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Retreat

by Parachute Words

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1.
Quirks 03:52
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To start light I figured I would get a melody and chord progression I came up with like a month ago and finish that song. I figured it would be a good way to start the entire process. I quite like the verses but I feel the chorus might be a bit meh. I keep watching old re-runs Just to shake the feelings off Focus on what's in sight You never liked this bit But it's my favourite part I kept that in inside I'm biting my nails again You hear the sound and cast a glance Day by day I hope and pray You don't turn around and change your ways Day by day I hope and pray You don't turn around and change your ways I never point out your quirks Just in case you stop doing them We brush our teeth in twos i always finish before you You always let that slide I hold my promises to my chest So I don't forget them I recite the time I keep my fingers crossed again I keep the twisted everyday Day by day I hope and pray You don't turn around and change your ways Day by day I hope and pray You don't turn around and change your ways I never point out your quirks Just in case you stop doing them Day by day I hope and pray You don't turn around and change your ways Day by day I hope and pray You don't turn around and change your ways I never point out your quirks Just in case you stop doing them
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Memories Plastered In Grain 03:44
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I had the melody floating around in my head for like two days and I couldn't really get myself to write some lyrics. But I finally did it lol. It's a bit long but whatever. With the falling sun another day is done for me I can't push back time trust me I've tried too many times Staring up at the ceiling glazing at paint peeling over me I should get that fixed I keep pushing back calling you up I keep losing track what day we're on I keep leaving you out on read I keep dreaming that I wish I was there Memories plastered in grain The present soon will be the same I keep forgetting all the names But I'll remember your face With clothes piling up and bed left undone I retreat I don't know if the photographs make me sad or happy anymore Staring out of the window gazing past the street signs Your lights still on I keep pushing back calling you up I keep losing track what day we're on I keep leaving you out on read I keep dreaming that I wish I was there I keep pushing back calling you up I keep losing track what day we're on I keep leaving you out on read I keep dreaming that I wish I was there Memories plastered in grain The present soon will be the same I keep forgetting all the names But I'll remember your face
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Summer 01:56
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A song about a road trip I took many years ago. Summer eyes and summer trees Speed always scared me Blue breeze to the back seat You fell asleep right next to me Memories come twist and bend Just like the hills that came and went Patterns pass on the wheel Colour blends with the sun Summer lines and Summer Skin We sing talk and think A cold glass in my hand A warm heart in my chest We keep these memories wrapped Under fire under cap I still remember everything now I still remember everything now
4.
Outside 01:12
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A little ditty Gotta run back inside and fade away Gotta run back inside to do it again Gotta keep alive without listening I keep my mind all over again I go back I lose track Gotta run back inside as the sunlight fades Gotta run back inside all over again I go back I lose track Hours turn to days but nothing changes I keep watching the spin all in a daze Hours turn to weeks once again Our days are counted but I've stoped counting I've gotta go outside and never do this again
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Ice Cream 02:26
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Don't let me go back home Don't let this road ever reach Rome Your hands graze over my shoulder Your eyes lean in copper spin Overalls I can feel my tongue melting off I can see it all dripping down I feel like I never I feel like I never I feel like I never Let myself be Don't let me wonder off alone Don't let my mind trail down My hands clasp shaking My pace slows down to a crawl Two taste cone milk and coffee To keep myself next to you I feel like I never I feel like I never I feel like I never Let myself be
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Keep On Moving 01:37
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Something a little different today. I decided to get an old traditional folk song and change it up and make it my own. The original is about facing negativity and danger and trying to persevere so I ended up writing my own lyrics about just that. The original is usually sung in a cappella so I wanted to do the same. I can't mistake my heart I have to keep on going Watch the sweat fall and red burn But still be patient The sting doesn't hurt It just intensifies The arrow doesn't pierce It just keeps on bruising I can't forgive my heart I have to keep on going Hear the alarm ringing past my door And still be patient The noise doesn't thunder It just shakes around The scream doesn't frighten It just keeps me moving I can't fool my heart I have to keep on going I can't fool my heart I have to keep on moving
