Setlist + Lyrics - March 23, 2023 | rushmore beekeepers - indie folk music

always remember my nightmares
never remember my good dreams
but when i wake and you are next to me
nothing’s as bad as it seems

never remember the things that you say to me
always remember the way that you say them
but i want to give you more happiness than you could ever spend

always like it complicated
never looking for some simple thing
but when i see that look that you give me
i have no trouble believing

so let’s go out and lie in the park
always and nevers lost in the dark
i’ve made more promises than i have told
but never more than my hands can hold

i may stay this way for years
almost knowing, never quite sure
i’ve held this in my hands
can’t count the times
the harder i try, the harder i try

you may see me someday when
you’re done imagining you’ll see me again
i’ll hold you in my arms
like i did in my mind
the harder i try, the harder i try

it may seem so obvious
mapping this route that found us
i’ll hold truth in my hands
like it was always mine
the harder i try, the harder i try

i can see it when i close my eyes
the bridge that leads from here to that side
i’ll take each step
like each step was mine
the harder i try, the harder i try

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

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

from the coastline of your thoughts
to the window of your tiny box
the waves come a-rolling
the best thing and the worst thing you ever had
you’re looking at them like they’re the same
you tuck away that good feeling you had for awhile
and hide it like it was stolen
the smile you thought you knew
the person who was holding you had a different name

and hey, hey, it’s a new day
hey, hey, it’s another day

your beat up truck never runs like you think it should
but there’s plenty of room for you and a good friend
your life never works like you think it should
the empty seat stays empty
everybody treats you like a good pal
you go to the same places on the weekends
and you write letters you never mail
they sit and collect dust like they’re antiques

and hey, hey, it’s a new day
hey, hey, it’s another day

the sky is falling like an old building
one piece of wood at a time
and you keep waiting for tomorrow like you’ll live forever
but your hair is turning grey
the sky is falling, like memories it’ll bury you soon
and you’ll find everyone you thought was a friend
was just another person on just another day

and hey, hey, it’s a new day
hey, hey, it’s another day

dark eyes and flowing red hair dyed brown
blue paintings all around, but her eyes facing the ground
i tried, she was like a queen
i thought the best i’d ever seen, but another man’s rose of abilene

her scarf, it was dusty blue
and it shone like the moonlight on somebody’s tomb
i starved myself for affection
sensitive attention, my soft angelic pretension

her man, he travelled to talk to me
left me bruised and bloody on a street i’d never see
i can’t put my eyes to the ground
i see her all around, but she’ll never make a sound

the aftertaste of love is bitter
wish i’d never met her, or that i could forget her
such a waste of hearts like hers and mine
i’ll learn some lesson in time, you could read a novel in someone’s eyes

the mandolins sang softly and sweetly in the warm summer air
drifting like the breeze that brought you then took you from me
i sat at the café till the lady took all the chairs inside
then i sat on the sidewalk, just sat till the sun came up

we danced in the street, i stepped on your feet again and again
waltzing so clumsy like the goodnight kiss landing on your cheek
i walked all the way home
down streets that i know, and still got lost
the time we had spent left me a mess, i’m still here

the end of it all won’t come soon enough for my mandolin
we remember the chords but the melody lines are long lost
i had hold of your hands long enough to write down the words
but they left like the breeze that danced you and took you from me
they left like the breeze that danced you and took you from me

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

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

i can’t sleep until these thoughts leave my head
trying to work it all out, tossing, turning in my bed

i try to keep my eyes closed
but the light of the moon, it knows

the speed of it all is so much
i try to get bored, it’s not enough

i’ve seen you, lifetimes pass
it’s endless, it’s finite, it is what we have

the coldest night of the year
i feel so alive even if it hurts

but while we’re waiting this will change
and the light of the moon shows the way

if the world ends someday soon
will it mean the same
to you and me, to you and me
we share a drink, don’t hold hands
i’ll never feel the wind blow
so strong again, so cold again

that big ol’ clock is counting down
hands they spin, lose their way
to you and me, to you and me
we share a meal, pass the time
i’ll never hear your voice
so clear again, so sure again

