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Need I Say More
04:27
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After all is said and done
We all, we all, we all head on
Into the sun in the morning
I know, I know I'm not the one
Who's gonna sway the masses on
A new way of thinking
So the wheels just keep turning
I've got no new ideas I've got no way out
Just hit play and let it happen
Get up, dress up and put the show on and
Wonder where the last nine years have gone
Part of the problem is you want somebody else to solve them
But isn't that the way it always is, need I say more
Cruel history buried deep beneath the pavement
So I can feel insecure when she leaves me hanging but
I care, I do, at least I think I do
Most of the time I suspect I'm not even really supposed to
Isn't that the way it always is, need I say more x2
My love is quiet, but my love's still bold
Like a tiny flame ignited underneath the gas stove
I'm a guest but I wasn't invited, yet I'm still here
Eating all of the nachos and drinking all the beer
But these arms can only reach so far for right now
I'll reveal how I feel once I figure it all out
Isn't that the way it always is, need I say more x2
Isn't that the way it's always been, need I say more
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2. |
Photograph of the Future
04:11
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I took a photograph of the future of what it should've been
It was you, my best friend, one year later with a clear road ahead
I took a photograph of the future of what it should've been
It was her next to me, except she was a little more than just my friend
But it's fine, they're still here still keeping me fed
At the end of the line, that's what's clear inside of my head
But the worst is knowing that there ain't no other reason
Other than I did not know just what to say
And like you I don't know where it is I'm going
But that don't make me feel any more okay
I took a photograph of the future of what it should've been
It was you calling me on a weekend to see me again
I took that photograph of the future when I was so much closer to you
'Cause I think I should be feeling so much more
Now that I know you'll be leaving soon
But these lines that we choose and that we travel
Never seem to coincide in parallel
They twist and turn and curve and reverse direction
In a way that only time can truly tell
I took a photograph of the future in the daytime
I took a photograph of the future in the nighttime
The light from the sun and the light from the moon
Never seem to shine as bright as when they're not there with you
But only in your mind
I took a photograph of the future of what I knew it was going to be
It was me standing here in the mirror thinking about next year
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The Storm
03:49
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When the rain starts falling and the wind starts howling
And those dark clouds roll on in
There's a room of tired faces
Who just wanna be in your good graces
But did you ever listen to them
There's just no understanding or something so demanding
That comes to no positive end
Just sitting around with your heads down
And your eyes closed pointed at the ground
Won't bring you any closer to him
Or keep you warm through the storm
Are you absolutely certain when you said that you felt something
When you looked into my eyes
Well how can you be so sure and say you have all the answers
When you don't know what's in my mind
It's just a lifetime of trying before finally realizing
I was wasting all my time
Well now I'm off to better things while you're still never listening
And that's just fine
It won't keep you warm through the storm
You can't say that I'm wrong, you don't know what's above me
You can't say that I'm wrong, you don't know what's below me
You can't say that I'm wrong, you don't know who's beside me
You can't say that I'm wrong, you don't know what's inside me
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4. |
Reasons Why
03:56
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It's so easy to forget all the reasons why
It's because of how we were raised
It's because you're young and afraid and
Everyone you know is on the same boat
Drifting aimlessly down the dark side into the unknown
It's because you wanna be cool
It's because, well who could really blame you
In a world where no one really has to be here but
We exist so goddamn it you will hear me
Loud and clearly
It's so easy to forget all the reasons why x2
It's because I'm not doing my best
It's because of the pain in my chest
Of all the love that's trapped and cannot get out
Just needed someone to come and let it out for me
Someone like you
It's so easy to forget all the reasons why x2
All of these cliches wouldn't be cliches if they weren't true somehow
'Cause there's only so many ways that one could truly say I love you
It's because of nights like these
It's because there's no one else with whom I'd rather be
I've got my friends, I've got my guitar, I've got my family and I've got this beating heart in my hands
The reasons why x3
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You Won't Know
04:18
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Oh where did all of the time go
Like a landscape from a speeding car it just blurs and flows
I think the answers lie in the length of your hair
Every twist and curl's just a road that leads me somewhere
Down roads with no beginnings and roads with no end
I'm not stuck in the middle that implies balance
I'll just coast
'Cause you won't know
This perpetual fall did not begin with you
I saw red but now I'm just seeing blue
'Cause there's nothing left for me to grab on and
I've been falling down now for so long
That I don't know what's up and I don't know what's down
I don't even know if I'll ever hit the ground
I'll just float
'Cause you won't know
Now like everyone who came before you just disappeared
And like every single time I'm still here
And now on my way back into the atmosphere
You've all left me with all this space so clear
But I'm still here
So it's head underground or head underwater
At this point it could be one or the other
I choke
'Cause you won't know
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Every Time I Breathe In
04:28
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Do you remember the summer
Of four years ago and who your best friends were
Do you remember running
Down that dirt road after you thought you'd done something
And how it all runs together
Memories that were severed then sewn back together
I know you remember this morning
Staring across the water
Backing in we're here again
Have a look around and take it all in
Water flooding, it has reached the ceiling
It helps me remember, remember, remember
That vague familiar feeling of never
But now it's here again every time I breathe in
Exhale and I'm gone again
These growing winds demand that
Every single grain of sand will
Fall right through my hands
