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Hold me close enough to feel me break

by Off the Beatnik Path

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1.
Steady Hands, Steady Hands 03:44
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Hey The sun’s warm across your face And we could be anyplace We will find everything that we have ever misplaced The sun Broke out so damn clear today Burned all my sadness away And now this year, we’re making a bit of fucking headway We’ll all have Steady hands, steady hands Steady hands, steady hands Steady hands, steady hands And we’ll be filling that bandstand Living in high demand We Have been doing alright of late There’s no one manipulatin’ Watch me pull right out of the driveway and accelerate We Will keep doing alright, I guess With our sort of printing press We’ll come late, oh, and we will come overdressed We’ll all have Steady hands, steady hands Steady hands, steady hands Steady hands, steady hands And we’ll be the new shorthand, Rockin’ on a baby grand Steady hands, steady hands Steady hands, steady hands Steady hands, steady hands 'Cause I climbed out of the quicksand for a breath of fresh air And I left my little homeland with my worn out footwear But my steady hands will get me what I never got from prayer We’ll all have Steady hands, steady hands Steady hands, steady hands Steady hands, steady hands And we’ll be walking through dreamland Nothing there but ampersands
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Judas Tree 04:20
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Move your back foot Then the other one Twirl until the music’s done You can trust me, One-two-three, one-two-three But we’ve just begun Now dance through my doorway like some private matinee I’ve got some orders that I’d like to disobey Our voices soaked in cigarettes and cabernet I’ve got some baggage that I like to hide away See my left eye Then the other one Tell me just what we’ve begun With wine and whiskey, A nominee wannabe Who’s not fooling anyone Now dance through my doorway like some private matinee I’ve got some orders that I’d like to disobey Our voices soaked in cigarettes and cabernet I’ve got some baggage that I like to hide away Move your back foot Then the other one Twirl until I am undone Count it with me One-two-three, one-two-three Play our song for everyone Now dance through my doorway like some private matinee I’ve got some orders that I’d like to disobey Our voices soaked in cigarettes and cabernet I’ve got some baggage that I like to hide away Why won’t you call me back, afraid I’ll disagree With all of your idiotic choreography? I’ll take the afternoon; I’ll plant your Judas tree You come whenever you think I should be set free
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Not a Single Soul 03:36
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I lost her way across the mountain She found her way across the sea I lost, but really, who’s been counting? Oh, not a single soul but me Not a single soul but me Could fall for every scheme And lie that’s ever told Not a single soul but me Would buy up every con And scam that’s ever sold Not a single soul but me Not a single soul but me I’ll wait for her upon the mountain I’ll build my home out of debris Is anyone else out there waiting? No, not a single soul but me Not a single soul but me Would wait on empty words And long-forgotten vows Not a single soul but me Could brook no guarantee And be waiting anyhow Not a single soul but me Not a single soul but me My story’s here for the recounting With not a detail there for free I left my home up in the mountain With not a single soul but me Not a single soul but me Has stayed through everything And never gone away Not a single soul but me Has kept their promises And met me their halfway Not a single soul but me Not a single soul but me
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For a Thief Who Couldn't Find a Payout 06:18
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Do I look just a bit Like the things you don’t want to remember? Printing out counterfeit In your room without me all November I gave all that I owe But I still feel like I am indebted Isn’t it apropos How we lived for what we’ve since regretted? We set it up And watched it fall We stood for nothing But I’m standing tall So do your worst But look your best Drunk on emotion And barely dressed Let’s go all the way back down Let’s go all the way back down Now I see, now I know You were in disguise, but had no way out Feel that strong undertow For a thief who couldn’t find a payout Now do you understand? I was always just a fucking scapegoat Holding your contraband Like a child inside a den of cutthroats We set it up And watched it fall We stood for nothing But I’m standing tall So do your worst But look your best Drunk on emotion And barely dressed Let’s go all the way back down Let’s go all the way back down Let’s hold on until we drown Let’s go all the way back down You’re a mastermind, you’re a wannabe You’re a Jesus billboard in Tennessee You’re a cardboard cutout of all the things You pretend to be, you are nobody You’re a tightrope walk rich in alcohol You’re a barrel over a Niagara Falls You’re a leap of faith on a darkened cliff You want to make me fall Oh, but that’s all right Let’s go all the way back down Let’s go all the way back down Let’s hold on until we drown Let’s go all the way back down
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Gethsemane Blues 03:50
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I've got your hand in my hand, But I’m slippin' away We got as far as we could From the smell of decay I've got a few nagging feelings That I want to convey And I’ll come through Drive as fast as you can We don’t need to look back We’ve got our lives in the trunk We’ve got everything packed Who cares if one small family Photo is cracked? I will come through So keep a close, close watch On the crack in your door Not the last place you’d look But the first you’d ignore They will never rest No, I’m preparing for war They can hit me hard But I will settle the score Settle the score Settle the score I've got your hand in my hand But the bottle is dry I’ve got a few nagging thoughts That I’ve gotta let fly If you give me one second Before the both of us die I will come through So make your peace with your man Cause there’s nobody now We made a plan, took a shot And ‘til death was our vow So watch your step, watch your back I don’t think you know how I will come through So keep a close, close watch On the crack in your door Not the last place you’d look But the first you’d ignore They will never rest No, I’m preparing for war They can hit me hard But I will settle the score Settle the score Settle the score I've got your hand in my hand, But I’m slippin' away I’m the last fucking person That you want to betray So keep a chain on your door But I promise someday I will come through Cause I’ve got plans on my mind I’ve been nursing this bruise I’ve got a bad, bad case Of Gethsemane blues I’ve got gas in the tank I’ve got miles on these shoes, I will come through
