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Casualty
02:21
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You sat alone in your beautiful garden
Crying out into the night
Of the stone forming deep in your heart
And how the world had passed you by
I sang of love
From high above
And tried to ease your pain
I sang so long
My sweetest song
My efforts were in vain
Until one night when your beautiful eyes
Filled up with tears and you disclosed
That your happiness relied
On your want for the reddest rose
Night after night
I took to flight
I made your need my own
I scoured the trees
The seven seas
I gave my flesh and bone
I tried to make a red rose for your garden
Built it out of music and moonlight
Couldn't bear to watch your warm heart harden So I let you drain the blood from mine
Thought I'd be the spark to ignite your fire
To find out it would never be enough
Thought that I could be your heart's desire
But I became a casualty
A casualty of love
A casualty of love
A casualty of love
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Bleed Between the Lines
04:30
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When my rope gets tightly wound
And the sky seems to be crashing down
When the going's getting tough
I think I've had enough and
Feel so lost I can't be found
Left hook, right hook, headlines sting
All my deepest fears, vibrating
In the shadows threatening to consume me
So I put left foot right to keep on track
But there's so much traffic pushing back
I'm in deadlock
I need release
I merge in to the melody
It's quite a stretch
Hoping for Utopia
Life is a mess
Fate exists to trip you up
What can I say?
Don't always know my way 'til I
Put pen to paper
And I bleed between the lines
Put pen to paper
Bleed between the lines
When I'm overdosing on insane
And my senses cannot sustain
When my throat is closing up
And it's all a bit too much
I find an outlet for the pain
Something from nothing I'll create
With my two bare hands
One blank page
And when the words come crashing in
I am battle-ready
So I just choose my weapon, raise it high
Then I swing it like a Samurai
Cuts right through the noise
My voice fuses to the melody
It's quite a stretch
Hoping for Utopia
Life is a mess
Fate exists to trip you up
What can I say?
Don't always know my way 'til I
Put pen to paper
And I bleed between the lines
Put pen to paper
Bleed between the lines
Ink flows like rain
Over the page
Washing me clean
Surrounding me
With perfect harmony
It's quite a stretch
Hoping for Utopia
Life is a mess
Fate exists to trip you up
What can I say?
Don't always know my way 'til I
Put pen to paper
And I bleed between the lines
Put pen to paper
Bleed between the lines
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3. |
Game Face
03:27
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Oh, take your seats
It's time to reveal my latest act
Sit back, watch me pull
A backbone out of my hat
It's been a minute, times have changed
Since my last shot at bat
Until I learn to swing and hit
Call me copycat
Gonna fake it 'til I make it
With my eyes on the prize
Opportunity is infinite
If I improvise
Don't know what the fuck I'm doing
But I'll keep keeping calm (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooooh)
I've got my game face on
I know talk is cheap
Mind over matter
Must practice what I preach
Got a bag of tricks At my disposal
But I can't miss a beat
Mercury rising
Hot under my collar
And I've got to bring the heat
Though I'm not one to play with fire
I won't burn in defeat
Gonna fake it 'til I make it
With my eyes on the prize
Opportunity is infinite
If I improvise
Don't know what the fuck I'm doing
But I'll keep keeping calm (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooooh)
I've got my game face on
Ooooh, I've got my game face on
Don't look down
Just walk the wire
You'll never win the race
If you keep slashing the tires
Know your triggers
Know your tells
Your greatest foe is
Your lack of belief in yourself
Gonna fake it 'til I make it
With my eyes on the prize
Opportunity is infinite
If I improvise
Don't know what the fuck I'm doing
But I'll keep keeping calm (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooooh)
I'll fumble through it
If I keep keeping calm (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oohooh-oooooh)
I've got my game face on
I've got my game face on
I've got my game face on
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4. |
Alpha
02:53
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(Ah, ah-oooooooooooo)
When we're alone
Just you and I
We laugh and joke
We talk and vibe
You're so at ease
I don't know why
I'm still so shy
You meet my eyes
I lick my lips
Must occupy
My fingertips
They want your touch
They want it bad
But I'll hold back
(Ah, ah-oooooooooooo)
I think it's time we lay this on the line
(Ah, ah-oooooooooooo)
Will you be the alpha or should I?
Some simple act
I've got to try
A hug hello
A kiss goodbye
Don't have the nerve
I'm such a fool
I lose my cool
I want to ask
I need to know
It's too late now
To let this go
So in my head
So filled with doubt
I chicken out
(Ah, ah-oooooooooooo)
I think it's time we lay this on the line
(Ah, ah-oooooooooooo)
Will you be the alpha or should I?
I never got the hang of
Trusting in myself you see
But my instincts tell me that something's there
In the air between us
Tell me is it worth the risk
To upgrade this flirtationship
Or have I gone and gotten this so wrong
So very, very wrong
(Ah, ah-oooooooooooo)
I think it's time we lay this on the line
(Ah, ah-oooooooooooo)
Will you be the alpha or should I?
