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If I Fail
04:55
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What if you were told you only had a year to live?
Would you sit and sulk, or try to see the world?
‘Cause I’m getting tired of killing time,
And never really owning what is mine,
And feeling like I’m never good enough.
Looking in the mirror,
And hating what I see,
‘Cause if I fail, I have nothing.
You tell us all that glitters is not gold.
Learning lessons helps until you’re poor and growing old,
And I’ve already started to decay.
I tell myself I’m 20 years young.
I’ve turned to trying to keep what I’ve still got.
Looking in the mirror,
And hating what I see,
‘Cause if I fail, I have nothing
Try to break the barrier of time,
After being lied to your whole life.
Your fight becomes a war to stay alive.
Looking in the mirror
And drowning in my tears
‘Cause if I fail, I have nothing.
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Who I Want to Be
03:08
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He's handsome, with a full head of hair.
He's tall, without a single care.
Everything that I can’t see, who I want be.
Strong, and built like a tank,
Guns for arms, with money in the bank.
Someone other than me, who I want to be.
Anyone else, if they’re happy.
Who could blame me?
I'll change every part of me gladly, no matter the cost.
I’ll change all my colors and finally be...
Perfect, but humble and kind.
Ditsy, yet with a strong mind.
That's who I want to be, but that isn't me.
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3. |
Waiting on a Stranger
05:36
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It seems you’re crying all the time,
But you’ve no reason to be sad.
I never want to draw a line,
Don’t want to live in my own lies.
It gets so lonely here on the dark side.
Whoever thought that I’d miss you?
Moving on, but not away.
Always there, but I won’t stay.
I give you hope, then drive you out.
For months I’ll have nothing to say.
So why do I matter to you?
The world has better people, anyway.
It’s not so lonely there on the bright side,
But still you beg to come to me.
You have your castle in the sky,
But sinners don’t belong with saints
Promise not to be a stranger.
Tell me everything’s okay.
Love me now, love me forever,
And always treasure what we had.
And now I think we say goodbye
And though you’re gone, I’ll still be here
A week, a month, and you’ll be back
We’ll stay together out of fear
Promise not to be a stranger.
Tell me everything’s okay.
Love me now, love me forever,
And always treasure what we had.
I'll always treasure what we had.
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4. |
Not a Day Goes By
03:07
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Not a day goes by when I'm not thinking of you.
Not a day goes by when I've forgotten you're gone.
Not a day goes by, not an hour or a month,
When I don't still hope to fix what went wrong.
Not a day goes by when I'm not mourning your loss.
Not a day goes by when I'm not planning your return.
Not a day goes by, not a minute or a year,
When I'm not still at the pyre where you once burned.
I told myself that everything happens for a reason,
That one day everybody has to leave.
Whether it’s them that walks away or it’s you,
Never is there time enough to grieve.
I told myself that everything happens for a reason,
That everybody one day has to go.
You wake up and they’ve quit, or you’re finally sick of it,
For reasons that you’ll never even know.
Not a day goes by when I don't look at the stars,
And not a day goes by when I'm not seeing you there.
Not a day goes by, not a second or a lifetime,
Not a day goes by, that I don't care.
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5. |
We Were Always Ghosts
04:53
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Another ghost out on the beach,
Another soul that's far from reach.
I'd hold their hand if only they were real
Her footprints end right at the street,
I'll never know what's below her feet.
I would've guessed that everything was fine.
We danced and we'd dance like there was no tomorrow.
We lived and we'd live like we only had today.
You'll never hear but I will always shout,
We were always ghosts, that much I've figured out.
It was another dark and lonely night,
To know that you could ditch this fight,
Since we learned we couldn't get along.
I hope we'll have an afterlife,
No promise it will be alright.
Silence may be easy, but it's wrong.
But what if it's true,
And nothing lasts forever?
It's easy to believe that they still care,
It's harder to accept that no one's there.
But I can just pretend,
I can just pretend,
Then I can know that she'll always be there.
If I can pretend,
If I can pretend,
Then I can wander through fields of her hair.
So we danced and we'd dance like there was no tomorrow.
We lived and we'd live like we only had today.
You'll never hear but I will always shout,
We were always ghosts, that much I've figured out.
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6. |
Only
04:41
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Not the time, not the place.
Too much living in our way.
They say it’s fast, but now it’s much too slow.
Where’d it go, where’d it go, where’d it go?
Make it now, make amends.
For some it takes a week, for others it takes ten.
Where to start before we fall right down,
Where are you now, where are you now, where are you now?
What’s the story of your wasted time?
Where’s the lover that you left behind?
Who’s your ruler, who’s your mastermind?
Or is it you pretending to be kind?
Search the world, find your place.
Desperation, a weary face.
Tell me something I don’t want to know.
Where’d you go, where’d you go, where’d you go?
Send your love, send your heart.
Time it right, a fresh new start.
Find your light, but I can’t tell you how.
Where are you now, where are you now, where are you now?
What’s the story of your wasted time?
Where’s the lover that you left behind?
Who’s your ruler, who’s your mastermind?
Or is it you pretending to be kind?
Death is our drug,
And we’re hopelessly addicted.
You know I care,
But it's not time for you to be there.
What’s the story of your wasted time?
Where’s the lover that you left behind?
Who’s your ruler, who’s your mastermind?
Or is it you pretending to be kind?
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7. |
I Didn't Want to Jump
05:40
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Goodbye, cruel world.
Too bad we couldn't get along.
Goodbye, cruel friends.
Hope you know that you were wrong.
Goodbye, cruel world, you'll never change a thing.
So long ghost town, where bells won't ring.
Goodbye, goodbye,
Cruel world.
Can't say I need you anymore
Goodbye, Blue Earth.
The sky is red as blood, the ocean smells of gore.
Cruel world, with your guilty hand,
Goodbye heartache, and your wedding band.
Goodbye, goodbye.
We can live through all the might,
Every day, just fight their fight,
Forgetting all the worry.
Through the muck, a brand new home,
Or else we’ll slowly burn alone,
And never have to worry,
But I'd never tell that story.
Goodbye cruel world, don't leave me now.
I didn't want to jump, but I've fallen down.
Goodbye.
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John Tocco New York
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