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Focus
03:15
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When I was a kid
I dreamed of flying rocket ships
Of building castles in the sky
Why would anyone leave that behind
And I can’t help but picture
How life would have turned out
If I had kept my sense of wonder
If I hadn’t squandered so much time
I faded away but I’m regaining focus
I’m breaking out of this daydream
I haven’t been talking
‘Cause nothing needed to be said
I’ve neglected thinking
For there were no thoughts to be had
It’s not a wasted day if only somethings sticks this time
I faded away but I’m regaining focus
I’ve been building up steam
I can’t believe that the world kept turning
I can’t believe there’s still no fade to black -
You wouldn’t know ‘cause you failed to notice
“You didn’t care”, the words didn’t sink in -
I had the feeling these walls kept closing
I sought and sought but I couldn’t find a crack -
It’s just for show, so I have been telling myself
I wasted time, but now I’m back on track -
Months before turning sixteen
I woke up from the worst night I ever had
My brother’s shouts still ring so loud now
The tone of his voice told me it was bad
I started checking out there and then
And I’m not sure if I ever got back
I still get flashes left and right now
Just chalk it up to panic attacks
I can’t believe that the world keeps turning
I can’t believe there’s still no fade to black
You wouldn’t know ‘cause you failed to notice
“You didn’t care”, the words didn’t sink in
I have the feeling these walls keep closing
I sought and sought but I couldn’t find a crack
It’s just for show, so I’ve been telling myself
I wasted time, but now I’m back on track
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Lost At Sea
03:36
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It’s been a while since I really spent time with you or talked to you
in a way that makes sense (to you) and grown ups can understand
It’s been very hard to make myself clear and dear
it’s hard to say what’s on my chest in a constructive yet understandable way
‘cuz I’m lost at sea with you
And I can’t hold back my words
Anymore and I hope you
Won’t leave me when I pour my heart all over you
I’m having trouble with mood swings though they’re not my own
I’ve been thinking of running but I wouldn’t know where to go
It’s like reading a book but the words are so far apart
And we need to find ourselves in the spaces in between
Like ebb and flow
Like seasons change
Like day turns night and memories fade
We keep closing in
Yet drift away
We were rainbows, now we’ve turned grey
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3. |
Broken
03:34
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Broken
we’re both broken
I wish I had something left up my sleeve
Flailing
unintentionally
Failure to communicate got the best of me
And
If you’re one day hearing this
Will you recognise my voice or is
That even too much to ask from you?
At least I’ll I know I’m not alone
Never meant to throw the first stone
Knocking on an open door
Throwing stuff right out the window
Waiting for
you to notice me
That might never happen & I’m in too deep
I’ve been wailing
about love and fear
Time will never tell if you just wait and see
And
If you’re one day hearing this
Will you recognise my voice or is
That even too much to ask from you?
Will you realise this song’s about
Me loving you and your big mouth
And that you’re scaring me away with all your words?
At least I’ll I know I’m not alone
Never meant to throw the first stone
Knocking on an open door
Throwing stuff right out the window
I should have told you - I know
I would face the world but I can’t bring myself to type „hello”
We’re drifting apart in open sea
Oceans of forgotten memories grew so slow between you and me
At least I’ll I know I’m not alone
Never meant to throw the first stone
Knocking on an open door
Throwing stuff right out the window
I should have told you - I know
I would face the world but I can’t bring myself to type „hello”
We’re drifting apart in open sea
Oceans of forgotten memories grew so slow between you and me
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4. |
Crash
03:04
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Before we finally decide to break up
I’ll need to get this of my chest
Before we finally decide to go our separate ways
Somewhere along this railroad
Of broken dreams and insecurities
I think we might have derailed ourselves
At times you wanted answers
But I could not give you what you want
I couldn’t help keeping my dumb head in the clouds
I can imagine you feeling lost and all alone again
When you need someone to come home to and say your sorry’s
And if you’ll roam the streets tonight know that I’ll be there too
We have let this come way too far to turn back now
At times you wanted answers
But I could not give you what you want
I couldn’t help keeping my dumb head in the clouds
Though I didn’t have the answers
I gave my all and tried to keep us sane
I gave my all but it wasn’t enough to save us both from the pain
Move on / hold on
Stay strong
Don’t look back
On us
And what we used to be
Move on - get your act together
Stay strong - this couldn’t last forever
Don’t look back - through the cracks
On us
And what we used to be
Move on - what have we become?
