Sharon Van Etten - Afterlife

Do you feel me coming home?
Will you see me coming home?
When I’m feeling all alone
Do you want to be at home?

Will I ask myself
To be someone else?

Will you see me in the afterlife?
Will you tell me what you think it’s like,
Come and tell me it’ll be alright?
Will I see you in the afterlife?

Someone inside me saved me,
Made me see the light.
Someone had to make it feel alright.
All these expectations
Turned me inside out and now I find
I want to see you in the afterlife.

Want you to tell me what you think it’s like
Come and tell me it’ll be alright,
Do what I’m doing
I will be just fine.

Someone inside me saved me,
Made me see the light.
Someone had to make it feel alright.
Don’t you try to save me,
Tell me I’ll be fine doin’ what I like.

Will you see me in the afterlife?
Will you tell me it’ll be alright?
Will you tell me that I’ll be just fine?
Will you tell me in the afterlife?

Will you feel like coming home?
Does it feel like coming home?
Will you feel like coming home?
Does it feel like coming home?

Oooh…
Oooh…

Sharon Van Etten - Mistakes

I walk down the road,
Let my body wake up by the way
You’ll move.
Skate round the room,
See my body ache, my body shake
Boom boom.

Even when I make a mistake
Even when I make a mistake, mistake, mistake
It’s much better than that.

I dance like Elaine
But my baby takes me to the floor
Says “more, more”...
Eyes close to stares.
My baby takes, my body shares.
Lights flare.

Even when I make a mistake
Even when I make a mistake, mistake, mistake
It’s much better than that.

When I make a mistake
Turns out it’s great, it’s great, it’s great.
I’m much better than that.
It’s much better than that.

Even when I make a mistake
Even when I make a mistake, mistake
Turns out it’s great
Even when you’re late, you’re late, you’re late
It’s much better than that.
It’s much better than that.
It’s much better than that.

Sharon Van Etten - Porta

Cross the lines, you don’t know who’s lookin’.
Up ahead, another who’s bookin’.

Want to hear myself, wanna be there
Wanna stay but I don’t want to leave it
Want to hold head up, don’t want to stay down.
I want to live my life,

But you won’t allow.
Stalker wanna be like “I don’t want to hear that.”

I want to be myself, want to be there.
You want to rip my style, and want to be there
You want to hear my love, want to be there.
You want to steal my life.

I want you to stop trying
To get in the door
That you step through.

I want to be myself.
Don't let him find us, don’t want that life.
Think straight. Get by.
Gotta think straight to get by.
Think straight. Get by.

Want to be myself, you wanna be my
Want to be myself, you wanna be my
Want to be myself, you wanna be my

I want to be myself.

(stay out of my life…)

Sharon Van Etten - I Told You Everything

Sitting at the bar, I told you everything
You said, "Holy shit, you almost died"
Sharing a shot, you held my hand
Knowing everything, knowing everything, we cried
I told you everything about everything

I had no idea, I had no idea
We held hands, we held hands
We held hands as we parted
We knocked knees, we knocked knees as it started

I told you everything about my first time
I told you everything, no change in your eyes
I told you everything, no change in my mind

You said, "Holy shit, we almost died"
I had no idea, I had no idea

Sharon Van Etten - Far Away

Been down on myself,
Said won’t go back.
Been there,
My mother might say you were right.

Doesn’t matter where she is
(not far)
I’ll be here for a little while,
Then not gone
(long.)
Don’t know what it is so far.
I’ll be here.
Not only when you feel long lost.

Sitting there,
Wet mess,
We held til the sun came up.
Are you aware last steps realize?

Doesn’t matter where she is
(not far)
I’ll be here for a little while,
Then not gone
(long.)
Don’t know what it is so far.
I’ll be here.
Not only when you feel long lost.

Long gone I’ll see you far away.
Long gone I’ll see you far away.
Long gone I’ll see you far away.
Long gone I’ll see you far away.
Long gone I’ll see you far away.
Long gone I’ll see you far away.
Long gone I’ll see you far away.
Long gone I’ll see you far away.

Long gone I’ll see you far away.
Long gone I’ll see you far away.

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 - Anything

Up the whole night.
Undefined.
Can’t stop thinking ‘bout peace and war.
Up the whole night.
Right before
The sun takes everything.
It could’ve been anything.
I didn’t feel anything.

