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Days While Away

by Matt Hectorne

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1.
Waves get bigger, your blood turns to liquor Your mama don't call you no more Rock turned to mire, a flicker once a fire I ain't gonna darken your door When I'm talking to you There's miles of distance we can't get through The quiet will see what's hidden at night You act like you still wanted me The lies you told will bury you alive I won't be there to hear the bell ring No grain in the silo, no birds at my window It all just don't seem right They gave me a warning, you'd be here by morning There ain't no truth in your eyes When I'm talking to you The hurt is a river that I just can't get through The quiet will see what's hidden at night You act like you still wanted me The lies you told will bury you alive I won't be there to hear the bell ring Fell asleep in your room I always had trouble saying no to you The night is starting to bloom But leaving you was the best I could do The quiet will see what's hidden at night You act like you still wanted me The lies you told will bury you alive I won't be there to hear the bell ring
2.
Sinking Man 04:02
In the low down, dark, and lonely The other side of a chemical high There's a girl there dancing slowly A blinking light of the celestial kind She's just laughing, singing, talking The day is long, and the Sun's in the sky I just stand there thinking if only There was a way to bring her to my side But I'm just a sinking man Can't find no way to land God bless the sinking man 'Cause there's no way He could understand But she loves in all my wandering No matter where I seem to roam She's an anchor strong and steady Without her I would drift out all alone 'Cause I'm just a sinking man Can't find no way to land God bless the sinking man 'Cause there's no way He could understand In the light of another dawning day There's a weight that contains all my shame And it's something I plan to learn to shake There's not way He could understand Yeah there's no way He could understand
3.
Animal 04:06
Put your picture by her bed Light all her cigarettes Loudly proclaim No other woman could take your name But she's got a smile as dark as rain And a heart no man could ever tame All you hear are the words she'll never say So let it rock, let it roll Lift her up and let her go Ain't no use in keeping an animal That was born to roam When nights are long and days hot It makes you wonder what you got Heads rung out, worse for wear And she's sleeping without a care 'Cause she's got a smile as dark as rain And a heart no man could ever tame All you hear are the words she'll never say So let it rock, let it roll Lift her up and let her go Ain't no use in keeping an animal That was born to roam Keep walking, don't let it hang over your head So let it rock, let it roll Lift her up and let her go Ain't no use in keeping an animal That was born to roam
4.
Better Days 03:28
There comes a time in every man's life When you know you just gotta go You see that dam's about to break You gotta hold it off or get away Sometimes I find myself lost Getting caught in the tangles of my mind I numb myself I'm scared to feel But you gotta let it scar or let it heal Don't tell me the conversation's over 'Cause I've been waiting around all night If you'd let me talk I wouldn't make you stay We're better off finding better days Now I see the caverns of my life Down below the cities and the streets And all the people trying to find meaning Well the never look underneath Don't tell me the conversation's over 'Cause I've been waiting around all night If you'd let me talk I wouldn't make you stay We're better off finding better days
5.
Highways 04:08
You bring the morning, you come alive You take it over, you draw the line My hands were shaking and hard to hide In the cold light You let it rise, you let it fall You let it all out, or not at all My hands were holding you all along But now you're gone Highways Hearts break Highways to harder days And I would let you bring life to me You could live in my family tree My hands were breaking, we'll never know What's coming on Highways Hearts break Highways to harder days
6.
Undone 04:09
Well I tried to call her over She don't answer the phone Try and stay sober But I can't sleep alone Well the motel is humming There's a fight next door TV is broken Looks like blood on the floor And I talk and talk into the setting Sun And I let it all out, can't save it for no one Is this where all my dreams come undone? Well the days leave me empty But the bartender's friendly Baltimore's lonely But they're singing with me Is this really what I wanted? Will I know when I've caught it? Feeling some kind of haunted I'm counting my losses And I talk and talk into the setting Sun And I let it all out, can't save it for no one Is this where all my dreams come undone? Is this really what I wanted? Will I know when I've caught it? Feeling some kind of haunted I'm counting my losses
7.
Mississippi, Tennessee Walking down these dirty streets Every corner teems of memories Chasing ghosts out the past Rearrange and don't look back That's how we will get by But for tonight- Take me to the path that leads back To the water Where we used to sit and talk All night Steam comes off the lake like Holy Ghost fire And in the morning we'll be Racing the daylight It's true I used to have it bad Can't we just forget all that? And see if we can wait for the night to fade Time will make us soon forget 'Til then can we feign regret? That's how we will get by Just for tonight So take me to the path that leads back To the water Where we used to sit and talk All night Steam comes off the lake like Holy Ghost fire And in the morning we'll be Racing the daylight
8.
51 02:52
Seven years of fighting and I still want more I can't make myself stay The feeling the comes with settling the score I'll show em how a man is made Sitting at the crossroads Gripping on the wheel so tight She's waiting for me back home But God knows that I had to try So I jumped onto the 51 And drove into the dead of night They're scratching and they're biting at my back door Their eyes glowing red with rage There's a light coming from underneath the floor I'm setting fire to the page Sitting at the crossroads Gripping on the wheel so tight She's waiting for me back home But God knows that I had to try So I jumped onto the 51 And drove into the dead of night Yeah and I no longer hate myself But I am still not scared to die
9.
Doll 03:17
Woke up with the sound Of someone calling me home Wasn't no one around Still it rattled my bones Always thought I'd found A simple song to sing But somewhere deep down I could hear them bells ring And I'll make my way toward the light Set my gaze on the prettiest sight Singing songs slow and tender Into that sweet surrender Was always scared of the end And when it would come No need to comprehend When there's a heavenly hum And I'll make my way toward the light Set my gaze on the prettiest sight Singing songs slow and tender Into that sweet surrender
10.
Let your bridge down Let me inside the walls you put up Pretend we're still kids Every night falling in love Everything we had is faded in the light Everything we had exists in my mind Strange as it seems I kept your gaze longer than most We gave it a chance But you never learned how to be alone Everything we had is faded in the light Everything we had exists in my mind Finally I'm strong enough to stand on my own Even if I miss a few steps or chip a few bones Everything we had is faded in the light You still exist in my mind

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released September 18, 2015

All songs written and arranged by Matt Hectorne.
Additional arrangement by Rob Parr, David Smalt, Jonathan Smalt, and Taylor Thompson.
Produced by Rob Parr and Matt Hectorne
Mixed and recorded by Rob Parr.
Mastered by Adam Boose at Cauliflower Audio.
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Loved by your mom.

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