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The Glimmer

by Mark Lipman

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1.
I want to tell you but i don't know how How do I tell you that I love you I want to tell you that I'm jealous how You tend to want those girls to love you Well I can't say that I agree That they would treat you better than I As your queen I guess it's safe to say That you don't think of me that way And I, I'm unseen Guess you'll stay my Mister Bittersweet I'm not a failure 'cause I don't know how To be your stunning chanticleer I'm not a failure 'cause I'm lonely now Though you are standing oh so near I've been here before I know what's waiting there behind the door And it's not me If we're speaking truthfully I'd much prefer that you would know My love, my love is free Anyway, even if it's bittersweet Ain't that just the way Your pining for it every day My God, this machine To never know the limits of Embracing all the different kinds of love There can be What is left of these empty hands We know where our ambition lands alone in the taste of bittersweet
2.
Icarus 03:53
Now is just a place from which to begin The heart is just a way to speak from within And stories sung are only true When they belong to me and you If I want to be a star Guess I’ll just keep on (Guess I’m asking for the Sun) Living in my way I get so confused Giving up the day to the heart of the muse And many see the difference here Is nothing more than what you hear So when you’re knowing where you are You’re probably heading for the sun Reason or a rhyme can never be found So keep up with the times ‘cause the past is gaining ground And everything is so surreal Do I have what it takes to heal Though I may have come this far Still miles and miles before the sun
3.
The Ghosts 00:29
Armageddon (Come on boy, keep your head up) Armageddon (Don't let your past turn you into dust) Armageddon (Come on boy, keep your head up and trust)
4.
Armageddon 04:16
Letting go is all it takes to save you these days In the land of milk and honey it pays To show yourself a little bit of grace Even just a trace Armageddon Can’t come soon enough See I got this garden But I can’t find my love I picked the prize ones And all else that came up this year Left for to spoil, soon forgotten in the soil Too soon to be remembered one day When I’m on my way Chorus Oh Armageddon (Come on boy, keep your head up) Oh Armageddon (Don’t let your past turn you into dust) Oh Armageddon (Come on boy, keep your head up and trust) Can’t come soon enough
5.
She didn’t dwell upon tomorrow Don’t care what’s behind that door Another man who treads in sorrow Another drink that’s left to pour You can have the straight and narrow Go ahead and take that road Just give her wide open meadows And winding pathways all alone I flow, I flow, I am a sparrow I glow, I glow, I am a rainbow I go, I go, I am a railroad I know, I know, I am an arrow Straight through the heart Anyone who ever met her Met a little shadow too Cast by a dark umbrella To help forget what once she knew You may call her an angel But she’s fallen through and through ‘Cause someone shot a hole in heaven And that man looked just like you Chorus You can make a nest to keep her You can plant a pot of gold Lay the tracks until the sunsets And your hands turn grey and old Or you can paint a little bullseye In the center of your chest Lift your hands up to the blue sky And she’ll do what she does best Chorus
6.
Allison turned around again to heed another call From the same old shadow so dark and tall She slipped out the back door with a look in her eye That wasn’t looking at me at all (Pre chorus) When you hold on to something for so long It only weighs you down You come to find it doesn’t make you strong To drag yourself around And around (Chorus) Cold is the grave that haunts me honey Warm is the hand that guides Old is the wolf that howls to be set free Born is the man inside True is the love that’s tried I picked myself up off the floor and followed her along I knew right then that it would end with the singing of this song I put a photograph by the epitaph and carried on my way And the sun shone down that day Pre-chorus Chorus I used to think she was to blame for an appetite to die I used to think it was worth craving the gleam in his eye But anyone could tell you the lesson of it all Is how not to heed the call Pre-chorus Chorus
7.
The Point 04:13
All my elders told me to be patient kind and true To the path before me And the things I have to do And the weight slips from my hands On a dime Yea the weight falls to their feet But it's mine There's a point on the horizon That I try to keep my eye on Is it sinking or rising Or is it just standing still I wonder if I ever will Make it there Gather round me children know that I am one of you Just a singing pilgrim on a ship across the blue And the way slips from my hands Every time As the day lays its demands On the line Chorus Every day that I wake up is a new day in the same old skin I can try to deny it but to fight it is the only sin ‘Cause when I try to deny it, I lost my way Every time that I fight it, I get hell to pay Chorus
8.
Good Loving 03:53
