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What It's Like To Be Known

by Natalie Madigan

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Nostalgia's Muse 03:29
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Verse: It came to me like daylight saw it in a past life Held it in my palms as I reached for the divine Waiting for a reason If I could wake the sky up tell it that I’m tired Sick of having dreams where my lungs fill with fire I could have some freedom Pre: Need a better cover these days ‘stead of waking up calling his name ‘Stead of screamin at the mirror tryna make something change It’s too loud in my mind and too quiet in this bed Chorus: Don’t make me sink into it all again I’m tired of being memory’s best friend Posing for a picture of my youth Stuck being nostalgia’s muse Verse: Well if my heart is healing should I still have this feeling When I kiss his lips and it’s tastes like I’m stealing Cause I don’t have the answers and he’s waiting for the answers Pre: Need a better story these days ‘stead of making up things to save face ‘Stead of singing to my ego tryna make something change It’s too loud in my mind and too quiet in this bed Chorus: Don’t make me sink into it all again I’m tired of being memory’s best friend Posing for a picture of my youth Stuck being nostalgia’s muse
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Anyone 03:10
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Verse: Listen I know how it is between us Changes in time zones ain’t easy and Love doesn’t play like the movies Can’t catch a flight just to see me ‘cause You got your plans and I’ve got mine So I’ll meet you when the stars align (I’ll be dreamin’ about it) Pre: Showers at midnight, You at my bedside Tearin’ my heart in two Under the covers, Baby no other Could fit with you like I do Chorus: I know you better than anyone else I know you better than anyone else Verse: All of this tension is not in my nature Rather kill time your arms but I’m lost in the place we created Back when my love was enough But not you have your plans and I have mine So I’ll meet you when the stars align (I’ll be dreamin’ about it) Pre: Chorus: Bridge: 12am feels different here without you Our love flickers I don’t want to doubt you Wide awake trying to rewrite our history Play it all back ‘til it’s stained in my memory x2
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I Did What I Did 02:49
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VERSE: Friday in neon The girl to the left of me’s jaded She can’t feel her face I’m on the roof Way too sober for this conversation Can you give me some space? My best friend’s acting a fool she’s had too much to drink Mmm Her vision’s blurred she thinks that he’s been staring at her But he’s looking at me PRE: The guy that she’s here for’s a drag He’s feelin’ me up when she turns her back I kissed a boy and he tasted like cig Everything happened so quick I don’t remember his name Or even then reason I came I’ll never see him again Can’t say I’m proud but I did what I did VERSE: 2am phone calls You’re still on my speed dial I hate it But are you still up? Talkin’ in the other room So she won’t hear you saying She’s not enough Truth is I just want attention I’m not still attached mmm But if you wanna tell me I’m the best that you’ve had I’m cool with that PRE: I’m showin’ up at your house You know you shouldn’t come out I blame the past, I blame the night For making me think this was right Screw all the feelings I just Wanna be feeling your touch I’m kinda lonely I’m kinda lit Can’t say I’m proud but I did what I did OUTRO: I’m not normally This unholy My priorities Are abnormally Disproportionally (filled with) uncertainty Take my mentality Give me morality
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Jaded 04:00
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Verse: Used to have 20/20 vision of myself and dreams Now I doubt who I’m becoming and who the hell I think I’ve been Ah nah nah And you don’t see a difference Used to see the best in people had a hold on my ideals Now I’m getting apathetic, now I’m seein’ what’s real And I hate it You took the bliss of ignorance Pre: (I, I, I) I wanna feel wanna feel anything (I, I, I) I wanna feel anything Chorus: But now I’m jaded just like you Jaded got me feelin so tired and blue You soured my sweetness Your bitterness creeped in And left me with nothing but truth Now I’m jaded just like you Verse: Take it back to when we started didn’t fear the love I gave I used to be a lot cooler ‘til you spent the love we made Now I’m selfish And choosey with my energy Pre: (I, I) I wanna feel wanna feel anything (I, I, I) I wanna feel anything Chorus: Bridge: Catching up to me slowly Made the move to the city But the lights aren’t bright enough to keep me blind Bored with the cycle Need a disciple To turn all of the darkness into light Chorus:
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Appetite 01:15
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One step foward two steps back Getting pretty tired getting off track You wanted perfection and I’m not that You let me know Two years going down the drain Watch it all go by clouded window pains I want something better but my heart is stained You let me know Now any peace of mind I had was gone I learned to go but never learned how to move on Now I’ve lost my appetite again It’s not worth it but you swear it is And I hold on ‘cause I’m afraid of change And you know that And you use that And you break me ‘til I love you
