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I'm Only Glancing

by Lauren Foster

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1.
The water’s shadow rises Its form is dark against the sky And there’s a moment before the crash When all it has has been lifted I want to tell you That I’ve been thinking of you And I want to know you again Your palm feels soft against my fingers The surface moist where we are touching And there’s a moment before my hand Let’s go the sand it was clutching Can you hear me? I’ve been calling your name Seems my voice has been wasted On this empty coast And can you see me? I can always see you Seems my eyes have been wasted On a ghost
2.
Circles 01:59
Faces, swirling into dreams Forgetful of reality Swirling colors caught by Stopping time Ask me to remember Moments, endless moments And each one has a story Let’s add up the pieces of infinity And then we’d be Faces… Stopping time Show me circles
3.
Blind 02:46
You are wandering blind And I am wondering why Why don’t you open your eyes? Silence the cries of your televised lies Soak up the skies ‘Cause your disguise, can not hide you if it’s blind Have you ever seen the sun? ‘Cause the picture’s imitation fails They tell you run, run, run, run, run But you are already chewing on your own tails Chorus Behold a concrete city of steel The sky is burned by the firelight And heaven’s ashes will be all too real When a falling star marks a burning night Don’t condemn us to fail Chorus
4.
Echoes bounce across my walls Outside the rain pounds, and falls This room is a cage My thoughts are searching For an empty page I need no rain coat As I go out The grass is wet, the soil soft I gaze up into the tree’s loft Up towards the driving rain To the top And then I breath again Chorus Up among these branches high My mind can rest, I sigh And though the rain is harsh and cold At last I’m free From thought’s hold Chorus Without my body, my soul would fly I let my hand slip, I say goodbye My thoughts are clear, no longer bound I fall towards freedom Not the ground I need no rain coat As I go out
5.
Red Tree 02:33
The sunlight sparkles on the dew dropped leaves The world is new but I am spinning I reach for faces they were there before The sky forgets them as the leaves are falling down Now the red tree is blooming The wind makes patterns. Can you hear the sound? I remember that you’re beautiful But the colors are brightest just before they hit the ground A friend once told me that all will fade There are no memories that hold a special place I won’t believe him, no, my love was true Hold out my branches but the leaves still fall right through Now the red tree is blooming The wind makes patterns. Can you hear the sound? And I remember that you’re beautiful But the colors are brightest just before they hit the ground So hold on The winter’s chill won’t tarry for long And stand strong The spring is given to those who carry on
6.
We could live in a bottle Live underwater Can’t get enough Hold your breath I know that it’s tough Breathe in, breathe out Hold on ‘cause your time is running out Ten years, I was alone When the man came and showed me A sieve in the sand He said he’d give me a dollar if I could fill the sieve with sand I tried for hours and hours Faster and faster Kept slipping through Hold your breath I can’t it slips too Breath in, breath out Hold on ‘cause your time is running- NO! I will not go Get out, get out I’d rather stay here sighing I see no point in dying Time don’t leave me Time don’t leave me now I could live in a bottle Live underwater Can’t get enough Hold your breath I know that it’s Hold your breath I can’t get e… Hold your breath I can’t get enough
7.
I dreamt of falling water We were laughing at the sky You touched my hand and you looked me in the eye There’s a space between our lives But I still feel you holding my hand There’s a bridge that spans this divide We need to brave this crossing Before we can understand The smile behind your eyes grows dim Your words are condescending I’m thrown by your empty praise How could you let me drown? Chorus I remember when your face changed as you Looked down at her name in the stone I’ll be here to ease your pain when you Find your way home Chorus I dreamt of falling water We were laughing at the sky You touched my hand and you looked me in the eye
8.
I don’t always speak or listen I don’t always dream or strum There are times when I am quiet Like the wind whispers silence To the lonely wood And there are times for going There are times for change There are times for coming But I’ve found they’re much the same And we may greet the morning As if there’s new light and new ways Though our lives turn in circles The new day is today You may feel alone at some times You may go on looking lost But as you wander lonely through the wood Know the wind will find your footsteps With its quiet tug And there are times for going… You don’t need to speak or listen You don’t need to dream or strum Remember there is time for quiet Like the wind whispers silence To the lonely wood
9.
I dreamt of falling water We were laughing at the sky You touched my hand and you looked me in the eye There’s a space between our lives But I still feel you holding my hand There’s a bridge that spans this divide We need to brave this crossing Before we can understand The smile behind your eyes grows dim Your words are condescending I’m thrown by your empty praise How could you let me drown? Chorus I remember when your face changed as you Looked down at her name in the stone I’ll be here to ease your pain when you Find your way home Chorus I dreamt of falling water We were laughing at the sky You touched my hand and you looked me in the eye
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Quiet 04:21
I find myself writing songs in G It’s the first key I ever learned I find it doesn’t really matter now If these songs bring you down CHORUS: I believed in love, well didn’t you? I guess the difference between us was You let our fantasy fall through And I know it will be all right They say it works out in the end I know it will be all right We did begin by being friends I guess I don’t need to judge this song It doesn’t matter anyway It’s just a way for me to tell you so long And this is all that it takes CHORUS Writing this my eyes have filled with tears I didn’t believe your goodbye But writing this makes it all too real And sometimes we have to cry CHORUS I believed in love, well didn’t you?
11.
My fingers glide across the strings Like a swan tracing ripples on a pond My words echoing off the parting clouds Can’t you see it? The light is breaking through And I can see I can feel A beauty that is finally real My mind is clear like a concert hall Empty at the breaking of the day The spark survived The silence may it rise Can’t you hear it? Forgotten voice that sings And I can see I can feel This long forsaken ideal And I am dancing Won’t you take my hand I’m only glancing At a world that I will never understand Your tears will fall like the rain On a dry, dusty summer’s day The rain it must persist Can’t you feel it? Spirit solacing And as we fall we will fly This world will never pass us by

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Finished in the first semester of my freshman year of college, I'm Only Glancing, contains many of the first songs I ever wrote.

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released April 1, 2008

Produced, mixed, and mastered by Lauren. The photo was taken by Marcus DeSieno.

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Lauren Foster Boulder, Colorado

Lauren is currently based out of Boulder, CO. In addition to playing music she makes time for playing ultimate frisbee, getting outside with a pack, skis, crampons, or just a light jacket, and waitressing at a local brewery.

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