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Pulsing Colours
04:00
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2. |
Quiet Town
02:37
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3. |
I Want It
04:09
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4. |
The Smartest Man Here
04:01
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5. |
Footprints In The Sand
03:56
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Footprints in the Sand
Words and Music by Ryan Hicks
Intro
Verse One
Want to walk down to the ocean
the sand on my feat
across the water
I’ll search the sea
Pre-chrous
Where you are
how I can get to you?
Through rough waters,
blowing winds
and darkness too
Chorus
Footprints in the sand wash away
But my love is strong and will stay
Nothing could ever change the way I feel
Our song never fade away
Verse Two
Want to make a difference
in your life
Push past the pain, trouble
and all of the strife
Pre-chorus
I wanna see you
by my side everyday
till the boat takes us far away
Chorus
Bridge
What’s the point of waiting
I know enough
your heart is true you’re all I ever wanted
I can’t explain, but I know
our love won’t be
footprints the sand
Outro
Our love won’t be footprints in the sand
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6. |
Seriously Baby
03:23
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Seriously Baby
Words and Music by Ryan Hicks
Do you remember
the night we met?
I tried to play it cool,
but it came out so weird
Saw you sitting
there drinking a sol
I could not get my
nerves to disappear
Somehow we started
to laugh and talk
Maybe my shyness
was enduring
Chorus
Don’t know how it happened
Can’t believe my luck
Seriously baby,
Without you I would be fucked
We discovered
we loved the same old things
Sounds kind of depressing
but that’s not how it is
What do you think
when you look at me
when I wake up
after falling in my dreams
Chorus
Bridge
Without you
there would be no use in living
without you no reason for giving
anything to anyone
ever again
here we are
years down the road
So many have falllen
Pushed apart and alone
I cherish our time
every day I breathe
when I've given you
many reasons to leave
Bridge
Chours
Don’t know how it happened
Can’t believe my luck
Seriously baby,
Without you I would be fucked
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7. |
Jewel
04:36
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Chours
You’re (bm) lost
little (E) girl
(bm) Where Can You (E) be?
(bm) Jewel, you never did (E) anything wrong
(bm)
Come back and (E) see
Verse 1
(em) Did you (bm) know what they did?
(em) Did you recognize (bm) their hands?
(em)What did you (bm) say to them?
and why wouldn’t they (G) stop?
Why wouldn’t they (F#) stop?
Chorus
What would you say
if you were here today
would you say,
“I forgive all the things you’ve done”
you’re alone in the night
Chorus
Your story has changed me
made me see the world a little different
there’s no justice if your not found
you’re alone in the night
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8. |
Dead Branches
04:25
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Dead Branches
By Ryan Hicks
2018
Verse 1
Fold my best green shirt
Pack for Medicine Hat
I've got to friends there
They tell me that's where it's at
When the old phone rings I hear my grandpa's say
There's something I need to learn today
Verse 2
He takes me east into the family's woods
There's something you need to see it will do you some good
You see that poplar hanging by the riverbed
That tree is going to prepare you for the road ahead
Chorus
Let those dead branches fall
Mother Earth will take them all
Put your life into her hands
This life it's up to us to understand
Verse 3
Look closely what do you see
I couldn't understand what he was trying to teach me
You see those two dead branches hanging so low
Creator will absorb them and that tree will live and grow
Bridge
That tree is like us your pain just let it go
When your out in the world you'll be tempted by people you know
You won't always know what to do
Put your trust in her she'll take care of you
Verse 4
A few years went by I went to see the tree back home
I lived a hard live turned away from all I had know
I put my forehead against it and cried a million tears
And in the dirt I left behind all my fears
Chorus
This world it’s up to us to understand
This world it’s up to us to understand
This world it’s up to us to understand
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9. |
Floor On Fire
04:16
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Floor On Fire
Intro
Chorus
She’s falling to the ground
but the floor is on fire
try to put it out
but the flames grow higher
V1
Sitting up in bed eyes closed
Trying to quiet these voices in her head
You want to get up
and take on the day
But something pulls you
down with dread
Chorus
V2
See the world outside your window
or through a tiny screen
a distorted view
of what any of this means
So hard to find reality.
Chorus
V3
Some live their lives without failing
so cautious they might not have lived a life at all
Were you afraid
to take a stand
The day went silent
By night you were gone
Chorus
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10. |
Sparkwood and 21
03:28
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Sparkwood and 21
Words and Music by Ryan Hicks
Intro (piano)
Verse One
Night time when the woods start to speak
Whispers all the answers you’ll seek
Pre-Chorus
Who’ll show you
A red room
Verse Two
In there no time or place
Voices from another place
Chorus
There is beauty to see
In the sycamore trees
Verse Three
Your eyes reflect the night
Covers you with moonlight
Bridge
Is there love for me?
Chorus
Is beauty to see
In the sycamore trees
Is there beauty to see
In the sycamore trees
Is there love for me?
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Ryan Hicks regina, Saskatchewan
Ryan Hicks makes melodic, cinematic alt-pop music. If McCartney, Brian Wilson and Fleet Foxes made music for David Lynch.
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