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Castaway
03:29
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Can't wash away
this awful taste stuck on my tongue
I wish I could have stayed
I guess I'm just afraid to play this game I've never won
But guarded hearts, they fall apart by one as well as two
What scares you most is you
A Castaway,
the last remains of who you were
But that's the price you pay,
You let her get away the day you gave yourself to her
But guarded hearts, they fall apart by one as well as two
What scares you most is you
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2. |
502
02:08
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3. |
Pretender
03:32
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Now that we're older
Why can't we start over?
I could even get sober,
At least till the end of October
But if I could make the same mistake,
I would take this corpse, reanimate it
it's all just the parts of a man
And if I had only known back then
that I'd never make it back again...
Was it all just part of the plan?
Off on a bender
trying not to remember
that day in December
The day I became a pretender
But it's not your fault, it's mine
I'm fine
Don't even try and pretend
I know this is the end
But if I could make the same mistake
I would take this corpse, reanimate it
it's all just the parts of a man
And if I had only known back then
that I'd never see your face again...
Was it all just part of the plan?
(part of the plan)
It's not your fault, it's mine,
I'm fine
Don't even try to explain
Thanks for playing the game
It's not your fault, it's mine
I'm fine
Don't need to try and explain
It's all part of the game
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4. |
All The Same
04:57
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What's that poison in your mouth?
Can you make it disappear?
Tell me everything I wanted to hear
If it's all the same to you, then it's all the same to me
I'll take anything that feels like relief
Is it possible that you lost it all?
Sold your soul for a handful of pills
Doesn't matter to the ladder if you climb or keep perfectly still
If I make it through today, you can thank the racketeers
Nothing motivates you quite like the fear
As we kill ourselves to live, memories leaking like a sieve
we'll forget but we'll never forgive
Please remind me where to find me,
even then I can never be sure
what's behind me, someone blind me
so I won't have to look anymore
'Cause there in the dark, it's all the same
What's a spark without a flame?
Under this fallow soil
I'll rest this hallowed coil
Until, I'd have you know, my dear
you'll never have to be alone while I'm here
(well, I'm here)
And in the dark, it's all the same
What's a spark without a flame?
Before too long we'll be on a boat floating back to the sea
Hope you're floating with me
In the dark it's all the same
What's a spark without a flame?
Before too long we'll be on a boat floating back to the sea
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5. |
Reckoning Day
04:42
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Out on your own, how does it feel?
Just watchin' the road and clutchin' the wheel
And what're you after, yeah what'll you find?
The greener the pasture, the sweeter the climb
Don't take my word for it
In time, you'll see
There's not a word for it
But there oughta' be
In the moonlight
There's a shadow
In the moonlight
Testin' the water to see how it feels
Now we're takin' it slow, now we're keepin' it real
It's not 'ever-after' till after tonight
It's the end of a chapter, it's the start of a fight
Don't take my word for it
In time, you'll see
There's not a word for it
But there oughta be
So Happy Reckoning Day, it's finally here
No more waiting around to erode from the weight of the load that you bear
(that you bear)
In the moonlight
There's a shadow
In the moonlight
And in the sunlight
There's a shadow
In the sunlight
So Happy Reckoning Day, it's finally here
No more waiting around to erode from the weight of the load that you bear
(that you bear)
Happy Reckoning Day, yeah, it's finally here
No waiting around to erode from the weight of the load that you bear
(that you bear)
No more counting it down, it's apocalypse now
It's so painfully clear, yeah the rapture is here
It's finally here
It's finally here
It's finally here
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6. |
Vandelay Industries
03:39
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You try to forget it
But you know that you won't,
No, you won't
You wish you could spin it
But you cant,
So you don't
You always knew your love was true
and you still ran away
It's nothing new, you always do, just like Art Vandelay
As light as a feather
Can't believe I can float,
Yeah, I can float
And it might be the weather
But I feel like building us a boat
And if it's too good to be true,
then you can bet it is
You always knew that you could never be a benedict
Whatever the cost, I lost
when you were left bereft of me
Whatever will be, will be, will be
And if nothing is real,
Then how would you feel about being something real with me?
Why don't we see how it could be?
How it could be...
You got what you wanted
Now you're free to believe what you already know
This house isn't haunted
But you feel like screaming at the ghosts
You always knew her love was true
and you still parted ways
It's nothing new, you always do just like Art Vandelay
Whatever the cost, I lost
when you were left bereft of me
Whatever will be, will be, will be
And if nothing is real,
then how would you feel about being something real with me?
Why don't we see what we can see?
'Said whatever the cost, I lost
When you were left bereft of me
Whatever will be, will be, will be
And if nothing is real,
then how would you feel about being nothing real with me?
Why don't we see what we could see?
What we could see...
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7. |
Elephino
01:04
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Show me a sign,
before I go blind
If It's all in your mind
Why can't you leave it behind?
Spare a thought for the sand
But you can't understand what you don't understand
Tried pulling the strand
It fell apart in your hands
Now it's over and done
and nobody won, yeah, nobody won
Are you not having fun
Staring up at the gun?
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Love me tender, love me twice
Be my vendor, be my vice
Keep me starved and keep me fed
Give me everything and leave me for dead
(and) It filled my heart with dread...
When she said:
Who's that clawing at my door?
Who's that crawling back for more?
Been through all of this before,
But you never let me under your skin
(no) You never let me in
{Let me in}
Can't recall a time when I
Fell in love without a lie
Still, I hope you know I tried
In my sad, decrepit, tepid display
But the fear is here to stay
When you say:
How the embers start to cool!
How could I be such a fool?
How could someone be so cruel?
Just a masochist, enlisting in pain
But why should I explain?
{You won't change}
Adrift on a satellite falling around the Earth...
[I've been searching for something that feels like a home]
You'll see that all matter is only a scattered curse
[And I don't understand why you'd go it alone]
You'll hear pitter-pattering sounds from across the 'Verse
[But they say 'if you love something, you should let go...']
But none will compare
{To the sun that we shared, I hope we'll find our stars aligned again}
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Bobby Mathis Ithaca, New York
Bobby Mathis is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer and songwriter from Ithaca, NY. In the Spring of 2014, he began to write, record and release singles on a monthly basis. He recently finished recording his 6th LP.
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