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Paper Boy
02:36
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suddenly/ i'm alone/ i have been sleeping by the phone/ a wave of sleep/ a wave of pain./ the ocean lies/ three hundred miles/ to the east of my nearest smile/ but you're okay/ i try to explain/
were you made of paper/ when they built you?/ were you made of stainless steel/ have you even noticed/ that i've hurt you/ or have you been programmed not to feel?/
things are about as right as left/ since you left/ a thread of love, a thread of hate/ i'd love to argue/ but you stand so tall/ and you're okay/ just okay/
and i will be writing songs about you/ for the rest of your life/ but you will reading words about you/ for the rest of your life
All lyrics by Kaia
2013
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2. |
Where Were You
03:30
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i was wondering how long till/ you rang for my forgiveness/ sure enough, you/ begged me most flippantly/ cause your rocks at my windows were/ always pieces of sand/ wedging into my wounds i/ don't think you understand/ how deep they run/
where were you/ when i sank into the blue/ you weren't there/ and i will never forget that/ where were you/ when the complications grew/ you weren't there/ and i will never forget that/
when you ask me how could i/ let you go like this/ i'll ask you/ well how did you/ you've got some explaining to do/ when you ask me how could i/ let you go like this/ i turn to you/ you could right the book on this/
forgive and forget they say/ well i met defiance/ and he's giving me what you owe/ you may have felt like home/ but your walls are far too thin/ the price is too high for the room i'm staying in
All lyrics written by Kaia
2012
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3. |
Bugs Trapped in Amber
03:03
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on my window sill is still the cheapest rose/ it used to bloom in red/ but now it's dead/ a single rose/ dead, and so it goes/ your eyes could sparkle like emerald lies/ in the right light/ but escaping from beneath a starless sheet/ i breathe and then the light goes/ or so it goes/
if there is a light that never dies/ then what is this darkness in front of my eyes/ they say when it's over/ you will know/ i sent it off/ that love is dead/ dead and so it goes/
i'm carrying your weight in every step like i'm on house arrest/ when they let me out i was homeless/ i'll just put myself back in again/ freedom is the happier sound/ but it's slow/ and so it goes/ we're all just bugs trapped in amber/
All lyrics by Kaia
2012
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4. |
Looking Out
03:08
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i'm not asking you to marry me/ i'm just asking you to be/
something more than a memory/ of things i'll never see/
is there something in your face/ that tells me i'll never replace/
yeah we're gonna fight/ and stay up all night/
when we got stuff to do in the morning/
yeah i'm gonna write/ a love song or two/
and talk about it when we do something wrong/
and i don't think i care/ if we can't hold off the rain/
cause at least we can hold each other/
at the end of the day/ i'm looking out for you, babe/ i'm looking out for you babe/
i'm not searching for the rockstar/ i need someone to make me feel that way/ and at the end of the day/ who will write a song with me/ and say "my god this is awful"/ and sing it anyway/
at the end of the day/ it's about who feels right/ like a november night/
you don't know how it can be so scary and cozy at the same time/
and the lights on the water too perfect to be real/ but you can almost feel em/
All lyrics by Kaia
2013
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5. |
Oh Calendar
03:24
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what does five hundred days mean to anyone what but me/ it's not the movies/ what does it mean to say you lent eighteen months/ and now it's three/ since you gave an honest word/ for free/ you used to write me poetry/ now all you do is try to write me off in your sleep/ and hope i'll leave you to your peace/
oh calendar, why'd you leave me here?/ watching a boy from a window/ that yesterday was clear/ oh calendar, "i'm leaving her," he said/ so let me know when your time is dead/ all your time is dead/
i was yesterday's victim/ she calls me everyday to ask for him/ but he's not on the lease/ i'd rather not repeat my speech/ it's a sickness on the line, yeah/
oh calendar, why'd you leave me here?/ watching goodnights every night pretending they were all right/ oh calendar, "i'm leaving her" he said/ so let me know when your time is dead/ all this time is dead/
it's post traumatic/ cinematic/ but every second is haunted/ he thinks i'm laughing/ but i'm the afterlife of a smile/
Oh calendar, I'm still here/ watching a boy from a window/ who doesn't care, it's clear/ oh calendar, "i'm leaving her," he said/ so let me know when your time is dead/ all this time is dead/ your time is up.
