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Who We Are When We're Standing

by Katie Buchanan

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1.
Oh Lord 03:13
Lord I know I have always known I have never been light on my feet 'Cause I make tracks and I say I'm coming back When all I ever plan to do is leave I just hit the road, broken heart in tow And I will keep, keep her right on my sleeve So I will always know how far I have to go Until my words can do my work for me Lord I know I have always known I have never been easy to beat 'Cause I hit hard and I don't care if I scar And I'd sooner die than dare admit defeat
2.
Floating 03:50
You were floating, so devoted Keeping your feet from the ground It's easy to fly when you're not afraid to drown And I was holding, desperate knowing My voice was only so loud I was holding, I was holding out But how could I know No you don't make it easy to come around And all you ignore It's gonna wash ashore 'til there's a whole new beach in this town So can you hear me now? You were like some double edged knife It's a wonder you ever got ground It's easy to fly when no hand'll hold you down Can we call it again, can we let it end I've been waiting for anything else I've been waiting, I've been waiting out But how could I know No you don't make it easy to come around And all you ignore It's gonna wash ashore 'til there's a whole new beach in this town So can you hear me now?
3.
I am not a martyr in my mind If anything I am more a monster all the time But I believe we are who we are Who we let ourselves be So I am not a fighter all the time No I have seen how rage and anger rot away a spine And I believe we are who we are When we're standing So stand with me I can't be everything you need But maybe I could be a piece If you could just stand with me I'm not angry anymore If anything I have been a victim of the cure But I believe we are who we are when we're trying When we're trying So try with me I can't be everything you need But maybe I could be a piece If you could try with me
4.
I think I've been here before Tuning fights in the war The armies I could lead but I got nothing up my sleeve anymore Not anymore So I could lean on my gun Or heed the order to run But I'm looking at my feet planted firmly underneath And I think that the battle is done So I'm taking chances like I've never tried And I'm making plans well after tonight And my final stand has forfeited the fight There's not a doubt in my mind Go out and gather your dead And I might crawl out of my head But honor always seems like a badge that you don't need Once you see all the damage it left Chorus If you take all you can stand all you can stand All you can hold in your hand It'll break as fast as it can as fast as it can Over and over again
5.
I was born six feet tall weighing in in promises I was born six feet tall an iron tower of self defense And I love me a rule or two I love knowing what to do But I don't know about you You could make a mess of me and I'm not sure that I'd mind You could make a mess of me and I'd still think you worth the time And even knowing all I do, well I don't think I'd want you new No time grew us beautiful fools Don't you call this the start We were just in the dark Busy growing our hearts No we were not who we are Don't you call this the start Not don't you call this the start We were not who we are
6.
Offer me what you can Be it a heart or hand Time is a violence I understand But time isn't what we need Time passes easily Time is not a plan Just leave me a line or two Anything true will do Love is a tactic you don't have to use And devotion is all a show And forgiveness a heavy tow And I got some baggage I could stand to lose How 'bout you? Now I'm getting good and brave But Lord who can tell these days What good is armor when you're already safe And I always know my place No rules are not made to break Yea I got my honor, I got my honor I got my name
7.
I Can Be 03:02
I can be bold But I stick on my own I'm a fighter afraid of what her fists hold So I let go Maybe this time I won't I can be great if I watch what I say If I stick my script tie my intentions are laid Most days, it's all I have But it's all it takes If you push me away, I won't try to stay No I will not mistake where we are for home I'm wide awake and I don't play with fate No I will not mistake what we are for gold I can be brave I'll hold what you give me but I won't take If you need an arm's length that's okay I don't want what you don't want at stake
8.
Tie it off I'm going home I know what I said cut to the bone But not all those words were my own And what breaks a heart can save a soul I'll leave you baggage at the door I know I can't manage anymore No I'm not who I was before And what breaks a heart is not nothing to mourn I don't believe that forever's what we mean It's a lie we try to keep and known we won't So don't you think that we deserve a little peace If you have to, let it bleed, but let me go Now it's a simple kind of show You don't move much and the crow goes home You gotta learn to love alone And what breaks a heart can sometimes save a soul Can sometimes save a soul
9.
Sometimes I make plans just to hold in my hands To feel like you're real for the moments I can But there's not a lot that I don't understand I know what I've got, and I know where I land They're beginnings and ends, but middles can bend And even then it's a bitch saying what the difference is Some crack and some mend, some you don't see again But I want what's left of them, I want what's left of them now Now I don't blindly believe in all that I see But sometimes I admit that I might let the lighting lead But shadows don't keep more than warmth upon sheet They're born to bleed themselves dry

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released June 9, 2017

Written / Produced / Performed by Katie Buchanan
Mixed by Doug Schadt
Mastered by Heba Kadry

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Katie Buchanan New York, New York

Katie Buchanan is an indie-pop singer/songwriter and producer. She plays guitar loudly, drinks whiskey slowly, and writes songs that beg for a second listen.

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