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Still In Limbo

by Nick Teale

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1.
Limbo 05:18
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It's been such a long time I still wear the watch that she gave to me Gotta have a strong mind Cause she'll never love me it's plain to see You know it's all too much I'll never get to heaven while I'm longing for her touch She lights my soul on fire I'll never reach Nirvana while I selfishly desire Gotta reach for something higher I'm still in Limbo I know I could leave at any time But her presence is sublime I cling to symbols Idols from the days when she was mine Falling from the path divine And I keep her postcards They always remind me of better days And they warm my cold heart But I know that I'll never mend this way Whoa and God only knows it's a long narrow road Still I keep fighting through the pain But if I let her go now Does that mean that love's all a foolish game You know it isn't fair I'll never be enlightened by the dark warmth of her hair The fire never dies I'll never find salvation with the devil in my eyes Don't you think I realize I'm still in Limbo I know I could leave at any time But her presence is sublime And I feel so sinful Running her through my ungrateful mind But she lingers in me like the finest wine I'm still in Limbo I know I could leave at any time But her presence is sublime And I clutch my hymnal Trying to stay in tune with higher vibes But she lingers in me and I don't know why
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Ain't Holy Yet 05:03
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Well Mama told me 'bout a man who said love thy brother Said he's the man that I should strive to be He was a man who said to honor thy father and mother But leave them far behind and follow me How can I leave behind the ones I love And cause them sorrow and grief Just like the man who gave his own life up With his mama crying at his feet Well I ain't holy yet, I'm still findin' my way I got a hundred million miles to go But if the sun don't set on my life today I'm gonna keep on walkin' down that narrow road Well Mama told me sonny, don't you talk to strangers But some days I see Jesus in their eyes And Daddy said don't you put yourself in danger But ain't that how I know I'm on his side Well, you and I, we're the salt of the earth That's what the Prophet said But what good is the light of the world If it's locked inside a funeral bed Well I ain't holy yet, I'm still findin' my way I got a hundred million miles to go But if the sun don't set on my life today I'm gonna keep on walkin' down that narrow road Where the lanes are marked but the lines are blurred And the only sign to guide me is the holy word And I ain't always rightly heard what it has to say I ain't holy yet, but I'm gonna get there someday I told my mama I would buy her a house on the ocean I said the world can wait until she's gone But someday I'll meet a girl and give her all my devotion I guess that means my loyalty's still torn God's gonna keep me on the righteous path That much I've learned so far The only thing that can hold me back Is my own fragile selfish heart Well I ain't holy yet, and my hair's turnin' gray I still got a hundred million miles to go But if the sun don't set on my life today I'm gonna keep on walkin' down that narrow road Where the lanes are marked but the lines are blurred And the only sign to guide me is the holy word And I ain't always rightly heard what it has to say I ain't holy yet, but I'm gonna get there someday
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Rectangles 02:51
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Well a man drove up one day in a fancy car Said my TV and my phone ain't up to par Well don't you want a bigger screen A louder sound, a brighter sheen Well I'm sure I don't know what he mean We're fine right where we are They all look equally rectangular to me And why I gotta be like them I just can't see Call me up if you can broaden my mind Otherwise you're just wastin' time Cause I've got all the rectangles I need Well he had on a suit and tie and some French cologne Had shiny black shoes and his jacket was newly sewn He said "What's the matter with your pants You could use some pomp and circumstance" Well that might be how they do in France But I'm fine here at home They all look equally rectangular to me And why I gotta be like them I just can't see Call me up if you can make me strong Otherwise just move along Cause I've got all the rectangles I need Well he told me "Son, I got some news for you Well you could leave your house behind, you know it's true You could be living in the lap Of luxury, just check the map" Well it all seems like a load of crap Cause from a bird's eye view They all look equally rectangular to me And why I gotta be like them I just can't see Call me up if you can hone my skills Otherwise it's just an empty thrill Cause I've got all the rectangles I need Yes I've got all the rectangles I need
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The Fat Lion 03:09
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The fat lion doesn't need to kill He's got all that he needs to survive He goes down to the watering hole Where the deer and the antelope thrive He wonders why they never trust in him He's a new kind of lion indeed He used to hunt but that was in the past Now he finds that there just ain't no need Oh yeah, he's a brave and noble lion That's what they all say Oh yeah, so tell me why are all the antelope dying anyway The fat lion never had no cubs And his friends all say that he's mad So now he looks inside himself To renounce all the hunger he's had You'll hear him roaring in the wilderness Saying "Can't we just all get along?" Some lions bow their heads in reverence But the killing keeps dragging on Oh yeah, he's a brave and noble lion That's what they all say Oh yeah, so tell me why are all the antelope dying anyway The fat lion was alone at night When he laid down his head and he died And all the lions that shunned him before You know they came to his funeral and cried Well, he's a model to us all, they say He's the best kind of lion around If ever there were such an antelope They were eaten too soon to be found Oh yeah, he's a brave and noble lion That's what they all say Oh yeah, so tell me why are all the antelope dying anyway