Up the whole night.
(Underline)
Chain smoking, like, no, it ain’t right.
Afternoon beer?
Understate.
It could’ve been anything.
It could’ve been anything.
I didn’t feel anything.

You love him by the stove light in your arms.
He is there because he can’t stand the sad eyes.

I couldn’t feel anything.
I couldn’t feel anything.
I couldn’t feel anything.
I couldn’t feel anything.
I couldn’t feel anything.

Sharon Van Etten - Joke Or A Lie

What should I do?

I am lost

Tell me to leave the next time

I'm in front of you

I can't relate

Chip on your shoulder

How do you deal with that weight?

My hands are getting tired

Call it a joke or a lie

Call it a joke or a lie

Put your coat on

Then believe me

I try

Let us escape

For a night

Breathe the silence

I am alone

But I am alone

In this room with you

Call it a joke or a lie

Call it a joke or a lie

Put your coat on

Then believe me

I tried

Sharon Van Etten - A Crime

To say the things I want to say to you would be a crime

To admit I'm still in love with you, after all this time

I'd rather let you touch my arm until you die

Seduce me with your charms until I'm drunk on them

Go home and drink in bed and never let myself be in love like that again

Light a cigarette and think of you and walk away

Turning all the words around in my head I won't say

Because of all these triangles and squares

The memory we seem to share replays a distant love that plays my records on

Never let myself love like that again

Never let myself love like that again

To say the words I want to say to you would be a lie

By the time I get the courage I am drunk and you are tired

Alone in this basement where I will write these songs

Of things I'll never say to you again and you know why

Never let myself love like that again

Never let myself love like that again

Never let myself love like that again

Never let myself love like that again

Never let myself love like that again

Never let myself love like that again

Sharon Van Etten - Tarifa

Hit the ground

The yard, I found something

I could taste your mouth

Shut the door

Now in the sun tanning

You were so just

Looking across the sky

Can't remember

I can't recall, no

I can't remember anything at all

We skipped the sunrise

Looking across the grass

Said he wanted

And not that I'm every

It's the same, I could mean you were right

Everyone else

Hasn't a chance, don't

Fail me now

Open arms, rest

Let's run under

Cursing myself at night

Slow it was 7

I wish it was 7 all night

Tell me when

Tell me when is this over?

Chewed you out

Chew me out when I'm stupid

I don't wanna

Everyone else pales

Send in the owl

Tell me I'm not a child

You summon

Forget about everyone else

Fall away somehow

To figure it out

Sharon Van Etten - I'm Giving Up On You

Under the freeway

Thought about staying late

Went to the dark place

Where we met

Forget everything I said in the park

Too tired to wait it out again, it's not smart

I am giving up on you

I am giving up on you

Flowers are dying

I hang them on my wall

Remember when you tried

Tried at all

Forget everything you've done, now it's none

Ten times the fool I was, not again

I am giving up on you

I am giving up on you

Birds on the phone wire

Thinking 'bout flying higher

You are the shoes hung

On the line

I am giving up on you

I am giving up on you

I am giving up on you

I am giving up on you

Sharon Van Etten - Comeback Kid

"Hey, you're the comeback kid"
(See me look away)
I'm the runaway
I'm the stay out late
I'm recovering
Kid, at the top of our street
I was somewhat like him
I was somebody

Comeback kid!
Comeback, kid!
Come back, kid!
Let me look at you!

"Yeah, you're the comeback kid
Let me look at you"
(Then look away)
Yeah, I'm the runaway
I'm the hardly stay
Let slip away

Don't look back!
Don't look back!
Don't look back!
Watch me run away

"Kid came back a real turn around"
Please believe that I want to stay
"Got a job now that my brother found
Working nights just a mile away"
Don't let me slip away
I'm not a runaway
It just feels that way

Comeback kid!
Comeback kid!
Come back, kid!
Let me look at you!
Comeback kid!
Comeback, kid!
Come back!

