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The Moon
02:07
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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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2. |
High Hopes
04:00
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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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3. |
Chaplin's Cane
00:57
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4. |
None of a Kind
03:57
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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
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5. |
No More
03:08
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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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6. |
I Promise I May
03:17
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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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9. |
Plateau
02:29
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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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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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