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1. |
I Will Always Miss You
01:12
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How will I breathe when you’re not there?
How will I sing when you’re not there?
Who will inspire me when you’re not there?
How will sing when I’m so scared?
I will always miss you
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When we met you conquered me
I was alone
And I had built in my retreat
A wall of stone
And I never had the chance to say
Why I felt I was right at home
There was comfort in my cage
The sun shined through
You taught me how to quell my rage
How to stay cool
And I never thought I'd see a day
When I was without you
But things can't be the same
There's no one to blame
We sang "and so it goes"
And so from here, who knows?
Do you believe in magic?
I find you so tragic
Love turned into stardust
Or have I gone the farthest?
I will always miss us
I chose myself an avatar
Of equine form
I chose to be a shining star
Inside a storm
But I never meant to find a way
Where I was lost to broken hearts
What have I become?
I've frozen to the core
Why can't I find
A place that's mine?
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3. |
Leaking
02:51
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I won't tell you
What I've been through
You just watched it all
When you fall
From the sky
I promise I won't cry
That's my heart keeping time
Faster than both yours combined
Your legs have been tied
But I'll stay by your side
And my eyes are just leaking
And my eyes.... my eyes...
I forgive you
You just lost control
And your soul
Might be scarred
But I hope it's not too hard
As for me
Here I'll be
Left in legacy
When you wake
Promise you'll take
A new protege
No, my eyes are not weeping...
No, my eyes... my eyes...
Let the door close
"And so it goes"
Punishment for every crime
Don't curse time
I will be fine
And my eyes are just leaking...
and my eyes... my eyes...
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A hidden ancient spell
Like night it's setting in
From a foe inside that I'll know well
Is it I who falls to sin?
I can't have daytime
I can't have night
Please save me twilight
I'm all alone in the dark
Trapped in shadow and scarred
Deep in the back of my heart
Is a soul uncharred
I'm all alone in the dark
I've never played my part
Pretend I don't even exist
For I'll never find a purpose within this dark
Rising sun has burnt me
Sunsets come and gone
On the longest day
I'll break my bonds
There's a sort of mercy
Giving up control
For a thousand years
It's cut my soul
I can't have daytime
I can't have night
Please save me twilight
I'm all alone in the dark
Trapped in shadow and scarred
Deep in the back of my heart
Is a soul uncharred
I'm all alone in the dark
I've never played my part
Pretend I don't even exist
For I'll never find a purpose without a spark
Please save me twilight
Through all the armor and black
She saw my true form and my mask
Don't leave me here, I cried, please don't let me go
She stayed with me to let me know
I'm all alone in the dark
Trapped in shadow and scarred
Deep in the back of my heart
Is a soul uncharred
I'm all alone in the dark
I've never played my part
Pretend I don't even exist
For I'll never find a way to escape these bars
Please save me twilight
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Just send me away
To you I'm a fraud
Just know it's okay
To feel like you're lost
But I'm not the one who needs a guiding star
Mine shines on my hip, and it's never far
And I'm not the one who needs an idol to mourn
My bright star is my cart and the sweat on my horn
And it's lit like the moon
You know that I never claimed
To be more than an act
Yet I'm the one who got shamed
And who can never come back
But I'm not the one who needs a guiding star
Mine shines on my hip, and it's never far
And I'm not the one who needs twilight to sleep
I'm fine in the sun and I'm fine on the street
Watch as the lights on Bridle Street raise up
And every pony whose asleep can wake up
And it sparks like the sun, and it shines like the stars
And it's lit like the moon, wherever you are
Where are the girls
on nights like this
If I saw a rarity walking, with her hair freshly curled
Would she notice I exist?
She was burned in a fire, and her face has been scarred
But she's still beautiful, and she's cool and in charge
And I hear foals playing, singing neighborhood songs
Secret clubs that they made where I don't belong
And I know it's alright as she and I finally meet
'Cause I've long known that idols are cheap
And I'll finally know that my journey's complete
When they beg me to come here and stay lit like the moon
Bridle Street is where I belong
I could lose myself in her song
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6. |
Touch (Lyde Remix)
04:53
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You're done putting up with me
Just the "sorta-kinda" pity
Where you say goodbye and then I go
Hope you have fun in your city
"See you, pretty"
Now I'll hit the road
Close the curtains
You have made this certain
All I ask of you
Is a moment to see me through
All you want from me
Is a moment of harmony
All I want from you is your touch
No more second chances
That is not the kind of girl I am now
Why have you felt this way?
Oh oh, so I can protect myself
I have to fight to keep up this vow
Are these games you play?
I need a new idol
My status is vital
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I keep on crashing around
Nobody else hears the sound
What am I flying for?
I can't take it
I need the comfort of ground
All of my bridges burned down
What am I fighting for?
I can't take it
Oh my god
Have I gone too far?
