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'Artifacts' Lyrics 

All songs written by: Sarah Rudy, except for ‘Take Me Home Country Roads,’ which was written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver. 

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Track Listing:
 
  1. Sometimes

  2. Honey I Promise

  3. Interstate

  4. Napkin

  5. Faded Blue

  6. 23

  7. Soft Love

  8. No Easy Answer

  9. The Moon

  10. California

  11. Take Me Home, Country Roads

     

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Sometimes

 

Sometimes you’ll wanna cry but sometimes you just can’t 

Sometimes you’ll settle for a drive 

Sometimes it'll seem like all you do is fall down, skin your knees, pay your bills, and cause trouble

 

Sometimes they'll break your heart and sometimes you’ll break your own

Sometimes it’s an idea that we’re after

Sometimes it’ll seem like all your words will fall flat, on deaf ears, out to space; you’ll feel lonely

 

And sometimes they’ll be unkind and

Sometimes they’ll be downright mean

In those times, you’ll bite your tongue and you’ll learn to turn the other cheek

Sometimes you’ll wanna cry, but sometimes you just can’t

Sometimes all we do is fall down

 

And sometimes they’ll be unkind and

Sometimes they’ll be downright mean

In those times you’ll bite your tongue and you’ll learn to turn the other cheek

 

 

Honey I Promise

 

Honey, I promise I never think of you

Honey, I promise I never go back there

To under the pines where we buried that bird

Into the soft, soft summer dirt

Hey Hey Hey Hey

Would you turn the light off when you leave

Hey Hey Hey Hey 

Caught up by the moon, we’re wild hearts in our sleep


Honey, I promise I never loved you

Honey, I promise it was all just a dream

Back when you called my name by the hammock

Or when we talked to deer up in the forest    

 

Hey Hey Hey Hey

Would you turn the light off when you leave

Hey Hey Hey Hey 

Caught up by the moon, we’re wild hearts in our sleep

Cause I am back there dancing in the kitchen

I can still see you in the pines

And I was probably out there being useless

And I was probably in there writing this song


Hey Hey Hey Hey

Would you turn the light off when you leave

Hey Hey Hey Hey 

Caught up by the moon, we’re wild hearts in our sleep

 


Interstate

 

I don't remember a peaceful time but I figured there will come a day

And I don’t remember what it was that you last said to me
 

But I should have said I love you
I’m tied up to you - knotted forever

I should have said I love you, either way

 

I don’t know if I’d make you proud but I’d really like the chance to try

And I know we don’t see eye to eye, but what I’d give to pick a fight

 

And I should have said I need you
I’m tied up to you but nothing’s forever
I should have said I need you, anyways

And I should have said I love you
I’m tied up to you - knotted forever

I should have said I love you, either way


He puts his hands on my leg and I remember, laughing on the interstate
And I should have said I need you, I’m tied up to you but nothing’s forever
I should have said I need you, either way

And I should have said I love you; I’m tied up to you knotted forever

I should have said I love you, either way

He puts his hands on my leg and I remember, laughing on the interstate

 


Napkin

 

We stood there by the ocean - we tried to wash ourselves clean

When you and me were talking, like static on the sea

I wrote it on this napkin - that I would never be what you need

Couldn’t tell myself it’s over, so I left a piece of me

 

All the houses were glowing - in the distance there like stars

When you and me were dreaming, we weren’t counting any scars

I wrote it on this napkin that I would never be what you need

Couldn't tell myself it’s over, so I left a piece of me, so I left a piece of me

 

Cause I heard that I’m a good time

And I’m just another alibi

I’m the one in your dreams
I’m the ghost down the hall

The love of your life

But I’m nothing at all

I wrote it on this napkin that I would never be what you need

Couldn't tell myself it’s over, so I left a piece of me, so I left a piece of me

 


Faded Blue


Could I walk beside you - maybe for a change

I’m trying to keep up, always trying to keep up 

Pray for sleep as a consolation

Fill your head with a new distraction

Tell me where do you go, tell me where do you go? 

 

Ba ba ba ba da da da

Ba ba ba ba da da

 

I think we are alone now

I think we oughta try now

Did we let go to soon

I think we are alone now

I think we oughta try now

Our love is faded blue

 

I kneeled down beside you - scared of all my sins 

I’d wait to be forgiven and I’d wait to forget

Start the day with a new fixation

An awkward waltz and a chain reaction

Tell me where do you go, tell me where do you go? 

