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Into the Nest Again

by Sneaky Little Comet

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1.
This is the diamond where we used to play The grass still is green but the sky now is gray The throw’s not as long as it was in the day Oh, I wish I could bring back the game I need somewhere where someone knows more More than my name This is the twilight where we used to talk And this is the park where we used to walk And that is the sidewalk we’d cover in chalk Oh, it’s rained and now nothing’s the same I need somewhere where someone knows more More than my name And that one’s the star that we’d wish upon We’d pray that we’d wake up together at dawn And that we’d build castles like the ones we had drawn Oh, it’s my job to shoulder the blame I need somewhere where someone knows more More than my name This isn’t the life that I thought was in store They’ve drawn all the curtains and shuttered the door You don’t even live in this town anymore But that’s not the reason I came We went back on the promise we swore And it’s selfish of me to be sore But I’m no one if no one knows more No, I’m no one if no one knows more No, I’m no one if no one knows more More than my name
2.
It's the glare off the ocean and mental commotion and forgetting suntan lotion in the car It's a blistering sunburn watching a sundial turn walking with the waves and not knowing where you are Perpetual motion Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall Perpetual motion Let it fall Perpetual motion Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall Perpetual motion Let it fall It's catching buses to see him and wanting to leave him but it's never really worth it any given day It's getting tunnel vision and putting off decisions forgetting what it was that you wanted anyway Perpetual motion Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall Perpetual motion Let it fall Perpetual motion Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall Perpetual motion Let it fall It's broken sea shells, breaking waves sandy winds on roads unpaved sandal blisters, whispered dares salty food and salty air swinging hammocks, swaying trees sweet and spare as summer breeze sleep till two and fight till dawn now it's here and now it's gone Perpetual motion Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall Perpetual motion Let it fall Perpetual motion Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall Perpetual motion Let it fall
3.
Morning at the market and they're crowding on the corner and the merchants shout their prices while the children shove and play And I'm somewhere in the middle of the crowd upon the corner feeling sun and seeing colors I don't have a dime to pay But hey Ain't that always the way? You can pile on your scorn or you can throw me to the thorns but I'm not moving from this corner today Next day at the market and they're crowding on the corner and I claim my patch of pavement at the margins of the street Now I"m just another merchant in the crowd upon the corner smelling bread and hearing music I don't have a bite to eat But hey Ain't that always the way? You can pile on your scorn or you can throw me to the thorns but I'm not moving from this corner today I'll be coming back tomorrow... (I'll be waiting, I'll be fighting, I will never go away) I'll be coming back tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow (Like the tides, I will rise, I will never go away)
4.
Until 01:59
I know I move like a glacier, I'm so slow a mountain of ice, rock, and old snow I look like I"m standing still And you know You're pressure and heat, a volcano rumbling deep, swear you won't blow but the ground shakes as if you will And our love our love will last until... I hide fortress of stone, and a cold pride family and friends, shut them outside the gates rust atop the hill And you run scorching the ground like the red sun burned every bridge, now you've got none and running has lost its thrill And our love our love will last until... And I'm taking a breath facing a fear laying it bare Someday when I am ready again will you be there? Someday when I am ready again will you be ther? And our love our love will last And our love our love will last Our love our love will last until
5.
On shooting stars, on wishing wells, on birthday candles' glow on summer rains, on distant trains, on falling flakes of snow I wished for stardust on my trail I wished for faith to never fail I wished for love like fire, loud as a choir I always went for shit like that So if I’ve got to pry a wish from these crumbling walls in the tangled streets where the traffic crawls I’ll wish for nothing at all On fireflies, on frozen lakes, on faces in the crowd, on New Year's Eves, on changing leaves on mists and thunderclouds I wished for stars to light my way I wished for faith to always stay I wished for love to seize me - not just to tease me I never got back shit from that So if I’ve got to pry a wish from these crumbling walls in the tangled streets where the traffic sprawls I’ll wish for nothing at all I’ll wish for nothing at all If I could make one wish If I could make just one wish If I could make one wish tonight I know a black old heart that faith has torn apart a darkened street that needs a light So snuff out all the candles and forget the hollow cheer No guests or cake, I need to make a modest wish this year I wish for stars to flicker out I know that faith just leads to doubt I want a life that's steady; change when I'm ready I won't give up on shit like that And if I’ve got to pry a wish from these crumbling walls In the tangled streets where the traffic stalls I'll wish for na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
6.