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Water Ski 04:49
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You and me together on the shore Heading out to face the ocean's roar You can't understand why I love you still But every moment with you is a thrill You say you feel guilty stringing me along As long as we're happy you know I don't see nothing wrong So let me take a ride on your water ski All alone on the ocean baby you and me Darlin' I'll hold on loosely Follow you across the blue sea Never letting go till you tell me to No telling what together you and I can do Darlin' I've got to tell you From the day I saw you I knew We were meant to be together And that's how it's gotta be So won't you let me take a ride on your water ski Waves are gonna come and waves will go Don't care if we take 'em fast or slow There's a lot of fish out there it's true Not a single one compares to you You say you don't know which way these waters run I don't either, and for me that's half the fun So let me take a ride on your water ski Don't care about the tides cause we're wild and free Darlin I'll hold on loosely Day is gonna come when you'll see We can brave the stormy weather And I'll give you all of me So won't you let me take a ride on your water ski We'll leave all our problems, I'll give you my solemn vow Don't wanna control you, I just wanna show you how We're riding with dolphins and nothing can stop us now And if some other man rides out with you someday My heart will keep the thrills we had along the way So let me take a ride on your water ski Don't care about the tides cause we're wild and free Darlin I'll hold on loosely Day is gonna come when you'll see We can brave the stormy weather And I'll give you all of me So won't you let me take a ride Won't you let me take a ride on your water ski All alone on the ocean baby you and me Darlin' I'll hold on loosely Follow you across the blue sea Never letting go till you tell me to No telling what together you and I can do Darlin' I've got to tell you From the day I saw you I knew We were meant to be together And that's how it's gotta be So won't you let me take a ride on your water ski
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Whatever It Takes 05:12
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You, you've never kissed a man before And when you think of love it makes you feel unsure And you, you think you don't deserve my love You think that all you'd give would never be enough And I, I'd like to think I'm man enough to numb the pain But in my heart I fear I'll let you down again And deep inside my body shakes But for you I'll do whatever it takes And you, you say you can't believe it's true You can't imagine why I'd fall in love with you And I, I wish that I could make you see Just what your kindness, wit and humor mean to me But I, I'll never tell you that your pain is beautiful Because I've felt it and I know that it's so cruel And when I see it my heart aches But for you I'll do whatever it takes This world demands perfection But all I have to give's my beaten heart And all I want is everything you are And all the beauty you don't see So now I give you my affection Although I'm sure I don't deserve the same And as we fight through all the fear and shame We may just find we're meant to be I, I truly love you and I'll give you all I can Though in the end we're just a woman and a man I know we're bound to make mistakes But for you I'll do whatever it takes Yes, for you I'll do whatever it takes
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On Eagle's Wings 02:40
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Don't Let 'Em Take the Temple 04:57
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Samson in the temple of the ancient Philistines Praying to Jehovah to restore his strength divine He held fast and stood his ground The temple crumbled down And with his final dying breath he cried Don't let 'em take the temple For His power lives within And if they can seize the pulpits They will turn us all to sin Clergymen and Pharisees, they thought they knew it all With their legalistic diatribes so eloquently flawed Well all the Scripture in the world Is like the swine and pearls If you think love is second to the law Don't let 'em take the temple Better show 'em all the door Though their words sound rich and wealthy In their hearts they're weak and poor Jesus on the Temple Mount, just preaching to the crowd Better listen up now, cause a change is coming down Well you've heard all these things are true But this I say to you So go on forth and spread the word around Don't let 'em take the temple Or they'll say you don't belong From their phones and their computers They'll cry change is always wrong Well they told him of a woman who betrayed her husband's trust Now Moses said to stone her, what do you prescribe to us? Well Jesus said to look within Ain't no one free of sin So judge ye not lest ye yourself be judged Don't let 'em take the temple Or they'll tell you you're impure You ain't got no place in heaven 'Cause you are just a common whore Merchants and the bankers in the house of God above Swindling the debtors, selling sacrificial doves Well, get thee from my house and leave This ain't no den of thieves No Jesus didn't let 'em kill the love He didn't let 'em take the temple That's why they nailed him to the tree All he's asking in return now Is the same of you and me Now there will always be gatekeepers trying to drive you far away They'll balk if you're autistic and they'll curse you if you're gay They'll excommunicate you They'll tell you Jesus hates you But don't forget it's all a power play Don't let 'em take the temple Cause it's still worth fighting for Keep your place at heaven's table Les absents ont toujours tort Les absents ont toujours tort Les absents ont toujours tort Les absents ont toujours tort Les absents ont toujours tort
