1. |
Nothing Else Matters
03:19
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We were one long night
We were one sweet morning
We were all time
I don’t need to live forever
To know I’ll always love you
I love you
Nothing else matters
We were young and free
We were loud and laughing
We were learning how to see
I don’t need to do it over
To know that I was living
I’m living
Nothing else matters
If I go too far
If I go too fast
I could break my only heart
I don’t need the world to hear me
To know that I am singing
I’m singing
Nothing else matters
If I call your name
If I try too hard
If I give myself away
I don’t need to see the sunset
To know that we have parted
I’m weeping
Nothing else matters
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2. |
Compass
02:37
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I’m so glad you know how you feel
It’s one of the best things anybody could know
Everybody’s got something like a compass
Keeping us out of the places we don’t want to go
Sorry to hear that I let you down
Sorrier to know you were thinking I was here
Just holding up high some idea you had
About me, I get it, I get mad too
But I don’t wanna go there anymore
I don’t wanna go there anymore
I don’t wanna go there anymore
So why would I
As you might have guessed, it wasn’t easy
I had my reasons and like I was saying
Everybody’s got something like a compass
Keeping us out of the places we don’t want to go
Something tells me you know the feeling
Of open road, going anywhere you want
It’s not a big deal, everybody loves freedom
I took the wheel and now I’m driving
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3. |
Odds of Getting Even
03:32
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What are the odds of getting even
What is the cost of dreaming
I’ve carried the cross of believing
Asking God for a reason
Counted the days I waited
Shuffling cards, cleaning tables
If I got a heart, I gotta play it
I only feel it when it’s racing
Come the morning I’ll be leaving
It’s too late in the evening
To play the odds of getting even
There’s this field, I gotta find it
There’s this horse, running wild
Every night I run beside it
Someday I’m gonna ride it
Out in the air, out in the moonlight
You’ll be a flash in the back of my mind
Placing your bets, watching the mud fly
Rolling your dice back on the sideline
You can hold it without showing
But the cracks will keep on growing
And I hear they don’t let noone
Bring a grudge where I’m going
I don’t have time for crying
I might be falling or flying
I might be water or lightning
When I watch the gold sun rising
Can’t you feel the ground turning
Can’t you feel the hours burning
Oh the odds of getting even
Will no longer be my burden
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4. |
I'm Not Going Anywhere
03:55
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I don’t know that much about you
But I want to
Somewhere between the crying and the laughing
I feel free with you
I don’t know where we’re going
But I think we’re getting closer
If we get an idea we can try ‘til it’s over
I don’t know that much about you
But I want to
I don’t know that much about living
But I’m here
Spinning on a rock I’m ready I’m willing
I’m a dry tear
Somebody tried to tell me there’s a race I oughta run
But I don’t need whatever else it is that anybody won
I don’t know everything about living
But I’m here
And I’m not going anywhere, babe
I’m not going anywhere
I’m not going anywhere, babe
I’m not going anywhere
I don’t know that much about loving
But I’m in
I’ll be your shade in the summer, babe
You know I got your back in the cold wind
I get the sense you love the feeling
Of the sky all around
Please tell me baby if I’m ever holding you down
I don’t know that much about loving
But I’m in
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5. |
If They Feel Like Wings
03:54
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I wish I had something to give you
Other than words
They don’t seem to scare away
All the hard things you heard
About trying
I wish I had something to promise
Other than this
You don’t have to move the mountain
Look at all the doorways you make
Just by walking
If they feel like wings
Try
If they feel like wings
It’s just that there is noone to tell it
Other than you
You’re the only one who knows
When you find something that feels
Like a sky
If you find something that feels like sky
If you find something that feels like sky
If you find something that feels like sky
And they feel like wings
Try
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6. |
Some Rent
03:59
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Oh the woman I was, side of the road
I slow down you’re knocking on the windows
You climb inside, bag beside
You’re shouting at the lights like a backseat driver
The woman I was, my old friend
Glad to look you in the eyes again
Rolling out of bed like a rundown sundown
Waiting on a train like a burned out ghost town
You can come along for the ride if you want to
But I don’t do things the way I used to
That was something else, I don’t know what it was
No pain is not some rent you pay
That was something else, I don’t know what it was
No pain is not some rent you pay for love
Will you give it a rest, just listen to yourself
Would you talk that way to anybody else
You and I have differences
On this side love is tenderness
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7. |
Burning Building
04:18
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Found the night
Door was open, door was open
Stood outside
Hands were empty, eyes were wide
I tried
I was willing
Believe me, I would have stayed
If there was any way to stay alive
In a burning building
Hanging clothes
Precious pictures, precious pictures
All got left
Behind, inside
Smoke and ash
In the wind, in the wind
One look back
On you and I
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8. |
Addicted
02:59
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Down, down, down
I remember the feeling
Up, up, up
I remember the climb
No I don’t remember much about
The people or the places
All I can remember is the feeling of falling
Through a dozen windows at the same time
Oh it’s all a part of the weight
Of knowing anything you want
All you gotta do it ask it
It’s all a part of the weight
Of carrying a window
Of carrying a casket
You did it, I’m addicted
You did it, I’m addicted
You did it, I’m addicted
You did it, I’m addicted
Loud, loud, loud
There’s a siren passing
Sun went down while I was sitting here
No I couldn’t really tell you where I just was
All I can remember is the feeling I wasn’t
Anywhere at all or anybody
Oh it’s all a part of the weight
Of seeing every moment pass
Knowing you can never have it
It’s all a part of the weight
Of carrying a window
Of carrying a casket
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What I need now
Is less talking about the past
More letting the moon knock me back
And just watching the whole sky change
What I need now
Is less worry about the future
More letting the music move me
And just watching the candle burn
I need less of holding myself to the fire
Unless it’s the real one I’m building inside
I need more time just to water desire
I need more mornings with you outside
What I need now
Is less letting the darkness haunt me
And more knowing it’s part of belonging
And just watching the whole sky change
I need less of the story that wasn’t meant for me
And more of the turning the page
I need less of the standing right here in the only moment
And somehow still looking away
I need less of the wondering if I am ready
And more of the turning to face the sound
Of all of the promises this world is already keeping
Without ever writing them down
What I need now
What I need now
What I need now
Is less letting the darkness haunt me
And more knowing it’s part of belonging
And just watching the whole sky change
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10. |
Ribbon
03:55
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Can I wrap my arms around you
If I go, if I go
Can I wrap my arms around you
If I go
If I go back to a memory
Will you come back there to meet me
Can I wrap my arms around you
If I go
Will the tears rise up around me
If I stay, if I stay
Will the tears rise up around me
If I stay
If I stay inside a heart
That’s afraid to fall apart
Will the tears rise up around me
If I stay
Nothing ends with a ribbon around it
Yes I know, yes I know
Nothing ends with a ribbon around it
Yes I know
Will I grow the wings I need
If I try, if I try
Will I grow the wings I need
If I try
If I try to leave behind
Just a little at a time
Will I grow the wings I need
If I try
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Maya de Vitry Nashville, Tennessee
Maya de Vitry is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. She lives in Nashville, TN.
Mad Maker Studio
P.O Box 110392
Nashville, TN
37222
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