FLIGHT OF FANCY

how deep is it in my mind 

can’t rid of monsters that you can’t find 

crimson berries on low vines

poisonous until they’re ripe

i guess this is my reality 

you couldn’t stay that long

didn’t realize when you called me

you were already gone 

reliving reshaped memories, 

few pointless fantasies 

i’m only human - defined by my delusions 

flying on my flight of fancy

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how far is it to the borderline

can’t run from monsters if you can’t hide 

show me signs like peace of mind 

bitter sweet on the rind 

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i guess the sky has been storming

couldn’t say how long

i didn’t realize when you warned me

you had already moved on

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reliving reshaped memories 

few pointless fantasies 

i’m only human - content in my confusion  

flying on my flight of fancy

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the air is thicker when it’s all mine

can’t rid of monsters that you don’t mind 

how long can this hold on to me 

are there tricks to sanity

stuck in lost realities, misconstrued eternities 

i’m only human - convinced of my conclusions 

flying on my flight of fancy

NO ONE TO BE

barefoot in the mud 

just someone dressed in calico

stone wallflower stance

i was never much 

but enough to catch your straying eyes 

that take what they can

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you were chewin’ straw grass 

didn’t ask what’s growin’ on your mind 

i’d already seen you hummin’ to yourself 

like you don’t care ‘bout nobody else 

or how bad they bleed

weeds on the wall 

might as well build them up with stone

stack odds evenly

cowards hide at home dreamin' hard 

while cowboys freely roam 

with no one to please 

with no one to be

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played a lion’s game in the barn 

you batted me like yarn

tried to provoke 

i knew the rules, didn’t dare 

give in to you or else

you’d play me alone 

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slow seep from the oil 

on your ivy skin that spreads wildly

tangled in your moods 

that swing like we used to do

on my porch love seat

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weeds on the wall 

might as well build them up with stones

stack odds evenly

cowards hide at home dreamin' hard 

while cowboys freely roam 

with no where to be 

with no one to be

think of us 

when the dust settles from your run 

as a fading roan 

drink from your rusted can 

in your callused hand 

cornered back home 

weeds on the wall 

might as well build them up with stones

stack odds evenly

cowards hide at home dreamin' hard 

while cowboys freely roam 

with no one to be 

ROXY

the cracks in the floor 

keep letting her in

beers in the bathtub

but the ice is getting thin 

says she misses New York 

but doesn’t make the effort

he keeps the wine uncorked

trying to forget her

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now roxy’s smoking cigarettes 

on the hallway stairs 

hearing folk music cassettes 

answering her prayers

take it slow, ride it out 

stick with the local line

headin all the way downtown 

back to number nine 

sing a sad slow song 

dancin in the village 

where the one comes along 

every other minute 

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it’s just a gray dog 

chasin that fat cat 

rip up your pay stub 

throw that pickled shot back 

strike up the band  

deal out a deck of cards 

he’ll show his hand’s 

missing the jack of hearts 

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but roxy’s smoking cigarettes 

in the hallway

hearing folk music cassettes 

answering her heartbreak

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it’s been a few months 

since she’s opened this door  

but stepping in 

things are just as before 

he’s trading his chores 

for pints in the pub 

wishes on a penny  

with dishes in the bathtub 

and roxy’s smoking cigarettes 

in the stairwell 

hearing folk music cassettes

singing her farewell

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SPLINTER HEART

you left me out in the rain 

then hung me out to dry 

since that night things aren’t the same 

you don’t even try 

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every time you come around 

you prop me up to knock me down

but when you cross the line

i’m on the other side

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this isn’t my fault

you’re the one who chooses when I fall

so sick of blaming you 

when sticks and stones hit skulls and bones 

you break apart my splinter heart

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is it the beer or the whisky that’s got you out of bounds?

don’t you see that you miss me when I stand my ground?

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you crave that sound when we collide 

you need the power that comes with the crown you’ve been denied 

every time you’ve tried 

you’ve fallen off to the dark side 

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if this is all just a game to you, who will win this time?

when you play do you aim or do you just not have a type?

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are you feeling bitter?

are you committed or playing with her?

well we’ll see who gets hurt while my heart’s in splinters 

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this isn’t my fault

you’re the one who chooses when I fall

so sick of blaming you 

this game you play is give and take

after all you’ve put me through

you know I’m playing too 

my splinter heart

YELLOW BEDROOM

why’d you leave just to crawl right back?

i’m on my knees feeling under attack 

you watch me sleep, but I’m not sleeping too

i can’t believe i’m back next to you

what is it about this bedroom

that you keep on coming back to?

keep messing with my head

you know I’m doin fine without you

you look like someone

someone I once knew from a time I can’t return to

so I can’t trust you

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sorry if I hurt you 

it’s the state of mind i’m falling into

but I’m stronger this time 

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…here

i know you were there last night

i see you lying by her side

i don’t know why you’re here now

nothing on this earth seems to keep you away 

is it even worth the price I'd pay?

