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Blank Page
03:56
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Someday, I’ll throw it on a blank page
I’ll tell the story my way
Keep it safe in my mind
Those things, I hadn’t thought of that way
Until the moment escaped -
Retelling it was fine
What’s with the moment and not being there?
Some timekeeper stole it and it don’t seem fair
What is the right way?
You made it up, it’s just a sound that you know
And it’s hard to forget it
Waking up to the same sound that you know
What if I grew up in a village
Far away from everything I have ever seen?
Would the rushing world be nonexistent?
Could the small things stay small things?
Why does expectation stare right down at me?
Keep getting stuck on it and I can’t be free
What is the right way?
You made it up, it’s just a sound that you know
And it’s hard to forget it
Waking up to the same sound that you know
Someday, I’ll throw it on a blank page
My way
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2. |
Keep You Around
02:47
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Some days I think I’ve had enough
Running away, it’s not what it was
Think I’m tired of hearing, hearing ‘bout love
Closing the door, don’t open it up
But then you pick me back up again
Show me you’re my best friend
I’m looking around
But maybe I’ve already found it
All I have to do is think about it
What I would ever do if I were left without it
And when - I’m on my own and I can’t hold you close
I’m reminded
When you can’t keep track and lose all your things
It makes me so mad, I start to get mean
And you just found out there’s somewhere else you’re s’posed to be
We’re changing the plan, you frustrate me
But now you’re picking me up again
Makes it feel new again
We’re rushing around
Forget what we’ve found is the brightest
All I have to do is think about it
What I would ever do if I were left without it
And when - I’m on my own and I can’t hold you close
I’m reminded
All I have to do is think of you
And suddenly I realize it’s true
I’ve got what I need and sometimes I don’t see
But I think I need to keep you around
All of the days I could yell in your face
Instead I drop a hint that I know you won’t trace
And so I walk away, then I call you back up
Because I guess I really need you that much
All I have to do is think about it
What I would ever do if I were left without it
I’m on my own and I can’t hold you close
I’m reminded
All I have to do is think of you
And suddenly I realize it’s true
I’ve got what I need and sometimes I don’t see
But I think I need to keep you around
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3. |
Nothing Left
03:40
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What will I do when I’m not beautiful,
When they can’t stare at the years I hold?
What will I do with those years long past,
And nothing that they’d ask to photograph?
At least then I would have nothing left to live for
At least then they’d expect nothing from me anymore
At least then I’d just watch the days pass by
Wondering when I would get another try
Because then I would have nothing left to live for
What song will I sing when I’m old and gray
If there’s nowhere they’ll put me on display?
What will I do with only a story to tell
And nothing left that they can sell?
At least then I would have nothing left to live for
At least then they’d expect nothing from me anymore
At least then I’d just watch the days pass by
Wondering where I would be in my next life
Because then I would have nothing left to live for
And what will I do with someone by my side,
one whose love could never die?
He’d look at me and think ‘how beautiful’
Or maybe it’s something I’ll never know
At least then I would have nothing left to live for
At least then they’d expect nothing from me anymore
At least then I’d just watch the days pass by
Wondering when I would get another try
Because then I would have nothing left to live for
At least then, nothing to live for
At least then they’d expect nothing from me anymore
At least then I’d just watch the days pass by
Wondering ba ba ba da ba da ba ba da da
Then I would have nothing left to live for
At least then I would have nothing left to live for
At least then I would have nothing left to live for
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4. |
Fate Is Fame
03:33
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You’re a model
Took a photo standing there, posing just like that
The camera is gone though
That’s okay, you’ve got that dress, you wear it just like that
You’re a photographer
It’s legit, you’ve even got your own web page
And you’re gonna be so popular
You’ve got great ideas and sometimes you even get paid
Look, you are exactly who you wanna be
You make it easy, make it easy to see
Put yourself into a different picture frame
It’s all the same, all the same
Your fate is fame
You’re an actress
You were in that one film that guy, he made that one time
At least you’re attractive
Standing pretty, saying ‘come on, tell me what’s my line’
You’re an artist
You don’t just make art, it’s a title and it fits you right
You always work your hardest
But no one notices your talent and it’s just not right
Look, you are exactly who you wanna be
You make it easy, make it easy to see
Put yourself into a different picture frame
It’s all the same, all the same
Your fate is fame
Fame
Success story in the making
You’ve got your passwords, you can always modify
The world is yours for changing
It’s subjective, but you’ve got good taste if it’s anything like mine
Look, you are exactly who you wanna be
You make it easy, make it easy to see
Put yourself into a different picture frame
It’s all the same, all the same
Your fate is fame
Fame
Look, you are exactly who you wanna be
Put yourself into a different picture frame
It’s all the same, all the same
Your fate is fame
Fame
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5. |
Call You Mine
03:05
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You’ll be the first
At least from what I can tell
Yeah, you’ll be the worst...