Stay strong - the dust will settle
Don’t look back - we lost track
On us
And what we used to be
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Chain Reaction
04:00
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Another day
Another night
I don’t think I will survive
without you
Time is slowly
ticking by
Every night I am
without you
I need you
And I can’t stand for my actions
I can’t take the consequences
Feels like everything is different
It’s so hard to pretend that you are needed
and I want you by my side
Feels like everything is different
and I really hope you don’t forget
All the sleepless nights we spent in bed
A second chance
Though all my friends
Tell me you won’t stick around
Forever
I am trying
to forget
every night I am
without you
We’re so through
And I can’t stand for my actions
I must have caused a chain reaction
Feels like everything is different
It’s so hard to pretend that you are needed
Still I want you by my side
Feels like everything is different
I really hope you don’t forget
All the sleepless nights we spent in bed
Feelings I had dealt with
now seem to control me
It’s lack of common sense
Can’t face the consequences
Need to get myself together
Take a look inside and make me better
Cause I can’t stand for my actions
I must have caused a chain reaction
The two of us we just can’t help it
You gave my life a new dimension
We’re both full of good intentions
But I can’t answers all these questions
Cause I can’t stand for my actions
I must have caused a chain reaction
Feels like everything is different
and it’s so hard to pretend that you are needed
I don’t want you by my side
Feels like everything is different
and I really hope you don’t forget
About the worthless lives we both had
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6. |
Die A Little
02:43
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Why am I so uncomfortable with silence?
Does it measure my mistakes?
Do I have to ramble on about nothing like I always do?
Why am I so uncomfortable with you?
What’s going on inside your head?
Do I have to keep this going all my life? Or just a while?
A swing and a miss
Started out so promising
Now I can’t help wondering
Weren’t we a sitcom fantasy
All along?
I think that I just died a little
What is up with airline food these days?
I don’t have a word with ways
I need to get away from all these white lies
We were just
A swing and a miss
Started out so promising
Now you can’t help wondering
Weren’t we a sitcom fantasy
All along?
I think that you just died a little
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7. |
Tsunami
03:40
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Every time I feel alone
I see your face again, it smiles at me
Every time I feel alone
I think of good times and why they can’t last
Every time I feel alone
I remember waking up next to you
Every time I feel alone
I see your bright eyes they make everything better
I want to stop the world from turning
When I’m with you
Hold me tight and I will never let you go
I will always follow wherever you go
Distant shores wade into stormy seas
I will be the one for you oh Katie
When I’m lost and all alone
I hear your voice and it’s calling me
When I’m lost and all alone
I put the needle on and sing with you
Then my world would stop spinning
Hold me tight and I will never let you go
I will always follow wherever you go
Distant shores wade into stormy seas
I will be the one for you oh Katie
When I’m with you
The world stops spinning
Hold me tight Katie
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Why won’t this nightmare ever end?
All I wanna do is wake up and stop pretending
So it seems there’s no reason to breathe
I let my heart grow hollow
Down and back due to friendly attacks
but I’m scared of what might follow
While I never make a single move
For fear of what might not come true
I’ll settle for a little less disaster
But I can’t afford the luxury
Of sitting still while everything around me
Only drives the cycle faster
Why won’t this nightmare ever end?
All I wanna do is wake up and stop pretending
Everything I threw away was never gonna help me anyhow
Why won’t this nightmare ever end?
