Beauty in the Flaws, by Tim Kelley

Beauty in the Flaws

by Tim Kelley

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1.	The Mean 04:43	lyrics
Weakness, is fine In this, in time You’re sure to find Oh, I look at her sometimes Oh and cry The storm is gone now But I bruised her with my mind Evil calling, calling me, evil calls me no I don’t want to take it. Oh, let it ring and ring Apologies echo sorry, sorry. Echo sorry, please don’t go… Later now run please you better leave me, go. It’s calling calling calling me cal-ling calling me On the phone.
2.	End of the Immortal 04:40	lyrics
I see in you why war exists You seemed to change like the color of leaves And the truth is I only miss you when it rains I guess you’ll find a reason why, you walked out on me If you know how to leave, then leave If you know where to go, then go If you know what to say… well it doesn’t matter. ( no it won't matter ) Don’t give me this if you want it back ( have you seen her did you watch her walk away? ) How do you say these things then leave them behind Well the truth is I only miss you when it rains I guess you’ll find a reason why, you walked out on me If you know how to leave, then leave If you know where to go, then go If you know what to say then say it and don't give me this if you want it back because it won't matter. ( no it won't matter )
3.	Bi-Now 03:26	lyrics
swing, swing, swing with me momma swing, swing, swing with me momma I swing high and I swing low just so you know, it doesn't happen very slow I've got a skip, skip, skip to my step it doesn't take to long, sister I fell asleep when I wrote this song but then I woke, woke, woke up swinging again I'll be swinging till the very end so you see, that ain't me just a second and I'm dizzy I scream and cry and lie on the ground so loud it didn't make a sound but know this I wasn't pissed at you or him, them but only me, got no control can't let it be and so I got manic, panic, frantic attack get back this swing don't cut no slack so brother, sister, mother or other don't feel like you gotta turn and run for cover cause it's only me on me in a sea filled with sea and I'm lonely…I'm lonely ( swing sorry sorry swing, sorry sorry swing ) I don't know what goes through my head don't remember going to bed outside please leave me alone with the swing and this song I'm going home pick me up, pick me up and drop me again and again and again I'm sorry, I'm sorry to fall on my friends
4.	Grounded 03:02	lyrics
I fall in your, find myself, lost in your lies Still I stand against my pride even though it hurts inside So I am lower than you… You find it on, sign it in my, blood is on the floor I will shed this past with you These games I leave to you And so far, I am doing fine. I’m lying, I’m lying, I’m sold out inside Who needs the sky to remind that I am on the ground?
5.	Empty Glass 02:03	lyrics
Here there it’s been awhile Last I saw you was…through the bottom of a glass And I found myself there. Not sunshine, not a pat on the back. The words get harder to say. Each day my mind forgets who I am And I’m becoming what I forgot, in the bottom of a glass But at least you are here with me now I told her, I told myself, I told them That it would work out. Just a cloud in an empty glass, I don’t know what is me But I know this isn’t it or Have I just become An empty glass?
6.	Here's a Penny ( Talk is Cheap ) (free) 04:48	lyrics	download
Fainted whispers on the ground  they all heard that I had another round they all know just where to find me but they don't seem to find me  that familiar sting you bring  when everything is fine  you find it in a short time  wake up...I know  wake up...I know  wake me up before you go honesty's what you want  and I believe that you do  but only when it's not about you  only when it's not about you  that familiar sting you bring  when everything is fine  you find it in a short time  Call me when you have time   and tell me what's on your mind  don't worry with him or them   or even her, just call me when...  (Upper part)  I don't learn, I know  I never listen, I don't want to grow.  I'm always right so why fight  but you can call me when you have time...  (echo)  wake up, I know  wake up, I know
7.	Father Time 04:15	lyrics
I felt you leave again This time through someone else The sounds of forgotten dreams Makes this real, so real again You don’t cry alone… How did we get here so fast After all this time we needed now to last And moments are held, touched, forgotten,missed….. Like I missed this, I miss him, and I miss you. I’ll find myself and see you once again, my friend.
8.	Reborn 03:27	lyrics
hush, do I belong here...tonight...with you?  you touched my...  you shared my...  she keeps me alive  and she, the feeling's inside, somewhere.   hold me here, I'm fine (all we have are ourselves)  Keep me near in your mind (nothing else matters these thoughts, these days pass and time carries us, still we are here.)  this is left, am I still near? I think it's all just in my head (now, is the time)  show me the line for love (for a sign)   hush, I belong here...with you...tonight  you, I love  and you, I love (tonight)   hush, I belong here.
9.	More Us ( The Burrower ) 04:57	lyrics
Called you yesterday for the faint sound seemed to have lost her way with a fake smile and when they turned around could you feel it I failed you yesterday and the plane came down. Soon a pen will save the sky from falling down goes the faith to the ground all this time is spent in a line down the hall all of our time is spent in a line down the hall and the harsh lights overhead all the shadows there splayed and the harsh lights overhead all the shadows there splayed ( am I in this we, eternally ) (All this time is spent in a line down the hall, all of our time is spent ) And the sign…. The sign says no trespassing sign says no trespassing this sign has to fall this sign must fall ( hey now ) Just don't read the sign ( hey now ) Just don't read the sign
10.	Novembering 04:56	lyrics
I tried but I cried when you drove away I tried but I cried when I drove away, from our home the sad, sad sound of our posters coming down An empty sound with cardboard songs off the walls Oh, Everything has changed Oh, Everything has changed I can see the sun through teary eyes chilled from the blanket of your lies They've all come to comfort you, yes they've all come to comfort you. I still feel the steam from your showers here the soaking rain, a bath of shame there was something to her touch but nothing to the name, nothing but the same, no nothing but a game Well I guess I'm fine. November rain, it brings the pain what's real? what's real? I guess what I can feel. La, Da Di Da, La Di Da Oh, Everything has changed Oh, Everything has changed Her eyes were wide, her eyes were brown she saw the world if upside down. They've all come to rescue you, yes they've all come to rescue you. Don't tell me what I want to hear tell me what I know I fear. Don't say those words, don't say those words I've made my mistakes, I've made my mistakes
11.	The Understanding of Nothing 05:07	lyrics
So you say you're fine Your eyes say you're lying they want a reason why you hide from your eyes oh you don't need to hold head up I'll be there when you need a friend Here's the part no one likes no words can ease your mind I know you can't get away It falls like a shadow you want a reason why you hide from their eyes So far away from explanations and you don't owe me anything So far away from explanations and you don't owe me anything Oh so low
12.	A Basement Anthem 03:52	lyrics
They nod a fake smile all the while breaking down inside and they can't see the world through your eyes dreams left behind a tired mind and you can't be surprised when life, it hits you from behind Oh just another day, just another bill that I can't pay It's the end of the day and we can't seem to find our way so I just need you to hold on Faded carpet, coffee stains and all those things that eased our pain no longer work sleepless nights, a warmer breeze. I found myself on my knees again and again looking for love in every smile yeah the hope's been gone for quite awhile and a breath is still inside of me and a breath is still inside of me.

