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'Spruce' Lyrics 

All songs written by: Sarah Rudy, except for ‘Bench' which was written by Paige Butcher. 

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Track Listing:
 
  1. Time

  2. Dance

  3. Bench

  4. Napkin

  5. Fight, Don't Fight

  6. Wish I Could Fly

  7. Colors

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Time

 

Time keeps tickin' on, time keeps tickin' on by

My words never found their way in and
I guess I can't find my way out - we're trapped inside

Time keeps tickin' on, time keeps moving by

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I've searched these crowded streets for your face

Searching for something that I just can't replace

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1,2,3,4 I see brilliant skies they pull me down with nebula eyes and fireflies
1,2,3,4 I see brilliant skies they pull me down with nebula eyes and fireflies

 

Yesterday I climbed in through your eyes and I saw all the bad things that you bought

Can't you feel I'm dancing in your head

Time keeps tickin' on, time keeps moving by

 

I've searched these crowded streets for your face

Searching for something that I just can't replace

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1,2,3,4 I see brilliant skies they pull me down with nebula eyes and fireflies
1,2,3,4 I see brilliant skies they pull me down with nebula eyes and fireflies

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Dance

 

We climbed up the stairs and into the stars
We held out our arms, as if to take flight
Singing, "this is what it feels like"
To shine like the sun, and glow like a flower
Syncopation, repetition, bury me
Shine like the sun and grow like a flower

Hey, hey, hey, I don't wanna dance
I don't wanna sing this way
I don't wanna dance
And I don't wanna dance around
Dance around anything

We climbed up the hills and into the sun
We held out our arms as if to take flight

I don't wanna dance around, dance around anything

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Bench

 

We sit on that bench and we talk in the cold

And we talk, yeah we talk til our thoughts just grow old

And I appreciate this because I don't deserve this

And I appreciate this because I need you in this

We sit on that bench and we wait in the snow

And you hand me your gloves so my fingers don't get cold

And I appreciate this because I need you in this

And I appreciate this because I don't deserve this

And I just have to turn and look at you

And think how I'll never be able to repay - anything

And there's nothing I can say that can make us break even

Even in the smallest of ways

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Fight, Don't Fight


Here and now, I can hear you say

Darlin I would never be that way

I got caught up in this fight - darlin you have never been more right

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All the boys, all the girls in their fancy dresses

They're all the same - they'll complain that the floor is movin

And the walls are cavin in

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Now and then, I can feel the same

Darlin I would never be to blame

I got caught up in this fight - darlin you have never been more right

It got so heavy inside - and darlin you have never been more light


All the boys, all the girls in their fancy dresses

They're all the same - they'll complain that the floor is movin

And the walls are cavin in
 

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Wish I Could Fly

 

I wish I could fly up up and away and into the clouds

I somehow would ride all through the night and into the day

 

And if I go too far would you follow me

If I go too far would you follow me

If I go too far would you follow me

If I go too far could I come back home?

 

I wish I could be sacred and free most of the time

I somehow would ride all through the night and into the day

 

And if I go too far would you follow me

If I go too far would you follow me

If I go too far would you follow me

If I go too far could I come back home?

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I wouldn't win it in a fist fight

I couldn't stand out in a crowd but I'll use it

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Colors

 

Still alive for all I know

In the world and wondering

Why all the colors seem so bright


In the daylight, I can see why space needs the darkness

Like I need the light

In the darkness I can hear you say 

Something that you didnt

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24 year rootless tree

Vagabond and vacancy

If you're ever wandering

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In the daylight I can see why space needs the darkness

Like I need the light

In the darkness I can hear you say 

Something that you didnt

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I could sleep all day if I find comfort in this place

And all the lights tend to fade

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