Nothingland

by Chris Maxwell

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Nothingland 04:55
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In the land of nothing. Nothing has to do. The silence is deafening Some things you get use to Nothing has a way Of creeping up from behind Whispering sweet nothings Playing tricks on your mind In this forgotten garden Nothing ever grows Beauty lost it’s way And there’s blood upon the Rose The land of nothing has The most spectacular view The sun is always setting On a mountain of nothing new America America You got something on your mind Dig down deep inside Tell us what you find Oh Suzanna I’m holding something in my hand Keys to the bus to drive us all Out of Nothingland Nothing is a virus Where it comes from no one’s sure The greatest minds have not a clue No one knows the cure The hand of nothing wakes you Leaving questions in your mind Leaves you staring at a screen As if there’s answers there to find Now it all seems like The plans you made are over In the fields you planted rye But it’s come up clover Nothing is the color you’d expect nothing to be Blue rainbows in a blue sky That no one can see Nothing blowing in the wind Nothing in the window Nothing you haven’t seen before Or don’t already know Oh Suzanna don’t call it what it’s not Shine shine a little light Take a look at what you bought Nothing causes fear Like the fear of growing old Nothing keeps us alive Like pretending we’re in control America America You got something on your mind Dig down deep inside Tell us what you find Oh Suzanna don’t call it what it’s not Shine shine a little light Take a look at what you got Oh Suzanna I’m holding something in my hand Keys to the bus to drive us all Out of Nothingland
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I Don’t Hear You 05:19
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I use to listen to you Creep around my head Going on about nothing I clung to every word you said but I don't hear you up I don't hear you anymore Vesuvius huffing and puffing Broadcasting from the tower I stood there streaming hate With an audience of cowards But I don't hear you I don't hear you anymore Chorus: I hear a heavy pounding feel the foundation crumbling I can hear the train and know the change is coming Howls and whispers I’ve never heard before I can finally hear my own voice I don't hear yours anymore. Vs 2 i allowed your nonsense inside graffitti lies in my head all the fear and paranoia Like a wild fire let it spread But I don't hear you I don't hear you anymore (Chorus) Last VS I can’t blame it all on you I handed you the keys let You drive us over cliffs run us into trees I use to listen to all you broken conspiracies Prattle on false narratives distort reality But I don't hear you I don't hear you anymore (Chorus)
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I Declare 04:17
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Before they they get suspicious Before they feed us to the fishes Strip away everything that we hold true I declare my love to you Before they say we broke the rules Hand our fate over to the fools Before your eyes they change from green to blue I declare my love to you (Chorus) You may not think it’s necessary No one’s coming for you or me But if it’s the last thing I do I declare my love to you Before they infiltrate the dream Drain the color out of everything Before they come and they carry us away I have one last thing to say (Chorus) Bridge: Sharpen your knives cover your tracks Here it comes the final act Before it becomes more cruel than this I declare it with a kiss Before I Go and say too much Lose myself sounding out of touch Before i become any more confused I declare my love to you
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White Cowboy Hat 03:05
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I found your poems in my shoe Crushed like flowers and left like clues. Big plans got made we dreamed like fools All the while the pin was pulled Chorus: Maybe I’m wrong You made the world A little less cruel In the hard rain Laugh at the pain And suffer the fools Vs In Marseille you talked too loud White Cowboy hat just like a cloud Your jokes would land like a fist With big fat lips I Blow you a kiss (Repeat Chorus) Bridge: I thought there’d be more to come But the pin was pulled what’s done is done Vs I found your poems In my shoe I’ll keep them there To remind me of you (Repeat Chorus)
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No One To Drink With Anymore 03:47
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I’ve got no one around here to drink with anymore I keep rowing around whiskey lake in circles with just one oar It takes two to toast what this world has become I’ve got the booze I’d it share with someone But I’ve got no one around here to drink with anymore Dear dead friends does heaven have dive bars Hemingway at the White Horse showing Dylan Thomas battle scars I’d make a tipsy little angel Rearranging my senses Without any of the nasty consequences Save me a stool Among the drunken stars I got no one around here to drink with anymore My friends are all sober now I can’t imagine what for Cause we’re a shit show on a rock somewhere in outer space Staring at extinction of the entire human race And I got no one around here to drink with me anymore My friends like nature and Going on mindfulness retreats Don’t get me wrong I like rocks but I still take it neat i could use a little buddy A drinking understudy and a self driving car to get us home after the bar Hey sommelier what pairs well with defeat? I’ve got no one around here to drink with anymore They’re off doing pilates and working on their core When I’m all hung over the chorus sings quit it Don’t look at me I’m not the one that over did it I just got no one around here to drink with anymore After all What did God make great big ice cubes for
