1. |
Boom Roasted
02:43
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You Listen Up!
Don't let them make you feel you don't do enough
They sit on thrones and cast stones
While you're scraping for a buck
Blood Sweat and tears
And you still give then they want you to relate
Do you think we're just numbers to manipulate
I was a sucker for it all before
I wont stand for it anymore
The way the game is played
Hot topics change
They're righteous but they never cared before this
You're just a soundtrack
You're a soundtrack
Making money off their sadness
It's just word play
For the right pay
So sing along til your heart breaks!
You listen up!
I've been on calls with the fakest of the bunch
So I know first hand all the scams they think up
Just to get you to click and to follow along
But their clothes quickly change
If it doesn't help their song
They won't be there when it all goes down
nowhere to be found
You make me think you think I'm stupid!
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2. |
100%
03:30
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All the rage you sprinkle down off your safe and cozy beds, i think it's time.
You get out, share the hope you're basking in.
I won't let good people down like that.
These songs aren't for awards, it's how we take a breath.
Less talk.
Take steps.
Then your truth will show.
Whether I'm at the top or whether I'm broken down.
My word is cement I'm gonna give you 100%.
Whether we're so in love or whether you're falling out.
My word is cement I'm gonna give you 100%.
I feel the trauma creeping up, face the mirror.
My head erupts.
But what is fiction?
Irrational fear grasping air I've got to let it go, life will kick you down.
Be sure of that.
But stand up, grab its throat and yell "you've met your match."
Less talk. Take steps. Then your truth will show.
Whether I'm at the top or whether I'm broken down.
My word is cement I'm gonna give you 100%.
Whether we're so in love or whether you're falling out.
My word is cement I'm gonna give you 100%.
Jump in. Just enjoy!
Whether I'm at the top or whether I'm broken down.
My word is cement I'm gonna give you 100%.
Whether we're so in love or whether you're falling out.
My word is cement I'm gonna give you 100%.
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3. |
Laugh It Off
03:38
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Is that steam that i can see coming out your ears
I admit this time it was me who struck the chord
Pushed your buttons in that triggered your life before
I wish I was better at speaking your language
You understand me oh so well
We get tripped up by how I pronounce words
Watching my train run off its rails.
Even with our voices so loud
We can't hear each other talk
No matter if it's real or ridiculous
We'll always Laugh it off
Do you think the neighbors hear us
Do you think they called the cops
By the time they reached our front porch
We already Laughed it Off
And there's a book that I read all about self help
It tells me it's good to be alone sometimes
But can its pages teach me what I can learn
From real life
I wish you were patient in hearing me out
I don't make it easy I can tell
I reach my point then I say things backwards
You try not to laugh cause you're mad as hell
Don't let Regrets
Eat you alive cause in time they'll lead you to
Where your life's meant
To be and when I look back now I can see
All my mistakes led me closer and closer to you
The things I can't change led me closer and closer to you
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4. |
A Love Song
03:24
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I see you waiting on the front porch looking like a dream
You like my Mineral bumper sticker and laugh at the way I sing
Wish I could find a way to make you feel safe could this be the way?
It's summer in San Diego. a week passed the 4th of July
We're still blasting off bottle rockets making up for lost time
Wish I could find a way to make you feel safe could this be the way?
Kisses on Your forehead
You said you waited so long
With your head on my shoulder
I just wrote you a love song.
It's still hot in this beat up Camry even with the windows down
Sit here sweating feeling sorry for myself gonna do all he things you ask
Wish I could find a way to make you feel safe could this be the way?
Kisses on Your forehead
You said you waited so long
With your head on my shoulder
I just wrote you a love song.
I draw circles on your skin
You knew that I'd be the one
With your head on my shoulder
I just wrote you a love song
I am a work of art
I'm not trying to be dramatic
I'm not trying to sound pathetic
I just want these words in my head
To come out somewhat poetic
Hope that I found a way to make you feel safe could this be the way
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5. |
Beer And Blood Stains
03:19
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A parking lot or a proving ground
From outside you can hear the sound
The club owner stole the cash
We'd strike back kick the ceiling down
I can still smell the beer on the floors
And see stains from the bloody noses
Such a backwards way for a good time
It was our home
Our time
How did we make it out alive
Looking back
Was it fun or crime
Some of the best years of our lives
A dance floor or a boxing ring
Upfront let em hear you scream
A backhand or your car was smashed
You couldn’t say things you didn’t mean
I can still smell the beer on the floors
And see stains from the bloody noses
The bathroom door barely hanging on
Never cleaned on its last hinges
If we had the time i could tell you a thousand stories
Such a backwards way for a good time
It's good to be alive
A different time a different place it's good to be alive
A different time a different place it's good to be alive
Florida!
