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October 2014

by Matt Sams

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1.
Icarus 03:31
All the leaves leave me behind Tears like kisses sting my cheeks It feels like heaven is close enough to touch I have flown too high, I will fall all the way down The air smells like earth This fire tastes like water It feels like I've gone too far I have flown too high, I will fall all the way down I was warned of the danger I was told you would laugh at me I became a bird in your eyes I have flown too high, I will fall all the way down All the choices I loved Became a noose I hung It feels like I became unknown I have flown too high, I will fall all the way down
2.
Sentinel 04:35
(Watch over me) Do you know who watches over you, can you know his face He stands silent, carved in stone He watches in reverence, as the world burns down His eyes have seen the folly in us all He stands alone in witness to all He stands silent, carved in stone He watches in reverence, as the world burns down He belongs to no one with a name He sits above all our silly games He stands silent, carved in stone He watches in reverence, as the world burns down Who will ever feel his gaze Counting down to an end of days He stands silent, carved in stone He watches in reverence, as the world burns down He watches our skies burn, and we never learn Watch over me
3.
Medusa 03:32
She turned me to stone, if I would have known I would have chose another way home She burned out my eyes, tell me those lies I guess I really should have known She told me goodbye, I ran out of time I could have given up my life I'm now petrified, stuck inside my mind I could have held up my hands I'm going nowhere, I'm stuck here, stone I can't break loose, I can't break loose I'm going nowhere, I'm stuck here, stone
4.
Demeter 02:54
As the leaves fall away, we find a place to play While the world falls asleep, we decide what secrets to keep Autumn's kiss reveals our fate, as we try to make it come late While the world falls asleep, we decide what secrets to keep I believe we choose our path, All you have to do is ask
5.
Revenant 03:24
Reanimation of the dead requires a steady hand and a cool head Now we know the flatline doesn't mean the end I'll rearrange your wires to change the messages you send Now that your soul is gone, I replace it with electricity The laughing skull is on a roll, with plasticity Reanimation of the dead requires a steady hand and a cool head It's not a pulse that drives your corpse, dancing on the strings Your puppet mouth emits no sound, it's not the pain that stings You made a choice and now you're mine to do with as I please I took your voice and broke your bones to bend you to my needs Reanimation of the dead requires a steady hand and a cool head Dance, Dance on my strings Dance, Dance on my strings Reanimation of the dead requires a steady hand and a cool head
6.
Preta 04:20
Have we gone too far, have we slipped on by I just want to let you know, I'm still alive How much wasted time can we justify I just want to let you know I'm still around I'm no ghost Have I done you wrong, are we still strong I just want to let you know, I still think it's true How far can I crash, before I run aground I just want to let you know, that I won't let you down I'm no ghost How much wasted time can we justify I just want to let you know, I'm still here I'm no ghost
7.
Pothos 03:38
I don't care if I break my bones, tripping on your heart It's a chance I have to take, before I fall apart I just may lose a toe, testing your icy waters I just may come around, if you start a fire So, let's get warm I don't care if I run aground in your shallow pool Somehow if I go away, that makes me the fool I just may lose it all, gambling on my heart I just may come alive, if I try to start So, let's give it a shot I don't care if I break my neck, as you walk by It's a taste of freedom, that I'll never try I just may lose my chance, stumbling away I just may come around if you decided to stay So, so what now?
8.
Happy Girl 03:49
She came out whistling dixie, she's one more sugar-coated pixie Laughing, dancing, crying, her tears stream into rivers No lover's last remorse, no knights riding on their horse In shining armor, to protect her from the others She cries to herself, she lies to herself She came out with her fists swinging, she's one more with her wrists screaming Scarring, dancing, crying, her tears flood the ocean No one to make her choice, no one to hear her voice Calling to the wind, to beacon the lovers they send She cries to herself, she lies to herself "I'm a happy girl" she cries to herself "I'm a happy girl" she lies to herself "I'm a happy girl" she lies to the world "Let no one help me, no one can help me" She came out whistling dixie, she's one more sugar-coated pixie Laughing, dancing, crying, her tears flood the ocean No lover's last remorse, no knights riding on their horse In shining armor, to protect her from the others She cries to herself, she lies to herself "I'm a happy girl" she cries to herself "I'm a happy girl" she lies to herself "I'm a happy girl" she lies to the world "Let no one help me, no one can help me"
9.