about

“So I just need you to hold on,” sings Tim Kelley on A Basement Anthem. The past is glowing, red, ferocious on this, clawing, clinging, reminding us of where we’ve been and what we’ve lost.
There is pain here. There is loss. Here is Prometheus undaunted, stealing fire again because he knows the cost and sees the worth. Here is the beauty of the ache in humanity, here is the beauty in the need. “I just need you to hold on.” Here is the beauty of all of our failings and flailings. Here is the smoking beast of past holding close and the patient rejoinder that “you don’t owe me anything.”
The harmonies and piano don’t move towards escape, quite the opposite; this album is about embracing and growing. In sly lyrics and shifting vocals these songs dig at who we’ve been, who we’ve hurt, and who we’ve lost; glaring at those ferocious red eyes of untenable past and daring them to try and take away from what we’ve made of it today. This album is the reach and grasp of beauty, the slow build of emotional strength, the very fact that who we are is also who we’ve been. But, more than that, this album, for all it’s history, is about future; about the melodic fact that we can be precisely who we need to be. - MacEzra

credits

released August 20, 2011

All songs written, recorded and mixed by Tim Kelley. Produced by Tim Kelley and Peggy Killian.

Tim Kelley - vocals, guitar, piano, ukulele, hand percussion, sax, virtual instruments.
Peggy Killian - vocals, guitar, trumpet, flugelhorn, banjo, mandolin
David White - Drums
Bryan Hall - Bass
Michael Turner - Sax

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Tim Kelley Marietta, Georgia

Harmonies abound, transitions shift, and genres blend in Tim Kelley’s music. Behind the notes you’ll find the idealism that music can save your soul; that every experience is worth keeping, however painful, that redemption lies just somewhere around the corner, that age is a four letter word and fear is not worth the letters that make it up. ... more