Double Blind (Hindsight)
Copyright Philip Radiotes.
Tracks 1, 8 additional vocals by Eva Hendricks
Track 5 additional vocals by John Paul Labno & Ryan Fagman
Saxophone on tracks 5, 6 by John Paul Labno
Violin on tracks 8,9 by Tim Barrus; Trumpet on Track 9 by Bryan Walters.
As You Like It [lyrics][hide]
Return To Form [lyrics][hide]
Coming Clean [lyrics][hide]
Moving Target [lyrics][hide]
Low On The Totem Pole [lyrics][hide]
The Salute [lyrics][hide]
Double Lives [lyrics][hide]
I’ll Sleep On The Plane [lyrics][hide]
State Flower [lyrics][hide]
AS YOU LIKE IT
male:
as you like it
so will it be
your wants and wishes
will always come first to me
as you like it
for no return
all i invest in you
is my only reward
female:
as you like it
such is my plan
rappin’ on your door
champagne bottle in my hand
as you like it
for you alone
secret rhythms and words
only we can decode
CHORUS:
M: the grasp of a hand
F: as you like it
M: as you like it
F: the sugar in your tea
M: the one step ahead
F: as you like it
M: the time
F: the place
M: the passing of our days
M & F: all as you want it to be
male:
as you like it
i’ve mapped it
i’ll kiss you on your upper west side
arm around your midtown
female:
as you like it
full of surprise
love is mischief in motion
never appears the same twice
CHORUS:
F: the morning alarm
M: as you like it
F: as you like it
M: the dimming of the light
F: the thought you confide
M: as you like it
F: the pledge
M: the lie,
F: the winking of an eye
M: the hunch,
F: the ear,
M: the word you need to hear
F: the split,
M: the treat
F: the neverending deed
M & F: all as you would do it for me
RETURN TO FORM
when i see my face in old picture frames
smilin’ goofin’ jokin’, eyes so bold and open
all of them first times rush back into mind
always jumping headfirst, where there was adventure to find
always jumping headfirst, never any guesswork
now to take a breath feels deliberate
without realizing, all routines and timing
what i swallow up, for an opinion
seems to be the part of me, i will soon be chasing after
why waste more time
whiting out all my life
why waste more time
why hadn’t it occurred to me that nothing was wrong
why hadn’t it occurred to me it all is worth saving
why hadn’t it occurred to me that nothing was wrong
while all the while nothing needed changing
well i better grow up
all over again
return to form
this marks an end
and a vow to never stray again
now that i’m out on my own
only the strength of my heart feels like home
make me wanna blurt out all my secrets, sell off all i own
there’s never less and never more, I am my return to form
i’ve been waiting for a year what’s a couple
minutes more gonna hurt when you’ve found my door
i’m still willing to believe but your story’s
dragging dirt from outside on my nice clean floor
i’ve been through my own complete role reversal
pick a fight, snatch a purse, sneaking on all fours
i’m just looking for the piece of a puzzle that will
finish the part that connects with yours
scared of the way that we speak
longwindedly
while telling nothing
works of a relevant name
cribbed for your sake
still sound right
but if you’re saying what you mean
there’s no need to come clean
all of this is new to me, my attache’s reading
books on it now, she can not calm down
i caught word i am to be celebrated as the man of the
hour, has my time run out?
sail to the caribbean
with a loved one
paying your way
delay what I’m aching to hear
ring in my ear
one more time
but if you’re saying what you mean
there’s no need to come clean
stars shooting over the sky
on clouded nights
won’t catch the eye
love masquerading as your
private chauffeur
through my life
but if you’re saying what you mean
there’s no need to come clean
MOVING TARGET
a decision has been made
and how was i to know
the way it would effect my own?
a simple act divided us
and all along without a hunch
and how was i to know
it all could happen under my nose?
i pushed you into holding on
hiding from your own regard
it’s hard to say no
but where do we go
we only aim for one goal
moving target
i have to have it right on the mark
i end up taking shots in the dark
you always get away
by the simplest lie
ever told
i have walked into a trap
and how could it work out
the dawn would fall into your lap?
nicely done.
