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If Only You Were Here - EP

by Steven Maier

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1.
take me or leave me baby take me or leave me baby i know she's going places i ain't ever been i know she's going places i ain't ever been now all i see are sidewalks and castles the memories they stand so fragile all i see are sidewalks and castles the words sit on my tongue like ashes, oh no i been thinking of the lonely times before i knew your love the calmness in your kind the sickness in my head the shiver in your voice it says, "hold on to your last breath before the fall before the fall" take me or leave me baby take me or leave me baby i know she's going places i ain't ever been i know she's going places i ain't ever been now all i see are sidewalks and castles the memories they stand so fragile all i see are sidewalks and castles the words sit on my tongue like ashes, oh no i been thinking of the lonely times before you kissed me love with your sweetest lullaby now the sickness in my head the shiver in your voice it says, "hold on to your last breath before the fall before the fall" warm me when the cold comes warm me when the cold comes warm me when the cold comes hold me when we jump love hold me when we jump love hold me when we jump love take me or leave me baby take me or leave me baby i know she's going places i ain't ever been i know she's going places i ain't ever been now all i see are sidewalks and castles the memories they stand so fragile all i see are sidewalks and castles the words sit on my tongue like ashes, oh no i been thinking of the lonely times before i knew your love the calmness in your kind the sickness in my head the shiver in your voice it says, "hold on to your last breath before the fall" we'll watch the leaves lay rest to ground before the fall we'll dread the winter coming 'round before the fall it could be ages 'till we're down before the fall i will hold you, i will hold you in my arms in my arms oh, in my arms in my arms
2.
don't fuck with my love don't fuck with my love take note i'm ruthless and rough take note i'll be looking for yeah i'll be looking for i'm so sick and tired of these words unspoken the poets and the liars and all their promises broken you know i've seen my father fall through the fire through the rain i watched him end it all so don't fuck with my love don't fuck with my love take note i'm ruthless and rough take note i'll be looking for blood yeah i'll be looking for don't set my skin on fire don't run wild with your joking time is not an option can't you see our window closing you know i've built kingdoms tall now i sense our city burning every king is bound to fall so don't fuck with my love don't fuck with my love take note i'm ruthless and rough take note i'll be looking for blood yeah i'll be looking for don't fuck with my love don't fuck with my love take note i'm ruthless and rough take note i'll be looking for yeah i'll be looking for blood
3.
come on love release it all come on love breathe your spirit tall come on love wake up i know you strong come on love it’s only shadows on these walls i was high from the fire inside your eyes oh i think i’m ‘bout to lose hold of my mind oh you weigh me down oh you weigh me down here you weigh me down i’m buried ‘neath the fear won’t you lay me down wont you lay me down here oh lay me down i’ll surrender to the tears come on love fuck your worries feel the sin come on love you’re sending shivers cross my skin come on love open your eyes and take it in come on love you can have this all again i was high from the fire inside your eyes oh i think i’m ‘bout to lose hold of my mind oh you weigh me down oh you weigh me down here you weigh me down i’m buried ‘neath the fear won’t you lay me down wont you lay me down here oh lay me down i’ll surrender to the tears drown me in your love, drown me in your love let the waters run, i can’t get enough drown me in your love, drown me in your love let the waters run, i can’t get enough i’m still high from that fire inside your eyes oh i think i’m ‘bout to lose hold of my mind if i weigh you down i won’t come back around here if i weigh you down you’ll be memory i’ll stay clear i would lay you down if you’d come back around here let me lay you down i’ll give you everything if only you were here if only you were here if only you were here if only you were here come on love release it all
4.
To The Bone 06:44
hold me in the cradle of the darkness darling hole me in the cradle of the darkness darling oh it's all out on the table pull my heart in darling it's all out on the table pull my heart in darling oh give me what you're able we can start there darling give me what you're able we can start there darling oh let it go let it take you hear our lark sing darling let it go let it take you hear our lark sing darling oh it all must end to be alone you were the glimmering ocean you smoothed my roughest stone all the beauty i can see in every falling leaf it burns, burns, you burns right through me it burns, burns, you burn right through me oh the magic in the plans you traced them out in gold how your silhouette would dance and show me where to go all the beauty i can see in every falling leaf it burns, burns, you burns right through me it burns, burns, you burn right through me won't you meet me there meet me where it all falls right meet me there meet me where the trouble never tries how you'd kiss my head when the thoughts would cause unrest i knew you were mine to hold now i can't fight the fever 'cause i lost the will to ease it oh i miss you to the bone hold me in the cradle of the darkness darling hole me in the cradle of the darkness darling oh it's all out on the table pull my heart in darling it's all out on the table pull my heart in darling oh give me what you're able we can start there darling give me what you're able we can start there darling oh let it go let it take you hear our lark sing darling let it go let it take you hear our lark sing darling oh i guess i can't let you go oh it's all been moving slow i hear the cries the mournful woes oh but i want you so oh, oh, oh, oh won't you meet me there meet me where it all falls right meet me there meet me where the trouble never tries how you'd kiss my head when the thoughts would cause unrest i knew you were mine to hold now i can't fight the fever 'cause i lost the will to ease it oh i miss you to the bone oh i miss you to i miss you to i miss you to the bone

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released April 21, 2015

Written and performed by Steven Maier

Recorded live at Electromagnetic Radiation Recorders by Doug Williams
Mastered at Old Colony Mastering Studio by Scott Craggs
Artwork by Jake Bellew

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