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If, Then

by Sheldon and Gabriel

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1.
The Moon 02:07
I’m staring at the moon And if I stare for just long enough I can see your face Looking back at me I’m staring at the moon Hoping if I sit here for just long enough I will let it go Its light will set me free I'm staring at the moon Making sense of chaos And when I've lost control All I see is you The stars are in disguise I can see them in your eyes And amidst all of these lies You’re my only truth No matter how much I try All I can do is cry Relying on the sky And staring at the moon I’m staring at the moon It casts a shadow where you used to be You know I can’t forget What we never had I’m staring at the moon Its light reflects so perfectly So shine down on me Shine on me Shine on me Shine on me The stars are in disguise I can see them in your eyes Amidst all of these lies You’re my only truth No matter how much I try All I can do is cry Relying on the sky And staring at the moon
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High Hopes 04:00
Many years have come to pass The smell of dead grass And ideas that didn't last They died in his memory Just like everything he's known And now he walks along Singing petty songs of the past This man whose days are short His last resort Hoping they'll go fast Oh, he's been asked why not But they didn't know why Oh, he's been left to rot Without even a goodbye Looking forward or looking back But he can't close his eyes Too many bags he's packed With chances low and hopes up high He'll put on his happy face To apologize to this place For he knows he's done it wrong Somewhere to belong In space So easy to criticize Overanalyze mistakes He's outlived his time Now he's into mine With a smile on his face Oh, he's been asked why not But they didn't know why Oh, he's been left to rot Without even a goodbye Looking forward or looking back But he can't close his eyes Too many bags he's packed With chances low and hopes up high
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Born to replace another Torn from their lives too soon Filling the place of his brother Singing a song out of tune Seeing his life through a lens Of beginnings and middles and ends Seeing the world through a frame Of questions and answers the same First breaths First words Last words Last breaths Lived to paint reflections Lived to blur the line Beautiful deception Never-ending time Explanations under his breath Expectations for life and death Three halves making a whole We're just acting, playing a role If it's not the truth Is it a lie If it's not a lie Is it the truth Died to change our memories No longer to assume That what we see is what there is That what we hear is all they say Died to change our dreams No longer to presume That black is black and white is white When really it's just gray Three of a name Two of a soul One of a mind None of a kind
5.
No More 03:08
The time is up All the memories made I've had enough Of all the games you've played You push and shove And make me say I will You've torn something down That no one can rebuild But I can see past your eyes And you don't see what you're looking for in me But I can't stop this feeling No, I can't stop this now You sit me down Tell me to seal my lips But now I've found It was only for a kiss And I need you Just as much as you need me Nothing left to do Because now you can see That I can see past your eyes And you don't see what you're looking for in me But I can't stop this feeling No I can't stop this now I can see past your eyes And you don't see what you're looking for in me But I can't stop this feeling No I can't stop this now
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Nothing to say Too much to think about Wish I could pay For something to turn around Just for today Need someone to make a sound I promise I may But these thoughts surround There's only one thing I need to say to you I hope you can see What I'm trying to do I just can't believe When you say me too Don't want to deceive But can't remember my cue Easy to predict A little harder to quell Why try to fix What you're going to sell Need you to evict Because I'm living in hell At the top of the list Sits what you've withheld
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I sit and watch as everyone ties their hearts to strings And hands their love to who they wish they could have I listen to people call my name But when I answer they can't hear my pain I've become a fake name for love A petty excuse for a feeling too important to let alone And I watch above As I become a false sense of confidence I watch as he stands Handing his heart on his string and she takes it And his heart is in her hands And she lets it go Because two hearts is too much to hold Two hearts is too much 'Cause nothing is better than something 'Cause nothing is better than 'Cause nothing is better than something After the day ends All the hearts float away over everything And over me They are looking up for their's or someone's heart and I see them all But they see nothing Just the sky and what could have been Just the sky and what could have been Just the sky and what could have been Why was I chosen to be the cause and the effect Of this hate This love This hate This love
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A happy story's not worth telling We all know how it ends But this hero's been out drinking Troubles sinking down the drain Thoughts dissolved in poison rain Drowning your conscience so you can forget That your princess only pretends The things you knew All you couldn't do Swimming turns to sinking Forcing whispers out of you You walk down Alameda You stumble on 'till something's gone Easier said than done But it wasn't so hard for you I guess you got tired of sinking 'Cause not much floats in alcohol A joke in their eyes They forced you to smile So you tossed it all up And had the last laugh
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Plateau 02:29
The newborn sun Shines bright on the stubborn moon And the orange trees In their perfect rows As a hundred mouths Sing old words for the hundredth time And the wandering stops While the rest stay asleep  And the once cold hills Wrapped in the warmth of this new light  As the dissipating clouds Suffocate the wind I had to let it go  Now my heart's in escrow The airplane trail Stained pink with the silent wail Of a dying day A setting sun And the muted strings Strummed softly as the singer sings To the rising clouds Out of the mountains like funeral shrouds Breathing in thin air As the shadows grow And the silhouettes Disappear in electric light I had to let it go  Now my heart's in escrow

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released October 1, 2013

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Sheldon and Gabriel Tucson, Arizona

Previously known as "Birkat Spot", vocalist Sheldon Donenberg and guitarist Gabriel Lehrer met at summer camp two years ago, and have been writing and recording music together ever since.

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