i pushed you into holding on
hiding from your own regard
it’s hard to say no
but where do we go
we only aim for one goal
i pushed you but i know what it meant
the whole thing has to come to an end
i tell myself the closer i get
that something’s going wrong
and i’ll be shooting blindly all over
shooting at a loss what for
moving target
i have to have it right on the mark
it played out like a shot in the dark
i should’ve let it go
when you’re on your own
it’s hard to say no
LOW ON THE TOTEM POLE
low low low on the totem pole
well i’m low low low on the totem pole
can’t seem to get ahead to save my soul
I get stepped on here and brushed off there
i speak my piece no has to care
cause im low low low on the totem pole
low low low on the totem pole
well im low low low on the totem pole
nobody looks up when i say hello
gotta answer to someone if i wanna move
and i’m last to hear when they approve
cause im low low low on the totem pole
i know you been here before
when yr just not connecting…
can’t even give orders to a waiter…
frustrated…
underappreciated…
and low
low low low on the totem pole
well im low low low on the totem pole
slim pickins and scraps are all i own
i got sense and creativity
but no one will take me seriously
i’m low low low on the totem pole
THE SALUTE
rush her to the alter
lit up like a sparkler
give your only daughter away
tip of the hat pal, i know its
no small price to pay
moved her in with me
left all of her kiddies
it’s sacred just to find her near
i’m alright as long as i get ahead
in an election year
in and out of it fast
cause everything lasts
and nothing’s gone
finish this up before starting the next one
hide your morning news
standing there in full salute
long time ago her folks were told
that they had to seperate
but we’re found an offices on the corner
of Church and State
21 guns and a judge’s son
never made a decision
tap her on the old behind
for a job well done
pull out of foreign land
put it in your hand
if there’s one free
piss on something, mark your territory
hide your morning news
scratch the itch that you can’t lose
you got us all staring right at you
standing there in full salute
hide your morning news
stack the chips that you can lose
you got time walking right past you
one handed two handed
standing in a full salute
DOUBLE LIVES
there you step, one foot on the ground
one foot reaching for a ship that calls
you closed shop, locked up and left,
pulled your workbench light once and for all
why light a candle? as an homage it isn’t right
i’d rather follow you farther into the night
i used to round every corner off
like there was time left to learn the unknown
and now we both lead double lives alone
all you made took on your shape
in your debt we are that this was taught
that shape will be in all i create
flowing through my hands without a thought
and looking back now, i never thought i did as i should
and looking forward, it’s hard for me to think that i could
but i am blind to it either way,
somehow i find a fork in every road
and now we both lead double lives alone
i walked up that lowell street hill
to see your vessel head for the skyline’s reach
one life, you left in our care
the other welcomed in across the sea
me and you always knew that the day was gonna come
like a dark cloud, it hung over us
now the eve has arrived, but it doesn’t have to end
for when it does, i’m leaving with it
leaving yes, in body but never in heart
bright and early i am set to depart
but we still have all of tonight to stretch,
hold close and savor every inch
in the middle of the night, when the world’s all ours
every word is so more meaningful
and then when the great getting up morning comes
farewell, my love
all night long i’m gonna keep you awake
i’ll sleep on the plane
i don’t wanna have to spend a minute without you
little by little the sun will break
we can lose tomorrow for the sake of keeping today
all night long we’re gonna stay awake
i’ll sleep on the plane
a good night’s slumber, i’ve mastered the art
and at my craft, i’d loyally start
but tonight, my calling i vow to forsake
for the greater good of staying awake
cause our time together is better than sleep
if there wasn’t a chance you’d be in my dreams
like a knight i’d forever fight dozing off
and let the bags under my eyes pile up
as the golden dawn comes back into sight
we’ll celebrate conquering the night
and when i finally take my seat on the flight
in a second i’ll be out like a light
STATE FLOWER
daylight as the centigrade rose
you hide from no one
the morning dew is soon kissed away
by facing the sun
forget me not for I have been gone
tho roots kept you here
a garland of thoughts has never been far
I salute my state flower
you can represent the dream
the beliefs and all the lore
you can represent the things
that I stand for
every single thing
that I stand for
and so i picked you out
as my state flower
traveled all the world over
to back to where you are
you are only native
to the heartland
you’re only native
to the heartland
if you grew into anyone else
against tradition
hibiscus blue and poppy of gold
need no permission
but the soft pedals
and the smell I recall
as your natural definition
you hold your ground and bloom in my heart
I salute my state flower
you can represent the dream
the beliefs and all the lore
you can represent the things
that I stand for
just by being who you are
and so i picked you out
as my state flower
traveled all the world over
and back to
where you were
you are only native
to the heartland
you’re only native
to the heartland
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