damage to my weakened shell
But it’s alright
I’m only asking for it
To see you many nights
While I try to ignore it
‘Cause If for once I dare to call it love
And you’re the one that I can get it from
I’ll just make you numb
Though you make me happy
And you think the same of me too
I ponder you sadly
For I know my power will lose hold of you
Yeah, every time
I convince myself I’m into it
It hits decline
And that’s why I can’t ignore it
If for once I dare to call it love
And you’re the one that I can get it from
I’ll just make you numb
You will find nothing to hold onto
I will not call you mine
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6. |
Break It
03:25
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Sure, it kind of feels like my heart is breaking
Whenever I walk away
Whenever I see your sad face
Still, I cannot feel the deep down aching
that you feel when you’re standing alone
Don’t let me get away with it again
Don’t let me run away, find a new embrace
Say I have no more time to spend
Don’t let me stay when it’s all I need
Want you to break my heart
Just break it, break it, break it please
Crying ‘cause I cannot stand the feeling
Of bringing you down this way
Still think of you every single day
What’s with the rules as we break and mend?
Why can’t the goal just be collecting friends?
Don’t let me get away with it again
Don’t let me run away, find a new embrace
Say I have no more time to spend
Don’t let me stay when it’s all I need
Want you to break my heart
Just break it, break it, break it please
Revenge, revenge
Why don’t you take it from me?
You said, you said
You never felt so terribly
Well I want to feel everything
Not just a single part
Won’t it come back to me
Back through my heart?
Don’t let me get away with it a-gain
Won’t you just run away, find a new embrace
Say you have no more time to spend
Don’t let me stay when it’s all I need
Yeah you can break my heart
Just break it - break it please
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7. |
Corner of the World
03:43
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Don't watch the television
But I hear it in the background
If I've made any decision
I dare not say it out loud
My bedroom's not a prison,
But the only place I can sing aloud
I look through the same window
Made of a lit up, plastic screen
I see the popularity contests
And everything in between
But give me the bad news
Or whatever I can have of it, please
I am safe in this corner
This corner of the world
The same little corner
That grew up a little girl
Success lies in other lands
Against the shining seas
And I'm not being shy
Or hiding from what a storybook told me
Bored of these sidewalks,
But I'm stuck in the concrete
I am safe in this corner
This corner of the world
The same little corner
That grew up a little girl
All the terrible things that I don't have to see
In this corner of the world
That's where I'll be
Everything could be so much worse
But it's not what you're experiencing
And I used to hear these things as if they were supposed to be happening
Now my thoughts have taken time
To wander to places I don't wanna see
All the places that I just don't -
I don't want to see, I don't want to see
I am safe in this corner
This corner of the world
The same little corner
That grew up a little girl
All the terrible things that I don't have to see
In this corner of the world
That's where I'll be
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8. |
Love Me Still
03:39
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I told you just to go away
That I didn’t want to hear what you had to say
I already know how you feel
Why would you love me still?
I was mean, it wasn’t me
But for you I would do it so purposefully
Don’t know why it came so naturally
Am I sorry
Why do you love me still?
And do you do it all against your will?
Whatever it is keeping me in your thoughts
I need it, I need it
So please don’t stop
I had plenty of attention
But knew where to turn when it lacked affection
I’m selfish in that way
But you love me still
For me, you would go above and beyond
And I told you I liked it better with you gone
You know all that’s wrong
I’ve spilled all I can spill
Why do you love me still?
