Setlist + Lyrics - June 24, 2023 | rushmore beekeepers - indie folk music

my heavy hands, pulling shapes from the air
some survive
that broken skyline, i walked for miles
and i’ll never be there again

from glassy water to waves pulled by the moon
i can see you through the cloudy darkness

branches bend, reaching low with
heavy hands, summer rain
creatures swim in the sky above
they’ve lived through more than i’ll see

we kissed under a broken streetlight
you smiled in the strange electric haze

i’ll take you back, under the moon
in the lookout in the rain
there’s nothing left, there’s no purpose
but we’ll find what we need

we wandered recklessly on these old roads
i carelessly held you so closely

i’ll take the messiness of this
over the certainty i longed for
by the light of a day barely starting
this isn’t everything but something more

always worried about the future, present, past
worried now and that’s all right
by the grace of the road you’re traveling
i’ll meet you between yours and mine

some days sway
with the heaviness of it all
even though we tread so lightly

if i don’t see you, tell me if you got this
it’s a long way to your eyes
by the light of a city in distress
i hope you make it out, make it out in time

spent ten years thinking
caught up searching for the right words
dictionaries keep changing
i’m writing all my letters again

learning your language
hear you talking ‘bout your day
while the earth keeps tumbling
we’re taking our sweet time

i get lost between the seasons
like i’m breathing in thin air
never saw you leaving
know i’ll see you somewhere

all this time spent being sure
i know nothing is close to answered
though my ink is running dry
i’m writing all my letters again

i get lost between the seasons
like i’m breathing in thin air
never saw you leaving
know i’ll see you somewhere

snowing in april, the cold is holding on
couldn’t tell you what day it is
i’m in no rush to get out there
we’ve made it through the worst of this

and our lost year
gets farther away every day

tending a garden, at least i’m trying
i’ll see what lives and what grows
learning in pieces and always assuming
i’m catching up with what everyone knows

and i lost time
but found a little today

don’t blame the sun for hiding away
or the clouds for taking up space
i’ll find meaning if i travel far enough
hold the stars, get back to the same place

and i’ll make up
for it all someday

it’s horrifying, what they’ve done to you
there’s no line they won’t cross
no something they won’t prove

they’re holding bibles like they’re looking to sell
there’s no bending, breaking
no mercy when you hold the keys to hell

for your own good they threw you in a cage
they celebrate their freedom
sneer and ask what made you that way

almost hope they’re right, and there’s judgment at hand
vengeance, spite, or mercy
i’d hate to be where they stand

don’t take too long to find what you need
this is all, this is all coming down
don’t take too long and don’t look back
you can believe it, you can see it all around

and when the houses are burning
and the ashes sting your eyes
the tiniest reminder, the civilized lie

boots on the ground, the old men say
this is ours, this is our holy war
over the horizon, imaginary lines
this has all, this has all been done before

and when the houses are burning
and the ashes sting your eyes
the tiniest reminder, the civilized lie

and when the bodies are burning
I hope the ashes sting your eyes
the tiniest reminder, the civilized lie

i won’t go back to some golden age
where everything, you say, was better
the time we have now is right here
it’s real, i can hold it for a second

moving forward, even if i strayed
it’ll last but it won’t last forever
the time we have now, it’s never clear
don’t run to the past, let it beckon

we may not have tomorrow
but we’ll never make yesterday again

hurts to think how clocks they turn
but time will go either way
we’ve got it all, as much as we can
rather walk in the dark than wait for mine

take your time, your time to yearn
relive the love but don’t stay
i’ll learn to slow down, that’s my plan
be careful where you step, don’t fall in line

we may not have tomorrow
but we’ll never make yesterday again

stepping so clumsily, i’m finding a path
today’s the day i’m taking it back
everyone’s panicking and ready for collapse
i’m with you, we don’t worry about that

i’ve read these tired stories again and again
paying attention and attention spends
i’ll believe what i see, a little more, a little less
wanna see this place with you and give the world some goodness

the white-out’s coming, they said so on the news
beat your neighbors to the store and buy some food
make do with what i have and tell you what i’ve done
we’ll keep each other company under the fading sun

a hundred years for a moment of your time
i’ll wait on this hill and watch the stars go by
i’ve seen it all, the sunlight on your face
i’ve seen the goodness and hope for this place

gonna get normal
get into a routine
but my mind keeps fighting back
somebody please
get me out of my house
i’ve tried everything but that

all these mornings disappear
like cars in dust on a dirt road
sometimes the distance is too much
while everything in the world feels too close

all these sunny days
the warmth that comes with them
i like the promise winter brings
someplace far away
storms are being born
the danger gives no reason to leave

all these mornings disappear
like cars in dust on a dirt road
sometimes the distance is too much
while everything in the world feels too close

