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Half Keys

by The Morning Sea

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1.
We leave early in the morning You got a map in your hand We take the long way to the river So we can see all of Berlin Walls filled up with madness We pretend that we are lost Until we’re no longer certain If we’re pretending anymore But let’s say tonight That we could meet here And imagine the rest of our lives will begin again The way we’ve always pictured them At night we play music In some little café You say it feels just like Brooklyn If all the people went away We pass a suicide circus On our walk across the bridge We’ve been looking for the moonlight It’s like it doesn’t exist But let’s say tonight That we could stay here And imagine the rest of our lives will begin again The way we’ve always pictured Let’s say tonight That we don’t go home Cause darling I know that I could get used to this I could get lost in this sky with no moon in it Let’s say tonight That this is our home If we could just hold on tonight without any fear I know that we could both go mad here We could be mad We could be brave We could be bright We could be mad We could be brave We could be bright Tell me I’m mad You may be right I say we should get married There’s a cathedral down the road Behind the old cemetery Where you saw one shoe out in the meadow You just laugh and cry madness Say I’ve got a head full of stars I pull the map out of my pocket Because we don’t know where we are
2.
Listen Love 05:04
Listen, Love I just want to say that I’ve been dreaming of An old familiar place where we can see the stars above And we don’t give up By the way By the way you look at me, I know your face Your lost and lonely eyes all opened wide with grace I know your touch And all along the road I’ve seen the signs and they have told me That my life will change Listen, Love I can’t let go, I can’t let go Listen Love I can’t let go, I can’t let go again I can’t let go again First of all First of all you’re listening for your number to be called I’m just simply listening to hear anything at all And it’s been a long time Worst of all Worst of all is screaming til my throat is raw Heart stripped bare and bleeding With my back against the wall Is this too much? And all along the road I’ve seen the signs and they have told me That my luck will change Listen, Love I can’t let go, I can’t let go Listen Love I can’t let go, I can’t let go again I can’t let go again And all along the road I’ve seen the signs and they have told me That my life has changed But nothing’s changed Listen, Love I can’t let go, I can’t let go Listen Love I can’t let go, I can’t let go again I can’t let go again Listen, Love I just want to let you know I’m dreaming of A place that we can go where we can see the stars above
3.
This Time 04:37
Goodnight then This time we take the baguettes, and Break towards the promise of everything new That we said we would do If we had second chances You’d probably go dancing But I am I am still waiting through silence That deafening din of the things you won’t say to me The sins that you’ll never set free From your memory Set it alight Burn all control Stay through the night And carry me home It keeps us alive But it cuts to the bone You tell me you’re right I tell you I know Goodnight then This time we’re after most everything To keep us distracted for hours on end And I still remember The first thing you said on the first day we met You know, I guess I am still reaching for anything To keep me from feeling that way again The failure, the fears It’s been 35 years of it Set it alight Burn all control Just stay here tonight Just please don’t go home You tell me I’m right I know that I’m wrong But it keeps me alive And it drags you along Show me a sign That we can move on Cause I need to find it before it’s all gone You tell me “goodnight” I tell you “hold on” Because darling tonight we’re Tonight we are waiting for something To help us reclaim our whole lives again This time we’re gonna take everything This time I’m ready to try again Tonight we are waiting for anything Tonight we are playing our final hand This time we’re gonna take everything (This time I’m ready to try) Set it alight Burn all control Stay through the night And carry me home (This time I’m ready to try) It keeps us alive But it cuts to the bone You tell me you’re right I tell you I know Goodnight then This time we’re waiting for something This time we’re ready to try again This time we’re gonna take everything
4.
After all the shattered walls that start to fall and break for me Are wearing me out Well I was a lot like your friend, a lot like your friend And wearing you around After all the alcohol, the final crawls that call for me Are wearing me down Well I was a lot like the end, a lot like the end Before we begin But wait, I could have changed I’m trying to feel my life’s refrain And caught in the act of disguising my name But it will not be the act of breaking down After all the empty space you violate and break for me And carry me down Well I was a lot like your man, a lot like your man A lot like your man And then we break down But wait, I could have changed I’m trying to feel my life’s refrain And buried in cycles that spin 'round your brain And carry a lie like some secret shame But there is a time for us still to create To fill the blank canvas, the empty space And we’re caught in the act of disguising our names But it will not be the act of breaking down
5.
Half Keys 05:42
My father's song Sung in half keys You used to sing it to me When we were young And here we sing You're a stubborn thing But maybe it's the wrong key for this song The notes have all been lost Your key's been broken off You're a long way out of touch Sometimes, Sometimes, Sometimes The half keys you have lined up Still don't make a whole My mother's gone I'm a cold man Maybe for the first time I've seen the sunshine And here we sit I'm an old, grey man Maybe it's the wrong time for us The locks have all been shut Your keys have all but cut You're a long way out of touch Sometimes, Sometimes, Sometimes You're a long way out of touch Sometimes, Sometimes, Sometimes The half keys you have lined up They won't unlock the door Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
6.
