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Retrospect
03:22
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Take your time, find the rhyme to reasons why
It’s nothing that I haven’t heard before
Line by line, you run and hide and fall behind
But you won’t stand beside me anymore
After all I knew you seemed too good
So there’s no way that you could be true
This is for you and me, and everything we’ll never be
I guess you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone
This is for eyes that see everything you did to me
I guess you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone
Walk on by, stolen glance from sore eyes
But I can’t stand the sight of slamming doors
So lock them tight, throw the key and stay inside
‘Cause I can’t stand the sight anymore
After all I knew you seemed too good
So there’s no way that you could be true
This is for you and me, and everything we’ll never be
I guess you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone
This is for eyes that see everything you did to me
I guess you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone
Don’t look back; some things are better in the past
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Always
03:33
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I can’t even notice as the colors start to change
I found my favorite in your eyes that summer day
Even with the seasons one thing always stays the same
I still gasp for every breath you take away
There’s still nothing I could say or ever do
You’re the one I could never bear to lose
Don’t speak, listen close to my heart beating through
Though it’s mine, it’s still keeping time for you
Now I’m hanging onto every word and dial tone
By a thread of every heartstring that you’ve sewn
Take my hand and just let go of everything you’ve known
Without a plan, but you’ll never walk alone
You told me to let you go but I swear I won’t
Don’t you know I can’t do this on my own?
There’s still nothing I could say or ever do
You’re the one I could never bear to lose
Don’t speak, listen close to my heart beating through
Though it’s mine, it’s still keeping time for you
Heart’s worn on short sleeves wear thin but still a sight to see
I’ll say what mine reads; if you choose to stay, I’ll never leave
Until my last breath, with all I do
Until my last breath, it’s all for you
There’s still nothing I could say or ever do
You’re the one I could never bear to lose
Don’t speak, listen close to my heart beating through
Though it’s mine, it’s still keeping time for you
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House of Cards
02:46
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Choking on the bad taste that the flavor of the week leaves stained in my mouth
No matter how much I grind my teeth, I just can’t ever seem to wash it out
Strive to stay shameless enough to make you famous
A sideshow you embrace
I’d rather stay nameless and have a voice to say this
Than to be just a face
So just hold tight the fists you’re raising to the skies
Like knives pressed to your necks
If that’s playing your cards right
Then I think that it’s time to reshuffle the deck
Tip toe around walking on those calloused souls that you sold to stand so tall
Standing so above us below, oh but lo and behold you just might fall
Strive to stay shameless enough to make you famous
A sideshow you embrace
I’d rather stay nameless and have a voice to say this
Than to be just a face
So just hold tight the fists you’re raising to the skies
Like knives pressed to your necks
If that’s playing your cards right
Then I think that it’s time to reshuffle the deck
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This Time
03:17
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I’ve held the weight of the world so tight inside of my chest
That every breath is a lesson and heartbeat a test
I come closer to closure every time that I rest
But I wake
I’ve found patterns of pain hung deep inside of my mind
I’ve walked hallways of heartache, though wounds heal in time
I’ll turn my back and believe, I’ll leave what’s broken behind
When I wake
I’ve been stuck in this state between relive and regret
Through every thought and emotion I wish I’d forget
But I’ll put back together all the pieces I left
That I’ll break
From what’s broken we choose what we see
I’m just finding what’s left here for me
What’s left for me?
Break the walls down that I’ve kept inside
‘Cause now I’ve found something can not hid
I’ll break down and find eventually
Who I’m meant to be
This time, I’ll watch everything fall
So why can’t I feel anything at all?
It took all of this time but I think that I finally see what’s left for me
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Take Me Away
04:01
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Hello lonely, how’ve you been?
I’ve never seen you take the shape of something beautiful
And now I’ll surely fall again,
While every move I make is scripted by the strings you pull
You did what no one dared to try
On my last hope, you somehow brought me back to life.
As I wait for you to walk through that door that I’ve chosen,
I can’t help but think how long that it took to swing open
You’ve opened my eyes, now I’m staring at life unafraid
I’ll say my goodbyes, now that you’re mine just take me away
Turn a new leaf, burn the page
Of chapters in your life that ended short of second rate
I’ll put your green eyes center stage
And fill the pen with lines designed to prove you’re worth the wait.
But if I script the scene just right,
By then you’ll know all the things my words can’t write.
As I wait for you to walk through that door that I’ve chosen,
I can’t help but think how long that it took to swing open
You’ve opened my eyes, now I’m staring at life unafraid
I’ll say my goodbyes, now that you’re mine just take me away
You don’t have a clue just how much I cling to everything you do
In an empty room, I find I have everything when I have you
As I wait for you to walk through that door that I’ve chosen,
I can’t help but think how long that it took to swing open
You’ve opened my eyes, now I’m staring at life unafraid
I’ll say my goodbyes, now that you’re mine just take me away
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Bite your tongue and run, cover the tracks and all your bases
Clean your slate and wait to wipe the smile from both your faces
There will be a day that you’ll find everyone you left behind
But I don’t know when
Until then
You’ve made your bed; I hope you find rest
Because I know lying’s what you’ve always been best at
Our lives are just stories with endings unread by you
That you tore in two
You could buy your lies ‘cause talk is cheap; that’s something you knew
Set your eyes to mine and tell me things you know I’ll see through
There will be a day that you’ll find everyone you left behind
But I don’t know when
Until then
You’ve made your bed; I hope you find rest
Because I know lying’s what you’ve always been best at
Our lives are just stories with endings unread by you
That you tore in two
Save your breath for breathing; don’t ask why I’m leaving
There will be a day that you’ll find everyone left you behind
It’s not if but when
Until then
You’ve made your bed; I hope you find rest
Because I know lying’s what you’ve always been best at
Our lives are just stories with endings unread by you
That you tore in two
Until then
You’ve made your bed; I hope you find rest
Because I know lying’s what you’ve always been best at
My life’s now a story without words to waste on you
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Full Circle
03:48
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Where do I begin?
I know where it starts, but can’t forget the end
It now settles in
That these tear-stained eyes won’t meet yours again
And so I begin, and I can’t breathe
The wind behind my back just blew away from me
Now I can’t pretend I’ll ever be
As whole as I was with you standing next to me
You know I have the will if I could only find a way
To carry on the best part of me as it slowly fades away
If my love for you could save you, you’d live forever and a day
I’m lost without you, and I’d give the world
If I could find a way to make you stay
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The Way Away Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Way Away is a pop punk band from Minneapolis. No hype, no gimmicks, just some dudes making music.
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