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The Follow Through

by Crystals in the Deep

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1.
Don't Sigh 03:38
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It's cold as frost, and it's not the first time that I've visited this place Come to me, come to me, come to me We could carve this trail out on our own if it's easier to see Come to me, come to me, come to me Don't sigh, I've been working here for days Just wanna lay my head down lately, let my thoughts turn to you Just let me by, let me by, let me by It's the cold that keeps me waiting, keeps me away from you Just let me try, let me try, let me try Can't flit across that moonlight haze It's a strategy we both held out in the face of salacious embrace I'll claim our little piece of land We bundled all our heat into the ground Stained in the colors of the clouds Don't sigh, I've been working this for days Just wanna lay my head down lately, let my thoughts turn to you Just let me by, let me by, let me by It's the cold that keeps me waiting, keeps me away from you Just let me try, let me try, let me try Have I been holding tight to stay inside cold and lonely? Nothing by my side but the chances tossed away Did you believe that I'd redeem? I could build it up and let you come in too? Just wanna lay my head down lately, let my thoughts turn to you Just let me by, let me by, let me by It's the cold that keeps me waiting, keeps me away from you Just let me try, let me try, let me try
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Mission Control 04:37
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Mission control, where have you gone? I've seen the lights go out up here, go out at home Mission control, it's getting kind of cold Will you be letting me know when it's okay to come back home? I'm not sure where I've been But I'll concede that I retreat into the stars Keep a light on and let it burn so I can get back down Could it just be that we've lost touch? Could it be that I've been away from the planet too long? If it were something critical would I be allowed to come back down? Keep a light on and let it burn so I can get back down I'm set to return Just give me a little time, some time so I can learn What it's like to be back on Earth Keep a light on and let it burn
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The Follow Through 03:49
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If you can spark this life then you can raise her too Or should you step outside? I broke this bread for you why don't you follow through? It's been eleven days since that new embrace And he needs breathing space I made this bed for you why don't you follow through? And maybe you've tried a bit to taste it And I can't believe, on my knees, on my knees That you wouldn't be there for me, for me And I should have seen in my sleep, in my sleep That you wouldn't follow through on the follow through And it feels like the end of the day Should compare the ghost who should have left at the end of a rope? Should be my whipping post No I don't mind if you let it go, As long as you leak slow And I can't believe, on my knees, on my knees That you wouldn't be there for me, for me And I should have seen in my sleep, in my sleep That you wouldn't follow through on the follow through And it feels like the end of the day You can't swallow the truth It should have ended, it should have ended With the follow through And I can't believe, on my knees, on my knees That you wouldn't be there for me, for me And I should have seen in my sleep, in my sleep That you wouldn't follow through on the follow through And it feels like the end of the day I cut this blade for you, why don't you follow through?
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Easy 04:10
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It's a trap to bring me back to you I can say its been long enough, Been long enough here with you She'll never know you like I do Poor babe, a life without you And I'm breathing, I'm breathing, I'm holding her close Sealing up that flow, it goes back home Well you know that she loves you but that's not saying enough You don't get off easy, you don't get off easy Well I know that the bridge you made ain't strong enough You don't get off easy, you don't get off easy I'm not saying, but I'm explaining we're through with you That there's nobody backing you That no one wants to keep track of you, hear your point of view One day it'll all come back on you That taste that you never choose to refuse That blade that was never sharp before That bridge that closes all the doors Well you know that she loves you but that's not saying enough You don't get off easy, you don't get off easy Well I know that the path you carved ain't wide enough You don't get off easy, you don't get off easy "Bring him back, bring him back to me," she said Holding pages from a diary that's better left unread or torn to shreds "Killing me, my only fantasy, Is a man whose right to live is slipping faster Every day in which he breathes" Well you know that she loves you but that's not saying enough You don't get off easy, you don't get off easy Well I know that the bridge you made ain't strong enough You don't get off easy, you don't get off easy Well I know that the path you carved ain't wide enough You don't get off easy, you don't get off easy
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Seven Days 03:57
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You're on my list, oh Seven days, oh I've been afraid, oh That it's the end, oh It shouldn't be enough to bring the body home It shouldn't be enough.... Those little words, oh Don't mean a thing, oh Say it, you don't have to mean it 'Cause I'll never know I'm watching for the oceans I'm watching for the mountains to explode I'm watching for the sun to disappear Say it, you don't have to mean 'Cause I'll never know
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Pull Me Back Down 04:34
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I never could let myself love you, Because I never could love that place Even if I let myself love you, Would still have left in disgrace Pull me back down, you're pulling me back down I never could let myself love you 'Cause I never could love that place I never could let myself love you Would still have left in place Pull me back down, you're pulling me back down Could take it back, make this town my home Feel that breathing all alone Hit back, forcing all the people who have helped me build my throne Move the past and take the rap The buildings serve to entrap Filtered lines and spinal taps The silent slaps are gift-wrapped Filaments snapping from violent clapping We've asked or masked our faith in the past We find it lacking despite all the tapping And now the trap is laid bare If I were the moon you were the earth pulling me back to shore I left too soon 'cause you never knew what you were longing for If I were to come back here to the screaming cars and city lights You would see that this was never, never right. Pull me back down, you're pulling me down
