1. |
Persevero
03:16
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Now it's time to unfold
Attempts to start again
I've placed my head under stone of all unknown
Now bring me back up above where there's no more love
And it's gone
Gone away
Will it ever find us again?
But I won't stop until it's called
This great charade we're playing
It's not over until she sings
"Don't give up, never give up
You're almost there, do not despair
Don't give up, never give up
Do not despair"
I've wondered around
Oh so far
I never knew it would take this long
Now soon they'll see what's haunting me and
What it takes (what it takes for me) to keep my spirit free
Don't give up
Never give up
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2. |
How To Be Useful
04:26
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Listen
I need to have your attention
For a second, before I lose it...
Just go with it...
1, 2, 3, yeah
I've spent half my life working with my own two hands
I don't understand...
I want to be set free to be somebody but I can't, no
Not 'cause I don't know how
Guess I'm not allowed to
I just need time to figure it out
Could you show me how?
'Cause I feel so dumb (so dumb)
Are these strings untying my soul? (so dumb)
And I'll heal when the mirror steals my heart and says...
You know who you are
You know who you are but you don't know how to be
(you don't know how to be)
You know who you are
You know who you are
You know who you are
But you don't know how to be useful
It starts with you, you're a pains-taker
Move bricks, sink ships with your moneymaker
Oh! The hours I've spent chasing tails...
Did it dirty to me
Pushed the world down on me
Unholy matrimony
With my worst enemy
* are ya famous yet son? *
You know who you are
You know who you are but you don't know how to be
(you don't know how to be)
You know who you are
You know who you are
You know who you are
But you don't know how...
Don't know how to be useful
And time has its way of making me late for everything
But I'm finally ready to face the working day
Get out of my way
Time to go to work
Is it too late?
Is it too late to party?
* kinda seems like it *
You know who you are
You know who you are but you don't know how to be
(you don't know how to be)
You know who you are
You know who you are
You know who you are
But you don't know how...
Don't know how to be useful
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3. |
Go It
02:29
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I don't know where I belong
It seems I've never known what's wrong
I've got this moment to recall
That I won't find it here at home
I'll go
Yes I'll go it
I'm sorry for this half-assed song
My mouth and mind don't get along
So what if I dare to bare my soul?
I've done it a hundred times before
And I'll go
Yes I'll go it
And I'll go it
Alone
(yeah)
People can you see me now?
There is no need to wonder how
I'm dying to light up this life
It's likely pointless, but I'll try
And I'll go
Yes I'll go it
And I'll go it alone...
And I know that I have taken up too much of your time
Just imagine what I've done with mine.
With mine
Oh!
Yeah!
And I'll go
Yes I'll go it
And I'll go
Yes, I'll go
And I'll go it
Yeah
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4. |
Colorful Bond
04:08
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There's no excuse for me
I've been a stubborn curse word lately
And you're no walk in the garden yourself...
You're a rose with your thorns
I've got my hidden horns
And we'll argue into the morning, love
Let me break that mask
Is everything I ask too much?
We're both of us searching for love
In a neon world where dreams are enough
I can't be perfect and I will never be
But that's what it seems like you want from me
Show me what is wrong from right
You say it's black and I say it's white
'cause
In-between the blue and the green
There's a different shade of you and me
We're not mismatched we're just mixed around
In this colorful bond
This colorful bond
And we're painting a picture we don't see right now
But someday we'll look back and laugh at the mess we left
There's no room for gray
Let's send it away
In-between you and me
There's a different shade in this colorful bond
This colorful bond
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5. |
Calming Down
02:58
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Well there it goes
Another day used up
Staring into the empty half of the hourglass
A moment’s pause to rest
Could be the last one I guess
Unless I find a way to lift this heaviness
Off
And away
To a better day
To find a perfect place
I drive on broken roads to find familiar souls
The disconnect is seeing through the holes
And I am reaching now
Sending signals out
Across the wasteland, full of doubt
But I am calming down
The storm’s a myth
I’m sorry if I tore through you while I was
crashing into sanity
Please don’t cast me out
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6. |
Too Much
03:29
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I’m trying to prove
too much to you
And I’ll do whatever it takes to ruin
This perfect day
Where I stand in place
And everyone’s throwing their laser beams
Right into my face
I’ve got so much to say
And no one to say it to
So I’ll say it to you (and)
I read the lines on your face
They’re telling me everything will be okay
At least for today
I’m dying to lose another delusion of
Making a different way
While making a difference
I don’t want to ever stop bending the rules
I might die from this need to be loved
Oh, it’s too much
But it’s not enough
It’s too much
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7. |
Did It To Yourself
04:39
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You went away for a while to ease your mind
and make some sense on the inside
(You) climbed to an impossible view
Where enlightened souls ought never die
But you fell to the ground that you
Knelt on breaking out of the hell
That compelled you
(What befell you?)
