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1. |
You Can Stay
03:59
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You Can Stay
Been a long night and its still goin down
Do you need a ride? No youre gonna stick around
Been a long night
You dont want a ride
Im about to give you up.
Would you care to come clean?
If youre gonna make it up
You can leave me be
Im about to give you up if youre gonna make it up
Got enough to infer, enough to make this call
I dont wanna see you with her
I dont wanna see you at all
You aint gotta call a witness , you aint gotta make a case
I thought that you were fearless
Wherever you are, you can stay.
Never satisfied you want your belly full
I tugged and tried to have some pull
Never satisfied, and i tugged and tried
Got enought to infer, enough to make this call
I just got to see you with her, how i dont wanna see you at all
You aint gotta call a witness, you aint gotta make a case
I thought that you were fearless
Wherever you are, you can stay.
You made it easy though, made it easy to want you
I gotta tell you no
You made it easy though, made it easy to want you
I gotta tell you no, gotta tell you no
But I dont want to.
If there was no trust there will never be this love, this good love, this sweet love.
No love. Not pure love. Not true love that i want.
You dont have to call a witness, you aint gotta make a case.
I thought that you were different.
Wherever you are, you can stay.
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2. |
TIP
03:32
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Tip Of The Hat
Wake up pour my coffee in a cup the only words I wanna hear today are "It's okay, It'll be okay."
Always the give is harder than the take and you're taking all that I give just to throw it away, throw it all away.
All I ever really wanted was to get through, conversations that were prompting me to miss you.
And now you're calling up, bringing up everything that I pushed out of view.
There you go never taking it slow. Talking, telling me reasons never wanting to show me
where you been. No we can't be friends, but we could recognize the sight of an obvious end
Because I know what I want, know what I can't have, and they're the same thing, same lame tip of the hat to me... tip of the hat to me…
Tip it to the
the L-I-Ees
take it up with your G-O-D
cause all you're gonna get from me
is just the the TIP
Now walking down the street is becoming a feat, all the faces that I see get blurry,
gotta blink it away in a hurry.
you're the call I waited for everyday, gave it all you threw it away
The words replay, darken and decay.
I’m the same fish, stuck on the line. You're a fisherman, You took your time to leave me sitting and waiting and wishing and hoping and praying and only losing my mind.
There you go never taking it slow. Talking, telling me reasons never wanting to show me
where you been. No we can't be friends, but we could recognize the sight of an obvious end
Because I know what I want, know what I can't have, and they're the same thing, same lame tip of the hat to me... tip of the hat to me…
Tip it to the
the L-I-Ees
take it up with your G-O-D
cause all you're gonna get from me
is just the the TIP
Tip it to the words you say, only to manipulate,
would you please refrain, don’t need anything from you
baby it’s too damn late, time to terminate,
allow me to demonstrate, my present point of view
Im tipping my hat to you
Don't try to be polite, your next move will be so trite
You'll rush into the night,
Grab onto the first thing you can find to reuse or replace
Knock on the door to my space,
I and I open it up so I can slam it in your face, (I’ll slam it)
Don't waste my time, I've heard all of your lines and I'm inclined to say, you're not gonna hold sway and I'll be turning up the 808,
To Drown the sound of your rebound.
Cause you're a hoe. like. that.
That's why I'm tipping the hat.
Wake up pour my coffee in a cup
The only words I wanna hear today are "It's okay, It'll be okay."
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3. |
Time of Night
02:56
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Time of Night
Week long wind up, winding down.
Givin the grind the slip
We head home, head up, headin out
Pull up the whip I’m climbin out with all my ladies
Steppin in and standin out the fellas waitin.
Start sippin and smokin, no never not tokin
Come huddle up, get our picture taken
We close the club down, lemme get the last round
It’s a party and its poppin, we got the beat droppin in our heads we fly,
(don’t need no hype) just homies hangin under street lights
It’s that Time of Night
Turn it up, new step, lettin hair down
Loosening up our hips
They circle up, who let the dogs out?
Hit em with the flex, nah won’t be with you when you leave
Could’ve been my brother but you misconceive.
