The Stakes (High As You Make 'Em)

from Before We Fell In by Seacastle

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lyrics

Well I wrote this song just like a letter,
everybody knows it's gonna' get better for you.

It sounds like something on the radio,
my head tells me: I'm gonna' stick around.

In that fancy hotel where film stars go,
you stayed there once in a bungalow in June.

You took some pretty pictures, danced to Janis,
palms waving down, the sun was a menace to you.

It's up to you.
It's up to you.
It's up to you, it's up to you.

Selling underground papers in San Francisco,
you didn't care enough to say you hate disco did you?

But you still came back from California,
you never thought the midwest woulda' mourned ya' did you?

It's up to you.
It's up to you.
It's up to you, it's up to you.

A ciggie and a beer under the stars,
a little bit of silence and some Motown cars free you.

But these wounds won't break, they're chained to the ceiling,
you can keep on numbing or you can try feeling it through.

It's up to you.
It's up to you.
It's up to you, it's up to you.

It's up to you.
It's up to you.
It's up to you, it's up to you.

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from Before We Fell In, released October 20, 2015
Lyrics: Maeve Stephenson

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