heard your fingertips, tap tap tap
at my bedroom door
looking for me, looking for me
we share a path, walk for miles
i’ll never feel my feet tread
lightly again, so free again
lightly again, so free again

there’s only one road into your town
i couldn’t handle that, i’d need some way out
not traveling much but not for long
we’ll get it together, find a road to get on

i’ve heard these tales of times that have passed
i’ve seen the old world, the ghosts of what you had
went on forever, then forever finally ended
things got harder even if no one meant it

the wind whips through, fighting with the trees
the road crumbles, gives way beneath our feet
i’ll ride with this caravan, i’ll be someone who stays
i’ll believe it all and earn my place

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

sending a letter, i’m coming home soon
waiting for a break in the rain
hold out your hands so i can reach you
you’re different, i never change

seeking asylum, you won’t find it there
the gates are closed for good
put those miles far behind where
stone-faced killers once stood

must be a cure for quelling these doubts
if you know, show me the way
trying to do good and i’m not sure now
the ash and rubble remain

sending a letter, i know you
you told me you could see i was different
hands on your shoulders, eyes on the moon
in the darkness i know what you meant

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 soaked my hands in water
till they couldn’t hold any more
my wrinkles like river veins
leading to the ocean

i turned my eyes to the sky
closed against the brightness
my eyelids letting light in
like a canopy of trees

these memories have lost their purpose
but their uselessness is something
i can rely on

and i’m not running
from anything anymore
i’m holding my ground and facing
whatever is on its way

i saw my fingers drift away
spilling on the table
holding tightly to whatever words
made their way to the page

i heard my mouth fall to pieces
as i tried to speak these thoughts
whatever tumbles out i hope
will find its way like the wind

these memories have lost their purpose
but their uselessness is something
i can rely on

and i’m not running
from anything anymore
i’m holding my ground and facing
whatever is on its way

they tore the building down
at the end of the street
we were all staying home
didn’t see a thing

so much noise i could’ve sworn
i felt the earth shake
thought it was a halfway house
wonder what they’ll put in its place

nothing will stand forever
no matter how you build it
little more than a lifetime
old enough for you to feel it

the columns are crumbling
see cracks drawn in the stone
this could stand 100 years
maybe longer if you leave it alone

nothing will stand forever
no matter how you build it
little more than a lifetime
old enough for you to feel it

close the windows and draw the curtains
something is happening here
check the doors and find the flashlights
we need a plan but there’s nothing to fear

it’s getting dark but there’s a little light left
follow it, go where it goes

listen real close and you’ll find the answers
if you can wait till the end
care about truth and care about love
these things will find you again and again

it’s getting dark but there’s a little light left
follow it, go where it goes
i’ll wait for you even in the darkness
the darkness nobody knows

when the sun rises, the story is done
the arc is long and it bends
i’ll find love wherever it lives
and grieve for peace wherever it ends

it’s getting dark but there’s a little light left
follow it, go where it goes
i’ll wait for you even in the darkness
the darkness nobody knows
i’ll wait for you even in the darkness
the darkness nobody knows

up the steps, out of the dark
counting the years, it went too far
the time is wasted, but we’re still here
out of the shelter, in the clear

the monuments stand no more
dedications to long forgotten wars
there aren’t any sides when the bombs drop
out of the shelter, the shooting stopped

i saw the paper, the last to print
the final fall of the final government
they were all drawing lines in the sand
out of the shelter, they took their stand

up the steps, out in the world
no one’s taking prisoners with flags unfurled
we got lucky, if that’s what we call this
out of the shelter, they barely missed

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

in the quietest moment i’m listening for you
in the almost morning light i’m listening for you

snow and ice are melting
dripping into the gutters
brightness noise returning
today moves like the others

stare up at the old trees, they’ll surely outlast me
these houses creak and shift, they’ll surely outlast me

saved a baby bird
saved it from a dog bite
ran from a fisher cat
its scream tore through the night

in the quietest moment it all comes rushing in
in the almost morning light it all comes rushing in

i want to see what you saw
in those final moments
150 million miles away
you disappeared in the silence

in the quietest moment i’m listening for you
in the almost morning light i’m listening for you