WHAT YOU LOVE WILL BREAK YOUR HEART
Words & Music by Ben Glover/Amy Speace
You know how it'll end before it starts
The morning sun surrenders to the dark
The darkness holds the night then burns away
To another day
You think you're in control of what you feel
All she gives is more than anything that you can dream
You lean into the beauty of the fall
Don't feel the shift at all
She'll make you whole
She'll tear you apart
What you love will break your heart
You tattoed the word truth under your skin
A reminder for you not to make the same mistake again
But she's a fire nothing can contain
Burning through your veins
She'll make you whole
She'll tear you apart
What you love will break your heart
What you love will break your heart
It's the famine, it's the feast
It knocks you of your feet
It brings you to your knees
It's the nature of the beast
She'll make you whole
She'll tear you apart
What you love will break your heart
What you love will break your heart
©&℗ 2018 Ben Glover Music, Administered by Proper Music Publishing (PRS)/Amy Speace Music (ASCAP)
A WOUND THAT SEEKS THE ARROW
Words & Music by Ben Glover/Angel Snow
I don't have to justify
The fire falling from my sky
Don't need to give you reasons
For what I do and who I am
You'll choose not to understand
I'm jumping off this carousel
I won't let you, I won't let you in
I won't let you, I won't let you in
There's a wound that seeks the arrow
There's a monster in the shadow
There’s an echoing of doubt in my ear
All these things are coming true
When I open up that door to you
I don't have to justify
I won't let you, I won't let you in
I won't let you, I won't let you in
I won't let you, I won't let you in
I won't let you, I won't let you in
©&℗ 2018 Ben Glover Music, Administered by Proper Music Publishing (PRS)/Emmett Till Publishing (ASCAP)
NORTHERN STARS
Words & Music by Ben Glover/Stephen Scullion/Matt McGinn
Oh the way gets lost sometimes
When I'm running blind
Into a distant sun
Rivers bend and disappear
I'm a stranger here
But not the only one
Want to lay my head on a silver bed of northern stars, northern stars
Want to lay my head on a silver bed of northern stars, northern stars
All I am is what I've done
So I'll find someone
And make up for lost time
Through the tears there's always tracks
And I'll be coming back
So fall in behind
Want to lay my head on a silver bed of northern stars, northern stars
Want to lay my head on a silver bed of northern stars, northern stars
Leave the light on I’m coming home
I won’t be long, save it for me
No more fighting my straying’s done
I’m staying
Want to lay my head on a silver bed of northern stars, northern stars
Want to lay my head on a silver bed of northern stars, northern stars
Want to lay my head on a silver bed of northern stars, northern stars
Want to lay my head on a silver bed of northern stars, northern stars
©&℗ 2018 Ben Glover Music, Administered by Proper Music Publishing (PRS)/Stephen Scullion (PRS)/Matt McGinn Music Publishing (PRS)
CATBIRD SEAT
Words & Music by Ben Glover/Mary Gauthier
A hooker on the steps of Trinity Church, high heels pacing in the sun
Sweat on her lip, swagger in her hip, eyes the color of a gun
Sitting on a bench, cash in his pocket, waiting as the church bells chime
Crows scatter and scream, he makes the sign of the cross then checks his wrist for the time
Little red purse, a bible verse
Sirens on a one-way street
Written in blood in river mud
Killer in the catbird seat, there’s a killer in the catbird seat
Tarmac kisses a long embrace a real short walk and she was gone
He replays the scene in his sandstorm dreams, burning in his soul till the dawn
Young lovers slip into a tattoo shop as the stars come alive the sky
He almost had him a family, he almost had him a wife
Little red purse, a bible verse
Sirens on a one-way street
Written in blood in river mud
Killer in the catbird seat, there’s a killer in the catbird seat
Soot swirls silent in the streetlight, night throws a blanket on the day
River rats run through the rotting trash, where the body in the high heels lay
Wind rips leaves from the cottonwood trees, razor wire glistens on the ledge
