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Party in the Sunset
02:13
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There’s party in the Sunset
And I don’t want to go
Conversations of obligation
All of which I’ve had before
While you and I communicate
In the language of words unsaid
There’s a party in the Sunset
And I don’t want to go
There’s a party in the Sunset
Inviting you is useless
From the the facts I’ve seen you’re a factory
That only makes excuses
Never once heard you make a sound
That resembles a word like yes
There’s a party in the Sunset
Inviting you is useless
Oh all the social graces
Trying map names to faces
How much longer must I stay after I arrive?
Eat hors devours, blend into walls
Look at all the pictures in the halls
All the while aware you reside so near by
There’s a party in the Sunset
And while I’m there you call
I can’t recall that you’ve ever called
I never hear from you at all
Of all the calls that I’ve missed of late
This is the one I missed the most
There’s a party in the Sunset
And while I’m there you called
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2. |
Pulled You From the Fire
02:48
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She says she can undress a man
In ten seconds flat
I don’t get why a married woman
Is saying things like that
Now I’ve got to go
So I hit you up for a ride
I can tell you want to stay
Yet reluctantly you
Oblige
What you may not realize is I
Pulled you from the fire
It was not my priority still I
Pulled you from the fire
Ya don’t need to know why I just
Pulled you from the fire
She creates chaos and
Expects ya just to deal
You shouldn’t have even been there,
If we’re being real
Maybe you think gett'n singed
Is all good and well
But you gotta watch for the honeypots and
Intentions that pave your way to
Hell
What you may not realize is I
Pulled you from the fire
It was not my priority still I
Pulled you from the fire
Ya don’t need to know why I just
Pulled you from the fire
It’s true this situation is inflaming my old wounds
It’s true that there’s nothing here to win or to lose
I try my best to be mindful and what do I owe you
I am not your keeper — but I’ve also been there too
Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do,
I said under my breath
As I slammed that car door shut and
Who knows what you went and did next
If you leapt right back in,
Then that’s not on me
You may be ten years her junior but
You cannot be that
Naive
What you may not realize is I
Pulled you from the fire
It was not my priority still I
Pulled you from the fire
Ya don’t need to know why I just
Pulled you from the fire
The fire…. The fire…. The fire… The fire… Oooh…
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3. |
Chained to the Sun
03:25
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VERSE 1:
Here comes that feeling that comes with the dusk
I am Hector as he’s dragged around the walls of Troy
It’s a fate the ice giants can't even escape
It’s a fate the ice giants can't even escape
Helios is riding away with my joy
CHORUS:
For my heart has been chained to the sun
For my heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
VERSE 2
It’s not that I am ruing that a day is done
Or dreading the onset of evening’s bitter chill
The only warmth I crave is your breath and your embrace
The only warmth I crave is your breath and your embrace
Their absence saps me and puzzles the will
CHORUS:
For my heart has been chained to the sun
For my heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
BRIDGE 1:
Forged by Hephaestus, it’s binding is relentless
Not a single link’s fabricated weak
Sunny days uplift me, cloudy skies set me drift’n
The constant rattle drives me crazy
Don’t wanna be play’n host to ancient imprisoned ghosts
Does anyone around here possess the key?
CHORUS:
For my heart has been chained to the sun
For my heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
BRIDGE 2:
Can’t stand being inside so I decide to go outside
Neighbors walking their dogs barely stop to say “hi”
A pretty girl’s head’n towards me, clearly trying to avoid me
I must accept that I’m suspect in her eyes
I’m just some maladroit en route to Inspiration Point
To marvel at the colors of the sky
VERSE 3:
Were I to chase the light would time come undone
Like a spinning wheel that’s wound in reverse
Pull the threads of your lace and its pattern is erased
Pull the threads of your lace and its pattern is erased
Could I outrun the star to which I have been tethered?
CHORUS:
For my heart has been chained to the sun
For my heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
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4. |
The Space Time Vortex
02:35
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We’d been talking a bit when she said she wanted
To go and get a drink
An invitation or excusing herself?
I didn’t know which to think
So I played it safe and stayed where I stood
While she headed to the bar
Leave it to me to find a way to make everything awkward
The two of us were born in the same town
But many years apart
When we’re conversing I rarely feel
Like I even know where to start
The gulf between us feels so wide
We’re not on the same wavelength
I’ve spent too much time lost in the space time vortex
Outside the course of human events
Outside the flow of it all
Stuck in my pocket universe
No talk ever feels like it’s small
I cling to skin of her world
As if a soap bubble
Attraction and beauty to me are nothing but trouble
She picked up her jacket and slung on her purse
Said she’d be right back
I’m anxious by nature but felt reassured
Seeing she’d left her bags
When she returned it struck me
Particularly my nose
Somehow I’d never pegged her as a smoker
I turn myself back towards the stage
No more or less at ease
And when I left I tried not to read
Too much into that shoulder squeeze
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5. |
Mental Maps
02:58
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VERSE 1:
Silk road through the roof of the world
Flowed to the spice lands of the East
A persistent belief
In a Northwest Passage
Tempered fears of the Kraken and
Other beasts of the deep
That’s the stuff of history books
Dreams found in an atlas from the past
Yet still live at the intersection
Of our mental maps
VERSE 2:
We both sketched the city in the dirt
Drew landmarks from our memories
We clearly referred
To all the same places
Yet shared no ground in common
As far as I could see
We set a course for the morning star
The sky fell and we lost the path
Which direction is the intersection
Of our mental maps?
BRIDGE:
The compass rose is in full bloom
Let’s get the lay of the land
You insist we stick to the forged trails
Lest we step into a mess of quicksand
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
VERSE 3:
Last week you set off on your own
A voyage of discovery, a walkabout
One of those journeys
Where you delve deep though the self
And drift as far as you can from
All of your doubts
I had a vision — we arrived at a point
Where space and time had collapsed
And there we met — at the intersection
Of our mental maps
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6. |
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Here comes that feeling that comes with the dusk
I am Hector dragged around the walls of Troy
It’s a fate the ice giants can't even escape
It’s a fate the ice giants can't even escape
Helios is riding away with my joy
For my heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
It’s not that I am ruing that a day is done
Or dreading the onset of evening’s bitter chill
The only warmth I crave is your breath and your embrace
The only warmth I crave is your breath and your embrace
Their absence saps me and puzzles the will
For my heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
Can’t stand being inside so I decide to go outside
Neighbors walking their dogs barely stop to say “hi”
A pretty girl’s head’n towards me, clearly trying to avoid me
I must accept that I’m suspect in her eyes
I’m just some maladroit en route to Inspiration Point
To marvel at the colors of the sky
Were I to chase the light would time come undone
Like a spinning wheel that’s wound in reverse
Pull the threads of your lace and its pattern is erased
Pull the threads of your lace and its pattern is erased
Could I outrun the star to which I have been tethered?
For my heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
My heart has been chained to the sun
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E.G. Phillips San Francisco, California
E.G. Phillips is a San Francisco based songwriter who creates lyric driven songs with his own special blend of whimsy and cinematic imagery which he uses to give a wry take on dealing with the longings of the heart and the madness of existence.
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