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Borrowed House

by Laura May

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1.
All Once Too 06:03
When I had it all once too When I had it all once too I can’t spend another night alone with you These queen size thoughts they fade into view My heart sinks as I fade into you When I had it all once too When I had it all once too Forward steps I fall away from you Love me home just like you always do Like diamond rings our secrets fall through When I had it all once too When I had it all once too When I had it all once too How now when all innocence is gone These Cold retired hearts don’t race anymore You keep our home while I keep this house alone When I had it all once too When I had it all once too When I had it all once too When I had it all once too I hear you speak those words in absolution Take her hand and never let it go But it don’t hurt half as bad as moving on When I had it all once too When I had it all once too When I had it all once too When I had it all once too When I had it all once too When I had it all once too When I had it all once too
2.
Steel Wool 05:36
Steel Wool Its not for a lack of understanding but at fault of my once steady hands I know you know not what I mean but I’d like to teach you braille So Maybe then you could feel the words that I say Before you leave them behind Before you leave it all behind My words got me into trouble again when I left them with you in July And I lied when I said that I’d take it all back because it’s you that left too soon Now that you’re gone I’ll tell you that I meant every word When nothings really changed and it’s been Nothings really changed and it’s been When nothings really changed now a month’s gone by These cool winds replaced the lavender in my window Even wide oaks blush and let their clothes fall to the floor So I roll up my sweater sleeves steel wool linens from the attic Climbing walls ‘til they break and I’ll look for a fix like an addict My words got me into trouble again when I left them with you in July And I lied when I said that I’d take it all back because it’s you that left too soon Now that you’re gone I’ll tell you that I meant every word When nothings really changed and it’s been Nothings really changed and it’s been When nothings really changed now a season’s gone by I reached the coast by eventide these cliffs were too weak to be tormented by the sea Now sands just strong enough to hold me I know you’re too strong to hold me now so if we cross paths again I’ll say the words I screamed in silence From the moment I found you My words got me into trouble again when I left them with you in July And I lied when I said that I’d take it all back because it’s you that left too soon Now that you’re gone I’ll tell you that I meant every word And I know I as wrong but you know that I meant every word When nothings really changed and it’s been Nothings really changed and it’s been Nothings really changed now I’ve spent a lifetime
3.
She Is All 04:12
I told myself I would let it go Take time to grow, and take this slow So I learned your lines in the month that was my name Now the rains returned, and the leaves have changed She is all that I want She knows all that I need I let my heart go with time But it wasn’t right, no not this time I thought of you in dark hazel highways Four months on the road, without a word You stayed home to guard your heart alone From the one that came before me, will follow after me She is all that I want She knows all that I need I let my heart go with time But it wasn’t right, no not this time She is all that I want She knows all that I need I let my heart go with time But it wasn’t right, no not this time
4.
River 04:09
River River rise River rise Out through your window Out through your window River rise River rise Out through your window Out through your window We've run out of things to tell you to make this all sound alright and like these cancers in my bones you're taking your time to go and now despite all I want I know I will go home alone This old river rise River rise Out through your window Out through your window Skies that fall Skies that fall Outside your window Outside your window We've run out of things to try dear to make this alright again and like these cancers in my bones you're taking your time to go we've got three pages down until you can come sign me out This old River rise River rise Outside your window Out through your window Skies that fall Skies that fall Outside your window Outside your window We've run out of things to try dear to make this alright again and like these cancers in my bones you're taking your time to go Now despite all I want I know I will go home alone This old River rise River rise Outside your window Outside your window River rise River rise Out through your window Outside your window
5.
All I Have 04:20
All I have All I have is you All I have All I have is you So many years have gone by clearer to you As time moves on watching it’s like a blur to you All that I wanted was to be needed by you All that I do I keep doing it all for you All I have All I have is you All I have All I have is you Gamble away yesterday for tomorrow with you Wage what you taught me against what I thought I had learned As I watch you shrink in a rear view taillight glow I realize That I never want to watch you leave All I have All I had was you All I had All I had was you Stay Stay Stay Stay All I have All I have is you All I have All I had was you
6.
Eliza 03:25
Eliza no I can’t keep hoping that you’re mine Realize love that I can’t keep you from changing your mind No I can’t keep hoping that you’re mine Know I can’t keep you from changing your mind She lit a cigarette from the fire in her eyes let it drag out like you did last night Ashes turn to dust just like it always does Main Street bars in the middle of the night I watched you walk out like I hoped you might One last call or one last song Eliza no I can’t keep hoping that you’re mine Realize love that I can’t keep you from changing your mind No I can’t keep hoping that you’re mine Know I can’t keep you from changing your mind She lit a cigarette from the fire in her eyes let it drag out like you did last night Ashes turn to dust just like it always does Main Street bars in the middle of the night I watched you walk out like I hoped you might One last call or one last song Eliza no I can’t keep hoping that you’re mine Realize love that I can’t keep you from changing your mind No I can’t keep hoping that you’re mine No I can’t keep hoping that you’re mine I can’t keep hoping that you’re mine Like I can’t keep you from changing your mind
7.