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 - I Know

Now I turn into a lover on the side
I cannot tell the poet eye apart from mine
And now you see me with a tear fall on my right
I know you know

You see me turn around and try to hide my sigh
I know the ancient melodies will come at night
I sing about my fear and love and what it brings
I know, I know

And then you push me out
And then you push me out
I know, I know
And then you disappear because you can't fight fear
I know, I know

I sit inside a box and try to find my thoughts
With cups upon my ears so I can shut it out
I see you listen to my body and say
I know, I know
I know it's hard to find out what I'm not
I know, I know

And here we are apart, but here together are
Our hearts that now beat for each other, although far
I hear your voice and I know what it calls
I know, I know

Hold on, hold on
I want you
Hold on, hold on
All I ever wanted was you

Sharon Van Etten - Jupiter 4

Our love's for real
How'd it take a long, long time
To let us feel?
Try to relate in my state
And the aura around me says
My love is for real

Touching your face
How'd it take a long, long time
To be here?
Turning the wheel on my street
My heart still skips a beat
It's echoing, echoing, echoing, echoing, echoing, echoing

Baby, baby, baby
I've been searching for you
I want to be in love
Baby, baby, baby
I've been waiting, waiting, waiting my whole life
For someone like you
It's true that everyone would like to have met
A love so real
A love so real

Baby, baby, baby
I've been searching for you
I want to be in love
Baby, baby, baby
I've been waiting, waiting, waiting my whole life
For someone like you
It's true that everyone would like to have met
A love so real
A love so real
A love so real
A love so real

Sharon Van Etten - One Day

Sister don't mind that I'm not on time
She knows that I'm through with that
Sick of trying, don't let mine
Mama's still loving and daddy still loves
They know that I'm here like that
I'm like mine: true and kind

Call me aside and I will now be
And I will be fine with that
Don't leave me now, you might love me back
Distance is fine, I know you can't care
And nothing is big like that
You don't see me now, I don't see you back

One day I'll be fine with that
You don't leave me now
Do you love me back?

Just to remind you I'm a mistake
How come you don't want to know?
You don't wanna see, you don't wanna show
Kicking myself, I know that you're tough
Yeah we can pretend we're that
Gotta see how, you gotta leave that

One day I'll be fine with that
You don't leave me now
Do you love me back?

Snow is outside but I'm by your fire
I feel all the love you'll bring
You gotta see how we can see this out
Summer in mind and spring by your side
You'll see all the love we'll keep
Gotta see that we couldn't be there

One day I'll be fine with that
You don't leave me now
Do you love me back?

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 - Seventeen

I know what you wanna say
I think that you're all the same
Constantly being led astray
You think you know something you don't

Downtown hotspot halfway up the street
I used to be free, I used to be seventeen
Follow my shadow round your corner
I used to be seventeen, now you're just like me

Down beneath the ashes and the stone
Sure of what I've lived and have known
I see you so uncomfortably alone
I wish I could show you how much you've grown

Downtown hotspot used to be on this street
I used to be seventeen, I used to be seventeen
Now you're a hotshot hanging on my block
Sun coming up, who's my shadow?

La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la

I know what you're gonna be
I know that you're gonna be
You'll crumble it up just to see
Afraid that you'll be just like me

Downtown hotspot halfway through this life
I used to feel free, or was it just a dream?
Now you're a hotshot, think you're so carefree
But you're just seventeen, so much like me
You're just seventeen, you're just seventeen
Seventeen

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 - Give Out

There were your eyes in the dark of the room,
The only ones shining,
The only set I had met in years.
It's not because I always look down.
It might be I always look out.
It might be I always look out.
I am biting my lip
As confidence is speaking to me.
I loosen my grip from my palm,
Put it on your knee.
In my way,
I say
You're the reason why I'll move to the city or
Why I'll need to leave.
You're the reason why I'll move to the city or
Why I'll need to leave.

There was your breath on the back of my neck,
The only one holding,
The only one I had felt in years.
It's not because I always hold on,
It might be I always hold out.
It might be I always hold out.
I am biting my lip
As confidence is speaking to me.
I loosen my grip from my palm,
Put it on your knee.
In my way,
I say
You're the reason why I'll move to the city or
Why I'll need to leave.
You're the reason why I'll move to the city or
Why I'll need to leave.

So what's with the eyes in the back of the room?
The only ones trying.
The only ones I have let in years.
It's not because I always give up,
It might be I always give out.
It might be I always give out.
It might be I always give out.
It might be I always give out.