All lyrics by Kaia
2012
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6. |
Uncanny
02:56
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i know a song i can't remember/ so why am i humming along/ i can't believe it's only december/ the past must have written it wrong/
if i've been waiting all this time/ then how i do know/ the hue of your eyes?/ i know a smile when i've seen one/ i put it in verse long ago/ i think i met you in a dream darling/ i think i've known you before/ i've seen the remnants of the strangest dreams/ so how is it you're here at my door?/
i write the laziest pages/ forcing a rhyme where is none/ but a song that comes when work is done/ is sung like my name on your tongue/
if i've been waiting all this time/ then how do i know the hue of your eyes/ i know a smile when i've seen one/ i put it in verse long ago/ i think i met you in a dream darling/ i think i've known you before/ i've seen the remnants of the strangest dream/ so how's it you're here at my door?/ i fear you'll say i can't stay anymore/ but here we kissed at my door.
i know a smile when i've seen one/ and yours puts the rest all to shame/ and if it's true/ it's up to you/ but i won't quit anytime soon/ chorus
All lyrics written by Kaia
2013
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7. |
Miss Madison
02:57
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Miss Madison,
is it too late to change?I'm sorry that I let you go
Please don't make me stay
I'm trying to rewrite this song
so it sounds like nothing's wrong
Ever since I left the great lakes
I just can't seem to break another heart
It was a Sunday at the park
so why did everything seem so dark?The city was too bright
Maybe you were right
But I wanna learn blindness from the light
Miss Madison
You know I think you're beautiful
And I don't wanna be
Alone
I'm so alone in this city
All lyrics by Kaia
2011
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8. |
Terminal
02:50
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If you stare at your answer long enough
You start to think you're wrong
I'm starting to think that this is a song
that I should quit writing but I
kinda wanna be wrong
This is not about your history
This is not about my misery
I don't believe in love
I just believe in you
You are an empty terminal
And my destination's truth
Some day I, I will see through you
Making deals with an empty space
Something I called my saving grace
One day I will stop
Striking comparisons like a match
against my heart
Do you believe what you're saying?
All lyrics by Kaia
2013
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9. |
Summer's End
03:06
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Wondering where we go
Fortified by the snow
Petrified by the glow
of sunset
Grabbing the longest reed
Slipping by on our boat
Current is heading south
Let the paddles go
Oh, this is the summer's end
Oh, this is the summer's end
Withering, wavering, waiting
Every year is the same
Oh, this is the summer's end
Making worth of sounds, oh
Of cricket's birth and the owl
who sees what we don't
Concrete life, concrete lies,
not all live, everything dies
I hope to see another sunrise
Beautiful eyes are watching
tending a harvest of time
if you are asking for clarity
you cannot know sun without rain
All lyrics by Kaia
2013
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10. |
Constellations
03:30
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There's not enough time/ and too many wrong words to say/ the consequence and concept/ of the universe at play/ one star on the other side of the sky/ is reading your thoughts/ and sends a reply/ a never ending hour/ an always ending future/ a little piece of forever/ a little peace kept forever/
never waiting, always changing/ we are stargazing at the universe/ collapsing and expanding/ have you, have you ever seen the universe/ for what it's worth
i've thoughts and wishes/ locked in a room/ across the atlantic/ i'd waste one with you/ it's leaving me breathless/ and reckless with pain/ it's leading us forward/ with strength in your veins
/i'll meet you there/ okay?
All lyrics written by Kaia, 2013
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11. |
Lullabies Not Goodbyes
02:19
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my darling/ we don't have to say it/ we don't have to say goodbye/ my darling/ what are you doing/ i know you're scared/ but so am i/
I love it when you smile/ I wish you would do it more often/ I love to hear you say/ that life is going okay/ I love you/ and i just want you to love life too/
Believe me when I say/
I'm just here to make life okay/
Please tell me I can bring some sunshine to your day/
If I could see you smile, i'd be the happiest girl/
i want you to believe/ that all is right in the world/
i love you/ and i just want you to love life too/
I love it when you smile/i wish you would do it more often /
i love to hear you say/ that life is going okay/
i love you/ and i just want you to love life too
All lyrics written by Kaia
2010
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kaia Madison, Wisconsin
kaia is a solo singer-songwriter who uses complex piano riffs, raw vocals and poetic lyrics filled with honesty and wordplay. painted with playful rhythms and haunting melodies, she indulges in the full spectrum of emotion, exploring the experience of growing up, falling in and out of love, the nuances of life and how they add up to the most significant changes. ... more
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