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Typing Is Dangerous

by Sarah Donner

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You fall more than anyone else I know Hard ground brings you down to sticks and stones You’re out of alignment The sign’s meant for you to stay inside and I would never want to take your place So I will ask for a little more grace for you are Lovely, lovely, lovely standing Moped, snow sled sped up your life Slow it down some before you start to slide down The scars healed, the skin peeled I don’t want to wheel you out of here I would never want to take your place So I will ask for a little more grace for you are Lovely, lovely, lovely standing The hazards of your situation Strap in your thoughts and turn the brake on I would never want to take your place So I will ask for a little more grace for you are Lovely, lovely, lovely standing I would never want to take your place So I will ask for a little more grace for you are Lovely, lovely, lovely standing
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THE CYCLES THE CIRCLES by Sarah Donner Born from the ashes and torn from the branches you are Here under pressure and out of adventures I am And I can’t wait for something different You could take flight, take me up on the back of your wings This crippling distance has blistered the soles of my feet And I can’t wait for something different Burdens poured on me Like all the water from all the sea The cycles, the circles they suck all the instinct from me I roll up my sleeves to fight back, but I’d rather stay clean And I can’t wait for something different Burdens poured on me Like all the water from all the sea When I fall from the sky I am just metal and wire But the air in your bones lifts you higher and higher and higher Now I am not saying that I am the dangerous type Typing is dangerous when you only see black and white Burdens poured on me Like all the water from all the sea Burdens poured on me Like all the water from all the sea
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Someday 03:44
SOMEDAY Can you look close at nothing until you find something in there, in there, in there If stars could talk what would they say They’re just expired fire and so far away from me, from me, from me And I know you’re waking up to the light when everything’s broken no fights left to fight Someday you’ll leave me yeah Someday you’ll fly but somday is not tonight Deserts of paper crossed by these men I’ll search for truth again and again and again and again and again Oh I’ll go with you to these parts To your highest high and your hardest hard and your lightest white and your darkest dark To your highest high and your hardest hard and your lightest white and your darkest dark To your highest high and your hardest hard and your lightest white and your darkest dark And I know you’re waking up to the light when everything’s broken no fights left to fight Someday you’ll leave me yeah Someday you’ll fly but somday is not tonight
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GOING UNDER In a way you’re going under In a way it’s all been done before In a way you lost your thunder In a way it’s a closing of a door In a way you’re breaking even In a way it’s barely making up For the time you wasted drinking From a cup it’s never full enough And I don’t know what frames the pictures in your mind or the walls that you hang behind I hope that you will find a way to paint outside the lines You could say it’s what you live for You could say it’s breathing at it’s best In a way I can’t believe that You would trade in all your thoughts for his And I don’t know what frames the pictures in your mind or the walls that you hang behind I hope that you will find a way to paint outside the lines You already set yourself out to sea You see who told all your secrets to me And I don’t know what frames the pictures in your mind or the walls that you hang behind I hope that you will find a way to paint outside the lines
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Black Boxes 04:01
Black boxes and curtains line buildings and hallways A kind of institution to the higher mind I live richly make a mess of the earth Pour my colours into water underground You bring me mornings so precious but I sleep right through it I don’t grieve enough for the fallen, the trees, and the children of the world Back to black boxes they stir me into a craze I need a window I need a piece of day You don’t see all of the blessings standing before you The red and green lights do not make up for stars that orbit the sky Give me patience Make me bold Give me more more of what I can’t hold You bring me mornings so precious but I sleep right through it Red and green lights do not make up for stars that orbit the sky Back to black boxes
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Jonathan 02:15
Jonathan I saw you soften on the day that your mother died A callus and shell fell right off you We sang carols. It was Christmas time and I, I I held your hand in my hand, we lit candles and silently said goodnight. I could not be half the man that you are for one thing I don’t have the parts But I have your tendencies, I have your calluses I am a piece of your heart and far, far Far as I wander I’m still your daughter, we’re under the same bright star Daddy I don’t see you often enough because we’re both working so hard You said that I have gone further than you, but it doesn’t feel that far Some, some Someday we’ll both sing on top of a mountain and then we will call it our start Someday we’ll both sing on top of a mountain and then we will call it our start
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March 02:44
