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Silhouettes

by Erik Withak

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1.
Hello 05:58
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Please say "Hi" to those you know and say "Hello" to those you don't give a nod, a smile, or wave or take a minute to say "Hey" The other day I saw a friend from way back when when we would spend all our time down at the park so many ventures we embarked But we grew old, we grew apart we both got jobs and sold our hearts I would have stopped to say hello but I was late, I had to go Yesterday I heard the news someone was hangin' with a noose they said he lived a happy life he had a kid, he had a wife It took a while to settle in that this hangman was that friend so please say "Hi" to those you know and say "Hello" to those you don't.
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A Poem 04:17
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Here's a song about when I tried to write a poem in someone else's home I had no paper and no pen so I wrote On the mirror with a tube of tooth soap about a seed searchin' for a place to grow he found a garden but her grass was too cold it was too cold I broke that mirror and I got a cut so I wrote another poem with my blood on the floor of linoleum about a boy who used to sleep beneath the sun This boy grew up and went on to do great things he even bought some girl a ring and they grew old like waiting for ... spring Then I cleaned up and crawled back to her bed as I laid there a poem swam to my head about a captain on a ship filled with lead filled with lead When this captain tried to leave he got anchored down by the weight on his sleeve he said farewell to the waving trees then settled down off the shore beneath the sea I stumbled outside and fell upon the lawn with nothing to write on she stormed out and she asked what was wrong I proclaimed that I's trying to write a poem she shook her head and she said "It's time to go" so I got up and went to find my way back home my way back home Then I found along the way a broken pen and a paper mache of a cat that somebody made it was out on the street was it lost or thrown away? I sat down and I tried to write a poem but nothing seemed to rhyme so there I was searchin' for a place to grow a place to grow.
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Silhouettes 03:59
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Everyone's a ghost these days flying through the outer space dancin' with the microwaves shinnin' like a solar ray Back to Earth with no delay their physical(s?) evaporate memories pixelate and you can see it all on your front page When we die we'll leave only silhouettes lonely silhouettes we'll leave only silhouettes on the net when we die Everyone's insane today their brains got up and walked away left their heads' an empty space sayin' "We don't need you anyways" Now everyone's in disarray when their phones' are MIA what's the purpose anyways we're all sprinklers crying in the rain When we die we'll leave only silhouettes lonely silhouettes we'll leave only silhouettes on the net when we die When we die we'll leave only silhouettes lonely silhouettes we'll leave only silhouettes on the net when we die When we die When we die When we die When we die Everyone's a ghost these days flying through the outer space dancin' with the microwaves shinnin' like a solar ray.
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Luck in Disguise 03:29
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Look at the time it's getting late don't say you made a bed 'cause I can't stay today I found the message in my hands I get it now I understand Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh I'd hear you but I speak too loud around your corner there are brighter sounds I's bound to up and leave without a plan I'll write ya darlin' when I can Now it seems every other day is the same since I went away lookin' down from my window blinds have I lost what I've been trying to find? Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Take my hand please now fly with me to see the wonders of the seven seas we'll flea and write our farewells in the sand then send some postcards to our friends Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh But the memories are fantasies in dreams and it's hard to live when I can't breathe I need to see the world but I can't stand to see you with some other man Now I wish there was another way to mourn each day as they pass away I see you when I close my eyes how'd I miss all that luck in disguise?
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Life on Lease 03:31
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Mother said he'd go real far look at him now he's got a car it's not brand new it's not paid off it drives him safely to his job Where he waits tables serving food to pay the bank that paid for school that he went to to get a sheet that's got his name and a degree on it It's in a frame on the wall of his empty bedroom now near downtown in the basement of somebody's apartment With a roommate that's got no job she watches TV all day long and never cleans up when she spills unless it's the bottle of pills she takes He met a girl who lived above him he took her out they fell in love they had some kids they settled down they baught a house out of town And he got a raise he baught a car at six point seven APR now he's got it made he's in the clear his life's on lease for the next ten years or so the next twenty years or so the next forty years or so Mother said he'd go real far look at him now driving his new car
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Friends 03:59
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Where are all my friends all my lovely friends they're all late again all my lousy friends All my friends friends friends friends All my friends friends friends friends Where are all my friends all my lousy friends maybe they're all dead all my lovely friends All my friends friends friends friends All my friends friends friends friends I found all my friends all my lovely friends they were all in my head all my lonely friends All my friends friends friends friends All my friends friends friends friends
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Miss Nöel 04:34
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She was raised by bother her parents 'til she turned 13 then Dad got sick and Mom got hooked on Dad's amphetamines She moved from house to house then bed to couch then to the streets and all she brought along with her were bro-ken memories She slept in tents and on park benches sometimes in a car and once or twice she found a nice warm bed behind bars She got by with handmade signs that read "Anything helps" and she found love a couple times but they didn't pay that well Now choirs are singing snow is falling trees are filled with lights it's a joyful spell for Miss Noel with spirits by here side La da da..
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Where Does it Go? 03:10
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Once in a while I'll wake up with a smile on my face I say once in a while I'll wake up with a smile on my face Don't know how it gets there or how long it's gonna stay Sometimes it leaves when I rise to my feet sometimes it says 'til the next time I sleep sometimes it's gone for a couple of days sometimes weeks Where does it go? Where does it go? Where does it go? Where does it go? Where does it go? Where does it go? Where does it go? Where does it go? Where does it go? Where does it go? Where does it go? Where does it go? Where does it go? Where does it go? Where does it go? Where does it go?
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Goodbye 03:44
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See you soon, so long, later, let's do this again take care, aloha, cheers, I bid you adieu adios, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, a riverderci keep in touch, take it easy, until next time Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye The party is over it's time now to go back home back to your shack, your pad, your humble abode call a friend, call a cab, call Mom or Dad, just call it a night and call when you get there to tell me you made it, alright? Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye It's been good to know you I'm sure gonna miss your smile Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye
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The End 03:57
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There's a spider in the hall and he shakes when he runs from wall to wall there's no door to let him out but then again there's no door that let him in Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh All the crumbs he left behind faded away and they left a trail of slime there's no soap to wash this floor but then again who ever said it had to shine? Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Now the walls are closing in just look around everybody's got a grin there's no hope to save him now but then again who ever said this ever ends? Will this ever end? Will this ever end? Will this ever...

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released April 14, 2018

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Erik Withak Portland, Oregon

Erik Withak is a Portland, Oregon-based singer/songwriter with a knack for crafting strong, simple yet complex songs with a somber narrative that invokes names like Conor Oberst, Sufjan Stevens, and Grandaddy.

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