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Say When
04:23
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Am I unwilling to say it? I should just say it
When you were here, I was over there
I tried my best not to care
Why not sit with me for some time
As a friend, a friend of mine
Well, I’ll admit that I’m afraid
Yes, I’ll admit that I’m afraid
With all the changes in the air
Along with birds and planes there’s fear
Why not sit with me for some time?
As a friend, a friend of mine
And as these strings do rattle; this voice does crack
I try and speak the truth, you ask “is that a matter of fact?”
The tides are changing, will the rain be coming soon?
But that’s just tomorrow and I can’t think that far
I said that’s just tomorrow and I can’t think that far
Just say when
Stake a claim, admit it’s time to begin
I’m quite unsure of what’s unsaid
I’ll try my best to stay ahead
Why not sit with me for some time?
As more than a friend, more than a friend of mine
Are we ready to say it?
Are we ready to forget?
When you are here, and I am here
I try my best not to lay and stare
But as we lay here for some time
I wonder what’s on your mind
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2. |
Song for October
03:12
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Pedals are slowly falling as love is slowly stalling
For the month of pretend and change is here
Don’t say you don’t want to think about it
Don’t act like I was never there
Doorbells are ringing, little ghosts are singing
And I’m still thinking of things we use to do
I know I can’t change a single thing you say
But I still want to be yours, I still want to be your noose
And as I watch an apple fall, not far from a tree
I can’t help but think “what’s wrong with me?”
Kind of feel like the leftover candy from last Halloween
Oh, I love how you blush, when you feel, I’m being obscene
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3. |
First Impressions
03:25
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First impressions aren’t everything, but they might mean something
Don’t lie to yourself, when you lie to him
Like that old car that you’d borrow, in your high school years
You sell it like a salesman, who you trying to convince?
But you don’t have to live, live in a lie
I know how you tried for a better life
Like a spider making its web, round and round you spin
The trap is set, like I’ve said before “don’t give in”
You’ve got it, just believe in all within
Stop second guessing, overcompensating, don’t you dare give in
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4. |
Losing Faith
04:43
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Losing Faith
Written by William Moretti
Sail, sail away from me, just go
Sell, sell the life that makes me whole
So many times, I gave someone else control
Well I’d hate to say I’m losing faith, I’d hate to say I’m losing faith
I’d hate to say I’m losing faith, to long have I sat here in this place
Asked you to sail away but you stayed, why did you?
Always insisting on pushing your ways through
If I keep myself, there won’t be much left for you
In keeping myself, I’ll be trying not to think of you
Who am I to say I was once whole?
Tell me a story that’s never been told
So many times, I gave someone else, so many times, I gave someone else,
So many times, I lost control
Well I’d hate to say I’m losing faith, I’d hate to say I’m losing faith
I’d hate to say I’m losing faith, but it feels like I’ve been running in place
Asked you to sail away but you stayed, why did you?
Always insisting on pushing your ways through
If I keep myself, there won’t be much left for you
In keeping myself, I’ll be trying not to dream of you
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5. |
Clue Me In
03:57
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Sometimes I feel misplaced, misplaced with the keys
Its been sometime since you’ve been over to help trace my steps with me
But sometimes it gets so noisy with all the yelling between my ears
Don’t clue me in, don’t tell me about the mess that I’m in
Don’t clue me in, don’t tell me I’ve got to start again, got to start again
She says her hands they get restless but rusty strings keep them in line
She says “I think I’ll quit drinking but if you’d like to; I won’t pay no mind”
But nothing found in the medicine cabinet could bandage all those years
And we try, yes, we tried, yes we’ll try again
yes, we tried, yes will try, yes, we’ll try again, again and again.
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6. |
Heart & Hope
04:30
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Is the school bell chiming? is that why you’re making such haste?
Did you finally find a reason to make a grand escape?
Can’t see my friend, why you’d go on living this way
When I feel your heart and your hope bleeding onto every page
Oh, and it goes, like a Ferris wheel spinning round
No, she don’t know, if she’ll ever be coming down
Yet the skyline is so perfect from fifty feet from the ground
If you’re going to, do it gently, when you let her down
Do you still fear the thunder but love running in the rain?
With her hand held so tightly; I swore she’d never slip away
Can’t see my friend, why you’d go on living this way
When I feel your heart and your hope bleeding onto every page
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7. |
No Sorry
05:24
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I can’t move
I can’t sleep
So I lay here like a creep
My heart pounds at my ribs
As I try not to think
She cuts the tags from her baggage
But I’m left to reminisce
Something I swore I’d never miss
Oh, love of mine
Don’t pay no mind, we are doing just fine
Oh, there’s no sorry
And there’s no worries, no more
Oh, there’s no sorry
There never was, you know there never was
Try to get under my skin
But your accusations are thin
Can’t believe a word I say?
But from you that don’t mean a thing
She cuts the tags from her baggage
But I’m left to reminisce
Something I swore I’d never miss
Love of mine, don’t pay no mind, we are doing just fine
Heart of mine, don’t pay no mind, we are doing just fine
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8. |
Never The Same
03:28
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Is the romance gone? Do they no longer sing along?
When you’re up on stage, are you ten thousand miles away?
Was it something that was said, that’s got you wondering in your head, if it’s time to make a change?
Well ten years strong, same ten damn songs
Afraid to write something new, that won’t sound like an old shoe
You put the same old records on, and yeah, you strum along but they don’t move you like they use too
Well fear not, think back to the start
When the songs were just for you; to help you to get through
No specific style in mind, only what was on your mind
Not worried about the rhyme, a catchy hook or the time
Is the romance gone? Do they no longer sing along?
When you’re up on stage, are you ten thousand miles away?
Was it something I just said, that’s got you wondering in your head, if it’s time to make a change?
The songs will never sound the same
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9. |
Brighter Days
04:00
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Sleep the day to keep up with the night
Drifting off and losing sight of all the days like these
Still pray not to regret but before you know it, you’ll just find yourself kept
Seen brighter days than this but darker yet been surely met
No tears, just forgotten fears, left asking “why? What’s behind those eyes?”
Can you feel it in the room?
Amongst still stagnant haunt and gloom.
Might as well have packed those bags
Save paying the next month’s rent
Before you know it, you’ll just find yourself spent
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10. |
Farewell
05:26
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I swear these walls do have ears
Paint is peeling from all that it hears
But those chips of paint are falling to the floor
Dropping like your morals and them drawls
And I said “farewell, farewell sobriety”
She cried “fare weathered, is the life that you will lead”
Things are rarely fine, and I won’t sell you the time
No more bullshit lines because it won’t ease your mind
Your envy called attention to itself
Distressed from everything you could never see yourself
But it’s not what you leave in; it’s what you leave out
That’s going to leave you filled with fear and doubt
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