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Country Hearts 02:13
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A song about moving to another country Country hearts out in the city Hoping for somewhere to be Country lines down the middle Don't tell that much about me Country tongues make you stick out And feel the cracks of the floor Country rent is just a dream now Let's make this basement cozy I came here to fit in I never thought I could even win I wanna be the only compass That guides me out at night Without a fear or an eyebrow To be thrown my way Country hands push and pull now And keep wiping the floor Country eyes got me chocked up Seeing hearts come to me I came here to mess about I never thought I'd make it work I wanna be the only compass That guides me out at night Without a fear or an eyebrow To be thrown my way Country hearts out in London hoping for somewhere to be
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The Last Dance 02:30
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I wrote this one a while ago. I tired a little experiment, I had just watched the Netflix series The Last Dance and I wanted to write a song that was in the perspective of someone who wasn't me and I knew nothing about. I ended up writing a song about Dennis Rodman, I don't think everything I wrote is even really that reflective of reality but it made for a fun song. Trying to write about something so alien to me made me use fun metaphors that I don't think I would have ever used otherwise. You're as clean as a tooth pick No one will ever love me like they do you now It's cry it's shame we fought in the same game I'm a piston on a parquet court A lover with another till I'm sore all the time Change my colours change my fade a ringer for the same ways You tell me I walk backwards You tell me I'm hiding out but I know you I'll remember till the day no time no shame in I'll cut it I'll shave it Pierce the flesh top the game I'm keeping home mine You're always at my door knocking in the same way And I loved you like a brother as we fit just like a glove I loved you like a brother as we drowned out all the fuzz I loved you like a brother as we drowned out all the fuzz I loved you like a brother as we drowned out all the fuzz
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Unknowns 03:34
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I honestly don't remember writing this one, I just found it on my computer and decided ti upload it lol. I hold you, hold me warm You look at me, look at you whole I keep tight breath light cold You reach close eye's closed glow We talk in heat Never ever miss a beat Holy under sheets Laughing all our dreams And I let go of unknowns now And I let go of the world now I rest up messed up folds You hear me keep skin whole I press on all gone hope You take sleep drunk time home We rest in heat Never ever miss a beat Holy under sheets Laughing all our dreams And I let go of unknowns now And I let go of the world now
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Think Of You 03:59
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I've been working on this one for a little bit. To be honest I'm struggling with how to finish it. I've tried a bunch of things but they haven't worked yet. Need to keep going I suppose. I do really like the build up but I just cant seem to figure out what it should built up to. The chorus is also a bit cheesy but I still haven't figured out how to fix that either. Always hurt you more than I could take Coming up with excuses to make Light trailing through the grass upon your hair Never wished upon a shooting star Never seen a green light from afar A quiet afternoon our legs tied in a knot Sometimes moments vanish in the past Sometimes I want this nothing to last Watch the hands move and just breath Now I always think of you as part of me too And when I dream ahead your by my side Diving all in twos Split it all with you Always loved you more than I could take Never seem so happy wide awake Huddle by the heat and warm up Skim the present away with a glance Never give it a second chance Keep the light on till we just fall asleep No nothing is here to stay Thoughts all trailing off away Sometimes I try and just breath Now I always think of you as part of me too And when I dream ahead your by my side Diving all in twos Split it all with you

about

So I'm back at it. These last few months I had to concentrate on actually finishing the proper Parachute Words albums rather than concentrate on writing new songs.

Well these next two weeks I am cat sitting at a friends house and so I brought my guitar in the hopes I will write some new songs during this time. A friend of my referred to it jokily as a "artist's retreat" so I'm going to stick with that.

In an ideal world I will have a song a day posted here, let's see if I can make that stick. I only have my acoustic guitar while on this stay so I am going to be writing songs that way.

As always check the lyrics to see some further details about each song.

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released May 25, 2021

Quirks - 25th May

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