ingrid michaelson

human again

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fire 2. this is war 3. do it now 4. im through 5. blood brothers 6. black and blue 7. ribbons 8. how we love palm of your hand 10. ghost 11. in the sea 12. keep warm 13. end of world
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fire open heart surgery that is what you do to me cut me up, set me free that is what you do to me now im walking in, walking into fire im walking into fire with you im walking in, walking into fire when i walk, into you im walking in, walking into fire im walking into fire with you im walking in, walking into fire when i walk, into you into you into you into you into you into you into you into you into you into you into you heart attack up your sleeve you can make me believe that i will grow from the ground after you burn me down now im walking in, walking into fire im walking into fire with you im walking in, walking into fire when i walk, into you im walking in, walking into fire im walking into fire with you im walking in, walking into fire when i walk, into you into you into you into you into you into you into you into you into you into you into you you burn me up you burn me up you burn me up and i love it you burn me up you burn me up you burn me up and i love it now im walking in, walking into fire im walking into fire with you im walking in, walking into fire when i walk, into you im walking in, walking into fire im walking into fire with you im walking in, walking into fire when i walk, into you into you into you into you into you into you into you into you into you into you into you you burn me up you burn me up you burn me up and i love it this is war its a wonder at all that im alive its a wonder at all that im still standing its a wonder at all that i survived the war between your, between your heart and mine between your, between your heart and mine i wont surrender

i will fight better you lock me out, you knock me down but i will find my way around i wont surrender this is war its a wonder at all that i can see its a wonder at all that the sky is not falling down its a wonder at all that i decide to breathe anymore...anymore...anymore i wont surrender i will fight better you lock me out, you knock me down but i will find my way around i wont surrender this is war this is war this is war, this is war i will run until i cant run anymore someones got to lose its not gonna be this girl this time i wont surrender i will fight better you lock me out you knock me down but i will find my way around i wont surrender i will fight better and this is war this is war do it now sitting in the back of the bus talking about nothing, oh were talking about us watching as the world goes hammering on hammering on you say that youve got nothing left theres nothing left in you to find youre gonna ride it out gonna wait it out living to die, youre living to die no ones gonna wait for you no ones gonna wait for you so do it now do it right now dont waste a minute on the darkness and the pity sitting in your mind and do it right now do it right now everything will stop on a dime everything will crash into itself in good time do you want to beat your own heart beat your own heart or leave it behind leave it behind no ones gonna wait for you no ones gonna wait for you so do it now do it right now dont waste a minute on the darkness and the pity sitting in your mind and do it right now

do it right now im gonna get up im gonna get right out of my bed, get out of my bed youre gonna stand up youre gonna stand right up again, stand right up again im gonna get up, im gonna get out of my bed get out of my head youre gonna stand up, youre gonna stand up youre gonna stand up youre gonna stand up so do it now do it right now dont waste a minute on the darkness and the pity sitting in your mind and do it right now do it right now im through im going out again tonight the first time in the longest time he holds the door and holds my hand but doesnt feel like you we laugh at all the people in the restaurant across from us he talks a lot but not too much but doesnt sound like you its all because of you that im through its all because of you that im all through i know therell come a time again when everything will fit right in and i wont have to see your face in strangers on the street but i would rather feel the sting than never to have felt a thing ill always know you were the one to rip me from the ground its all because of you that im through its all because of you that im all through its all because of you that im through its all because of you that im all through blood brothers if you knew me would you save that seat for me if you knew me would you finally let me free were all blood, were all blood blood brothers were all blood, were all blood blood brothers if you loved me would you hold onto my hand if you loved me would you finally understand that were all blood, were all blood, blood brothers were all blood, were all blood blood brothers what you need, what you need i need too what you are, what you are, i am too

cause were all the same under a different name were all blood, were all blood blood brothers were all blood, were all blood blood brothers if you knew me would you lift me from the ground if you loved me would you even hear me make a sound were all blood, were all blood blood brothers were all blood, were all blood blood brothers what you need, what you need i need too what you are, what you are, i am too cause were all the same under a different name were all blood, were all blood blood brothers were all blood, were all blood blood brothers were all blood, were all blood blood brothers black and blue oh i think i got you figured out boy i think i know what you are all about finally i can finally see you pull the darkness right down over me but now i see everybody knows that im a mess everybody knows you stole the heart from out my chest everything you ever said was a lie youre hiding behind your sweet your sweet goodbyes im black and blue cause i fell for you you said you never would let me go oh how could i ever know im black and blue and in love with you you said, you never would let me fall you never would let me fall, but im falling you never would let me fall you never would let me fall, but im falling oh i know im never gonna stop i keep burning time away until i hit the top one day ill wake up and take up to the open skies and ill be the one with all the sweet goodbyes im black and blue cause i fell for you you said you never would let me go oh how could i ever know im black and blue and in love with you you said, you never would let me fall you never would let me fall, but im falling you never would let me fall, you never would let me

