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Sea Sick
03:21
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Seasick
It’s too twee for me all the harmonies leave me seasick
I need electric guitars can you lower the bar I got one trick
Relative minor you could set a timer
All the harmonies and the melodies leave me seasick
I know less than you forgot, I’m just skimming off the top
From the best that came before, simple riffs and power chords
Doesn’t take a genius, I know you’ve seen this, before
I've been tossed around on this shaky ground I was seasick
Nervous and wrecked from the cause or effect, hit me so quick
Relatively minor if I could only find her
I need a shoulder to lean sick and tired of the scene got me seasick
I know less that you forgot, I’m just skimming off the top
From the best that came before, simple riffs and power chords
Doesn’t take a genius, I know you’ve seen this
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Bottle It
03:09
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Bottle It
Yeah I curse the radio, the same old songs we already know
Played until Ad Nauseam, playing us like we’re already numb
Like we can’t make our own choice, follow the leader not our own voice
Like we should remain little girls and good boys
We grew up and out of it, don’t care how they bottle it
Yeah I curse the world in my phone, everything is just a click we will never be alone
With thoughts in our heads and sights on the stars
I remember when we could be just who we are
But now there’s no, no getting old
They’ll take care of that with needles and dope
Anything you want ‘til we’re bought and we’re sold
I grew up and out of it, don’t care how the bottle it
It’s a wrap, one false move and they’ll catch you in the act
It’s the truth, all you got is everything to lose
Yeah I curse the time on my hands, I should hit the ground running but I’m stuck here where I am
There’s a voice in my head and it never goes away
Nails on a chalkboard keeping me awake
Like the lie that God has a plan no matter what you do
Time is like sand that falls through your fingers, catch what you can
I grew up and out of it, don’t care how they bottle it
I grew up and out of it, don’t care how they bottle it
Yeah I grew up and out of it, don’t care how they bottle it
(don’t care how they bottle it)
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Mind Reader
03:00
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Mind Reader
Not every word that I spit out
Has a meaning or a doubt
What we thought was meant to be
Left for sinking out at sea
If I’m out of luck, or I’m out of time
I’m out of ways to make you mine
I can’t tell just where you are
When you confiscate the stars
What was easy seems so hard
I’m not a mind reader
Tell her when you see her
The combination lost its code
And we’re stuck on overload
I played it back but in reverse
just got worse
Now I’m out of luck, and I’m out of time
I’m out of ways to make you mine
I can’t tell just where you are
When you confiscate the stars
What was easy seems so hard
I’m not a mind reader
Tell her when you see her
If she was a mind reader
She would know I need her
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Get the Feeling
03:24
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Get the Feeling
I get the feeling, I’ll flip a switch
and I’ll end up face down in a ditch
From my own doing, left in ruin
That’s what I get for messing up and screwing around
Not a liar, not a cheat, just a vampire needing sleep
I’m a lesson to be learned, or a letter to return
and I’m turning into something
I get the feeling, the feeling’s gone
no use in dragging this thing on
Wish I could tell you it wasn’t my
bad intentions that let this thing just die
Not a liar, au contraire, I was hoping you’d be there
‘cause forgiveness is divine, could you give me one more try
Before I turn this into something that I’ll soon regret
I’m turning into something
Not a liar, not a cheat, just a vampire needing sleep
I’m a lesson to be learned, or a letter to return
I’m turning into something, that I’ll soon regret
Don’t let me turn this into something
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Long Way Down
03:49
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Long Way Down
Out of control, out of my meds
Thinking about all the times we had
There’s plenty of space in the back of my mind
For all I forget, what I can’t find
It’s a long way down to here, it’s a long way down
Out of control, I wish I knew
How I got so far away from you
The more I fight the less I learn
I’m past the point of no return
It’s a long way down to here, it’s a long way down
It’s a long way down to here, yeah it’s a long way down
Tongue tied everything is twisted
I don’t know why I’d ever risk it
Out of control, out of my meds
Thinking about all the times we had
It’s a long way down to here, it’s a long way down
It’s a long way down to here, yeah it’s a long way down
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Rejection Letter
03:09
