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I Wish We Were Friends
04:10
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I wish we were friends, but I'm too scared to talk to you
I think you are cool, but you've never heard of me
Repeat in my mind
I still never try to say hi
Something when I hear you lights up inside
And then when I see you I start thinking, "Would we get along?"
Hope you wouldn't mind, my insecurities seep out from inside
Repeat in my mind
I still never try to say hi
I need more people in my life
You should be one of them
Wouldn't it be nice?
Take me to your party, I heard it down the hall
I can feel the music pulsing thru my walls
(thinking that this loneliness might just do me in
you would never need me
i know that in my heart
i won't say a word
no, not tonight)
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2. |
I Can't Relax
01:58
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Hey
I know you wanna dance
Come on and take a chance
I know you wanna have some fun but
You
You're all over the map
'D you have a heart attack?
Too much inside your head, yeah?
"I can't relax"
Now
You're looking for the door
Oh you can take no more
You look just like a deer in headlights
Sweat
Is dripping from your face
You're tired of this place?
"I think I'm gonna pass out right now"
"I can't relax"
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3. |
Aphrodite
03:21
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I just want someone to sing with
"you just need someone to sleep with"
That's what society tells me
"That's what's gonna make you happy"
The pressure gives me headaches
It's just gonna make my heart break
Desperately seeking affection
In need of connection
When will my man come and take me away?
When will that lady come and make it okay?
My problems surely will disappear
If only you were here
There's sex all over the billboards
Hid behind so many chords
Movies end with a shot of a kiss
"All your problems end here with this"
"Go out and get a lover
If you don't, then you're a sucker"
I wanna sleep with you
...Just literally
When will somebody come and take me away?
When will they come and turn the sky from grey?
Here and now, my one true fear
Is that you will never come near
Just fall in love with me
Come hold me baby
Need someone truly
Tell me I'm not crazy
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4. |
Too Young
03:35
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Oh darling, you know that I love you
Just not in the same way you love me
You're too young
You're too late
Don't see you the same way
Still want you to be with me, but you're too young to kiss me
(responsibility demands sacrifice)
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5. |
Tired Of You
02:07
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Try so hard just to hide it
Bury it deep in my mind, but it seeps out anyways
I'm getting sick of the same old story
But I don't know what to do
And I wish I could run from you
See your face in the morning
I'm sick and tired of you
Wish I could be someone else, leave this pain all behind
No, I don't know what comes next
Missing out on what they say is the best
I'm tired of you
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6. |
Lonesome
02:36
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It's getting awful lonesome around here
Haven't spoken too much in a while
If I had to tell the truth, I don't think I'm too happy
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7. |
Don't Wake Me Up
04:34
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Tonight:
I go to space,
I smell the roses,
And hang out with you
I get to see the sights,
To man the camera,
And live on a star
I wish that my dreams were real
They're so much brighter than real life
I wake:
The morning is here, and all my memories fade from my mind
It all felt so lucid
I felt your body
It was so warm
I wish I could just go back to that sweet dream
And not wake up
Let me sleep, I want to dream
So leave me be, please don't wake me up
I may stir, but say no words
I'm happy here
Please don't wake me up
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8. |
Change My Name
03:31
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If I deserve love and respect
Why am I still in this state of neglect?
I've been around long enough to know
I'm just a boring average joe
Throw it away
I'm sick of my brain
I wanna change my name
Don't wanna stay the same
Nobody special, nothing new
Just a fuckup, bored and blue
Give me a way out this head of mine
As someone else I will surely shine
Throw it away
I'm sick of my brain
I wanna change my name
Don't wanna stay the same
("That's all a lie, you're quite alright
Don't go away, you are my light")
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Getaway Driver
02:42
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If I had to say where I saw myself, it wouldn't be here
And if I had to say what I wanted right now, it isn't this
'Cause I'm in need of a brand new situation
I'm in need of a new location
If I told you this place is killing me, could we go?
And if I had to tell you where, I'm sorry
I don't know
But I'm in need of a brand new situation
I'm in need of a new location
If I wasn't right you'd let me know
All of the times I'm wrong you show I'm an idiot, asleep behind the wheel
And you're in the road when the tires squeal
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10. |
Ghost Town
02:52
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11. |
Gap In The Fence
04:43
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Time sure flies when you're having fun
It all makes sense, guess I've had none
I had one chance at living life and threw it away just sitting inside
I saw the world through a gap in the fence
Through the comic books and the TV sets
I didn't try to make it mine
Just waited around to fall in line
And every day is a battlefield between my head and what is real
Hellfire raining in my mind
It makes me wish I wasn't alive
But they all say that "this is the time when life's worth living"
And "you're in your prime"
Did I do something wrong along the way
What's delayed the golden age?
I've grown tired of feeling like this
Keep on asking why I exist
I'm starting to think there's something wrong, no longer feel like playing these songs
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12. |
Evolver
05:10
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Can't find the words
Find the feeling
Apathy's in
Don't wanna stay
Don't wanna go
Days and weeks are melting together
Can't quite seem to keep track of time
I sit and wait for something different
Inside I know
I gotta grow
Sick of being tired and empty
But the thought of change is scary
Well, I'm fresh out of other ideas
Guess I should try to change my mind
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13. |
Next Time
03:02
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"Oh maybe next time I'll make it
and maybe next time I'll say
I'll say exactly what I meant
and all the words will make sense"
Try so hard to be a human, and still feel like something lesser
"Well maybe next time I'll show up
and maybe next time you'll laugh
and maybe that time I'll smile
without my body collapsing"
Even when I feel human I know that it is fleeting
"I still try, the brightness is worth it. Though, sometimes, I feel I don't deserve it"
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Things suddenly clicked last night
I realized by seeing your plight
It's alright to be here, to be alive
And to all the children listening tonight:
ANYWHERE COULD BE THE HEAVEN YOU SEEK
IF YOU STICK AROUND
And so I speak
GO AND THRIVE
(We'll be alright)!
YOU'RE ALIVE
(Congratulations!)
I'm terrified
(But I see the light)
I WILL STRIVE
(WE'RE GONNA SURVIVE!)
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Memory Strings is the genre-defying recording project of Cameron Nelson and friends.
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