1. |
Fading to Obscurity
03:19
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I'm sick of all this heat
I swear that I'm moving on
but after every night
comes a new bright shining dawn
I swear I didn't mean
to leave you in the dark
but this is where the real me
and my dreams, just have to depart
and I'd asked you to understand
you said that you'd try
I thought that you meant it
when we said goodbye
These nights I'm spending all alone
or at least that's how it seems
it's getting hard to tell the difference between
the real life and my dreams
but I swear I'm moving on
I'm going North
to where it's cold and it rains
and no one knows my name
no one knows my name
and if that sounds inviting
then come on up with me
and do the same thing
let's fade away
let's fade away
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2. |
Did You See
04:37
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For too long
you didn't see me there with you
I was there
I was always there behind you
lifting up, being stronger than
I should have been
now I know, you didn't need me
Will it show
when I lift myself
and hold my head up high
I am stronger now
and I'm never going back that way
and I know
you can't take that
you can't help yourself
you are jealous to the core
I know, I know
did you see
when the world fell down around us
you gave up, I believed
but it wasn't quite enough
for both of our mistakes
so we fought and we talked
and we fell down anyway
but that's life
and it sucks
did you see me
when I held my head up high
I was stronger than I've ever been before
before
did you care
did you see
you never thought I'd be that brave
so you ran
I know, I know
while you running I was stronger than I've ever been
now I know
this is me
I can lift myself
and hold my head up high
I am stronger now
and I'm always going to be this brave
I don't care
what the world thinks
I am never going to be afraid again
I know, I know
you were running just as fast as you could away from me
I know, you let go
I'm sorry
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3. |
Always Get the Rain
05:31
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Lately it seems that I’ve failed myself
Nothing ever goes the way I plan.
Too late, I missed the rainbow,
Ain’t it funny how I always get the rain.
Going out sure ain’t gonna help my problems
But sometimes, it sure is fun to dream
Sitting alone I think these things
And I wonder if i’ll miss them when they’re gone
Another day, another damn expression for the books
“I may have lost, but I’ll be back someday”
Everything is swirling round, this great big fucking world
But in the end, shouldn’t it blow my way
The lights are out inside, and the door is bolted shut
There’s no invitation to come in
Too late, I missed the rainbow,
Ain’t it funny how I always get the rain
Something deep inside keeps trying to warn me
Once I see the sun, I won’t feel bad again
Chalk it up to bad childhood experiences
The kind you try to forget you ever had.
Take a step back, and look at them again
In the light of day, they’re really not that bad.
Too late, I missed the rainbow,
Ain’t it funny how I always get the rain
Too late, I missed the rainbow
Ain’t it funny how I always get the rain
Too late, I missed the rainbow,
Ain’t it funny how I always get the rain
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4. |
Haunted Heartaches
05:36
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You can’t remember when you lost your smile
It’s been so long you’ve been down
And you’re trying to find a happier time
But the circus won’t come back to town
And the haunted heartaches remembered
Are lingering stagnant around
And that cold empty whole
That you’re feeling inside
Is sometimes your favorite sound
Well you’re trying to get out from the weather
Cuz the dampness is turning you blue
But the rain has your name tattooed on its arm
In a heart with an arrow torn through
And the ghost of a lover forgotten
Is etched in the back of your dreams
And the song that she weeps
As she rocks you to sleep
Is one of your favorite things
Someday the darks clouds won’t cover the sun
Someday your heart can run free
Someday the race to that heavenly place,
Will end when we finally see.
That a chorus of angels with torn wings
Still can’t remember the words,
But the tune they all know,
So they give it a go
And it signals the end of the world.
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5. |
Larry
05:28
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It’s 2 o’ clock in the morning,
And I’m getting drunk again,
Sometimes, there’s just nothing left to do.
Larry sits beside me,
And he doesn’t say a word
But I know he knows a way to make it thru.
It’s too quiet for a Thursday
The air is hanging thick
I’m waiting for something else to go wrong
It’s not bad company
Just the loneliness inside
That make these conversations seem so long
Talking back and forth about
The memories we share
Reminiscing eases pain
But it’s just so hard to bear.
A fog is lifted from my eyes
And I find myself alone,
Maybe I have been this whole night.
I’ve been baptized in self reflection
(And a bottle of 151)
But somehow I know it’ll be alright
Talking back and forth about
the memories we share
Reminiscing eases pain
But it’s just so hard to bear.
Talking back and forth about
the memories we share
Reminiscing eases pain
But it’s just so hard to bear.
I’ll be fine tomorrow,
If I can make it thru tonight.
With Larry here beside me,
I know everything’s alright
And Larry is the ghost,
Who’s followed me around all these years
But tonight, he’s my best friend.
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6. |
Let Me Go (first take)
03:43
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The markets down on Main street
Have all closed up their shops
And I don’t know where we’re walking to tonight
If I held your hand, and held you close
Would you let me give you a kiss
But I know the answer every time we’re close
If I asked you to hold my hand
If I asked you to stand beside me
If I asked you whatever you were thinking at all
Would you ever tell the truth
I know you wouldn’t
The rain doesn’t come down
Like it should anymore
I wish sometimes this street would flood,
And wash the people away
And in my dreams, you are all I see
And that’s not good enough for me
If I asked you to hold my hand
And if I asked you to write our names in the sand.
Would you still let me go
I think you would
Would you still let me go,
I think you would.
If I asked you to hold my hand...
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7. |
Tenuous Respite
03:16
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Sad Bastard Music Chico, California
Sad Bastard Music is the singer-songwriter output of Philip Patton (peejmudd / The Half Pints), combining slower tempo piano
ballads with slight electronic beats behind them.
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