Moonlight falls on the water his shadow rises on the bridge
Little red purse, a bible verse
Sirens on a one-way street
Written in blood in the river mud
Killer in the catbird seat
There's a killer in the catbird seat
©&℗ 2018 Ben Glover Music, Administered by Proper Music Publishing (PRS)/Mary Gauthier Songs (ASCAP)
DANCING WITH THE BEAST
Words & Music by Ben Glover/Gretchen Peters
He only comes around when he pleases
He only comes around when I'm alone
He don't like my friends or my family
He don't like me talking on the phone
It isn't that he doesn't care about me
If anything it's that he cares too much
It's only that he wants the best for me
It’s only that I don’t try hard enough
He takes me in his arms like a lover
He hears my confession like a priest
He whispers in my ear in the darkness
I'm dancing with the beast
I'm dancing with the beast
We circle round the room together
Seal this devil’s bargain with a kiss
One by one the lights go out inside me
And I'm falling into the abyss
He takes me in his arms like a lover
And he hears my confession like a priest
He whispers in my ear in the darkness
I'm dancing with the beast
I'm dancing with the beast
©&℗ 2018 Ben Glover Music, Administered by Proper Music Publishing (PRS)/Circus Girl Music,Administered by Carnival Music (ASCAP)
KINDNESS
Words & Music by Ben Glover
May you know goodness
May you know peace
May you know contentment
May you be at ease
May the road before you
Be soft beneath your feet
More than all
May this be true
May you know kindness
May kindness know you
May you be without anger
May you be without hate
May you be without jealousy
May you be without shame
If the world gets lost in sadness
May you find a prayer of hope
More than all
May this be true
May you know kindness
May kindness know you
Even the beauty
Even the pain
Will rise up
And fall away
May you be with loved ones
Who hear and see what you feel
May those you trust
Be honest and real
May your feet follow
Where your heart dares to go
More than all
May this be true
May you know kindness
May kindness know you
©&℗ 2018 Ben Glover Music, Administered by Proper Music Publishing (PRS)
RIDE THE RIVER
Words & Music by Ben Glover/Kim Richey
Leave the clock unwound
Let the fire burn down
Write our name in ashes
Then leave without a sound
We could go tonight
Stop somewhere first light
In time to see the morning star
Fade into the eastern sky
I'll follow you all of the way
Down to the banks if you say
We'll ride the river
Together for all of our days
Let the waters rise
Cut our loses, cut our ties
No regrets, no second guesses
No time to waste on long goodbyes
I'll follow you all of the way
Down to the banks if you say
We'll ride the river
Together for all of our days
Far away from where we started
Far away from broken hearted
Past the point of somewhere far away
I'll follow you all of the way
Down to the banks if you say
We'll ride the river
Together for all of our days
©&℗ 2018 Ben Glover Music, Administered by Proper Music Publishing (PRS)/Acamar Music, Administered by Words and Music (BMI)
SONG FOR THE FIGHTING
Words & Music by Ben Glover/Neilson Hubbard
This restless world, a beautiful sword
Stars striking a dissonant chord
We walk on broken glass down a razored path
No one believes they can turn back
How much longer can this fight last?
How much stronger can I be than that?
How much longer can this fight last?
Where does it go when it is gone
The stuff we held, carried so long?
You answered the bell clenching your fist
In all those years did you ever miss?
How much longer can this fight last?
How much stronger can I be than that?
How much longer can this fight last?
How much stronger can I be than that?
Tell me what it is you believe in
Tell me what it is you believe in
Tell me what it is you believe in
Tell me what it is you believe in
How much longer can this fight last?
Tell me what it is you believe in
How much stronger can I be than that?
Tell me what it is you believe in
How much longer can this fight last?
Tell me what it is you believe in
How much stronger can I be than that?