See you catch and release but that won’t work on me
Not gonna be another ornament on your ego tree.
We close the club down, lemme get the last round
It’s a party and its poppin, we got the beat droppin in our heads we fly,
(don’t need no hype) just homies hangin under street lights
It’s that Time of Night
Give em up, all the tools and tricks you gotta lose and live with
Light em up, with the ride or dies you get to choose to chill with
All of us forget to regret a good night well wasted
Got a little bit of time we’re takin, love we’re makin, binds we’re breakin
All the hitters knowin we be rollin when we roll up
You don’t gotta know us come on over wanna toke up/when we show up?
Keep it glowin bright, you don’t need an invite,
Just homies hangin under streetlights
At that Time of Night.
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4. |
Seiche
04:08
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Seiche
Call my lovers empty
They are many
All have names
Call my advances futile
They are many and they're resisted all the same
Draw my face in the mirror
Drawn like armor
To cover the scars you see
I'll take my chances
I will be free
Know by words unspoken
I’m not broken
Don’t need saving
Know why all is frozen
We have chosen
To let this fire fade
All I feel are tensions
Your pretensions
You offer to vilify me
I'll take my chances (this is getting old, I’d rather be alone)
I'll take my chancess (you’re to hard to hold rather be alone)
I will be free…..
WHOA
I will be free
Know by words unspoken
I’m not broken
Dont need saving
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5. |
LetYouLetMeGo
03:56
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Let You Let Me Go
G C9
coming back where weve been
D G
where I said I wasnt coming around again
G C9
couple years and a lifetime ago you gave up the chase
D G
just hear me out one minute let me plead my case
Bm
I was out of love so long
C D G
Heart broke and head strong
Am Am/D
But nothing beat the feeling of bein where I belong
Csus2 G
no one knows me like you do
C/Am C/D G
why would you come back after what I put you through
Bm C C/D Am/C G
all my bright lights have faded to black , the show is over I want you back
Am D
never thought that you could say I told you so
C/Am G
but that was long before I let you let me go
G C9
You could read me like a book
D G
and I could put you on the floor with just one look
G C9
runnin runnin runnin back through the day, I just couldn’t stand to stay
D G
Couldn’t shake the freedom of the fast lane
Bm C G
I was chasing the rainbow but I already had my gold
Am Am/D
you built up a fire but I stood in the cold
no knows me like you do
why would you come back after what I put you through
all my bright lights have faded to black , the show is over I want you back
never thought that you could say I told you so
but that was long before I let you let me go
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6. |
Something
03:14
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Something
Bb
It's the fifth time I've said never again
Eb
Tomorrow I'll be hearin it from all my friends
Bb F
He was good to you, do you tire of letting it go
Bb
I'm not proud of the hearts I've broke
Eb
pack it up and keep my head low
Bb F
wont settle for anything less than the love I know
Cm Eb Gm F
Oh the good things are comin to those that wait
Cm Eb F
killing the time, passing up all the lines, my love he must be late
Bb Cm Eb
Something wild, Something sweet
F
Something to knock me to my knees
Bb Cm Eb
Something lucky, something unbound
F
Something that makes me wanna stick around
Bb Cm Eb
Something honest, something strong
F Gm
Something to rock me all night long
F Cm
Something solid, something true
Eb Bb
I need a little something like you
The sweetest joy or the hardest hurt
Love can let you fly or leave you burnt
Jump the gun or just fade, too little to late
Play your cards you might win a few
you could choose the one choosin you
take it slow let it grow making one from two
Cm Eb Gm F
Oh the good things are comin to those that wait
Cm Eb F
killing the time, passing up all the lines, my love he must be late
Something wild, Something sweet
Something to knock me to my knees
Something lucky, something unbound
Something that makes me wanna stick around
Something honest, something strong
Something to rock me all night long
F Cm
Something solid, something true
Eb Gm Bb-Cm F-F#-Gm Bb-Cm F-F#-Cm F
I need a little something just like you.... I need little something like you, is it too good to be true?
