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Following the Clouds
04:02
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Following the Clouds
Music & lyrics by Kat Reinhert
I once had a rocket with a tip of engine red
I lit it in a field of gold
Stood back and watched it float overhead
Just like I imagined
Just like mama said
I once had a shiny bike all green and black and blue
I rode it as I raced the clouds
On my way to a life that’s true
Just like I imagined
Just like mama said
I once had a life I thought would give me what I need
Turns out that rockets lie
And bikes are only meant for speed
Not like I imagined
Not like mama said
But I’m still following the clouds
And I’m the sky, life is the weather
Yeah I’m still following the clouds
I’m the sky, life is the weather
‘Cause my life’s not what I imagined
But it’s all that I want it to be
Yeah my life is what I imagine
My mama wished hers could be
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2. |
Joni
04:23
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Listening to Joni on the radio
Oh help me please, I’ve got too much court and not enough spark
But from both sides I still walk the borderline
It’s love or money
But you’re my thrill
So I’m choosing you, you, you
You, You, You
Just like the lady of the canyon
Our conversation turns from shadow to light
So I come in from the cold night turbulent indigo
It’s love or money
But you’re my thrill
So I’m choosing you, you, you
You, You, You
God must be a boogie man
‘Cause now all I want is your tea leaf prophecy
Not here today and gone tomorrow
It’s love or money
But you’re my thrill
So I’m choosing you, you, you
You, You, You
I could drink a case of you
Blue
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3. |
Accidentally
03:56
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Accidentally
Music & lyrics by Kat Reinhert ©2017exerguemusic
I’m like a Rubik cube, all twisted into multicolored, patterned little blocks
I can look put together, with matching even yellow squares along my flattened top
But turn me
And you will see
I’m just a rainbow in disguise
‘Cause all the things that I’ve become are just the roles that I have played
And every time a new intriguing part appears, I act it out ‘till I’m not afraid
I fall on my face, and you think that it’s a fluke
‘Cause I’m really good at hiding the truth
‘Cause I’m accidental
Accidentally
Accidentally, me.
I can quote solos by Ella, Miles and Parker, Mingus, Ellington and Monk
I can cite Shakespeare, with Heidegger and Csikszentmihalyi throwing down the funk
Unwrap me
And you will see
I’m just a line away from jump
But I’ll help you find your sovereign truth, as I keep losing mine
Have you seen a heart of gold, I think I left mine on the line
Oh there’s no turning back from this life that I chose to lead
Cause I’ve made many many beds and it’s led me to believe
That I’m accidental
Accidentally
Accidentally, me.
I’ve been to doctors, who tell me that there’s nothing wrong, my frontal cortex rocks
I guess there’s something in all of these abilities I’ve stacked like Lego blocks
So ask me
And you will see
I’m just an expert in disguise
‘Cause I’ve come to realize that all these parts that I have played
Taught me things that no books or degrees could teach me anyways
And now I understand this imposter can’t be real
‘Cause I’ve lived all the things I know, and that’s my kind of deal
So I’m accidentally
Happily accidental
Accidentally, me.
