1. |
Dawn
03:32
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Reaching out
Through every crack in my window,
The sun’s come out
After all these hours of laying low.
The dreamless sleep I always knew,
Is not mine anymore.
It’s time to face the rising blue
Of the day that’s in store.
My feet are on the ground below
But my head’s still far from clear.
Do I believe all the things I know?
Or am I just happy to be here?
As sure as our world circles the sun,
And the hours turn into days,
Someone’s dusk is another’s dawn,
And the warmth is all that stays.
They say that the truth will set you free,
Lay your heart to rest, put your mind at ease.
But who’s to say that this is to be,
And who are we trying so hard to please?
Who are we trying so hard to please?
Who are we trying so hard to be?
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2. |
Continue
05:11
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Verse 1:
There’s a place that I know
Not far from here
It’s a place where I go
To face all of my fears
Where no one can hear me
And no one can see
All the shades of empty
Kept inside of me
Prechorus 1:
Come take my hand, I’ll show you the way
You can bring all of your demons there
Chorus:
I want you to know that you’re not the only one
Who feels there’s no warmth under the rising sun
So what if you’ve missed the train you were never on
And what if your time has only just begun
Verse 2:
And it feels like the world
Is just passing you by
You’ve kept your wings all furled
Afraid to fly
Staying on track
Is easier said than done
You should only look back
To see how far you’ve come
Prechorus 2:
There’s no more conversations to have
We’re so much more than just broken halves
Bridge:
Step into the light and you’ll see it’ll all be alright
Will you take a chance, or save it for the last dance
Hear the sound of my voice drown out all of your reasons to doubt
And become all everything that only you could ever be
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3. |
Adrift
05:22
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Verse 1:
Well, I’ve been drifting for far too long now
And the shore’s nowhere to be found
And the waves, they’re playing my favourite song
As the sky looks on, without a sound
But I wish it was easy as sink or swim
Coz we played to lose
Not a thing to win
Verse 2:
And we always seem to ignore the signs
Think we know much more than we’ve seen
And we always colour outside the lines
Never wondering what might have been
Prechorus:
But is that choice really ours to make
And are our lives really ours to take
Chorus:
Just like the Sun brings all the rain
And not everything is what it seems
There’s always time to change
All you need to do is see
So if you look through all the pain
You’ll see hope for you and me
And when we find ourselves again
We’ll know just who we
Want to be
Verse 3:
But, it’s getting kind of cold now
And the day’s given way to the night
I want to move, but I don’t know how
Will I ever do something right
To think I’ve tried, tried and tried
But to myself, all I’ve done is lie
Verse 4:
I’m standing an inch off this ledge
Take a step back and I’m safe for now
It’s a long way down off of this edge
But it don’t seem that way, somehow
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4. |
Familiar
05:56
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Verse 1:
Do you ever wonder
About everywhere you’ve wandered
And all of the people
Whose faces you can’t remember
Do you ever stop to think
As you pass them by in just a wink
You may never see them again
As they disappear before you blink
Verse 2:
And as we take a step
from one moment to next
Forgetting about the one
The one that just left
Prechorus:
We lead our days like we live our nights
Not knowing what lies within our sights
Surrounded by our biggest fears
We’re so easily
Moved to tears
Chorus:
And so maybe we’re all looking
Maybe we’re all looking
For versions of the same thing
Arms we can lay in
And the warmth that they bring.
A place to call home
Crowns to stay kings
Need someone to call our own
And familiar songs to sing
Verse3:
Hey what’s the rush
Have you somewhere to be
A minute, that’s enough
Sit down here with me
Breathe, it’s not the end
We still have much to see
Make a memory or a friend
Stay a while before you leave
Verse 4:
And as we watch the world go by
I can’t help but wonder why
We know the words to say but don’t
We do the things we say we won’t
Prechorus:
We lead our days like we live our nights
Not knowing what lies within our sights
Surrounded by our biggest fears
We’re so easily
Moved to tears
Bridge:
There may never be
A heaven above
Or a place where you feel
Safe when you wake up
But don’t you ever be
Afraid to love
I mean it when I say
the world can’t get enough
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5. |
The Other Side
06:37
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Verse 1:
Hey there, are you listening
Listening to what I have to say
You’re so far away, so distant.
But I’ll say it, I’ll say it anyway.
You and I, we’re not the same.
There’s a whole world in between us and it’s growing every day
The road that we walked on was no easy path to tread
It was all so much easier when we’d lay awake in bed.
Prechorus:
We took a walk down this street
Of hopes and dreams
Hand in hand, on our feet
We followed what gleamed
There’s no easy way to say this,
But I guess I’ll have to try
So give me one last kiss
Coz it’s time to say goodbye
Chorus:
Like two stars in a summer sky,
Who were never meant to be.
Let’s fade away into the night
And set each other free
If this darkness brings a better dawn
I’ll see you on the other side.
Verse 2:
Suppose we stayed the course
Ignoring.. Ignoring all the signs
I sometimes wonder what we’d miss the most
Our spirits or our fuckin’ minds
When the love we take is more than what we make
That’ll be the day we can no longer fake
We’ll sit and wonder how we made it this far
Knowing all along, this isn’t who we are
Bridge:
No, don’t stay with me, if you’ll leave tomorrow.
Why do we always have to bother?
Don’t Stay with me coz you’ll leave tomorrow.
Don’t Stay with me coz there’s no tomorrow
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Paraj Bengaluru, India
Paraj is a guitarist, singer-songwriter and percussionist from Bangalore, India.
A self-taught guitar player and a
trained vocalist and tabla player, he has been a regular in the Indian indie music scene. Having played for one of India's premier prog rock bands, Rainburn, he also plays for Flaw & Order. He has featured in
PROG, Rolling Stone, and numerous other publications for his music.
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