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Diamonds
04:03
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You had it all figured out
but you can’t afford this town
It’s not the stuff that dreams are made of
now that you’ve hit the ground
A sea of faces looking down
Trying to drown out the incessant sounds
Smiling pictures of yourself
Trying to squeeze blood from a stone
Don’t give me your diamonds they all look the same
Give me the parts that didn’t make it into the frame
No don’t give me your diamonds oh give me everything
Cuz I know what you are, you know what you are, I know what you are
You finally make the call
Try not to obsess at all
But no one wants to pick up their phone
And now your covers blown
When you really want to turn and run
And you need to reach out and touch someone
No you don’t need to pretend with me
When you feel like you’ve come undone
So don’t give me your diamonds they all look the same
Give me the parts that didn’t make it into the frame
No don’t give me your diamonds, give me everything
Cuz I know what you are, you know what you are, I know what you are
When everything is easy, when everything is as it should be
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Tired
03:07
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Kept out of sight and out of mind
You were the photograph I couldn’t find
Just up ahead around the bend
I couldn’t catch you even if I tried
Like a ghost in the halls
You came and were gone
Yeah you haunted me, you haunted me
I was always surrounded
By the girl I thought
I ought to be, I ought to be
But I got tired of living under your invisible thumb
And I got tired of always being wrong
And I got tired of being dutifully beautiful
And I got tired of the shape of it all
In empty rooms, I reached for you
But I was the crack that you were falling through
I might as well have slept on the couch
It’s not as if you ever knew
In the still of the night
When I close my eyes
Awake at last, awake at last
You broke all the parts of me
That make the whole
You set a trap, you set a trap
But I got tired of living under your invisible thumb
And I got tired of always being wrong
Yeah, I got tired of being dutifully beautiful
And I got tired of the shape of it all
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Fight Left In Me
03:20
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At first I was afraid to call it by its name
Totalled not just maimed
At first I didn’t believe that you would really leave
I thought that we’d be okay
Let me let you go, let you go gracefully
Take back all your words, all the perfect things you said to me
Let me let you go
Let me let you go and you’ll see
There’s fight left in me
There’s fight left in me
You told me from the start that you would break my heart
I said you sell yourself short
Than I messed up royally and it ended up on me
Now I wish that I could press rewind
Cuz you pulled me out of myself like no one else
Before you
Than you shot me dead on the floor
Right before you
Let me let you go, let you go gracefully
Take back all your words, all the perfect things you said to me
Let me let you go
Let me let you go and you’ll see
There’s fight left in me
There’s fight left in me
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I Will
03:17
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I can hear the sound of a million whispers
The temperature has been falling all day
Your eyes are darting around like a caged bird
But you always did things in a roundabout way
Maybe wasn’t the scenery that was wrong
Yeah baby we were the problem all along
And I will get over you, I will, I will
After everything we’ve been through, I will, I will
Won’t come running back to you, I will, I will
I will get over you
I feel the weight of your stolen kisses
A reminder of where we started from
You couldn’t just leave peacefully
You had to blow us into oblivion
Maybe wasn’t the scenery that was wrong
Yeah baby we were the problem all along
And I will get over you, I will, I will
After everything we’ve been through, I will, I will
Won’t come running back to you, I will, I will
I will get over you
And I will get over you, I will, I will
After everything we’ve been through, I will, I will
Won’t come running back to you, I will, I will
I will get over you
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Messed It Up
03:21
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Lately I’ve been feeling
Like I’m losing time
Floating through the day
Like it isn’t even mine
Forgotten what it feels like
To be young
When every moment hits you
Like your life has just begin
But I messed it up so good
How do I get back
How do I get back
Yeah I messed it up so good
How do I get back
But I messed it up so good
How do I get back
How do I get back
Yeah I messed it up so good
How do I get back
I’ve been thinking about
The stream behind your place
Where we used to catch crayfish
The thrill of the chase
Lost in the forest
Playing hide and seek
Nowhere to go
And everywhere to be
But I messed it up so good
How do I get back
How do I get back
Yeah I messed it up so good
How do I get back
But I messed it up so good
How do I get back
How do I get back
Yeah I messed it up so good
How do I get back
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Wine & Salt & Heat
03:25
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In my dream I’m going to the ocean
Can you smell the salt in the air
Can you feel my skin bare
And soaking up the sunshine
In my dream you are lying with me
Time moves slowly, relaxed and sweet
You have time to touch my body
Tasting wine and salt and heat
Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh
We talk about the mundane
All the things we never got to say
