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City Lights
04:50
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Dreams of you fill my head
You didn’t have to go so soon
tear stains on your coffin
maybe I deserve this too
I hear you whisper softly
Thats always been a trait of yours
speaking riddles I could never know the answer to
maybe the answer was you
The city lights have never looked so blue
as when your hope has gone astray
when all that I can think about is you
well I can’t be happy anyway, No
I can still remember waiting
for you to open up your eyes
promises I had a tendency to keep are
Nothing now, Nothing now
You are nothing now, nothing now
You are nothing now
I can feel you fading, fading
(You are nothing now, nothing now)
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Rust
04:06
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Voice screams from the back of the bar
“Hey, I like the way you play
Let the lights cloud your eyes and you could
be a hit someday”
Well, I don’t know what I’ve been told
But in rock n’ roll you never grow old
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
But I don’t want to end up as rust
Man comes over after the show
“Hey, I like your song a lot
If you sell your soul to me
Well, you might just have a shot”
Voice screams from the back of my mind
“You’ll never make it, son
No matter what you do
It’ll all come undone”
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3. |
Regardless of Tragedy
05:07
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Had time to think about what’s gone wrong
My life fades away with every breath I take
We’ll touch ground again
We’ll touch down again
Alive
Goodbye
Goodbye
We took off on a flight to nowhere
No landing gear or air to breathe
You promised me eternity
We’ll never touch ground again
Alive
Goodbye
I will carry you home
I’ll be with you ‘til the very end
I will be by your side
So close your eyes
Goodbye
Here is my heart to remember
You need it more than I do
So take this parachute
We can’t both make it out
Alive
Goodbye
I’ll sing you to sleep
So close your eyes
I’ll sing you to sleep
In paradise
I’m not strong enough
I’m not strong enough
Take my heart and go
I’m not strong enough
I’m not strong enough
Take me home
(I will remember you.)
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4. |
When the Rain Comes Down
04:50
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There’s a calm before the storm
There’s no way to stop it
So for now there is no hope
When the rain comes down
Eurus brings the wind unto us
Rivers flood and they overrun
The water leaves the fields in ruin
There’s a calm before the storm
There’s no way to stop it
So for now there is no hope
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5. |
Untitled
05:11
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She says “there’s nothing happening”
She just remembers when you told her that
You said to just let this slide
But she keeps it so perfectly
Nobody really knows
And while we wait so silently
The world crumbles around us
You tell her there’s another check in the mail
There’s nothing to worry about
She grins and then she frowns
“Is it wrong to be doing this?”
Hell if you know
As long as we’re wearing the crowns
And she says:
“When everything is crumbling
I’ll do the crying for you
When’s the last time you felt?
You’re hopeless mess
Waiting on a savior
He’s never coming for you”
She steps out
You light a cigarette
and watch the rain
Fall down
She’s not coming back
You don’t really care.
There’ll be another one in the morning.
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6. |
Illusions
04:13
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Illusions
The sights around me were astounding
Settle in as the show begins
One might say it’s overwhelming
There’s a lot to take in
She comes out in her satin
With lights and sound in her parade
Showing off her wicked splendor
She’s putting up a masquerade
You had me fooled from the beginning
It’s just your illusions
She skipped out in a hurry
There was no time for goodbyes
She pulled me in like a siren
Just leading me to my demise
You had me pegged as a loser
You tricked me with your sleight of hand
You played me like your deck of magic
Don’t know much more I can withstand
Once again she’s in her satin
Stealing hearts and taking names
Plenty there to fall her victim
As she plays her spiteful games
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7. |
Two Thirteen
02:09
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8. |
Look Alive
05:16
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This panic’s got me spinning circles
now I’m running back to you
and I’ll walk these streets alone,
visit places no one knows
cause you’ll never know when to change your point of view
How can you just sit there Look alive, Look alive
How can you just sit there Look alive
There hasn’t been a day where it hasn’t rained
and this parade’s been miserable for years
the band keeps marching on
the choir sings its same old song
It’s quite the tragedy my dear
Your memory haunts me,
I can hear your voice
and I can’t take this I’m falling apart
Time is running out and I can feel it drag us down
and it always takes what it wants
Time is running out and I can feel it drag us down and
It always takes what it wants
and it wants us
So wake me up when time has come for us
My head’s in the clouds
I’m never coming down,
My head’s in the clouds
and thats all right yeah thats alright yeah thats alright
I really don’t mind I really don’t mind
yeah that’s alright yeah that’s just fine
I really don’t mind
So wake me up when time has come for us
To calm down is to compromise and compromising
I’d rather sell my soul
I’d let it take its toll
I’d feel so alive
but feeling alive
doesn’t mean you’re in control sometimes life lets us go.