A voice has faltered somewhere in my chest a guiding voice has lost its breath and my confidence is shaken like a wobbling crown I'm looking up and heading down I feel like my compass is broken I can't tell right from wrong I've been fighting in the wrong direction I've been fighting in the wrong direction I've been fighting in the wrong direction for so long An empty tunnel on a frigid night the miles pass and still no light I'm a mess, can't express I've regressed this year felt solid ground just disappear The flow of the music is broken I can't tell sound from song I've been fighting in the wrong direction I've been fighting in the wrong direction I've been fighting in the wrong direction for so long People change and some change for good, but People change don't know if they should, but People change wish I understood what People change into I've been fighting in the wrong direction I've been fighting in the wrong direction I've been fighting in the wrong direction for so long People change and try to change back, but People change defend and attack, but People change just wish I could track what People change into I've been fighting in the wrong direction I've been fighting in the wrong direction I've been fighting in the wrong direction for so long for so long...
7.
It's all right to waste a minute It's fine to waste a day Just send the seconds spinning on Their swift unthinking way It's fine to burn an hour just to watch its ash go gray The calendar compels us, yes But we can disobey So waste the whole allowance that eternity now grants But never waste But never waste But never waste a chance It's all right to waste a weekend The weekend won't complain Time is born for wasting Just like water's born for rain Time is not that fragile It's survived for all these years And every time a moment dies Another volunteers So waste your fleeting lifetime in a stupor, in a trance But never waste But never waste But never waste a chance Leave till later stacks of papers plans you meant to write so what if that'll lose the battle? get some sleep tonight It's all right to waste a minute It's fine to waste a day Just send the seconds spinning on Their swift unthinking way It's fine to burn an hour just to watch its ash go gray The calendar compels us, yes But we can disobey Let the deadlines shout their warnings as the centuries advance But never waste But never waste But never waste a chance Leave till later stacks of paper plans you meant to write Let your bosses cut their losses get some sleep tonight So waste the whole allowance that eternity now grants But never waste But never waste But never waste a chance
8.
To the Stars 02:36
To the stars we will turn when the earth has been spent To the stars when our bones have grown thin To the stars in a vessel that’s crumpled and bent To the stars in a bucket of tin I’ve sometimes stayed late in the office I work The parking lot empty and dark They say that with faith you can light up the world I never could capture that spark To the stars we will turn when the earth has grown cold To the stars when our bodies won’t heal To the stars in a vessel that’s battered and old To the stars in a bucket of steel I’ve sometimes gone driving when sleep won’t come The wind brushing clouds through the night They say there’s a power that urges us higher One way or other, they’re right To the stars we will turn when the earth has run dry To the stars when the sun isn’t there To the stars go the primates who learned how to fly To the stars in a bucket of prayer I’ve traced out constellations I’ve read my future in the sky We’ve planted flags on moon rocks We’ve left graffiti in the sky We speak a thousand languages We build a tower to the sky… The sky is ours, the sky is ours Next to the stars, next to the stars...
9.
The news came down the other night a girl I used to know I found a vigil in the park a sea of candleglow One last time for Angela a murmur loud and low a name scratched out in ash and dust someplace long ago Are you afraid? I'm not afraid I just don't want to go Ring of faded photographs and flowers 'round a tree a stranger asks why we're all here but words won't come to me One last time for Angela a debt we can't repay a prayer unanswered in the winds someplace far away Are you afraid? I'm not afraid I just can't bear to stay One by one we emptied out by midnight we were gone I climbed in bed and shut my eyes and lay awake till dawn One last time for Angela a girl I used to know a fate traced out along a vein a pain hid far below One last time for Angela a girl we didn't know a fate carved out of rock and bone someplace long ago Are you afraid? I'm so afraid I'm so afraid to go One last time for Angela a girl I used to know
10.
Not in Vain 02:55
If I can stop one heart from breaking I shall not live in vain If I can ease one life the aching or cool one pain or help one fainting robin into his nest again I shall not I shall not live in vain If I can give one mind a teacher or open wide one brain or shield one frightened creature from wind and rain or lead one wayward child to mother's arms again I shall not I shall not live in vain If the storm comes in tomorrow and waters flood the plain and your soul absorbs a sorrow that it can't sustain I will bring you leaves and branches We'll build a nest again I shall not I shall not live in vain I shall not I shall not live in vain I shall not I shall not live in vain

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released October 9, 2012

Cee Orlin: songwriter, vocals, ukulele, handclaps, percussion, kazoo, most likely to get tricked into singing songs faster than intended

Ben Orlin: songwriter, kazoo, triangle, backup vocals, most valuable kazoo soloist

Belle Haggett Silverman: piano, upright bass, backup vocals, additional arrangements, local musical genius

Evan Flury: guitar (acoustic and electric), electric bass, mandolin, percussion, simulated strings, backup vocals, additional arrangements, imported musical genius

Ashlee Burgener: violin, upright bass, additional arrangements, most talented hostage

Ilana Goldstein: backup vocals, last minute superstar

Jenna Orlin Laib: handclaps, simulated strings, backup vocals, cover art designer/editor, mixmaster general

Zac Cataldo: producer extraordinaire, superhero

Temari 09: cover art designer, incredibly awesome person

Recorded over six days in the summers of 2011 and 2012 at Night Train Studios in Massachusetts.

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