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Monsters
04:18
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Late in the night
My thoughts keep me up again
(Will the constant screaming ever end)
Whirling, turning
Spinning 'round, my head
(Is it real or is it just pretend?)
Try to drown it out
Without the pills
(Black it out, keep it out)
But it's fleeting
I'm lost without my will
The nightmares, they won't go away
Plaguing me, with reds and greys
Every night when the sun goes down
Memory fades
Monsters come 'round
Out in the moonlight
Stumbling about
(Through these hazy eyes now I see)
My fears manifest
They fill me with doubt
(Can I be what they want of me?)
Always lingering
Hiding out of sight
(Keep it out, Don't let it out)
Tell me
Do the monsters haunt you at night?
The nightmares, they won't go away
Plaguing me, with reds and greys
Every night when the sun goes down
Memory fades
Monsters come 'round
Don't close your eyes
Don't fall asleep
The ground inside
Is sinking deep
No time to lose
No time to wait
The monsters
They will seal your fate
The nightmares, they won't go away
Plaguing me, with reds and greys
Every night when the sun goes down
Memory fades
Monsters come 'round
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2. |
Caught Up
03:29
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I hear you whisper on the telephone
You're still here when nobody's home
A venture into the unknown
That's all too real
Is time just running too slow?
Is it just the way the wind blows?
I'm not sure anybody knows
Just how it feels
I get caught up in the games we play
I get caught up every single day
There's no denying what I know is true
Every day I get caught up in you
I see you staring out the window
Searching for places where your love goes
You broke away out of the shadows
Here we are again
I get caught up in the games we play
I get caught up every single day
There's no denying what I know is true
Every day I get caught up in you
I get caught up in the games we play
I get caught up every single day
There's no denying what I know is true
Every day I get caught up in you
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3. |
Mary
03:23
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Once upon a time
There was a little girl names Mary
She used to dress up in her bright whites
Treat every day like Sunday
Now, Mary never played with boys
And she always put away her toys
And she never made very much noise
About anything
Mary grew up big and tall
And she liked the boys and her alcohol
She was commonly known
As the backseat queen
Now, Mary liked to come and play
Mary liked it every which way
What would your mama say
Poor Mary
I wonder whatever happened to Mary
We used to sit in the backseat and talk a while
Can anybody here remember whatever happened to Mary
Mary do you still have your same sweet smile?
Mary never had any children
All she loved was that bourbon
All that's left of a beauty that used to be
Sister won't you pray for me
I'm as close to hell as I can be
Once I was blind and I still can not see
Poor Mary
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4. |
Summer Somewhere
04:02
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Another sleepless night
Waiting for me
A million and one regrets
Just slowly creeping
Would you like to hit the bar?
Just the two of us
Is it obvious I'm not right?
I don't mean to fuss but
My head's slowly playing
These vapor dreams and washed out memories
Late in the night just screaming
Telling myself that it's summer somewhere
My head keeps spinnin' around
It's crazy
These wicked thoughts
I just can't shake them
Replaying each of these memories
Promises, no
I just can't break these
I can't keep holding on to
Vapor Dreams, these washed out memories
End of the day screaming
Telling myself that it's summer somewhere
I'm dangling off the edge
Slipping off the cliff
These distant memories
They're screaming
Hey Hey we'll make it another day
We'll make it another day
The sun has got to shine
No more nights I'm screaming
Of vapor dreams and washed out memories
The sun it slowly rises
I tell myself that it's summer somewhere
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5. |
Home
04:47
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And if I can not speak my mind
Will you still hear it?
It's not that you were left behind
Though you may fear it
And all you have to do is
Make it through the winter
I know you're coming back for me
I know you're coming back for me
Of all a mother's prayers weren't words
Could ever reach you
So much to say so unprepared
To ever teach you
And all she had to do was
Make it through the winter
I know you're coming back for me
I know you're coming back for me
When I am far from sleep and dream
Can not bring you
I know that it's my heart which beats
Deep within you
And all I have to do is
Make it through the winter
I know you're coming back for me
I know you're coming back for me
I know you're coming back
Home
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6. |
New Palace Bakery
04:19
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Two figures stand in new palace
Look up; see the webs of string
We’re all waiting in Sunday’s line
One watches The other buys Angel’s Wings
Two figures stand in new palace
Took most the day to drive from their house too
Goes in the morning and come home tired
How’s that? A big grown man like you?
Oh no the rain and snow
I know they won’t slow me down
Oh no, they come and go
Faster than pouring water down a hole
My darling, far away
As if I said all that by mistake
Goes in the morning and come home now
Good God, the words like food in my mouth
My darling, far from you
The devil finds work for idle hands to do
Oh no, we're down a hole
What if i forget everything that I know?
Oh no the rain and snow
I know they won’t slow me down
Oh no, they come and go
Faster than pouring water down a hole
When I was young, I was told
The holy ghost came as birds and fire
Come down everything gone quiet
We'll go outside and walk 'til we're good and tired
When I was young back in school
When I was young and nobody told the truth
When I stood, stood in new palace
And watched them tie strings around boxes of food
Oh no the rain and snow
I know they won’t slow me down
Oh no, all the come and go
I know that I will fight no more forever
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7. |
Robot Clowns
03:51
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I know you don't believe me
But the thoughts they never leave me
Push them down down down
To the bottom of my sea
An incubus in grease paint
And there they lay until this very day
Yes they've held their breath
But now their violet eyes
Slowly break the surface
Why did I try? Why did I try
To watch that movie again?
Why did I think that I was immune
A little more now than then?