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Standing/Landing
05:50
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We swore to ourselves it’d never be this way
Never become just another name
But the lights became too bright to ignore
Now we’re just a cruel pawn in someone else’s game
But stories never felt so sweet
Lost among the phony elite
Things were never quite as complete
As they were when we were drowning
Trying not to think about when the lights go out
But here we are, standing
Our wings will never melt, the darkness can’t destroy them
And if they do, we’ll have a landing
Of course it eats us alive
Of course we’re dying inside
But it feels so heavenly
When all we have to do is hide, hide, hide, hide
But the mornings after seem endless
And so is the fear of the inevitable end
So we take comfort in the coldness
Grab onto the fleeting covers of worthless friends
When the lights fade away
What is left but darkness?
When the lights have faded from our eyes
What is left but the tangled mess
Of loneliness?
And heartlessness?
These are the nights we write songs about
These are the days that float in and out of our minds
When the stories have faded out
What will you remember us by?
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10. |
Notice
03:59
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Walking down a crowded street, seeing faces that I’ve never seen.
They look on at what’s ahead.
Keep to myself as I’m travelling and I’m walking past the big bright light.
I do not know where I am.
They won’t notice me.
She walks down the same old street, waves hello to everyone she sees.
They don’t care what she has to say.
They won’t notice her.
Sitting there he’s a troubadour, playing music for those who walk by.
They look away and ignore the man.
They won’t notice him.
The way you play your game ain’t fair, you take from others and you just don’t care.
You lie and cheat to get your way.
They’ll lock you up for a hundred years, for all the people that you took away.
You’ll rot away in your prison cell.
But they’ll notice you.
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Ships & Cars
04:37
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It was nothing then it’s something
Then it’s nothing then it’s gone
But I swear that in the nighttime
I can still hear it’s call
But the stories spoken softly
They don’t speak a single word
‘Cause your promises ring empty
and that’s just what I deserve
Woah-oh-oh
Take your ship and sail it home
But don’t forget you knew me
Heaven knows I won’t forget
The way you look right through me
The towers fall
The sidewalks crawl
They tell me I couldn’t ask for better but
I look at the glass
Dream of the past
and pray for better weather
So here I sit the things I miss
Are nothing but a fantasy and
And the rushing cars still bore me
And the dream of her kiss still haunts me
Maybe your ship and my ship are one and the same
Left me here with everything except for you
I really don’t care if you think that’s true
But it’s the only thing that keeps me from drowning in blame.
(What now?)
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12. |
Gravitate
04:11
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I could make this real
It doesn’t matter I could change the weather to suit my own appeal
you could make me feel
but i’ve never been one for common sense
cause I always regret present state of mind
I’m always plotting and designing my own demise
You’re not alone
I’ve got a lot on my mind
do shooting stars have time
to take a break from their lonely lives?
If they falter will they still shine?
Go on and Gravitate to me
I’m a sea of negativity
Extinguish my thoughts make me believe
cause I don’t want to breathe if I’m not being me
They won’t let you be
Just a shadow of the person that you wished that you could be
trade your fear for peace
just make sure that the pieces fit
quit quitting now you’ve fallen in too deep
They keep saying that you’re not supposed to dream
You’re not alone
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Liberty Hall Collective Des Moines, Iowa
Liberty Hall Collective is an indie pop-rock band from Storm Lake, IA. LHC is composed of members Chase Harrison, Brett Pongratz, and Kamron Warden.
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