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I wasn’t put on earth to ever shut up
No matter what
So you can go and try to censor me
I don’t have time for your conformity
Or your conspiracy
There’s something building up inside of me
All this pain and hate is more than I can take
I try to bite my tongue but can’t do no more
Without saying a thing
With the sunlight on my face
Burned at the stake
With a heart that’s full of faith
That you cannot break
I will never ever check my brain or do cocaine
Cause I don’t care what liberals think at all
You can go and try to muscle me
With your tyranny
Cause I don’t think it will work at all
All this pain and hate is more than I can take
I try to bite my tongue but can’t do no more
Without saying a thing
With the sunlight on my face
Burned at the stake
With a heart that’s full of faith
That you cannot break
Listen
All this pain and hate is more than I can take
I try to bite my tongue but can’t do no more
Without
Saying a thing
With the sunlight on my face
Burned at the stake
With a heart that’s full of faith
That you cannot break
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Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue
Thought I heard you talking softly
I turned on the lights, the TV, and the radio
Still I can't escape the ghost of you
What has happened to it all?
Crazy, some'd say
Where is the life that I recognize?
Gone away
But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Passion or coincidence
Once prompted you to say
"Pride will tear us both apart"
Well, now pride's gone out the window
Cross the rooftops
Run away
Left me in the vacuum of my heart
What is happening to me?
Crazy, some'd say
Where is my friend when I need you most?
Gone away
But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Papers in the roadside
Tell of suffering and greed
Fear today, forgot tomorrow
Ooh, here besides the news
Of holy war and holy need
Ours is just a little sorrowed talk
And I don't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Every world
Is my world
(I will learn to survive)
Any world
Is my world
(I will learn to survive)
Any world
Is my world
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Anything that you want
That you’ve ever have
Is already lost
Anything that you want
That you’ve ever have
Comes with a cost
I know you must take
The broken road
I know you must face it
On your own
I am on your side
Calling you back to the light
Arms are open wide
Calling you back to the fight
Even if loving you is suicide
loving you is suicide
loving you is suicide
Anything that want
That you’ll ever have
Will return to dust
Anything that you want
That you’ll ever have
Is starting to rust
I know you must bare
This heavy load
I know you must bare it
All alone
I am on your side
Calling you back to the light
Arms are open wide
Calling you back to the fight
Even if loving you is suicide
loving you is suicide
loving you is suicide
Suicide
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Ice
Colder than it seems
Words
Bring me to my knees
Lust
Burn me to the ground
Ground
Trust
Killed without a sound
I needed something to believe in
A secret passage back to heaven
I needed something to believe in
To replace her love
Replace her love
Dirt
Is all we have to show
Chains
Shackled to a ghost
Blood
Is thinner than it seems
Hope
Was just a pipe dream
Well I
Needed something to believe in
A secret passage back to heaven
I needed something to believe in
To replace her love
Replace her love
I needed something to believe in
A secret passage back to heaven
I needed something to believe in
To replace her love
Replace her love
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Another day of losing faith
It’s not ok just to add on
The stormy night was full of fright
It’s not alright just to build on
Her bloody nose is turning gross
She comes and goes just to add on
That misery loves company
And dirty deeds
The voices in my head
Repeating things she said
When all I feel is dread
Cause we are not
Soaring
On broken wings
We are not
Soaring
On broken wings
And shattered dreams
A bed of nails
An epic fail
That rots in hell just to add on
Mike’s Lemonaid and
Razor blades
A new charade just to build on
The last resort was too abort
Has fallen short just to add on
We strike a nerve with no reserve
And smash the curb just to build on
The voices in my head
Repeating things she said
When all I feel is dread
Cause we are not
Soaring
On broken wings
We are not
Soaring
On broken wings
And shattered dreams
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Every hour of every day I fault
From every second I tried to carry your water
You left me stranded in shame at the altar
When all I wanted was a son or daughter
So take my crown
Set it down
Take my crown
And your casting stones
With a broken bones
I’d rather die alone
And now your casting stones
Inside a glasshouse.
Every minute of every hour I’ve suffered
From every second I pictured you with another
And I’m still stranded in shame at the altar
I wanted you even though you’d make a terrible mother
So take my crown
Set it down
Take my crown
And your casting stones
With a broken bones
I’d rather die alone
And now your casting stones
Inside a glasshouse.