 

Ba ba ba ba da da da

Ba ba ba ba da da

 

I think we are alone now

I think we oughta try now

Did we let go to soon

I think we are alone now

I think we oughta try now

Our love is faded blue

 

 I think we are alone now

I think we gotta try now

Did we let go to soon

I think we are alone now

I think we gotta try now

 

 

23

 

No one will know we’re missing

Meet me there out in the hall

Slip past the crowd, cause they’re all hazy

Cause the orange sky, is gonna fall

 

And we ran so wild and free

When we were 23

So young, naive, so fast

We know we can’t go back

 

We’ll hit the road in the morning

Sun in our eyes, wind in our hair

Turn off our phones, cause it’s all boring

And the stars they’ll shine, without a care

 

And we ran so wild and free

When we were 23

So young, naive, so fast

We know we can’t go back

 

When we’re older we can always settle down

And if we’re none the wiser we can never be let down

Call me careless, call me wrong, but please don’t call this off

Call me hopeful, call me brave, but please don’t break my heart

 

And we ran so wild and free

When we were 23

Do you remember me

When we were 23 

So young, naive, so fast

These times could never
 

 


Soft Love

 

Scatter my ashes across the state, on every doorstep

I wanna leave a little piece of me

Won’t take my boots off til I’m safe

Won’t shut my eyes til I’m somewhere golden

Cause I don’t trust any man sitting next to me


But you were soft love

And I was good enough 

You were the only one, to ever be enough 

 

Chasing dragons, breathing fire - we’re wanting more 

I guess it's no surprise we’re all falling down

Won’t let my guard down and I won’t sleep
Won’t take my time cause my heart is beating

We don’t rust or dissolve when we’re unfree

 

And you are stronger than we ever knew

You get up again, who would ever guess

But you were soft love and always good enough

You were the only one to ever be enough

 

The sun breaks us - it's just enough 

I could give you all my love
But the daytime knows how this one ends

Oh, tomorrow, tomorrow - I hate you, tomorrow

Tomorrow, tomorrow - I hate you, tomorrow

 


No Easy Answer
 

It’s harder to be your everything than to be your nothing

It’s hard to let go of the hand that gripped too tightly 


You’ll come around, round and round - til I’m not sleeping 

You’ll come around, round and round - til there’s nothing left

 

And I find it hard to explain how I can’t get out of this rut

Or out of my bed - can you teach me not to feel

 

You’ll come around, round and round - til I’m not sleeping 

You’ll come around, round and round - til nothing’s left

 

And I seem to be doing well - talking about whatever comes up

Usually padded with - something like “I’m really fucked up” 

And then they ask me how I’m getting home

What a simple question

But it’s hard when half your heart is gone

There’s no easy answer 

 

It’s harder to be your everything, than be your nothing

 

You’ll come around, round and round - til I’m not sleeping 

You’ll come around, round and round - til nothing’s left 

You’ll come around, round and round - til I’m not sleeping 

You’ll come around, round and round - til you forget

 


The Moon
 

There's something in your eyes

It’s heavy in the air, can’t tell you why

No need for sad goodbyes

We can both agree on “see you later”

 

I’ll miss you in the darkness,

I’ll remember in the light


The moon I hope it holds you tightly 

Connects the stars and turns the dark to light

 

Let the tide run high
We’ll agree to meet at the bottom

Our bodies wouldn't lie, floating slowly up to the sky 


I’ll miss you in the darkness,

I’ll remember in the light

 

The moon I hope it holds you tightly 

Connects the stars and turns the dark to light

 


California

 

Caroline take my hand

Lay on your back and count to ten

Did you feel it again?
If you move to California I swear to god I’d miss you

The day you told him that you were in love with me I was in love with you too

But Caroline had the world, and how was I to keep up?

 

You called me pretty under street lights

I caught you lookin now we can’t look away

Now we can’t look away


Hey, are you still awake?
I’m over here, I’m losing sleep

Caroline, come outside, there’s one more thing that I should say

The day you told him that you were in love with me

I was in love with you too

But Caroline had the world, and how was I to keep up with that?

How was I to keep up with that? How was I to keep up? 

 

You called me pretty under street lights

I caught you lookin now we can’t look away

You couldn’t love me in the daylight

I caught you smiling, can we just get away

 

It’s alright, we’ll find another way

It’s alright, we’ll find another way

 

You called me pretty under street lights

I caught you lookin now we can’t look away

You couldn’t love me in the daylight

I caught you smiling, can we just get away

 

It’s alright, we’ll find another way

It’s alright, we’ll find another

 

 
Take Me Home, Country Roads

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Almost heaven, West Virginia

Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River

Life is old there, older than the trees

Younger than the mountains, blowin like a breeze


Country roads, take me home

To the place I belong

West Virginia, mountain mama

Take me home, country roads


All my memories gather 'round her

Miner's lady, stranger to blue water

Dark and dusty, painted on the sky

Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye


Country roads, take me home

To the place I belong

West Virginia, mountain mama

Take me home
 

I hear her voice in the morning hour, she calls me

The radio reminds me of my home far away

Drivin' down the road, I get a feeling'

That I should've been home yesterday


Country roads, take me home

To the place where I belong

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