Traffic Signals EP

by Emily Asen

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04:07
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03:18
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04:57
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released 22 November 2004

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tags: alternative folk indie neo-folk singer-songwriter Fairfield

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In the tradition of fiercely independent artists like Ani DiFranco and Jonatha Brooke, 27-year-old singer/songwriter Emily ... more Asen is her own creative engine. Surrounded by her loving family of instruments and pets, Emily writes, performs, records, and produces tightly crafted folk-pop music from her home studio in Fairfield, CT, infusing each song with her innate curiosity and unshakeable sincerity. less

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Track Name: Out of Reach
Verse I:
Not supposed to feel anything for you
I tell myself to hold back
But you don’t know how goddamn good you look
How close we came to making out

Chorus:
You make me weak and I can’t feel my knees
You’re out of reach
You make me weak, you’ve got me on my knees
But you’re out of reach

Verse II:
Where your green eyes could easily fill mine
That place is just as empty as my hope that you’ll come around
Oh, there’s got to be a way to change your mind and how you’ve been thinking
Yes, I know, deep down you’ve found you can be as blind as me

Chorus

Bridge:
You make me, you make me
Make me, you make me
The sunset has left me
With a memory and a bittersweet ending
Of us at the beach and we’re sitting so closely
With our feet in the sand and you’re touching my hand
And a couple walks by
You say, “Oh, that one is really cute!”
And my heart breaks in two

Chorus
Track Name: Lack of Oxygen
Verse I:
You suck warmth from the marrow
Like snow on bare flesh
You suck breath from beauty
Like light on a silhouette

Pre-Chorus:
I’d fit into your emotionalist theory
If nobody cared
But you’re wrong, they do
So I won’t hold a grudge

Chorus:
It’s a lack of oxygen in my brain, you say
It’s the lack of oxygen in my brain

Verse II:
Your words melt like wax
When I hold the flame up to your mouth
They trickle inside my ears
And I fear they’re not coming out

Pre-Chorus:
If my memory serves me correctly
They weren’t the first
To find some words that hurt me
I believe you know of such a sort

Chorus:
It’s a lack of oxygen in my brain, you say
It’s the lack of oxygen in my brain
It’s a lack of oxygen in my brain, you say
It’s the lack of oxygen in my brain
Stop pretending that you give a shit about me

Verse III:
So you sit there with your fake PhD
And you feed me your emotionalist theory
Every wrong reason she and I shouldn’t be
But no one else understands me

Chorus
It’s a lack of oxygen, woah
It’s a lack of oxygen, oh
It’s a lack of oxygen, woah
It’s a lack of oxygen in your brain
Stop pretending that you give a shit about me
Track Name: Traffic Signals
Verse I:
My feet are sore from kissing the floor
Standing on tiptoe on the concrete below your window
I’ve been here before in front of an open door
But I must be lost ‘cause this one is locked

PreChorus:
But I know why and I’ve come to apologize
To you for wasting your time

Chorus:
One of these days when the traffic signals change just for you
I swear I won’t be another disaster you’ve got to drive through

Verse II:
Now you know me as well as my hand knows the door
‘Cause I’ve been in and out so many times before
But I’ve never returned to a heart I broke and left
With no doubt in my mind that I’m ready to come in

PreChorus:
But I know why and I’ve come to apologize
To you for wasting your time

Chorus:
One of these days when the traffic signals change just for you
I swear I won’t be another disaster you’ve got to drive through
And one of, oh, one of these days
A change of luck is sure to come your way

Verse III:
And I thought you would understand
That I can change if you give me just one more chance

Chorus:
One of these days when the traffic signals change just for you
I swear I won’t be another disaster you’ve got to drive through
And one of, oh, one of these days
A change of luck is sure to come your way
Track Name: Hard To Love
Verse I:
I waited all night for your call
I know it’s pathetic, I wouldn’t have admitted it to anyone
But it’s not fair to lead me on
You know I’m easy, I fall too easily

Chorus:
And when this love is unrequited
I’ll just linger here alone
Seems I’m keeping misery good company
Am I so hard, am I so hard… to love?

Verse II:
And you say chemistry can’t be one-sided
But here’s your first-hand evidence
Don’t you see how much I want you?
You won’t accept the reality that

Chorus:
Sometimes love is unrequited
And we just linger here alone
Some of us keep misery good company
Are we so hard, are we so hard to love?

Verse III:
When I’m pale and old
I’ll probably still be alone
And that’s what scares me the most
This barren heart is all I’ll ever know

Chorus:
Seems I’m keeping misery good company
Am I so hard, am I so hard to love?
And when this love is unrequited
I’ll just linger here alone
Seems I’m keeping misery good company
Am I so hard, is it so hard to love me?
Track Name: No One (Like You)
Verse I:
Never gave you a reason to believe in me
But you love me unconditionally
Even when I’m frozen with shame
Your kisses can melt the guilt away

Chorus:
No one can make pain fade away but you
No one can get me through the day but you
No one warms my heart the way you do
No one loves me like you do
Like you do, like you do

Verse II:
When all I hear is hypocrisy
Disillusionment gets the best of me
But you blow your wind of sweet purity
And fill my lungs when I can’t breathe

Chorus

Bridge:
You colored a world of gray
And restored my blue bruised faith
And now my pulse, it speaks your name
My pulse it speaks your name, my pulse speaks your name (repeat)

Chorus
Track Name: No Cure for a Dream
Verse I:
Someone killed the curiosity before it killed me
No dreamless fate can keep me safe
But dreams lie dormant and my environment has change
And I have changed, I have changed

Chorus:
So help me now
But don’t boost me up
Just catch me if I should fall
Scaling these walls, scaling these walls

Verse II:
That they built around my mind and around my eyes
To keep me from dreaming too much
But too much encouragement where at one time there was none
Scares me to sleep, it scares me to sleep

Chorus

Bridge:
I look in the mirror, same as it’s always been
But I feel a little different beneath the skin
It’s time to step out that door
I can’t watch through windows anymore
There’s a chance that I’ve been missing
While I was waiting and wishing
And no cure for a dream
There is no cure for a dream
That can keep me from trying

Chorus 2x