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1. |
Ghostly Oceans
02:44
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She said "I'm sorry,
but I can not be what you want"
Never wanted to shatter,
he never wanted to be blunt.
She said "I'm leaving on the next morning train"
He stood watching ghostly, ghostly oceans
but nothing killed the pain.
I wonder what they mean
by happily ever after, babe?
Is this a fairy tale?
Will it work out this way?
Just promise me-
you love me.
She went off to see, to see the wonders
of this lonesome world
He stayed home and wrote her a bible
Wondering what happened to her
Made mountains from passion
That crumbled to the sea
She sailed over top
and wondered what it all means
I wonder what they mean
by happily ever after, babe?
Is this a fairy tale?
Will it work out this way?
Just promise me
you love me.
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2. |
Amber Dreams
04:02
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Little Amber dreams of a world that is far less wicked
Than the one her friends are accustomed to
They keep their green stashed in a family bible
That they take with them to Sunday School
I just wanna feel you near me
(That's all I wanna do now)
I just wanna feel you near me
(Hope you feel the same way too)
She said she can't seem to understand how they can be so mean
when they were bred to be proper.
Meant to be heaven's prefect little angels
smoking god knows what with a dropper
I just wanna feel you near me
(That's all I wanna do now)
I just wanna feel you near me
(Hope you feel the same way too)
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3. |
Blossom
04:00
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Sunlight is strong upon the greenest leaves
A little bit of heaven's on every tree
Never ever had to leave the comfort of heroes
But when I'm out here the creatures comfort me
---
Someday we'll blossom into something beautiful
Be a part of everything we see
So colorful, oh so colorful deities
Connected in between the trees
We are gonna blossom
We are gonna blossom
Wait and see
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Nature decides where to put every color
I don't ever have to sit and wonder why
So why does anything so majestically beautiful
take away so much and make me cry
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4. |
Don't Cry, Louise
03:25
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Don't cry, Louise
I just want you to be happy
I know it sounds sappy
You don't have to be alone
Don't cry, Louise
It's just a momentary defect
Take a moment and reflect
In a quiet home
---
When you think you got yourself under control
We can stare up at the stars and smoke
The last of our humanity
And drink away our vanity
I'm not always as tough as I may seem
Live my life out in my dreams
Don't cry, Louise
Don't cry with me
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Don't cry Louise
We both will start collapsing
Hold on to ever-lasting
memories of youth
Don't cry Louise
You're smearing all your makeup
in the middle of a break-up
Don't cry, Louise
it's just a chemical imbalance.
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5. |
Heathen Hymns
03:39
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Sometimes it's a rainbow shining
mostly though just hail and wind.
We gotta do what we can to keep happy,
to keep the walls from caving in.
If I can have a minute of your time,
maybe we can work it out just fine
maybe I will tear this building down
if you heathens don't stay in line
We are not criminals
I hide in chemicals
I live through you babe
Tell me I'm okay
We are not criminals
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How haven't I fucked up yet?
It kills me every morning.
The attack from the church on the hill
The bell rings and sounds the warning
Don't tempt me with your poison apples
sing along to the heathen hymn
don't play with my inner demons
every single day it bends me in
How haven't you shown yourself
in the darkest coldest room?
Play some notes on an old piano
to stay away from impending doom.
Yeah, I admit, I was not too clever
I admit I let my vices win
Guess I shouldn't have smelled your flower
guess I shouldn't have pulled the pin
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Here I stand with cuts and bruises
blood spilling on the floor.
Wish I could make something out of chaos,
wish that I could be your something more
Kids never understand,
they only make believe
I pray to the man on the wall
for a single day of relief.
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6. |
Scared Of Tomorrow
04:30
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Is this gonna make me scared tomorrow
should I just say no?
Sometimes I can barely feel the courage
it comes and goes.
I cannot depend on you
to scream at me and get me through
this time.
Are you gonna feel like me tomorrow
future self?
A museum display of an analog age?
Nobody helps.
I should never dream of you
Even though that's what I do
Tonight
-=-
I'm so scared of tomorrow
Wrapped so tight in sorrow
Sing me back to sleep
Memories I'll keep
Locked up nice and neat
Dismissed and so discreet
I'm so scared of tomorrow
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All this talking only makes me nervous
I can't deny it now.