fall, but im falling falling, falling over and over, over and over again im always falling over and over but ill get up, ill make it i need some time to unbreak it i feel like, im falling, im falling far away from you its what i need to do black and blue and in love with you black and blue and in love with you you said, you never would let me fall you never would let me fall, but im falling you never would let me fall you never would let me fall, but im falling you never would let me fall you never would let me fall, but im falling im falling black and blue its what i need to do ribbons im sitting pretty and i dont know why i found somebody, said hed make me fly wrapped me up in ribbons then he left me to die wrapped me up in ribbons then he left me to die told me hed hold me til there was no more told me that hed love me from the top to the floor wrapped me up in ribbons then he went for the door wrapped me up in ribbons then he went for the door vall the time he takes are the words that he breaks all the time he takes are the words that he breaks im not flying im not flying am i im not flying so damn high in the sky im not flying im not flying am i im not flying am i you look so pretty in the dark of night but im getting wise in the early light i can see you falling like a homemade kite i can see you falling like a homemade kite you put your sunday best on for us all painting up a promise that you know will fall wrap me in your ribbons tie me to the wall wrap me in your ribbons tie me to the wall all the time he takes are the words that he breaks all the time he takes are the words that he breaks im not flying im not flying am i im not flying so damn high in the sky im not flying im not flying am i im not flying am i you walk on everybody you walk on everyone you walk right up and you ask me to dance you ask me to dance you ask me to dance then you walk away

im not flying im not flying am i im not flying so damn high in the sky im not flying im not flying am i im not flying am i how we love i knew a man who was afraid to love to lay his heart on the bathroom rug he drank his coffee in the same old mug and sat in silence til the world fell numb until the day when a girl came by she had eyes like the rising tide he felt a sharpness deep inside the kind of ache that cant be satisfied we hate the rain when it fills up our shoes but how we love when it washes our cars we love to love when it fills up the room but when it leaves oh were cursing the stars so he turned to the radio and he went to a picture show tried to find someone else who knows all the hurt that a heart can hold she smelled like cinnamon and winter clove and sparked like firewood inside a stove wanted to ask her just to sit and stay instead he watched as she walked away we hate the rain when it fills up our shoes but how we love when it washes our cars we love to love when it fills up the room but when it leaves oh were cursing the stars we hate the rain when it fills up our shoes but how we love when it washes our cars we love to love when it fills up the room but when it leaves oh were cursing the stars palm of your hand oh boy its over, you got me you shot me right between the eyes im sober, im over the haze of never knowing if i can still feel what is real will someone punch me out and oh boy i know boy i need a breakdown can you crush me in the palm of your hand the palm of your hand theres nobody else who can you know you crush me in the palm of your hand oh boy you wake me and shake me ill break the bullet in my hand i attack but you fight back the redder the love the better you make it all ache im breathing, im breathing life again and oh boy i know boy i need a breakdown can you crush me

in the palm of your hand the palm of your hand theres nobody else who can you know you crush me in the palm of your hand the palm of your hand theres nobody else who can you know you crush me in the palm of your hand you make me want to be a human again can i be your only human again you bring me back you bring me back in pieces in the palm of your hand the palm of your hand theres nobody else who can you know you crush me in the palm of your hand the palm of your hand theres nobody else who can you know you crush me crush in the palm of your hand ghost do you remember when the walls fell do you remember the sound that the door made when you closed it on me do you know that i went down to the ground landed on both my broken hearted knees i didnt even cry because pieces of me had already died im a ghost haunting these halls climbing up walls that i never knew were there and im lost broken down the middle of my heart, heart im broken down the middle of my heart, heart heart you know you make me a ghost you make me a ghost im an invisible disaster i keep trying to walk but my feet dont find the solid ground its like living in a bad dream i keep trying to scream but my tongue has finally lost its sound ive got to say goodbye to the pieces of me that have already died im a ghost haunting these halls climbing these walls that i never knew were there and im lost broken down the middle of my heart, heart im broken down the middle of my heart, heart heart you know you make me a ghost oh you make me a ghost you make me a ghost (you take the breath all away from me, you take it away) you make me a ghost

