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Big People

by Max Gowan

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1.
Rare Thing 03:17
I'm not a stranger, this is just a cameo Highlights on a paper written for me Feeling like an actor moving through a crowded room Read between the lines there's nothing to see I thought I saw a tragic streak of luck and ingenuity It flashed across your filtered screen, it's gone again cuz it's a rare thing It's been too long since I last saw you all And I don't feel the same You stand so close but you're a million miles away I'm not a stranger, this is just a cameo Highlights on a paper written for me Feeling like an actor moving through a crowded room Read between the lines there's nothing It's been too long since I last saw you all And I don't feel the same You stand so close but you're a million miles away
2.
Window 01:29
I've been watching you stare out that window for so long I know what you do and what you say, they're not the same I don't know where you're going to, is there something I can find for you Looking into outer space to see what put you in this place What are you looking for What are you seeing What are you searching for What am I missing
3.
Face 03:32
Get me dressed and ready to go, cuz I don't care about the show Give me something, give me a word, tell me something I haven't already heard I was falling into myself, didn't want to ask for help Everybody wants something to save and someone else to one day sing their praise It's windy on the shore and you brought all the color to my face I'm speaking from my mind, and it's empty And I'm vacant like I've been erased I've got just a minute to stay and I hate to leave, it was worth the wait But you'll just keep me tied to the ground, my ego tripped, my conscience drowned You'll just keep me pacing the floor, head in my hands and eyes on the door And I'll just keep it bundled inside, if somebody asks: I always take my side It's windy on the shore and you brought all the color to my face I'm speaking from my mind and it brought all the color to my face It's windy on the shore and you brought all the color to my face I'm speaking from my mind, and it's empty And I'm vacant like I've been erased
4.
Another Lucy 03:01
Wait up now, you're just another Lucy How could you confuse me for something that I am You woke up late and spent the day in heaven At least it's your perception, now it's just your fate Dreams kept looking bitter, but I found something better You've always been a quitter, but I found something better Look outside, the world's a different color Not the shade I'm used to; gets me every year You'll do fine just get to where you're going Cuz now it's started snowing, you're running out of time Dreams kept looking bitter, but I found something better You've always been a quitter, but I found something better
5.
Bend 02:39
I'm so frightened, I'm so excited cuz it's coming up The things we waited for are so depleting, they keep repeating til we close our eyes And join the others who were First to know, that this is all a one act show You get to choose your company and keep them close Outside of the lines they drew for us, do we bend/will we break I was riding inside a bi-plane, it felt so strange Cuz it would only take a little problem to let us spiral down and make a scene And I remember thinking Outside of the lines they drew for us, do we bend/will we break
6.
Big People 05:03
Everybody sees it, nobody believes it Everybody knows it, wish that I could show it Lost boy is happy navigating aimlessly Drifting and missing and looking on so shamelessly Climb to the peak and fall back so painlessly The place is just dragging you down Cuz everybody knows what's best for you And everybody knows just what to do And everybody's got big plans for you And everybody's understanding you Everybody sees it, nobody believes it Everybody knows it, wish that I could show it
7.
Keep my thinking to myself cuz it's borderline I'm dreaming to myself when I have the time I'm writing to myself and they don't know why But it's not gonna hurt me all that bad, it's not gonna hurt Cuz I'm way up here, and I'll stay up here I'm looking up the cure for my energy I'm keeping all my tabs on my enemies It's bringing me to life and it's killing me But it's not gonna hurt me all that bad, it's not gonna hurt Cuz I'm way up here, and I'll stay up here I wanna be the good guy, but I'm so fixed in place
8.
The Stumble 02:06
9.
Snow 03:03
You were waiting out the snow And the cold just wrapped itself around your toes And you would save a little bit for me, and you would say it felt like gold The sign says everything must go And I get the funny feeling that you know But I won't talk, I won't say a word, I noticed something different down below Now you're walking through my room And you're saying everything as if I knew It doesn't stick, it never hits the mark, but I can't really see things how they are I saw your trail inside the snow and pretty soon it's gonna fade I'll be laughing on the inside, take it with me to the grave
10.
What's the bigger picture of all these pretty people They're heading for the steeple and speaking words of peace And something out of reach And I don't get the joke We ask so much of you it's not fair We don't know anything I'm not scared Now she's with the people they're taking her for granted The frenzy and the panic can start to feel like home But I think I found my own And I still don't get the joke We ask so much of you it's not fair We don't know anything I'm not scared We ask so much of you it's not fair And I don't know anything
11.
Here(Part 2) 05:14
Morning, when it hits you, and every issue is coming back to fight Pouring into the bedroom, do what the best do, keep it out of sight Get up and get a move on, just turn the news on, watch the bullets fly It's good, it's good to know you, but I will throw you away to the side Nobody can do what you do, loving everything that I fear Wish that I could see what you do, but I'm way up here I'm way up here, and I'll stay up here Everything's a moment in the sun til it goes Looking for a moment in the sun then I'll go
12.
We were cleaning out your closet And the sun was streaming through the open door I just wanted more I was walking through the winter And I can't believe my luck, I'm still around And still making sound Don't check the message, I had it wrong It doesn't matter I knew it all along Everything I was is gone and that's ok I was thinking of the reason The reason I can't feel it anymore And I'm still not sure Now the house is far away And everybody's grown so big and tall Just too big to fall Don't check the message, I had it wrong It doesn't matter I knew it all along Everything I was is gone and that's ok Don't try to fix it, there's nothing wrong It's better broken, I knew it all along Everything I was is gone and that's ok

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released April 25, 2015

All album artwork done by Colin Keesee

Additional Mixing on "Rare Thing" and "Window" by Chris Bodall at Overtone Music.
www.overtonemusicNC.com
@OverToneMusicNC

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