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Are You the Matador?
03:39
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Are You The Matador?
Are you the matador?
Or are you the bull?
Are you the weapon,
Or a tool?
Or are you a third thing,
Something like air,
That's felt and fluid and moving
Like a water that wasn't there?
There’s the seen and the unknown
The perfect haunting every time
The northern wires that get lost and tangled
Between the heart and the feel and the mind
The maps, books, music, love, the death and sex
Your voice gets lower the further you go
The moon crawls across the bed you sleep in
An orange bird hovers at your window
That's you there, isn't it?
I can see it in your eyes like scars,
The barbed-wire of freedom is
Where the dark blurs fractured and constant and jagged at the edges of The threshold of every star
Where the dark blurs fractured and constant and jagged at the edges of The threshold of every star
You see, the barbed-wire of freedom is
Where the dark blurs fractured and constant and jagged at the edges of The threshold of every star
That's what we are
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Warm Lightning
04:06
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Warm Lightning
I buttoned my shirt
She laid on her side
I leaned down to kiss her
She put her hand over her eyes
And my aeroplane
Was outside the window
I said maybe I should stay
She said maybe you should go
So I took a drive
Through the lateness that night
By the houses and phantoms
In that quieter light
60 some years
Can go by in a minute
But I love a world
That has you in it
And it’s a warm lightning
So let me be clear
Wherever you are
I want to be near
Warm lightning
I love the mornings
When you’re up before me
I can still smell your perfume
And the fall in the trees
And the traffic is thinning
And so is my hair
The sweet note that you left me
On the floor by the stairs
Said isn’t amazing,
Can you believe our luck?
We’ve seen some hard things
But we’re still in love
600 years
Can go by in a minute
But I love a world
That has you in it
Yeah it’s a warm lightning
So let me be clear
Wherever you are
I want to be near
Yeah it’s a warm lightning
So let me be clear
Wherever you go
I want to be near
Warm lightning
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The Last Event
05:15
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The Last Event
Later on
When we've all come down
And the streets are just a funeral
And the last event
Is falling ash and embers
We'll drift and waltz and twist into nothing
We weren't too bright my love, but
weren't we something?
Heroes waved
From rented black sedans
Monsters crept behind tall buildings
And we smiled and cheered
Like nothing ever ended
We were so beautiful we forgot we were human
In dusk and fear amen
we found our undoing
Don't say it comes as any shock
Things just go and go and go until they stop
I'll always remember you as a song with no end
Here until...
Early May
She was standing in the front yard
The sun was perfect, the clouds gone missing
And I couldn't move
That's when she started crying
It felt so quick and yet somehow in slow motion
We're all just boats that sink while falling in love
with the ocean
Don't say it comes as any shock
Things just go and go and go until they stop
I'll always remember you as a song with no end
Here until...
The last event
Don't say it comes as any shock
Things just go and go and go until they stop
I'll always remember you as a song with no end
Here until...
The last event
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Avalanche of Stars
Workers on
The evening news
Ohio’s got
The third world blues
I’ve been hoping for the best
Rolling through the acid test
I climbed the ladder
To hang the verse
Goodwill towards men
And peace on earth
Black dog pacing
In the yard
Trails of smoke
Below the stars
And in my head
A simple thought
It’s what it was
It is because
I’ve been delivered
From the truth
There’s only words
And how they’re used
I’ve been delivered
From the truth
There’s only words
And how they’re used...
Call a truce
I’ve been hoping for the best
Rolling through the acid test
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Matthew Ryan / Strays Don't Sleep / PINES Nashville, Tennessee
In addition to his solo work, Ryan is a member of Strays Don't Sleep with longtime friend, Neilson
Hubbard.
In 2021 Ryan decided to offer his solo work as The Pines at Night to clearly enunciate the collaborative nature of his music.
Devotedly independent, Ryan offers moody & honest work that's now rich with a long list of beautiful songs.
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