A Long Way 03:38
I wake up to the sound of passing trains I always wonder what names the wind carries I wonder out loud where I could wind up When these days grow old Who knows where I belong in time I've come a long way just for some peace of mind I've been a tired soul on this road I've always wondered where the wounded sleep I ponder the sound in my waking fog There seems to be a million ways to lose Who knows where I belong in time I've come a long way just for some peace of mind Every single way I have ever tried Never seems to be the way home I wonder out loud where I could wind up When these days grow old So old
10.
I'm always searching for your silver lining In all the clouds I may bring I don't have an answer to questions you won't ask Do we have a chance to smile Can we chase away the sadness I am always wasting my breathless words On all the ears that refuse to hear I don't have a reason to prove a thing Do we have a chance to smile Can we chase away the sadness I suspend my innocence and you play along Don't forget I'm ignorant of what may go wrong here I am always guessing at your shots in the dark With all the faces I may change I don't have the time, to hide from my life Do we have a chance to smile Can we chase away the sadness
11.
I don't think you'll ever take the breath away from me It's another reason why you're a social disease Come on try to pick a fight with me Try your luck at staying put and shutting your mouth It's another trap you sprung to figure out how You decide to tear it down I don't care if I destroy all you ever loved to be Take the time to kiss it goodbye, you'll never see it again Try to work it out before you try to make it tick The ignorance you wear with pride makes me sick Go on believing that you're right I don't care if I destroy all you ever loved to be Take the time to kiss it goodbye, you'll never see it again You better run for your life, while you can You better run for your life, while you can I don't care if I destroy all you ever loved to be Take the time to kiss it goodbye, you'll never see it again
12.
The March 04:08
Just put one foot in front of the other Escape the demons under the covers We can't stop this march when it's already gone Stalking by one inch at a time Taking two steps over the line With fingers crossed, we count the cost when we're already gone They won't care if you belong or if you ever reappear We don't know if it was wrong or why we disappeared It's one last night covered in rubble I don't know if it's worth the trouble We could learn a thing or two when we close our eyes I have to laugh at the horror It's close enough to make a point We can't chase away the nightmare chasing us They won't care if you belong or if you ever reappear We don't know if it was wrong or why we disappeared Just put one foot in front of the other
13.
I Was Made 03:49
How can I forget your face There's nothing left for me to replace All my life I left it lying there I have to admit, it's only fair After every night, the voices fade away I don't want to fight the way I was made How can I run away from living There so much more to take up the time All my wonder can't explain this All my superstitions dissolve in the wake After every night, the voices fade away I don't want to fight the way I was made After every night, the voices fade away I don't want to fight the way I was made I don't want to fight the way I was made I don't want to fight the way I was made
14.
Our Own Way 03:07
It's just a word that comes to mind When I think about the world I left behind I took a chance but ran out of time I've been better but I'm doing fine We fight upstream in our own way There was a time I'd pass it by But now it's getting hard to even try I once believed that I could fly But now I'm getting sick of feeling high When the walls come down, will we hold on to All the love we found, what will we do We fight upstream in our own way I can challenge the ignorance Or just deny the fight Who decides right from wrong Who will claim the right When the walls come down, will we hold on to All the love we found, what will we do Will I find what I don't know, will I ever know When the walls come down, will we hold on to All the love we found, what will we do We fight upstream in our own way We fight upstream in our own way
15.
Hidden 05:23
When I look into your eyes, you're like an open book Written in a language I don't know that I can read You're hidden inside the secrets that you keep It's really not a mystery You try to deny the hope you hold inside You just want to be happy, I know When I look upon your smile, you always seen amused By the options I don't choose, what can I see If I fall apart, You always seem to care Even when I fail, you're still here You're hidden inside the secrets that you keep It's really not a mystery You try to deny the hope you hold inside You just want to be happy, I know You're hidden inside the secrets that you keep It's really not a mystery You try to deny the hope you hold inside You just want to be happy, I know
16.
