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1. |
My Ways
04:45
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Please don't take my hand and then forget me
Please don't say you understand my ways
Every time I turn away
My insides scream and burn with terror
I'm dreading the possibility I may be done
I have not won yet
A memory tickles the back of my mind incessantly
A spot in time I just can't place for the life of me
I fear that fear is real
A heart, a love, an endless mystery
A witless fool in love with being unforgiven
Stuck in time, my only chance is now
Please don't take my hand and then forget me
Please don't say you understand my ways
Every time I turn around
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2. |
If Only
04:11
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I feel so cold, but your lips are warm,
If only you could kiss my soul
You sweep up all my pieces, and make me whole
Please don't fade away
I feel so old, but your trust makes me feel young,
If only I could feel how you feel about me
Touch my face, warm my soul
Kiss my lips, make me whole
If only
Touch my face, kiss my lips
Warm my soul, make me whole
Touch my face, warm my soul
Kiss my lips, make me whole
If only
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3. |
I'll Be Waiting
04:46
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Close your eyes and see my world
Watch with wonder while I soar
I'll be waiting
I'll keep my secret here from everyone but you
Are you under the spell I cast on you
I've been waiting
I've learned a trick or two by living like a ghost
Do you realize what I need the most
I've been waiting
I've been waiting here for you
I'm sending up the flares so you can find me
I want to find you too
Close your eyes and put some trust in me
I'll let you in, I will make you see
I'll be waiting
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4. |
If You Stay
03:51
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Walking with my back to the breeze
I'm dodging all the falling leaves
Oh won't you come and walk outside with me
Everything's alright, if you believe
I somehow believe that this could be my lucky day
I somehow can see that everything will be alright
If you stay
I never met someone who could laugh with me
I'll dry your weary eyes, if you believe in me
And now you know girl, your tears are safe with me
I want you to be my everything
I somehow believe that this could be my lucky day
I somehow can see that everything will be alright
If you stay
I somehow believe that this could be my lucky day
I somehow can see that everything will be alright
If you stay
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5. |
Take This Away
05:40
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You were wide-eyed, you made me fall in love with life
Now I'll never be the same, the way I used to be
You came to me, I held you so closely
I never thought I'd know a love quite like this
But you made me love you
And I just couldn't believe
That I'd finally found you
And now I never wanna leave
And I gave you my heart, gave up all I could give
I loved you more than life itself, and would have as long as I lived
I was thinking of you, every night and day
Don't you know that I loved you, more than words could say
I was thinking of you, every night and day
Don't you know that I loved you, more than words could say
Take this all away
Take this all away
Take this all away my love
And I'll still be here for you
Take this all away
Take this all away
Take this all away my love
And I'll still be here for you
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6. |
Witness
02:46
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Must I be to blame, when I can't explain
It's just an excuse to hide the pain
When you only cry when it rains
Sunny days can be sad too
Witness my granite face
Witness my granite face
Must I be no one, when I try to stay
It's just my resolve slowly fading
When the fakers start parading
My teeth can tear right through
Witness this killing moon
Witness this killing moon
Take this breath from me
Take this breath from me
I've never been allowed to see
Witness this killing moon
Witness this killing moon
Take this breath from me
Take this breath from me
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7. |
Buying Nails
03:57
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Miracle men in awe of zen push snake-oil designs
Hospital guards and holy ghosts take postcards for a ride
And I'm stuck right here
Trace back the numbers and put a face to the name
I can't complain
There's stickup jobs and squares to con and everyone's afraid
But I'm not to blame
Terrible twos and crimes to prove, sticky-fingered saints
A real mirage in a foggy garage, the jester's feeling faint
And I'm stuck right here
Put on the blinders, there's a hundred more to go
I can't complain
The gods you trust don't give a fuck, they're busy buying nails
But I'm not to blame
I think I lost this time
All these pictures fly
Am I glowing too bright
Put on the blinders, there's a hundred more to go
I can't complain
The gods you trust don't give a fuck, they're busy buying nails
But I'm not to blame
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8. |
TME
03:47
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Timelines shifting, I'm a brand new me
My mind keeps twisting, it's not how it used to be
There's more than one of everything, pierce a veil or two
It's not a trick, it's a warning, a window to look through
What could have been the meaning changes every day
Is it shared false memory, or are games being played
Am I awake yet?
