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Songs for the Breakdown

by Maya Elise & The Good Dream

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1.
New Today 01:07
I'm new today Just like you I'm new today I'm different just like you I'm new today And with these seeds in my hand Give myself to this land I'm new, like you, I'm new
2.
Black Walnut 03:32
There's a black walnut dying in my backyard But you wouldn't know 'cause the leaves are green and the bark is still hard There's a new building going up nextdoor It was delivered in boxes and slid into place, floor by floor I can't seem to throw away the foam From the time I thought I'd leave this home No I can't seem to throw away the foam From the time I thought I'd leave this home And I'd play music everywhere I'd sleep in my car and never cut my hair I'd play music everywhere I'd sleep in my car and never cut my hair There's a bouquet of herbs drying on my wall I read an article told me it would cure it all The sadness and the restlessness inside I could learn to live like this if I really tried I can't seem to throw away the foam From the time I thought I'd leave this home No I can't seem to throw away the foam From the time I thought I'd leave this home But I'm not an herbalist I'm not a seer I'm not a doctor I'm just trying to heal But you know I have vision You know I have dreams I know that it's hard But somehow it seems That I'm playing music everywhere I used kitchen scissors to cut my hair I'm playing music everywhere I'm not sleeping I swear I'm not sleeping I swear I'm not sleeping I swear
3.
Let's buy a boat and sail away Up to Alaska where we'll watch the ice melt away We'll build our home up on a dream A perfect paradise where you're the king and I'm the queen I'll paint a picture out of dust And decorate our living room with photographs of us Don't you know this dream ain't ours We're just two kids, trying to smoke a big cigar, so Leave your sweater in a drawer we aren't going where the weather's cool Some say cold It's too warm outside, I've heard you three times maybe four Let's steal a plane and fly somewhere They'll never catch us just as long as we stay in the air We'll bring all our food on board And all the water that we need to make the garden grow I'll be the captain of our plane You'll be the flight attendant all our passengers can blame, say "Sir I need another drink or two or three" Oh don't you wish, this wasn't all a fantasy, so Leave your spacesuit hung up dry I'm not quite ready to make flight Out of here I could use another year or two of gravity to keep me down before we go Away, together Away, forever Away, away Let's buy a boat and sail away Up to Alaska where we'll watch the ice melt away
4.
I met a girl in Portland and she Felt important to me Brewed me some jasmine tea and we talked about the big one She followed me to Washington Where I found my love in a man I trust, you know, Trust don't come easily to me As we drove to Montana I met a woman from Alabama She broke the law by putting her body first And as we got to South Dakota I met a widow in a long wool coat He was looking for a place to find his home My car is full of people that I Picked up on the side of the road We were going in the same direction I was tired of driving alone We finally made our way back east Where the great Atlantic was at her peak She was coming down from her summertime heat Ready to take me in Stripped down to nothing and now Darling ain't it something to see Five naked strangers running full force into the blue Full force and first choice I was using my most desired voice I saw a love I'd never see again I could feel my body's core Use everything to hold in store The hope I felt from salt drying on my skin My car is full of people that I Picked up on the side of the road We were going in the same direction I was tired of driving alone My car is full of people that I Picked up on the side of the road We were going in the same direction I was tired of driving alone And I gave in I gave it everything I knew A fleeting paradise, imperfect and true And I'll keep collecting and protecting all I know I might not be with you but I'm not quite on my own My car is full of people that I Picked up on the side of the road We were going in the same direction I was tired of driving alone My car is full of people that I Picked up on the side of the road We were going in the same direction I was tired of driving alone My car is full of people that I Picked up on the side of the road We were going in the same direction I was tired of driving alone
5.
Eddy 03:33
Eddy came walking out from an olive tree stand Long hair with a gentle stare, a branch in his hand Didn't speak, didn't shout Just looking for a runaround, oooh Eddy Then he made a promise that he probably couldn't keep But some will say or do anything when they're ready to leave All he needed was a little faith and two pairs of legs, oooh Eddy So take me down and bring me back again Spin me around in that dry old river bend Climb me up to the center of the world, ooooh He introduced me to the hillside, overgrown by design Bleeding cactus flowers and prickly pine Clock tower ringing out, a quarter past nine Oooh Eddy So take me down and bring me back again Spin me around in that dry old river bend Climb me up to the center of the world Oooh Eddy, no this ain't no funny town Are you ready, people here don't stick around Keep it steady, you're not the only one I know I can make it on my own I don't want to lead you on, Eddy So take me down and bring me back again Spin me around in that dry old river bend Climb me up to the center of the world
6.
Paradise 03:19
When I was a child my family would travel Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered So many times that my memories are worn. So daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River To the abandoned old prison down by Airdrie Hill Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols But empty pop bottles was all we would kill. And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man. And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away When I die let my ashes float down the Green River Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin' Just five miles away from wherever I am. And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
7.
If you change your mind And leave me behind I will need some time If you change your mind 'Cause I'm counting on you To count on me too Yeah I'm counting on you To count on me too If you wanna be Far away from me Yeah there's plenty of fish in the rising sea If you wanna be But I'm counting on you To count on me too Yeah I'm counting on you To count on me too And as the colors change And the leaves fall again Yeah I'll be missing The air you're breathing in 'Cause I'm counting on you To count on me too Yeah I'm counting on you To count on me too Please count on me too
8.
Under some crushed velvet sun You tingle with the hum of it Buzzes up around your every motion Your every sound You don't yet see it's face Can't call it by name Won't follow it home Not yet not yet Home, oh home It coats you like warm honey Like the softest of sheepskin Clings as you shake the dusty Broken relics of the past Oh home, little darling Home It pushes you towards some Cracked open sky some starry night Breath that's clean Some mouth half grinning Singing you home Little darling, home in the all of it Home, oh home
9.
I'm on the wing of a bluebird Up in a redwood Looking down at my own mess I'm only human at best I am the hole in the ozone Burning up my home But I'm so in love with the view I'm over feeling this much resistance To closing the distance To be more persistent with myself Everything is still in motion Everything is still in motion Everything is still in motion Everything is still in motion Everything is still in motion Everything is still in motion Everything is still in motion Everything is still in motion Everything is still in motion
10.
Mycelium 04:24
If I were a cedar I'd give you all I needed When I lay myself to rest Drink up my wisdom and soak up my love And I know, you'll use it for the best If I were a pine I'd grow straight up the sky I'd be shade in the summer And comfort in the fall And if I were an oak tree I'd spread my arms widely I'd be a grand gesture in your eyes But I'm bare to the bone I'm looking for a home So dig me up, leave me in tact And a little bit of rain I've seen fires rage Come straight through my memory pages Thought they'd last forever But you know what they say about forever Growth and generation take some time So please be patient Wildflowers need some space to grow And if we can't start over Then what's the use in getting older What's the use in making love What's the use in giving it all up But I'm bare to the bone I'm looking for a home So dig me up, leave me in tact And a little bit of rain Sometimes I'm the fire Sometimes I'm the rain Sometimes I'm the sun Others I don't know which one But always and forever Find a way to storm the weather Find a way to ask for what I need Even when I'm just a seed But I'm bare to the bone I'm looking for a home So dig me up, leave me in tact And a little bit of rain

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released August 20, 2021

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