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Catch Up To Me

from Denouement by Matthew Connor

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i didn't even bother sleeping
i was in the air before the sun
nobody knew that i was leaving
and nobody's gonna notice that i'm gone
nobody waiting on the other side
just a baggage carousel and an expensive taxi ride

i've never felt like i was running
just standing still while the world went by
so if you never could catch up to me
then perhaps it's because you never tried
i pulled all the punches when push came to shove
no, you never really knew what i was capable of

i think that you enjoy your power
and you never want to be outdone
it's a high that's not from taking a pill
but from knowing that you've got one
well baby, i've been high, and baby, i've been low
but lately i'm just tired and trying not to let it show

i say a prayer every night
from the foot of whatever bed i'm in
i ain't hoping for some voice from the clouds
no, i don't hope for much of anything
the planets in their courses, the continental drift
i just hope i settle soon before the plates begin to shift

i'd like to think that there's some point to this
that every ending's just another twist of fate
i'd like to think time's never wasted
and that love is never a mistake
but you weren't a lesson and you weren't a phase
just a lonely inkblot across my very barest page

a wave of whispers through the greyhound
the foggy factories of midnight delaware
i'd like to tell you about everything
though i guess you had to be there
but i've made my choices so i can't complain
when i'm standing in a crowd and hearing only your name

i've been missing someone i ain't got no business missing
i've been kissing someone hasn't been paying attention
to the damage she's done just by being anyone but you
so i climbed up to the top and i stood out on a ledge
but there ain't no pot of gold at the rainbow's edge
i've seen a lot of things and i've come a long way
and i know it's gonna catch up to me someday

so i climbed up to the top and i stood out on a ledge
but there ain't no pot of gold at the rainbow's edge
i've been a lot of things and i've come a long way
and i know it's gonna catch up to me someday

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from Denouement, released March 25, 2013

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Matthew Connor Boston, Massachusetts

Matthew Connor is a crooner for the 21st century, writing heart-wrenching songs that combine the windswept ideals of classic American balladry with stark depictions of modern-day alienation. The Boston-based Connor has a haunting voice that conjures ghosts of past heartbreaks, and he pairs it with spectral guitars that recall country tearjerkers and alt-pop brooding.

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