Could we make this rift recover? Could we step back now? Would I be your friend, your lover? Would I be left out? Maybe you found that in this cold You were alright without it, right without it And I wish I had told you I just hide around it, hide around it now Bury all the thoughts that scare you I could show you how Cause I have never been prepared to Let my insides out Maybe I found that in this cold I was alright without it, right without it And I wish you had known We could have laughed about, laughed about it now Some of the time girl’s really sure that we’ll be fine Some of the time girl reassures me that she’s mine Some of the time And I’d like to show you what your life’s about, life’s about And I would like to know you But your eyes still doubt it, and I still doubt your eyes Some of the time Could you make your heart surrender? Would you even try? Keep it held like buried treasure Sinking with the tide And all of the times I think I’m clever We just fight about it, fight about it And I don’t think I’ll ever Get it right, can’t get it right, can’t get it right Some of the time girl’s really sure that we’ll be fine Some of the time girl reassures me that she’s mine Some of the time And I’d like to show you what your life’s about, life’s about And I would like to know you But your eyes still doubt it, and I still doubt your eyes Some of the time
7.
Rise/Fall 04:54
Time waits for no one And our time was fleeting Your heart keeps on beating But I keep on falling I thought I knew how to keep the ship sailing But our ship was failing And you keep on letting go Yesterday’s plans are tomorrow’s misgivings And you keep on living But I keep on falling down I never knew you Our hearts weren’t ready To keep the ship steady Oh, I keep letting you fall Rise and fall Did we say enough? Did we pay too much? To rise, just to fall Cause we saved our love, but you gave it up Time casts a shadow On both of our faces In ten thousand places Where you go and I follow I thought I knew how To keep above water But the current was stronger Than we could have ever known So leave me alone at the cold end of autumn You’re someone, you’re no one And I keep on falling down I never knew you And we weren’t ready To keep our hearts steady Oh, I keep letting you fall Rise and fall Did we say enough? Did we pay too much? To rise, just to fall Could we save our love, when you gave it up? The world doesn’t spin how we need sometimes But you like the way that it looks in your eyes No one can see your light When you shine it behind No one can see your light When you start to rise When you rise When you rise, you fall down When you rise When you rise, you fall down Rise and fall Did we say enough? Did we pay too much?
8.
Breathe the air Feel it leave your body as the memory appears And spreads upon the glass Like a fog, with your finger, trace the outline of your past And when you go outside You see your breath, you see your breath And it’s so cold outside You see your breath, you can see your breath You can see your breath If love can fade Push it down into your body Where you keep the chill away Cause it’s hot inside Like a burning in your belly Where the fire still survives And when you go outside You see your breath, you see your breath And it’s so cold outside You see your breath, you can see your breath You can see your breath Ooh, Ooh This cannot be it Is there nothing left? If love can die Push it down into your body Where the air is still alive Cause the thing you crave Is the thing you lose When you try to hard to save And when you go outside You see your breath, you see your breath And it’s so cold outside You see your breath, you can see your breath You can see your breath You can see your breath, you can see your breath, you can see your breath You can see your breath, you can see your breath, you can see your breath You can see your breath, ooh This cannot be it, is there nothing left? You can see your breath This cannot be it, is there nothing left? You can see your breath This cannot be it, is there nothing left? You can see your breath
9.
But when the night comes I can hear you coming back in waves now Climbing up a steep and empty staircase Shouting out to no one, save your own face But you are leaving And I can read the writing on the ceiling You should know my dark and dirty secret I’d tell you but I know that you won’t keep it And it’s a lie that spreads From the blankets of our beds And you’re just like a knife that dreads To be raised But there’s your laughter The kind that sticks around forever after The kind where you’re reliving former glory If you ask me it just sounds like a good story But with the lights out It’s time for you to crawl back to your wasteland I heard from someone that you’re headed westbound If I know you you’re more likely going straight down Where there’s no seasons And time for you to hide It stands to reason In time I’ll hear you calling me and pleading But that will only tear us both apart And it’s a lie that spreads From the blankets of our beds And you’re just like a knife that dreads To be raised Are you still alive, or dead In that corner of your head Where you shut out the lights instead And brought this darkness on us On us... But when the night comes I can hear you coming back in waves now And I can see, I can see you clearly The only promise you ever held dearly But you can’t hear my secret I’d tell you but I know that you’ll repeat it And I can hear, I can hear you calling You know this will just tear us both apart And it’s a lie that spreads From the blankets of our beds And you’re just like a knife that dreads To be raised Are you still alive, or dead In that corner of your head Where you shut out the lights instead From the blankets of your beds And you are just like a knife that dreads To be raised above your head Where you shut out the lights instead And brought this darkness on us On us...
10.
Carried Away 05:07
Leave the rush, the lies The darkness of your eyes Your touch, your skin The wandering of your mind Within, the feel, Of wanting to survive For something real To find a new disguise To replace your armor You reach above for the sign That tells you it will not be And carries this away from me Kill your cares, your aches And leave the other parts Your prayers, you’ll take To seek another start To lift the weight That feeds you in the dark Until the day The beating of your heart That suffers in silence Belies your careful deceit It tries too hard not to beat And carries this away from me Ooh, ooh Make the best, the rest Will pass on in the night And fight the sense Of emptiness in light You bend and break And cower in her eyes You shake and spin Ignore your own advice You cannot take A simple compromise It’s time to wake And find a different life In the arms of another Cause we lost the part of the dream Where we finally start to believe So carry this away from me Please carry this away from me

credits

released November 1, 2019

The Morning Sea:
Adam Cohen - Lead Vocals, Guitars
Sonny Ratcliff - Bass, Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin, Melodica, Accordion
Andrew Nesbitt - Drums, Percussion, Harmonica
Andy Baldwin - Violin
Bobby McCullough - Double Bass
Kelly Wolfgramm - Backing Vocals

Produced and Engineered by Sonny Ratcliff
Mixed by Andy Baldwin
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian
Music and Lyrics by Adam Michael Cohen, BMI, © 2019

Cover Design by Ginger Del Rey

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