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Carry On

by The Way Away

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1.
Retrospect 03:22
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
2.
Always 03:33
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
3.
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
4.
This Time 03:17
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
5.
Take Me Away 04:01
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
6.
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
7.
Full Circle 03:48
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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released September 10, 2014

Engineered by Xander Moser and Erik Lamp of Treespeak Studios
Produced by Xander Moser, Erik Lamp and The Way Away
Mixed by Xander Moser
Mastered by Tom Garneau at Audioactive
All songs written and performed by The Way Away
Group vocals were done with the help of Infinite Signal and Let Yourself Go.

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The Way Away is a pop punk band from Minneapolis. No hype, no gimmicks, just some dudes making music.

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