i dont cry i dont try anymore im a ghost im a ghost and im lost broken down the middle of my heart, heart im broken down the middle im a ghost haunting these halls climbing up walls that i never knew were there and im lost broken down the middle of my heart, heart im broken down the middle of my heart, heart heart you know you make me a ghost you know you make me a ghost in the sea i feel it in my skin, i feel it through my bones your fingertips are falling far from where i know i try to pin you down but you move like a dream i want to find you but you dropped me in the sea in the sea in the sea in the sea in the sea you dropped me in the sea in the sea in the sea in the sea no no dont rescue me i like the salt water sting it feels so good to feel it feels so good just to feel something in the sea in the sea in the sea in the sea you move so softly in the middle of the night like a cocoon in sheets you wrap you up so tight remember how we used to tangle up and breathe now youre so far away you roll me in the sea in the sea in the sea in the sea in the sea you dropped me in the sea in the sea in the sea in the sea no no dont rescue me i like the salt water sting it feels so good to feel it feels so good just to feel something in the sea in the sea in the sea in the sea no no dont rescue me i like the salt water sting it feels so good to feel it feels so good just to feel something in the sea in the sea in the sea in the sea keep warm eyes on the prize and i cant capsize this time cause theres somebody else in my boat used to live alone in a tomb i made my own but now ive gone and given up my coat and its cold outside but im just fine you are mine to keep warm

down down down i go on a road that i dont know and i aint got a thing in my bag some things you can not plan like your hand in mine just put your hand in mine and its cold outside but im just fine you are mine to keep warm yeah its cold outside but im just fine you are mine to keep warm sables and wine till the end of time you give me much more than that diamond rings and beautiful things oh you give me much more than that when you smile you are mine to keep warm and its cold outside but im just fine you are mine to keep warm end of the world when the sun runs out and theres no one to save you will you go to our favorite place and try to say goodbye at the end of at the end of the world will you find me will you find me at the end of at the end of the world will you find me so that we can go together when the moon breaks up and the tide goes out of control will you find me in the water and swim me to the stars at the end of at the end of the world will you find me will you find me at the end of at the end of the world will you find me so that we can go together, together... when the sun breaks up and theres no one to save you at the end of at the end of the world will you find me will you find me at the end of at the end of the world will you find me will you find me will you find me will you find me

thank you... mom, dad, charlie, my family, lynn grossman, teri goldberg, david kahne, michael goldstone and the mom+pop/q prime family, chris kuffner, elliot jacobson, allie moss, bess rogers, rusty anderson, shawn pelton, saul simon-macwilliams, deborah lopez, bobbie and greg laswell, joe sorren, pamela littky, michele wernick, daniel higbee, brian vinikoor, katie jelen and the rest of the folks at secret road, peter lewit, mae ho, steve ferguson, david rawson, darlene johnson, katie pizziol, david mann, thomas chip valentino, dan romer, gavin conaty, augusten burroughs, ross morrison, daniel lieberberg, henry semmence, tom calderone, frank maddocks, shervin lainez, lauren glucksman, heather turner, dylan steinberg, patrick confrey, holly adams, warren christensen, trina schaefer, lisa sonkin, bruce warren, bruno ybarra, alexandra patsavas, andrea von foerster, danny buch, jesse barnett, scott register, paul seymour, see squared studios, avatar studios, cd baby, yamaha, sennheiser, rick and barry at renaissance guitars, SU2C, brooke, adrienne, kristin, my k-9 children, shep and molly and to gregory dean, for being a bean and jean machine

all songs written by ingrid michaelson produced and programmed by david kahne engineered and mixed by david kahne mastered by bob ludwig gateway mastering studios, portland, maine string arrangements by david kahne drum tracking and strings engineer: roy hendrickson drum tracking and strings engineer (ghost): robert smith recorded at seesquaredstudios and avatar studios ingrid michaelson: vocals, piano, ukulele, tenor guitar david kahne: guitar, bass, keyboards chris kuffner: bass, guitar, tenor guitar elliot jacobson: drums rusty anderson: guitar shawn pelton: drums (black and blue, ghost) allie moss: backing vocals (blood brothers, in the sea) bess rogers: backing vocals (blood brothers, in the sea) jason slater: additional programming (black and blue) che pope: additional programming (black and blue) cover and interior painting by joe sorren | joesorren.com design: frank maddocks photography: pamela littky management: lynn grossman, secret road

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