i saw you at the end of the block
‘neath these hundred year old trees
at six to ten feet we stopped to talk
under cloudy skies and summer’s heavy heat

under a dark sky, under stars so bright
you getaway drove until street signs were gone
stopped on the roadside, turned off the headlights
stared at that deep black sky, then moved on

maybe i’ll see you again
in a decade, or the world’s end
maybe i’ll see you sometime

they built with stone to keep the hope in
ready for trouble, ready for a feast
you and i are good at beginning
we’ll stay if we want to, run if we need

glad i saw you again
in this new town, at the world’s end
i’m glad we have some time

the fires burn and glow into the night
secrets don’t sleep and they know how to find us
under a dark sky, under stars so bright
you and i are here and that’s enough

hands on my face, i’m sinking in slowly
i have time to think about what i’m doing
living in my head, making a lovely home here
i swear i’m trying to find you some room

i remember going home, wherever that would be
and the muddy days before i chose to care
memories in pieces, i guess it’s not so bad
i’ve tried to pick and choose who lives there

the flickering projector, the screen as big as life
some tastes i’m sure i owe to you
is my memory in movies, and is that so bad
it’s been so long, so long overdue

i let the tall grass swallow me up
summer dirt wet with rain
i let the water tap like fingertips
felt the grass and mud stain

in the time it takes to get across the ocean
i could lie here, never move again

i climbed and climbed but lost my way
swear the ground, it changed direction
my hands refused to carry my weight
my thoughts open to dissection

in the time it takes to fight hard enough to win
i could sink in, never fight again

fresh cut grass and dusty earth
summer shade and a view
i let clouds roll in, dark and grey
landscapes change and i do

i can see this wearing thin
hairline cracks have grown
this is heavy, not sinking in
bracing for the unknown

what year is this? fill me in
i’m trying to find my home
do i know you? is this somewhere i’ve been?
heading toward the unknown

the rain came before morning
and fell so softly on our bones
saw your face when you let the light in
looking past the unknown

i’ll hold my breath and cover my skin
and i’ll wait like i’ve been shown
the fire burns as the night drifts in
i’ll wait for you, the unknown

hey friend, give me a ride
i promise not to get in the way
i’ll earn my keep my nose clean
need an interstellar shelter in space

i’d go with you anytime

looking up at the stars
or looking down at the earth
never dark enough for a good view
take this wonder what is it worth

i’d go with you anytime

hey friend, give me a ride
i’m holding on, my sense of adventure
my sense of adventure
my sense of adventure

when you told me you’d miss me
as sure as the sky is grey, you do
i remember dismissing the future
approaching uncertainty as recklessly as always

i’ll be there soon out there with you
we’ll talk awkwardly, i’m sure
catching up after weird endless months
disorienting, how did the future get here?

when you told me you’d find me
as sure as the day is here, you did
you spoke of numbers, a path to the future
approaching uncertainty as recklessly as me
approaching uncertainty as recklessly as me

trying to look in your direction
i can see where you’re going
i can see the path you follow
will you turn back, glance at me
hope you know i’m here
i’m not lost but moving slow

used to see monsters, now i hear them in the night
i saw the twisted ones
they looked a lot like me
in summer haze, in a winter’s fever
used to know my ghosts
now my ghosts are memories

the ground it creaks, breathes under my feet
i’m walking softly
quietly calling for you
the brightness of day, the darkness of space
we’re here together
for whatever makes it true

hang in there, baby
they have nothing on you
they put on a big show
but no one believes it’s true

waiting on a missile
waiting for the rain
it’s never as bad as they say
but it’s never the same

trees move like nightmares
cars sound like death
walking past the cemetery
i won’t hold my breath

hang in there, baby
and i’ll hang in too
they’ll always try to take it all away
but they have nothing on you

hang in there, baby
hang in there, baby
hang in there, baby
hang in there, baby

made up my mind to be on time for you
i want to give more of what you need
taking chances, i’m saving my dances, you know
i’ve never been one to lead

in the longest night, i’ll get it right again
these tests weren’t made for people like me
feel it in the wind, your body spins in time
like the whole world is dancing free

saw you leave, the way you held back
saw the way the light hit your eyes

i walk your street and every tree it reaches
with its long and lonely arms
at your doorstep, with all that’s left i’m holding
we’ll keep each other from all harm

standing outside on my porch
searching the sky for fireworks
the moon lights up the clouds
i look up then back down

take these few steps to the street
take in the time, the quiet set aside for me
the night keeps pushing through
then the morning with you

sunlight’s streaming in
always too bright at the day’s end
shadows hold their shape
stars leave what they may

standing outside my back door
one last look before the storm
i hear the quiet city sounds
i look up then back down

sunlight’s streaming in
always too bright at the day’s end
shadows hold their shape
stars leave what they may