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Bones

by matt phillips

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1.
Little Frog 03:17
little frog, what have you to say? it's raining out here, please don't get washed away little frog, where have you to go? I worship the weakness you try not to show oh blessings, oh nature, oh wonderful things oh sunshine, cool water, trees growin in rings my blessings, oh nature, short time they abide while forever and always I'll find you outside as it rains on the crickets outside of my car I wish I were naked, asleep in the yard like Eve and her Adam in bed with the snake when God did evict them from Eden's embrace my people, my city, oh nothing is wrong ants on a hill we are, life cycles long but we cover our nature in concrete and black sap and we bury our mother in pink plastic wrap it's dirty out here in the woods my life in the city is clean and it's good you say God must be clean and heaven must too but my God made the world with the dirtiest glue little frog, how simple it be to hop on the ground, to sleep on a leaf little frog, someday when I die I hope i'm promoted to living your life electricity's good and enlightenment's nice but I'd love to smushed on the road once or twice
2.
was it something i said? was it something i did? did i draw my own curtain? pay no attention to the man behind am i treating you wrong? am i in my own way? do i lack motivation? is there something wrong with me? i know there’s gotta be by now. i can’t offer you roses cause flowers are never enough. but somebody come on and try out my love is it my turn of phrase? do i tell it too easy when i just blurt it out? am i not a man cause i’m not running? can you read the signs? there’s room in the inn, i’m open for business. if you need somebody, let it be me. cause i can’t offer you diamonds, cause gemstones are never enough, but somebody come on and try out my love. i guess i’m alright with being alone. cause self-reliance means that nobody’s waiting at home i can’t offer you millions cause money is never enough, but somebody come on and try out my love. but i will offer you romance cause my body is never enough, but somebody come on and try out my love
3.
i can’t hold you tonight, some excuse some other guy. not the only one wishing to hold you tonight, some excuse some other guy. i’m sorry to tell you, but tonight you sing your own lullaby. i can’t see those eyes shed a tear, no, not for me, another guy. i can’t believe those eyes are looking for me, some excuse, some other guy. i can feel your love, clear in your eyes. you want to give me love, but not tonight. i’m sorry to tell you, but tonight you sing your own lullaby.
4.
Bluegrass 04:48
well i thought you'd look pretty next to me pretty shallow, i'm sorry i thought i'd have you in the trees not the flowers, but good enough for me headed up, all was well in carolina spending time every day we talked it out but then a porch swing conversation sent you spinning into orbit and spiraling in doubt so let's put on some bluegrass and think about it i'll read you a romance novel too think about what all your friends are saying it's only love that's waiting here for you now you've gone and gotten yourself in a quandary you need a man of means to get you to the end you put your heart out on your sleeve to take a beating but not a single simple text you'd wanna send as your behavior shocks the likes of all your exes and pushes them away it pulls me in i have nothing but clarity around me and no excuses for adults who play pretend so let's put on some bluegrass and think about it i'll read you a romance novel too think about what all your friends are saying it's only love that's waiting here for you my buddy calls you late to talk it over: "is this you? is this who you wanna be?" i sit and write a song anticipating and get nostalgic for the weekend in the trees pretty faces don't deserve to do the crying silently you blame it on yourself but that's not yet the worst of it they tell me cause here i am, another boyfriend that can help so let's put on some bluegrass and think about it i'll read you a romance novel too think about what all your friends are saying it's only love that's waiting here for you it’s only love
5.
it was a wink and a whisper, a twinkle in your eye all the happiness i saw, but six months have passed us by and now i’m scared of it already, cause i can feel you pull me in it’s only love and comfort now, i guess i’ll try again it’s not like there aren’t any others, ones that haven’t done me wrong but there’s no magic in their footsteps, it doesn’t hurt me when they’re gone all my maturity and virtue, they don’t matter much when you patience is a prison and your passion is a crutch well i’m not ashamed i found my way back. maybe i never left all this time you kept me waiting all this time you wrung me dry all this time you kept me waiting all this time you know i didn’t mind i never said i didn’t love you, in fact the opposite is true cause all my skies are greener now and all my grass is blue and now i sit alone and wonder, will i ever tell you so? cause one like me loved one like you one broken heart ago and now i hold you in my future like you threw me out your past i keep a tight hold on my feelings cause i know they’re coming back and i can only keep my silence until again our lips will meet you’ll find the words are in my mouth and there’s dancing in my feel well i’m not ashamed i found my way back. maybe i never left all this time you kept me waiting all this time you wrung me dry all this time you kept me waiting all this time you know i didn’t mind
6.
January 05:38
there must be something about january, my hands are cold and it turns you away there must be something about the way to love you the harder i try, the less you have to say i could never tell you, but i can’t be myself like this you can try to tell me that god would tell a lie, when he sends you a message you know it’s never wrong you can try to tell me our high school hearts are broken but new year’s morning we woke up with love still strong i could never tell you, but i can’t be myself like this i can try to tell you to do what’s right for you, take a breath and take some time i can try to tell you to decide on your own but i’ve never successfully turned out a lie alone just this once i’ll tell you, i can’t be myself like this i know i need to change, or maybe rearrange, but either way i’m thankful for your time i could pay you by the hour in gummy sharks and flowers but either way, it’d work out fine just this once i’ll tell you, i can’t be myself like this please let my words compell you, i can’t be myself like this

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Matt's first EP, done at Manifold Recording in Pittsboro NC. The title comes from his idea to debut with a bare-bones record that would showcase the songwriting above all else.

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released August 1, 2012

All songs composed and performed by Matt Phillips (BMI). All songs produced and engineered by Ian Schreier.

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