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OUR LAST ESCAPE
Couldn’t Wait
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth
I’ve got a ring for your love
And the story soon to come
With no ending
History’s starting today
I know not time or space
I just couldn’t wait
In the name of addition for the sake of their tradition
Love is reduced to a greater than less than proof
There is no equation, there is no explanation
Why a heart is moved by the beat of another’s groove
There’s a key to the lock
Just tie the hands of the clock
Move, move them forward
There’s no time to tock
I’ve got a ring for your love
And the story soon to come
With no ending
There’s a key to the lock
Just tie the hands of the clock
Move, move them forward
There’s no time to talk
History’s starting today
I know not time or space
I just couldn’t wait
Fall Over Me Satellite
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth
Fall over me satellite
Fade away into the night
I’ll be here when the sky clears
And you come back in sight
And come around one more time
Move on my satellite
The way you do every night
Will you stay in my window frame
Until the morning light
You fade away in morning light
Someday you’ll return here
Falling down to earth
And not for gravity’s sake
You will end my weight/wait
Fall over me satellite
Fade away into the night
I’ll be here when the sky clears
And you come back in sight
And come around one more time
I’ll be here when the sky clears
And you come back in sight
Wrong Idea
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth
Tune up those ears
I don’t want to give you the wrong idea
I’m stuck in the attic, you’re in the clear
Hearing the wrong idea
Don’t ask me why
I don’t have an answer that’s sounding right
Look in the air, you’ll see a sky
Open for you to fly
Is that something you’ve been dreaming
Something you forgot
Is that something you believe in
Something you are not
Is it up to me, for that something
Tune up those ears
I don’t want to give you the wrong idea
I’m stuck in the attic, you’re in the clear
Hearing the wrong idea
Is that something you’ve been dreaming
Something you forgot
Is that something you believe in
Something you are not
Is it up to me, for that something
Don’t ask me why
I don’t have an answer that’s sounding right
Look in the air, you’ll see a sky
Open for you to fly
A Word
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth
I’m not versed in telling you
Something’s weighing on my mind
With a chorus surrounding you
Our love is left behind
Are we so fragile here
That words can shatter all the years
Of me trying to talk to you
In a voice to quiet to hear
I am versed in listening
To you live a minor key
With a chorus inside of you
Our love’s a melody
We are so fragile here
Bound in a silent song
You’ve learned to sing to me
I’ve learned to hum along
I hear you speak
Do you hear me speak
These feet are messengers
Legs are signposts
This body’s a word
How Long
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth
Climbed up a hill
And found another valley
Searched the plains with no end in sight
Marched the streets
And found another crossroad
Strolled a lane of fire escapes
How long
Till I hear my name called
Till I find the one song
Rolled on a train
And passed another station
A different name on the same sign
Rolled down a road
And passed another milestone
Happy birthday, the rent’s paid on time
How long
Till I hear my name called
Till I find the one song
Worked in my town
In the company of strangers
Selling daytime and buying nights
Marched the walk
Heard the talk
So much talking
How long
Till I hear my name called
Till I find the one song
That never tires being sung
Cool Again
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth
Maybe your leg warmers
Will someday make nice sleeves
Maybe those red leather pants
Will cover your car seat
Maybe high school pictures
Of flowing hockey hair
Will bring a smiling memory
To a head that has none there
Anything can happen
Nine times out of ten
Things we love to forget
Will all be cool again
We will be cool again
Maybe long hand writing
Will bear calligraphy
Maybe long dividing
Will help us stop and think
Maybe long lost letters
Of ancient buried truth
Will pose a latent comedy
On old friends with nothing to prove
Anything can happen
Nine times out of ten
Things we love to forget
Will all be cool again
We will be cool again
‘Cause once we got along
And before long
We will get along
Maybe our marriage
Was always meant to fade
Were we ever more than friends
Beyond the cover page
I’ll always be there for you
And that could never change
‘Cause things we love to forget
Will all be cool again
We will be cool again
Slow Fire Burning Bright
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth
Slow fire burning bright
I will feed you through the night
I can’t take my eyes away
From the procession of newborn flames
Do I hear music
In pops and fissures and holes between
You’re burning, burning bright
I will feed you through the night
A fire in the heart tonight
The darkness dims and takes its flight
Slow fire burning bright
I want to reach you deep inside
But my hands burn in candlelight
Do your dance for me
Improvising harmony
Your rhythm is out of sight
A fire in the heart tonight
The darkness dims and takes its flight
Shadows won’t be to far away
The movement in light keeps them at bay
Slow fire burning bright
I will feed you through the night
Our Last Escape
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth
Sundays we drive in town to step in the silver screen
Our weekly covenant of where and now and be
We do confess to hold a single sacrament
Deliverance from difference, it is a heaven send
And here we take the roadway mostly traveled by
In sold out theatres the real is rushing by
Strength in numbers the voices of the crowd
Shouting to join the liberation of the loud and undercover
It was our last escape
Baby, our last escape
And how we long to taste the flavor of the week
We navigate the aisles for body blood belief
Take, eat this kernal of our culture closing fast
And old communion has secured a modern mass
And when the clouds roll in to take us by surprise
I will be laughing as you roll your eyes
Tears of two dimensions are sweet as holy wine
And so we wake inside the holiest of scenes
Movie credits never come in character we dream
We know love will conquer and heroes do prevail
The happy ending’s printed on the popcorn pail
Anointed with butter
It was our last escape
Baby, our last escape
Ramblin’ Train
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth
A long time waiting for a ramblin’ train
A long time coming before I’ll be home again
An empty station will afford some time
To think of reason to leave this heart behind
I’ll write you a letter from god knows where
About how right you were and how wrong this felt
To leave you waiting for a dreaming boy
Who finds his homestead in moving between two points
A train pulls from a station
A tear falls from an eye
An open window lets it dry
Track lays down a rhythm
A bell rings out a tune
A sentence writes these words to you
Don’t wait, tomorrow I’ll be far away
Sailing in irons is where I’ve gotta stay
And I will miss you and your welcome arms
But over your shoulder I saw what lay beyond
Pulling me out
Lifting me up
Glass Houses
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth
From where I am standing
You are everything to me
From where I am standing
You’re a million miles away
Cleaning the walls of our glass houses
Will not describe the light
Dreaming inside our dreams again |