Every moment missed
Every day without your kiss
In my dream you are lying with me
Time moves slowly, relaxed and sweet
You have time to touch my body
Tasting wine and salt and heat
Dream on baby dream on
Dream on, dream on
Dream on baby dream on
Dream on, dream on
In my dream you are lying with me
Time moves slowly, relaxed and sweet
You have time to touch my body
Tasting wine and salt and heat
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Every day he’s waking up with his head all messed up
But he don’t want to talk about it
Lately he’s been running ‘round trying to find solid ground
But he don’t want to talk about it
Found a house and tried to make a home
But the wallpaper wouldn’t stick
Crashing bodies but he’s still all alone
And now the drugs won’t do the trick
He went down a winding road and
Always failed to put down roots
Where the flowers grow, the flowers grow
But he’s trudging through the deep deep snow
Not sure which way to go
To get back home, to get back home
And he’s been brought to his knees
Oh dragons nipping at his feet
Ooh
Tries her best to break his fall wondering why he doesn’t call
Yeah she just wants to talk about it
Don’t you talk to me like that I raised you, you little brat
She just wants to talk about it
Catapult to the fall
Gathers ammo for us all
And no one can tell him what to do
Grown man with something to prove
Oh and he’s been brought to his knees
Oh ooh dragons nipping at his feet
Oh ooh he’s been brought to his knees
Oh ooh dragons nipping at his feet
Oh Oh he’s been brought to his knees
Oh Oh
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Grow Up
03:29
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I feel good about this thing that we’re doing
I don’t want to play around
Have I said too much already
You seem a little freaked out
And I feel good about the feel of your body
I feel good about the way that you touch me
Yeah I feel good, I feel good, I feel good, I feel good, I feel good
So grow up, grow up, grow up
Baby grow up
Yeah show up, show up, show up
Baby show up
Give up your cool and don’t react
I’m perfect for you
You’re like a kid in a candy shop
Eyes so wide that you can’t decide
But there is nothing tastier than me
So boy just make up your mind
And I feel good about the feel of your body
Yeah feel good about the way that you touch me
Yeah I feel good, I feel good, I feel good, I feel good, I feel good
So grow up, grow up, grow up
Baby grow up
Yeah show up, show up, show up
Baby show up
Give up your cool and don’t react
I’m perfect for you
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9. |
Going Insane
03:58
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I’ve lived my life in technicolour
Didn’t follow the rules
I thought that I could do anything
I put my mind to
Chin up took a chance
Had my head held high
Dedication
It used to be alive
And my rose coloured glasses are smashed into smitherines
It turns out I’m not as invincible as I seem
Why do I feel like I’m going insane (Ahhhhh)
Forget my heart, it’s my head that’s breaking
I really feel like I’m losing touch (Ahhhhh)
The filters broke and I’m feeling way too much
Look at you sleeping
Like the world isn’t burning up
Where is the kindness
Oh where is the love
Head down zombie walk
We’re all breaking down
Isolation
It doesn’t make a sound
And I used to feel like I could do anything
But now it seems I’m terrified of everything
Why do I feel like I’m going insane (Ahhhhh)
Forget my heart, it’s my head that’s breaking
I really feel like I’m losing touch (Ahhhhh)
The filters broke and I’m feeling way too much
Its not my heart its my head
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Sad Boy
02:22
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Four or five and told you are a prize
Fifteen, sixteen, they don’t know you are alive
So so pretty, here for you you perv
withholding the love that you deserve
Asleep alone and hate when you’re awake
Mornings are cold and bitter you rage
Oh Oh Oh sad sad boy
Oh Oh Oh you’ve lost your toy
Oh Oh Oh sad sad boy
Oh Oh Oh you’ve lost your toy
Grown man, tall man, you are a gentleman
In the basement, you find your countrymen
Half lit screen lit you cry out for revenge
Angry little baby you will plough them dead
No no window to let the light in
Waging war on natural selection
Oh Oh Oh sad sad boy
Oh Oh Oh you’ve lost your toy
Oh Oh Oh sad sad boy
Oh Oh Oh you’ve lost your toy
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11. |
I Can't Stay This Time
03:24
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Please don’t open your eyes
I want to stay a little longer
Form a picture in my mind
Before I have to leave forever
Cuz I can’t stay this time
This kind of love it isn’t mine
I have strayed too long
Out of the lines
I tried to make believe
But there’s no room to breath
No I can’t stay this time
You are good and kind
Yeah you are the best of us
I am never satisfied
You can’t compete with this wanderlust
Cuz I can’t stay this time
This kind of love it isn’t mine
I have strayed too long
Out of the lines
I tried to make believe
But there’s no room to breath
No I can’t stay this time
I have a lump in my throat
Where is my fucking coat
That’s all she wrote
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Emma Cook Huntsville, Ontario
Produced by
Andrew Rasmussen
(touring keyboardist for the likes of
Carly Rae Jepsen, Wake Owl, Twin
Bandit, Hannah Georgas, Hey Ocean)
Emma's new album
takes a deep dive into the nooks &
crannies, and under the radar experiences of (mostly) women who are in the time of their life when their own personal identity is often tangled up with those around them.
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