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One More Day
03:58
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Why would you tell me nothing here is wrong?
I wait here in silence, and I play along
Who would you follow, anyone you see?
No one can lead you, but you can follow me
I want to see the clouds break
and I wait for one more wave
If I could have the chance, please
I'd ask for one more day
Who would you follow, anyone but me?
No one can fool you, but you're decieving me
If I don't make it to my goal in mind, and find it too high
how can I reconcile these wasted years of treading in seas
waiting for a song to save me, powerless, just like a baby?
Still, I push on, praying blindly, someday soon, you all will find me
Someday, you all will find me
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This Time
02:42
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This time, I will not forget what happens when I go to bed
And ungraciously, I slumber, dreams enter my head
I can't stop the way I relive all my past regrets
of things not done the right way and things I've left unsaid
I lie awake, what is real, what's fake? Half asleep and dazed
It's not yet dawn, before the alarm, the music plays
Next time I catch myself understating how it feels to me,
I promise to reconsider what I really mean, and
I'm not too sure just what I need from you, but this much
is guaranteed, so listen: What I say is true
Semi-conscious, weakened will
I rest my eyes again until
I pray for some good, lay alone
Would love to learn the way
Help me please, just do me this
Each day goes the same
Ten for you and one for me
Who will save the sane?
Let the music play
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Turning
04:03
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As I lay down my head
Feeling the weight of the world
Wondering when you’ll come
As I marvel at the thought of your arrival
As my heart beats faster
The feelings last and
The world turns to gaze at you
Barely breathing
Head down, kneeling
Imagining what you’ll go through
To grow with you will
Devastate and cancel
The world turning to gaze at you
As we stroll down the lane of memories
Will it be the same
When I worry about what
Has been bound and grown
As my heart beats faster
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Tell Her I Love Her
04:08
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In time, I’ll say what I want to say
But why try, she won’t listen anyway
Today, I’ll ask if she wants to play
But why try, she won’t listen anyway
Uptight, I’ll probably never get it right
Daydreamin’, things look better out of sight
Sit back, information overload
I’ll write a story, the best one I ever told
When I sleep late at night
I hear dancing from her room
Cause she lives right above me
And I watch her every move
She might think, I’m out of my mind
Should I tell her I love her?
I might think, I’m wasting my time
Should I tell her I love her?
School days, I tried to take her on a trip
She said, there’s only just one little glitch
What’s that, an evil-ugly-awful-foe
She fears, that her boyfriend’s gonna know
Wa-hoo!
If she’s walking by, she’ll catch your eye, then time will fly, you’ll lose your mind
Then she knows, yeah she knows it
If she’s walking by, she’ll catch your eye, then time will fly, you’ll lose your mind
Then she knows, yeah she knows, yeah she knows
Midnight, I woke to the window light
I looked out, to see why it’s so bright
I climbed up, to look through the shutter doors
There she was, dancing naked on the floor
Wa-hoo!
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Silenced
03:50
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False dream castle resting on shallow air
Falls right down, falls because no one cares
Why go on when no one wants to hear me?
Live your separate life of joy
and I'll keep on silently dreaming
Going down the same old path
Every time the same as the last
Going down, down, down...
You profess you'll always care about me, what I do
That was then, and this is now, so why you prove untrue?
Packs of lies shoved down my throat, force feed me what you will
Live your separate life of joy, but send me to my quiet hell
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6. |
Would It Matter
04:09
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If I called out to you
I’d speak so simple of the words that are meant for you
But I’ll keep distant from what’s near
Might seem a little crazy, that I want to hide you from your fears, but...
What would it matter?
If I said those things I thought you’d want to hear
And what would it matter?
All the words we’d say would turn themselves to tears
There’s so many years that I could share
But it's old conversations rooting time that’s disappeared
So what can I offer you right now?
A love so special, only you would know that I was handing out
If I walked this world forever, would I meet you in the same place?
