1. |
As Good As It Gets
03:04
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i wait for a hearse every day to pick me up
i sit here waiting for the day wonder if it will ever come
daily disappointment and feelings of resentment
toward the things i thought i liked
and baby you are
as good as it gets
so long
my love
it was as good as it could be
i sit around waiting for something to come save me
instead of running out to chase it
my high expectations
are the worlds obligation
to help fix my situation
and baby i know
that you can do better
and as long as
you're happy
i don't need anything else
one day you'll look upon a world
that you built for yourself
and the moments that you choose to hold onto
and your memories will fade
one day you will forget
the people you mattered most to
i wait for a hearse every day to pick me up
i sit here waiting for the day wonder if it will ever come
daily disappointment and feelings of resentment
toward the things i thought i liked
and baby you are
as good as it gets
so long
my love
it was as good as it could be
i sit around waiting for something to come save me
instead of running out to chase it
my high expectations
are the worlds obligation
to help fix my situation
and baby i know
that you can do better
and as long as
you're happy
i don't need anything else
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2. |
Dream
02:41
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i didn't want to be
the burnout you appear to see
it's good to know you're doing well
better than me
i wish i could
feel that rush i did
strike of lightning
from when i was a kid
dream of something
stream of thought
sleep we've lost
ideas we forgot
inspired by a smile
a simple gesture
so unsure of where
we're at right now
i didn't use up all my time
just for it to be gone
thinking on this climb
things i haven't done
dream of something
stream of thought
sleep we've lost
ideas we forgot
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3. |
Burden
02:02
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the blurry way on a saturday it makes me feel alright
when mom comes home i'll be new again
and i'll feel better then
dad's okay in a hundred ways and you can't stop him now
everything's fine i'm just wasting time living my life
i don't need you
and you clearly don't need me
you're a burden on my person
a burden
rainy days only yesterday i'm moving faster now
i don't care about the weather, man
i just want to know how
to brighten the hell out of tomorrow
for my friends and for i
they'll thank me and i'll thank you
for leaving me alone
i don't need you
and you clearly don't need me
you're a burden on my person
a burden
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4. |
Connected
02:39
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you know so much about each other
you've lost the need to ask questions together
everything's there for you to see
don't worry about them just live wild and free
cause they'll be watching your gems
they're your biggest fans
they've lost the need for experience
as long as you're alive they don't need to live
you give so much so that they don't have to
judgment passes like boats in the sea
will anyone come and rescue me
context isn't needed or required
explaining myself growing old and tired
for all i know what you believe is true
and all i say is gobbeldy goop
connected to the world in the worst of ways
so worried about what you have to say
tap me in the heart so i know you're there
please please please don't go away
whoever has the highest of all numbers
gets to live ever so comfortably
worship their might and their golden slumber
for now i'll only dream of being free
of the pressure and the work that is being a bummer
the only thing i can really be is me
connected to the world in the worst of ways
so worried about what you have to say
tap me in the heart so i know you're there
please please please don't go away
connected to the world in the worst of ways
so worried about what you have to say
tap me in the heart so i know you're there
please please please don't go away
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5. |
Lux
03:09
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grew up with a dream that i would one day conquer the world
i'd let fame, fortune, fast cars, and girls determine my self worth
would you choose someone based on how fast they can get to the place they want to go?
what can you learn about me on a 10 minute drive to your favourite fast food chain?
everything's covered in plastic and glue
screws and bolts and yet nothing really sticks
there's no room to grow inside your materialized reality
where everything's concerned with superficialities and junk oh no
feel no shame or sorrow
don't apologize for anything i do
if you wanna take offence or fight with me that's entirely up to you
it's up to you
i'm on a nature walk going through life
for no particular reason except i should
must a person suffer to become the one they're meant to be?
i can only look at how much better others are doing for so long
and i want
something that feels more than real
i don't want something that's synthesized
i don't want cheap thrills like everyone else does
get boozy on the weekend and act like you care on every other
day, i don't need someone who cares if i haven't seen that tv show or
counts how many bills i have
so what if I got my suit at a thrift store
I didn't think that this life would come with so many things that I don't need
don't need you to tell me what i can and cannot say
i can't believe you care enough about whom with i stay
i can't talk to him because she did all this to they and they're upset
i need to escape
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6. |
Red Beanie
03:07
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hand held tightly like i'm hanging off a cliff
on a quest we're finding treasure
something's lost between our lips
twigs stuck on your coat made of synthetic leather
feels like we're lost at the end
you've lost your sense of touch
i'm trying hard to be friendly
but you're not feeling as much
and when you let go of my hand
i hope that one day you'll be back again
the sky will be lit up once more by then
and we'll know it's not all bad
if it's cold wear your red beanie, oh
i swear you'll look fine
you send chills up my spine
if your blood's not freezin' we'll be laughing all the time
you're so fine
and when you let go of my hand
i hope that one day you'll be back again
the sky will be lit up once more by then
and we'll know it's not all bad
if it's
cold, cold,
cold, cold
cold, cold
cold, cold
if it's cold wear your red beanie, oh
i swear you'll look fine
you send chills up my spine
if your blood's not freezin' we'll be laughing all the time
you're so fine
fine
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7. |
Normal?