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6. |
Medicine
04:13
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Reminiscing with you about my good ol days
When I'd drive to Miami and meet with my friend Ray
At 2 am we'd link up with our crew
At an indie club cause there's nothing to do.
Things have changed. hit us like a Mack truck
Blindsided by a curse. Could say we're down on our luck
But I can be myself when I'm by your side
you cherish my scars. Yeah I've got nothing to hide.
You're My Medicine
Keeping me afloat in the deep end
You're my Medicine
Call it what you want
lover or best friend
call it what you want
lover or best friend
I'd stop by Ian's garage and see the smoke trickle out
most eclectic of people Unwritten Law playing loud
Then I'd head to A1A and meet a girl at the beach
but I was still so chubby she was out of my league.
Things have changed. hit us like a Mack truck
blindsided by a curse. Could say we're down on our luck
But I can be myself when I'm by your side
you cherish my scars. Yeah I've got nothing to hide.
You're My Medicine
Keeping me afloat in the deep end
You're my Medicine
Call it what you want
lover or best friend
call it what you want
lover or best friend
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7. |
Treat Yourself
03:38
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All you hear is how everyone hates this world but
What other options do they got
Hold close to the ones you know that you can rely on
Leave the ones that hold you back to learn
They throw shade on your sunshine
Always remember you beat your past
Your stronger than you think
You Gotta try
Do what it takes
To give yourself a break
You gotta try
Get off your own case
And give yourself a break
This verse is here to say I'm well versed in losing
Filling a void with useless things
I'll no longer turn away from the shame and the bruising
There'll always be a finger pointing blame
They throw shade on your sunshine
Never forget the hills you climbed
You're braver than you think
Swimming in your own tears
Your legs can only tread for so long
Kick open a new door
Or maybe get some fire from this song.
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8. |
Dream Born Again
04:25
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You are the dream I thought was lost
That I had so frequently
You are the hope inside my heart
That I thought walked out on me
You're all wrapped up in one
Swear I'll never give you reasons to run
You are the dream I thought was lost
But the dream I thought was lost came true with us.
Picket fences, flower filled landscapes
Does that not sound edgy enough
Everyone's bitter and on a mission
To one up their peers and impress strangers
But I won't give in and I won't give up
A real connection, a deeper love
You are the dream I thought was lost
That I had so frequently
You are the hope inside my heart
That I thought walked out on me
You're all wrapped up in one
Swear I'll never give you reasons to run
You are the dream I thought was lost
But the dream I thought was lost came true with us
Call it illusion, I call it hopeful
Why give my time to selfish endeavors
I hear the music , lets build a future
Leave an imprint in fresh cement
But I won't give in and I won't give up
A true connection, a deeper love
There's always voices trying to make you doubt it
Always people trying to hold you down
But I won't give in, and I won't give up
A true connection, a deeper love
A deeper love
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9. |
You Got This
03:16
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Your life is a total mess so what are you gonna do about it.
You reach out and just project. Ive got enough to worry about
So stop trying to commiserate I focus on positivity
Stop using your inability to grow just stop and leave us alone
It's a nice gesture you're checking in......but
I hear the echos of the depths of your own fears
So I can tell what this really is.
These charity calls could keep a weak spirit stagnant
Stop all your line of questioning. Im just trying to move forward.
Stop with your inconsistency.
Real ones know when to stop and leave us alone
Let's just talk about the good times.
You got this
I feel so lucky to have so many people fighting by my side
I've seen so many lonely faces without a loved one
Saying it will work out fine
So I don't want to sound
I don't want to be
I don't want to seem ungrateful
Just if you want to talk lets let the good times roll
Lets let the good times roll
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10. |
Frankenstein's Monster
03:57
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Just got a call from my friend seeing
If I wanted to get out and meet him
At a local night spot we've been meaning
To check it but my legs have no feeling
Breathe , Breathe. take it day by day
Just go at your own pace
I now it takes time but these tears are starting to
Blind my eyes
I just want to feel alive again
Like those 80's songs where they party ‘til morning
I just want to feel alive again
To get up. Get out . live free
Be who I am
I've never shook hands with depression
But I think that bastard just swept in
Trying to mute my light that's been shinning
So I swung a left hook and slept him
Breathe , Breathe. take it day by day
Just go at your own pace
I now it takes time but these tears are starting to
Blind my eyes
Plug me in. dark clouds I'm begging
Let your lighting strike down
Fill my veins with life now
Plug me in. Needle and thread I'm begging
Piece by piece connect me
Fix my scars set me free.
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