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Rejection Letter
Thanks for your interest but we’re gonna pass
We want something that’s gonna last
Maybe you’re living in the past
Buried in books with your power pop hooks
Yeah we’re looking for the next big thing
That sounds just like the last big thing
With some lessons maybe you could sing
Your way above the crowd
When you’re crying out loud
Maybe next time you could write some hits
A great big chorus we can hardly resist
Everybody pumping their fists
When they say “yeah”
After consideration I regret
To inform you I could not accept
The rejection letter you just sent
It was all too vague and loaded with cliches
I feel sorry that you couldn’t see
The perfect fit that we could be
Sealing your fate in history
There’s no saving your skin when you fade into oblivion
Maybe next time you might even try
Think outside the box, another reason why
You won’t change your mind
And say “yeah”
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Above Water
03:13
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Above Water
Yeah, you atoned for the sins of your father
Nobody noticed so why do you bother
You follow the lines but it feels like it’s leading to slaughter
Sometimes it’s more than enough just to keep above water
Sorry you struggle with so many issues
Give me a moment I’ll grab you some tissues
Whatever happened to everyone’s favorite daughter
Sometimes it takes all you got just to keep above water
Yeah, you’re controlled by the tears of your mother
How can you claim that you’re rising above her
Sometimes it took all she had just to stay above water
Yeah sometimes it’s more than enough just to keep above water
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I'm Ready
04:51
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I’m Ready
Looking at each other like we were staring at the sun
One eye closed the other knows this has just begun
It won’t always be euphoric but if we have enough
Time on our side we can shine this diamond in the rough
I’m ready for the good times, I’m ready for it all
Ready for the complications, we’ll survive a fall
I’m ready
I don’t know how we got here, could have just as well be stuck
Without a plan to understand good fortune or good luck
It won’t always be historic but if we know the way
All our fears will disappear, slowly fade to grey
I’m ready for the good times, I’m ready for it all
Ready for the complications, we’ll survive a fall
Yeah ready for the good times, I’m ready for it all
Ready for the consequences, we’ll survive a fall
I’m ready for the good times, I’m ready for it all
Ready for the complications, we’ll survive a fall
Yeah ready for the good times, I’m ready for it all
Ready for the consequences, we’ll survive a fall
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Eyelids
02:42
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Eyelids
I’ve got trouble with my eyelids I can’t keep them open
The world we put behind us feels like it’s still broken
There’s a time bomb, ticking in my brain
Though it can’t stop, I keep pushing it away
I’ve got trouble with my eyelids I can’t keep them open
I fade in conversations every word unspoken
Lightning strikes, but only in one place
And just for spite, and it’s keeping me away
If everything’s alright, if everything’s ok
If everything’s alright why do I feel this way
Well the walls are closing in
In spite of the shape I’m in
I buckle up and climb back in again
There’s a time bomb, ticking in my brain
Though it can’t stop, I keep pushing it away
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10. |
On the Ropes
02:49
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On The Ropes
I miss you so badly, you got me on the ropes
I feel like I’m barely holding on to any hope or dream
If I’m making a scene
I miss you completely, you got me on the ropes
The silence is screaming, I’m left with only ghosts I can’t see
I’m trying hard to believe, it’s something I need to do
To try get over you
This ending isn’t ending anytime soon
Miles away, light years to wait
To feel your touch, I need the rush
I miss you so badly, you got me on the ropes
I feel like I’m barely holding on to any hope or dream
If I’m making a scene, it’s not something I mean
I want to believe
Miles away, light years to wait (I need the rush)
To feel your touch, (I need it) I need the rush (I need the rush)
That you would give, (I need it) when we used to live (I need the rush)
Like every breath, (I need it) was our last breath
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Nick Piunti Detroit, Michigan
Nick Piunti began his musical journey as a 12 year old rocker with his teen band Dwarf. 50 years later and his passion for creating 3 minute bursts of melodic rock has not faded. Now with The Complicated Men (Jeff Hupp, Ron Vensko, Kevin Darnall, Joe Daksiewicz) Nick continues to release perhaps the best music of his career. This takes late bloomer to the extreme. ... more
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