1. |
Don't Lie
04:15
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If you don't like the taste in your ears that comes from my mouth
You don't have to listen in you can politely tune on out
But baby it's probably exemplary to remember what I had to say
Because dammit I'll be making history along the way
My lyrical cycles remind me of my culinary experience on the stove
Burning everyone to a crystal clear crispy kind of cold
I don't think you realize exactly what you guys have done when I set my oven to bake
It lets me know exactly which motherfucker is mother fucking fake
So please don't lie oh please don't lie lie lie lie lie
Oh please don't lie oh please don't lie lie lie lie lie
I have people who say they'll support me by coming to all of my shows
But when the time comes and I'm on stage where are they oh who the fuck knows
I'm gonna remember the friends who would never have to be asked to attend
Rachel and Amanda whenever you're in town you come to every single one of them
I'm done contemplating my family in waiting wondering where in the world I'll be
They worry too much I guess that's what they love to think that I live irresponsibly
They don't beat around the bush when they say that they think I should be getting my degree
Maybe they're right maybe they're wrong but will I even have enough time to see?
Time is limited quantity
Chorus
we don't have enough time on this earth already it seems it's coming to an end
Why waste the words out of your mouth just to make me think that you are a true friend
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2. |
I Wouldn't Mind
03:37
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You are the fox to my hound
You take my world and you spin it around
So I can see what you mean
A brand new perspective means that I have much to read
Much to learn, from your ways
When I look at you I don't see a beautiful mistake
I think it's planned for us to be
So that you do you and I will do me
But as one were a tree
Growing together in perfect harmony
I wouldn't mind if you took my heart
As long as you did not tear it apart
And honestly I wouldn't mind if you were to run away
Cause darling you take my breath away
You are the thief to my jewel
You are a queen and you have absolute rule
Over my heart and my soul
If you wanted it I would play you rock and roll
And scream the words to your face
I love you miss rose can you see that when I play
And I swear you'll be mine
If it takes forever at least I'll know I'm trying
I wouldn't mind if you took my heart
and I wouldn't mind if you tore it apart
but honestly I wouldn't mind if you wanted to stay
cause darling you take my breath away
One day without you is like the 14 years before you met me
How can I continue to live in this misery
But then I understand why I live day to day
You take my breath away x4
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3. |
Let Me In
03:55
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If the rain were to fall in a way we'd all
Watch it rise along our pencil long walls
Would you stare in disbelief or sigh with relief
If you spied me swimming through your backyard reef
You should open your door trust me just a little more
Let me fill your home with h2o
I promise you won't drown on your way down
To the basement floor to undo the plug
Let me in x4
Would there be any room
In your underwater tomb
For your stubborn pride
To take up any space
Or would you suffocate
Because of your hate
For me is stronger than your need for air
I'm ashamed for what I've done
But I'll admit it's fun
Persuading you to come back out to the sea
This time is different and I know I'm worth it
I'll be your life vest until you start to sink
Let me in x4
And if you think that I would intentionally drown you then you've learned a thing or two
But why would I try so hard if I was just gonna sink the ship
I'll be honest I don't know that answer yet
Let me in x4
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4. |
Undertow
04:44
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I'll be I'll be sinking in between the sheets where you left me
I've been drowning, gasping for air
My only curse was finding a maiden so fair
My love for you will not come to a sudden cease
Even though you pull me under your waves to tease
Please make some room in your heart small enough for me
Though I will not spurn you if you pull me under your sea
I've been snared entrapped in your net
The strings in your web of love are oh so intricate
I am your prey whose heart will not last for long
My heart grows more feeble with each touch you make me less strong
My love for you somehow comes to me with ease
By darling I plead you, I'm begging on my knees
Please make some room in your heart small enough for me
Though I will not spurn you if you pull me under your sea x2
Pull me under your sheets
Pull me under your sea
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5. |
Come Back To Me
05:19
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She's got long black hair, Designer eyes
I don't know if she sees through my disguise
We're staring across the room our eyes in tune
Funny thing all I can think about is you
She walks across the space but wait there's more
She says with her pretty face "I'm the girl you can't ignore"
This girl doesn't know what you mean to me
But then again I need to think realistically
Because you're never coming back
At least that's what you said
I'll try not to think of you when I'm in the bed
With her, when were done I'm staring at the ceiling
The wound you gave me still isn't healing
I'll fall asleep to the sound of her lungs
But I'm still climbing a ladder without any rungs
You're not here
But she's in the room
I miss you dear
She won't love like you
I'm just trying to fill the hole that you left me
Won't you Come back please
Come back to me
Back to the start
I don't know where I should go
You're the only thing that I've ever really known
My buddy mentioned a place that was down on third
He said it's where you go when you're extremely hurt
I had nothin to lose you were already gone
I thought what's the worse that could go wrong
Now I'm addicted, it's led me astray
But it temporarily lets the pain go away
It's like the tips of your fingers are touching my skin
I've sort of found a way to feel you once again
The only other place I feel truly me
Is in the middle of my subconscious memory
You are there and we have happier times
I hope you get this message through these distant rhymes because
You're not here
But she's in the room
I miss you dear
She won't love like you
I'm just trying to fill the hole that you left me
Won't you Come back please
Come back to me
Last thing I remember is when you left
The can't get the image from my head
I don't know why it didn't occur to me
That I should've stopped you from leaving
Come back to me x3
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6. |
Reflection
02:31
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I loved you, I love you
Why couldn't you just reciprocate the emotion that I gave to you
I'm a slave to you
Depressed, Distressed
Repetitively a mess
I want to know why I am so lucky to be so blessed
By your heart and your charm and the softness of your arm
But underneath your heart is an underlying harm
That is Waiting and Creating
All the pain you kept on making
For me in my mind
Heart ahead head behind
I won't get
The intentions you presented
The connections you pretended;
Were so closely represented as
Love and joy But it was just all a ploy
Now I'm just left here as a sad forsaken little boy
Will he dance with you
Will he sing with you
Would you please explain to me
What exactly the last two years meant to you
Hoops on fire burning tires
Truth is I'm hanging from the wire
Can't you tell dear? Frankly I'm just really fucking tired
Of the bullshit emotions that you faked
How was I supposed to see this coming I'm sorry My bad My mistake
You know what
I hope they find your body at the bottom of a fucking lake
And I mean that in the nicest way possible
Yes your pedestals high but dear you're not unstoppable
just get out of my face
I'm going home to erase every single fucking trace of you, pictures, clothes, headbands on the floor
You don't mean a fucking thing to me anymore
Pardon my French and excuse my language
But wouldn't you say the same if you had this much mental anguish
I wish It wasn't like this really I do
But here's one last gift from me to you
Looks like you got me the same one too
It's a nice middle finger a big fuck you
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Josh Shirah Los Angeles, California
Michigan singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles
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