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2. |
Once We
04:50
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Verse 1:
Time, it hasn’t been my friend.
It’s been turbocharged since the day he left.
If I haven’t made it far, very far yet,
it’s because part of me died the day he went.
Link 1:
And how long can I keep measuring Brad as a we,
when I only ever see that guy when I’m asleep.
It’s been 8 whole years of just me,
and it’s been 8 long years of sleep.
Hook:
And I try not to cry. Though at night, I can’t lie,
I don’t like, but don’t mind,
even I cry, despite
living life in the light.
I’m a sight for sore eyes.
But in spite of that fight,
brushed aside, I’m alright.
Chorus:
And how can a guy like me continue measuring himself as once we.
And for how long can a guy like Bradley continue measuring himself as a once we.
Verse 2:
Life hasn’t gone as expected;
Sometimes terrifying, and sometimes just meh.
And if I haven’t made it past the front door yet,
it’s because part of me died back in 2010.
Link 2:
And how long can I keep measuring Brad as a we
when I only ever see that fuckin’ guy in my sleep.
It’s been 8 whole years (woe is me)
and it’s been 8 long years in solitary.
Hook:
And I try not to cry. Though at night, I can’t lie,
I don’t like, but don’t mind,
even I cry, despite
living life in the light.
I’m a sight for sore eyes.
But in spite of that fight,
I’m alright. I’ll be fine.
Chorus:
And how can a guy like me continue measuring himself as once we.
And for how long can a guy like Bradley continue measuring himself as a once we.
Bridge:
Damn, I wish I could go back,
‘cause I’m starting to fade to black,
and there’s nothing left here for me to grab.
I can’t even find a hand, or a rubber band,
to fling me out of this monster of a jam,
and it’s starting to fuckin’ drag.
I’m startin’ to lose who I am.
Chorus:
And how can a guy like me continue measuring himself as once we.
And for how long can a guy like Bradley continue measuring himself as a once we.
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3. |
Damn Good Lover
03:45
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Verse 1:
You can say I didn’t really love him
or that I can’t know what love is
or that I’m unable to feel affection,
but hold up, let me just tell you this:
Hook 1:
I am able to do more than mimic
the pain he caused me when he left,
and you won’t deprive me of that.
Chorus:
I was a real damn good lover (You won’t deprive me of that)
So I’m afraid to tell ya
I was a real damn good lover
your diagnoses were all wrong
I was a real damn good lover
And they lacked any sort of rational thought
I was a real damn good lover
So go on and just get out of here you putts
Verse 2:
You can say that I made him all up
or make me seem stupid and dumb,
but I’m sure not gonna let you define me
or force me to define the word love.
I was able to cry my eyes out, when he left me all depressed,
but I wasn’t able to find out what made him so damn attractive.
Hook 2:
I am able to do more than mimic
the joy he brought me when we met,
and you wont deprive me of that.
Chorus:
I was a real damn good lover
So I’m afraid to tell ya
I was a real damn good lover
your diagnoses were all wrong
I was a real damn good lover
And they lacked any sort of rational thought
I was a real damn good lover
So go on and just get out of here you putts
Bridge:
And while I felt all these
Interesting things, it seems,
they all dwelled inwardly.
I didn’t show them outwardly
for the possibility
of perhaps what they’d see;
Which is a weakening me.
Chorus:
I was a real damn good lover
So I’m afraid to tell ya
I was a real damn good lover
your diagnoses were all wrong
I was a real damn good lover
And they lacked any sort of rational thought
I was a real damn good lover
So go on and just get out of here you putts
End:
I was a real damn good lover
I was a real damn good lover
I was a real damn good lover
I was a real damn good lover
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4. |
Wanna be Down
03:56
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Verse 1:
You’ve gotta be willing and wanting to change yourself for me
Secure, and not threatened. Know not what to mention
Flawless and perfect, want-less and needless, fearless and greedless
to live for me
You’ve gotta be a 100% sure that I’m what you’re needing
And that you’re not wasting my time
You gotta be walking on eggshells if you really have to
All of this for me
Chorus:
I wanna be down baby. I want your love like before
I want this now baby, before I love you no more
Won’t want you around baby, and I’ll lock the door
So ya gotta be proud baby, to declare that I am yours
Verse 2:
You’ve gotta be ready for mood-swings; able to calm me
Just sit there while I sing, no matter how frightening
Protect me when I’m weak, and not mind my yelling
Just do all of this for me
You’ve gotta proudly stand by me, not embarrassed by me
Go risen when I fall, and answer when I call
Not bail on me when you feel so small next to me
And don’t be so bitchy. I can’t help I’m pretty
Chorus:
I wanna be down baby. I want your love like before
I want this now baby, before I love you no more
Won’t want you around baby, and I’ll lock the door
So ya gotta be proud baby, to declare that I am yours
Bridge:
I wanna be down baby
I want this now baby
Won’t want you around baby
So ya gotta be proud baby
I wanna be down baby
I want this now baby
Won’t want you around baby
So ya gotta be proud baby
Chorus:
I wanna be down baby. I want your love like before
I want this now baby, before I love you no more
Won’t want you around baby, and I’ll lock the door
So ya gotta be proud baby, to declare that I am yours
Bridge:
I wanna be down baby
I want this now baby
Won’t want you around baby
So ya gotta be proud baby
Chorus:
I wanna be down baby. I want your love like before
I want this now baby, before I love you no more
Won’t want you around baby, and I’ll lock the door
So ya gotta be proud baby, to declare that I am yours
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5. |
You Didn't Care
04:28
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Verse 1:
I dyed all my hair for you.