I feel the chemistry and
I want to reach for your hand
Just waiting on that green light baby
One of us has got to take the lead
Who's it gonna be?
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5. |
Train but No Ticket
04:48
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I never knew the battle raging on
Beyond your smiling eyes
It took getting the news that you were gone
Before I realized
That we live life through a telephoto lens
Lose touch with our friends
And take for granted
Real-life monsters live inside our heads
Not underneath the bed
And sometimes they win
So I wish I'd known and I could have asked you
To tell me when it hurts
Though I know it might have had no impact to
Tell me when it hurts
I know I can't begin to understand
But I've tried on those shoes
When you're lost in the shadows
Giving in feels like the only route
Cause there's a train departing darkness at dawn
But you won't you can't get on
You've got no ticket
And you're overwhelmed 'cause all the notes are wrong
But so much of your song
Remains unwritten
So I wish I'd known and I could have asked you
To tell me when it hurts
Though I know it might have had no impact to
Tell me when it hurts
Oh I wish I'd known and I could have asked you
To tell me when it hurts
Though I know it might have had no impact to
Tell me when it hurts
When the train rolled out of sight
And the lonely whistle cried
I bet you felt
Caught in Between
Hung upside down
Turned inside out
Left behind and left alone
With no will to go on
But if you could have seen
Beyond the veil
How many hearts
Would be derailed
Would your strength still resign
When you saw those approaching lights?
To shoulder hope's no easy task
If only doubt had doubled back
Before you laid down on the tracks
So I wish I'd known and I could have asked you
To tell me when it hurts
Though I know it might have had no impact to
Tell me when it hurts
Oh I wish I'd known so I could have asked you
To tell me when it hurts
Though I know it might have had no impact to
Tell me when it hurts
(Cause there's a train departing darkness at dawn
But you won't you can't get on
You've got no ticket)
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So many times I've taken chances
On a love that crashed and burned
Left this heart in disrepair
I have a history of many
Disappointed lessons learned
But change is in the air
Something about you makes it hard
For me to keep building these walls
Brick by brick they're coming down
That's what you do to me, do to me (Oh Oh)
It's all so new to me , new to me (Oh Oh)
That's what you do to me
You make it right
I've heard it changes you
Well that's half true
Cause since you came along
I've never felt more like myself
Before it seemed to me I had to bleed
To know that it was strong
Now there's no parallel
So tell me who you think you are
To look beyond my flaws and
Make me see just me could be enough
That's what you do to me, do to me (Oh Oh)
It's all so new to me , new to me (Oh Oh)
That's what you do to me
You make it right
The look in your eyes
So surprised
It's alarming me
To realize
No disguise
You're disarming me
Can't look away
Won't turn back
So caught up in the rush
'Cause when we love on the weekend
I can't get enough
I'm missing you every minute
I don't feel your touch
Should I love it or hate it?
Maybe I think too much
Got me believing after all
I never thought that I'd fall
Finally, defenselessly in love,
Love
That's what you do to me, do to me (Oh Oh)
It's all so new to me , new to me (Oh Oh)
That's what you do to me
You make it right
Do to me, do to me (Oh Oh)
New to me, new to me (Oh Oh)
Do to me
Do to me, do to me (Oh Oh)
New to me, new to me (Oh Oh)
Do to me
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7. |
Here Comes the Sun
04:41
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I took a briar to the heart
I was bleeding out way too much
Another fool to fall a casualty
On the battlefield of love
Slipped away could not turn back
Colors faded grey to black
In that empty space
Faced the shadow of the man I was
But I heard a whisper as I died
There can't be darkness without light
So I'm breaking through the stormy skies
And I'll, I'll cast away my fears and rise 'cause I'm
Still breathing
And believing
My broken heart's still beating
So raise a hand to shield your eyes
Here comes the sun
What's lost, what's won?
The battle's done
I'd given up and given in
Thought I'd suffered more than one could take
Until I found a light within
Suddenly felt wide awake
And that barren land love left in ruin
Became a garden
In full bloom
So I'm breaking through the stormy skies
And I'll, I'll cast away my fears and rise 'cause I'm
Still breathing
And believing
My broken heart's still beating
So raise a hand to shield your eyes
Here comes the sun
What's lost, what's won?
The battle's done
I'm breaking through the stormy skies
I'll cast away my fears and rise
I'm still breathing
And believing
My broken heart's still beating
I'm feeling so revitalized
Breaking through the stormy skies
And I, feel my spirit taking flight 'cause I'm
Still breathing
And believing
My broken heart's still beating
Raise a hand to shield your eyes
Here comes the sun
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Composit Nova Scotia
We are Composit; Dean & Mark, a couple of 80s/90s kids who grew up to make sounds only partially inspired by that era. We make emotional, electronic pop/rock. We incorporate retro gaming elements, guitar solos, science fiction metaphors or whatever other dorky stuff comes to us. We aim for fresh but nostalgic. ... more
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