All songs / David Alan Graham
Two in the morning, flipping the pillow, waiting on a thought to finish.
2 AM, clock face dim
Pillow flipped to the cool again
Half a dream, half a thought
Not enough to call it caught
Ceiling fan keeps the count
Window cracked, the light just out
Streetlamp combing through the blinds
Drawing soft and slow lines
Pillow flip, cool found
Whole house quiet, whole street down
On the cooler side tonight
Slow turn, soft white
Sheets cool, mind low
This is where I go
Cooler side, cooler hour
Where the dark gets quiet and slow
Whole house breathing low
Nothing I gotta know
3 AM, fan still ticks
Warm spot where the cat sleep sits
Sip of water, cool the throat
Set the glass down on the floor
Ice maker drops a slow click
House settles, pipes pick
Nothing knocking, nothing missed
Just the quiet doing its trick
Slow turn, slow breath
Nowhere to be but the next inch left
On the cooler side tonight
Slow turn, soft white
Sheets cool, mind low
This is where I go
Cooler side, cooler hour
Where the dark gets quiet and slow
Whole house breathing low
Nothing I gotta know
Could get up
Could check the time
Could think about the day behind
Could but won't
Won't but could
Cool side better than the should
On the cooler side tonight
Slow turn, soft white
Sheets cool, mind low
This is where I go
Cooler side, cooler hour
Where the dark gets quiet and slow
Whole house breathing low
Nothing I gotta know
Cooler side…
Cooler hour…
This is where I go…
E♭2 AM, clock face Fmdim
Pillow Gmflipped to the cool E♭again
Half B♭a dream, half a thought
Not enough to call it Fmcaught
Ceiling B♭fan keeps the count
Window Gmcracked, the light just Cmout
Streetlamp E♭combing through B♭the blinds
Drawing soft and slow lines
Pillow E♭flip, cool found
Whole house quiet, Gmwhole street down
On the cooler side tonight
Slow turn, soft white
Sheets B♭cool, mind Cmlow
This Gmis where I go
Cooler B♭side, cooler Fmhour
Where Gmthe dark gets quiet and slow
Whole B♭house breathing E♭low
B♭Nothing I gotta A♭know
3 AM, fan still ticks
FmWarm spot Gmwhere the cat sleep E♭sits
Sip of water, cool the Fmthroat
Set the Gmglass down on the Fmfloor
Ice maker Gmdrops a slow click
House Fmsettles, pipes pick
GmNothing knocking, nothing Fmmissed
Just E♭the quiet doing Fmits trick
E♭Slow Gmturn, slow breath
Nowhere Cmto be but the Gmnext inch left
On E♭the cooler side A♭tonight
Slow turn, soft Fmwhite
Sheets B♭cool, mind Cmlow
This Gmis where I Fmgo
Cooler B♭side, cooler hour
Where Gmthe dark gets quiet and Fmslow
Whole B♭house breathing low
FmNothing E♭I gotta know
Could get up
Could Cmcheck the time
Could think about the day behind
FmCould but Gmwon't
Won't but could
Cool side better E♭than the should
On the cooler side tonight
Slow turn, soft Gmwhite
Sheets E♭cool, mind low
This is where I go
Cooler Gmside, cooler hour
CmWhere Gmthe dark gets quiet and Fmslow
Whole house B♭breathing E♭low
B♭Nothing I gotta Gmknow
Cooler Fmside…
CmCooler B♭hour…
GmThis is where I go…
This is the unfiltered pitch detection across the whole mix — vocals, bass and drums included — mapped onto a fretboard. It is not a playable arrangement and no one should try to read it as one. It is here only because it is the raw material everything else was built from.
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From the porch, Sarasota
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