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9. |
Dreaming
03:27
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Don't wake me up, my valentine
Don't shake me up, this love of mine
Are you only dreaming
Please don't wake me up, I don't want this dream to end
Please don't wake me, please
I don't want this feeling to go away
I just want to dream my life away with you
Careful where you put this heart of mine
Please don't let it break
Am I only dreaming
Please don't wake me up, I don't want this dream to end
Please don't wake me, please
I don't want this feeling to go away
I just want to dream my life away with you
Am I only dreaming, it feels so real
I don't want this feeling to go away
I just want to dream my life away with you
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10. |
You Will Always Know
02:48
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Day after day you make me smile
I love the way you love me too
After all is said and done, you're my shining sun
Until my dying day, you will always know
I love you so
The stars in the sky fade when you smile
The sun feels cold next to your love
After all is said and done, you're my shining sun
Until my dying day, you will always know
I love you so
Please say you'll stay all my days
And I won't let you go
Until my dying day, you will always know
I love you so
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11. |
Digging In The Sand
03:36
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Disarm my fate, I'm digging in the sand
Contemplate taking my hand
I'll show you all the wounds I've been through
I'll show you where I went to pieces
If I wait too long to smile
I find life's been gone for a while
I have to catch up
I softly sigh and give the plan away
I can't die with so much left to say
I'll show you all the hills I've climbed
I'll show you how I won my war
If I wait too long to smile
I find life's been gone for a while
I have to catch up
I keep my spirits up
I put one foot in front of the other
I keep my head down
And somehow I survive
If I wait too long to smile
I find life's been gone for a while
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12. |
Salvation
03:12
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The words reach my mouth and break my eyes wide open
I feel it running out and all the toys are broken
Please say a prayer, wear my body down
Save me, save me, I never had the strength
A bloody nose and dead eyes fit so well in this world
It comes as no surprise, I said goodbye for good
Breathe in this air, hide the dispair
Save me, save me, I never asked to lie
Save me
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13. |
Into The Light
03:40
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It's not just black or white, there's no need to fight
There are bigger fish to fry
Step into the light, you won't, but you might
Find out the reasons that we die
You crack a smile and let the secret slip
Astounded by the cracks in your fragile walls
It's not the world you see that wants to do you in
The hidden foes try to take your soul
Step into the light, you hope that you might
Find a kiss that makes you whole
You frown a bit and notice the game's been won
Wondering where all the time has gone
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Lights Go Down
04:12
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Suffer once, stronger than today
A tear-less soft reply, wishing summer away
You roll the dice and pick which words to say
And hope that tomorrow is better than yesterday
Lights go down, cries go up
The world spins around and no one finds out
The pages fill with empty sadness
The world spins around and no one hears you shout
A bitter night, another empty day
A magic spell you lost, forgotten Saturdays
A simple smile, was all you ever needed
When the future was bright, you had better days
Lights go down, cries go up
The world spins around and no one finds out
The pages fill with empty sadness
The world spins around and no one hears you shout
Listen, I'm coming clean
Listen, I'm coming home
Listen, I'm counting down my life
The wind blows like all those hollow ghosts
The world spins around and no one sees your tears
No one knows how shattered you became
The world spins around and no on cares to hear
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15. |
I'm Not Home
03:38
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My mind's been on overload
Stabs in the dark we don't know
And you break down my door
I'm not home
Leaves fall from the trees
Like the days of my life
I misread the signs
That mixed my weary eyes
I start to think that maybe
Life doesn't work that way
I slip under water
I don't swim
Leaves fall from the trees
Like the days of my life
I misread the signs
That mixed my weary eyes
Leaves fall from the trees
Like the days of my life
I misread the signs
That mixed my weary eyes
Take this life away
As I drop the bomb
You knock down my door
I'm not home
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Elusive
03:27
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Chase me down til I wear out
My heart beats out of my chest
Pin me down to an answer now
It's the same words as all the rest
Test those waters before you dive in
Be sure to look both ways
You're so elusive but I wanna take a chance
Are you a ghost or my last dance
Break my heart, just don't break my resolve
I found you out, you were hiding
I slipped the veil from your face
I have no doubt in your meaning
I exhale this disgrace
Take a look before you leap
Tie your laces tight
You're so elusive but I wanna take a chance
Are you a ghost or my last dance
Break my heart, just don't break my resolve
