Sharon Van Etten - Holding Out

I was warned

I your humble Alamo kind of world

Around you and all you are

I was fooled by the way you take me seriously

Even when I'm joking

Damn damn damn damn

I'm not tired and I'm tired

I'm not calling out

Cross the street I was holding out

Holding out cross the table

I was holding out

Trying to find a lover like that holding out

Like the wind I was holding out

Staying still hoping no one else would see me

Hoping calm replacing silent trying tongues

Do I need a reason to hold you now

Cause I'd hold you now

Yeah I would hold you now

One night and all I need is one more day

Holding out something that feels okay

And the right thing to do is wait

Holding out

Holding out

Holding out for you

I am strange, believed in fairy tales at a young age

Circumstance now I kick my self in the pants

Down the street talk to you, tires screech

Isn't it strange I had a chance now were holding out

Hoping that the last string won't break

I'm nodding out

With a smile stuck on my face

And then you came to me in a far away way

And I'm bring you something I want you to have

It's the biggest part of my heart that I still got

Hoping arms

Know I'll be holding out

I'll be holding out

Holding out

I'll be holding out

Holding out

Holding out

Holding out

For you

Sharon Van Etten - Tornado

You never saw me as a reward.
You didn't know he did
And then you tried to win the bet.
You tripped and fell upon the sword
That I'd given to you though you never carried.

I'm a tornado. You are the dust,
You're all around and you're inside.

My eyes get dusty cloudy,
Just like you wanted...
You were the child
And I'm the fault.
Why do I fawn upon you?
You are the reason I'm a force.
And when you knew you were you to feel worse.

I'm a tornado. You are the dust
You're all around and you're inside.

I cannot make you leave your source
'Cause you make yourself feel like you've got grounding.

I'm a tornado. You are the dust
You're all around and you're inside.
You are the nature I'm the roar that comes from you.

I'm a tornado. You are the dust
You're all around and you're inside.
I'm a tornado you are the fences that will fall
But still surround me.
I'm a tornado.
I'm a tornado.
I'm a tornado.

Sharon Van Etten - It's Not Like

Take both my feet.
Tie them.
Throw me over.
Will I still float?
Will my heart sink?
Why have I held on so long?
I still don't know.
And it's not like I have anyone to show
Or do I want to?

These arms this heart these eyes
Have seen almost everything.
But not you. But not you.
But I want to.

Take both my hands.
Tie them behind my back
To keep me from holding from holding from holding.
But that's so unlike myself.
And it's not like I have anyone to hold
Or do I want to?

These eyes this heart these arms
Have held almost anything
But not you. But not you.
But I want to.
Oooh...

Why do I need to love someone?
It's like I was born not out of legs
But I was born of arms.
And it's not like I have anyone to love.
Should I want to?

These eyes these arms this heart
Has loved almost everything
But not you. But not you.
But I want to.
Oooh...

Sharon Van Etten - I Fold

Lately I've seen
Confidence and grace,
Crawl in a ball
And fear I've lost my faith.

Broken down.
Thought I was fine, fine fine.
Broken down.

Caught in a rut.
Foot hard to find hold.
For granted your haven,
The basement where I sang.

Broken down.
Thought I was fine, fine, fine.
Broken down.

Are you losing touch
Or can't I just find my face?
Wrinkling up
I know time can't be erased.

Broken down.
Thought I was fine, fine, fine.
Broken down.
Broken down I fold.

Sharon Van Etten - Much More Than That

Please don't take me lightly.
I mean every word.
Whichever way you'd like to place them.

One day I'll be a better writer.
I'll make every face
That I'll never perfectly phrase.
Ooh... that I'll never perfectly phrase.

You reached for my hand slowly.
I didn't pull away.
We did not have to be lips to face.

My toe hit your toe lightly.
You toe met my heel right back
And I don't think I need much more than that.
Ooh... and I don't think I need much more than that.

You look at me so slyly
But only when I'm smiling.
Every other time your head looks down.

I sigh and then I frown.
I write this moment down,
'Cause I cannot paint pictures with my tongue.
Ooh... no I cannot paint pictures with my tongue.

Sharon Van Etten - Consolation Prize

I came to you,
My conscience clean,
Blood on my knees.

The moral of the story
Is don't walk away again.

I called you out,
To see my bow,
Our final scene.

The moral of the story
Is don't look away again,
To find a better conversation.

I saw you there,
Your friends aware,
Without a care.

The moral of the story
Is don't lie to me again
To find a better conversation,
So I can be your consolation prize

You ran away
To stand your ground,
Look what I found.

The moral of the story
Is don't walk away again,
To find a better conversation,
So I can be your consolation prize.
To find a better conversation,
No, I'll never be your consolation prize

Sharon Van Etten - Keep

Keep still so I can find you at your whim.
Breathe slowly so I can breathe with you.
Ooh... ooh...

Leave me alone,
We all want to feel at home.
Find me sleeping,
My inner dialogue's a drone.
Keep...

Don't cry for me,
I can't either.
I can't weep.
Remember these moments,
They're all we have
And all I can keep.
Caught in a lie I want
You to keep me to yourself.

Keep running deep under my skin I want to shed.
Don't keep it in keep it on the thinnest of all threads
And I want to break you no no...
Ooh...