Tell me what it is you believe in
©&℗ 2018 Ben Glover Music, Administered by Proper Music Publishing (PRS)/Plastic Bird Music,Administered by Words and Music (BMI)
SHOREBOUND
Words & Music by Ben Glover
When I get weary like a shore bound sailor
When the world throws me cold against the wire
She is the open arms of the harbour
She is the warmth of the home hearth fire
Some nights get heavy like the thunder on the water
I pull her in close, pull her in safe
No need for words or explaining
Just a knowing that between us everything is going be ok
Just a knowing that between us everything is going be ok
Just a knowing that between us everything is going be ok
Just a knowing that between us everything is going be ok
©&℗ 2018 Ben Glover Music, Administered by Proper Music Publishing (PRS)
WILDFIRE
Words & Music by Ben Glover/Ricky Ross/Gregor Philp/Neilson Hubbard
Alone on an evening
Nothing to hold me
So come home early
Tell me you want me
I hear your car wheels
I smell you smoking
I see the handle
I feel it turning
We're going to rage, we’re going to burn
We're going to spread like wildfire
We're going to rage, we’re going to burn
We're going to spread like wildfire
For all that we're breaking
For all that we're crying
For all that we're tearing
It's worth it darling
I swear that it kills me
But something thrills me
I wake up tomorrow and do it again
We're going to rage, we’re going to burn
We're going to spread like wildfire
We're going to rage, we’re going to burn
We're going to spread like wildfire
Deep in the night time
Your heart beating
Rain on the window
Constant breathing
I hold you closer
I hold you tighter
Til it's over
Til it's brighter
We're going to rage, we’re going to burn
We're going to spread like wildfire
We're going to rage, we’re going to burn
We're going to spread like wildfire
©&℗ 2018 Ben Glover Music, Administered by Proper Music Publishing (PRS)/Wixen Music Publishing Inc/Wixen Music Publishing Inc/Plastic Bird Music,Administered by Words and Music (BMI)
MY SHIPWRECKED FRIEND
Words & Music by Ben Glover/Anthony Toner
Lonesome star in the west set your course
There's a song in the wind fill your sails
Unchartered waters in mist and the kiss of the moon
Into the darkness too soon
I'm high and dry for the first time in years
Tasting the salt in these tears
Just the driftwood and me but the sea doesn't care
I hear your voice everywhere
Let the mighty ocean roar
Let it bring us all ashore
We will meet again
My shipwrecked friend
Are you happy to be gone for good?
Would you ever turn back if you could?
Does it all fade to blue like a sailors tattoo?
Or does it shine down forever on you?
Let the mighty ocean roar
Let it bring us all ashore
We will meet again
My shipwrecked friend
Can you hear the seagulls cry?
Can you hear them cry?
Let the mighty ocean roar
Let it bring us all ashore
We will meet again
My shipwrecked friend
©&℗ 2018 Ben Glover Music, Administered by Proper Music Publishing (PRS)/Anthony Toner (PRS)
KEEPER OF MY HEART
Words & Music by Ben Glover/Robert Vincent
I came here with nothing, I’ll leave with even less
The only thing that matters is what I know right now
Of all the things I found to be true
Of all the things I found it's you
The keeper of my heart
The stillness of my soul
The flesh around my bones
The earth, the dirt, the stone
The keeper of my heart
Where the waves meet the ocean, where the mountains meet the land
Where we are together is where we are apart
Of all the things I found to be true
Of all the things I found it's you
The keeper of my heart
The stillness of my soul
The flesh around my bones
The earth, the dirt, the stone
The keeper of my heart
The keeper of my heart
The stillness of my soul
The flesh around my bones
The earth, the dirt, the stone
The keeper of my heart
The earth, the dirt, the stone
The keeper of my heart
©&℗ 2018 Ben Glover Music, Administered by Proper Music Publishing (PRS)/Robert Vincent (PRS)
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