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Untitled Part 2
03:18
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I wanna make good on promises
I wanna make good I will resist
I wanna do right no matter what
Even if right feels so wrong
I wanna be part of what could be
I wanna be part of what I see
I wanna do right no matter what
Even if right feels so wrong
Hello?
I know that I’ve made the same mistakes
I know that I’ve had so many takes
I know I’ve had opportunities
Some of you’ve given up on
I know that I’m almost out of time
I know that I’ve almost been defined
I wanna do right no matter what
Even if right feels so wrong
Hello?
I know that I’m almost out of time
I know that I’ve almost been defined
I wanna do right no matter what
Even if right feels so wrong
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2. |
Winter of Yes
03:09
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I’ve been bored, cynical and ready to burst
Daylight has fallen asleep, as if it’s been cursed
my face is so cold that I tear
But I won’t let this be like any old year
This is the winter of yes
I may not find reason to smile
I may search in search of love and find no one worthwhile
But it's better than moping around
kicking pieces of ice off the ground
this is the winter of yes
If I get invited
To a party
That I may or may not like
I'm going to that party
And If when I get there
Everyone is lame
Nobody's happy
I won't feel their strain
This is the winter of yes
Whatever it is, however it goes
It may fail to draw me in, I won’t let it show, no no
I have thrown away too many days
and concluded there's no other way
This is the winter of yes
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Concrete Sky
02:47
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In a photo of you
I see myself
Smile unstuck
Calling out for help
I see
What no one gives a damn about
And I will put up
In a stubborn fit
You’ve muscled in
Built a barbed wire fence
Albeit thin
And someday
I’m gonna cut through to you
And you won’t put up a fight
Through a concrete sky
I’ll drill a hole
and slowly scrape away
at this frozen mold
cause I see now
What I didn’t give a damn about
And I will put up a fight
And I will put up a fight
And I will put up a fight
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Know Where
04:02
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Stayin in like the weatherman said
Don’t like it so cold
Thawin out by the radiator
Watchin the day grow old
Do you know where you are, know where you are
And where you wanna go now?
I’ll think of something I guess
Something is bound to unfold
Faces I may never see again
My world is gathering mold
Do you know where you are, know where you are
And where you wanna go now?
Do you know where you are, know where you are
And where you wanna go now?
To the white of the water
It will beckon you
To the light left over
and burn for you
Through the night
And you’ll grow colder
And come back round again, round again, round again
Time swarms like pollen in spring
Follows you where the wind blows
Stands still when you want it to run
and when you hesitate it goes
Do you know where you are, know where you are
And where you wanna go now?
Do you know where you are, know where you are
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All Because
02:58
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If I woke, in a dream not knowin
If I was, if I was still dreamin
Would I still feel the way I feel right now?
slip away, I don’t really know how
With every heartbeat I can’t look back
With every step there’s a new direction
Leading me somewhere I never been
All because I loved you
Maybe we were two rivers flowing
Take a breath and look at where you’re going
Do you see the end of me and the start of you?
I guess that was the best we could do
With every heartbeat…
And the stars will all fall down
And the moon will slide to the back of my heart
And the world will spin around
Makin room for the light
With every heartbeat…
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The Fire Plays
03:36
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He pulled away
Into the long night
Hard to complain
he got what he came for
Stopped at a light
Revved up the engine
Idle inside
He made his way out of town
I play with fire
And the fire plays with me
Dark empty road
Leading to nowhere
She's running away
Cause there's no other way
And she tears through the wind
Like a star across the night sky
It's all in your head
She keeps saying to herself
I play with fire
And the fire plays with me
I play with fire
And higher it rises
I play with fire
And the fire plays with me
The drawbridge is down
but soon separating
Step on the gas
It happens so fast
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7. |
For A Little While
03:02
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Its the same it's the same scene playin
Playin out all around you
One hand tucked in a blue jean pocket
One lace tied on two torn shoes
Holdin out, holdin out hope that someone will cramp your style
Could I, could i get to know you for a little while?
It's the light, its the stoplight cookin
Cookin dreams up inside you
Feet are tapping a tired rhythm
Sweat still blacking your old blues
Holdin on to some set of rules
You're dying to leave behind
Ch
All day long, scheming up ways
To lift yourself off the ground
All day long, for goodness sake
Doesn't it bring you down?
So I, I think we should go
Thin green papers are stacked together
In a big hollow mountain
All too easy to stack them higher
Till there's no one around well
I wanna go, where nobody cares for building a bigger pile
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8. |
Couldn't Have Her
04:04
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We talked about beginning
Forgot about the end
We held to each other
There was no pretend
We filled all the spaces
That used to be years
With sounds of forever
The stop to our fears
But her eyes in the summer fell suddenly gray, And i
Couldn’t Have Her
Couldn’t have her
Why must we run like horses
I asked for a reason
And she gave me none
Could not have been more certain
That she was the one
I looked to my loved ones
For answrs for strength
And no one could tell me
How to handle the day
Now I can’t sleep without her, I never thought that I, Oh that I
Couldn’t Have Her, couldn’t have her
Why must we run like horses
Fallin to pieces it forces
Me to listen up
It’s not a religion
It’s just how you feel
You don’t know till it’s over
If it was real
And you want to embrace it
You cannot deny
That all of those moments
Were just a goodbye
Couldn’t Have Her, couldn’t have her
Why must we run like horses
Fallin to pieces it forces
Me to listen up
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Set In Stone
03:42
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Stranded by this open window
All my debts unfold
I couldn’t hear through the wall
When my conscience called
I have visions of falling branches
Touching down one by one
As I let them go
Water cries for my soul
Stripping me down to the bone
Oh, think of the pain I caused
All for the gain of my own
Time can’t take the blame for me
My crooked path is set in stone
Friendships soured, lost and hollow
I cling dear to my home
the weeds overgrown
And the roof wearing thin
the shirt on my back
tearing holes through my skin
but if I tried going now
wouldn’t know where to begin
I hear voices of my brothers
Start to fade one by one
And as I let them go
Water cries for my soul
Stripping me down the bone
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10. |
Last So Long
03:02
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All along I was just what I thought I should be
Never finding out if I ws real
Living on plans to come hopin that in the end
She would take me where I need to be
Not now, that can only last, that can only last so long
Well here we are throwing stones, strongest arm wins the thrown
Smartest and the richest will succeed
But stones sink so low and touch the sand, nothing in them makes a man
Even though we’re told it’s what we need
To the bottom
Here we are throwing stones
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Don’t have to go too far
Don’t have to make it last
Don’t have to change my world
Don’t have to hide my past
That’s the only thing that I will ask of you
Is gimme something to look forward to
Don’t have to shine the sun
Any brighter than before
Don’t have to bring the one
Right up to my front door
All it is im wishin you would do
Is gimme something to look forward to
Cause oh ive been so lonely
Sittin here and waiting for a moment to come upon me
Take my breath away
And though I know that it won’t find me
Right here where I lay
Im still pretending that it may
But you don’t have to give me much
Just a little taste
Gimme just enough
To put a smile on my face
That’s the only thing that I will ask of you
Gimme something to look forward to
That’s the only thing I’m wishin you would do
Gimme something to look forward to
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Ari Hest Massachusetts
Ari is a grammy nominated singer/songwriter who began his career as an independent artist in 2001. To date, he has released
11 albums, 5 EP’s, a 52 song project in 2008.
In December of 2021, Ari released I Remember When, a 20 year retrospective album featuring new songs as well as remastered songs from his past releases.
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