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Sunshine
Burning in my eyes
Ocean deep when you look at me
Like a pantomime
No words
Falling from your lips
Gravity cannot be to blame for this
My love can carry the weight for two
I’m desperately needing you
To say it too
Just say it too
Sometimes when you look away
I can see all the things you want to say
Tongue tied
Twisted up inside
Take my hand and make a plan
To leave tonight
My love can carry the weight for two
I’m desperately needing you
To say it too
Just say it too
My love can carry the weight for two
I’m desperately needing you
Even if it’s not true
I know my love can carry the weight for two
I’m desperately needing you
Even if it’s not true
Just say it too (I can carry the weight)
Just say it too (I can carry the weight)
Sunshine
Burning in my eyes
Ocean deep when you look at me
Like a pantomime
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Battle Lines
03:15
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Everybody’s got a battle line
That we’re all afraid to cross
And even though we look like we are fine
The charade comes at a cost
Then I look at you bursting into light
Are you broken too?
Cause you don’t seem to mind
You carry on with grace
I carry all the weight upon my back
But I don’t fold
Cause it’s mine to hold
Maybe this is where I am tonight
Standing on my battle line
Maybe I could learn to be like you
Maybe I could learn to shine
Cause I look at you
And you don’t seem to care
Everything you do
A casual affair
You carry on with grace
I carry all the weight upon my back
But I don’t fold
Cause it’s mine to hold
Then I look at you bursting into light
Are you broken too?
Cause you don’t seem to mind
You carry on with grace
I carry all the weight upon my back
But I don’t fold
I carry all the weight but I don’t fold
Cause it’s mine to hold
It’s mine to hold
Everybody’s got a battle...
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17 Days
03:46
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17 days since I saw your face
Violent like a cannonball
You broke my heart with grace
I know feelings tend to change
Thought we could get through it all
So maybe I’m the one to blame
Cause there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do
You could have had it all but you
Decided you would burn it down
You could have had it all but you can’t now
17 days I been sitting here
Wishing I could disappear
And go without a trace
But no I won’t let you kill me twice
You made your choice; how nice
Suddenly I’m seeing clear
Cause there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do
You could have had it all but you
Decided you would burn it down
You could have had it all but you can’t now
When the walls come caving in
And all is said and done
You know I’ll be the one you dream of
When the world is crumbling
Beneath a setting sun
You know I’ll be the one you dream of
17 days time to think it through
Time to think of you
And time for me to let you go
Cause there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do
You could have had it all but you
Decided you would burn it down
You could have had it all but you can’t now
I’m finding that I’m coming home again
I’m finding that I’m coming home again
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Somebody to Lean On
04:13
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There will be moments in our life
Everything breaks us down inside
And you feel like it’s already been too much
There will be time to fall apart
Everything ends before it starts
And you just don’t feel like can find a way
To lace it up and face another day
When the cold wind outside begins to blow
And you feel like you’re far away from home
I will be here waiting for you
Like a song that gets you through
When you needed someone
Everybody needs somebody to lean on
So many echoes in the night
Turned to whispers in the light
Reminding us of how it used to be
Beautiful and broken memories
When the cold wind outside begins to blow
And you feel like you’re out there on your own
I will be here waiting for you
Like a song that gets you through
When you needed someone
Everybody needs somebody to lean on
Somebody to lean on
When I find myself in my darkest days
I know you will be there too
When the cold wind outside begins to blow
And you feel like you’re far away from home
I will be here waiting for you
Like a song that gets you through
When you needed someone
Everybody needs somebody to lean on
Somebody to lean on
Somebody to lean on
I could be somebody to lean on
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The Stars & Ground
04:13
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Hey, outside the window pane
It's just another day for you
So take it if you can
Fall in love and break your heart
You know it from the start
That life is better with the pain and scars
Calm down
You can lay your weary head down
Anywhere you go I'll find you
In between the stars and ground
Crash, a flicker and a flash
It all goes by so fast
There's no time to fuss around
We are more than we believe
The greatest tragedy by far
Is never knowing who we are
Calm down
You can lay your weary head down
Anywhere you go I'll find you
In between the stars and ground
Hold tight
Even if it is a long ride
I will always be beside you
There to keep you safe and sound
In between the stars and ground
Live with no regrets
With every single breath
Never miss the chance to take a stand for what you love
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Beautiful You Are
04:02
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Save my heart
Then break it apart
Scatter the pieces around in the dark
Fix it again like mechanical art
My love, my love
I see your face
All over the place
Even when I know that you’re miles away
Shine, shine, shine
