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Tracks from The 3 Poisons EP:

Blood and Peanuts MP3
A man walks with a suitcase in his hand it’s the death of lonely streets / from my bedroom window I’m whispering “I know what you mean” / a new apartment with no pictures on the walls restaurant with blood and peanuts on the floor / my heart is hot hangin’ in my mouth both hands on the door / ‘cause nothing dies harder than a lie used to get me by my whole life / kids playing kickball in august heat buzz of the streetlamps coming on / on top of a blue mailbox I’m writing this song / under my bed I slipped my heart and in the darkness how I watched it beat / I talked to demons as I reached for light on the street

Hedging Bets MP3
Halsted bus rolls along two fingers a leg are gone / melodies too strong for me to hear / bodies laying in the street staring at my bloody feet clouds beat down my footsteps keep the beat / I’ve been down here before the devil always asks for more / who knows, who cares, who is keepin’ score? / breath held while you pour something that always leaves me bored / an empty cup against a metal door / is it here in the dark? feeling ‘round for a spark / hedging bets on nothin’ that can last / angels coated in gasoline in darkness I still feel their heat of longing for one rhythm for one beat

Red Cardinal MP3
I’m a prisoner in my own home / I don’t know where I can go to shut the door / footsteps above my head voices are carrying / this is home / ‘cause I don’t know love anymore, I don’t know love anymore / all I know about is how to even out until I’m bored stoned and alone / clothes covered in gin and tears / I am still counting fears instead of sheep / A blue tv at 3 am this couch is showing its threads the furnace kicks on / ‘cause I don’t know love anymore, I don’t know love anymore / a red cardinal against the snow is what I long to know in the morning sun / I light a candle for the one who waits,/ in footsteps I hesitate they’re all made up / ‘cause I don’t know love anymore, I don’t know love anymore

Pixie Wings MP3
I’m a gemini on fire caught between my truth my liar never know what side I’m standing on / apartment in los angeles the sun becomes last on my wish list / clouds of chicago part more each day / into the fire pixie wings are bound by wire / blood getting higher devil makes me such a liar / a snapshot of your perfect life shines more light on my wrongs than my rights / if I wanted to I couldn’t be you anyway / buy me a ring and shut the door I’ll never spread my legs for more than anything that I can’t give myself / into the fire pixie wings are bound by wire / all this desire devil makes me such a liar

Shot Down MP3
Here I go again fighting you outside of my skin / you’ve been a friend / I’ll get the gun again / you’ve shown me love what could I be dreamin’ of? No air below no air above / clouds fill my heart then I start moving on / no air below no air above / I just shot down the one I love / I dream of fields spinning time ‘til I can’t feel / I dream of sleep wake up without broken wings / glimpses of this, tell me baby how’d I miss? gods say to me: “we’ve all the time in the world, so would you just put it down?” I hope they’re right ‘cause those sweetened lies I could never turn around

Same Spot MP3
Back on this train in the same old spot now with something lost / thanks for letting me walk around the edges of your heart as you stood apart / but you hold the secrets to the sea and maybe more and I drag my blanket blindly trying in vain to even the score / ghosts stood on the docks and I begged for names but you didn’t stop / wise men know not when to sound and you kept a straight face as I fumbled ‘round / don’t you know what goes comes back around? don’t you know we both come from the same town? I don’t want to fight for an open sky

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Tracks from Sara's Dry Mouth EP:

Good Enough MP3
Well I know what you’re trying to get me to say / But love don’t work that way / Careful of what you try to take / Cause I know / You’ll squeeze a tear until it falls / I’m not watching at all / I’m a rubber ball bouncing off your wall / Cause all my love has been true / Still it isn’t good enough for you / Baby it’s good enough for me / Well you’re dressed in your clown suit tonight / Stretched across your tits so tight / And you’ve made your plan to take back the night / But you’ll wake to the morning sun in rags / Picking off the scabs / Here’s another one I won’t look back / Cause all my love has been true / Still it isn’t good enough for you / Baby it’s good enough for me / All these dreams you talk about are running ugly rings around your mouth / And your wig is on the ground

Dry Mouth MP3
I'm feeling tired of wondering if i'm a liar / i'm feeling tired of feeding dying fires / lamps light the streets as dead men hang from the trees / lamps light the streets and eyes too scared to meet / so i'm saying goodnight / tonight my mouth is dry i don't have a fight to wet it / leaves turn red and brown / eyes move mouths look around / leaves fall to the ground they're drowning out all sound / well i've got no love for people who don't look up / long enough to get unstuck / they just don't give a fuck / so i'm saying goodnight / tonight my mouth is dry i don't have a fight to wet it / fate falling down for the count without a sound / fate falling down for the count...