So take my crown
Set it down
Take my crown
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In this insurrection
Where sedition is the norm
I will seek out my purpose
And the reason I was born
Kneeling at the altar
I find the enemy inside
My heart’s in full rebellion
Waging war with pride
So renew the strength to my bones
On this rock I will stand alone
If ever loving you was declared wrong
Just make me a messenger without a home
When persecuted
Martyred for the truth
Let me magnify your beauty
And be the living proof
When the problems of the world
Are reflected in my own heart
My word be the lamp
In the valleys that are dark
So renew the strength to my bones
On this rock I will stand alone
If ever loving you was declared wrong
Just make me a messenger without a home
Hounded by the devil
To the ends of the earth
It’s only in your arms
That I can feel my worth
Hands are outstretched
I lift my eyes towards the sky
Clinging to the promise
I let my old self die
So renew the strength to my bones
On this rock I will stand alone
If ever loving you was declared wrong
Just make me a messenger without a home
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I don’t really see myself living here
After all the damage and the tears
I told you before stop reacting out of fear
Then you turn things around when the coast is clear
We both knew we were moving too fast
Burning so hot that it could not last
And that’s when the car ran out of gas
We overstepped saying get a grip
And those arguments that had overslept
All awoke to a world of shit
But you give up too easily
And it’s obvious
That it’s fantasy
And I don’t sleep
Just to dream
And so its cross your heart
And you hope to die and
pins and needles
And wicked lies
And you pull a gun
When I pull a knife
Every time
So I don’t really see myself living here
After all the damage and the tears
I told you before stop reacting out of fear
Then you turn things around when the coast is clear
You’re recovery
Blew me away
We got comfortable
It was my mistake
That’s when we dug our own graves
We were victims of the rumor mill
Like kryptonite
With looks that kill
I’m still a casualty of your charm
And so
Sound the alarm
Cause I don’t really see myself living here
After all the damage and the tears
I told you before stop reacting out of fear
Then you turn things around when the coast is clear
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Rain fallin
The rain fallin keeps fallin
Rain fallin
The rain fallin keeps fallin
Raiin fallin the rain keeps fallin down
As I kiss her face
Rain fallin
The rain fallin keeps fallin
Rain fallin
The rain fallin keeps fallin
Raiin fallin the rain keeps fallin down
Dirty Laundry
And the
Filthy lies
So many secrets
They can’t hide
Jade experts
And there
Casualties
There’s no freedom
If we’re not free
Rain fallin
The rain fallin keeps fallin
Rain fallin
The rain fallin keeps fallin
Raiin fallin the rain keeps fallin down
As I kiss her face
Rain fallin
The rain fallin keeps fallin
Rain fallin
The rain fallin keeps fallin
Raiin fallin the rain keeps fallin down
In this invasion
In this invasion
This is our cry for freedom
In this invasion
In this invasion
This is our cry for freedom
All the riots
And the
Refugees
They bring war when we want peace
With my hands bound
Before a firing line
They’ll never stop my voice
Or change my mind.
Rain fallin
The rain fallin keeps fallin
Rain fallin
The rain fallin keeps fallin
Raiin fallin the rain keeps fallin down
As I kiss her face
Rain fallin
The rain fallin keeps fallin
Rain fallin
The rain fallin keeps fallin
Raiin fallin the rain keeps fallin down
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What’s it all about
I said
What’s it all about
Is it all the same
What’s it all about
I said
What’s it all about
Won’t you stay
And fight for me
Bones are broke
Body aches and breaks
Words not spoke
Future is erased
Displaced
Displaced
What’s with all this doubt
daddy
What’s with all this doubt
daddy
All the memories
Scare and scrape
What’s with all this doubt
daddy
What’s with all this doubt
daddy
All the scratches
Leave their stains
Bones are broke
Body aches and breaks
Words not spoke
Future is erased
Displaced
Displaced
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If you try to pick her up
She will mess you up
She will mess you up
And if you try to help her out
She will take you out
She will take you out
And if you swear that you won’t leave
She will make you bleed
She will make you bleed
And if you think she will put you first
She will be your curse
She will be your curse
Because her first love was poison
Was poison
Really poison
And now all her love is poison
Deadly poison
Just waiting for you
Just waiting for you
Just waiting for you
If you try to tie her down
She will choke you out
She will choke you out
And if you try to pay her debates
You will be her pet
You will be her pet
And if you swear that you won’t leave
She will make you grieve
She will make you grieve
And if you think that she’s the one
She will make you burn
She will make you burn
Because her first love was poison
Was poison
Really poison
And now all her love is poison
Deadly poison
Just waiting for you
Just waiting for you
Just waiting for you
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Garden
Innocence
Is all gone
What we had
Was all wrong.