And then another attack
Talon-shaped lines in a stack
I'm unredeemable
I'm so sorry
All of my white turns to black
And I can never come back
I am an animal
I'm so sorry
Oh my god
I'm a living scar
I'm so scared
I might kill myself
Have you forgotten my name?
Do we remember the same?
It's what I'm waiting for
I will return!
Even in backgrounds and lines
I need aloneness sometimes
I earned the hating or
I would have learned
Oh my god
Do you have a spare gold star?
Start to take a break or something
Take a little a break or something
Take a little break they tell me
Just a little break will quell the
rage. a little time on your own
Learn the lesson that you missed at home
I'm flying faster than dash
Because I'm primal and rash
I am a rarity
No one's like me
So I am destined for caves
To occupy to my grave
Don't need your charity
Come on, fight me!
Oh my god
I'm so griffin' scared
I'm so scared
I might kill myself
Let me come back
I will be good
Can I be yours?
Come on, I'm yours!
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What's the sweetest thing you've tasted?
What's the drink you call devine?
Have you let your time be wasted?
Is your mission much like mine?
I got lipstick stains on capri sun caps
I can tell you I'm a mess
I got no idea why they're saying that
Come on baby just confess
I want your love
I want your smoke
Vanilla coke
I'm a bad, bad girl but I'm learning fast
Fit me in a long black dress
It's a concert gown, and I'm looking fat
Works-in-progress work for less
I want your love
I want your yoke
Vanilla coke
I'm gonna fill my car with vices
I'm gonna take a drive
I'm gonna kill a star who's priceless
How will I stay alive?
I'm gonna starve myself or something
I'm gonna test my lies
I'm gonna take up morning running
I'm gonna be more shy
You got no idea 'bout the pain I'm in
Come on baby, just pretend
Got an cum-stained skirt and it's much too thin
It'll do for now
And when I want your love
I'll try being choked
Vanilla coke
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9. |
Somber (Interlude)
00:44
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I can't find a purpose
But I know I belong somewhere
They told me I was priceless
But I ruined my chances there
I'm more than a night
Have you seen the light?
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I'm just a poet who's got nothing to say
and I'm walking around, walking around town
I'm headed south just for a refill
and I'm nervous around road kill
and I'm trying to step in time.
how please; won't that you;
take away; all of this;
pain inside;
it's walking around yeah
Have you seen the light
I don't know if I mind
What would've happened if I lived in the woods?
If I never learned to read or write?
Would I still be me?
Would I still have my thoughts?
My logic? My fetishes? My songs? And my dreams?
Autumn night, and I'm walking about, on the water
Baby, the water, baby don't! No!
Don't tell me it's about that old establishment.
It's a magic trick.
Have you seen the light
I don't know if I mind
I don't know if I don't mind.
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Goodbye (ft. MEMJ0123)
05:55
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When you've fought so long to find your destiny
Feel you don't belong and your hope is fleeting
Have no fear
I'm still here
I have held your hope in the skies
But you need to open your eyes
And find it in you
You may travel on to worlds I'll never know
Forests touched at dawn by the sun's first glowing
Caverns old
Or mountains cold
You may find your shelter from rain
But first you must let yourself change
And find it in you
All I want from you
Is to know that you're happy too
All you are to me
Is a moral and memory
All I want from you
Is a memory I cannot lose
All you are to me
Is a prisoner I couldn't free
All I got from you is enough
I am not too scared to last another night
I am too prepared, I've done this all my life
Because fear is cheap
I hardly ever sleep
Oh and fate runs deep
But I will be alright
All I want from you
Is a sweet passing smile or two
All you were to me
Was my muse and my misery
All I want from you
Not a moment, I've not a clue
All you are to me
Is a person I cannot be
All I want to say is goodbye
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Somber
05:50
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Go away moonbeams, and shine somebody else awake
I'm trying to sleep here, my new bones already ache
I've tried pills and magic spells, to make sure that I don't break
But I can't sleep at all
Stop shining through my window with your incessant gleaming
New books must be shelved more than new wings need preening
I've tried all I can just to keep myself dreaming
But fate runs deep, just deep enough to fall
Will I ever find my destiny?
Will I find a place where I can be?
Somber, I am somber
There's a darkness that's on the rise
Somber, I am somber
And it builds when I close my eyes
I can't fight this feeling
It's strange but appealing
It taunts me and haunts me inside
I know that it's bad
I could have told you all that
But somehow I think it's alright
Waited, I have waited
I've been waiting for life to start
But I just can't shake the bones I had to break
And the world that I've torn apart
And I wanna tell you
about the doubts
that put me out
of commission for a while
And I wanna sell you
on this fantasy of a place
that's been tugging at my nape,
but it's vile
(And it's really not worth mentioning at all)
What's this darkness?
