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Innocent Love
03:35
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INNOCENT LOVE
I think of you when I need to recall
There is more to it all than now
I think of you as the sun’s coming up
take in all that it will allow
On January days with a rain soaked face
and a raw wind howling
I shut my eyes and idle a while
To hear what I might have been missing
And feel what I forgot how to feel
Innocent love
Innocent, furious love
Shot down from heaven above
Innocent love
Endlessly in search of
that criminally innocent love
Why must it be this tricky to think
in the blink of an eye it all could end
Laboring to convince myself
Every instant is a godsend
All around are reminders
There to be admired
And to keep the breeze steady at the base of my fire
Innocent love
Innocent, furious love
Shot down from heaven above
Lookin for Innocent love
Endlessly in search of
that criminally innocent love
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2. |
Time Is Your Friend
04:04
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TIME IS YOUR FRIEND
If you could hear me when I cried
Wouldn’t you have sent down a sign
If all the tears that wet my face
Aren’t enough to bring me sunshine
Then What is the point
Of this life im living
Why should I give
This all I’m giving
If I hear once more “time is your friend”
I’ll go pack my things and hit it
Cause everyone goes in the end
Doesn’t matter when you bit it
What is the point
Of this life I’m living
Why should I give
This all I’m giving
I need you now
don’t make me say goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
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Daybreakers
04:26
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DAYBREAKERS
Confront and I shudder to face it
Avoid and the guilt overrides
The energy that I spend
Dividing the time to lend
To focus my light on the foreground
No matter how seductive the back
I wish I could say I can
But somewhere between I land
So I need you again and again, you know
Cause I fall hard like the tears of an orphan
I sleep ‘neath the weight of the world
But you’re my daybreakers
Lead me to light
steal me away if i’m drifting
Save me from trying to break my own heart
you know when I’ve reached my end
When there’s no further I can bend
Show me where there’s room to grow
Cause I fall hard like the tears of an orphan
I sleep ‘neath the weight of the world
But you’re my daybreakers
Lead me to light
The energy that I spend
Dividing the time to lend
I need you again and again don’t you know?
Cause I fall hard like the tears of an orphan
I sleep ‘neath the weight of the world
But you’re my daybreakers
Lead me to light
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4. |
Heat
04:06
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HEAT
Lying awake, 2am
Shutting off my mind is hell again
This way of life that I defend
Carries all through the night
as the sun creeps in my eyes
And a new day is primed to materialize
I tend to drift, to fantasize
somewhere out of sight
Cause all I feel is heat
From stressing on repeat
My body says retreat
But I got to keep fighting
Does she see, does she care
I know she doesn’t have much time to spare
And If I lay my troubles bare
Will she turn away
Making sense of discontent
Chasing dreams that once were here but went
The way I view my world is bent
All out of shape
I feel the heat
From stressing on repeat
I wish I could retreat
But I have to keep fighting
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5. |
Old Pros
02:55
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OLD PROS
Hello to you again
It’s your long lost more than friend
We’ll reveal some little things
there is so much more we won’t dare show
That’s how it goes
For us old pros
So much that we could say
Don’t wish to complicate
We’d probably open up old wounds
From nights under full moons
We’re standing in the here and now
And that was all a long, long time ago
How you still glow
To this old pro
The movies playback when they choose
It’s out of my control
And though these days I’m quite fulfilled
I’m challenged to feel whole
So soon we’ll say goodbye
Surrender to a sigh
Maybe we’ll speak again
Maybe this will be the last time
These days move slow
I know you know
That’s how it goes
For us old pros
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6. |
Rose Above
03:30
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ROSE ABOVE
I looked upon you
With far to climb
And floods of memories
Far from benign
As I stepped forward
The ground held firm
I kept on climbing
Eager to learn
Something like mercy
Filled me inside
Like I had nothing
Left to hide
Yeah for the first time
In a long, long time
I rose above
I rose above
The wind spoke to me
In chilling rhyme
It tried to pull me
Out of line
But I held steady
To the earth
I kept on going
I knew my worth
I had desire
And I had faith
That no hindrance
Would make me break
Yes for the first time
Since you let go
I rose above
I rose above
I looked down on you
From way up high
It felt familiar
Like I could die
Knowing I gave it
all I had
My resolution
ironclad
You’re not a stranger
You’re not a friend
I made a choice I must defend
To make it the last time
Id go this far
To rise above
To rise above
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7. |
Thin Lines
03:35
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THIN LINES
I try to open up your mind
I try to find where we align
I try to meet you where you have to be
I try to save you from the pack
When they come harder on attack
I try to keep you here to some degree
It’s the same play
On a new day
Thin lines
shun what I say
Almost always
Thin lines
I watch you close up every door
I watch you casually abhor
I watch you meet me with contemptuous eyes
I watch you feed on what you like
And mock the foreign like a tike
I watch your anger take a deeper dive
It’s the same play
On a new day
Thin lines
Shun what I say
Almost always
Thin lines
I try to open up your mind
I try to find where we align
I try to meet you where you have to be
I try to save you from the pack
When they come harder on attack
I try to keep you when you don’t keep me
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8. |
Pause
04:42
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PAUSE
I’ve been trying to tell you
Everything you need to hear
But my words seem to hollow out
Before they reach your ears
though I know you too have things to say
That much is clear
Must you interfere?
Now I know there’s not an evil bone inside you
I know that’s true
There are things I’ve said many times now that aren’t getting through
if we can’t listen to one another what good am I to you
I know one thing we can do
How about we try and take a pause
A little time away to help the cause
How about we try and take a pause here
I wanna give you everything
you say you need
but to talk over each other we know quite well
where that leads
Lets change the way this goes
And plant a seed
it might grow like a weed
How about we try and take a pause
A little time away to help the cause
How about we try and take a pause
How about we let the fire die
Leave our emotions there to lie
How about we let the fire die now
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9. |
Worthy
03:58
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WORTHY
Won’t you give me one more chance?
Won’t you give me one more chance?
I know I’ve done wrong
I’ve lived with it long
But now I’m worthy of your love
I am someone you can trust
Believe it or not, I am someone you can trust
I’ve scrubbed my hands clean
given up the scene
And now I am worthy of your love
I wish I could change, change the past
Wish I could change, change our past
But after all these years
The drying of the tears
I know I am worthy of your love
After all these years
The end is growing near
And I am worthy of your love
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10. |
Dry Tomorrow
03:25
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DRY TOMORROW
I fell with her atop the snow
Made angels neath the great willow
This afternoon, this afternoon
She packed some in her tiny hand
She said it looked a little like
Last night’s moon, like last night’s moon
Oh boy, I have to soak it in
Cause it could be dry tomorrow
She slowly rode on down the hill
Her yellow sled, and crashed into a bed of leaves, a bed of leaves
The joy of all the falling white
She mischievously takes a bite
And smiles at me, and smiles at me
Oh boy, I have to soak it in
Cause it could be dry tomorrow
it takes me for a spin
But what a gorgeous pill to swallow
I know that I am not alone
It feels as if I’m on my own
She’s growing up, she’s growing up
Oh boy, I have to soak it in
Cause it could be dry tomorrow
it takes me for a spin
But what a gorgeous pill to swallow
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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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