I lost all this weight for you.
I pierced myself down there for you.
I’d bite my tongue for you.
Hook 1:
‘Cause I was scared, I was scared, afraid that you’d leave me
I was scared, I was scared I’d end up alone
Chorus:
But you didn’t care.
You didn’t care.
No, you didn’t care.
But you didn’t care.
You didn’t care.
No, you didn’t care.
Verse 2:
I cut my hair shorter for you.
I walked out on my friends for you.
I turned off the music for you.
I changed my ways for you.
Hook 2:
I was afraid, and insecure, and intimidated.
I was scared, I was clinging onto a microphone.
Chorus:
But you didn’t care.
You didn’t care.
No, you didn’t care.
But you didn’t care.
You didn’t care.
No, you didn’t care.
Chorus:
But you didn’t care.
You didn’t care.
No, you didn’t care.
But you didn’t care.
You didn’t care.
No, you didn’t care.
Bridge
And it really sucks that,
that you’re gone now
It really bites when
I can’t show you how
far I’ve come;
how much I’ve grown.
And we can’t turn around,
time travel’s not allowed.
But you know, what I’ve found
is memories are loud,
and they’ll play on
for as long as they’re owned.
Chorus:
But you didn’t care.
You didn’t care.
No, you didn’t care.
But you didn’t care.
You didn’t care.
No, you didn’t care.
Chorus:
But you didn’t care.
You didn’t care.
No, you didn’t care.
But you didn’t care.
You didn’t care.
No, you didn’t care.
Chorus 2:
But you didn’t care.
You didn’t care.
No, you didn’t care.
You didn’t care.
You didn’t care.
No, you didn’t care.
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6. |
Like Me This Way
04:29
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Intro:
Here we go again
Here we go again
Verse 1:
It’s not the good from the place that I hate
It is the bad from the hell that you created for me
When the facts show that I made the mistake
Then I’ll take, then I’ll take, then I’ll take all the blame
You can put it all on me, and I won’t hesitate
Chorus:
I spend all, all of my time doing your job
Which is okay, but not every day
I’ve been played, everything
I tried to change, but you like me this way
Verse 2:
It’s not the night-frights that I get where it seems like
like you’re on my back, like all the time, yeah like every night
It’s not the ideal life if it’s every time I open up my eyes
With flashbacks running through my mind, it’s like my imagination’s working overtime
You’ve crippled me it’s true but I’m disguised
Yeah that’s right, keep smiling, and roll your eyes
It’s okay because I hold my anger inside
I hold all my anger inside yo
Chorus:
I spend all, all of my time doing your job
Which is okay, but not every day
I’ve been played, everything
I tried to change, but you like me this way
Chorus:
I spend all, all of my time doing your job
Which is okay, but not every day
I’ve been played, everything
I tried to change, but you like me this way
Bridge:
Well you know that you’ve got me crippled and bent
Yeah, we both know that you enjoy watching me try to bend
On a whim, and at your will, just so that you can try and circumvent
the fact that I too, I really am just like you; someone trying to live
Chorus:
I spend all, all of my time doing your job
Which is okay, but not every day
I’ve been played, everything
I tried to change, but you like me this way
Chorus:
I spend all, all of my time doing your job
Which is okay, but not every day
I’ve been played, everything
I tried to change, but you like me this way
Chorus:
I spend all, all of my time doing your job
Which is okay, but not every day
I’ve been played, everything
I tried to change, but you like me this way
Chorus:
I spend all, all of my time doing your job
Which is okay, but not every day
I’ve been played, everything
I tried to change, but you like me this way
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7. |
Chester's Last Chord
03:25
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Verse 1:
All of the money in the world
The best business partners a guy could ask for
One of the most gorgeous families known to man
A rock-star life with millions of adoring fans
Hook:
None of that was enough for you in the end
Chorus:
So even if you were still here
this song would have still fallen on deaf ears
And all my chords of grieving tears
Well, they’d have still streamed down, but only in front of my mirror
Verse 2:
You were like a superhero to me,
and to your fans, and your kids, your friends, and all your family
Because throughout your songs we felt a sense of familiarity
It’s so hard to look ahead, when leaving you in the past is what that actually means
Hook 2:
To say I’m taking it hard would be an understatement
Chorus:
So even if you were still here
this song would have still fallen on deaf ears
And all my chords of grieving tears
Well, they’d have still streamed down, but only in front of my mirror
Bridge:
I can’t imagine what this has done to your band-mates.
And man, after your fucked up childhood you’d think
a guy would try not to make such a damaging mistake.