There's no time to put it off
Or throw caution to the wind
I breathe in
You're so elusive but I wanna take a chance
Are you a ghost or my last dance
Break my heart, just don't break my resolve
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To Be Strange
02:59
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It's not so easy when you wanna break a chain
It's not so easy when you want to make a change
I feel so strange
You may be right, but you don't know what it's like
When you're living in that cage
I'd give an answer, but you don't know what I mean
You don't know what it's like
To be strange
You'd never believe what goes on in my head
You'll never see my break down
I'll hide this fire
You may be right, but you don't know what it's like
When you're living in that cage
I'd give an answer, but you don't know what I mean
You don't know what it's like
To be stranger than strange
Right as rain
Those walls just come right down
You may be right, but you don't know what it's like
When you're living in that cage
I'd give an answer, but you don't know what I mean
You don't know what it's like
To be strange
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Wreckage Of Human Spirit
03:51
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Panoramic deafness
Poisonous underpass
Strangled salute
Sorrowful verve
Visionary tormentor
Prolific effigy
Dizzy denial
Repetitious resilience
Unaccountable wreckage of human spirit
Shriveled fervor fades in the ether
Heartless
Emblems breaking
World's shaking cores
Unaccountable wreckage of human spirit
Shriveled fervor fades in the ether
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Find Me
04:42
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Dreaming like a fool in my cocoon
I won't ever stay awake
I'm not crazy, I feel safe
Warm and right in my brain
Floating on a river towards a waterfall
I don't bother to steer
I'm not crazy, I'm just here
Floating my days away
Find me, I'll be home
Try to wake my soul
You'll find me, all alone
Trying to make sense
Of all the fears I've known
Breaking out of sleep like a dream gone wrong
I open up my eyes
I'm not crazy, it was just a dream
But I don't know where I am
Find me, I'll be home
Try to wake my soul
You'll find me, all alone
Trying to make sense
Of all the fears I've known
Please don't make me see
I just want to dream
And forget who I used to be
Find me, I'll be home
Try to wake my soul
You'll find me, all alone
Trying to make sense
Of all the fears I've known
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Gilded
03:10
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Plastic dreams of gilded promise
Break my bones on planet Earth
Save my body, save my dreams
Cauterize the wounds I fake
Trust a muddled fool
Still my heart before I break
Destroy the foundations
Save my body, save my dreams
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Soul Magnet
03:06
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I've got a clue for you
My soul's on vacation
I don't care if I win or lose
I only see the relation
Soul magnet
Soul magnet
I may be mistaken, I may be a fool
But I see those waves coming through
Soul magnet
Soul magnet
I've got a date with destiny
I'll see you on the other side
Why not take the rest of me
I'll take you for a ride
Soul magnet
Soul magnet
I may be mistaken, I may be a fool
But I see those waves coming through
Break down my body
Break down my door
After all I go through
I still want more and more and more and more
Soul magnet
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Come Along
03:57
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Take my hand and come along
Drifting through time and space
On this spinning ball
We run this silly race
I think we should escape it all
Get away from this place
You light my soul on fire
I won't let you go
Baby come along and dance with me
I'll show you what I need
Baby come along and walk with me
I'll show you what I bleed
I've got this feeling deep down
That you're the girl for me
You light my soul on fire
I won't let you go
I'm trippin through this universe
With secrets known to me
I've got it all right here in my head
Things you'll never believe
Take a chance and take a ride
You'll never know what you'll see
You light my soul on fire
I won't let you go
Baby come along and dance with me
I'll show you what I need
Baby come along and walk with me
I'll show you what I bleed
I've got this feeling deep down
That you're the girl for me
You light my soul on fire
I won't let you go
Baby come along and dance with me
You light my soul on fire
Baby come along and dance with me
You light my soul on fire
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One Away
03:56
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Don't mind me, I'm one away
One day away from finding it
I see it all coming into view
I know the world won't notice
But I do
Don't miss out, I still flail about
Struggling to find my footing
I see it all coming into view
I know the world won't notice
But I do
Don't just run in place
Pick up the pace and scream
I see it all coming into view
I know the world won't notice
But I do
Don't mind me, I'm just make believe
I'm just one day away from finding it
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24. |
Terra Nova
03:43
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(Instrumental)
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Butterfly
03:48
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I breathe in you under water
I know the pain it brings
I'm digging in my favorite grave
I have so much fun sleeping here
I turn my wretched insides out
To show my soul to you
I'd sweep up those pieces for you
Don't I care?
