Snow Day Matt Pond PA

Struck brightly by the winter When the snow falls thick and silent I can only hear you breathing I will follow a set of deep tracks Other people all stay hidden As the cars rest under snow drifts

Brooklyn Stars Matt Pond PA

At not being awake I reach the door your breath has changed I do not stop Turn all the locks Don't hold your breath you shouldn't wait The birds and cars Speak up when they reach morning I know some day

The Crush Matt Pond PA

enough There is so much that never goes away There is a crush from how our arms can weigh And deep beneath the sheets I see Another arm that knows the way you breathe I am not blind and I can see In the snow

A New Part Of Town Matt Pond PA

The ghost of the ghost Barely exists But he knows what he knows And he wants to be sure That you see him He was alive When he slept with the snow Now we know that he lies `Cause he says he wasn`t cold

From Debris Matt Pond PA

"Your feet upon the snow dear I knew you could not believe it There was no time to put shoes on You were woken to alarms ring You barely left your blankets To see your neighbors house on fire They were

It's Not So Bad At All Matt Pond PA

The whole of your decency under the snow When you land, when you land Know all there is to know Splinters trigger, pain inside your thumb Don't give way to it till the ax has swung You're carelessly catching

Sunlight Matt Pond PA

gonna wash away Sunlight on your face On these too cold December days I'll look past the stains Oh, how they wash, how they wash away What is left to say When I can't count on my words Before the first snow

Lily Two Matt Pond PA

voice There's no doing wrong, I swear Lily, you be just who you are Don't keep appointments With disappointment Hiding in a hiding place You don't have to look away Mississippi brings new water every day

Giving It All Away Matt Pond PA

same way For one night and then I'll go away Because I don't wanna be tied too tight That's why I'm giving it all away tonight Open up, let me out, please All I've ever wanted is to leave The sun some day

Winterlong Matt Pond PA

I waited for you, Winterlong You seem to be where I belong It's all illusion anyway If things should ever turn out wrong And all the love we have is gone It won't be easy on that day Waiting to follow

Last Light Matt Pond PA

Night comes in and takes our light As we turn once again in the sun We don't have to drift out of sight But shadows will fall and run Yeah, they'll run, they will run, they will run As the day in

Grave's Disease Matt Pond PA

space that's been saved for warmer conditions There is no future If you think you know better The year ends in December So why even bother Above the weekends Above the thrills Beyond the worth of every day

It Is Safe Matt Pond PA

"Let's go for a swim Out into the waves When the lifeguards leave It's ours for the day Let's feel like we're brave Let's give it some meaning Even if it's shallow Even if it is fake It is safe as long

Reading Matt Pond PA

and never know I'd rather never know Don't hold it up for me I've seen all I can see Refuse to read about it In a monthly magazine The way you keep demanding That I really ought to be One day

The Moviegoer Matt Pond PA

all these things within my pocketsmight belong to someone elseor so it seemsthey're just like methey could be wrongi spent seven hours waitingfor a bus that comes and goesif i don't waitthen i can'...

Spring Provides Matt Pond PA

"The spring providesReminders through your lifeWhen branches scrape your paneThey call you out againQuestion lightYou only see at nightStay on the edge of crowdsThey'll say their secrets loudThe nu...

Devil In The Water Matt Pond PA

Tonight the sounds are from the ceiling they turned up to be a floor strained on muffled conversations the eyes hesitate for more laying low but not escaping find by contrast what is free hear remi...

So Much Trouble Matt Pond PA

Did you go to montrealor hide behind the package storeyou're hanging out with your old friendswith them they knew you'd see the endyou're in so much troublecan't hide in your coversit's forgetting ...

The Trees And The Wild Matt Pond PA

The future is belligerenttells me work and worryeven without senseyou stick to plansconcepts are embarrassingwhen you let them drinkthey tell you what they thinki'm not listeningi look back to the ...

Several Arrows Later Matt Pond PA

"Orange streetlight picks up when the summer sun goesOn tops of buildings red remainsIt's the differences in light that gets our minds, that gets our mindsGive waking up for never fadingAnd I walke...

Emblems Matt Pond PA

"Stayed up for agesBut the clock counts in hoursAsleep we watch standingLet's give up on cowardsSpeaking in fablesBurns out holes where we standDoors lean towards leavingYou know somebody's looking...

City Song Matt Pond PA

"Looking down on the smallest thingI squint so I can focusYou hold your hands like they were brokenSee me look and say your jokingNo, I don't think I get itWould not show I don't know itNo it's bes...

Closest (Look Out) Matt Pond PA

Look out, there is dangerEven in the simple word, helloHiding in the reeds, you would not believeWhere darkness goesDiscovery is the warmth of eyesThat leaves us lying in defeatFrom the tallest tre...

KC Matt Pond PA

I remember you, do you remember me?There's no way to the heart better than awkwardlyIn Canada on New Year's Eve, you said, you'd never seenSomeone bleed like I bleed, perhaps I was onThe shaking ha...

Bring On The Ending Matt Pond PA

Half of all our lives are spentEncouraged by embarrassmentWe hold our heads and stay asleepAnd cannot hear in case nobody calledFollow the prim ones and sit on your handsWatch your step, don't hard...

The Butcher Matt Pond PA

Open up till midnightThe butcher waits for someone's desperationThat goes beyond controlSpeaking is an invitationUnder fluorescent lightsYou can't wash out his desireWhere bodies are indecentAnd th...