And do you do it all against your will?
Whatever it is keeping me in your thoughts
I need it, I need it
So please don’t stop
Why, why do you love me still?
And do you do it all against your will?
Whatever it is keeping me in your thoughts
I need it, I need it
So please don’t stop
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9. |
Sense You Make
03:20
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I know you so much better,
Better than I knew you yesterday
They say 'you could do so much better'
I laugh, think alright, say 'that’s okay'
No one expects it when we walk into the room
Nobody gets it, but we only need two
‘Cause oh, how much sense you make to me
Like the wind blew you so perfectly
Like you held the only key
It seemed so obvious
Yeah, we had all the clues
Wondered which one of us
would go and break, go and break the news
And before you had me, did you ever think that maybe
You’d be the one to change me, it was destined all along?
Oh, how much sense you make to me
Like the wind blew you so perfectly
Like you held the only key
Like it’s all meant to be
You know you caught me at a good time
I was wandering so freely, so freely
Trying to avoid the line
But you fell into the song that I was singing
I was singing all the time
Oh, how much sense you make to me
Like the wind blew you so perfectly
Like you held the only key
And oh, how much sense you make to me
Like the wind blew you so perfectly
Like you held the only key
Like it’s all meant to be
I know you so much better
Better than I knew you yesterday
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10. |
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Baby, I am having trouble seeing what I wanna see
Lately, having trouble believing this is how you wanna be
Baby, I am having trouble hearing what I wanna hear
When you tell me you’ll sleep, but then I watch you stay awake for a year
So you laugh, laugh it off
You have for so long
Now baby, I am having trouble seeing what I’m supposed to see
When will you slow down?
You can’t remain this way
Here I am dancing around
The things I don’t know how to say
Baby, having trouble understanding how it came to be
Thought I’d help you, didn’t know I was supposed to just accept everything
And I try, but I can’t help it
I cry, feeling selfish
‘Cause baby, now I’m having trouble feeling what I’m supposed to feel
When will you slow down?
You can’t remain this way
Here I am dancing around
The things I don’t know how to say
When will you take care?
Maybe you won’t change for me
Maybe that’s not how -
Maybe that’s not how it’s supposed to be
If I keep you afar
I won’t forget I love you for who you are
If I hide you away
I’ll love you where no one knows I go to stay
When will you slow down?
You can’t remain this way
Here I am dancing around
The things I don’t know how to say
When will you take care?
Maybe you won’t change for me
Baby I’m seeing it now
Baby, we’re not, we’re not supposed to be
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11. |
Tell It Well
03:10
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I drove home thinking, oh what have I started
I cannot take it back now or disregard it
Didn't know what to say, just thought it'd be okay
So I kissed him back, now I'm afraid, and it's time to go
Now I see you with your arms around each other
Like you believe you'll never part from another
No, you'll never forget her
happily ever whatever
Good luck with your fairytale
I hope you tell it well, tell it well
They'll believe you if you tell it well
Society told you this was the only way
But when did you think for yourself? What would you say?
What's with the rush?
Throw your party and then lose touch
Good luck with your fairytale
I hope you tell it well, tell it well
They'll believe you if you tell it well
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12. |
Unlit Candles
03:31
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When I am lonely
I need you only
when I am scared and lost
Remind me I’m safe in your thoughts
But when you hold me
I want to be free
Show you I don’t need your touch
And you’ve hardly had enough
Maybe I’ll never know what I need
Never felt so loved and so unseen
Wondering if there is more love that is out there for me
White walls, unlit candles
Your voice on the line makes me feel I’m fine
And then, you’re in reach again
I pulled the wire, thought I’d find what I desired
My thoughts stored deep in your vault
Pour them on the sheets, do what you want
Do you ever wonder if you could love anyone more than me?
Naked as a was on the bed
All the things you thought had already been said
But tell me how you love me more and more
It’s how we ended up here where we weren’t before.
And oh what a wonderful thing
all of the joy it should bring
Maybe I’ll never know what I need
Never felt so loved and so unseen
Wondering if there is more love that is out there for me
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