1. |
My Own Mess
03:46
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I take my time
Guess I have it, why not cash in
My own designs
All the indecision's maddening
Right here in the middle of my own mess
I'm gathering everything I have left
I'm here in the middle of my own mess
I'm happy to live with my own regret
Step out of line
Privy to the path I'm paving
But plans unwind
Yeah I have 'em, just can't stand 'em
I'm here in the middle of my own mess
I'm piling up trash just like all the rest
Right here in the middle of my own mess
I'm happy to lose placing my own bets
I spent my dime
Now I have none, guess I had fun
On borrowed time
Least there's a decision happening
Right here in the middle of my own mess
I'm gathering everything I have left
Stuck here in the middle of my own mess
I'm giving my worst just to take what's best
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2. |
What You See
03:53
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You want change?
Well, I'm trying hard
To be what you see in me
If I may,
I'm failing hard
To grasp what you see
Feels change
And I'm trying hard
To say what you mean to me
It ain't the same
And I'm fighting hard
To grasp what that means
If I was an angel, then I'd sing
Show you there's a smile I could bring
If you walked a mile, then you'd see
That it's been a while waiting
If I had a message I should give
Something real special to outlive
I've done walked for miles, nothing gives
Oh, it's been a while, waiting
You want change?
Well, I'm trying hard
To be what you see in me
If I may,
I'm failing hard
To grasp what you see
Feels change
And I'm trying hard
To say what you mean to me
It ain't the same
And I'm fighting hard
To grasp what that means
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3. |
Wild Wind
04:04
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He'd always wake up on the couch down there
Empty bottles and disheveled hair
We'd go out drinking back when we were friends
He'd still be drinking at the morning bend
And I didn't try to stop him from living a lie
Comes a time gets easy to cry
Caught up, spun out, in his whirlwind ways
Tossed his talent and spit in its face
And in the morning when he'd make amends
Reassuring it won't happen again
Close your eyes, know it's ok if you cry
Comes a time we all pass by
When you can't place love and you're waiting to die
I wanna wake up on the couch down there
His head in my lap, my hands in his hair
I wanna feel a wild wind again
Rearranging what happened back then
Oh I don't mind watching the world pass me by
As time goes on, gets easy to lie
I've said that I'm trying but I'm living a lie
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4. |
Don't You Lie
02:43
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Baby don't you cry
I'll be there in a hurry
You're my reason why
You don't have to worry
Baby don't you lie
Don't be scared you'll hurt me
Darling don't you lie
If you're gonna hurt me
Don't worry
You're my me and mine
Keep my world turnin'
Need no reason why
I can say I'm certain
Baby don't you lie
Don't be scared to hurt me
You don't need to lie
If you're gonna hurt me
Then hurt me
The truth comes in the end
The hurt comes anyway
The truth comes in the end
And the hurt comes anyway
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5. |
Often My Mind
02:16
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Often my mind it races
What have you done
Oh my god
Oh my god
Well I'm dying to know
Are you lying to me?
Sifting through the faces
What will I find?
Oh my god
Oh my god
My eyes grow and grow
Do my eyes lie to me?
Mapping out the paces
Where have you gone?
Oh my love
Oh my love
Your lie grows and grows
My eyes don't deceive
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6. |
Ten To The Day
04:30
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Familiar faces
Looking at me
I can't place what's on the mind
Just underneath
There in the mirror
Wasting away
Waiting on signals
Holding back day after day
Often time spiraling by
Spinning round, passing each line
One in a million
Comes ten to the day
It makes no difference in the end
It's always the same
Grasping for answers
Not reaching for truth
Expecting to come up, when in fact
We're headed to lose
Often time spiraling by
Spinning round, passing each line
(Mata koiniochiru)
Just like falling in love again
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7. |
Tell Me Something Good
03:23
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Someone dimmed the lights on you
Took out all your hue
Everything you see turns blue
A Corvette and a view
But you're pissin' it down
Tell me something good
If you could, tell me something good
All I see is let down here
Heavy little lies
Level heads get left down here
Livid all the time
And it pisses me off
Tell me something good
If you could, tell me what you would
Well you should
Tell me something good
If you could, tell me what you would
Tell me something good
If you could, tell me something good
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8. |
Keeping Score
03:48
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You don't have to leave here
You could stay in bed and go to sleep
A moment that's a lifetime
A minute that won't simply disappear
So I'm not what you're looking for
Well, what for?
You won't come back anymore
But you're at the door
I've been keeping score
You've no right to be here
It's best to find out some things first
I've heard that you're the one who's crying
Now I'm not the one that's feeling hurt
I feel you standing by the door
What are you listening for?
So you don't love me anymore
Left me on the floor
Have you been keeping score?
Poor boy
All of our lives we'll be keeping score
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9. |
Looming Towers
04:54
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Lifted lids land on looming towers
And I struggle to focus
I often wake up dizzy
As if still in a dream
Where no one's ever there for you
Yeah, no one's ever there for you
Well no one's ever there for you
No one's ever there
A gentle touch bathing trouble hours
As I'm drifting back homeward
I know it won't be easy
Was it ever before?
Well no one's ever there for you
Yeah, no one's ever there you
Well no one's ever there for you
No one's ever there
Just as soon as I've known it
Well I'm going back home
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10. |
Sparrow
08:25
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If you went missing I know that I'd be pissing my pants
Thinking bout how wishful thinking wouldn't bring you back
So I'd go and find a sparrow and I'd send it to your window
Drop a turtle figurine by your bed
I don't need to know what you're looking for
Anywhere you go I'll be there
And I know you're not asking for
Anything I own
But have my heart
If you were to pack up all your things and back your car up
Out of the spot in front of my house that's such a treasure to be found
Well I guess I'd send a sparrow and it would crash into your windshield
Throwing turtle figurines off your dash
I don't need to know what you're looking for
Anywhere you go I'll be there
And I know you're not asking for
Anything I own
But have my heart
Honey don't let me go, you have my heart
(Wake up sleepyhead)
I let you slip away from me once
Now I'll never run away from us
Love is all we are
I know that we can take it that far
If you let come out straight from the heart
Love is all we are
Love's all we are
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lake j Chicago, Illinois
lake j is the music of Cadien Lake James, guitarist for Chicago band Twin Peaks. Breakbeats, pastoral guitars, and synthesizers make up songs about love, life, and mortality.
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