Cause now their rusted fingernails
Are scratching at my door
The robot clowns are coming soon
To sip lemonade in the afternoon
But their faces change at the cusp of night
To maniacal smiles and a mechanical bite
Just because you don't perceive it
Doesn't mean that it's not really happening
It's a painful thing
When your antenna's high above the clouds
And there they lay until this very day
Yes they've held their breath
But now their violet eyes
Slowly break the surface
Turn out the light. Turn off the phone
Turn off my mind. Lave me alone.
But now the robot clowns are scratching at my bedroom door
The robot clowns are coming soon
To sip lemonade in the afternoon
But their faces change at the cusp of night
To maniacal smiles and a mechanical bite
You see, what you have here, is a garden variety psychosis
It can be treated with some therapy
And perhaps some prescription medications
These thoughts, they never leave me
And still you don't believe me
Push them down down down
To the bottom of my sea
Cause everyone's got something
The robot clowns are coming soon
To sip lemonade in the afternoon
The robot clowns, they speak of love
With a velvet fist in an iron glove
The robot clowns are coming soon
To sip lemonade in the afternoon
But their faces change at the cusp of night
To maniacal smiles and a mechanical bite
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8. |
Paper Heart
04:45
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Out of all the things I've ever wanted
More than any of my plans and schemes
Nothing else ever really mattered
Not half as much as you meant to me
But I could never let you go that easy
Even if it was the best for me
Now I know to let you go
Won't be the death of me
And so I'll plant my sorrows to grow a brand new start
But I can't let you tear my paper heart
You know I've never been very good at hiding
The way I feel always hanging from my sleeve
I pray it isn't too late for the broken hearted
Maybe it's something I have to believe
But I could never let you go that easy
Even if it is the best for you
I could build a ship and sail away
On the tears I've cried today
Thinking about how we'll drift apart
But I can't let you tear my paper heart
I may never get to see the dawn
Break out of the dark
But I can't let you tear my paper heart
But I could never let you go that easy
Even though that's how it has to be
I found some way to carry on
Even though I know you're gone
I'll try like hell not to wonder where you are
But I can't let you tear my paper heart
No I can't let you tear my paper heart
I can't let you tear my paper heart
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9. |
I'm Already Gone
04:16
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Inside you a gilded cage
It's been hollow for so long
It's no use complicating things
Why babble on and on
Makes no sense bickering with you
I've already let it go
I've given up reasoning with you
We've already lost control
You won't have to say a thing
I'm tried of holding on
You won't have to walk away
Cuz I'm already gone
How can you hear me screaming through?
When I'm trapped behind your walls
To concerned with standing behind you
To ever catch me when I fall
The hopes and dreams we shared
Are all shattered on the floor
I think it's time you just let it go
I can't hear you anymore
You won't have to say a thing
I'm tried of holding on
You won't have to walk away
Cuz I'm already gone
You won't have to say a thing
I'm tried of holding on
You won't have to walk away
Cuz I'm already gone
You don't have to show your face
I've already seen it all
So go, I'll be okay
Cuz I'm already gone
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10. |
In Too Deep
03:45
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Time stands still
The calm before the storm
A little chill
Before the nights get warm
We're in too deep
There's no way out
Push and shove
Scream and shout
Pay the price
Though nothing's ever right
It's worth the fight
We can't surrender now
We're in too deep
Save your breath
For another frozen day
You'll catch your death
If you move on this way
We're in too deep
There's no way out
Push and shove
Scream and shout
Pay the price
Though nothing's ever right
It's worth the fight
We can't surrender now
We're in too deep
Sail on
The waters will get rough
Hold on
It's got to be enough
Before the dawn
We've got to have the night
Hope is never gone
There's always light
We're in too deep
There's no way out
Push and shove
Scream and shout
Pay the price
Though nothing's ever right
It's worth the fight
We can't surrender now
We're in too deep
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11. |
What Have You Done?
04:42
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It may take a little
It may take a lot
I tell you it's different
You say it's not
No rhyme or reason
That's what you're taught
It should be easy
Or have you forgot
It's black and it's white
What's the prize to be won?
You were so smart
Tell me what have you done!?
What have you done?
What did you prove
Did you make a change?
What did you lose?
When the going gets tough
When the race has been run
Have you had enough
What have you done?
I should know better
You had to take a shot
You think it's funny
I promise you it's not
You speak your mind
You had to walk away
Couldn't keep it simple
Now there's nothing left to say
No more delays
It's already begun
At the end of it all
Tell me what have you done!?
What have you done?
What did you prove
Did you make a change?
What did you lose?
When the going gets tough
When the race has been run
Have you had enough
What have you done?
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12. |
Analog
03:47
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Everyone always welcomes me home
And everything plays back in analog
Mouthful after mouthful
Hand over hand
and everything matters
Any fool can tell you that
When that man sings, man, he sings it out loud
And everything plays back in analog
And everything plays back in analog
And everything is easy
And it's as I've been told
The good world wants bodies,
And the good world spins around
Walls go up even,
And everything's new
The good world's slapstick
And we all are too
I ain't so sure that we ain't what we do
And everything plays back in analog
And everything plays back in analog
We've brains in our heads
And we've hearts in our chests
And grain in our mouths
And now what else is left
And everything plays back in analog
And everything plays back in analog
And all that gets left is the songs that get made
And they all play back in analog
Watch em all play back in analog
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Todd Gilbert Davison, Michigan
Singer-Songwriter born in Burton, MI. Todd Gilbert has been a music lover his whole life and finds joy in discovery of sound
and the emotions they can trigger. Please feel free to enjoy.
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