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- January - LivePerformed by: Oliver Richman
January
Was supposed to be my chance to begin again
But always seems to lead me
To a place that I’ve been again
I hate what all my New Year’s resolutions became
Watching how it stays the sameJanuary
If only you would slow down and wait for me
Perhaps it wouldn’t feel like
What I want is too late for me
How many months I’ve sung these words before
At least I have 11 more
To get it right
To follow through
To do what I set out to do
To feel the light
This song could carry
Before its reprise next
JanuaryJanuary
I don't know where I've gone
I don't know where I'm going
I don't know where I'm supposed to be
I watch the world move
I watch my friends keep growing
I wonder if they feel like meJanuary
I know I broke the promise I swore to you
I know it's dumb
To try this late to manifest more from you
I know the past refuses to believe I still can
When I'm back where I beganJanuary
Your garden’s looking lonely and dry again
But all the seeds I planted aren’t ripe for “goodbye” again
Don’t tell me that the dreams I have are too late to grow
I still have a long way to go
To get it right
To follow through
To do what I set out to do
To feel the light this song could carry
Even when it’s well past JanuaryJanuary
I don't know where I've gone
I don't know where I'm going
I don't know where I'm supposed to be
I watch the world move on
I watch my friends keep growing
I wonder if they feel like me
I wonder if they feel like me - The Ballad of Phil and PhyllisLyrics | Music: Oliver RichmanPerformed by: Oliver Richman, Grant Steller, Joy Woods
PHIL:
You can have the fame, Phyllis
I’d give up all the fame
You can have the overbearing stares
The noisy crowds
The holy shadow
And the shame, Phyllis!But don’t pretend you want this
Don’t be so naïve
I’ll say these words again and again
But by then you’re bound to leave
They always leave
Why must you leave?PHYLLIS:
Well, I guess I’m just like the restPHIL:
Why must you leave?PHYLLIS:
We can’t all live forever
I sure was never as blessedPHIL:
Nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
Nothing’s supposed to last that long
The burrows we made will eventually fade
And I’ll be left to sing the same old songBut if nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
Why am I the one who’s cursed to see
The sprout begin to spawn
Till the things I know are gone
Till everyone moves on but…Hold me, Phyllis
Hold me like an apricot
Hold me like the world is not about to wave goodbyePHYLLIS:
You watched my fur turn greyPHIL:
I don’t like “goodbye”PHYLLIS:
How many times have you had to say….PHIL:
Please don’t say…BOTH:
GoodbyePHYLLIS:
Nothing’s supposed to live forever
Nothing’s supposed to last that long
That’s what they say, Phil
It all goes away, Phil
But something deep inside me knows they’re wrongIf nothing’s supposed to live forever
I’ll give you a part of me I guarantee you’ll find
In the winters and the springs
In the song your shadow sings
Forever is the things I leave behindPHIL:
Behind?PHYLLIS:
You’ll see me in their smile
And their claws
Will make you take pause
And maybe the burrows we madePHIL: The burrows we made
PHYLLIS: Will come back to your mind
PHIL: The burrows we made will eventually fade
PHYLLIS: Back when we weren’t afraid the sun
PHIL: And I can’t persuade the sun
To let us rewindPHYLLIS: Would set and let
PHIL: Let us start over
PHYLLIS: us leave our last duet…
PHIL: Before you leave me…
BOTH: Behind
PHYLLIS: Are the ones who go ever truly gone
When you’re…BOTH: Holding on to who you leave behind
PHYLLIS: Who you leave…
PHIL: Hold me, Phyllis
PHYLLIS: Behind
PHIL: Why can’t you stay forever?
PHYLLIS:
I can see forever
Just by looking in your eyesPHIL: Dry your eyes
PHYLLIS:
That’s the thing with love…
It multiplies and multiplies and
Nothing’s supposed to live foreverPHIL: Nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
PHYLLIS: But the tighter you hold me
PHIL: The deeper you look in my eyes
BOTH: The more that can’t be true
PHYLLIS: And the sprout begins to spawn
PHIL: In the winters and the springs
PHYLLIS: And the things I know are gone
PHIL: In the song shadow sings
BOTH: Till everyone moves on but us two
Cause…PHYLLIS: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHYLLIS: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: How can I live forever
PHYLLIS: Without you
PHIL: Without you?