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4. |
Gather A Line
04:26
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Gather a line
Music & lyrics by Kat Reinhert ©exerguemusic2019
She sits in silence
A coffee mug of dreams beside
Torn up lists and notes designed
She’s never had the will to reach for the
Inside of her dreams
The inside where her mind gets messy
She wants confetti confessing she’s not ready
But guessing that the steady climb will lead her to the
Outside - there she goes
Outside - where she’ll say
Walk alone and gather a line behind you
Walk alone, quiet all the noise
Armored shadows faith and fate ignite the darkest truth
Walk alone and gather a line behind you
She’ll learn reliance
On simple dreams and roads divined
One step left meets two steps right
She’ll finally find the will to reach for the
Inside of her dreams
The inside where her mind gets messy
She wants confetti confessing she’s not ready
But guessing that the steady climb will lead her to the
Outside - there she goes
Outside - where she’ll say
Walk alone and gather a line behind you
Walk alone, quiet all the noise
Armored shadows faith and fate ignite the darkest truth
Walk alone and gather a line behind you
No one’s here to stop you
No ones here to try
No one’s here to stop you
But the yellow in your eye
No one’s here to stop you
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5. |
Little Lies
03:51
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Little Lies
Music & lyrics by Kat Reinhert ©2017exerguemusic
What will you become my dear
In twenty years, or two
I wonder as I watch you grow
Through all these photographs in a row
Your smile can light the saddest heart
Even from many miles away
I can see you’ve got a bright soul
So you’ll never be alone
But they’ll be those along your way
Who will try and steal your fire
With words they’ll try to put you down
Or turn your smile into a frown
So as the years pass quickly by
I hope you always find your joy
And let it show when darkness tries
To teach you little lies
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6. |
December
04:58
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DECEMBER
Music & lyrics by Kat Reinhert © 2017exerguemusic
There’s no snow on the ground
But still it comes like winter
A cold and distant reminder
Of something I couldn’t get right
And there’s no bells in the air
But it still comes every year
A day that lives in my memories
Something good, now colored in grey
Sometimes I wish it’d never happened
That I could take back those two words
But life doesn’t move in a straight line
And sometimes we leave love behind
There’s no wishing on the past
No amount of stars could light
The directions that we followed
On our way to separate lives
And there’s no point in ever calling
We have no lines connecting
No reason to even discuss the weather
But I still hope you’re doin’ better
Sometimes I wish it’d never happened
That I could take back those two words
But life doesn’t move in a straight line
And sometimes we leave love
I never thought I’d find peace
Or ever learn to love again
Strange to sit here looking at the past
And know that’s all it’s been
Sometimes I wish it’d never happened
That I could take back those two words
But life doesn’t move in a straight line
And sometimes we leave
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7. |
Halcyon Morning
03:59
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HALCYON MORNING
Music & lyrics by Kat Reinhert ©exerguemusic 2018
You woke up with
The taste of him babe
Dancing through your mind
Like you’re together realigned
Those were good days
Watching the sunrise
Thinking you would last
That you could drink away the past
Halcyon morning, Halcyon morning
Hope saw you mourning, Hope saw your morning
Halcyon morning, Halcyon morning
Your glass was empty but I never really saw it full
Blue Martini
Curaçao dream
Looking back on times
You thought you’d made it past the climb
Only memories
To hang your hat on
You chose a charming lie
But now it’s time to say goodbye
Halcyon morning, Halcyon morning
A stolen golden kiss, ignoring all the warnings
Halcyon morning, Halcyon morning
Like azure waters they weren’t meant to last beyond the dawn
Three thousand days back
When you first knew that
You wouldn’t make it
Past two thousand ninety-nine, split
You tried a lifeboat
He wouldn’t paddle
Sinking low you sipped
Another bottle ‘til you ripped
You tore two hearts apart just waiting for the glass
To fill itself with something more than gin and grass
Halcyon morning, Halcyon morning
The wind is calm and you’ve finally found where you belong
Halcyon morning, Halcyon morning
Halcyon morning, Halcyon morning
Halcyon morning, Halcyon morning
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8. |
Torn
04:36
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Torn
Music & lyrics by Kat Reinhert ©2017exerguemusic
Like a zipper getting caught in a daydream
On its way to a grasshopper close
I wish I could drown all of my doubts in the highlands
Make my peace with a tartan parade
Like a record spinning tales on a windmill
Or Cervantes riding tall on mezcal
I wish I could slay dragons with envy
Take the green, make a shamrock shake
But I am torn between two cities
Between two loves
Between to shores
I am torn between the rocks and the sand
The lonely or forlorn
I am torn
Like tomorrow always waiting for the sunrise
To make the bubbles in the oranges alive
I wish I could fly away like a butterfly
Done with change, onto grasses more green
‘Cause I am torn between two cities
Between two loves
Between to shores
I am torn between the rocks and the sand
The lonely or forlorn
I am torn
Torn between two cities
Between two loves
Between to shores
I am torn between the rocks and the sand
The lonely or forlorn
I am torn
Torn
Torn
I am torn
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9. |
Lost
03:48
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Lost
Music & lyrics by Kat Reinhert ©2018exerguemusic
I am lost
Feeling like I double cross
Each and ev’ry move I make
Asking for
Things I know you don’t adore
Just so I could run the maze
They say that getting lost in a once upon a day dream
Lets you find the unicorn, the pot of gold and the leaves of clover green
Well I found
Home
Home
Home
And home is you
I am torn
Thinking I should feel forlorn
Wipe the smile off of my face
Ev’ry night
Passing out without a fight
What is this kiss of fate?