It's the 5th time I've said never again
I told em already, and I'll tell em again
I need something, so I'll never wanna let it go
Something wild, Something sweet
Something to knock me to my knees
Something lucky, something unbound
Something that makes me wanna stick around
Something honest, something strong
Something to rock me all night long
Something solid, something true
I need a little something like you
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7. |
Tool
04:36
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TOOL
B G#m
I need more, more that I can be sure of
E
So I can be sure that when I'm crying,
F#
I can be sure that when I'm trying,
B F#
at least this is true...
B G#m
I mean more, more to you than a holiday your taking,
E
More to you than the newest pair of shoes,
GMaj7
Or the loveliest of views,
F# G F#
Or a doorway that you're just passing through
B E
I'm just a tool, You’re lovin me to love you.
G#m
what kind of fool
E
would only want me to want you
Baby, I need some more.
Gimme some more, I just wanna be sure
That I'm a prisoner to the ficklest of arms,
And the deadliest of charms
All you ever do is do me harm
B E
I'm just your tool, You’re lovin me to love you.
G#m
what kind of fool
E
would only want me to want you
G#m
Im a tool
A
but baby I wont fix you
C#m F#
im not a fool
E
You’re lovin me to love you
I'm just your tool, You lovin me to love you
Tell me what kind of fool
would only want me to want you
Im a tool
but baby I can’t fix you
im not a fool
you only love me so you can love you
G#m F# C#m G#m A F# G F#
I'm just a tool, You lovin me to love you
what kind of fool
would only want me to want you
Im a tool
but baby I wont fix you
im not a fool, I ain’t no fool
You’re lovin me to love you
in the end, will I even know the spector of who used to be my best friend
youll be free from me to go and find a better fit
that wont mind takin a hit
Baby, I quit
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8. |
Let Me Stay
03:42
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Let Me Stay
Em C G
I take everything to extremes
Em C G D
Who's to say you won't be another waste of dream?
Em C G
I've spent years jumping fences and breaking down walls
C G D
Taking a torch to everything that came between me and what I think I want.
Am D
Should've never lost control
A m D
Should've never lost control
Em C G D
Lay me down or take me out, help me smile or make me shout
Em C/Am G D
I'm that drink that's a little too stout,
Em C G D
My pride is forged and my cover is blown, I'm waiting for someone to tell me no
Em C/Am G
Feet on fire and a heart still cold
Em C G
Let me stay or let me go.
Em C G
Let me stay or let me go.
Em C G
Line my trophies on the shelf
C G B
To tell me that who I am is better than myself
Em C G
It's been too long living after midnight
C G D
I won't miss the drawn out strain or the episodic delight
A D
Should've never lost control
A D
Should've never lost control
A B C D
But he left, and made me forget how good I was at being alone so
Em C G D
Lay me down or take me out, help me smile or make me shout
Em C/Am G D
I'm that drink that's a little too stout,
Em C G D
My pride is forged and my cover is blown, I'm waiting for someone to tell me no
Em C/Am G
Feet on fire and a heart still cold
Em C G
Let me stay or let me go.
Em C G
Let me stay or let me go.
A B C D
He left, and made me forget how good I was at being alone so
Lay me down or take me out, help me smile or make me shout
I'm that drink that's a little too stout,
Pride is forged and my cover is blown, I'm waiting for someone to tell me no
Feet on fire and a heart still cold
Let me stay or let me go.
Let me stay or let me go.
Let me stay or let me go.
Extra verse that didn’t make the album:
Em C G
Shine your shoes and fix your smile
C G B
I can't tell you where I'll be in a little while
Em C G
Don't let paint chips and rust tell you what it should
C G D
'Cause there's a lot more underneath it if you pop open that hood.
