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First Album

by Songs I Wrote

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1.
Rock Song 03:50
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New I thought that I would be Instead, I'm blue and can't remember my dreams Where were you when I picked up my guitar and started rocking I know what I must do Love song I think that I should write one Everybody loves one And the ladies would sing along I'm in line looking at trashy magazines at the grocery store I should be a celebrity But I can't find the words I can't find any reason to not give up I try, and I try I think I've finally had it I'm losing my mind I've been thinking about my boring life How I wanna do more than survive Gotta get out of this store and get in my car and drive home now Because I know what I must do Love song I think that I should write one Everybody loves one And the ladies would sing along Sad song I think that I could use one So I guess I'll write one Alone with my guitar I went too far I spoke too soon Can't finish this song until I fall in love with you What are the odds that you'll love me back So I can write a love song without having a heart attack I can write a sad song with unbearable ease But I can only write a love song if you love me If you love me If you love me If you love me If you love me If you love me If you love me If you love- What are the odds that I won't last That I'll write a sad song and start having a heart attack Gotta get out of this place and get somewhere else Oh, anywhere else I know how to get there How to get there How to get there What I must do What I must do How to get do What I must there What to must there How I get do What- Love song I think that I should write one Everybody loves to clap their hands and sing along Rock song I think that I just wrote one Think it's fucking awesome So throw your hands up and sing along I went too far I spoke too soon Can't finish this song until I fall in love with you
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You Know What They Say, Cowboy 04:25
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Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy go Flickering, a feeling forms then passes by (Can't say that) Shimmering, you're easy on the eyes (Did I say that?) Innocent, these moments always are Until they're not Well… Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy go Beckoning, you motion toward I ask you why (Don't say that) Trembling through waves Then paralyze (Just like that) Imminent, it's only a matter of time Until it's not Come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy go, easy go, easy go Easy come, easy go, easy go Easy come, easy come, easy come, easy come, easy come I can wield talismans Counteract Barely breathing Paint it all black and white Out of mind, out of sight Sentiments like javelins I can't move Rarely feeling Ride off in the night toward traveling star Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy come, easy go Easy come Easy go Easy go, easy go, easy go
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Seal of Saturn 05:39
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Take me to another planet Something new Somewhere magic Cast your spell and cure my chaos Somewhere green Let's get stranded Shuffle off this mortal coil In your eyes Open portal Following you up the staircase in my head I can't erase Thoughts of secrets I could tell you Ring of fire I jump through toward you Orbiting, you're far out there I don't know how I don't know where (Easy come…) When it all unfolds in my memory, I fall flat on the floor Will you open up and surround me? Will you knock down the door? When I'm warm, you're a season like the winter Ah… Make it so Could this be the best part? Free me from my earthly shackles You're on high Eternal fractal Crave my curse I'll treat your symptoms Ever-rising solar system Many secrets I would tell you Ring of fire I jump through toward you Orbiting, you're in the air I don't know how I don't know where (Easy come…) When it all unfolds in my memory, I fall flat on the floor Will you open up and surround me? Will you knock down the door? When I'm cold, you're a season like the summer Ah… Make it so Could this be the best part? Take me to another planet Somewhere new Somewhere less tragic Take me to another planet Somewhere green Someplace private Take me to another planet Something new Somewhere magic Cast your spell and cure my chaos Somewhere green Let's get stranded When it all goes down And my lungs burst from the shock to my core When you open up Overtake me Like it's meant to be so When I'm old, you're a season like the springtime Ah… Make it so Could this be the best part?
