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Into the Wilderness
03:44
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It seems these days I have put the horse after the cart
It is over before it even starts
Last weekend I drove out into the wilderness
Quitted these city constraints in hopes of solving some great mess
The open air and clear skies
Made me even more aware of where the problem lies
Now I'm far gone from the start
But the path down which I'm led in still dark up ahead
And that's why it's hard
So when I returned to the row houses and grocery stores
And realized the pain remained and that maybe it even hurt some more
I knew then the use in this
Was all gone and never really did exist
Oh, it was lies
That put me in this space, this god awful place
I've come to despise
Oh-------
Like magic one sunday, I woke up and made the choice
To bury this down in the ground and finish with all the noise
Now my life comes back to me
The broadcasts are resumed, the circuits are complete
Oh, it was lies
But I guess now I've learned never to return
To where the fools are the wise.
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Why Wait
03:49
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There's a feeling that you thought you had
But you see that now it's more than that
And it's so complicated
And they're telling you it's all a lie
And this hell you do, that makes you cry
It's no way to die
You're gonna have to give it up
You're gonna have to give it up
You're gonna have to give it up someday
You're gonna have to give it up
You're gonna have to give it up
You're gonna have to give it up someday
And why wait?
Now everyone has gone to sleep
And night has come, you long to weep
But that takes energy
But you're not sure if you believe in God
You're adrift, you're lost in a sea of dark
You can't see very far
But when your body stars to shake
And you feel the ropes begin to break
You suddenly believe
In what you cannot see
It aches
It aches
You're gonna have to give it up
You're gonna have to give it up
You're gonna have to give it up someday
You're gonna have to give it up
You know I really want to give it up
I think I have to give it up someday
And why wait?
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Two Nights in Manhattan
03:10
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Late at night I took a walk
Crosstown from 10th to Park
And then came my thoughts
As lights through the dark
Now I'm back in the old charade
Return to the road from the gold parade
Now every metaphor
Is naive, I act my age
A couple of weeks went by and I
Saw an old friend, I forgot why
We had ever stopped our talks
'til I was hit on the head
By the blunt force of nostalgia
It was 6 o'clock when I got up
The sun split the fog over the reservoir
And my feet hit the ground
I swear I've never run so hard.
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Medals
03:11
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I've been lost in this forest for now more than a year
And I can't tell when the fog will lift or if dawn is near
But more than all infernal beasts the most which I fear
Is that I will be stuck here
I've drawn a compass on my chest, due North is where I'll go
My necessities strapped to my back, in my head is all I know
I see the path marked on the ground now leads down below
Far beneath all that shows
I thought by now I'd be in a better place
And that I'd be without my fear and disgrace
But still somehow I'm losing this race
You can see it's written on my face
Now these days I've been walking in an attempt to understand
The tumbling confusion that did slip through my hands
And even though my destination is not detectable by land
Just trust me now, I mean I think I've got a plan
I see there is truth and beauty in
Every break, mistake, and imperfection
So I'll wear my scars like medals, pinned
Saying, "I'm alive after where I've been."
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Issie Ivins Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
17-year-old singer, songwriter and guitarist who records in Philadelphia and Nashville. My goal: to be played on WXPN. I'm getting there!
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