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Solomon's Verse 03:27
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Are you there, God? It's me, Solomon I had desires and wishes, you granted all of 'em Like a mother who gave up half her time Filling me with an ample mind to study math and science And proper grammar, a dad who's a programmer And not in the slammer breaking rocks with a hammer And they stayed right on the course, despite the divorce God it's true you stayed with me for right or for worse Took this autistic fool and made him 6' 4 So all the kids in school can't play their tricks no more And I'm confessing even my autism was a blessing Giving me the drive to follow my passions and keep progressing Now here you are in my dreams, hard as it seems to believe The farther I've been, all the times I've fallen and sinned All that I need, my God, is the wisdom to see So Father of Peace, I beseech, what does it mean to be king Wanathan la'ībadka lab shamī Lashapat atha'imka Lahabayan bayan tawab larai Kaya maya yawakal Lashapat atha'imka hakabad hazah No more kings in this country but still there's plenty of subjects And if I like it or not I'll always be a part of it So God, help me to find compassion for those consigned to tragedy As your sign commands to me for divine's your majesty And help me to be sympathetic to women the same way Hollywood is to men who hit 'em, help me to quit Embracing the sins of my fathers and be rinsed in the waters Of a love that wins regardless of the conviction of others Help me not to find modesty in my own mediocrity Humbled by knowing my lifestyle's not for thee Not worthy to fight for the cross and live the life that you lost for me Cause I gave up the twelve steps after honesty And God, help me to keep your name from my lips where it causes pain When people have only heard it spoken in vain Help me to join your two-thousand-year long game And show that your Gospel is one of love, not shame قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكًۭا لَّا يَنۢبَغِى لِأَحَدٍۢ مِّنۢ بَعْدِىٓ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ And God, there's one more thing I must ask of you For it is written in Scripture I'll turn my back on you To chase women and false idols and follow pastors who Say you can be holy and wealthy that's how they blaspheme you That's when you gotta keep me fastened to the path that's true Passing through my body and soul, let me be cast anew Knowing the music and languages that I'm practicing daily And all the six hundred sixty six talents you gave me Came from the hoardin' of wealth, generations of slavery And all the cards I was dealt, in a world where our wages Are valued more than our health, and all the sick and the ailing Are left to rot on the shelf, it'd be a moral failing To keep it all to myself, help me remember what I stand for Help me take up that mantle and be the leader you planned for Me to be; God, you're my commander and honest that's the truth Help me to lead by example, that's all I ask of you
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I Forgive You 04:11
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You kept your eye on the prize and you ran someone over You saw injustice around you and you let it stand You let the whole world's hatred make your heart grow colder And took it out on someone smaller just to feel like a man I've seen it all, everything you've done Everything that you've failed to do And the weight of the world's made your body numb But I know that your heart is true And I forgive you when your face is streaked with tears I forgive you when you're weighed down by the years of failures gone And when you can't forgive yourself I'm standing by I'll be your alibi You let a jealous heart tear your friendships asunder And closed your mind to those who have a different view You plugged your ears to drown out the roaring thunder Of all the people hurt by what you say and do You used to think it was all okay Cause everybody did the same But now you see that there's a better way So go forward and leave behind the blame Cause I forgive you when your face is streaked with tears I forgive you when you're weighed down by the years of failures gone And when you can't forgive yourself I'm standing by I'll be your alibi Well the Lord said go and sin no more But I know that you'll be back again Cause I've been down that road many times before And I'm here when you need a friend And I forgive you when you've lost your self-esteem I forgive you when you feel you're unredeemed and can't go on And when you can't forgive yourself I'm standing by I'll be your alibi

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released May 20, 2022

Words and music by Nick Teale unless otherwise noted

Nick Teale: vocals, guitars, bass, kazoo, oud
Austin Talbert: production, drums (2)
Travis Reynolds: production, piano (2), spoons (3)
Daniel Marshall: production (9)
Eli Raines: bass (8, 10)
Jacob Head: mandolin (10)
502 Horns: horns (8)
Gabriel Stockwell: drums (4, 5, 8, 10)
Michael Joncas: songwriter (7)
Alex Souleyrette: photographer

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I'm a Louisville singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist performing across a wide range of styles. Genre doesn't matter to me as long as I can communicate a message of empathy, kindness, compassion, and understanding.

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