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Silver Cord

by I Happy Am

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1.
Knife 03:03
How can you take part in such an empty sport? How can you be so naiive? You talk about nothing How can you? You don't know How can you not see the life Draining from your body? You hold the knife How can you waste your stay? How can you spit it down the drain? How can you? You don't know
2.
You said it was there behind the woodshed In the shadow just outside the door You said it woke you from your sleeping Heard the footsteps creakin on the floor Maybe you were scared of nothin Maybe it was just an apparition Maybe it was somethin in the water How can you be sure You said it whispered your name In a voice that chilled you to the bone You said it reminded you of mother You said it reminded you of home Maybe you were scared of nothin Maybe it was just an apparition Maybe it was somethin in the water How can you be sure
3.
You had a dream that you were dead And David Lynch was in your head And cinema in black and white Played on the moon all day and night You have no Polaroids to prove That Stephen King was in your room And minotaurs that smoked cigars Laughed and danced among the stars And carnies with their wooden eyes Let you go free on all the rides You saw Houdini do a trick And make you well when you were sick And you ate bread and buttercups And sang to God till you woke up.
4.
Icarus 02:14
You silly little girl You don't have a pair of shoes Your feet are beautiful But they need protection too Maybe you need a tourniquet To cut off the flow of blood You tease the untame animals You don't wanna see the face of God Icarus you came too close Unaware you're far from free Look down, the ground is further than you know Angels have the sharpest teeth Please shut up the muses Put em on cruise control Made a mess on the furniture Can things go back to how they were? Maybe you need a tourniquet to cut off the flow of blood You tease the untame animals You don't wanna see the face of God Icarus you came too close Unaware you're far from free Look down, the ground is further than you know Angels have the sharpest teeth You silly little girl You don't have a pair of shoes Your feet were beautiful But now they're black and blue
5.
Eight 00:53
6.
Dust to Dust 02:51
From dust we were created And to dust we will return And that makes since because I feel like dirt It hurts, this pain inside of me And even though you feel it too I know I'm not the same as you Two pairs of feet on different paths Beating ceaselessly into the past Ooh... From dust we were created And to dust we will return I'll bury this beneath the ground Where moths and rust will eat it now And even though you feel the same I will not try and shift the blame It's both of us, it's you and me Drifting far away to sea Ooh... From dust we were created And to dust we will return I'll say goodbye until we die When you and I will be as one again
7.
Silver Cord 02:14
I don't wanna sleep Cause I don't wanna dream of you In multicolored lights Syncopated to Our sentimental songs That came from our brains And floated up to space And dwell above the nebulas On this piece of paper I wrote your eulogy But you can't read it With pennies on your eyes But I wrote about the truth The truth of you and me And the things we couldn't see Like wind and thoughts and God You're in a chariot of fire Dancing with a Silver Cord I'll try not to cry Cause you're not crying where you are What made you wanna leave What made you long for home I'll try to understand But the universe is bigger than my head
8.
The Edge 03:19
Shadows of the afterlife Creep into my bed at night And tickle like a feather in my ear Things too good for me to know Like making angels in the snow It's cold, but it's wonderful and weird Making wishes in a well I'm a child again, it's show and tell I wanna see what's in the bag But dreams will tease and fall apart They're fading faces in the dark Cheshire grins that leave me feeling sad And I, I don't know How close to the edge I wanna go And I, I don't know How close to the edge I wanna go I'm jealous of the birds in flight Direction is engrained inside their bones and ligaments The green light is a hologram It's careless, and it's reprimanding me For nothing And I, I don't know How close to the edge I wanna go And I, I don't know How close to the edge I wanna go There's nothing here to tie me down I could leave now with just the sound of Fluttered pages when I skip to the end I don't care about my body I don't care about anybody But when I get there, will I find a friend? And I, I don't know How close to the edge I wanna go And I, I don't know How close to the edge I wanna go
9.
Maybe 01:48
Maybe you saw me there on the mountaintop alone Maybe you thought I could use some company besides my own Or maybe I'm here by choice Maybe you should shut up so I can hear my voice Maybe a part of me wants to be with someone else Maybe a part of me kinda hates myself Well maybe I need to heed my flesh and blood Or maybe in sacrifice I'll learn to truly love
10.
Insomnia 03:38
You were you were you were my skin I curled up real small and crawled right in You were you were you were the words I was reading I read them until they lost their meaning You were you were you were my favorite sweater Comfortable and familiar You were you were you were my mother Hey I know I've been a bad kid I said I hate you to your face And you, you were all along But I, I guess I read you wrong And you, you were all along But I, I guess I read you wrong You were you were you were my insomnia You were you were you were my sleep You were you were you were my shouts of laughter You were you were you were my screams of pain And you, you were all along But I, I guess I read you wrong And you, you were all along But I, I guess I read you wrong
11.
Star 01:29
When I was young, I made a wish on a star The star was bright, and it was perfect to me Then I looked up and saw the star wasn't a star at all It was an airplane, it was an airplane But oh, it's still a star to me And oh, it's still a star to me And on that day, I wished for you, I wished for you I don't know if it came true All I know is that it might someday That bit of hope pulls me through And oh, it's still a star to me And oh, you're still a star to me

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Ecclesiastes 12:6-7

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released March 10, 2014

All songs copyright 2014 Rebekah Elizabeth.
Produced by Brandon Burnett.
Special thanks to the Safe 'N' Sound Collective.

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I Happy Am Fort Worth, Texas

I Happy Am is the rockin' experimental project inspired by the dreams of artists Rebekah Elizabeth, Zachary Zanetich, Joe Tacke, and Houston Holtman. Their lo-fidelity lullabies and art rock rambunctiousness will register high in the pleasure centers of your brains. Get ready for a foot tappin' good time. ... more

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