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I go downstairs with my brother and sister
To bring up some Cokes and pick out a game
Dad's made a fire, Mom's rocking back and forth
Reading a book, warmed by the flames

She looks up and smiles when she sees what we picked
She's made us a feast of our favorite snacks, chips and dip
As we play, an old Hitchcock movie's playing on the screen above us
And above that we're watched over by those we've lost who still love us

My family falls asleep by the fire all around me
The black and white ghosts smile and surround me

Please stay with me
Hold me up
Hold me up

In the summer we pack up the car and head west
Drive for days and days, offset by sweet motel rest
We get to the mountains, we've come here to play
My heart and my hands know I"ll live here someday

Mom and Dad make a picnic, watch their sons and their daughter
Talk about cougars and bears, skip stones across the water
We stay in a lodge in the national park
Drive around, look for animals just before it gets dark

These pictures flash for a moment
Then they disappear again
I forget where I came from
And I sink back into sin

They say the mountains are fountains for men
So I'm shouting from the cliff-tops till the words flow from my pen
They say the mountains are fountains for men
So I'm shouting from the cliff-tops till I remember myself again

I'm gonna find me a woman who dreams the same as me
Both apocalyptic sunsets and family picnics by the sea
This time we'll be forever, this time I'll make it last
We'll make ourselves a future by falling for our pasts

This is not a song about innocence lost
It's just about a bridge I'm halfway across

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from Tell Me That It's There, released May 20, 2012

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Tyler Taylor Boulder, Colorado

Hi, I'm Tyler. You may know me from my band, The Amends. I'm pretty sure you must if you've found your way here. I made this site so that I could have a place to quietly share my older songs (ones I mostly wrote before founding The Amends with Drew) with anyone who's interested. I recorded and played these myself, so forgive the varying sound quality. All songs are technically free. ... more

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