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Goodbye / Beginning

by Conrad Ratchford

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1.
Undertow 03:58
I will search every room, every open wound For a place you can't follow I will search every tomb, every empty womb 'Til my heart becomes hollow Undertow, you are carrying me Farther out to the sea than I wanted to go Won't be long 'til I can't see the shore I can't fight anymore and I've lost all control I will search 'til I find somewhere left behind From your gaze I am hidden I have tasted and seen, I've been made unclean Fruit so sweet and forbidden Undertow, you are carrying me Farther out to the sea than I wanted to go Won't be long 'til I can't see the shore I can't fight anymore and I've lost all control
2.
When I walk away I find my wanting waning When I walk away, inside I'm finally changing I love the way your hands will guide me I love the way you're walking beside me When I come to seek I find its no illusion When I come to seek, inside there's no confusion I'd love to be there, heartache undone I'd love to be where living and dying are one When I walk away from you, you're right behind me When I walk away, it's true, you'll always find me
3.
Empty words, empty lies, empty songs, empty skies up above Empty hearts with empty love Raining down on us All this time that I've spent Thinking that my dreams were meant to come true If they are, then where were you When I needed someone? I've listened and still can't hear the sound I'm waiting for you to come back down Every man, every son Every daughter, everyone that I meet They're all sleeping in the streets Their faces haunting me Though we win and we lose We can never really do any wrong Cause we meant it all along Our pride is poverty I've listened and still can't hear the sound I'm waiting for you to come back down It's the shore, it's the sea We can never really leave it behind It's the body, it's the mind Houses full of dust
4.
Leave them behind We are running out of time I'm falling asleep again But this is not the end Nothing has changed All these faces look the same I've seen all of this before There must be something more You are not me Any more than love is free And now that I've paid my dues The rest is up to you
5.
So We Wait 03:15
Even the sun won't shine after the stars grow dim Maybe I'm one of them Just waiting on the night Even when hope is gone, every day is new Maybe I'm one of you Jut longing for the dawn So we wait until the stars are falling down to the ground For the world to spin around Every time I breathe my lungs are filled with steam Maybe I'm a machine A mind that doesn't think Everywhere I go feels like it's just a dream Maybe I am not anything A heart that doesn't beat So we wait until the stars are falling down to the ground For the world to spin around
6.
Two Ghosts 03:43
'm made of two eyes Which one lets me see clearer One looks into the mirror The other sees right through I'm made of two arms Which one can I reach farther One reaches for my father The other reaches back Always reaching for the discipline I lack What is sin, but medicine? Reminds me how it feels to be alone But seeing how the sun goes down Reminds me how it feels to have a home I'm made of one mind But I'm not thinking clearly Whenever you are near me Everything is true I'm made of one heart It tells me what I'm feeling I'd give up inner healing For just a piece of bread Here I am between the living and the dead What is made of happiness? And how much does it take to feel alive? What are diamonds filled with gold If I can't take them with me when I die? I'm made of two ghosts The body and the spirit Whenever I draw near it The other slips away. So which ghost am I closer to today?
7.
Give what you have And forget what you lack In time you will see Where there's a will, there's a need Don't look so far Nothing's hid in the stars But the dream can come true All that's missing is you So give what you have 'Til there's nothing left to hold you back From being a part of a living breathing Loving feeling Friend in the day But while the masters away You'll know what you're made of What you are is what you love So give what you have 'Til there's nothing left to hold you back From being a part of a living breathing Loving feeling Softly speaking Whisper it now In the dark make a sound From the deep let it ring And you'll find you can sing So give what you have 'Til there's nothing left to hold you back From being a part of a living breathing Loving feeling Softly speaking Gently beating heart
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Goodbye to beginning, No more intentions of coming home soon The thing that I need I can never receive Cause it's something I've gotta do Tell me the old story About the man who had nothing to lose He gave all he owned To the poor and alone but In the end, he still had to choose Sifting through the pages Looking for something to give me a name It's all incomplete There's no magic receipt Nothing left that I can exchange If you want the big picture Looking around you is never enough Sometimes the silence Is all that reminds us Just what our lives are made of Moon shining above us Either a light or a hole in the sky Let's make believe While the world is asleep That the stars spell out "you and I" Please stay a bit longer If you can spare just a minute or two A moment with you is Something I can hold onto Enough to carry me through A moment with you I'm holding onto A moment with you I'm holding onto A memory of you I'm holding onto

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released June 22, 2016

All songs written and performed by Conrad Ratchford.
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Patrick Nichols.
Cover design by Nathan Swann.

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Conrad Ratchford is a Singer-Songwriter from Chattanooga, TN.

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