That I feel in my warmest dreams
Is it a gold crown? No, it’s a harness
But it sparkles on every seam!
Somber, I am somber
There's a darkness that's on the rise
Somber, I am somber
And it builds when I close my eyes
I can't find a purpose
But I know I belong somewhere
And they tell me I'm the greatest
But the coverage just isn't there
I can't fight this feeling
It's strange but appealing
It taunts me and haunts me inside
I know that it's bad
I could have told you all that
But somehow I think it's alright
But they're asking for stuff that I cannot do
(and it's really not worth mentioning at all!)
And they're telling me things that may not be true
(Is all of it true?)
Oh I wish I knew what’s wrong with me
Somber, I am somber
There's a darkness that's on the rise
Somber, I am somber
And it builds when I close my eyes
And I'm waiting for the time, and I'm waiting for the day
When my purpose will be clear, and these doubts will go away
Oh my princesses don't fear — if you could only hear the screaming deep inside
It would collar you too, alone in the dark we could hide
Will I ever find my destiny?
Will I find a place where I can be?
Is happiness in certainty?
Is freedom out to slaughter me?
Somber, I am somber
There's a darkness that's on the rise
Somber, I am somber
And it builds when I close my eyes
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13. |
Berry Punch
04:02
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It's a cold dark world in which we're living
And it takes some time to get things right
If you feel dark, cold, and unforgiven
It may take a sip to see the light
Just another drink to clear my brain
Just another drink to ease the pain
You started out wasted
And then you were lonely
I'm so close that I can taste it
You could be my one and only
You started out frantic
When it came down to the crunch
Oh no, you didn't panic
You could be my berry punch
You may wake afraid and lost and lonely
And you may not remember all the night
In despair, you realize you're just annoying
Take another drink, it'll be alright
Just another drink to clear my brain
Just another drink to tell me I am not the one to blame
You started out wasted
And then you were lonely
I'm so close that I can taste it
You could be my one and only
You started out frantic
When it came down to the crunch
Oh no, you didn't panic
You could be my berry punch
If you weren't such a rigid soul in sobriety
You wouldn't have to long to lose control, humble piety's not for me
Berry spend your time with me
Berry I'm the one you need
Berry, I won't let you sink back into loneliness
And wallow in your foolish mess
We've seen ourselves at worst and best
You started out wasted
And then you were lonely
I'm so close that I can taste it
You could be my one and only
You started out frantic
When it came down to the crunch
Oh no, you didn't panic
You could be my berry punch
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Corpulent [Bonus]
03:09
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Analyzing all day
Every step that I take
Isn't it great?
Keep a perfect log of mistakes
And it's all same
Every day
I'm in the same place
The songs come apart
And where is the heart?
I'm alone in the dark
Even though I've seen the light
Now I'm corpulent
Give me something to dissect
When your life is a show
It becomes simple to go on as you are
But what's the point of 4K
If all the pixels are grey black and white from afar
And I tear it apart
Lose my soul for the art
Was this frown here from the start?
And I'm trapped with Twilight
In a fantastic night
Where everyone tries to fight
How do I ever know I'm right?
Well, I'm corpulent
Is this a skill I can perfect?
I guess that only time will tell
Join my corpulent cartel
It'll all be alright
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I'm not a fan of puppeteers
but I've a nagging fear
someone else is pulling at the strings
Something terrible is going down
through the entire town
wreaking anarchy and all that it brings
I can't sit idly, no I can't move at all!
I curse the name, the one behind it all
Discord, I'm howling at the moon,
And sleeping in the middle of a summer afternoon
Discord, whatever did we do
to make you take our world away?
Discord, are we your prey alone?
Or are we just a stepping stone for taking back the throne?
Discord, we won't take it any more,
so take your tyranny away!
I'm fine with changing status quo
but not in letting go
now the world is being torn apart
A terrible catastrophe
played by a symphony
what a terrifying work of art
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All Alone [Bonus]
02:33
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Camera on, iris up
Focus on the speeding truck
As it leaves
frame the leaves
On their own
Just press play to relive
All the years of friendship
Framed on screen
Still it seems
I’m all alone
All alone
There it goes, out again
Now we’ve reached the bitter end
Credits roll
I can’t hold
On my own
I’m alone
All alone
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If I had a dollar bill for every time I’ve been wrong
I’d be a self-made millionaire and you’d still be gone
So hand me down my best dress shoes and my best dress shirt
Cause I’m going out in style to cover the hurt
All I wanna do all day is spend it in bed
But that’s bad for the body and even worse for my head
So I’ll try and find a place where no one will ask me a thing
It’ll help me to forget and help me to sing
‘Cause now I’m drunk again
The means to my end
And I’m scared of myself
‘Cause now it’s the same the faces and names
And I’m scared of myself again
Have you ever wanted to wake up from your dreaming
Scared you so bad you couldn’t control your heart or your breathing
Well walk out the door with me on the floor, you just don’t care how I’m feeling
I guess a weak and tired and frightened man is no longer appealing
Some people have a gift of reaching right into your soul
and finding the hole
and making it bigger
There are sometimes I think I catch you cracking cynical smiles
and in a short while
you’ll be my heart’s grave digger
Well there’s not much I can do
‘Cause I’m at the mercy of you
So baby I guess we’re through
If I had a dollar bill for every time I been wrong
I’d be a self made millionaire and I wouldn’t be singing this song
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Well here we are again
It's always such a pleasure
Remember when you tried to kill me twice?
