Reservoir
by Kinsey Charles
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Digital Album
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1. |
Acid Rain
03:54
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you are keeping me on the back burner
cause you might need me again
it’s not a steam that i could burn you with
when you come round checking in
but even water kept at a simmer
eventually evaporates
i can feel my molecules drifting
into the air
time can do that to you
time and a slow burn
breaks me down and turns me into
just a blur
well you can come and stir the pot babe
see just what you’re cooking up
but ya know it won’t be long babe
till i’m all used up
time can do that to you
time and a slow burn
breaks me down and turns me into
just a blur
well ya know i’m headed somewhere
whether you can see or not
the sky is the limit darling
in case you forgot
and i will rain down on you
come soon one of these days
and i’m packing your toxins with me
acid rain
acid rain
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2. |
Burning Bush
04:02
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biding my own time
burning off this wine
I found this hill to climb
and I’m burning off this wine
putting down my roots
I don’t need no shoes
I’ve got the reds, and you got the blues
and I am putting down my roots
oooooh, oooooh
i am in my own fire
but i am not consumed
best not come any closer dear
i can’t say the same for you
you thought i must be an angel
but i am just a burning bush
i am just a burning bush
i’m the one to blame
if you feel that pain
i told you to take off your shoes
so i am the one to blame
but this ain’t holy ground
like any other hill in any other town
but what i’ve lost i’ve already found
and this ain’t holy ground
oooooh, oooooh
and i am in my own fire
but i am not consumed
best not come any closer dear
i can’t say the same for you
you thought i must be an angel
but i am just a burning bush
i am just a burning bush
i am just a burning bush
i am just a burning bush
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3. |
Reservoir
03:15
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reeds at my thighs
and burrs on my shoes
wandering with you
round a reservoir
now in my repertoire
now you are
the stars aren’t that bright
not tonight, not with these
city lights
and you’re walking fast
but i won’t ask to make it last, make it last
if this were a wishing well
i’d wear a diving bell to bring you the coins
the handful that i’d thrown in
you looked away
i slipped from my second skin
i’dve liked to kiss you
just to try but then i’dve
to lie to say you
were the only one that day
yeah i know how it sounds
but it comes and goes in rounds
maybe you could come and stay
or maybe it’s me that has to say
if this were a wishing well
i’d wear a diving bell to bring you the coins
the handful that i’d thrown in
you looked away
i slipped from my second skin
in front of geese and god
i could not find a thought to voice
we talked of finding ways
to spell the phrase
needed for a song like it’s a choice
if this were a wishing well
i’d wear a diving bell to bring you the coins
the handful that i’d thrown in
you looked away
i slipped from my second skin
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4. |
Wanted Me Bad
02:50
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i got dreams
and you know how to wake me from them
i hear you scream
but none of it means a thing to me
checking in
making waves when all was most serene
but you don’t have anything new to say
tell me again
how i can heal myself from you
just let you in
so you can do your worst
won’t you feel nice
to have it all behind you then
never once
having to say you’re sorry to me
you want what you can’t have
and that’s the only reason you wanted me bad
you want what you can’t have
and that’s the only reason you wanted me bad
i wade into the sunlight
and i know it burns your skin
i wade into the sunlight
and it burns your skin
i wade into the sunlight
and i know it burns your skin
i wade into the sunlight
and it burns your skin
i’m not lost
i am not a lost cause to you
but i can’t tell you all the things you want to hear
can’t help but think
that you’re right where you wanted to be
out of arm’s reach
with so much to fear
you want what you can’t have
and that’s the only reason you wanted me bad
you want what you can’t have
and that’s the only reason you wanted me bad
you want what you can’t have
and that’s the only reason you wanted me bad
you want what you can’t have
and that’s the only reason
i got dreams and you know how to wake me from them
i hear you scream, but none of it means a thing to me
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5. |
Shield
04:26
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they call you on telephones
they write their words in skies
voices in the night
find your ears
they’re waiting on the street
to steal, to kill, to cheat
you walk your light beam feet
right through your fears
if they come for you
well they come for me
i will wrap you up in wings like a shield
if they’re wanting you
they’ll have to go through me
i ain’t one to fight, but oh i will
for you i will
i see i’ve lost my cool
when it comes to you
that once serene still pool
is like a storm
and i got my hackles up
i got my taste for blood
if the cold has you numb
i’ll keep you warm
if they come for you
well they come for me
i will wrap you up in wings like a shield
if they’re wanting you
they’ll have to go through me
i ain’t one to fight, but oh i will
for you i will
if they come for you
well they come for us
they don’t know how tough this love is built
if they’re wanting you
they’ll have to go through me
i don’t look like much, if looks could kill
but oh i will
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6. |
Hear Me Now
03:41
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i lost my chance
when you put your hands on me
i lost my speech
when you thought that you could reach
who needs a voice
when a girls got you
i am not here
to do anything new
but i can change, i can change my mind
i never knew what was right till now
and you, aren’t used to being stood up to
but you’re gonna hear me now
it’s fight or flight,
but i, i was frozen there
no where to run
and who would’ve chosen me
somehow
i must’ve asked for this
just take it as a compliment
and i can change, i can change my mind
i never knew what was right till now
and you, aren’t used to being stood up to
but you’re gonna hear me now
you’re gonna hear me now
even if it does no good
i’m yelling at a brick wall lately
you’re thinking that i’m having fun