So when you left I stayed behind for university But you taught me more than I learned in those blasted four But I never told you all of this No I never told you what you meant Now I keep my things in this borrowed house Try and remember all the things that it was While you reside on the south side try and forget all the things that it was Try and forget all the things that it was I sold off the last of my things and I headed west I know Chicago is cold but I hit the coast by six pm I watched as the sun came back around I wondered if you’d seen these green flashes too But I never told you all of this No I never told you where I went Now I keep my things in this borrowed house Try and remember all the things that it was While you reside on the south side try and forget all the things that it was Try and forget all the things that it was I walked in through the front door of our apartment I dropped my keys right next to yours in that blue dish by the door But I never told you all of this No I never told you where I went Know everything looks just the same Nothing feels quite the same at all Now I keep my things in this borrowed house Try and remember all the things that it was While you reside on the south side try and forget all the things that it was Try and forget all the things that it was Try and remember all the things that it was Try and forget all the things that it was
8.
Ten hours off and on again Motel six off ninety-nine is starting to feel like home Wake up two more lonely eyes Ain't nothing like yours but it’s better than sleeping alone Won’t you please come home It gets cold when I am alone It is cold here most of the time For the second time this week I left my ring at home in the morning it just don’t fit anymore Same old rehearsed lines I offered darling I told them all you were fine Won’t you please come home It gets cold when I am alone It is cold here most of the time
9.
Used 03:47
They tell you watch your back Agree before the timing lapse So I waited out your return Valhalla already wanted you back You tore me open and took back what you stole You mugged me then left me to fend for myself Now used don't even begin to describe He came to me with half a song Blank spaces filled but you wanted more We'll never transcend time I gave you my best now I'm wishing it back you tore me open and took back what you stole you mugged me then left me to fend for myself you mugged me then left me to fend for myself you mugged me then left me to fend for myself now used don't even begin to describe
10.
He disappears that's what he does He's a coward but still a good man I tell myself when they ask tell myself when they ask tell myself when they ask Not a word that you breathe is the truth I know this for a fact cause I'm I liar myself I'm I liar myself I'm I liar myself You're a ghost now that I used to feel you disappeared without a warning now there must be something I'm missing Other than you Other than you Other than you Other than you Tired of being your excuse No I don't want to be used keep your hands to yourself keep your hands to yourself keep your hands to yourself Months of my wasted time I'm not going to blur your lines don't you ever come back don't you ever come back don't you ever come back You're a ghost now that I used to feel you disappeared without a warning now there must be something I'm missing Other than you Other than you Other than you Other than you
11.
Shainna 04:43
He takes a little time for himself You take a step back to what you do best In the dawn do you see through Sober somber eyes what you do Shainna dear when you get tired of sleeping around Take the love you made and saved give it all away Did you plan it all leaving here with him Did his arms feel the same as they did before And will this be the last time That you think of where your heart lives now in another lovers arms Shainna dear when you get tired of sleeping around Take the love you made and saved give it all away Borrowed second chances When you try to mend the fences you built around You built around Lay down your defenses Burn down the bridges to the ground To the ground Borrowed second chances When you try to mend the fences you built around You built around Lay down your defenses Burn down the bridges to the ground To the ground Shainna dear when you get tired of fucking around Take the love you made and saved give it all away
12.
Sailor 03:41
Spend my days by the ocean where you spend your nights Keeping warm and dry like tinder where the pacific ends Find safety in these words before the tide and I get carried away Don’t say I didn’t warn you, I feel you’re lonely too Perfectly no good like butane and cigarettes I feel you wanting me more as the air thins Give in to me tonight Let me carry you away in the tide Don’t say them as a warning, save them for the morning light Six strings and I on the sands of Los Angeles Watch he waves pull back and push away the coast Cold clear nights spent in the comfort of warm dim light Don’t think I didn’t think of you And all that you do Perfectly no good like butane and cigarettes I feel you wanting me more as the air thins Give in to me tonight Let me carry you away in the tide Don’t say them as a warning, save them for the morning light
13.
Between the wine, whiskey and why I’m in no shape to take you home Wasted wanting more I’m in no shape to take you down Say you’re just a friend say it’s nothing more Stay until it is until it’s all you want Morning light feed the flame I’m in no way blaming you Burning skin breathe with me I’m in no way falling for you Say you’re just a friend say it’s nothing more Stay until it is until it’s all you want Call it what it is, as we’re waging reasons why When you’re pulling me in, and we’re faking love Again Between the wine, whiskey and why I’m in no shape to take you home
14.
Lover 05:41
Breathing you in, feeling you darling Strangers curves learning your skin Holding back no longer Give in to the side that's screaming out for more You are not my lover when you lay me down We don’t promise forever just to wait out the night Phantom kiss stolen glances and hardwood floors You carry me on Follow where you go your gold eyes wander All that I want your desire You are not my lover when you lay me down We don’t promise forever just to wait out the night Just to wait out the night Just to wait out the night Just to wait out the night Just to wait out the night You are not my lover when you lay me down We don’t promise forever just to wait out the night He is not my lover when he lay me down We don’t promise forever just to wait out the night Just to wait out the night Just to wait out the night Just to wait out the night Just to wait out the night Just to wait out the night Just to wait out the night Just to wait out the night Just to wait out the night Just to wait out the night Just to wait out the night

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released August 10, 2018

All music and lyrics written and composed by Laura May

Musicians:
Laura May ◈ Vocals ◈ Guitar ◈ Mandolin ◈ Piano ◈ Organ ◈ Cello
Zach Parkes ◈ Upright bass

Produced and Engineered by Zach Parkes
Watershed Sound ◈ Oakland CA

Mastered by Adam Gonsalves
Telegraph Mastering ◈ Portland OR

Artwork by Johnathan Thomson
Saturn Duplication ◈ Portland OR

Cover Photo by Adam Wallberg
Blue Hour Media LLC ◈ Vancouver WA

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