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Atlas 05:24
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Can you keep All your lies All your lies? Hide the things You despise You despise Are you coming round the bend? Inching closer to the end Your back is strained under the weight Of all you must pretend Watching you Lose control Lose control Dig yourself A deeper hole A deeper hole Are you coming round the bend Inching closer to the end Your back is strained under the weight Of all you must pretend It all starts To fall apart To fall apart Tell the truth Of your false heart Your false heart Are you coming round the bend Inching closer to the end Your back is strained under the weight Of all you must pretend Are you coming back to me? No longer an absentee My back was strained under the weight Of all I once set free
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Move in Allegro 07:10
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Stand in my doorway And not by the road How can I repay The debts that I owe? We’re not going to Broadway But we’re not staying at home I’m tired of this child’s play I thought we had grown Stand in my bedroom And not in your own Strip off your costume And see what gets shown Outside’s a ballroom The fields are a throne Everything’s in bloom The winter’s gravestone I’d go anywhere to dance with you I’d go anywhere to dance with you I’d go anywhere to dance but your lack of advances is making me blue I’d go anywhere to dance with you Stand in my window And scare me awake Move in allegro And cure my heartache Twirl me in the meadow Throw me in the lake We can just lie low Where the waves break I’d go anywhere to dance with you I’d go anywhere to dance with you I’d go anywhere to dance but your lack of advances is making me blue I’d go anywhere to dance with you So come tend my pastures Don’t leave me alone Don’t leave me fractured Don’t leave me prone I’ll cast you in plaster I’ll carve you in stone And I’ll sit enraptured With all that we’ve grown I’d go anywhere to dance with you I’d go anywhere to dance with you I’d go anywhere to dance but your lack of advances is making me blue I’d go anywhere to dance with you
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Relapse Waltz 05:38
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I know I’m imprecise But will I suffice? Could I suffice? Will you make that sacrifice? I’m asking nice But I’m asking twice You look so lovely there With your shoulders bare And your flowing hair You’re nearly unaware That I’m ensnared That you impair me You carved your name into my back into my back into my We cloaked the room in solid black in solid black to our eyes The music swelled under your voice, under your voice when you sighed You heard me echo to rejoice to rejoice in reply You feel like poetry But reality I am nobody You’re taking hold of me You are symmetry You are LSD I’m hanging off your lips And your fingertips My hands on your hips I’m devoid of showmanship On your acid trip I am unequipped You carved your name into my back into my back into my We cloaked the room in solid black in solid black to our eyes The music swelled under your voice, under your voice when you sighed You heard me echo to rejoice to rejoice in reply You look like déjà vu And Fifth Avenue I look overdue I’m falling back to you With my hair askew You are residue You carved your name into my back into my back into my We cloaked the room in solid black in solid black to our eyes The music swelled under your voice, under your voice when you sighed You heard me echo to rejoice to rejoice in reply
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Sing it Through the Willow Trees 06:56
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Don’t tell me when you’re feeling lost Cause I will tell you that I am lost too Don’t tell me when you’re feeling blue Cause I am not the one to turn to And when you start to fall asleep Remember you made your bed to lay in Among a thousand different trees But only the weeping willows swaying They’re singing Come lay down Come rest your bones Among my roots and stones Come and sleep carefree Lay your soul with me We’ll settle under the willow tree We’ve been living day to day But we will never have nothing Every time you go away I begin to dream the worst thing That I can’t have you for my own Your wish was taken for granted You tell me you want to be alone Though I gave you a forest that I planted It’s singing Come lay down Come rest your bones Among my roots and stones Come and sleep carefree Lay your soul with me We’ll settle under the willow tree We’ll carve our names in wood Where we always stood And we will stay there for good We'll carve our names in wood Where we always stood And we will stay there for good I'll sing it through the willow trees Though I burn, and starve, and freeze I’ll be forever on my knees Asking you
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Nothing Else 09:05
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Please I’m out in the pouring rain With nothing else on my brain but you Please I’m free falling, unrestrained I don’t want to sound insane to you I’ve Been living two drinks ahead There’s nothing that works instead of you I Went back where I cried and bled With nothing else on my head but you Please Turn ‘round when I call your name I’m not looking to place the blame on you Please Give light to a dying flame I’m tired of this waiting game with you Hold me close enough to feel me break And let me hold you close enough to break you

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This is a collection of songs I wrote in late 2015, and recorded with some very good friends of mine.

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released May 11, 2016

All songs written by Aaron Schaefer
Album artwork by Ieva Cerps

Aaron Schaefer - Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, violin, percussion
Eilish Waller - Backing vocals
Eric Hickson - Bass guitar, electric guitar
Julian Palmer - Drums

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Off the Beatnik Path is a folk rock band based in Toronto, Ontario. It was started by Aaron Schaefer, who is also one half of Howl and Other Problems. Off the Beatnik Path operates with the Beatdown Artists Collective.

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