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Only The Sky Is Blue
06:10
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Only the sky is blue
Used to think that when I was two
Used to think that when I was with you
Floating in a pool of imagery stew
Sat in the grass and summer days passed
The saturation took over the contrast
When I looked up, you went away
But eventually I was okay
Only the sky is blue
When I think of the clouds as pictures of you
It was something my teacher said
About the little voice in my little head
And I thought about it yesterday
When I realized that it ran away
Logic fails and emotion sings
But really I knew all of those things
It doesn’t hit you until you’re done
And your mind starts floating up into the sun
Only the sky is blue
When you realize that all you need is you
Ohh, the sky is only blue
When you realize that all you need is you
The sky is only blue if you let it (repeat)
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Everywhere she goes
She acts like everybody just forgets about her
Even if she knows
When she turns round, the neighbors always talk about her
Everywhere she stays
She takes away the room and lets it decay
Everywhere she lays, her inspiration stays
And I would protest and I would second guess but I don’t think it even matters
And I wasn’t so sure and not so long ago but I don’t think
I don’t think it even matters
Everywhere she walks
You watch her dancing through a bowl of corn flakes
Every time she talks
She dances on my fingers like the finger lakes
Everything she says
Comes out as words that seem as though they mean a lot
Every day I rest
Just dreaming in a knot
And I would say a word but I’ve been reassured that my words would slowly shatter
And I would protest and I would second guess but I don’t think
I don’t think it even matters
It even matters
It even matters
It even matters
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3. |
What's Your Name?
07:35
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There was not any point of living
‘Til I saw all that you were giving
What’s your name, what’s your name (2x)
Your love wraps around me like a flower
It haunts my every waking hour
All I see are your bluest skies
I think about it and I want to die
Chorus:
No one ever tried to do much after
No one ever trid and not much happened
No one ever tried to bring much laughter
Nothing ever was the same
Did you get that letter that I wrote you
With all the answers that I owed you
In my head, it was in my head
I didn’t write it and forgot instead
Give me time, give me time to grieve
It’s just four letters written on my sleeve
[Chorus]
If you want, you can tell me your name, you can tell me your name (repeat)
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I know you gotta leave and make our money
I never know how long a day will last
I try to paint your picture in my memory
But it don’t always make the time go fast, make the time go fast, make the time go fast
Chorus:
Yeah, you’re gonna be something
You’re gonna be something to believe in
Yeah, you’re gonna be somebody
You’re gonna be somebody to believe in
You’ve been running with the devil and it’s showing
It’s showing in your eyes and the way you sleep
You talk about the seeds that you’ve been sowing
But you’ve got flowers you gotta reap, flowers you gotta reap, flowers you gotta reap
[Chorus]
What do I do with myself all day?
What do I do lying round that way?
Why am I lying in bed all day?
Just waiting for the day when we can finally get away
Waking up early is the thing I’m dreading
But I know you have to leave our bed so warm
You kiss me on the cheek, say “Baby, stop your fretting”
“Won’t you be a good boy ‘til I get home, baby ‘til I get home, then I’ll love you all night long”
[Chorus x2]
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I. Daytime/Nighttime
I wish you would get up with me at 6am and watch The Simpsons
Nothing better than a nighttime show in a daytime world
I wish you would stay up with me ‘til 2am and watch The Today Show
Nothing better than a talk show host in a nighttime life
Well, the daytime world and the nighttime clash and I’m amazed to find you listening
Cause it’s a hard time comin’ when you want some English tea and I want beer
Just hear me out when I tell you the advantages of the nighttime life
But it’s the daytime when the sun comes out and the rain comes out at night
I wish you would get up with me at 5am and watch the sun rise
A lot better than staring at the screen and straining your eyes
I wish you would stay up with me till 8pm and watch the sun set
Somethin’ ‘bout goin’ dark gets me sleepy at night
Cause it’s a daytime world in a nighttime life and I’m amazed to find you sleeping
Just get up now and we could do some things that we usually do together
It’s 8am and we could do everything and we could be outside forever
But it’s a hard consolation when you can’t see my elation for the simple things like weather
And it’s a hard time comin’ when I open my eyes and you don’t wanna see the light
Let’s not fight, it’s fine, the sun’s out now and the rain comes out at night
Lead vocal: Eli
Backing vocals: Nelson
Lyrics: Eli Moore
Music: Eli & Nelson
II. Daytime Blues
Well that sun beatin’ down on me, feels like a fever dream
Darkness through my window, best sight I ever did see
Chorus:
You know I got them daytime blues
I don’t want that sun to shine
When I get back to my bedroom
I’m gonna stay up all damn night
Well I stayed up all night long just to hear that old bird song
But just as it was starting, Some Asshole went and turned the lights on
Chorus
Now you’ve been waiting for the morning to come
But I’ve been working all night til a drink of rum
And I feel the heat of that burning sun
Brush against my head just like a loaded gun
Sun shining through my window
Birds singing in the daylight
Please darling, turn the lights low
And let me sleep till the moonlight
Now the one thing that always troubled me down to my cold black soul
That I won’t be around to see the sun get swallowed by a big black hole
Chorus
There ain’t nothing that I can’t see
If only the sun wouldn’t stare at me
There ain’t nothing that I can’t dream
If I wasn’t distracted by a sunny beam
Sun shining through my window
Birds singing in the daylight
Please darling, turn the lights low
And let me sleep till the moonlight
(Guitar solo)
Sun shining through my window
Birds singing in the daylight
Please darling, turn the lights low
And let me sleep till the moonlight
Lead vocal: Nelson (Eli at the end)
Lyrics: Nelson & Eli Moore & Tyler Bosley
Music: Tyler Bosley & Eli Moore
III. Moonlight
Wordless vocals: Eli & Edward
Music: Edward Morris & Eli Moore
IV. Look at the Sky (It’s All There)
The sky is only blue if you let it
