Don't Let Me Go (song #109)

Don’t Let Me Go

Projecting 

Everything I keep 

Rejecting 

On to you

It seems my demons still have work to do 

Expecting

Everything to change

Neglecting

Promises

That I made when we were kissing

Don’t let me go

Even when I’m walking (pulling?) away

(Even) when you don’t want me to stay

You don’t let me go

Wondering

If Im alone in this

Thundering

All at you

When I don’t know what else to do

Numbering 

Every flaw in my lines

Shuddering

At the thought

Of all the strings I’ve tied into knots

Don’t let me go

Even when I’m walking (pulling?) away

(Even) when you don’t want me to stay

You don’t let me go

Even these words might be me hiding from the truth

Still even at my worst I know I’m lost without you

When it’s all said and done I’m just trying to break through

We both have walls that keep me from you

I just need to break through

To you

Don’t let me go

Even when I’m walking (pulling?) away

(Even) when you don’t want me to stay

You don’t let me go

© 2013 by Richard Maxwell

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Here Now (song #108)

Here Now

Nothing changes

Nothing stays the same 

Nothing makes me feel

The loss - the shame

Sometimes I hear

Sometimes there’s only silence

Sometimes I can only guess

Just where the time went

I am here——

Now

Balancing on the edge

All the fear——

How

I can’t get it (you?) out of my head

Here now

Everything changes

Everything stays the same 

Everything makes me feel

The loss - the shame

Every time I hear

Every time there’s only silence

Every time I can only guess

Just where the time went

I am here——

Now

Balancing on the edge

All the fear——

How

I can’t get it (you?) out of my head

Here now

Here now

While I’m waiting for you to return

Here now

While my heart just burns

Here now

I needed you to stay

Here now

I need you every day

I am here——

Now

Balancing on the edge

All the fear——

How

I can’t get it (you?) out of my head

Here now

Nothing changes

Nothing stays the same 

Nothing makes me feel

Without you here now

© 2013 by Richard Maxwell

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All's Fair (song #107)

All's Fair

Stack up all the blocks in my life

Just to have you knock them down 

Put all the pieces (facing) forward

Just have you turn them around

All's fair in love

And I can't get enough

I hate that I broke your heart

All's fair in love

And I can't get enough

It's been that way from the start

Break down all the walls in my life

Just to have you build yours tall

Brick by brick mine came down

Then you took them all

All's fair in love

And I can't get enough

I hate that I broke your heart

All's fair in love

And I can't get enough

It's been that way from the start

This wall is only here 

because you raised it

And you won't let me tear it down

And the truth that you fear 

You won't face it

You just can't stare it down

All's fair in love

And I can't get enough

I hate that I broke your heart

All's fair in love

And I can't get enough

It's been that way from the start

© 2013 by Richard Maxwell

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Lift Me Up (song #106)

Lift Me Up

I've been holding out for a while

Afraid of the storm that makes me smile

And I've been longing for your touch

To bring me back to what I need so much

I've been hiding behind your eyes

Afraid to get out from under the lies

And I've been longing for your love

To see me through and lift me up

Lift me up and let me go

Take me away as you hold me close

'Cuz what you have to give I need to know

Lift me up - lift me up

I’ve been lost inside your voice

Afraid to listen past all the noise

And I’ve been longing to stop losing all this ground

Only you can keep me from burning out

Lift me up and let me go

Take me away as you hold me close

'Cuz what you have to give I need to know

Lift me up - lift me up

It's a sin to not reach back

When life’s reaching for you 

It's a sin to not reach back

When fate’s sending you a sign

I've been holding out for a while

Afraid of the storm that makes me smile

And I've been longing for your touch

To bring me back to what I need so much

Lift me up and let me go

Take me away as you hold me close

'Cuz what you have to give I need to know

Lift me up - lift me up

© 2013 by Richard Maxwell

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