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Loud and Clear
03:08
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can you hear me if i sing it loud and clear
or do i have to whisper to you darling
in between the dreams your days will disappear
slip between the cracks, you’ll never feel them falling
you can’t bring them back no more
don’t you know they put a number on your days
hasn’t anybody told you
but if you’d rather just keep standing at the gates
then who am i to scold you
you can’t bring them back no more
can you hear me if i sing it loud and clear
or do i have to whisper to you darling
you can’t bring them back no more
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2. |
Lift Me Up
03:35
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baby, i’ve been waiting all my life for her to come
counting down the seconds ‘til the day i found someone
who understood the rhythms trapped inside my burning soul
an alchemist to turn my leaden darkness into gold and lift me up
lord knows i’ve been a sinner since the day that i was born
praying for salvation in some perfect angel’s arms
will she come and rescue me from what i’m bound to be
help me to forget the things my stormy eyes have seen and lift me up
now she’s here before me just like heaven’s open gates
and i can’t find the will inside to take my eyes away
but when i start to falter baby, if i start to fall
she never lets me go, just holds me in those angel arms and lifts me up
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3. |
Enjoy The Fall
04:56
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my bank account is empty and my well is running dry
staring at the distance looking for a sign
to justify my patience and help me to believe
in destinations other than defeat
standing in the darkness and i’m searching for a flame
i know nothing’s changing
we’re back against the wall
i know i can’t fix it
so i’ll just enjoy the fall
i’m sure that someone somewhere’s got something up their sleeve
but here the system’s broken and it’s got me beat
and i’m drawing out the reasons that the world is breaking down
but i’m just tracing all the lines my parents found
standing in the darkness and i’m searching for a flame
i know nothing’s changing
we’re back against the wall
i know i can’t fix it
so i’ll just enjoy the fall
and how these old temptations can be so hard to resist
to turn myself around and reminisce
i know it never was as easy as i like to recollect
but sometimes i can’t keep my eyes from looking back
standing in the darkness and i’m searching for a flame
i know nothing’s changing
we’re back against the wall
i know i can’t fix it
so i’ll just enjoy the fall
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4. |
Kim Kardashian
03:25
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i’ve been chasing motivation
racing through my brain to change the
plain and simple fact that no one cares enough to try
effort is a dying art
and i would set myself apart
but no one showed me where to start and it just seems too hard to find
besides, i’ve got time to waste
i’ve been growing low on patience
tracing through this endless maze
of trading blame and saving face to justify the ends
honesty left long ago
and i would like to stop the show
but breaking up the ebb and flow would ruin the suspense
besides, i’ve got lines to say
dignity’s a memory
and it would be a tragedy
if only there was someone left to mourn the death of shame
but i’ve got pride to fake
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5. |
Bound To Break
03:29
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can’t you see i unravel for you
every seam falls apart beneath your gaze
all i know lost inside your ocean
and in the flow i can feel you pull me down
caught inside and i’m under pressure
i can’t hide that the way you make me feel
fills my soul. inhibition falls away
as i unfold, i can feel you pull me down
in the end there is no escaping
i’m suspended here but the spell is bound to break down
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6. |
Where Angels Stand
03:43
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fill my head with sound and fury
watch my life unwind
lift me up where angels stand for
something more divine
let me go
fill my head with fire and brimstone
watch while i’m destroyed
melodies have lost their meaning
on my broken voice
let me go
fill my head with white hot lightning
watch me lose control
say goodbye as rhyme and reason
slip beyond my soul
let me go
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7. |
Repeat After Me
03:49
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i’ve been throwing these meaningless lines around
i’ve been searching for weight in my words
but i can’t offer a single original thought
so i’ll just give you what you’ve already heard
from somebody else a thousand times over
everybody repeat after me and let go
all my efforts are leaving me empty
‘cause all my ideas have been stripped to the bone
every lyric and rhyme in my head is
another recycled old line that’s been stolen
from somebody else a thousand times over
everybody repeat after me and let go
i’ll keep tossing these trivial phrases
and i’ll keep trying to burden my verse
but all my theories are foregone conclusions
‘cause i’m restating the same tired words
as everyone else a thousand times over
everybody repeat after me and let go
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8. |
Downfall
03:35
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she’s the kind to find a fractured mind and break it open
pick apart the pieces ‘til your peace of mind is broken
and fix the strings until her whim controls your every motion
she’ll be your downfall
don’t you disbelieve there’s more than what she lets you see there
stored up old performances that force you to believe her
broken stories formed to seal the door to your defeat, boy
she’ll be your downfall
boy, hold on - she’ll take you out
boy, hold on - she’ll break you down
boy, hold on - she’ll rip your heart out
you don’t know
she’ll just hold her cards until you’re certain you can call it
but a flicker from her eyes and now your confidence is stalling
boy, now weren’t you told you can’t just fold now that you’re all in
she’ll be your downfall
boy, hold on - she’ll take you out
boy, hold on - she’ll break you down
boy, hold on - she’ll rip your heart out
you don’t know
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Undone
03:35
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feel my sorrow feel my pride
break apart my infancy
swallow up the soul inside
and steal the man i might have been
and all is undone
the wind hums its forgotten hymns
while my heart ties itself in knots
chasing after all my sins
atonement’s broken promise lost
and all is undone
down below my memories
the truth begins to grow back slow
as years of lonely vanity
reveal themselves as all i’ve known
and all is undone
when death and i stand face to face
redemption is an afterthought
outside all of heaven’s grace
my faith would sink beneath this cross
and all is undone
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10. |
Last Breath
04:00
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sitting here in the dark
wasting my time and i can’t believe it’s
only an hour ‘til dawn
and i’m just a fool, alone in my songs
in the well of my brain
i’m running dry from the pull of these memorized
scenes from the days
but the pictures i took have faded away
and i’m falling again
‘cause it’s hard to forget
when it’s all in my head there’s nowhere else to run
i can feel the earth spin
erasing my sorrows and building up dreams
that may come once i’ve been
every last breath is one more beginning
and i’ll fall once again
‘cause it’s hard to forget
but i know in the end i’ll see the rising sun
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11. |
Walk Away
06:28
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i’ve got some things left to say
so i’d say them once and be done
but i know that all that you want to hear
is you’ve won, so you’ve won
you were born to a world
where lies are all you’ve known
but it’s time for you to grow up, darling
or go home
it’s all over now
i tried to tell you everything
but pride is such a vicious king
and all of my words were just treason to you
so you can chase your broken dreams
and hold on to these empty things
until one day you can’t escape the truth
and all of the games that we played
they’re all done for me, so i will just walk away
it’s all over now
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Ian Galipeau Keene, New Hampshire
I write songs about ideas and characters I find interesting. I've always been fascinated by the grey areas in life, and writing music is one of the best ways I've found to explore the nuances.
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Dietrich's thoughtful lyrics are alive in his effortless melodies. Each song is beautifully produced, served by instrumentation that varies between intimate and expansive. "Around the World" is a gem.
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