dogs run
Yeah let him sleep it off
Layin on the porch in the sun
Because someday soon we'll lay him down to rest
Somewhere in between my house and yours
And your family tree
has roots that grow down deep
But you can't find
Another branch to put your feet
Because someday soon they'll cut it down for good
Somewhere in between your house and mine
You knew they would
Let me take you back
back to the woods behind your house
back when we were just kids
getting loud and sneaking out
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10. |
Rust On The Spoon
05:37
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Am I somewhere I shouldn't be
I should leave tonight
you wouldn't want to find me here
following the light of the moon
You handed your life to me
a promise and a ring
your father gave your hand away
this is such a simple thing to undo
there's something in your eyes
thats telling me you tried
to leave it all behind
but it won't rest
until it pulls you back inside
All these things that we have done
all these things we do
When it's left out in the rain
theres bound to be some rust on the spoon
Finding out on your way back home
That she had had me walk her to the door
Close your eyes and ill tell you what you need to know
I've never wanted anybody more
People make mistakes were only human
People make mistakes when their in love
What else can I do to make you believe me
People make mistakes when their in love
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11. |
Cold Black Eyes
04:49
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Why did I ever leave
Why did I have to go
Couldn't I just find my voice
and hold on to
your peppered cold black eyes
Pulled right through the screen
filleted on the cutting floor
We all wanted to be
a part of your broken heart
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Matt Honkonen Knoxville, Tennessee
On the heels of more than ten years touring and playing up and down the east coast with such bands as Peak Physique, Tenderhooks, Llama Train, RB Morris and Tim Lee 3 he has ventured out on his own. Honkonen has shared the stage with acts like the Fiery Furnaces, The Features and ZZ Top and played celebrated festivals including Bonnaroo and CMJ. ... more
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