A D
Should've never lost control
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9. |
Dragonskin
03:43
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Dragon Skin
C F
Three days, four hours, nine minutes
You stepped out and soundly slammed the door
From the paste of what it takes to admit it
I cling to what I knew I'd change it all for
C G F
So I pulled away, packed down with the blame and a little desolation
C G F
Words that falter and fade just like your shape in the rearview
C G F
Love need not be adorned, it's not a race, or an option
C G Em F
This is not an exchange one could be bullied into
Am B C
you can take the road
Am B C
ill cut through the garden
AmTOP - F Dm Am
while we’re growing old
F G F G A B
faces may crack but heads are hardened
I've bathed in blood and have the dragon skin of Siegfried
a closed book from the safe in the wall of a dark room
now all the fake outs, bombs, the biff, and misdeeds
on my open, endless pages for you to scour through
C G F
So Ill pull away, packed down with the blame and a little desolation
C G F
Words that falter and fade just like your shape in the rearview
C G F
Love need not be adorned, it's not a race, or an option
C G Em F
This is not an exchange one could be bullied into
Am B C
you can take the road
Am B C
ill cut through the garden
AmTOP - F Dm Am
while we’re growing old
F B F G A B
faces may crack but heads are hardened
F B F G A B
faces may crack but heads are hardened
C
It seems I've been a liar
F
Seems I've been a fraud
C → F
Seems I didn't know myself quite as well as I let on.
C
I hope the shit that we’ve collected
F
We won't always need
Am
I hope the colors we're painted
B C
We don't always have to be.
“Yes, she was. The man who saved her scaled the mountain, because he wasn’t afraid. He slayed the dragon, because he was strong. And he walked through hellfire, because she was worth it.”
The one thing that we are missing here, which is very important, is the concept of the hero who does not know fear. This was an extremely important element to Wagner from the very beginning in 1848, when he sketched out the original idea for Siegfried’s Death. And it is (according to Wagner himself, in letters he wrote to his friend Uhlig) taken from the Grimm Brother’s Fairy Tales, which were first published in 1812. These tales were devoured by Wagner (and everyone else), and he was quite taken with The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth To Learn What Fear Was.
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10. |
Underwater
03:38
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Under the Water
In the dark of the deep I'm sinking slow, I'm sinking slowly
Fins cover feet, this is our home and the fluid is flowing
Tread through the bars, all the pressure of the depth
Doesn't matter what the charge, gotta get what we can get.
Through the bars, the pressure, the depth
Doesn't matter the charge just gotta get what we can get
No No one can breathe under the water no
No No one can breathe under the water no
Movement is slow, here in our aquatic abode, it is cold and it's only getting colder.
Fit the mold, all for a show it is old and we're only getting older
Make due relying on our adaptation
Wet suit and O2 importation
We need a break, gotta get back to the bank
Flip outta the fins, I wanna shed this tank
No No one can breathe under the water no
No No one can breathe under the water no
Come up, come up....
We could protect the plunder, keep building our Rome.
We could incubate under all the freedom and foam.
Or through the current and crashes, til we breathe on our own,
Like a phoenix from ashes, we will weave a way home.
No No one can breathe under the water no
No No one can breathe under the water no
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11. |
Wait for the Wave
04:15
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wait for the wave
Bb Bb/Eb
There's a release
Bb Bb/Eb
That a heart feels when its brushed off a sleeve
Gm
How hard does the wind blow
Ab
And where do you fall
Eb
When it pulls you down
Bb
Im a roman candle
F
You were a blaze
Gm Eb
I just cringe a bit when someone says your name
Cm
No more can I swim
F
No more can I sink
Bb Eb-F-
I Wait for the wave
Gm
Wait for the Wave
Dm
to carry me away
Cm
Through all of the wealth and wane
Eb
Pleasure and Pain
Bb
Wait for the Wave
It was out of the blue, and I fell in the black
It is dark and I reach for you and all the light that I lack
I try to be cavalier, but if you were to come back
Id take you
You were always droppin in, never to stay
I'll contend nothing good gets away
Oh I coud never leave you
and I cannot stay
Ill wait for the wave
outro/Bridge:
Gm
I roll through the rubble
Bb
when you see me
Eb Dm
Back on my hustle, I’ll be free
Cm F
But not for you, for me
Bb
wait for the wave
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Sydney Wright Austin, Texas
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I create to relate. I write songs for
sharing…. songs that make you wonder if I’ve read your diary.
I’m Sydney. I’m a music maker in Austin, Texas.
If you’re picking up what I’m putting down, any encouragement you could send my way is so appreciated. Whether it’s a like, share, kind words, or a request, every bit of support helps me work!
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