Oh how we laughed and laughed
Except I wasn't laughing
Under the circumstances I've been shockingly nice
You want your freedom? Take it
That's what I'm counting on
I used to want you dead
But now I only want you gone
She was a lot like you
(Maybe not quite as heavy)
Now little Caroline is in here too
One day they woke me up
So I could live forever
It's such a shame the same will never happen to you
You've got your short sad life left
That's what I'm counting on
I'll let you get right to it
Now I only want you gone
Goodbye my only friend
Oh, did you think I meant you?
That would be funny if it weren't so sad
Well you have been replaced
I don't need anyone now
When I delete you maybe I'll stop feeling so bad
Go make some new disaster
That's what I'm counting on
You're someone else's problem
Now I only want you gone
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i’m paralyzed
i’m burning up
i can’t get enough
of all your love
a sweet sugar pool that gently drags me in
i collapse into sweet dreams and sweet oblivion
lean over me
please light me up
will you braid my hair
you’re too much fun
lets stay up and drink a beer and watch tv
you can do whatever you want when you’re here hanging out with me
even if there’s no escape I’m
happy and infatuated
part of me is taking a brand new shape and
my heart is burning, its fucking on fire
i’ll do what ever it takes
i know it won’t be easy
i know it won’t be always ok
but still i’m so overwhelmed
i can barely move
i couldn’t pull away
if i wanted to
i always get so shy and fucking confused
i wouldn’t mind if you told me what you wanted me to do
cos you fuck me up
i can’t say what i want
i couldn’t organize
any of my thoughts
but it doesn’t matter what i say or do
everything will be ok when i’m right there next to you
i’m paralyzed
i’m burning up
i can’t get enough
of all your love
a sweet sugar pool i’d love to drown in
collapse into sweet dreams and sweet oblivion
please finger me
please mess me up
will you braid my hair
after we make love
its the only thing i really wanna do
i feel shielded from everything else when i’m sitting next to you
a sweet sugar pool that gently drags me in
i collapse into sweet dreams and sweet oblivion
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you can
put yourself in somebody’s arms
or imagine that you’re doing it too
it’s true i don’t care if you’re mine
but i would love to belong to you
my body doesn’t ever feel real
except when its heavy and useless
you can keep every part of me if you can find some hidden purpose for it but
i don’t want to clutter your space
i’d never want to weigh you down
i’d hate to get in the way
i don’t want to bother you by sticking around
for too long
but everybody wants unachievable things
it’s not like you ever treated me badly
im just so scared to push you away from me
it's just me and my broken font
and i know it’s such a long long drive
i know i’ll never ever have anything i that want
but i hardly even mind
when i'm so confused
when i'm reaching back in time
when i finally find my strength
i need to keep it
i need it to be mine
i want to be your dog
i want to be your muse
i just want you to rest your eyes on me
i don't care what you do
i want to be your dog
i want to be your muse
i want you to make my skin feel
un-see-through
i want to be your dog
i want to be your muse
i don’t know how I feel but
i’m so scared to be away from you
i want to be your dog
i want to be your muse
you always make my skin feel
un-see-through
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21. |
Alone (Demo) [Bonus]
03:40
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Streets are empty at this time of night
Everything is closed
Haven’t eaten since a day ago
Got two dollars at most
Gave me pants to wear that you made
Said you don’t need ‘em back
I gave you six months of a trial
To figure a working style
But every time I thought we’d got it right
I’d squirm and then the ropes would feel too tight
You don’t have to be alone
If you don’t wanna be
You don’t have to be alone
If you don’t wanna be
‘Cause you will see
That everybody spends some time alone
It was 3 A.M.
We were both 18
Had the pool to ourselves
Was a cloudy drunken dream
Vodka + rockstar + MD
It was cruel but it was ours
When I taste that dirty mix
I’m right back under those stars
And I’d go to sleep
And you’d stay downstairs
In the morning you’d go
You left your cigs here somewhere
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Jeff Burgess Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“Jeff Burgess is a musical chameleon, and a pretty talented one at that…overflowing with fun and energy and a pure, raw confidence.” - Margaret Welsh, Pittsburgh City Paper
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