Both of us
Are strung along
Innocence
Is all gone
We should have stopped before we started
Before we walked into the Garden
And now we both are broken-hearted
We should have stopped before we started
Innocence
Is all lost.
What we had
Wasn’t worth the cost
Both of us
Are at fault
Innocence
Is all lost
We should have stopped before we started
Before we walked into the Garden
And now we both are broken-hearted
We should have stopped before we started
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Everything everything about you
Everything everything of value
Was all a lie
Everything everything I live for
Everything everything I adore
Has quietly died
All this beauty
Precious memories
Fade away
The future promise
To get beyond this
Has decayed
Our commitment
To no resentment
Is in disarray
The endless bonding
To no responding
Has left a stain
Everything everything about you
Everything everything of value
Was all a lie
Everything everything I live for
Everything everything I adore
Has quietly died.
The day my heart broke
Was the day I awoke
The day my heart broke
Was the day I awoke
To heal again
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I’m hearing people say that I’m good for not
And I watch their life as it goes to pot
hey hey oh well
And my ex-girl is now married with kids
I guess she did something that I never did
hey hey oh well
The bank man came to retake my house
And I whipped his ass after he ran his mouth
hey hey oh well
Cause the devil keeps trying to steal my peace
I keep my shotgun shells full of black-eyed-peas
hey hey oh well
It’s only gonna take a little bit of money
A whole lot of luck and you and me honey
You got to learn to laugh cause life is kind of funny
As we make our getaway
So baby please
that’s why they call me the comeback king
Down south
Because I’m so hard to knock down
I still believe
that’s why they call me the comeback king
Down south
because I’m so hard to keep down
I’ve never been short of confidence
Or common sense as I’m swinging for the fence
hey hey oh well
The rain is gonna fall the river’s gonna rise
And I might tell the preacher a few white lies
hey hey oh well
It’s only gonna take a little bit of money
A whole lot of love and you and me honey
You got to learn to laugh cause life is kind of funny
As we make our getaway
So baby please
that’s why they call me the comeback king
Down south
cause I’m so hard to knock down
I still believe
that’s why they call me the comeback king
Down south
because I’m so hard to keep down
It’s only gonna take a little bit of money
A whole lot of love and you and me honey
You got to learn to laugh cause life is kind of funny
As we make our getaway
So baby please
that’s why they call me the comeback king
Down south
cause I’m so hard to knock down
I still believe
that’s why they call me the comeback king
Down south
because I’m so hard to keep down
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I’m not the kind of man
Who refuses to think
Oh you can’t take it
I’m not the boogie man
Because I will not concede
Oh you can’t take it
I’m just the lonely son
With the will to believe
And yeah you can’t take it
I’m just the lonely son who will fight to be free
And yeah you can’t take it
Yeah alright
I’m not the liberal man
Who is too blind to see
And oh you can’t take it
I’m not the sort of man
Who would take a knee
For old glory
you can’t take it
I’m just the lonely son
With the will to believe
And yeah you can’t take it
I’m just the lonely son who will fight to be free
And yeah you can’t take it
I’m just the lonely son
With the will to believe
And yeah you can’t take it
I’m just the lonely son who will fight to be free
And yeah you can’t take it
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Take me out with the undertow
I want to be where the wild wind blows
Life shouldn’t be this hard you know
I guess we are all looking for a living hope
Somedays I lose my way
I’m stuck living in the past
Some days when it rains
I wonder if love ever lasts
Will somebody take me as I am
I am a sinner and a broken man
If there’s a God of a second chance
I want to be a part of His dance
Somedays I lose my way
I’m stuck living in the past
Some days when it rains
I wonder if love ever lasts
Somedays I lose my way
I’m stuck living in the past
Some days when it rains
I wonder if love ever lasts
Take me out with the undertow
I want to be where the wild wind blows
Life shouldn’t be this hard you know
I guess we are all looking for a living hope
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Well I have seen the gates of heaven
I’m afraid they're gonna pass me by
Cause I am sleeping with the devil
She put a thorn deep in my side
And I’ve got wings to fly to heaven
But she turned my heart black as sin
And I am praying for redemption
But I know I’m gonna fall again
And I have seen this in my dreams
Where I lose on account of you
And I’m wanted for these crimes
Dead or alive
Well I am in this grand cathedral
Cause I know it’s high time I choose;
Well I am tangled in a dark web
And it's all on account of you
And I got ways to find the whiskey
That they make in those cold black hills
Yet I swore I’d fight the spirits
But I know that I never will
And I have seen this in my dreams
Where I lose on account of you