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Wish I Could See It Coming 04:15
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Wish I could see it coming And know exactly when the rain will fall But the clouds keep a secret No One knows where they keep it The unexpected drenches us all Wish I had a feeling Like a tingle or an itch maybe i could get ready for what is ahead of me Just one note to get my pitch Chorus: But it’s a punch in the face’s face that That you have to embrace We’re all tossed into the wind The poor Simple heart Is only guessing from the start At how the whole thing ends I wish I knew what she was thinking (Go ahead and make a little wish) Read what’s on her mind (Is it better not to know) If love was a book I’d skip ahead and take a look See what I could find Find around the corner (Tell us what you hope to see) Pull back the curtain take a peek (Maybe let it go) But I can’t get inside her head And Love can not be read It’s a gust that blows you off your feet. (Chorus Repeat) Bridge: I hear the bells outside ringing I wonder what they’re ringing for Do they simply give in get pushed by the wind Playing melodies never heard before (Repeat first verse and chorus)
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Unbroken 04:04
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I’ve broken all the usual things Pencil lead promises teacups and dreams Broke the mirror that was in the hall When I put my hand out to break my fall I’ve broken things i still regret Left them out and let them get wet Some things break all by themselves Just give up and fall off the shelf Chorus Now If it doesn’t turn out like you were hoping And I break things without even knowing Forgive the fool in the dark groping One thing still remains unbroken V2 I’m not the only one you break things too That teapot your friend gave to you Broken luxuries on the floor With all the other stuff that we ignore Shattered fractured, cracked and smashed Wadded up tossed in the trash But Stronger bones in broken places Broken hearts that time erases Chorus Repeat Bridge Like a light with a short that flickers we agree and then we bicker Break it down and wonder why it can’t be fixed yet we still try
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Sinister Lover 03:58
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King David I ask you in a song Did it feel wrong Driven to cruelty Blinded by Bathsheba’s beauty Chorus: Now Some things like that you can’t explain And this refrain is too short to try So with a sigh say The brilliantly colored sky Is reflected in the eye Of the Sinister Lover Vs 2: Hey Ahab what about you How did Jezebeel get through I guess You didn’t think Now the dogs have blood to drink (Repeat Chorus:) Vs3 I bring this story to you stranger in a song It didn’t last long I felt lost She was confident Spoke with a rough voice but her hands were soft Cut off from the world By a velvet curtain It wasn’t love? Stranger I’m not certain But with the last burden of this song I’ll say it with a sigh (Repeat Chorus:)
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Saddest Man 04:38
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Silver bullets in the in the drawer For the werewolf at the door You wear that cross in case A vampire shows his face Turn these strangers into scary monsters Make saviors out of all these impostors Vs 2: On the flat earth you find proof You got zombies on the roof Is it too much to take Ignore it, call it fake Look around for others you can blame It makes the world easy to explain (Chorus) The saddest man in the land Spins the world with his hand A spider lost in the web Spun by voices in his head Vs 3: All these patterns you see Are not clear to me What is it to know something What it does and doesn’t mean You let your little demons drag you down You Let your love go now it can’t be found (Repeat Chorus) Convince the is that what it is it’s not The facts no longer mean the thing we thought. (Repeat Chorus)
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I Can’t Write You Into This Song 01:59
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i can't write you into this song When I try it comes out wrong your heart is too big your feet are too long No I can't write you in to this song i can't take a picture of you I am overwhelmed by the view The camera's confused doesn't know what to do i can't take a picture of you it was loud where I came from Left on the floor like a little crumb Then I met you and I was struck dumb Never knew I had heart strings Till they got strummed Pick up the pencil take aim But nothing rhymes with your name it sounds like heaven but it falls like rain nothing rhymes with your name No one holds a candle to you You shine so much brighter than they do You go to bed beautiful wake up that way too No one holds a candle to you

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released March 6, 2024

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Chris Maxwell Woodstock, New York

Chris made his name in the ’90 playing guitar and writing songs for the jagged junkyard rock of the legendary New York band Skeleton Key. Before that, he was the principal songwriter of Little Rock, Arkansas’ first band to be signed to a major label, the Gunbunnies, whose Southern Gothic jangle the L.A. Times characterized “…as if the Beatles met Faulkner on E Street." ... more

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