On the darkest of days
My love
Cause you don’t know how beautiful you are
beautiful you are
I was out there lost alone at sea
When you sent your wave along to rescue me
beautiful you are
Save my soul
I give you control
Head over heels and to have and to hold
Strong as I feel I am stripped to the bone
My love
Cause you don’t know how beautiful you are
beautiful you are
I’m not sure i really understand
What you see in me to make me be your man
beautiful you are
Beautiful you are
Maybe this is all
Maybe this is all we need
Maybe this is all
Maybe this is all we need
Cause you don’t know how beautiful you are
beautiful you are
I was out there lost alone at sea
When you sent your wave along to rescue me
I’m not sure i really understand
What you see in me to make me be your man
beautiful you are
Beautiful you are
Beautiful you are
Beautiful you are
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Car Crash in Neon Light
04:19
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I thought that I saw you dancing
But I guess you were only passing by
And maybe the light played tricks on me
You move like a silent symphony
And hide in my head but I can’t see
The dreams that you dream are not for me
Beautiful tears running down your face
Lipstick that’s outta place
A car crash in neon light
And I wouldn’t want you any other way
I thought that I heard you laughing
But I bet you were only mapping all
The stars that you shine in my sky
Like smoke a ring that floats around my head
I’m drawing you in with every breath
My lungs are on fire and distressed
Beautiful tears running down your face
Lipstick that’s outta place
A car crash in neon light
And I wouldn’t want you any other way
Don’t cover
Don’t hide away
You’re such a brilliant burst of trouble anyway
Beautiful tears running down your face
Lipstick that’s outta place
A car crash in neon light
And I wouldn’t want you any other way
Tears running down your face
Lipstick that’s outta place
A car crash in neon light
And I wouldn’t want you any other way
Don’t cover
Wouldn’t want you any other way
Don’t cover
Wouldn’t want you any other way
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The Fires We Make
03:31
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Love is a game that we like to play
Like a child with gasoline
All of the pain we can take away
We can give so easily
And the fires we make
I'll make them with you
And the lines we break
I'll break them with you
If the cold should take
All of the heat from our bones
Hold on
Under the skin
Somewhere deep within
There's a light that won't go out
We don't need to pretend
Or think of the end
All we have is here and now
And the fires we make
I'll make them with you
And the lines we break
I'll break them with you
If the cold should take
All of the heat from our bones
Hold on
And we can have forever here tonight
And the fires we make
I'll make them with you
And the lines we break
I'll break them with you
If the cold should take
All of the heat from our bones
Hold on
Love is a game that we like to play
Like a child with gasoline
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The One that Got Away
04:15
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Our plastic world was easy to break
There was no love or time to take
Did I fail you?
I don't why I feel this way
You move through my spine and divide my brain
The fire that burns is burning for you
What am I supposed to do?
Maybe you were right to leave
I couldn't make you stay
I can't help but wonder if you're the one that got away
Our plastic world was easy to break
Nothing left for us to fake or believe in
I knew you could always see through me
I couldn't become what I seemed to be
And though it's not love I know it's real
What am I supposed to feel?
Maybe you were right to leave
I couldn't make you stay
I can't help but wonder if you're the one that got away
You're the one that got away
Our plastic world was easy to break
There was no love or time to take
Did I fail you?
Maybe you were right to leave
I couldn't make you stay
I can't help but wonder if you're the one that got away
Maybe you were right to leave
I couldn't make you stay
You're the one that got away
You're the one that got away
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Stumbling with Grace
04:17
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I made my way back to the sun
To somewhere that is worth the price of dreaming
And worth the damage done
A shadow slides across my face
I’m carrying the weight of all the memories
And stumbling with grace
And it makes me start to wonder
What if I lose my way again?
What if I turn and run for cover?
Would I find a way to find out who I am?
Stumbling with Grace
I made my way back to the sun
Cause I was out there searching for a long time
For somewhere to belong
And it makes me start to wonder
What if I lose my way again?
What if I turn and run for cover?
Would I find a way to find out who I am?
I just need a satellite
Guiding my way home
And it makes me start to wonder
What if I lose my way again?
What if I turn and run for cover?
Would I find a way to find out who I am?
Would I find a way to find out who I am?
Would I find a way?
Would I find a way?
Would I find a way to find out who I am?
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Bittersweet Machines Greensboro, North Carolina
Bittersweet Machines is Matt Mocharnuk
2022 - Edge of the Nocturne Sea
2020 - Disco
Volante
2019 - The Stars & Ground
2018 - No Bad Horizon
2016 - Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips
2014 - Momentary Lights
2012 - Solituda
Bonus:
-Stripped of Starlight [acoustic]
-The Wendy Birds: Everybody OK? [rarities]
-And Diamond Stars Shine Glitter Bright [EP]
-Seraphina [single]
-Stumbling with Grace [single]
... more
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