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Shelter in Love

by batteryboy

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1.
chasing a ghost It’s like waking up with your head under water holding your breath waiting for escape for the Winter to break do I have what it takes Sort like just before your first kiss never knowing if you’ll be any good at this Sort of thing loving a human being Close my eyes and I’ll be okay Sometimes I carry it all with my back to the wall Sometimes I don’t see what I fight right in front of my eyes Sometimes when I needed you most I was chasing a ghost Of mine but now I can see the best in life for me Is time It’s like holding your child when they show you their first smile feeling the chills turn into water and it fills my eyes each and every time Will it always feel like it did on that first day like nothing else matters just as much as me and that little smile making my whole life worthwhile It’s like feeling your toes going numb in the snowfall tingle then burn then no feeling at all would you cut me off just like the biting frost Close my eyes and I’ll be okay Close my eyes and I’ll be okay Sometimes I carry it all with my back to the wall Sometimes I don’t see what I fight right in front of my eyes Sometimes when I needed you most I was chasing a ghost Of mine but now I can see the best in life for me Is time WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST I WAS CHASING A GHOST OF MINE close my eyes and i’ll be okay
2.
90 03:03
when all the leaves have blown and all the kids have grown will we grow old when all the birds have sung and all the wars been won will we grow old when all the suns have set and all the wages bet then we'll grow old all the words we spoke all the jokes we told all the lines we wrote along to Almost Gold all the turns we took along that winding road when no one else is left, will i still be your best when we grow old when all the work is done we'll find more time for fun when we grow old when there's no one else to see and our dreams are all complete then we'll grow old
3.
I'm away now 04:33
Watch a thousand sailing black balloons and waiting for a sign that’s meant to be Send a message out to clear the air about just where I find my place to be Black balloons are bursting you’re running back and forth with open hands to catch the most A love that’s lost is simply pushing back and forth and forcing me to be a ghost Be so good to everyone you love hold onto what matters most I’ve written every lyric said all I need to say I gave the world a proper toast First the loneliness and then the screams I know I showed the world that I exist This frightened rabbit runs into a hole to disappear into the great abyss, I’m away now Weighted and heavy drifting down fading to black Just carry me some days when I feel like I can’t carry my stack Lay me down gently out of the way out in the back Lay me down gently out of the way out in the back Lay me down gently couldn’t keep holding the fort door open invasion came and the walls were broken i needed someone to fight off my doubt to strengthen me from the inside and out couldn’t keep holding the fort door open invasion came and the walls were broken i needed someone to fight off my doubt to strengthen me from the inside and out Weighted and heavy drifting down fading to black Just carry me some days when I feel like I can’t carry my stack Lay me down gently out of the way out in the back Lay me down gently out of the way out in the back to Lay me down gently to Lay me down gently to sleep
4.
What will it be like when they hear i died Will the sun come out will the rain subside Will anyone know will my best friends post About how kind i was or what they hated the most Will the world blink an eye on the day i die What will you be like when you hear i died Will your heart be broken or just beat in time Will you cry so hard that your eyelids crack Or will go about your day after hashtag sad Will you cover your eyes when they tell you i died Something’s not right in the sky tonight Something’s gone wrong with the plan The stars are too close and the window’s cracked The chill takes my bones and it breaks my back Sets me down again, sets me down again So this is what it’s like the day after i die Everything’s the same even stars in the sky The sun comes up and the moon goes down Everyone is meeting up all over town Like any other day after the day i die
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wicked one 03:06
Reaching out across the street silencing the party screams so loud Never seemed so hard before but surely we’ve been tested more than now Discrediting the journalists inciting violent acts and speech and vows We’ve got to find a better way solutions that can end in love somehow What side will you be on When your children write these songs When history comes to bear Did you hate or did you care Looking back on years we lived will we be proud or shameful of the truth Like breaking up the families seeking better lives underneath our roof Imprisoning the immigrants unless they work for less to pick your fruit Accepting white intolerance as long as no one comes to take your guns from you What side will you be on When your children write these songs When history comes to bear Did you hate or did you care What side will you be on When your children write these songs Did you do what must be done Or get in line with the wicked one
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final bow 04:54
When it feels like you’re on fire but it’s only your Eyes filled with desire Wanting so bad for it all to be true Now you’re running not looking so safe so sound Throwing all cares at the world all around Then falling and feeling like you own it all soak in the sun and the leaves as they fall Wanting so bad for it all to be true When the lights go down no one will make a sound It’s my final bow Calling for curtains now Hear the applauding swell see them stand and yell Wanting so bad for this to never end When you play your saddest songs But all they want are fun singalongs Handing my heart to an empty room Watching it fall flat down with a boom Wanting so bad just to break a smile Faking my way through act one with a laugh Act two fills the room with a slap on the back Act three brings it all to a hearty applause But hiding backstage was my heart through it all Wanting so bad just to break a smile When the lights go down no one will make a sound It’s my final bow. Calling for curtains now Hear the applauding swell see them stand and yell Wanting so bad for this to never end Just look at me now this is my final bow With smiles and hand-blown kiss no one could foresee this This is the way it ends This is the way it ends This is the way it ends

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released September 3, 2021

Lyrics: Rouse
Music: Rouse, Carranza, Frid-Rubin, Ringer
Produced by Eric Carranza
Mastered by Eric Martin

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batteryboy Minneapolis, Minnesota

batteryboy combines social awareness and personal revelation to create “music to deal with everything else.” Founded by singer Cobey Rouse in 2011, the group includes multi-instrumentalist Eric Carranza, bassist Ray Ringer and violinist Shannon Frid-Rubin. Their lush sound of strings and Carranza’s Eno-esque atmosphere give Rouse’s emotionally charged lyrics a fitting place to come to hit home. ... more

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