Nameless Faces MP3
The moon is a snake on my skin / ghosts keeping me alive / as i walk in to my new skin / can i name all these faces? / the drum beats out its song / my ears half alive / as i walk in to my new skin / can i name all these faces? / rain falling on the fields again / this ride moves too fast / hands at our sides black is the night / watching the trees go past / now that it's gone / i still sing your song / black-eyed all along i still sing your song / and it goes on

I'm in Love MP3
I’m in love with a dead man / I’m a wheelchair in his arms / How this night is pulling with unadoring arms / There’s a light in the corner / A grin overhead / I’m clinging to every word you said / These stones sewn in my memory / Bend me over your broken knee / One two three strikes good god above I’m in love / I’m in love but there’s bodies covering my home / Messages sent with no place to go /Stuck by the dead wish that you could free / Something that’s already gone in me (chorus) / Crash of cars sleep will follow / I’ve got nothing saved / I love you with a heart that’s hollow / I don’t think it’s gonna change / These stones sewn in my memory / Bend me over your broken knee / One two three strikes good god above I’m in love I’m in love I’m in love

Other songs:

For Salinger
Stick my finger in my throat again cheers to you my old friend / i'm dressed up like a doll alphabet on my pocket / do you like me now? but i could never be the one that you kept from the sun / take your pointed gun from my own head i'm not the one / wrap me in a quilt thick with your germs warm with your guilt / pass me a remedy we are landsmen, is what i'm told, you and me / but i could never be the one that you kept from the sun / take your pointed gun from my own head i'm not the one / good friends are hard to find / you're my lucky landmine / words can weigh so well from a man with a pen no fame could kill / words will be our guise, yours and mine

Back to Start
The sun here won't shut up and it's reflecting off your face / i've got the windows all shut reminding me of all my east coast days / now that i've let you win, did you win? do you recognize my grin? / you say i move to slow / under a rock is where flowers grow / you walk in rooms and you glow / the ticket i'm holding is two weeks old / but nobody sends me back to start / i walk on my own cuz i gave up on my heart / somethin' bout the crash of cars and wishing upon a lonely star / nobody sends me back to start / i didn't know where to go so i let you lead me by my limp hand / i'm on my way to pick you up in this dirty fucked up wasted no-man's land / but nobody sends me back to start / i walk on my own cuz i gave up on my heart / somethin' bout the crash of cars and wishing upon a lonely star / nobody sends me back to start

And, some old stuff.
Tracks from Sara's debut EP, Sara Osmer:

Home
I'm going home / My bed is already made / I know there's blood on my suitcase / But honey, it don't mean a thing / 'Cause I'm going home / Where some lights are left on / How good it will be to get to a place / Where I'm wokin' up by the sun / Home Home Home I'm going Home / My mama, she is waiting / She's bought a new TV / And I'll stay up all night dreaming / 'Cause she turns the light off for me / The grasses, they are still wet / And the sun is warming my back / There's no place for better healing / When I'm feeling torn in half / Home Home Home, I'm going home

Bedridden
He draws a picture of your name / Using blood from his heart / Telling stories about the way / The whole world's fallin' apart / Shooting arrows through your heart / 'Cause he ain't like you or me / He don't love naturally / He's always walkin' around, head hangin' down / Singin' in a minor key / Better let him be / He moves his hands like an angel would / Taking you to the moon / His head slips and hits the wood / 'Cause he feels nothing like you do / Tears slipping into his shoes / 'Cause he ain't like you or me / He don't love naturally / He's always walkin' around, head hangin' down / Singin' in a minor key / Better let him be / If I could, you know I would / Open up the sky and lend him a light / But he'll never try, so why should I / Why should I why should I??? If you see him against the wall / Don't you call his name / He'll pick a flower to let it fall / And you'll walk home in the rain / Tears streaming down your face / Well baby, baby what a waste / 'Cause he ain't like you or me / He don't love naturally / He's always walkin' around, head hangin' down / Singin' in a minor key