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Come to Life 03:15
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You can't stand the way of the world Just trying to remain someone's little girl You're not afraid of the kitchen floor Gave up your dreams to this quiet uproar Riding high you could cruise all night Would rather sleep through the day Then see yourself in natural light You don't care do you? Even if I did I couldn't save you It didn't work out, they wonder if that's why It'd almost be better if you could blame your failure on another guy But you made your choices no one else can change your mind So please forgive me if I turn away as I walk by You don't care do you? Even if I did I couldn't save you You're so scared to put on the brakes I can't confront you with your own mistakes These clear eyes only come to life when it's over.
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Two Roads 04:10
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There are two roads, they're all painted black and gold There are two roads and you are one. We were driving out to where the rocks are high Cut in spindles of copper in the sky Just your strong jaw loose and talking to mine And the sand spread out on all sides Who knows if I can survive, the tepid air that's come to preside? Just a wasteland to review our hollow lies And the sand spreads out on all sides There are two roads, they're all painted black and gold There are two roads and you are one Now we pulled up in this little dusty town I can't tell you how I'd like to lay you down There are words within these walls We talk in circles hoping they won't fall Here's to believing I'm with you In this dusty town with roads paved for two You're talking round and round and filling up this thread But what you said, what you said, it clutters up my head There are two roads, they're all painted black and gold There are two roads and you are one And I don't want an answer Just break what I built it doesn't matter And I don't want an answer Just drown me all the faster There are two roads, they're all painted black and gold There are two roads and you are one
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Aim for the Stars (Now Children) 04:20
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Hold this close: dreams of gold Path not paved but with fables old Hopes held high casting beams of light Stray not far child, fear no slights They say "Aim for the stars now children, Aim for the stars now children, but point a bit lower" Maps unwrote, words unspoke These five lines fears denote Even brightest moons won't guide Dreams awash in rhythmic stride Leave no one home, no stone unthrown This trail we broke, this map revoked We're almost grown They say "Aim for the stars now children, Aim for the stars now children, but point a bit lower"
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Grace 04:13
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The woman I was didn't want you to meet her They called me a liar, they called me a cheater And I swallowed every last word like I deserved it A heap of excuses on a mountain of mistakes New York to St. Paul put me in the right place When you smiled you gave me the world And it felt like grace Dragging, racing along Could never deserve you but you made me strong I'll be who I was all along 'Cause you brought the air back, turned dusk to dawn Words were lost in a pile of years, Years that rushed and got rough 'round the edges I tore it all down and came to the one place I belonged The birds, the breeze and the girl who enjoyed this one horse town I'll be who I was all along 'Cause you brought the air back, turned dusk to dawn When you give your smile it sounds like grace When you give me the world it feels like grace And I'll always follow you no matter what it takes And I'll always follow you 'cause it feels like grace
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Speak the Wind 03:28
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It's only truth, it's only truth that sings the wind Who can be reckoned with? Who speaks a tongue which can be heard In a voice which never ends? In a voice which never ends? Only true wind blows down smoke in a voice which never ends Whose been consumed? It's only fire from the coals It's not the glowing pitch, it's not the embers that watch It's the ashes from the mist, its the ashes from the mist Only true winds blow down smoke Keep the daylight open, spread it out across the ground Ain't no way, no way to put the ashes down It's in the dome, it's in the dome we helped create It's been collecting there, it's been stealing all the light Fold in tight Keep the daylight open, spread it out across the ground Ain't no way, no way to put the ashes down Keep the daylight open, spread it out across the ground Ain't now way, no way to swing the fire 'round Bring on home the rumors, to dash across the stones The truth is in the fire when we choke on all the smoke Keep the daylight open, spread it out across the ground Ain't no way, no way to put the ashes down Keep the daylight open, spread it out across the ground Ain't now way, no way to swing the fire 'round
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Back Again 04:21
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I know how to heal that We're over, we're over the past The steps got fast-tracked We hesitate We're back again It just seems like a moment A moment in the coldest night When I was lost, I was lost again And I could trace that mistrust Another day and we're back again, we're back again There ain't anything left to say No words to soothe the pain It's burned out anyway And I can paint over the stain We're back again Hold me accountable for reaping dust instead of diamonds I'm holding court in the past of course And it seems of late that silence only makes the fever break We fluttered a brick right into that room The shattered glass made a sweet perfume Breathe in you'll feel it soon 'Cause you're broken too We're back again Pour your soul out across that dappled floor Do you believe that we have reconciled The bitter thoughts that buried us before? We built it once we can build it up again Don't need to speak we can bring it back again

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released February 9, 2015

Crystals in the Deep is Tim Kraack and Sarah Rogers-Tanner
Recorded November 2013-April 2014 at Flying Saints Studio

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