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Lows and Highs

by The Nautical Theme

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1.
Well you came in like a child Without the burdens of the world upon your mind So I stayed for a while To try and learn the stories held within your eyes But I never understood enough Even though they said so much Phrases I just could not recognize In a language that I’m sure so sweet But strangely quite foreign to me I never had a chance to ask you why You said goodbye Now I sit in this pile of the worries and the cares built over time And I think back to your arrival with all the tethers of the world passing you by But I never understood enough Even though you said so much Phrases I just could not recognize In a language that I’m sure so sweet But strangely quite foreign to me I never had a chance to ask you why You said goodbye Wide, you break my fall with your arms open wide
2.
Other Side 03:48
I’ll be waiting on the other side Cross that river under bright, blue skies You’ve been saying this may take some time But I’ll be dreaming of you every night I’ll be dreaming of you every night Rest my head and then close my eyes Until that day when we reunite I’ll be waiting on the other side The water’s weight For no one it hesitates Never, never I’ll be waiting on the other side Cross that river under bright, blue skies You’ve been saying this may take some time But I’ll be dreaming of you every night I’ll be dreaming of you every night Rest my head and then close my eyes Until that day when we reunite I’ll be waiting on the other side And there you’ll stay On the other side I won’t bend nor break My heart is yours And it will remain forever more Never, never Never, never I’ll be waiting on the other side Cross that river under bright, blue skies You’ve been saying this may take some time But I’ll be dreaming of you every night
3.
I’m not sure what I’ve been waiting for Get myself up and out the door For a second there thought I saw a storm But the sky don’t look like that anymore Something’s wrong when it once was right Lost our day, stumbled into night Goodbye darkness and hello to light We’ve got to get on back to the other side Maybe I’ve got one more left in me Just a little holding on where the quitting used to be Maybe I’ve got one more left in me Just a little holding on Just when you thought hope was gone I’ve given something but I could give more An effort made to even up the score For a second there thought I saw a storm But we got to safety and there’s sun once more Something’s wrong when it once was right Lost our day, stumbled into night Goodbye darkness and hello to light We’ve got to get on back to the other side Maybe I’ve got one more left in me Just a little holding on where the quitting used to be Maybe I’ve got one more left in me Just a little holding on Just when you thought hope was gone
4.
Today I won’t merely survive Today I’ll truly learn to love this life The falling and the rising tides The ebb and flow The lows and highs If you find it hard to catch your breath With heavy things that rest upon your chest Don’t write your last will and testament And find a way To try again, try again Appreciate the gifts we get Maintain perspective when the patience’s all been spent Understand what’s heaven sent Remove the noise from the rest When the darkness creeps on in I must remember not to let it win Yes, shadows will and have always been Make the light shine Sweeter, brighter, higher, more resonant Today I won’t merely survive Today I’ll truly learn to love this life The falling and the rising tides The ebb and flow The lows and highs Lows and highs
5.
Not really sure that you got over him He shows up in places every now and again Not really sure that you made the right choice Every once in a while you can still hear his voice Justification why it keeps coming up If you’re not really sure, that’s sure enough Not really sure if you ever moved on Still looking at pictures, still writing your songs Not really sure there was even a chance But a hopeless romantic’s always seeing romance Never got her out from underneath of your skin I’m not really sure and I never have been We’ve been holding on For much too, much too long The ghosts of where we’re from Not who we are Not where we’re going Not really sure why I’m bringing this up We’ve been down this old path We’ve walked through all this mud Not really sure if there’s even a point There’s no gains to be made There’s no winning this war Justification why it keeps coming up If you’re not really sure, that’s sure enough We’ve been holding on For much too, much too long The ghosts of where we’re from Not who we are Not where we’re going
6.
Rest My Back 03:11
Always waiting for collision Always feeling like it’s imminent Always basing these decisions Off of things that haven’t happened yet Rest my back on the railroad track, I’ll be waiting here I’ve been wondering are you passenger or engineer Maybe we should find an exit Maybe we will be fortunate Maybe what is in the distance Isn’t anything of consequence Rest my back on the railroad track, I’ll be waiting here I’ve been wondering are you passenger or engineer Never, never We’re not turning ‘round Rest my back on the railroad track, I’ll be waiting here I’ve been wondering are you passenger or engineer
7.
Family Lie 03:54
Don’t get caught in the family lie I know you think your brothers and your sisters were right But your mother and your father told you you would be fine I know you better than that Confirming your suspicions Something to be hidden under surface cover In truth a misdirection Just for their protection Look this way then look another Don’t even bother Hurry, hurry Hurry, hurry Don’t get caught in the family lie I know you think your brothers and your sisters were right But your mother and your father told you you would be fine I know you better than that We know it’s a temptation to step out of your place And take this to the people And truth is they may believe you So make them all believers Greatest of deceivers A sympathetic face and likely story Get your glory Hurry, hurry Hurry, hurry Don’t get caught in the family lie I know you think your brothers and your sisters were right But your mother and your father told you you would be fine I know you better than that
8.
Would you open up my eyes to things that I would otherwise be blind Would you get inside my head in ways that I would never imagine The powerful unknown asleep inside your bones It may choose to go But there’s always hope If we could find a way To capture the day Take all of the time out, throw it all away Would you open up my eyes to things that I would otherwise be blind Would you get inside my head in ways that I would never imagine And if you saw yourself like I see you now Just floating off the ground without a care to hold you down Just keep your guard up To keep your heart strong But let me in Would you open up my eyes to things that I would otherwise be blind Would you get inside my head in ways that I would never imagine Just keep your guard up To keep your heart strong Just keep your guard up But let me in
9.
This has been going on so long And there’s been right and there’s been wrong And there’s a note upon my arm that I wrote in the dark It seems a silly thing to do But I was trying to make a move Steer myself more now towards the truth Because I heard that’s what you do Somethings never change Like a boy out in the rain Thinking he will find his place like they said he would And girls, they're just the same Looking for a bit of grace With some luck and a little faith It will be good I realize this all sounds somewhat strange Especially when it’s coming from me Someone who never learned the ways Of making sense, making amends Just know that there is sincerity Just know that there are these splendid things And yes you will feel your share of pain But I hope, oh I hope Somethings never change Like a boy out in the rain Thinking he will find his place like they said he would And girls, they're just the same Looking for a bit of grace With some luck and a little faith It will be good
10.
River 02:19
There was something about a river flowing round the bend Wearing down the rocks it held within Something about a canyon, carved one-thousand years Digging scars that rain could never heal There was something about an ocean where that river ends That made it small and insignificant Something about perspective, something about the lens That we’re looking at these problems with Something about an answer that I didn’t have Something about a question you would never ask Something about the courage of taking something from the fear And just being in the moment that is here

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released March 20, 2020

Tesia Mallory: Vocals, Keys
Matt Shetler: Vocals, Guitar

Justin Crim: Drums on "Break My Fall", "Not Really Sure", and "Some Things Never Change"

Emery Shetler: Hand Claps on "Family Lie"

Tracking: Tesia Mallory, Matt Shetler, Ready Shet Go Studio
Mixing Engineer: Micah Carli, Popside Recording
Mastering Engineer: John Naclerio, Nada Studio

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The Nautical Theme Dayton, Ohio

Modern-Folk duo featuring the ebb and flow of male/female harmonies and honest songwriting ringing off ivory keys and steel strings.

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