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Kids These Days
03:21
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this apathy is killing me
kids these days if only they could see how it used to be
sure I used to be a melodramatic tragedy
but I knew right from wrong and how to get along with reality
this apathy is killing me
kids these days if only they could see how it used to be
maybe I'm still a kid, lost and wandering
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Sleepless (Demo)
03:09
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we can lie awake waiting on the sunrise
we can lie awake waiting on our own demise
we are lying to ourselves to counteract
all the lying that’s been done behind our back
all this time I thought I’d be the one to let you down
all this time I thought we’d be sure to figure it out
the tables they turn when you got your back against the wall
promises kept well they meant nothing no nothing at all
I’ve been down I've been down this road before
I’m still searching for a better way to live
all you’ve bled will never amount to the times you’ve tried
to hold your breath we’ll never make it out of this alive
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Honest Man (Demo)
03:44
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I am a good man and have been most my life
though naive to the evil hid deep inside some people
like a good friend and ex-lover hell-bent on keeping secrets under cover
oh lord I'm afraid it's true
I won't be made a fool on all accounts
see I loved her then he fucked her right after she fucked me over
the only problem beyond reason lies in the unforgiving truth
when I see them again I swear I'll shove it down their goddamn throats
oh lord I'm an honest man oh lord I am honest
I hope that they both lie alone in the middle of the night
and realize the damage that hides behind both their eyes
the mistrust and disgust is bound to catch on up
while they're lying face down in the filth where they made their own bed
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we grew up inside of parking lots
hanging outside of car windows
while the radio exclaimed
just how hard it would be to leave
when all we wanted was to go
we fell in love with the first one who would
and held hands on the hill behind our high school
we kissed so hard that it made our lips bleed
so afraid that this feeling might leave
this empty orchestra rings out in my head
louder than the words you swore you never said
we were drunk off cheap vodka and cigarettes
snuck around having sex in our friend's apartments
this might be the end of everything
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Whether Patterns
03:23
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like an old country song we've been singing for far too long
picking at our stitches shooting stars and wishes oh when will change come?
we hurt for hope that ain’t there while our friends well they just don’t care
we tire of this way of living burnt out on grieving we've all got guilt to bare
the rain came down
hurricane it came around
it made no difference
we lost them in the wreckage
while the rain came down
well what can we truly do with some white male middle class blues?
we're tired of feeling hopeless, worn out and restless, have we done just all we can?
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Travis Hayes San Francisco
If Travis Hayes’ debut album, Young Daze, captured the wistful optimism and possibility of youth, his second, Sleepless, is the sound of finding the strength to stand up after life has slammed you into the concrete one too many times. Sleepless is the sound of shedding one scarred and fractured skin, in order to crawl into another, stronger one. ... more
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