03:30
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wistful for the days when
you didn't mind your hair
better were the days then
you didn't really care
started getting older
becoming more aware
i could feel when folks were colder
i could feel when they'd all stare
baby i don't know where i fit in
baby i don't know
take me as i am
i know i'm flawed but i am human just like
you know that i wouldn't try to make you change
it just wouldn't be the same
we wore things that we liked
said things we thought were funny
that made us really feel good
learned that it made us different
so we hid behind irony
that label really sticks
i'll do something stupid
and it's like i never did
maybe i don't want to be ironic
how will you ever know who I am?
take me as i am
i know i'm flawed but i am human just like
you know that i wouldn't try to make you change
it just wouldn't be the same
learned about acceptance
and avoiding social drama
of which conflict is the essence
we're waiting for our karma
accept the world is changing
tolerance is the key
our souls we're rearranging
without love what would we be?
baby i'm learning who I am
baby please love me for who I can be
i don't want to be normal
being normal's overrated
not being myself is awful
i get so frustrated
i don't care if i don't look sophisticated
we're not characters in books, we're more complicated
than that
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8. |
Thanatophobia
02:41
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presentiment of being alone
being here without happiness that you own
a lot of missing someone that hasn't
gone away sweaty hands and kissing
holding you every day
a lot of growing and never knowing
if they're someone that you'll get to be old with
fear of ruin, slipping out of consciousness
i don't want you to go
please don't leave me alone
don't want to be selfish but let me go first
please don't miss me, just come back when you can
be with me right now while you can be
i don't want to waste another day
acting like i don't appreciate what you do for me
what i'd do to keep you
what i'd do to keep you
what i'd do to keep you
forever
what i'd do to keep you
what i'd do to keep you
what i'd do to keep you
forever
what i'd do to keep you
what i'd do to keep you
what i'd do to keep you
forever
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9. |
The Right Time
02:57
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following a pair of copper cruiser
red glare shining on the window
bass thumping on through to the back of my head
i feel like i'm such a loser
i've never won anything in my life
i don't care if i ever have a wife
i deal in absolutes cause i always know i'm right, right?
everyone seems to have their life all figured out
but i need some more time
thought i had everything behind me
but i'm only about to start
i can't wait for the right time forever
it's gotta be now or never
now or never
gotta stop comparing myself to all the others
i've waited around too long to be discovered
so i'll discover myself
should i go into the woods and get myself lost
so that i can finally find myself?
i'd rather be a ghost than someone who never existed at all
life isn't ever supposed to be fair
but a reason for all of us to live
just do what you love
and find someone who loves it too
i guess i owe it to myself
i've been so afraid of failure until now
but it's better than waiting around hoping dreams come true
cause they won't unless i do something
i can't wait for the right time forever (i've been waiting for too long)
it's gotta be now or never
now or never
i can't wait for the right time forever (gotta stop comparing myself to all the others)
it's gotta be now or never, now or never (I've waited around too long to be discovered so I'll discover myself)
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11. |
Hang In There
03:47
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am i crazy?
am i so insecure
my head is hazy
can't fake being this unsure
is anything worth it?
cause i have to second guess myself
everytime i think i give a shit
It's cause I do
I do
what makes me lazy?
is it that I don't care enough?
maybe I'm just crazy
'cause I worry way too much
I've just got a take a second
and make sure that I'm alright
every time I think I give a shit
it's cause I do
I do
nothing is okay
sometimes we don't feel alright
and that's alright
it's hard to force a smile
when you have to force yourself to do everything else
just hang in there a while
I'll be with you in a sec
I just have to focus on myself
first
am i crazy
for knowing what i’m worth?
maybe i’m just crazy
for always wanting more
to me it’s worth it
no i shouldn’t second guess myself
every time i think i give a shit
it’s cause i do
nothing is okay
sometimes we don't feel alright
and that's alright
it's hard to force a smile
when you have to force yourself to do everything else
just hang in there a while
I'll be with you in a sec
I just have to focus on myself
first
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Cesar Tee
singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer currently residing in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, North America, Earth.
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