Every single sentence seems to linger
around my mind somehow.
No one wants to be alone.
Staring at broken bones
inside us.
I'm so happy, can't you see me smile?
Never mind my frown.
Cheerful little silent grinning faces
tightly wound.
I shouldn't ever be this way
I'm running out of things to say
anymore
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Try and get some sleep.
The devil's in my genes.
Try and get some sleep.
The devil's in our genes.
I'm so scared of tomorrow.
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7. |
Burn To Shine
03:31
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Your skinny striped ankles send me too deep
Tired and stupid, cannot sleep
I guess some moths just have to burn to shine
when they feel left out.
Sitting in an open field of wheat
The snow 'round here falls soft and sweet
You are the drug I can get so cheap
no doubt.
I know it can't stay light forever.
I know it can't stay bright forever.
Still need some peace of mind
To keep myself in line.
I can bite the hand of one who feeds
If they lace the food with poison secretly
It's misery that poses us in pictures
dimly lit.
The sunrise turns the clouds all pink
Feeling like the missing link
I overdosed on you again my dear
That's what I get.
I know it can't stay light forever.
I know it can't stay bright forever.
Still need some peace of mind
To keep myself in line.
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8. |
Calculated
04:01
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Invincible no longer
I guess I'll act my age
They used to tell me
this feeling's just a stage
But it's 6am
no different from yesterday
cept a little more concerned
I don't have much to say
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Calculated
Black and White
I need your sweet love
If I'm gonna make it out alright
alright
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Fingers tremble
lurching up the stairs
it's complicated
getting mauled in your despair
I turn to the angels
I say "Listen to me"
but they shut me down
endlessly
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Calculated
Black and White
I need your sweet love
If I'm gonna make it out alright
alright
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9. |
Shame The Willow
03:07
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Whatcha waiting for,
an invitation?
Aint' no use in staying up
in frustration
Morning Night
Infected fight
Never right
Think I might
Not make it out of this one alive.
Bones ache
I'm so tired.
Stomach hurts,
burning fire.
Walkin dead
Torture bed
Terror fed
Take some meds
I just wanna make it out alive.
Heart races
on the pillow
I weep so much
Shames the willow
I am broke
Afraid to choke
Wish you'd hold
Me in your arms again
I guess I'll just keep waiting.
Waiting.
Guess I'll just keep waiting.
Just keep waiting.
I love you.
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Sunscreen
04:14
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By the pool I can smell your sunscreen
Ignites a candle made of twisted fantasy
the wind blows your perfume into me
I have to leave, so I can get some peace of mind
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Sunscreen, baby, it makes me want you more.
I know I can never love you
hope this feeling haunts you too
the feeling that you'll fade away
the feeling that I feel today
Wish that I could let you go
Wish to hell that I could show
my love in so many ways
Sunscreen, baby, it makes me want you more.
Just makes me want you more.
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Find some shelter underneath my growing pains
the sky opens up and sure enough it all begins to rain
I see you standing underneath a palm tree
I'm just a loser getting bit by sand fleas
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11. |
Everybody's Live
02:55
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Everybody wants a little slice of heaven don't they?
Little piece of the fame, don't even matter what they say
Stripping naked or start shaking from an overdose
They want to see it if you're falling like dominoes
They want to see who it is that's comatose.
What do I care about the freaks on the news stations?
All this worshipping of fools tries my patience.
Cause if you wanna be a famous little charlatan,
they'll do a story on your crimes and make you rich again.
They'll make you famous for absolutely nothing.
They all got you where they want you, now take your seat.
Mouth open, eyes wide you're just a piece of meat.
For the wolves in suits behind the two-way?
You're a happy little number on their display.
They keep it pumping cause they know that you'll pay. (and you will)
There's no where to hide
cause everybody's live
cause everybody's live
every single dial
is tuned to your desire
is tuned to your desire
There's no where to hide
cause everybody's live
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12. |
See You When I Get There
03:58
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You're beside me right when the morning comes
You make the sunshine hide cause you're the brighter one
If they think they understand they better try to think again
Cause they never like it when you think you win
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When I'm feeling low
You can bring me round
When I'm nearly dead
You raise me six feet above ground
If I ever stray
I just call your name
I'll see you when I get there
See you when I get there
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See you when I get there, timeless friend
I've been so delusional on the mend
Sometimes I believe I hear you call my name
But it's just an illusion made to kill the pain
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13. |
First, Second, Third
04:34
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Hey girl
you don't need a crown of butterflies
a crown of butterflies to make you smile
You don't need an antique algorithm
just to get in with them
cause they aren't worth your while
Trust me
first, second, and third
just trust me....
first, second, and third
Press buttons
just because the pixels turn you on
they get you off and into something worse
A precious little soldier for the cause
follow their laws
empty your purse!