Haunting 03:58
Welcome to the site of my ruination For me, this is life, for you it's a vacation I am stuck here, a statuesque fixture You wander by and take my picture I'm just haunting, torn apart In my beginning, I was just like you Count yourself lucky that you're not stuck here too The stones have more feeling, than I'll ever know My eyes hide more torment than I'll ever show I'm just haunting, torn apart So run for your life before you take my place you see my intent is written on my face The firelight is fading and dawn's coming fast I will hold you tight in shadows that I cast I'm just haunting, torn apart
17.
This has become my home, and you walk on by I sit alone but no one knows the tears I cry When you walk through my grove That's when you find out how my garden grows Here lies a grave of a child I once knew Her tears on the stone reveal the story's truth When you walk through my grove That's when you find out how my garden grows I sit and watch in eternal vigil Forever I walk, listening for the signal When you walk through my grove That's when you find out how my garden grows (Oh can't you hear the cries, Her tears upon the stone)
18.
A Choice 03:54
I am not the one to change the world The world is not the one to change me This is not a choice made in sadness This is a choice to be free This world won't let me slip away This world won't let me shine a light This is not a choice made in sadness This is a choice to be free I won't let them change my mind I won't let them rule my life This is not a choice made in sadness This is a choice to be free
19.
A Word 03:34
Strike a blow and fade away, forget about the choices taken away We run in circles to get out of the way, jumping at the chance to run away I won't tell a secret, I won't say a word I became an animal, taken in by empty words I became a tired thought, through this dizzy world Every step I mistook never caused alarm You said I was turned away from your open arms Strike a blow and fade away, forget about the choices taken away We run in circles to get out of the way, jumping at the chance to run away I won't tell a secret, I won't say a word I became an innocent victimless crime I became a disbeliever after all this time Every chance I turned around never showed a truth You said I was turned away and no one heard the news They always say it's in my mind I know for sure I'm right this time You've felt the chills on your spine I've always loved this pain of mine Strike a blow and fade away, forget about the choices taken away We run in circles to get out of the way, jumping at the chance to run away I won't tell a secret, I won't say a word
20.
How many times has the sea called your name How many lives end up being a game And then we come along, And we find out we are wrong We give ourselves away to the lowest bidder How many games will take up my time On altered planes I fool my mind And then we come along, And we find out we are wrong We give ourselves away to the lowest bidder How many times can I hit reset What's in my brain that I don't get And then we come along, And we find out we are wrong We give ourselves away to the lowest bidder
21.
Don't focus on the line We won't regret the lack of air You can do anything if you care To lose all you could be, and faking what would be there to win To chase off the lurkers, what will or won't work here to fail Don't get left behind You wouldn't believe what I found Caught behind that ominous sound To lose all you could be, and faking what would be there to win To chase off the lurkers, what will or won't work here to fail Don't get caught undone You won't recognize me When I turn up the heat To lose all you could be, and faking what would be there to win To chase off the lurkers, what will or won't work here to fail Don't get caught undone
22.
I stick around but still I found, my number never comes up I try to count the reasons down, but I'm always one off The story of my life, starts to make some sense Wondering where I've gone, and where I've been since But here comes my excuses I guess I really missed the boat this time It's just the story of my life I just chalk it up to circumstance Ain't that the story of my life I took my time to work it out, but left myself so empty I'd give it all to figure out where I'm off to now The story of my life, starts to make some sense Wondering where I've gone, and where I've been since But here comes my excuses I guess I really missed the chances I denied It's just the story of my life I just chalk it up to circumstance Ain't that the story of my life I guess I really miss my tears, have I forgotten how to feel Do I still have the time, Do I remember how to shine Here comes my excuses It's just the story of my life, that's all Here comes resolution
23.
Let me in to emptiness as I live a lie I'll just be alone again when you say goodbye But I know where to go where only I know But what do I know I know I heard before that you never cry But I can surely see the hurt behind your eyes But I can see where this goes and god only knows What I will ask you Can't you see the fire for the light and not the flame Can't you see that darkness and night are not the same We could fight all night and never take the blame We can carry on pretending this is just a game I know I said before there's trouble in the air But I know for sure this time because I was there But I know you won't go, But I don't really know But what do I know Can't you see the fire for the light and not the flame Can't you see that darkness and night are not the same We could fight all night and never take the blame We can carry on pretending this is just a game I know you won't go, But I don't really know And what will I ask you What do I know, what do I really know
24.