Still the moments pass us by and we get lost in reverie
There’s the front porch swing, the sink for two and the extra room to make us three
But that’s not
Home
Home
Home
‘cause home is you
I never thought that it would be like this
But I wouldn’t change the writing on that dive bar bathroom stall
The unpredictable things that get us through the years
Are the walls we build to hold our love and sooth our fears
Home
Home
Home
And home is you
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10. |
Worry Club
04:12
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Worry club
Music & lyrics by Kat Reinhert ©2017exerguemusic
Long after you were gone
My dad told me a tale
Of something you had done
To deal with every day
You started with four walls
A bottom and a lid
Squared them up, closed the top
And then you hid
Each and every worry that you’d write down and put away
Until the week would finally end – you’d face your fears and troubled days
Open up you worry box
And read each care aloud
And if you hadn’t reconciled
You’d place it back inside to drown
But the rest you burned
You shared your thoughts with many
So they built their own
And every Friday they’d sit down
At five alone
Pour a dry martini
And open up their box
Take out the first care
And see if it unlocked
Any feelings of regret or fear they hadn’t quite put down
Or anxiety about the things they couldn’t turn around
They opened up their worry box
And read each care aloud
And if they hadn’t reconciled
They’d place it back inside to drown
But they rest they burned
It’s my grandfather’s worry club
And I’m keeping it alive
‘cause sometimes the worlds too much
And I just wanna hide
So I open up my worry box
And read each one aloud
‘Cause nothing ever comes
From letting worry stick around
And if I haven’t reconciled
I’ll place it back inside to drown
But the rest I’ll burn
Burn
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11. |
Bird Song
02:24
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Bird song
Music & lyrics by Kat Reinhert ©exerguemusic2019
I wish I could be a bird
Flying high above the city lights
But a dove or a raven, I’m not sure
Shadows shaped by white and black
I’m always chasing grey
I wish I could be a bird
Whispered zephyr secrets in my ears
But a dove or a raven, I’m not sure
Whether sung by ice or fire
I’m always chasing rain
Masquerading on a wire
I line up safely, number counting
I can’t escape so i look down
Wishing for the things i left
Below me in the cloudy mile
I can’t believe that they were almost mine
I wish I could be a bird
Soaring blithely towards the setting sun
But a dove or a raven I’m not sure
Ghosts of what was loved and lost
I’m always chasing pain
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12. |
Dead Reckoning
03:45
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Dead reckoning
Music & lyrics by Rat Reinhert ©exerguemusic 2019
Nautical term
Knowing where you are to know how far you went and how to get home
I can see all my mistakes
Left behind in my wake
Like a northern star
They’ve led me far from home
I distanced the life i knew
Each wave pushing my truth
Crashing sand upon the shore
My heart could take no more
I found my dead reckoning
In sorrow and sadness
I found my dead reckoning
In all of this mess
I’ve got more stars to uncover
More maps to plot a course
Take the helm in my hands
Sound the bells of sweet remorse
I know the way home in irons
Bracing winds kaleidoscope
Mourn the loss of a journey not taken
Anchor my heart in hope
I found my dead reckoning
In sorrow and sadness
I found my dead reckoning
In all of this mess
A ship in the harbor is safe
But that is not what ships are for
A ship in the harbor is safe
But that is not what ships are for
I found my dead reckoning
In sorrow and sadness
I found my dead reckoning
In all of this mess
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