Now can I be called a man
I'm sure time erases
Because in dreams I've seen faces
I'm sure I've never seen
Or maybe my mind just misplaced them
But yet, there you are
In the flesh and blood
Laughing, talking and breathing
Just like you should
Just for starters I'll take you up on that offer
Sit around the table and bullshit a little longer
'Cause we're never really here
Our words just hang in the air
It helps to remember, remember, remember
That vague familiar feeling of never
But now it's here again every time I breathe in
Exhale and I'm gone again
You said you remember me like yesterday
As another day is smashed against the wall
But I can't believe anything you say
'Cause it's something that you'd remembered yesterday at all
Remember, remember, remember
That vague familiar feeling of never
But now it's here again every time I breathe in
Exhale and I'm gone again
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7. |
Into the Night
04:02
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A crowded bar
So I'll try to keep this conversation short
After all it's not like I've got that much left to say to you anymore
Did you realize
It's damn near impossible to summarize
The last two/three years of our lives
And actually say anything at all
So I'll wait for the band to kick in
Before I say anything else
So you can't hear me before I disappear into the night
I disappear into the night
You said you'd call
Just must be all the weed and alcohol I've missed out on
Along with every faded memory
Well if two's company and three's a crowd
Then four five and six we'll just keep around
To keep the night from falling down again
Maybe you should go and call more friends
While Iwait for the band to kick in
Before I say anything else
So you can't hear me before I disappear into the night
I disappear into the night
Two miles might as well be a whole world away
And the last few years carry so much more than you could say
I've already seen so much more than I'd ever want to see with you
And I never have to go back again but something compels me to
So I'll wait for the band to kick in
Before I say anything else
So you can't hear me before I disappear into the night
I disappear into the night
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You're Invited
03:51
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So for somebody to say I can't feel sad
'Cause someone else has it worse than I have
That's like me to say you can't be happy
'Cause someone else has seen better days
And you're invited to go your way
I just need time, time to realize
That too much time will just bury my mind
So I'm glad I've got friends, friends who do so well
'Cause all this time won't kill itself
And you're invited to walk through Hell
Hold on to your soul, 'cause it might float away
Hold on as long as you can cuz it will anyway
Oh it will anyway
So for somebody to say I can't feel sad
'Cause someone else has it worse than I have
I just don't think they see to know there's so much more to me
And every day I become what I want to be
And you're invited to come with me
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9. |
14 Arms
06:12
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Something is wrong
Can't put my finger on it
'Cause we've come and gone
Now we're right back where we started
So find something nice to say
If only just to say it
These hours turn to days
Before you know it
Your words are just a broken promise
'Cause we all spend time so far away
And there's always someone else
Who has something new to say
Love is all we have to give to everything
As 14 arms carry me away
So come on inside
Come and join the party
It will all be alright
It will all be over shortly
But whenever you call
I feel like I'm on black ice
I stumble and fall
Whenever you come back into my life
'Cause we all spend time so far away
And there's always someone else
Who has something new to say
Love is all we have to give to everything
As 14 arms carry me away
So tell me how you think all of this should be
I can only hold on to what's in my memory
'Cause we all spend time so far away
And there's always someone else
Who has something new to say
Love is all we have to give to everything
As 14 arms carry me away
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10. |
Everybody That You Know
03:29
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Everybody that you know
Is gonna end up coming back to you
Up from 14 stories high
At a fancy dinner party with a view
We've all got the time to spend
No priorities or cancelled plans
Everybody that you know is here for you
The new crescent moon hanging in the sky tonight was a sign
That everyone and everything's exactly where it needs to be
At this place and time
Did you feel it like I did when the wind picked up and then I caught it
I caught a ride back home
Everybody that you know
Is gonna end up coming back to you
Up from 14 stories high
At a fancy dinner party with a view
We've all got the time to spend
No priorities or cancelled plans
Everybody that you know is here for you
Test my hypothesis
I think the results will leave you surprised
Based on my evidence
I think you'll see that I'm right
That everybody's got the same disease
Of keeping reality wrapped up in their childhood dreams
You know there's no vaccine
Everybody that you know
Is gonna end up coming back to you
Up from 14 stories high
At a fancy dinner party with a view
We've all got the time to spend
No priorities or cancelled plans
Everybody that you know is here for you
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Behind my eyes I felt a burning
Sam said a change was coming
Endlessly trudging up the hill, more like a mountain
How long now I've stopped counting
I did not wake up today, I got no sleep last night
The golden gilded mask has corroded
A rusted orange silhouette is emerging
Like sewage backing up making way for the surface
Out of sight for a little too long for anyone to notice
Did not wake up today, I got no sleep last night
I was genuinely afraid but kept it all inside
Now why don't I just say what I want
Who really cares who I hurt, fuck your feelings
All I remember is that all of the people who look like me
Are already consistently seen as guilty
Before I ever open my mouth
Now I think about my momma
Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama
Old enough for her to remember
Not having the right to justify my existence
I did not wake up today, I got no sleep last night
Genuinely afraid but kept it all inside
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Zion Rodman Boston, Massachusetts
Zion Rodman is a versatile musician who spends most of his free time singing and playing the guitar, bass, piano, and drums. He grew up in Cape Cod and lived in Boston, where he developed as a musician and recorded his first album and EP. Zion currently lives and performs in Chicago, and makes frequent visits to Massachusetts. ... more
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