- BunniesLyrics | Music: Oliver RichmanPerformed by: Oliver Richman
There were bunnies that were jumping on a trampoline
And I just learned that they weren’t real
If a bot can inhabit
An unknowing rabbit
It might manufacture the way you made me feel
How do I know that the sky’s really sunny?
Sometimes it feels like your love is as real
As an unknowing bunnyThere’s a woman who was talking on my TV screen
And I just learned she doesn’t exist
Her heart was created
Her voice generated
Her soul hasn’t lived
And her lips have not been kissed
How do I know that the sky’s really sunny?
Now you can change how it looks with a wave of your hand
And a fuck ton of money
Am I just an unknowing bunny?
Am I just an unknowing bunny?Hopping along
Bouncing away
While the clouds are crying
But we cover their tears with a bright sunny day
And forget we’re lying
So, forget about pain
Forget how to try
Forget how the rain used to dance with the sky
Till you no long care how the hair of a hare used to feel
Cause your mind’s made of lead
And your heart’s made of steelThere were bunnies that were jumping on a trampoline
And I just learned that they weren’t real - Me in a YearLyrics | Music: Oliver RichmanPerformed by: Oliver Richman
He doesn’t second guess the clothes he wears
He doesn’t base his words
On faded dreams and jaded stares
He writes a new verse
With no one to please
He looks in the mirror and likes what he sees
He doesn’t seem far but he’s not nearOh
And his eyes look just like mine
And he smiles just like me
What can he see that I can’t see?Oh
Maybe it’s a little more love
Maybe it’s a little less fear
Maybe that’s me in a year
Maybe that’s me in a yearHe turns all his losses into wins
'Cause he doesn’t live his life in
Should've dones and could’ve beens
He goes for the gold
He lands on his face
He takes the next step and gets back in the race
But that doesn’t make him disappearOh
And his eyes are just like mine
And he smiles just like me
What can he see that I can’t see?
Maybe it’s a little more love
Maybe it’s a little less fear
Maybe that’s me in a yearAnd maybe it's not
Maybe it went a little different than I thought
Maybe the dreams I sought are still just dreams
When that day is finally here
But I'm a little bit closer
And it's a little more clear
And there's a little more loveAnd sometimes he can't decide
What clothes to wear
And sometimes he doesn't see
The specs of light that might be there
He writes a new verse
He shares a new song
And maybe that person was there all along
Even when I think he's nowhere nearOh, and his eyes look just like mine
And he smiles just like me
What can he see that I can't see?
Oh, maybe it's a little more love
Maybe it's a little less fear
Maybe that's me in a year
Maybe that's me in year - I Don't Remember BirthdaysLyrics: Oliver RichmanPerformed by: Oliver Richman
I don’t remember birthdays
It’s not that I don’t try
I check Facebook every morning
For a whisper of a warning
To decide if I should open my heart
Or simply cry
That I remember every day you walk away
From who we used to be
‘Cause you remember birthdays
You remember mine
But you don’t remember meI don’t remember movies
Or how the story ends
If you ask me to explain another plot,
You’ll find my brain begin to rot with—
Were they lovers?
Were they strangers?
Were they friends?Still I remember how damn real
You made me feel
What scene can I have missed?
So watch another movie
Write another ending
And forget that I existForget about all the times
We were scared together
Forget about all the dreams
That we dared together
If all the love that we shared together
Was just a charade
Then I’m still afraid thatI don’t remember birthdays
Or the song we used to sing
But it’s hard to find the comfort
In the pain as I refrain
From our refrain
To let it play, let it end, let it sting
If I could make these words rewind
I’d try to find
Some hook, some line, some clue
That you remember birthdays
You remember mine
‘Cause I remember…You
Happy Birthday to you
How many years I thought I knew you…How many candles on the cake?
How many wishes could I make for you
To take my hand and stay?But now it’s just another day
Just another movie
Just another song that rings
With all the things you’re notSo I forget
How you forgotI don’t remember birthdays
I’ve looked for many cures
But no matter how much empathy I spend
It seems my heartstrings never mend
‘Til I pretend that I don’t remember yours
So close the door and walk away
From yesterday and who we used to be
Till you remember birthdays
You remember mine
And you remember me