And in one malevolent moment you knew
that every word was true
And now it’s all on you
Well, you don’t know why
And you don’t know how
You are losing out
And you did it to yourself
This life you held
Has you tumbling down
You are lost not found
But you did it
You did to yourself
Oh no, you’re under attack
Your words have spun around and come back
Oh no, you’re under attack
Your words have spun around, they’re coming back
I’ve never been broken in your shoes
But I have stood in mine and it’s the same old news (you)
Win and you lose some
you grin but life’s a bit too much
You could chew and now you don’t know what to do, yeah
No One is gonna pull you from the wreckage
Your mouth did a number on your mind,
That’s impressive - you guessed it
You’re a statistic in a message
If you’re gonna be a wannabe
Then don’t be an anomaly
You don’t know why
And you don’t know how
You are losing out
And you did it to yourself
This life you held
Has you tumbling down
You are lost not found
But you did it
You did to yourself
Oh no, you’re under attack
Your words have spun around and come back
Oh no, you’re under attack
Your words have spun around, they’re coming back
Oh no, you’re under attack
Your words have spun around and come back
Oh no, you’re under attack
You’re under attack again
You don’t know why
And you don’t know how
You are losing out
And you did it to yourself
…well now you know why
It’s tumbling down!
You are lost not found
And you did it
You did it
You did it
You did it to yourself
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8. |
Imperfect
04:18
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Watch the day walk away
Cue the nighttime chalkboard sky
Let’s just stay
Lock the doors and barricade
Pretend that life won’t pass us by
We’re all out of words
There’s nothing to say and no one to hurt
Just like it should be
It’s like you’ve understood me
I don’t want to leave this now
And moments are gone somehow
But I feel this thing we’ve found
Must be figured out by now
I’m all out of confidence
Can you make sense of this damned
stubbornness surrounding this
frail, imperfect love?
I will try.
Feelings don’t lie (do they lie?)
But there’s so much pain between you and I
If you don’t give, I won’t take
But if we aren’t gonna change it then something’s gonna break, yeah
I don’t want to leave this now
And moments are gone somehow
But I feel this thing we’ve found
Must be figured out by now (by now)
I’m all out of confidence
Can you make sense of this damned
stubbornness surrounding this
frail, imperfect love?
Could it be enough?
I don’t want to leave this now
I don’t want to leave…
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9. |
Look Alive (Who Cares)
04:43
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I
I waited all night
For you
I would wait all my life
Please beg me to stay
‘Cause I can’t go on if it’s more of the same
Don’t fill my empty heart with lies
Or love in disguise
Just give me truth
It’s all that’s left to be used
Live or die
Give me a try
I need to look alive
Change my mind
Show me the light
Convince my eyes to see
Who cares if I should amount to anything?
You
You never change
I’m forever failing
But you love me the same
So don’t fill my empty heart with lies
Or love in disguise
Just give me truth
It’s all that’s left to be used
Is there anyone looking out for me?
In this faithless reality I’m lost
Just give me truth
It’s all that’s left to be used
Live or die
Give me a try
I need to look alive
Change my mind
Show me the light
Convince my eyes to see
Who cares if I should amount to anything?
Anything
Oh, anything
Anything
Who cares if I’m in the ground?
Who cares if I’m still around?
Who cares if I should amount to anything?
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10. |
Timeless
03:41
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Tell me what has you falling apart?
And taking sticks and stones to the heart
Things down here have been messed lately
And in this instance you’re all done
Given the way that things are going / have gone
You may wonder when it will stop
But you’re timeless, love
Don’t you let that go
I’d love to tell you it gets easy (…it won’t)
Life will knock you into dust
and given the way you’re soul is aching
Few could blame you to give up
You’re timeless, love…
Please don’t le go….
Don’t let go…
Even though your spirit’s breaking
Tomorrow is not ours to know
Don’t give up, never give up
You’re timeless, love
Don’t you ever let that go
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Jake Nolen Chico, California
Singer / Multi-Instrumentalist / Producer from Northern California
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