I’d ask you to go but I don’t know how 

i feel a chill and i lose my cool

you’re one of a million and i’m just a fool 

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maybe it’s your eyes

or the way you creep into my life

and I can’t sleep

ALTERNATIVE ENDING

is this fickle fate a fairytale meant for someone else? 
i only catch the waves when the ship has sailed
can't reconcile myself

i’m always too hot, too cold, never just right
don’t feel those fall days when summer calls to say goodbye

is this my alternative ending?
i don’t believe in fairytales
in another narrative pretending
i deserve better than to fail

i fall to nightmares like a fatal snare weaving wicked spells
miscall my affairs 'cause they don’t play fair
don’t recognize myself

usually too used to being used
suddenly the story becomes too good to be true

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since when does heaven sing me angelic songs?
right when i tether myself to my fate, i fear i won’t belong

did you mislead me with ancient alchemy?
only here to tease me like a juliet balcony

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REVENGE OF THE FIRE EMBERS

if kindling sparks in the forest 

with no one there to see

extinguishing the darkness

would it still ignite me 

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open eyes try to stop it 

‘cause money grows on trees 

cataclysmic knocking 

one, two, three 

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haze rolls in, slowly, smoking

slipping from poetry to prose 

and I know it’s not new news 

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hot summer simmers to an end

high temper dry enough to spread 

remember it’s too late to mend 

when fire embers seek revenge 

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apologies come with excuses 

no remorse, no regrets 

gaslighting fuses 

lining our defense

the burnout overcomes me

i follow where it lets me go 

and I know it’s nowhere new 

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the cold front dances in, bitter wind 

frozen branches, wax-dipped 

wicker lit low 

and I hope there’s somewhere new

WHITE OAK

too free to fail 

white oaks will grow 

in cold night air 

through late spring snow 

past the tree line 

the air flows thinner 

glow like tea lights’

fragile flicker 

slowing your trail

fade in shadow

show life plays fair

all wanes to close 

cast out a fight 

praying like sinners

preordained plight 

taut traps trigger 

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last one more night 

wishing in whispers 

settle to quiet 

bare no winners 

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once running wild

you now stand still

again a child

free of free will

DIVINE INTERVENTION

pleased to meet ya 

i’m not a people pleaser

but ill make you feel right at home

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things might get choppy 

like black belt karate 

i’ll knock you out as friend or foe 

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don’t mean to be offensive

just have one question -

is this divine intervention for me?

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you say you’re scheming  

i say you’re dreaming 

only lightening strikes me down 

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you say potato

i say fettuccini alfredo -

since you’re tryin to take me out 

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don’t mean to be offensive

just have one question -

is this divine intervention for me?

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cus I’m feelin' like a god

i cannot be stopped

show me if you’ve got that immaculate touch

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believe it or not

i’m the one calling these shots 

i'll draw on two - your mind is blown

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it might be magic

like King Arthur’s talent

i’ll pull the sword right from the stone 

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don’t mean to be offensive

just have one question -

is this divine intervention for me?

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said i'd stick to three?

keep it low key?

doesn’t sound like me 

must have been another bitch

up tight, doesn’t live it up right, 

coward of the night, 

high strung like a kite -

some girls good but some girls should 

get high on something light,

sip all night, liver in a fight - 

limits out of sight and I’m out of my mind

turn up tonight or fall behind

let’s get lit, a little devine 

is it next drink o’clock already?

i mix it up a lot, get ready

i have chosen to drink poison 

matchin' boys in lederhosen

clinking glasses singing, "ein posit" 

i like grass and grape and grain

can’t hold back I’m fannin' this flame

runnin' this game, chuggig' like a train

funny, I was gonna stick to seltzer keep it tame

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oh god im feelin' great and

don’t tell me this nights forsaken

goin down like swoosh - that’s a free throw, 

gonna pay for it though,

pray for me tomorrow 

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TIKI REMIX

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repeat song

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five dollar chicken makes ya hot

honey check-in at the front

for some loco coco

slamming' rum time

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pink wave for subway surfing

lady liberty be workin'

concrete jungle bird-watchin'

with a twist of lime

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ooo-nana havana clubbin'

chase us down if rum you runnin'

never-sleeping city

just a broadway castaway

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navy strength killing' pain

floating' by them hurricanes

combin' all these beaches 

'cause these chicks on holiday

Music & Lyrics ©2021 Miranda Hardy Music (BMI)