We’d sit down and talk for hours about how we’d never make it
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Midnight
02:26
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4 am is when I hear the cry
5 am down the hall I fly
6 o'clock I watch the time go by
7 then 8, I just can't be late
I wipe the sweat off of my head
and my heart beats fast, my feet feel like lead
The pressure builds as my nerves are fed
as I play the game of Life...
Only I'm to blame
Borderline insane
Pleasure turns to pain
At what time?
Midnight
12 noon hits and I think of them
it's 1 o'clock and it happens again
at 2, I refocus and grab my pen
as the afternoon goes by
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8. |
Now For A Then
02:33
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How long will this have to last?
When is my time coming?
Won't you help my hours pass?
While away in strumming...
These quiet moments, me and a pen
Let me save some now for a then
Exhausted body and my mind
Think of things I've left behind
Looking up to see what's mine
Promises and token rhymes
Do me the favor and live for me now
so that I someday won't have to bow
down to the pressure building within
All that I ask for is "please can I win?"
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9. |
Where'd She Go
03:44
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Never drove far just to see the stars or eat some face on a candy bar
I never bothered to read about all the reviews
Never bought hype from MTV, Emmy and Oscar weren’t nice to me
So why do I love to care about your sanity?
I see your face stand still in time
Your world is not for me to find
How am I supposed to get to you?
So now I wonder, I wonder where she goes
When her time isn’t right, the beauty didn’t last forever
So now I wonder, I wonder where she goes
Star-struck boys and all their toys
Will do what they can to make some noise
They try to make you believe in what you do
Your midnight hats are all the same
You're wearing them out without any shame
You need them all to believe that you’re their fantasy
Watching, wondering, where’s that girl she knows?
Why did the mirror change her?
Watching, wondering, where’s that girl she knows?
Where did she go?
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Calling out to you, waiting for a reply
that I know will never come
All these crystal tears, filled with
memories, love and trust
Nights and days pass me by as you left me here
imprisoned in a memory, lost forever
I can no longer feel the ground below me
I can no longer see the world around me
My mind is numb, my heart is the only feeling
and it is overflowing with my love for you
And all I can do is sleep to pass the time
and this pain that stings me still
I know nothing anymore
yet this rain and my surroundings
tell me you are here
Forever with me
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Out There
03:01
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Wishing that I could have met him
The start of your crooked smile
Getting to know the Rose
That made his life worthwhile
Chills when the phone rings
Friday at 4:30
Waiting for the nachos and half & half
You look away when I sing at you
Falling pale as they stare
Cause they know it’s you that I always see
At the show and everywhere
When I look at you staring right through
The smoky air
Seeing me seeing you
Out there
You and the girls would come to the shows
Wearing your matching tees
And every time I am amazed
At the impression that she leaves
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Past Tense
03:37
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Past tense proves to work in strange ways
Currently, I'm wasting my days
thinking over gone-by ages,
wondering what came of pages
written out, translated from my
deepest thoughts and ones that float on by
Lines got crossed, but dotted my i's
carefully, as I plot my rise
I feel I have trained and read
I feel I have drained my head
I feel I have lost it all
I fear I have been a fool
They laugh at what they want to see
It's so sad that they can't agree
Wish another wish for me, please,
I no longer wish to be here
Sell your souls for thrills and money
Live the life that they'd have you be
In this play, there's only one scene,
filled with dirt and grass and my queen
A long week ends here
My patience bends, dear
As progress pends near
mind makes amends clear
Don't say hey, that's the way
Don't tell me I have to pray
Don't sit back and rest your eyes
Don't believe I'm on your side
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13. |
Hello
02:31
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The Velmas Albany, New York
Awesome Albany, NY Rock Band since 1999. Three singers and songwriters creating powerful rock music. The Velmas' sound is influenced by old-school to modern rock, punk, reggae, and even country and classical. The Velmas have shared the stage with acts like Soul Asylum, Collective Soul, Everclear, Tally Hall, Winger, Vertical Horizon, Richard Lloyd, Samantha Ronson, and Shaw Blades. ... more
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