But I don’t wanna die just lookin’ at the sky
Look at the waves, the floating caves
Look at the trees and ride the breeze
Look in your eyes, the wind is nice
Look at the sky, it’s floating by
Look in the air, it’s always there
Look at the sky, it’s floating by
Look on the wings, those pretty things
Look at the sky, it’s floating by
All I do is speak to you
All you do is let me through
Daylight brings the silent walkers
Nighttime brings the silent talkers
(repeat once)
And it’s all there
It’s already there
In the streams beneath the mountains
In the streets beneath the mountains
Lead vocal: Eli and Nelson
Music & Lyrics: Eli Moore
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6. |
House of Blue Lights
04:37
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Born out of Louisville, Kansas
Raised in a house in the mines
Torn out of Tennessee day camp
Saved by the trees and the vines
Saved by the trees and the vines
He grew up around some nature
Left to see the city of lights
Came full circle in a daydream
And now he’s just flyin a kite
And now he’s just flyin a kite
Chorus:
But I know that no matter what you do
You can’t beat forest green
It’s the color that you see when the time is right for you to peak
He met his buddy there, Buick
He lives in a little sedan
He met his buddy there, Oscar
He lives in a garbage can
He met his buddy there, Roswell
He lives in a UFO
He met his buddy there, Lindy
He lives, well, I don’t know
[Chorus]
Well he was raised in a house in the mines
And he was found in a house of blue lights
(repeat)
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7. |
Limelight
05:40
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I know that I can’t be alone
I need someone at home when I’m with you
I see that you can’t let me down
I just want you around, it’s an issue
I don’t care
If you know where I am at all times, baby
I know where
The keys to your own house reside
When your friends come around
I’ll act as if I’m proud
Chorus:
And it could be a limelight for you baby
And it could be a good time for me too
And you could be a big star for me baby
And it could be a good life for you too
I could be inside the circle
Inside the light
As long as it’s not too tight
I hear that the message is clear
I’ve got nothing to fear theoretically
I hear that you want me to crack
So I’ll hide in the back imperceptibly
On my own
The things that I’ve been shown
Have come back willingly
Let me in
It’s a shame and it’s a sin
But with the things that I’ve been told
I’ve accepted all my roles
[chorus]
[2nd pre-chorus]
[chorus]
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Running in for my love today
Keeping me on my toes today
Sorry I don't have much to say
Gotta do more for you to stay
Smokin' on the road
Silence overflowed
Taking time as it comes but it's not too kind
Sailing on a doubt
All the lights are out
Maybe all the words I say will someday be mine
[Chorus]
Solitude begins
It's how the world ends
Selling crafts in the streets is not too unique
Vouching for my love
With many islands of
Overcast dreams that seem to cloud up the peak
[Chorus twice]
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9. |
Annabel Lee
06:33
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Crazy girl, don’t you run away from me
Everything will work out fine if you come back to our castle by the sea
Funny girl, she loved to dance to the sea
Lie down soaking wet, and sink into the sand right next to me
Bridge:
And I keep on thinking why the hell did you decide to be with me
But I know you’ve made your mind up and it wouldn’t do to disagree
So I just thank the universe for all it’s given me
Crazy girl, why’d you ever try to roam
Into the cold black night, too far to come back to my arms safe and warm
Jealous man, I will forever be
The sea took you away, took away my love, Annabel Lee
[Bridge]
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10. |
I'm Gonna Lose My Head
06:26
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Stoned policemen in the concert hall, can’t find their way in or out
Too many people instigating, too little room to move about
I started leaning on the man next to me, he was looking pretty scared
He said “What can I do for you, son?”, I said “I don’t really care.”
I might like another cup of coffee, I’ve been too long on the sauce
The woman behind me handed me a whisky glass, I said “That’s a mighty loss!”
That’s when I got this vision from the smoke inside the theater hall
And right then, that’s when a fire broke out from under one of the bathroom stalls.
Chorus:
And I said “Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, I’m gonna lose my head” (repeat)
People start running through the cold black night, screaming shadows trailing blood red
Some of em got bad frostbite, some of em just dropped dead
Ice growing, rocks a-throwin, a riot broke out in the town
No time to think about what I just saw, while we tried to calm everybody down
Cars colliding, bodies crowding, traffic filling up the streets
Somebody called the cops but it didn’t help nothing, people started choking in the heat
It didn’t hit me ‘til that night, I lay in my bed, and started having awful dreams
My whole life flashed before my eyes and I began to scream
[Chorus]
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11. |
White Sands
13:00
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Little Boy and Fat Man lay out on the sand
While the big boy, big man wipes the blood from his hands
He got smiles, he got grins, he got feverish chills
He got doom, he got death, he got dollar bills
Blinding light scours your eyes
Images never leave your mind
What it is, what it’s not, please get it confused
You won’t even realize your being used
Chorus:
Well, you won’t last long with blood on your hands
No, you won’t last long (yeahhhh) on the White Sands
You've been tripping for ages on your mushroom cloud
The secret is done, you can say it out loud
Two cities were lively before the mad sound
But shadows and skeletons are all that we found
A wise man said “I am become death”
But the wise man didn’t have an appetite for the flesh
The desert TV is the Trinity brand
And the big man wipes all the facts from his hands
You can buy your own island, you can build your own lair
You can shield your poor eyes, you can look out and stare
You snicker and kill and you will not be knocked
Cause Pandora’s box can no longer be locked
[Chorus]
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Ursa and the Major Key Plattsburgh, New York
Ursa and the Major Key is an indie/psychedelic rock band from Plattsburgh, NY. Their first album, Daytime/Nighttime, is out now on Cricket Records.
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