Rooftop Silhouettes

by Josh Preston

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released 29 April 2007
© 2007 Me and the Machine Records
Published by Me and the Machine Music (BMI)

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Track Name: See Them Fall
There’s far to much speed in this city
There’s far to much noise on the street
The thickness of air and the coldness of stares
Can knock you right off of your feet

Thankful you’ve still got some youth here
Thankful you know who you are
And where you come from seems simple and dumb
But sanity seems too close to god

Filling the room with a presence
Filling the room with a name
When everyone’s full they get up to go
Probably won’t come back again

All of the lights have been left off
All the souls stumble around
Without anyone, a daughter, a son
Clinging to uncommon ground

See them fall
Off of the ledge where you left them
See them fall
Down to the ground and pray
See them fall
Out of the sky above you
See them fall
You better get out of the way

Fueled by your own inhibitions
Fueled by whatever you find
Life’s little pill, never taken at will
You always need someone to make up your mind

Seek out the people that need you
Seek out only those who agree
With the bridges you burned and the tables you turned
360 degrees
Track Name: Rise and Fall of Love
I see thoughts of Paris behind your eyes
It rains there each time you cry
Could we make it if we swim all night?
We’ll never really know until we try

So read to me your favorite line
Soft and slow you take your time
Comfort me in dirty sheets
Material elegance feels so unrefined

And if you were to feel these words
Like a rain from above
We’re not here to contemplate
The rise and fall of love

I see rooftop silhouettes when your dress comes off
A gentle snow grays out the hint of spring
The window sill sits still and patiently waits
Wondering what the summertime will bring

And if you were to feel these words
Like a rain from above
We’re not here to contemplate
The rise and fall of love

Bad little waterfalls sweep us away
Through the open window we can hear them leave
So goodnight to you and all of your words
Small towns never know how to say what they mean

And if you were to feel these words
Like a rain from above
We’re not here to contemplate
The rise and fall of love
Track Name: I Don't Want To Be Your Reminder
I don’t want to be your reminder
I don’t want to serve as an object of regret
Imagining the taillights getting tinier
License plate reflections bounce off a road that’s getting wet

I don’t want to be your keepsake
Tucked away in boxes next to your forgotten things
Silhouetting sunsets creep into broken little rooms
Tattered books on shelving space that you probably could use

I don’t want to be a memento
Awakened by a picture of a city where we lived
When every month brought bills in different colors
We gave ourselves each other when there was nothing else to give

I don’t want to be a burden
I think that I have said my peace now I should probably go
A note that says I’m leaving beside unanswered telephones
But you didn’t need a note to signify that you’re alone
Track Name: Harm
Relax
Don’t look back
It will all be over soon

Is it clear
Where the fear
Resides in you

Wonderment
Combined with accidents
Makes the pieces fit
In your tattered heart

Turn away
When it breaks
It will only cause you harm.

Everyday
The same mistake
They will only cause you harm.

In the light
Close your eyes
Emptiness can leave you blind

All this time
Spent wondering why
But what is left to leave behind
Track Name: Brooklyn
The rain soaks through to skin
The cars swim by while you’re waiting for the line of them to end
And the blocks stretch on for miles
You’ve already seen a million faces but not one of them could smile

Keep waiting for the train
This platform has more excuses than a man who’s gone insane
This cross-town could be your end
Motionless, you breathe and it’s not yet 8am

Brooklyn
You’re not alone

The bricks fall off like snow
A place were someone spent their life makes way for her to grow
The skyline is burning up
The promises past these dirty banks seem to have all but given up

All the lights seem far away
Fireworks exploding make you forget what you had to say
And at once the world is still
Hushing sirens rushing past cut through another morning chill

Brooklyn
You’re not alone
Track Name: Blackest Butterfly
If the words I’ve spoken tore you apart
I would speak them backwards but where would we start
Again
Again

If holding on to something gives you control
Just squeeze a little harder and don’t let it go
Again
Again

And when you spread your wings
And the feeling the freedom brings
Gently you whisper goodbye
You’re the Blackest Butterfly

Every hole I puncture lets in the air
The light that pierces through them forces the glare
Again
Again

This constant struggle, a reason for sleep
A stark realization, I know I can’t keep you
Again
Again

And when the world is still
The bottom of a hill
Gently you whisper goodbye
You’re the Blackest Butterfly
Track Name: Quiet Yesterday
While your memory cascades down the hillside
I’m at the bottom with nothing left at all
Every piece of you is just out of my view
Leaves only shadows propped up against the wall

If I had to pick out just one season
I’d try to find the one that’s mostly rain
Cause I guess you never know how much we need to grow
Until the winter comes and it’s too late

Everyone knows that one day the show will close
And the lights will feel just as far away
When the time comes and all of this is done
Will they remember the meaning of the play
Or will it all just slip into a quiet yesterday

Every time that I would wake before you
I’d keep the curtains closed and try let you sleep
To shield out every ray still haunts me to this day
Now I stumble through these clouds of disbelief
Track Name: Evidence
The lines that spell out our story
Look like a rusted barbed wire fence
Couldn’t explain what we felt
So we burned the evidence

On the way back to your house
I thought I felt it rain
Sometimes it’s so hard to tell
If it’s worth starting over again

Make the mark a little higher on the wall
So no one can wash it down
Whisper the number of seconds until we fall
And end up crashing to the ground

Expressionless and deviant
Like empty little souls
Silence lingers heavy
And it’s drowning out the noise

Cracks in all the windows
Where they never should have been
We never found the strength to change
So why are we doing this again?
Track Name: Shooting At My Feet
I’m shooting at my feet
I’m catching this moment like a bullet between my teeth
I’ve forgotten what I knew
I’ve given in to all the things I can’t undo

But time will heal the parts that I can not
Blurry like a streetlight on a empty parking lot

I’m talking to myself
I’m justifying nothing if I told you how I felt
I’ve decided nothings fair
I’ve fought for every inch of this even though nothing was there

Everyone else will leave me when you go
You got the message to the bottle but you lost the strength to throw

Turn off the light
The time has come to go
Turn off the light
We need some time to grow
Track Name: August 1942
I went down in the fourth round
When I hit it felt like sleep
And in my dream the crowd was singing
About finding a girl to keep

The hour said it was the last time
To never miss another chance
So I stepped into a cold night
And changed all my plans

I was one of the last to be unloaded
So we kissed without names
And all the flash bulbs were dancing
The world was our parade

When all the bottles were empty
And everyone went home
I could still hear the music
And I tried to sing along