Busted
first, second, and third
we're busted
first, second, and third
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Smiles turn sinister when you change the lighting
Pictures look so beautiful til you learn the family was fighting
Look beyond what's going on
it's just a temporary burn
watch the plan fall into place
first, second, third
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You live
this life designed by overlords and crooks
overlords and crooks rolling in gold
Sitting in their leather chairs in suits
but shiny shoes
still get old
Sucking off some biased calculations
some tyrant nation
we got here
They'll kill us
First, second, third
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Smiles turn sinister when you change the lighting
Pictures look so beautiful til you learn the family was fighting
Look beyond what's going on
it's just a temporary burn
Watch the pieces form the puzzle
first, second, third
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14. |
Breaking The Prism
03:34
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I hope you only see me
during the good times,
times when I'm not afraid,
times when I feel alive
Yes, I know I've not been perfect,
there's moments I've lost control,
panic can take it's toll,
while fools think it's a lie.
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I've spent my whole life
breaking the prism
to steal the rainbow inside
So I could give it to you
you would light up
touch the sky
Promise me- you won't judge me
Promise me- I'm family
Promise me- I'm still who you knew
Promise me- I haven't lost you
Promise me- you'll comfort me
promise me- I'll always be
in your heart
eternally.
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Is it all you thought it was?
The endless expanse of space?
Did Jupiter touch your face?
Did they see you smile?
Did they ask about me?
What I had done with my life?
Or did they all see it right
in front of their eyes?
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I've spent my whole life
breaking the prism
to steal the rainbow inside
So I could hand it to you
you'd light up
touch the sky
Promise me- you won't judge me
Promise me- I'm family
Promise me- I'm still who you knew
Promise me- I haven't lost you
Promise me- you'll comfort me
promise me- I'll always be
in your heart
eternally.
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Debatable
04:16
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If you need blank stares, I am available.
If I'm really all there, that's debatable
But I don't even care, that's expectable
Nothing in the world is fair, or respectable
But life is pretty good, there I've said it
Treated me unkind, but I grinned and beared it
and if it gave me you, it's not all bad
and I'm so fucking sick of feeling so sad
So let me take your hand, let me feel it
your positivity kills the wicked
Suddenly I see new horizons
I no longer want to despise this
Cause you can give me purpose, like no other
You are so unique, there's not another
soul that makes me feel this way what can I say
You're so special
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My love for you is never debatable
My love for you is never debatable
My love for you is never debatable
My love for you is never debatable
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Life is pretty good, yes I said it
You have numbed my pain, I won't forget it
Every single flower that blooms
Reminds me of you
Every petal
When the birds sing, they sing for you now
You've taught me everything, I don't know how
every single star in the sky
brings a tear to my eye
are you watching?
Waiting?
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16. |
A Purpose In You
03:57
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It's snowing
in the city of Forgiveness
and I'm walking
just the way I used to
Now I have a purpose
just to get to you
It's thundering
in the village of Depression
But I've stopped crying
cause you know, it just ain't no use
now I have a purpose
A purpose in you
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A purpose in you
A purpose in you
Oh babe
You're the island with the breeze
Everything you do
everything you do
oh babe
Just knocks me on my knees
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I'm trying
trying to feel better
And I'm hoping
You'll help me up onto my feet
I can find a purpose
a purpose in you
We're singing
yeah
just the way we used to
and I'm smiling
cause you're on my mind
I have found my purpose
It's a purpose in you
It's shining
in the city of Forever
and you're sitting
right by my side.
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Eric Tyler Louisville, Kentucky
Eric Tyler is a Louisville, Kentucky based singer-songwriter who writes, plays, produces, and records everything entirely alone in the studio himself. Beginning to write when he was just 15, Eric has spanned multitudes of musical genres in the years since, always eager to up the proverbial game musically, stylistically, and artistically. ... more
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