I'm sick of dark winds stealing all my fun
Richer than rich, scratching that old torn skin
Pin my wings up on the wall
So I don't fly away
Pin my wings up on the wall
So I don't fly away
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26. |
Reach Out
03:34
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Caught in a spiral on the tip of my tongue
I don't want to spend the day chasing blues away
Reach out, the love will come to you
Your last chance is not your only chance
Shot down in disgrace, another dream undone
I don't want to feel this way every waking hour
Reach out, the love will come to you
Your last chance is not your only chance
All those days I spent finding a way home
I refused to ever quit and now it's all I know
I don't want to feel this way every waking hour
I don't want to spend the day chasing blues away
Reach out, the love will come to you
Your last chance is not your only chance
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27. |
Gregorian Raja
02:28
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(Instrumental)
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Breathe
02:56
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Shaken out of slumber
Voices call my name behind the walls
Breathe in, breathe out
Drink the voices in
Innocent, innocent
Screaming in my ears
Safe behind your blood-shot eyes
A mystery calls the dead to life
Backward voices point the way
This world becomes unreal as night turns to day
Breathe in, breathe out
Drink the voices in
Innocent, innocent
Screaming in my ears
Shadow bodies fade away
A one-track mind in an uncracked safe
Breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in
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29. |
Autumn Spring
03:36
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Summertime is coming to an end
I can't wait for the leaves to fall
And let the cool winds blow
The sun goes down
Nights grow longer
The world seems quiet to me
I can't wait for the snow
Colors change like my dreams
Yellows, reds and brown
My heart floating, I feel so free
I don't want to come down
I always feel like a child again
I see through fresh eyes
Everyone laughing, everyone happy
Rolling in the leaves
In an autumn spring
Come take my hand and we'll go for a stroll
Let's play in this brand new world
I don't believe in will ever end
While I feel this way
I always feel like a child again
I see through fresh eyes
Everyone laughing, everyone happy
Rolling in the leaves
In an autumn spring
I always feel like a child again
Everyone laughing, everyone happy
Rolling in the leaves
In an autumn spring
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30. |
Never Give Up
03:24
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I caught my breath and turned my head
I found out life was grand
And I sit down then turn the lights down low
That's when the magic comes to me and I dream
I still live my own way
I never give up as long as I've still got today
I never give up
I held my tongue and listened close
I found out love is real
And all the world around it makes it's presence felt
That's when the days turn out right and I smile
I still live my own way
I never give up as long as I've still got today
I never give up
On me, I still believe in love
Tell me if you still believe in me, in me
I still live my own way
I never give up as long as I've still got today
I never give up
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31. |
Time Means Nothing
02:36
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Don't let down your guard
Misbehave listless days
Heaven and hell don't care
Don't resist the urge
Miss the wave, lost in rage
Wish upon stars unfair
Time means nothing
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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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