you gave me this story
and i’m gonna tell it
you’re gonna hear me now
you candy coat all of your memories
whatever saves you from your own misery
we cannot go back in time
but you could always apologize
and i can change, i can change my mind
i never knew what was right till now
and you, aren’t used to being stood up to
but you’re gonna hear me now
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7. |
Vampires
03:11
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invited for drinks and walked up the stairs
finding you there sitting at the bar
you know every one, you know every soul
and they are all better for knowing you
i pieced it together watching you dance
dance while you sing poetry to the ceiling
and now we are talking “panspermia”
i laugh at the name and how crazy you sound
but when you spoke of my hair and eyes and face
and said i must be from some lovely alien race
slide your hand round my ankle and inside my shoe
sitting there knee to knee humming with you
you got me fresh water each time you got up
and i thought maybe that was some kind of love
and everyone loves you so,
oh but you do not seem to know
you said you wanted someone to grow old with you
i said that anyone would do, anyone would do
except for vampires because they’re immortal
you said she could bite your neck
and make you just forget
but i’m not so sure that i’d forget
i know you’ve got questions of why i’m not around
so jumpy and startled by any sound
the sound of the future, the sound of the past
the sound of anything that says it might last
and everyone loves you so,
oh but you do not seem to know
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8. |
I'm Fine
03:23
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took you to the doctor on my own birthday
i bought you some groceries trying to make it ok
and i’m fine, i don’t need a thing from you now
i am fine, i don’t need a thing
i let you keep your hat on when we made love
was i keeping your secret or calling your bluff
but i’m fine, i don’t need a thing from you now
i am fine, i don’t need a thing
dishes spinning on the end of these brooms
then you crash into the room
add your china to the circus i got
maybe you’ll feel better soon
cause i’m fine, i don’t need a thing from you now
i am fine, i don’t need a thing
it didn’t hurt much till she asked who i was
and you were ashamed when i outed our love
but i’m fine, i don’t need a thing from you now
i am fine, i don’t need a thing
she looked good to you, so you hesitate
was she gonna love you, if you were unclaimed
but i’m fine, i don’t need a thing from you now
i am fine, i don’t need a thing
dishes spinning on the end of these brooms
then you crash into the room
on your best days, you won’t meet half way
so go on and take your silver spoon
cause i’m fine, i don’t need a thing from you now
i am fine, i don’t need a thing
i finally said what i needed to say
two fingers up as i walk away
and i’m fine, i don’t need a thing from you now
i am fine, i don’t need a thing
i am fine, i don’t need a thing from you now
i am fine, i don’t need a thing
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9. |
Gunpowder Girl
03:31
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you came up again in conversation
someone mentioned the sound of hearts breaking
and there you were hiding on the tip of my tongue
and you know my mouth is, above all, a loaded gun
and you are my gunpowder girl
i think you’d have liked my new place
enough room for all my guitar cases
someone once told me that you don’t look like much
i couldn’t describe how i am fire at your touch
and how you are my gunpowder girl
how can you haunt a house you’ve never been in
i see the smoke you blow settled on the couch i got from a new friend
i know exactly the way you’d move from room to room
you light your fireworks and leave well before the boom
ah, just like my gunpowder girl
i thought of dropping you a letter
it falls to me to make things better
but i’m not prepared for any one outcome
so i cut off my trigger finger, not to be outdone
ah, not by my gunpowder girl
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10. |
Coffee Table
03:01
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before i’d dreamed of you
i’d have thought there might be a bit more skin
it’d be dark and deep outside
and the sheets are there to take us in
but when i closed my eyes
we were just a couple kids
stealing kisses behind the coffee table on the floor
like there was nothing more
and our foster mother saw
this sacred, private thing
but she turned a blinded eye
for dirty dishes at the sink
and i was so afraid
they might send you away
we’d found some comfort behind the coffee table on the floor
like there was nothing more
and the body craves it’s skin
and all that holds us in
but the sleeping mind sets free
shows what we really need
the sun streaming through the window
gives the carpet yellow stripes
there’s kids yelling down the hallway
you’re still holding my hand tight
toes sticking out the end
of this couch we lay in front
and i know i’m just a kid
but maybe i know what i want
before i’d dreamed of you
i’d have thought there might be a bit more skin
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11. |
Preaching to the Choir
03:16
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so this is how it ends
there is no “we’ll still be friends”, we never were
just two tumbleweeds
violently picking up speed
pushed by desire
constantly tangling in pride
but you never say goodbye
your silence leaves me preaching to the choir
and you were made of words
i was made of things filed away, lessons learned
you were made of a heart
i was made of locks and a big ole box of keys
you were made of fire
i’m all paper and pens and things you tie with a string
and you never say goodbye
your silence leaves me preaching to the choir
and you were right i don’t need you
why do you need me to
and i loved myself well
yes i’ve been through hell but i loved myself well
i could’ve taught you to
but maybe you need the same kind of broken as you
you never say goodbye
your silence leaves me preaching to the choir
why don’t you ever say goodbye
your silence leaves me preaching to the choir
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credits
released February 19, 2022
Engineered by Brine Webb
Produced by Samantha Crain
Mixed by Brine Webb and Samantha Crain
Mastered by Adam Chamberlain
Recorded at Lunar Manor
Engineered by Brine Webb
Produced by Samantha Crain
Mixed by Brine Webb and Samantha Crain
Mastered by Adam Chamberlain
Recorded at Lunar Manor
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