1. |
Like Kings
04:30
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You found mercy in a basement show
and all your fears are over now
at least you found the meaning
the words were on the ceiling
its much too dark to see my hands
but these guys don't believe in fans
they're in it for the weather
we're all in this together
Burning like a grease fire
taking on wings
reaching for the high wire
this baby's gonna sing
shaking like a hold-up
eating like kings
heading for a break down
this baby's gonna sing
Pixie kids in push-up bras
a half-way house in overalls
such a blinding light
the stars are out tonight
I breath in what you give to me
and I fall in so easily
such an affirmation
take me to the station
Burning like a grease fire
taking on wings
reaching for the high wire
this baby's gonna sing
shaking like a hold-up
eating like kings
heading for a break down
this baby's gonna sing
We all fall in so easily
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2. |
Keep Me Awake
04:16
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I can't believe this happens overnight
I'm underneath the covers with my eyes shut tight when
I feel a rumbling just to my right
and I know you're trying to sneak a little solo delight
but I'm always asking for all your action
but your real passion is a dance alone
You make it look so easy
I want to turn the lights out
I promis I won't hurt you
but when you dance alone...
I'm clawing at the windows 'cause I feel left out
noticing you're better off alone, no doubt
I can see you strumming like a one-man-band
and yet you're looking at me like you still don't understand why
I'm always asking for all your action
but your real passion is a dance alone
You make it look so easy
I want to turn the lights out
I promis I won't hurt you
but when you dance alone
the way you shake, shake, shake
gonna keep me awake
up all night, all night
the way you shake, shake, shake
gonna keep me awake
up all night, honey
all night
shhhhhh.... ahhh
I'm always asking for all your action
but your real passion is a dance alone
You make it look so easy
I want to turn the lights out
I promis I won't hurt you
but when you dance alone
the way you shake, shake, shake
gonna keep me awake
up all night, all night
the way you shake, shake, shake
gonna keep me awake
up all night, honey
all night
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3. |
Why Not Me?
03:11
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I've seen you looking for your love for a while with no luck
oh, no luck
I haven't seen your lovely smile in a while and it just sucks
yeah it just sucks
You see me following you everywhere but you pay me no attention
You're looking for a good man, you swear
but you don't see me and I'm right here
Why not me?
(You get a bit of pity 'cause you're not so hot)
You think of me as a good old friend, but I'm much more
oh, much more
I'll lay my jacket in the puddles and I'll take you on the dance floor
on the dance floor
but you don't notice me unless I'm swimmin'
in other women
you get so jealous when I'm on defense
then you lose your mind over someone else
Why not me?
(You get a bit of pity 'cause you're not so hot)
It's a brutal love
I've been standing in your shadow a while but I'm so tired of the dark
I've got to find my way out somehow and break into your heart
Baby, why not me?
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4. |
Underwritten
01:47
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Another well-aimed arrow in the ground
'cause we wrote a couple singles but we never found a crowd
(what's the use then?)
So what was all that about?
If no one hears when I shout
I want to throw up my arms and burn the whole thing down
But I should end what I started
the chords are all charted
and we just worked out all those stops
(and in the mean time)
we had a bar full of nerds
they were singing the words
we could have brought them along
(and in the mean time)
but it's much too late
too late
Another bonfire burning in my heart
telling me I've got to stop before I even get to start
I'm tired of smashing the grapes
out of this box full of tapes
lets hit record and find out
how long it takes to erase
lecture me on the feeling
from a perch on the ceiling
you won't see me at all if you don't look down
(and in the mean time)
whats the meaning, I wonder
all the flash and the thunder
we could ride out the storm
(and in the mean time)
but it's much too late
too late
too late
oh, we're too late
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5. |
Time and Time Again
04:05
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Such a wicked smile
you never show your teeth
give them what they want
and hide what's underneath
you're always in the air
barely out of reach
tearing my apart
haunting my beliefs
You know that I've lost my place
You know that time and time again I'm ringing your alarms
but no one comes
time and time again I'm riding your alarms
Hold me once again
let me know you're near
You're more than I could want
and everything I fear
help me understand
say I'm not alone
I'm dying for your love
and you knowthat I've lost my place
You know that time and time again I'm ringing your alarms
but no one comes
time and time again I'm riding your alarms
Hope without reason
give without take
fighting the notion
it's all a mistake
years at a time for the sake of the art
when all I can hope is to get it in your heart
get it in your heart
let it in your heart
let it in your heart
let it in your heart
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6. |
The Invisible Man
03:38
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I'm sweating beneath these lights
I'm in a struggle to get this right
an actor in a play
with the whole world watching
and they see everything
I hear panic in the noise
Lean forward and don't stop walking
muscle under all this talking
every word a lie
quickly flying by
conceived with crystal vision
but losing shape with each decision
gently watered down
and the concept lies in shavings
on the ground
I watched it start to break
Torn and twisted
beat and broken
overdrawn and surely running out of time
I say my piece and step out of the light
Head down but soldier onward
once scarred but growing stronger
always on attack
never looking back
dead tired and always running
living on my wits and cunning
holding on for now
'till the big fish come and eat me anyhow
I feel it start to break
Torn and twisted
beat and broken
overdrawn and surely running out of time
I'll say my piece and step out of the light
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7. |
Decline
03:24
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Colorless but vibrant none the less
my memories are such a mangled mess
bullet holes within my walls
and everywhere the sting of regret
time forgets and I'm in decline
Mumble like my teeth are falling out
I'm turning all my confidence to doubt
thirty years came and went
I'm swinging hard but hardly made a dent
time forgets and I'm in decline
and when the feeling overtakes me
everything I am is in these hands
pounding out the hurt
judge my by the work
and I'll bear my soul for you
Hunger pains and a fear of missing out
I'll tell myself, "you're good enough for now"
hoping when I lose my mind
you'll remember me by the music left behind
time forgets and I'm in decline
and when the feeling overtakes me
everything I am is in these hands
pounding out the hurt
judge my by the work
and I'll bear my soul for you
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8. |
Within My Soul
04:30
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Will you weep for your friends when they leave for the last time?
I know it feels so lonely when they're only in your mind
but when you find you're finally past the hurt and growing cold
it's not enough to hold them in your heart
let them in your soul
It's a shame that age don't come with souvenirs
unless you count the stitches and the ringing in my ears
I'm just sliding by without a sign that I was here
the only proof I have is how I feel
within my soul
maybe I believe this mysterious hope that we're not alone
but I can't accept as fact that when we die we're really gone
I won't last forever on this earth
and I may never comprehend the world for all its worth
but I don't care for things that can be bartered for in gold
I'm in search for something I can hold
within my soul
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John Morales San Francisco, California
John Morales is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who's previous bands include Ten Mile Tide, The Good Things, Dad's LPs, and LMJ and Friends. This is his first "solo" venture, but it couldn't have been completed without former band mates Jay Seals, Andrew Harris, Jeff Mathews, Mark Gonzales, and Justin Munning. ... more
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