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The Meantime EP

by Shivan

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1.
Pantomimes, things you'd never call lies It was an inside plan for eventual demise And the gatekeeper sank when his heart fossilized He found the treasure first, but his boat capsized Found Saharan sands in her iPhone hands Left the coffee-stained map for the next couple plans Left her diamonds there, so she'd know she'd have friends If she ever weathers the storm Whoa... Oh can you take it real slow I want you crawling back for more Oh can you take it real slow I need you crawling back for more Sun-drenched thighs and an apple-pie guise She had the fog baptized to keep her thoughts organized And the dust grew thick on her faded Levis She left her fate to rest with a few fireflies Found a wiretap on the songs in her mind Cleared the static to hear her heart's faint reply And though it all comes back to whether it could belie The true story of her life Oh can you take it real slow I want you crawling back for more Oh can you take it real slow I need to taste your heart and soul Oh can you take it real slow I want you crawling back for more Oh can you take it real slow I want to taste your heart and soul
2.
You're painting pictures for a sorry day You see the sunlight but it looks all grey out there But I'll be with you if you say my name I'm still inside of you baby (so you say...) You tried to steer but you're dead stuck astray They want to love you but they can't foreplay, what they'll Think about it or what they'll say, if you Let them in you're crazy, oh Well you color my eyes when I can't see the light and I can't find my way to you Oh, well I run and I hide when I can't be beside you And you're all that I want to do, oh Well you cover my eyes When I can't handle sight, and You're all that I need from you Oh, I swear that I've tried and I can't keep on trying All the way from here to you
3.
They say it used to shimmer Like white lightning wrapped around her finger And her eyes were so bright They kept the world alight And him, around her finger They say he'd spend a fortune To run to the mountains, and sit by the river But she's dancing in the flowers In the valley below I want to know How many more Made you feel this way in your toes And as you weigh the world On your kitchen scale I hope you don't forget the rose And if I'm hurting would you play it off Or would you care in any way And if i hurt you would you save it all Or would you let it go, another day Pushing down the lidocaine So you can face the light of day Hiding in your hideaway Following the sun Swimming in a drop of rain Sipping on forgotten pain Wishing it was left to drain And vanish in the sun Renewing in the light of day Arcing from the sun and rain Floating in the cloud's remains above Sipping on the light of day So you can put the night away Simulating hideaways Safe from the sun
4.
Ashes 02:52
I'm not sure what to say just liked that dress you wore last Sunday And I...couldn't see But seems you felt just like Your father said you would one day And we fall with the ashes But they're not to blame And of all the matches It was the one in the rain And I'm ready to answer But the call never came Yeah we all turn to ashes But they're not the same, no Not sure how to pray You'll change your mind, you said you'd Always make way For the winds on the brae But I...couldn't wish Away the sound of the organ that Carries you down in your bridal gown But if we fall with the ashes Then we'll climb up the rain And you're pouring our mattress From the window pane And I can't bear to answer The call of the crane Oh we all burn to ashes, We all burn the same
5.
I turned only 18 last week You were turning 30 before you had teeth I was drowning inside my relief That I could hide forever between the sheets And there was nothing left for me to speak As you implore the ceiling that you've run plum out of sheep And darling I'm afraid that you might sweep Our love under the bed as you scrub the footprints clean, and I couldn't know Why your gardens never grow But if you ask me to rack my brain, I'd Say there's nothing left And if you say you can't take me this way, I Can't follow you home, oh You were drifting slowly through the peat As I was drinking it distilled till I felt not so weak And the barn doors never transcended their creaks As the wind howled and they lamented every leak But there was so much left for us to see Between the water's sunset, and its weary feet, and I couldn't know Why your gardens never grow But if you ask me to rack my brain, I'd Say there's nothing left And if you say you can't take me this way, I Can't follow you home, oh
6.
They say it used to shimmer Like white lightning wrapped around her finger And her eyes were so bright They kept the world alight And him, around her finger They say he'd spend a fortune To run to the mountains, and sit by the river But she's dancing in the flowers In the valley below I want to know How many more Made you feel this way in your toes And as you weigh the world On your kitchen scale I hope you don't forget the rose And if I'm hurting would you play it off Or would you care in any way And if i hurt you would you save it all Or would you let it go, another day Pushing down the lidocaine So you can face the light of day Hiding in your hideaway Following the sun Swimming in a drop of rain Sipping on forgotten pain Wishing it was left to drain And vanish in the sun Renewing in the light of day Arcing from the sun and rain Floating in the cloud's remains above Sipping on the light of day So you can put the night away Simulating hideaways Safe from the sun

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This is a big step that is hopefully the first of many to come - I hope you like my recently self-released EP, The Meantime! please check out my website shivan-music.com if you are interested in hearing more, or seeing live performances!

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released September 9, 2016

Mixed and Mastered by Marc Solomon at Hollywood Audio Labs

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