You Make Me 02:46
You Make me swallow all my poems The words just never come out right You make me forsake my throne And I get buried every night Scrape away the voiceless dirt I've been hiding from Take away these chains when I'm done here You make me daggers to the heart The pain makes me want to laugh You make me forget to start And I begin to lose my path Scrape away the voiceless dirt I've been hiding from Take away these chains when I'm done here Leave me a choice, leave me a voice Scrape away the voiceless dirt I've been hiding from Take away these chains when I'm done here
25.
Talk Slow 03:12
Don't talk slow, I am spinning out on overdrive All the things they tried to take from me are gone Don't walk away, I am in the voices left alone All the ways I tried to fake a smile are gone Why talk slow, find a way to let it all go Change your mind, you will find there's so much more to know Don't fear peace, happiness is all that's left to keep All the times I tried to speak out loud are gone Why talk slow, find a way to let it all go Change your mind, you will find there's so much more to know I can take all day to explain, but I can tell you don't know what I mean Why talk slow, find a way to let it all go Change your mind, you will find there's so much more to know
26.
Will I 03:29
Will I hear the voices I need to make it through Every time I lose my way I learn what is true Will I face the world today or will I run and hide Do I let the sun shine in or do I stay inside I believe in wondering how I came around I can feel the rumbling buried in this sound Will I chase away the fear or will I turn to stone Can I describe what I hear or will I stay unknown What have I revealed by staying in the lines Is this really loneliness or is it in my mind
27.
Shave your face and comb your hair Make them believe that you really care After all this time, I thought I knew myself I've been out of my mind, and I could hardly tell Make your bed and brush your teeth Just pretend that you don't need relief After all this time, I thought I knew myself I thought I was fine, but I was fooling myself Close your eyes and say a prayer That they don't find out that you're aware After all this time, I thought I knew myself I've been out of my mind, but I could hardly tell the difference
28.
I won't talk about the voice you used to sing And now I'm echoing the sadness that you bring to bear I won't walk around the broken glass you spread And now I'm wondering what's in your head tonight I've been knocking on your door for so long I've been walking through this world for so long It makes me numb I won't mess around with memories you won't hold And now I'm tripping over the words that were too bold to say I've been knocking on your door for so long I've been walking through this world for so long It makes me numb I always find a way to carry on, You understand what words to say I've been knocking on your door for so long I've been walking through this world for so long It makes me numb It makes me numb
29.
Is It Okay 03:09
Are you gonna recognize my face, when I come back around Since I've been gone for so long Every time I disappear, I can't tell you what I fear Since I won't ask the question What am I afraid of when you walk away What will I tell myself today, is it okay Is there time to ponder on my fate, Is there a point to plans I tried to make Since I forgot how to smile What am I afraid of when you walk away What will I tell myself today, is it okay Where are the answers, should we even care, I don't know Since I've been gone for so long What am I afraid of when you walk away What will I tell myself today, is it okay
30.
Suffer 02:59
I give you only what I want to lose I keep the rest for myself I rescue the feelings of my dread I hold on to nothing but haze I want to watch it suffer I want to find out if I care I hold true to demons still unbound I forgive my curiosity I want to watch it suffer I want to find out if I care I won't let it wither, I'm at peace I won't feel the shiver, aimed at me I want to watch it suffer I want to find out if I care
31.
I could peel the veil from your eyes I could be a light in your life If only you could see my face I could be the moon in your night I could be a star shining bright If only you could open your eyes All we need to see is a thinner veil Then we could come tonight to take you home I could hide your secrets away I could show you why I have to stay If only you could come alive All we need to see is a thinner veil Then we could come tonight to take you home All we need is a thinner veil to take you home

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The October segment of my 365 Song Project

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Matt Sams Chicago, Illinois

Matt Sams is a singer/songwriter and producer from the Chicago area. He has been performing music and writing songs for over twenty years. Influenced by classic and alternative rock bands like: The Who, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Big Country.

Matt has written and recorded over 800 songs and continues to create every day.
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