Anchor (feat. Natalie Paige)

by Anthony Lee Phillips

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What a very dark time it was: when we first overlapped

It's gonna come off cliche, but you were my rescue raft

Mm...

Rooming with the spiders, and the shadows of my rage

My life felt like cold sweat in my anger's rusty cage

And when you found me, I was

Drifting out, and I'm so glad I didn't leave

For New York

My anchor was right in front of me

My whole ship was sinking as I scaled the beams

To set a course for "Nothing, Nowhere" and then you kissed me...

Set a course for "Nothing, Nowhere" and then you kissed me...

No one in this world could predict the change of heart I'd have

Turned back on the East Coast for Rhode Island in my path

Mm...

Mere weeks from a first touch, when I knocked and shook your hand

Love would come out falling; we'd fall again, again, again...

I was

Drifting out, and I'm so glad I didn't leave

For New York

My anchor was right in front of me

My whole ship

Was sinking as I scaled the beams

To set a course for "Nothing, Nowhere" and then you kissed me...

Set a course for "Nothing, Nowhere" and then you kissed me...

I was

Drifting out, and I'm so glad I didn't leave

For New York

My anchor was right in front of me

My whole ship

Was sinking as I scaled the beams

To set a course for "Nothing, Nowhere" and then you kissed me...

Set a course for "Nothing, Nowhere" and then you kissed me...

(Take my hand)

Set a course for "Nothing, Nowhere..."

What a very sweet thing it is: the life we get to lead

I'll go to bed smiling, as we hold hands with our feet

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released January 5, 2022
Harmonies by Natalie Paige, all other instruments and vocals by Anthony Lee Phillips.
Recording, mixed and mastered by Lonewolf Recording Co.

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Anthony Lee Phillips Seattle, Washington

Self taught guitarist, songwriter, recording-mixing-mastering engineer, composer, orchestrator.... You'll find it all on here. By day, I'm a coffee roaster, and by night I'm what you see here: a full time amateur musician.

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