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Clothes 02:50
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Verse: Am I losing you right now? I can see my love leaving your eyes right in front of me Can feel you shutting down I can see the distance growing right in front of me Pre: Wanna talk about God and the universe Wanna talk about you and me the both of us How come the closest that we get is when our clothes are off? How come the closest that we get is never close enough? Chorus: You’re just the same as me And that’s what scares me most Push away good things And swear we’re better off Verse: Now tables they are turning Tasting my own medicine is a little bit bitter now Ain’t it funny how the world works Finally finding something real and it only lets you down Pre: Wanna talk about god and the universe Wanna talk about you and me the both of us How come the closest that we get is when our clothes are off? How come the closest that we get is never close enough? Chorus: You’re just the same as me And that’s what scares me most Push away good things And swear we’re better off
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Remember Why You Fell In Love 04:25
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Verse: Ridin’ to nowhere on 65 You were makin’ fun of the way I drive We were layin’ in the churchyard lookin for signs Like a fallen star, or the voice of divine I thought of you when I heard that song ‘cause it hurt just right when I sang along I always suspected the darkness in you I was keepin the light on hoping you’d come through Pre: If i memorized the change in the wind Would it make you remember the places we’ve been If I told you that I still had hope would it make you recall Chorus: We were dreaming ‘bout fame in a crystal mansion You were singing my name like your national anthem Oh yeah We were adding up sins in the city of angels We were sneaking in and getting kicked out later Oh yeah, oh yeah Does it make you remember why you fell in love? Verse: You were baptized in southern sun And I grew up with my soul on the run But I watch you play your songs from the side of the stage You could turn me to the book write your name on the page Pre: If I memorized the beat of your heart Would it take you back to where it all started If I told you that I still had hope would it make you recall Chorus: Bridge: Nothing competes with a memory Maybe you’ll love me when I finally leave You’re not the man that I thought you’d be But I still dream Chorus: We were dreaming ‘bout fame in a crystal mansion You were singing my name like your national anthem Oh yeah We were adding up sins in the city of angels We were sneaking in and getting kicked out later Oh yeah, oh yeah We were going 99 on pacific highway I said if I’m gonna die I’m gonna do it my way Oh yeah, oh yeah Does it make you remember why you fell in love? Does it make you remember why you fell in love? Oh say you remember why you fell in love
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Then & Now 03:44
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Verse: I gave up too fast when things were too bad I will admit that Why can’t we learn to forgive and forget? We had a good thing no sense in ending it’d be a damn shame Why can’t we learn to work on what we had? Pre: ‘Cause all of the things that we never did yeah Checks on our list ah We know that all we have is time And it’s working against us Chorus: I loved you then Oh baby I will love you now I loved you then Oh baby I will love you now Verse: We had a wild love I watched it grow up til we came undone I’m sorry that I let the flower die Oh but I still feel that we could refill the glass that we spilled Oh we can turn this water into wine Pre: Chorus: Outro: If you mean it come and weather the storm Fight like lovers grow together in turn If you want this then come as you are If you want this, If you want this
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What It's Like To Be Known 03:58
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when your heart breaks wide open & you’re scared of your own emotion But for a moment you don’t feel so alone This is what’s it’s like to be known When you’re on your knees in the kitchen Just asking Jesus to listen ‘Cause you can’t hold the weight on your own This is what it’s like to be known When your mama knows the state you’re in Even when you’re good at faking it Like she sees all the fragments of your soul This is what it’s like to be known When a breath of holy friendship Can take your heart and mend it Remind you who you are & where you’re going This is what it’s like to be known When standing by the ocean Makes you feel so unimportant Just a temporary piece of the whole This is what it’s like to be known When the gravity of grace Wraps you up in her embrace & you don’t deserve the mercy you’re shown This is what it’s like to be known I have loved you when you’re not easy to love Does it scare you that I’ve never given up? Don’t you believe me when I tell you this is home? This is what it’s like to be known

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released March 10, 2021

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Natalie Madigan Nashville, Tennessee

Unapologetically herself, Natalie Madigan is a wordsmith with the style of a pop princess. Her music showcases themes of love, heartbreak and growth in the human experiences of life through the lens of her ever-changing perspective.

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