New Hampshire Matt Pond PA

I saw a modest dreamThe kind that can't speak upAnd lost before it's let outIn the north we hold our tonguesBut down here I believeWhen you pull your hair back it's so easy to seeThis has not been ...

Claire Matt Pond PA

"Pray to the simple machinesThat do not rely on beliefThe softness of steam and of gearsTheir energy is surely pureThe kindness of engines is not in youClaire you do it perfectlyThe water is all on...

East Coast E. Matt Pond PA

It stopped raining against the windowsin the late days before JulyWe used our bodies against our reasonAs we threw ourselves from in to outsideThrough the glass we'd pass the graveyardsThe speed wa...

Last Song Matt Pond PA

CivilizedAll our livesNot a breathThe grass unmovedTo sleep inside the stillnessWithout bloodWithout airAll the staresAverting eyesThis was what's worse than dyingMy mind was setJust like the sun's...

Close (KC Two) Matt Pond PA

The braid from your hairRested on your shoulderShown in the green lightFrom the panel of instrumentsThe hairs looked like threadsWoven and were perfectShaking when you spokeAnd the voice near perfe...

Magic Boyfriend Matt Pond PA

You were telling me last nightYou were laughing through your tearsAbout the moon and the starsNothing seemed that clearYou need a magic boyfriendYou want a magic boyfriendSomeone who understandsYou...

Everything Until The East Coast Ends Matt Pond PA

When you have decidedthe question was too long to listendon't give upKeep it goingYou can be on my sideyou can have my side til morningwe won't stopon and on and..everything you want to bei can't w...

If You Live Matt Pond PA

I fell running through the fields, and you fell with meOur arms and legs were crossed under the grass's greenI don't want to get caught looking, but somehow I always doYour lower teeth stuck out th...

If You Want Blood Matt Pond PA

If you want bloodI'll show you the wayIn a crowd I lost my voiceI looked around but no one noticedIf you want bloodI'll give it right backbottles become broken glassand points you make are not well...

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight Matt Pond PA

I'm so tired of working everyday Now the weekend's come I'm gonna throw my troubles away If you've got the cab fare mister you'll do alright I want to see the bright lights tonight Meet me at the s...

Holiday Road Matt Pond PA

I found out long ago It's a long way down the Holiday Road Holiday Road Holiday Road Jack be nimble, Jack be quick Take a ride on a West Coast kick Holiday Road Holiday Road Holiday Road Holiday Ro...

People Have A Way Matt Pond PA

People have this way of knowing everythingThey take one short look and then move onIf you ever wanted anythingThen you have to disagreeMake some time with the fire's coalsWho really knows if it isn...

Locate The Pieces Matt Pond PA

Locate the spaces in every branch for the sake of the sunLater flashlights make spots in the dark and we chase themThe green glow of lightning bugs in the nightStart the sky bending sidelong, the h...

Wild Girl Matt Pond PA

"Hey, little wild girlI think maybe turned out okayThe trail was washed up in the rainThe cops cannot catch us nowHey, little wild girlBy the ocean, dressed in whiteAll that's left is your whole li...

Honestly Matt Pond PA

Below our heavy skyWe're swimming in the rainNo lightning makes us pauseNo thunder makes us waitWhen I come up from my divePlease grab onto my legsChoke on some water and smile at youAnd you could ...

Taught To Look Away Matt Pond PA

No one knows why we were taught to look awayThere might be something wrong with meThere's nothing that I can't believeAre you listening two thousand miles from here?Is the same sky just as clear?Ou...

Basement Parties Matt Pond PA

When you wake up on your faceOn the bedroom carpetCount back all the waysThat you ended up thereYou can't remember someone else's storyYou can't remember that you don't feel sorrySo get up, get out...

Until The East Coast Ends Matt Pond PA

When you have decidedThe question was too long to listenDon't give upKeep it goingYou could be on my sideYou can have my side till morningWe won't stopOn and on andEverything you want to beI can't ...

Foreign Bedrooms Matt Pond PA

It's hard to breathein foreign bedroomsWhen you can't find sleepYou've lost your sleepIt's coming cleanYou don't like dreamingThe way your mind should go aloneDeep in the nightWith the halos around...

Canadian Song Matt Pond PA

Turn home from bars and weaving closetsFull of stuttered turns when pedals redden roadsWe`d pass through farms the orchards are alignedIt looks too slow as we lay against the floorThe green fury be...

Measure 3 Matt Pond PA

Will we both be happy to stand aloneI can`t see forever where will I goI`ll stop thinking I will be ordinaryYour laughter kills meYou can`t hurt me that won`t matter at allSo we`ve stayed together ...

City Plan Matt Pond PA

The burns of our beginningsare gone in lights like theseOrange white they try to kill the nightget turned on for the streetsWe could lay and give into themor pray for a small breezeThe city plan is...

Promise The Bite Matt Pond PA

Hay from the barn filled our mouths up with dustFanning the air though we wouldn`t have touchedI`m burned in all of six different waysAll for the fire and what they might sayNow I`m filling in the ...

Silence Matt Pond PA

I turned out backwardsYou turn with meInside a basement bedroomDescent is seldom cleanWe`ll climb into atticsLook down on the streetsWe stayed up through the seasonsWords cannot competeAnd our sile...