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One-Hit Wonder 04:56
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Playing to an empty room Fuck, I can't deal with that I'd rather teach math If I could fill the Red Rocks Amphitheatre My spine would snap I'd probably collapse and break my back I don't wanna hear my song on the air Radio Number one smash I'd rather be relaxed Blaring through gyms, restrooms, department stores, TV ads I'd have to hide or run right off the map And now you sing along with a catchy chorus The one that I'll be singing for the rest of my days I'll try to write a song with a happy message That goes "buh-bah bah bah bah bah buh bah-duh-buh" To be unknown in obscurity is better than to rise then crash I'd rather face the facts It won't be so bad But you know that now it's calling me I fear my life has gone to waste Wanted it deep within my heart The feeling of being number one You know that now it follows me One day these things will all erase I knew a wish would fall apart Left me alone here in the dark And now you sing along with a catchy chorus The one that I'll be singing for the rest of my days I'll try to write a song with a happy message That goes "buh-bah bah bah bah bah buh bah-duh-buh" And you know that something's haunting me Now that my life has gone to waste Dreamt of it since we were young Having a song that's number one You know that something's taunting me I feel that I'm no longer safe But when I lie with empty lungs What will they say that I had done? So now you sing along with a catchy chorus The one that I'll be singing till the day that I die I tried to write a song with a happy ending It went "buh-bah bah bah bah bah buh bah-duh-buh"
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A Frosting in New England 04:47
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Loitering in parking lots What was that sound? Don't get caught Taking up with ne'er-do-wells Windows fogged February Meddling Trespassing Hear the call Maybe listen Simple ways Better times Know it's wrong, but I might lie Will you call when you're home? Will you love? Will you loathe? Little things that I want Will you fight? Will you face it all? Pinwheels on the peppermints Strange advice some old guy gives Tasteless food and musty halls You and I, eventually Menacing medicine Take the fall No resisting Routine days Solemn lives Know it's gone, but I won't cry Will you call when you're home? Will you love? Will you loathe? Little things that I want Will you fight? Will you fall? If you find who you really are, will you laugh? Will you groan? Memories fading in and out Will you stay? Will you go? When you walked along that peninsula When you snuck into condominium When you saw the town from the railroad tracks From the wooded trails to the backdoor paths From the graffiti in abandoned shacks To the cigars near unmarked cul-de-sacs When the sun goes down When the cold sweeps in When the icy flakes cover everything Every afternoon like a big blank slate Every evening you could do anything When you rang doorbells with a swift retreat When you watched bare branches from the backseat When you got hunted by a man you faked When the holidays were still worth having In the cold In the cold It's no more It's no more Will you call when you're home? Will you love? Will you loathe? Little things that I want Will you fight? Will you fall? If you find who you really are, will you laugh? Will you groan? Little wings flapping up and down Will you flail? Will you grow? Will you fail? Will you glow?
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Long Way Gone 04:26
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Katie, where are you? Are you turning pages a lot? Do you miss where you grew up? Are you out there breaking hearts? Katie, where are you? Are you making some money? Are you with somebody? Do you live with your parents? Katie, where are you? Seems so far away Memories fade to gray I hope I'm not the only one digging through the past Sometimes I look back Nothing feels the same Almost forgot your name Oh no, you'd be embarrassed You signed this letter "love" Can you believe that? Well, look at that Katie, where are you? Are you watching the sunrise? Do you think of me sometimes? Are you starting a family? Katie, where are you? Are you hating your body? Are you wishing you were young? Do you remember the letter you wrote me? Saying, "How are you?" Seems so far away Memories fade to gray I hope I'm not the only one digging through the past Sometimes I look back Nothing feels the same Almost forgot your name Oh no, you'd be embarrassed You signed this letter "love" Can you believe that? Would you look at that Katie, where are you? Katie, where are you? Do we stare at the same night sky? Are you contemplating life? Are you hungry or bleeding? Katie, how are you? Are you notching your bedpost up? Or falling deep in love? I found the letter you wrote me Saying, "How are you?" Are you seeing this big bright star? Do you believe in something more? I can still feel you breathing Katie, I'm with you Now, I know that it's all been lost But you said you wanted me once Just 'cause you were bored (I'm probably just bored) Katie, where are you? Gone so far away Everyone turns the page I'm sure I'm still the only one dredging up the past I always I do that Everything has changed Now you forgot my name Oh no, I'm so embarrassed I almost called you up Can you believe that? Well, would you look at that Katie, how are you? Now I know your favorite movie is Sleeping Beauty
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Close to Forever 06:10