So you won the battle You ain’t won the war A remarkable exploit with your typical sword And you’re moves are hostile ‘cause you’re losing ground Unhospitable frontline Untransmittable sound We would march in line with if you’d turn back In our arms we’d carry you Raise your white flag And you’ve got an angle to manipulate Your spectacular weapon is A great debate And there is no triumph No victory declared when you’re shooting the night sky with nobody there We would march in line with if you’d turn back In our arms we’d carry you Raise your white flag Too old is not too late It’s not too much to ask Too much isn’t too hard You know the past is past Too old is not too late It’s not too much to ask Too much isn’t too hard You know the past is past We would march in line with if you’d turn back In our arms we’d carry you Raise your white flag We would march in line with if you’d turn back In our arms we’d carry you Raise your white flag
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You Are 03:33
Oh Sugar I have dreams on things that will never be but I’m glad you’re here with me in the real world in the real world It’s like I always say or not cause I don’t communicate mmm mmm mmm means I love you, I love you You are the sweetest song I’ve sung You are the one You are the one And I don’t understand why you get teased for driving a purple minivan As long as it brings you home to my hands, my heart You are the sweetest song I’ve sung You are the one You are the one And I owe you so much You are the sweetest song I’ve sung You are the one You are the one You are the sweetest song I’ve sung You are the one You are the one
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Heartbreaker 03:05
You came sniffing ‘round the office looking for a friend I was happy to oblige and offer benefits No one’s counting but it’s been three months, two weeks, one day You lay it on thick I like it I sure hope you stay You are a heart, heartbreaker It’s hard to see you take, take, take her away away from me I don’t know you, but I want to if it’s all the same I know all about your mojo nothing of your name You are a heart, heartbreaker It’s hard to see you take, take, take her away away from me doo doo doot doo Corporate lawyers, corporate lovers, corporate anarchists I have kissed you everywhere, and still some parts I’ve missed You are a heart, heartbreaker It’s hard to see you take, take, take her away away from me
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Sometimes I feel there’s nothing I can do for you and me and what’s around us I wait I brake I get the gas, I drive I pass the signs that say I’m ok, I’m ok Repeatedly I beat myself, I cheat myself from all the good around Constantly I compete I need a piece of someone else’s life There’s no cure for me I need Symptoms and sympathy Pills for my pride Oh I’m flying Damn the man that made machines that cling to dreams and corner my subconcious Will I get there, how I get there, I swear I swear I swear I swear There’s no cure for me I need Symptoms and sympathy Pills for my pride Oh I’m flying I don’t go, go down easy You must think I’m crazy I don’t go, go down easy You must think I’m crazy I don’t go, go down easy You must thing I’m crazy There’s no cure for me I need Symptoms and sympathy Pills for my pride Oh I’m flying
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To Be Brave 03:07
Your mother is not strong Like when you were a child And you think you’re the only one Holding on is harder than being held Time keeps secrets she will never tell So pack your bags and change Well laid plans Pressing on because You can’t go back We all agree it shouldn’t be this hard No one so close should have to go so far So soon You go be a hero to someone else and I will wait for that moment to be brave myself The earth it turns, it burns It shifts and shakes You reach through windows To save what you can save So travel back to me and Leave your heart behind It’ll find it’s way to you In perfect time You go be a hero to someone else and I will wait for that moment to be brave myself And if I’ve wasted time I hope that you will find me Happy and healthy and mindful and strong You go be a hero to someone else and I will wait for that moment to be brave myself
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Christmas coloured morning red bags and silver tags and we’re all glad to be Gathered in the same house Sleeping when it’s cold outside Here we are together glass of red and breaking bread, overfed and feeding The simple conversation Relating with relations awhile an overrated New Year, our promises put on trial Oh come ye faithful, hopeful children No one here is blameless, no one else can take this guilt and burden turn it into Kindness that compels us, someone else could us how to trust Searching for the switches to ignite electrics; it wavers, it flickers and with a flick you unstick the stubborn night The darkness that still lingers You fingers finger for the light Oh come ye faithful, hopeful children No one here is blameless, no one else can take this guilt and burden turn it into Kindness that compels us, someone else could us how to trust Stillness with the sunrise All alone and still unknown your phone won’t be Shattering the silence It’s pricessless this perfect peace And butter on your breakfast can’t replace the things you need Oh come ye faithful, hopeful children No one here is blameless, no one else can take this guilt and burden turn it into Kindness that compels us, someone else could us how to trust

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released December 1, 2010

Sarah Donner - guitar, vocals, keyboards, strings
Brad Sicotte - percussion, drums, bass

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Sarah Donner is an indie folkpop star who has embraced her inner catlady. "The Motherf**cking Pterodactyl Song" which was co- written with The Oatmeal catapulted Sarah into weblebrity status with over two million views on YouTube. After stretching her legs with musical theatre, she picked up a guitar, abandoned her classical roots, and started rocking out (with fantastic breath support). ... more

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