And I’m wanted for these crimes
Dead or alive
I don’t really understand it
How it got this way but it is you baby
It’s you baby
I don’t even understand it
How it got this bad but it is you baby
It’s you baby
That makes me fall
I beseeched the rock of ages
But then she had to wear that short black dress
I tried to give my heart to Jesus
Then she tore it right from my chest
And I got wings to fly to heaven
But she turned my soul black as sin
And I am praying for forgiveness
But I know I’m gonna fall again
And I have seen this in my dreams
Where I lose on account of you
And I’m wanted for these crimes
Dead or alive
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I came to apologize
We were covered up with so many lies
I know that two wrongs don’t make no right
I can it in your eyes
I didn’t mean to do you wrong
It was hard to just get along
Stuck in places where we did not belong
I’m not the same since you’ve gone
I didn’t mean to hurt you
I didn't mean to care
We trying hard to not fall in love
But we found ourselves there
And I’m still there
I’m still there
I’m still there
We only have just one life
And I can see the effects of time
If you would choose us over little white lines
You know that I would compromise
I didn’t mean to hurt you
I didn't mean to care
We trying hard to not fall in love
But we found ourselves there
And I’m still there
I’m still there
I’m still there
Let’s make it right
Let’s make it baby
Let’s make it right
Let’s make it tonight
I didn’t mean to be mean
We were doing things that cause a scene
Every king of hearts needs his queen
You’re just a diamond that needs a ring
I didn’t mean to hurt you
I didn't mean to care
We trying hard to not fall in love
But we found ourselves there
And I’m still there
I’m still there
I’m still there
Let’s make it right
Let’s make it baby
Let’s make it right
Let’s make it tonight
Let’s make it right
Let’s make it baby
Let’s make it right
Let’s make it tonight.
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I spend my days just sitting here thinking about you
Dreaming dreams about all we said we'd do
It's hard to feel connected when you're just not here
I've been smoking cigarettes and drinking bottles of beer and now I
I spend my days just sitting here thinking about you
And now I'm breaking down
Underneath the pressure cause you're not around
And no I'm breaking down
Underneath the pressure cause we're way out of bounds
I spend my nights just laying here thinking about you
Visualize future plans we planned to do
And nothing makes sense since you disappeared
All I have to show is this heartache and tears and now I
Spend nights just laying here thinking about you
And now I'm breaking down
Underneath the pressure cause you're not around
And no I'm breaking down
Underneath the pressure cause we're way out of bounds
Loves a decision
It's not just a prison
You choose to decide
I've made my decision
To Try
To Try
And now I'm breaking down
Underneath the pressure cause you're not around
And no I'm breaking down
Underneath the pressure cause we're way out of bounds
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Mama says to come back home to leave that girl
And rest your bones
And you’ll be good enough
And momma says to raise your glass
Cause all that pain is in the past
And you’ll be good enough
Mama says to grow up strong
To love your enemies when they do you wrong
And you’ll be good enough
Mama says to learn to be wise
Because this dark world will feed you lies
And you’ll be good enough
But I try
So hard
Not to be
Cornered
But I try
So hard
Just to keep
It together
With my father’s faith
With my father’s faith
Mama says to chase your dreams
To step outside find your meaning
And you’ll be good enough
And momma says to raise your head
To make your mark pay your debts
And you’ll be good enough
But I try
So hard
Not to be
Cornered
But I try
So hard
Just to keep
It together
With my father’s faith
My father’s faith
With my father’s faith
Father’s faith
Oooo
Oooo
Oooo
Oooo
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With contributions from Castles Made Of Sky, Ciley Myrus, Crimewave, Sonic Shades Of Blue, Death By Algorithm, and Pastel Arcade, Waves_On_Waves record “Internal Murmurs,” is not just another singer-songwriter album, but a touchstone for everything that is fearless and adventurous about piano/vocal-based indie rock. The record will take you on a journey through southern and grunge-rock, and even has an ode to Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirt” in the track “Loving You Is Suicide.” Beyond the gentle croon of the vocals, Waves_On_Waves reestablishes the piano as a rock & roll instrument, commanding the keys with both intimacy and aggression. After expanding sound through countless electronic dance collaborations that have been performed by top DJ at Ultra Music Festival, EDC Vegas, and Tomorrowland, Waves_On_Waves will pause to realign, following instincts to return focus on haunting piano-based compositions. “If a song sounds great stripped to its bare essence, it’s guaranteed to sound stellar once fully produced.” The confessional piano ballads, orchestrated meditations, and stripped-down poetics embedded in the tracks on “Internal Murmurs” will leave a tattoo on your aesthetic core.