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I hate every day, every smile, every friendly wave I hate my thoughts I hate your fun I've hated everything I've done I hate being kind I hate being good I hate my whole neighborhood I hate the love that I still feel I'm growing tired of this ordeal Still debating So frustrating Live in limbo I'm gonna do that Dull my senses Panic sets in Feigned attraction No reaction Endless worry Untrustworthy Makes my head spin Stomach's upside down Don't know what's to come I hate the fight to fall asleep, waking up, remembering everything I hate going out and shaking hands I hope I get abducted by aliens Always nervous Doubts resurface Where's the window? I've gotta get out Dull my senses Panic sets in Feigned attraction No reaction Endless worry Untrustworthy Makes me give in Our world inside out Don't forget it all When it all comes crashing down And my head hits the ground I have nightmares every night See you in a different light Forever in my dreams with you next to me All fades to black Are you coming back? Sip your spirit slow Wait and see if you come home Are you miserable like me? Are you happy to be free? How could you? We were so close to-
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Fool's Gold 04:07
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Staring through the atmosphere Strike gold Now I wanna believe in a meaning or something at all Wait until the havoc clears Your code Untold Alone when I talk I mumble a thought And fall in and out with you again Then suffer a lot You tell me to stop There's something I'm trying to say I need to feel you I need to be close to you I need to touch you I know sometimes I get impatient Barreling toward ultimate fear It's getting close Man, I wanted to be somewhere else But at least I'm a ghost Failure to be honest here You froze Ice cold I need to feel you I need to be close to you I need to touch you I guess sometimes I can't contain it Alone when I walk I'm having a thought Should act like I don't know you again It happens a lot I stumble and knock Pretend that you still see me the same I'm trying to stop A pattern unlocked Then back to "I don't know who this is" It's never enough I'm constantly blocked There's something I've wanted to say I need to feel you I need to be close to you I need to touch you I know sometimes you drift I hate it I need to feel you I need to be close to you I need to touch you I guess now it's too late You faked it
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Just Like in My Dreams 05:11
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I love the winter I love the snow I love the feeling of being on my own I get lonely sometimes, but that's okay I holler out sometimes, but I'm okay I love the autumn I love the leaves I love the feeling of getting caught up in a dream Like one day, I'll build a log cabin up in Canada I'll sleep next to the wood stove And all my clothes will smell like smoke And I'll be alright I love my hometown I love the old stone walls I love early mornings cruising down that road I used to bomb to school in a tan minivan I was often feeling awkward and embarrassed there I'd rather be at home Better off alone I love my family The ways in which I've grown I don't love too many things But I love this old trombone Now I play the bad boy Alone but I'm not scared And I'll be waiting out there patiently till I'm embraced by the dawn Like nothing's gone wrong It'll all go down I love my best friend even though we haven't talked in years I think about the nights we used to laugh until we were in tears It's still there in my mind like yesterday It's all real in my mind every day I love music I love making it I love the bands that I used to play drums along with in the basement Blistered palms and calloused fingertips I'd smash away a shitty day till my thoughts would go away and I'd be alright I love the ocean The sand between my toes I don't love too many things But I love these old bongos Now I play the good guy One day, I'll have a kid And I'll be wandering out there aimlessly till I'm encased by the light Like finally something went right It'll all go down I love the treetops The sun heating up my skin I love the clouds when it looks like someone painted them I sometimes love to fill in the empty space But I mostly love to leave things plain If I stay awake, then one day it'll all go down just like in my dreams
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Dominos 05:11
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Overload So burned out If I could find a big window Adios Dominos One falls down Then I'm lying on my back Bury myself Bury myself Bury myself Keep my head down Antidote Two steps back You know it's gonna come then go Geronimo Pay the price Should not be here Look around like “Do they know?” Carry myself Carry myself Carry myself Don't get knocked down I can see you all the time Humans have habits They're sealed to their fate Like salesmen sell snake oil They lie to your face Swordsmen fight dragons They're spooked by a ghost If spirits do haunt you, they'll come then they'll go Overblown Makes my head spin I thought that I could do no wrong Final straw And then they all go down I'm looking for a way outside Walk it off like "Holy smokes” Where did I go? Where did I go? Where did I go? Where'd I go wrong? I still see you all the time Tiptoe over timelines Limbo under spears Through lampreys and vampires that feast on your fears Buildings collapse People die Things get burned Might step on a landmine or find out you're cursed

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released February 17, 2023

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