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On The Line
03:49
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Test for echo, give me a sign,
I need something to know I’m not losing my mind
And the thoughts that are building inside
Are gonna come out soon and put my life on the line.
I can’t speak, I can’t speak
Of all the things that this means to me and
I can’t think, I can’t think
With all these lies around my head.
Well I don’t agree
About the things you been proposing,
Quite frankly, I think there’s something wrong with you.
Oh no one should see
The things you been exposing
But everybody knows everybody sees
The way you like to act when you’re alone.
This place is just a dumping ground
And all my friends are sinking to the sound.
Well I don’t care who’s right anymore
Or who’s bright or polite or contrite anymore
And I’ll never know why, never know why
Everyone’s changing for the worse.
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2. |
The Better Things
05:24
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Staring at the floor, watching time float by
(Fill me up) Once again I'm running dry.
Lock the door, bar the gate, and close the blinds
Throw away the key but open up our minds.
Not sure where to go or what I see.
I don't know why the little things always bother me.
Please don't stand there, stare square, make me quizzical.
I can't tell if my statement's a request or a plea.
Day and night we mortify our destiny,
But what's the point in losing to uncertainty?
Stop and go, remember where we all began
Let's all find the better things while we still can.
I took a trip and swam across the ocean in my head;
I nearly sank a ship with half the words I said.
Why do people need an explanation for everything?
Who's to say I'm not content with imagining?
Someone once asked me what went wrong;
I turned to reply as if I'd known it all along.
The words choked, my train of thought had been de-railed
And I'm still dying for that answer.
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3. |
To Fly
04:05
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It’s obvious I have to say, but I think you should go away; don’t let yourself be trapped inside your past
The words we spoke we all but broke and it won’t do no good to let them last.
If what you seek is what you find, then why not search for a better time?
Can’t find sense in waiting for a change
The way things are, you won’t go far and we’re just sitting here quite well estranged.
We are both free,
Free to reach the stars.
Whatever you do
Don’t go too far.
(you say) Truth be told I tell no lies, when I can see them in your eyes. Don’t try to hide a fire beneath some snow.
I know you want a better place, but where you get depends how far you’ll go.
You said to me just the other week with tears so big you could hardly speak, “What do we sing when all songs have been sung?”
Well, you sing your heart as the feelings come and you dance to the beat of a different drum. Free yourself to be yourself no matter what they say.
So don’t settle for “satisfied”, there are plenty things you haven’t tried. Try to find that dream you put aside.
Now I don’t know, but I’ve been told that you lose your life after growing old. Don’t look back don’t turn back remember to treasure every single day.
Don’t delay
Act now or you might lose yourself another day
The move is up to you
You know the truth
You’ve seen the lies
Now grab onto your wings, and teach yourself how to fly
away
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4. |
Whethervane
04:58
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She’s the kind who looks better from afar
And waits for those looks because she knows
To some she is that shooting star,
And yet speaks not a word nor sigh.
Like the wind that you love,
It catches you by surprise and gently passes by.
That four letter word you want to say,
Don’t let it take your breath away;
Twist your lungs and wrench your gut,
Go ahead and make your move.
What’s holding you back? What?
What?
You want to be the weatherman,
Predict the feelings and her yearnings
But you know she’s light as a feather, man.
Looks like a blizzard and hits you as a hurricane,
Now you’re a helpless victim in the storm,
You cant move, you cant control; you’re a weathervane.
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00:10
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6. |
7 Days 8 Nights
05:41
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7. |
City Lights
07:46
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Now maybe it’s just me, but I can admit
That even though I adore you, I act like a dick, sometimes,
A week of anger can pass before I’ll say “I was wrong”
But even in that week I still love you.
The city lights are bearing down on me like lasers to my soul.
They shine with hate of which I deemed myself incapable.
But now I know what I can do
When actions speak louder than words we are only a fractured existence.
So maybe I’ve been blinded by the city lights,
Or rather, I’ve just been close-minded.
End the fight.
I will wait
Until
I’m yearning for the way things used to be – the days of our innocence.
The other side of me wants to move on, and it don’t make no sense at all.
Every time I’m in the streets, I hear the laughs but feel the shrieks
And I don’t know what to believe in.
I don’t know, and I don’t see the way things are, but ought to be
And then there’s you...
I don’t have the answers that I’m looking for.
I don’t even recall the questions I asked before.
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8. |
Red Skies At Night
05:30
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Red skies at night,
Can’t we finish this fight?
I’d hate to see you loose your cool
When all we have is silly spite.
Everytime I go to bed
I see the world spin past my head.
Wish I knew what to do with life.
Before I know it I’ll be dead
Taking dreams with me
and things I could never see.
I’m running in circles just to catch my tail
or be person I didn’t try to be.
Remember when I used to care?
Burned all my speculation away...
It don’t take much to feed that fire,
Oh but my hopeless endeavors it could never spare.
So where are we now?
What happened to “follow your dreams”?
The red skies are telling us to leave here
But do they know when to shine?
Red skies at night tell me I’m going fight till the day I die.
And if the sun don’t shine, at least you’ll knew I tried
To speak the words I never thought real
And feel the way I wanted us to feel,
Remembering those red skies at night.
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9. |
Smashing Mirrors
06:44
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My footsteps around this part of town...
Oh it never felt so good, so bad, knowing that everything is turning around
And the ground on which I always used to stand
Is turning into sinking sand
I can’t think to make a move.
I never was the type to give up hope,
But I can’t help but to think
That the higher that I dream,
The harder I might fall
And it would hurt like hell
If I had any feeling left at all.
[Add 2nd time around]:
But sometimes it takes a fall to make you know
That you’re not standing still.
My heart once was a stone
But now it’s just too soft and full of waste and clouded thoughts.
I’m running for the sunlight but the hail is choking me like a spineless friend.
Sometimes I get lost inside my own reflection
And end up smashing mirrors.
If I could only find a better way to show my affection...
They say you don’t make it if you don’t take chances
But amidst the glory of these life romances,
Still the further I go up,
The more want to dive back down
And feel my feet on solid ground
For one last time.
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10. |
City Lights (Bonus)
05:00
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Now maybe it’s just me, but I can admit
That even though I adore you, I act like a dick, sometimes,
A week of anger can pass before I’ll say “I was wrong”
But even in that week I still love you.
The city lights are bearing down on me like lasers to my soul.
They shine with hate of which I deemed myself incapable.
But now I know what I can do
When actions speak louder than words we are only a fractured existence.
So maybe I’ve been blinded by the city lights,
Or rather, I’ve just been close-minded.
End the fight.
I will wait
Until
I’m yearning for the way things used to be – the days of our innocence.
The other side of me wants to move on, and it don’t make no sense at all.
Every time I’m in the streets, I hear the laughs but feels the shrieks
And I don’t know what to believe in.
I don’t know, and I don’t see the way things are, but ought to be
And then there’s you...
I don’t have the answers that I’m looking for.
I don’t even recall the questions I asked before.
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Off The Trolley Middletown, Connecticut
A 3 piece, indie/folk/rock/alt(etc) band from central CT. Members first came together for a Battle of the Bands in 2011. Through innovative originals and diverse covers, they fuse various genres of music into unique songs and eclectic set lists. They have opened for national acts, headlined shows of their own, and been featured on CT's 104.1fm, 89.5fm, and college radio across the country ... more
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