Gimme some good lovin’, good lovin’ Some of that kiss and huggin’, kiss and huggin’ Take me out cut a ruggin’ Come back home for cuddle buggin’ Good lovin’, lovin’ Lovin’, lovin’ Lovin’, lovin’ Lovin’, lovin’ I wanna be around you want you by my side Gimme some good lovin’, good lovin’ Some of that kiss and huggin’, kiss and huggin’ Take me out cut a ruggin’ Come back home for cuddle buggin’ Good lovin,’ lovin’ Lovin’, lovin’ (oh the day breaks into another light) Lovin’, lovin’ (and I take my chances to get it right) Lovin’, lovin’ (oh mistakes I know them to be my guide) But when my head breaks down in the oversight, I wanna be around you want you by my side dead of night Lovin’, lovin’ Lovin’, lovin’ Lovin’, lovin’ I wanna be around you want you by my side Good lovin’, good lovin’ Kiss and huggin’, huggin’
9.
Sometimes we put our hands together At the end of a song Maybe because we liked the way It drifted along Maybe it broke the glass of youth Did it scald you with the burning truth Or perhaps it was just the thing to do Just because But I don’t want nobody to give me applause Not for what I’ve done Give me 20 years to turn my head around Drop the smoking gun Change from who I was Until then I don’t want nobody’s applause Sometimes we agree To walk into the sea Even when we don’t know How to kick our feet Or how to tell someone the truth With the lies just dodging every tooth And skimming the surface of the blue Just like a fraud Chorus Just say it, I’m sorry, just say it It’s too late but I’m sorry, just say it But I don’t want nobody to give me applause Not for what I’ve done Give me 20 years to turn my head around Give my ears some distance from the sound Drop the smoking gun Change from who I was Until then I don’t want nobody’s applause (Just say it, I’m sorry, just say it)
10.
Icarus let me in I wanna talk man to man I think you’ve been flying too high Now’s a place to begin But pair those wings with that grin And we’ll have ourselves a goodbye And all those stories of the light Left you blinded in the night Can’t see the truth from way up there Wash your face and comb your hair Help this old man off his chair And we’ll face the monsters, you and I Bring your love and fearless dare I’ll bring my wit, take it from there We’ll take it one step at a time And all those stars out in the night Are little suns shining so slight When you look up from way down here Icarus let me in I know it’s much to your chagrin That things when down the way they did But I know you will fly again Just keep aim on the horizon and You’ll find a better life’s ahead
11.
Avalanche 03:47
I want to write a folk song in the dirt Right where it belongs Right where it hurts I want to hear the words tumbling free Like an avalanche all around me I wanna know how and what it feels like to run Beneath the storm cloud like a son of a gun Rising just like the sun Come on boy keep your head up Don’t let your past turn you into dust Come on boy keep your head up and trust Got one foot facing round the bend And the other one in the quick sand It’s me and the trickster hand in hand Once again and you’re making plans I want to know you as distinct from my past Because it’s so true I never learned how to Make a good thing last unless I put me last (I just put me last) Don’t let your past turn you into dust Come on boy keep your head up and trust in moving on trust in moving on I want to write a folk song in the dirt Right where it belongs Right where it hurts
12.
Oh, holy night The wolves forgot about me They left without saying goodbye The moths are up in flames Ain’t it a shame That I thought I’d try To slide away To the other side Goodbye mom and goodbye dad Goodbye to all the things I had If I wake before I die I guess I’ll have to set this right And find the light along the way Shining bright illuminate Oh in all I’ve sacrificed I might as well be Jesus Christ Birthing once again Oh holy night The road to Maniwaki It talks to me sometimes The fog creeps o’er the lake And somewhere I wake Alive for in silence We speak and become what we dream Goodbye mom and goodbye dad Goodbye to all the things I had I was looking for a guide Now I open up and let the light Let the light lead the way Shining bright illuminate And with all I’ve sacrificed I might as well be Jesus Christ Birthing once again Oh holy night Ave Marias and Hallelujahs They never rang out in my mind So bright and true It’s all I knew to trust in What I was to find Now I know what is real And what it takes for wounds to heal Goodbye mom and goodbye dad Let the light lead the way Shining bright illuminate Oh in all I’ve sacrificed I might as well be Jesus Christ Birthing once again Oh holy night Oh holy night Those stars do shine bright

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12 tracks of original music that I wish my 23-year-old self would have been able to hear.

Read more about it at www.madinamerica.com/2022/06/icarus-let-songs-better-story/

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released November 13, 2022

Produced by Dave Brophy and Mark Lipman
Executive Producer Nathan Langford
Mixed and mastered by Dave Brophy

All songs written and composed by Mark Lipman

Mark Lipman--vocals, rhythm guitar
Dave Brophy--drums, percussion, synth
James Rohr--keys
Zachariah Hickman--bass
Kara Kulpa--violin, mandolin
Laurence Scudder--viola
Rich Hinman--pedal steel
Lyle Brewer--electric guitar
Mark Erelli--acoustic guitar
Jamie Edwards--synth
Dietrich Strause--trumpet
Matt Girard--baritone guitar

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Mark Lipman Boston, Massachusetts

Mark Lipman is a singer/songwriter in Boston, MA. Chances are, if you’ve ever seen Mark Lipman play, your emotions have been stirred from the moment he opens his mouth to sing. With a voice that comes wrenching from his heart and soul, his powerful sonic presence has left quite a mark on his listeners. 
www.marklipmanmusic.com
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