1. |
I'm Right Here
04:28
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Well it's been a long time
It's been a long time since I've talked to you
And now you're standing right here before me and I swear
I swear it's like no time has passed
No time at all
And if you need me anytime you can confide to me at your leisure
You can come knocking on my door
I beg you
Just take me up to task
And they say that love just has a funny way of taking us right back to where we need to be
Not just another empty promise
My love it won't be tamed
And you say that you can't and you claim that you won't
You insist it will be a little bit more of the same
Not just another empty promise
I'm not playing the same game
And I know dependency can be so frightening sometimes
No one wants to need
But I can admit I need you
So just say that you need me
What rains upon us
We can take it
We'll grow stronger
Don't mistake it
Let's start living
Make the most before we die
When I feel hollow
My spirits wrenching
And my thoughts dwell on my faults
I need you there
To build me up
To bring me through
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2. |
I've Heard it All Before
05:01
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You try to jot it down but it escapes your mind to soon
It ends up tossed away just another forgotten tune
You try to pick up but you just dropped it once again
Now you're longing for it like that long forgotten friend
You struggle everyday to push these thoughts aside
You try to set some rules
Something else you can abide
That structure walls
It leads to tired repetition
And you question have you heard it all before
You're racing for it now
Yes you see it in your mind
You try to force it through with those words that impel to rhyme
And sadly what you see is often not what you'll get it
It feels hollow and it lacks compelling vision
I tend to overthink on the brink and it turns into something so contrived
When it's on it's last leg I try and keep it barely alive
It's a cold day in hell when I feel I've come with something that feels new
And every time I feel I got to ask myself do the words ring true
You're almost through it now
You're just making it up as you
You fake it all too much but tell me does it show
And does it come off all too vague or just a little bit in the know
And I say tell me have you heard it all before
Tell me have you heard it all before
I said tell me have you heard it all before
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3. |
Scarlett Says
03:50
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She stares in silence
She says it all with those eyes
She speaks in action
There's no decisions made in lies
Scarlett says the reality hits when you are just on the brink
Scarlett says that there's no lost time when your motives are your mistakes
Your motives are your mistakes
Force it out and then it push right back
There's so much pressure brought on yourself
No concern because the moment is gone and the next one never is enough
The next one never is enough
All that is said and all that's not said when the moment comes could never be enough
Scarlett says that the joke is on you
It's just a lesson with a story revealed
You take it all with a grain of salt though she couldn't understand how you're meant to feel
She couldn't understand how you're meant to feel
They always told you that it will get difficult
I know you'll find out here in due time
Beg forgiveness
Ask for it all
But Scarlett says she's drawn her line
You know deep down you've drawn your line
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4. |
Bill's Song
04:38
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Another dumb fucker in the U.S.A. bought into something else that we shouldn't convey
And you can't tell him any different
He's neither scarred nor scorned
He does what he can just to stay amused
He does what he can just to stay confused
He wouldn't want to put a hole in his coat on such a rainy day
He likes to place his frustrations on the effect of his cause
He won't speak for you
Don't expect any pause
Countered words of the wise won't cause no delay
As he works for scraps as his night turns into day
Another dead body that is seen in the news
If it did nothing wrong it'd be alive
What ensues is another heated game of just passing the blame
To have this conversation is seen as absurd in a land where everyone knows the bird is the word but couldn't give you their stance on simple right or wrong
He feels the biggest rush when he clicks his faux news on
Then laments hearing more of that same old song
Oh the world's just not at all what it used to be
It great when I was young
How noble were those 50s
Believes everything that he sees in the news
Chooses everything they expect him to choose
Just another sack on a couch taking life in vain
Believes everything that he sees in his feed
The kids are alright since the slaves have been freed
There's no battle to be fought so why kneel today
Yes we'll make this country great again he is assured
The American dream isn't dead
It can be cured
Doesn't think of the world that he's leaving at the end of the night
Doesn't think how he'd be better off with a helping hand
For those who know the cause and hear the quarrels of those around you
All know what is at stake
'Cause when history repeats well it ain't no mistake at
All who know the cause and hear the quarrels of those around you
All know what is at stake
'Cause when history repeats well it ain't no mistake at all
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5. |
The Used Rag
02:28
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Love is just a word that's used to gauge reaction
While hate is just a word that's used for gaining traction
Now tell me what a man's got to do to gain one over you
Insane is just a word that stains and scars it's victims
Prescription pills could fix it all but the effects are always interim
They'll call your shots and you'll call mine
Someday I'll find me something I can choose
They'll prey upon our hopes and fears with nothing left to lose
Expectations are nothing more than mutual abuse
They'll call you for a favor when you're hanging from the gallows to cut them lose
This pettiness is all that's pure and surely untainted
I see a red door
What do they want it painted
Misfortunes always come in threes so nothing ever comes out of the blue
They'll praise you for your misplaced trust
It keeps them going
They'll haze you just for wising up when you see the floor is bowing
They'll ostracize you to all extents then sympathize with what your going through
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