Every day darkens more than the last
I am casting only shadow
I gotta give it away to someone else to break
I’m sick of all this give and take
Inside my head there’s nowhere to run to
But I’m trying to break through
Why won’t this nightmare ever end?
All I wanna do is wake up and stop pretending
Everything I threw away was never gonna help me anyhow
Why won’t this nightmare ever end?
Can’t get around it
S-stuttering
The process got me down
I got down
I keep my secrets down
Why won’t this nightmare ever end?
All I wanna do is wake up, just wake up
Why won’t this nightmare ever end?
All I wanna do is wake up and stop pretending
Everything I threw away was never gonna help me anyhow
Why won’t this nightmare ever end?
The nightmare ever end?
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9. |
Throwaway
03:49
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Here I stand
(e)Motionless
Inside I scream in all directions
All I want
Nothing less
Is a bit of your attention
Walk around this stage
like a mime trapped in a cage
they applaud but no one tries to help me out
Staring at me
Turn a blind eye to the pain
Leave behind my hope for change
Right here and now
I am just a throwaway
A plastic bag that’s drifting through the wind
Never thought that you would go away
Our house of cards one blow from caving in
I don’t think that I should be
So ashamed for asking
It’s the least that you could doo-o
(Right?)
Walk around this stage
like a mime trapped in a cage
they applaud but no one tries to help me out
Staring at me
Turn a blind eye to the pain
Leave behind my hope for change
Right here and now
I would go all in
But I’m all out
Where to begin?
It’s all so loud
You’re killing me
I’m blacking out
On white lights zeroing in on me
Don’t look at me
You just can’t see
Walk around this stage
like a mime trapped in a cage
they applaud but no one tries to help me out
Staring at me
Turn a blind eye to the pain
Leave behind my hope for change
Right here and now
I don’t think that I should be
So ashamed for asking
It’s the least that you could doo-o
(Right?)
Don’t look at me
You just can’t see
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10. |
Hey Charlotte
03:35
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Hey Charlotte
I’m hungover and sad and a drunk evening is probably nothing more than that
But the five minutes we talked where a beacon in the dark and it’s hitting me hard right now
Tend to get lost like this a million times a week these days / and I’m always afraid
Hey Charlotte
I’ve got a million things to do and my heart is heavy of worrying too much
But today I’m home sick on my couch and I just can’t get you out of my head
Just let there be a spark this time and
I’ll get through all of this just fine and
I’ve crossed a line - I think you’re the light at the end of the tunnel
Would you run away with me? Would you set the world on fire?
Would you wake up with a smile and laugh and cry with me?
Please stay a while, until morning comes and takes away
Doubts and reasons not to say the things I’m saying now
Hey Charlotte
I wish I could say I’ve got a master plan and I’ve got this all figured out
But really I don’t have a clue and I’m guessing neither do you
Would you run away with me? Would you set the world on fire?
Would you wake up with a smile and laugh and cry with me?
Please stay a while, until morning comes and takes away
Doubts and reasons not to say the things I’m saying now
Hey Charlotte
I’m hungover and sad and a drunk evening is probably nothing more than that
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11. |
Postcard
04:36
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I heard Sinatra sing so many times
About the loved ones he lost
Along the road / way
Through breaking up and going his own way
I really can relate
This is the last night
Before we walk our own roads
to nowhere so please
send me a postcard
when you get there
This train wreck is going nowhere
And we both think that it’s gonna crash
Into bits and pieces, we must have breached our
extended warranty
This is the last night
Before we walk our own roads
to nowhere so please
send me a postcard
when you get there
I’m sorry for all the times
You needed me while I was gone
When all is said and all is done
We’re wrongly scored minor chords
In an upbeat major key song
Kiss me one last time
I’m torn apart
I’m a lost a cause
And I’m bruising you so hard
I’m torn apart and I’m losing you
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