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Deja Vu
01:57
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Walking by the coast
You said you saw this in a dream
Every aching boat
Every patch of green
As the sparrow spoke
You lifted up your hands
Said, “There must be a plan
That brought us to the sea.”
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2. |
When The Light Is Ours
03:13
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“Bet we'll have a lot to say
To the others when
We return someday”
You said, forty miles out
August in the air
And the windows down
Thought we'd make it on our own
Left our beds for the open road
But
We don't know where we are, where we are
And the sky is getting dark, getting dark
So we're sleeping in the car
But we'll keep moving when the light is ours
Yeah we'll keep moving when the light is ours
Back then, thought we had the clue
With your hand in mine
And the golden rule
But now we're in the space between
All that we had hoped
And what came to be
Wrapped in your mother's clothes
You said you thought you'd feel less alone
But
We don't know where we are, where we are
And the sky is getting dark, getting dark
So we're sleeping in the car
But we'll keep moving when the light is ours
Ooh ooh
Yeah we'll keep moving when the light is ours (x5)
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3. |
Black Hole
03:53
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Nothing left to say
As we drove away
But Carolina hangs in a memory
Said it was unkind
But I meant it right
And I’m still trying to fight for us
Yeah it’s true
We don’t know what to do
As we wait
For our arrival
In a black hole
Looking up
I get away
*Felt like water running through*
And I pray
*But what was it you thought I’d do?*
Then you spoke out in paints
And I kept drawing blanks
Like I always do
See I don’t know the reasons
Lord I’m trying to be near them
But I don’t want to walk out on you
And is it what you wanted?
Or is it what you needed?
You look at me so fearfully
I’m feeling so defeated
Leave it alone
Look if I knew what to say, I’d have said it last night
I had a dream where I got it all right
But everything gets caught in the writing
And when I talk well I can’t seem to fit it in the timing
I’m looking everyway that I shouldn’t
And then I start to say things that I wouldn’t
And still you’re looking all expectantly
Like you only want the best of me
And I don’t think I can be honest
Sharing good things when I’ve got em
But leaving no space for the problem
I take it back
I’m looking through a lock when you’re talking to me
You turn the camera off and you pocket the key,
Still, I’ll be here for the driving
As long as you are there for the riding
And when it’s all been told
I always keep your old sweaters
For cold weather
So when I walk out
I feel you
Those four letters
Aren’t forever
I could wait
For our arrival--
Old sweaters
For cold weather
So when I walk out
I feel you
Those four letters
Aren’t forever
I could wait
For our arrival
In a black hole
I’m in a black hole
I’m in a black hole
In a black hole
I’m in a black hole
I’m in a black hole
I could wait
For our arrival
In a black hole
Looking up
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4. |
Eliza
04:04
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If there's not much on her face
It means she's thinking of what to say
Eliza holds the weight
Of her words so gracefully
We rode out in the morning
Thought we'd make it in a day
With Eliza, in the summer
Always trying to find a way
In the evening, people came
All their talking, dusty basement
And Eliza couldn't stay
She puts walls up when she needs them
The look upon their faces now
Like they don't remember when we left the ground
Oh the beat of braking cars
They need to be given, and taken apart
She spoke up on the couch
I'm not good with how you're acting
Throwing all your pain around
But I can't change at all if you won't say it all
Is something wrong, why won't you be honest
Was I not the friend you wanted
In the sun the light is upon us
Was I not the friend you wanted
The look upon their faces now
Like they don't remember when we left the ground
Oh the beat of braking cars
They need to be given, and taken apart
Though we don't know what's been forgotten
In the rivers to the north
I'm trying to go back where we started
In the rivers to the north
Though we don't know what's been forgotten
In the rivers to the north
I'm trying to go back where we started
In the rivers to the north
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5. |
Passenger
03:51
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When the most high
Met us here below
Blessed shoulder blade
You took off your clothes
On the coast line
I jumped in after you
Thinking that every day
Led to this afternoon
And as you swim out
Into the key of sea
I charm the homonym
As you hum the harmony
And when you turn round
I swear I saw you there
And it felt like I was blind
Till salt was in my hair
And now, the best we can do
Is waiting out the winter in the living room
I pray the sun's coming soon
You say isn't this so lovely too
In the window
I'm just passing time
In the passive voice
Trying to hook the past on a line
But each I throw out
Comes empty to the shore
Can't catch Eliza's grace
With a simple metaphor
And now, the best we can do
Is waiting out the winter in the living room
I pray the sun's coming soon
You say isn't this so lovely too
To sit and watch the seasons move
We were young once
And we kind of are
Riding passenger
In the family car
You turn the lights off
Along a darkened road
As I count the stars above
And you wonder which leads home
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6. |
Dance With Me
03:15
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On a state line the light’s turning red again
And you’re in your head, sitting next to me
I thought nighttime would make us feel permanent
But then came the sun, unexpectedly
In the day standing tall
We got your mother’s call
She said she needed you at home
You just stared at your hand
Holding a grain of sand
You let it fall to your feet
Then you said “Dance with me”
And I did so willingly
As lights on a radar screen
Keep pulling away
Just stay, and dance with me
“Darling how in the hell will we work this out?
When I need to go, but don’t want to leave”
I don’t know, but I’ll turn the car back around
If that’s what you’re asking me
At the edge of the fall
We still don’t know at all
What we were setting out to do
But is this how we should end
To leave and come back again
Without having made it to the sea?
Then you said “Dance with me”
And I did so willingly
As lights on a radar screen
Keep pulling away
Just stay, and dance with me
On a state line the light’s turning red again
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7. |
A Parable
04:00
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My back’s to the wall
The most bashful of us all
Watching you step into the room
And dance like an animal
And God it makes me weak
And God I need a drink
To disregard the thoughts I think
And just step out with you
Well my old mind
Would over analyze
But I have made amends
With the voices in my head
And though I’ll always hear them
I’m reaching out again
Walking to your house
And I’m staring at your mouth
The string of words it’s speaking out
Sounds like a parable
And isn’t it a waste
When mine don’t sound the same
Oh all I think to say
Is “can I come in with you?”
See I still find
I’m quick to criticize
But I have made amends
With the voices in my head
And though I’ll always hear them
I’m reaching for your hand
All I know is that the night
Isn’t ever wrong or right
And I’ll stay with you
Oh, for as long as you ask me to
I sleep fine
With Eliza at my side
Waking in the morning
She reaches for a pen
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8. |
An Offer
03:24
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You tell me how
You want to live
A drop of water
On your bottom lip
You try hard
To hide your needs
You give to others
And then take your leave
And even when you want to stay
Your feet will walk the other way
You show me how
Things could have been
In constellations
Shaping our end
You stayed up
To count my scars
You trace your fingers
As we lay in the dark
See every time
I needed change
My feet stayed planted
All the same
As we sit here
I ask for help
To be with another
And still be myself
I guess all that I’m trying to say
Is you and me could get away
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Hayden Arp Vienna, Austria
Hayden Arp is a songwriter, producer, and mixer from Alexandria, Virginia.
His first single,
In the Fading Light, was described by The FADER as “Tingling… powerful,” and his debut EP, For Gabriel, was called “A gorgeous and original work” by ThrdCoast.
He lives in Vienna, AT. His debut LP, "With Eliza," will be released on November 18th.
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