Yo, what about your kids man, who’s gonna keep them safe?
And when I think about all the things that you had, and gave up,
it’s discouraging man, because here in this life that’s exactly what
we all strive for.
It’s that same sort of love the world fights for.
Chorus:
So even if you were still here
this song would have still fallen on deaf ears
And all my chords of grieving tears
Well, they’d have still streamed down, but only in front of my mirror
Chorus:
So even if you were still here
this song would have still fallen on deaf ears
And all my chords of grieving tears
Well, they’d have still streamed down, but only in front of my mirror
Chorus:
So even if you were still here
this song would have still fallen on deaf ears
And all my chords of grieving tears. . .
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8. |
REviscerate
03:34
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Intro:
Selfishness and apathy, really?
Verse 1:
Selfish, like wanting to bring someone new into a tune
just in case something bigger happens to come along
Chorus:
What’s this about all of the energy it takes
to work with somebody on all the pain, and all the mistakes?
And what about all of the energy that we all know you save
every time that you don’t have to pick up the phone to say “hey” to me?
Verse 2:
Apathy, like backing somebody 107 percent
to help maybe make some of their dreams start to happen
Chorus:
What’s this about all of the energy it takes
to work with somebody on all the pain, and all the mistakes?
And what about all of the energy that we all know you save
every time that you don’t have to pick up the phone to say “hey” to me?
Bridge:
I guess some people don’t believe in the patience of the wait;
sitting by a phone that they know will never ring. Never gonna ring.
Chorus:
What’s this about all of the energy it takes
to work with somebody on all the pain, and all the mistakes?
And what about all of the energy that we all know you save
every time that you don’t have to pick up the phone to say “hey” to me?
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9. |
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Verse 1:
I really wish that I could do more than
just take a look back into my past
I swear sometimes it feels almost tangible
Don’t you wish that you could do more than
just have a look back into the past?
Like physically reach out and grab him by the hand?
Hook:
‘Cause you’re so alive, right there
But it doesn’t change the fact that you’re really not, yes, I’m aware
Chorus:
You lied when you said you’d never let go
‘Cause once you go you can’t come back from this you know
I guess that means that your purpose, it was served in full
Just like I guess that I was meant to spend the rest of my life alone
Verse 2:
I really wish that I could have helped you
But I didn’t notice what you were going through
I still feel like this is just a really terrible dream
Please God just let me, wake up in the morning
Or give me one more chance to hear him singing
I swear I’ll be anything that you want me to be
Hook:
‘Cause you’re so alive, right there
But it doesn’t change the fact that you’re really not, yes, I’m aware
Chorus:
You lied when you said you’d never let go
‘Cause once you go you can’t come back from this you know
I guess that means that your purpose must have been served in full
Just like I guess that means that I was meant to spend the rest of my life alone
Bridge:
Your job wasn’t finished, at least not from where I’m sitting
but maybe in your own sense of the word I guess I can see
how you could have concluded that it was some sort of destiny
or maybe you just didn’t know all the ways that you were helping
Chorus:
You lied when you said you’d never let go
‘Cause once you go you can’t come back from this you know
I guess that means that your purpose must have been served in full
Just like I guess that means that I was meant to spend the rest of my life alone
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10. |
The Backwards
04:09
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Verse 1:
You can’t call people these types of names
No one wants to continue to play this game
Find a KKK member, put on a play
But not one classy person laughs at a person’s race
And there’s not a thing that you could ever say
that would ever change my mind on this sort of thing
Come on Hitler, this ain’t 1938
And you ain’t Adolf Hitler and we ain’t KKK
Hook:
So you go on with your hatred, and be your own invalida. . .
tion, ‘cause the people stand against you, and they gonna put you right in your place
Chorus:
Got no time for the backwards
So you can take all your bad words
Yo shove ‘em up ‘til your ass hurts
Ho your opinion doesn’t matter
Bro got no time for the backwards
So you can take all your bad words
Yo shove ‘em up ‘til your ass hurts
Ho your opinion doesn’t matter
Bro got no time for the backwards
So you can take all your bad words
Yo shove ‘em up ‘til your ass hurts
Ho your opinion doesn’t matter
Bro got no time for the backwards
So you can take all your bad words
Yo shove ‘em up ‘til your ass hurts
Ho your opinion doesn’t matter
Verse 2:
You can’t fight marriage equality
No one even liked Kim Davis anyway
You should pack a bag and we’ll get you on a plane
‘Cause no one in this country still accepts bigotry
not one classy person makes fun of being gay
And if they do they get fucked up thoroughly
Come on hater, this ain’t 1968
The people busy loving, while you’re out spreading hate
Hook:
So you go on with your hatred, and be your own invalida. . .
tion, ‘cause the people stand against you, and they gonna put you right in your place
Chorus:
Got no time for the backwards
So you can take all your bad words
Yo shove ‘em up ‘til your ass hurts
Ho your opinion doesn’t matter
Bro got no time for the backwards
So you can take all your bad words
Yo shove ‘em up ‘til your ass hurts
Ho your opinion doesn’t matter
Bro got no time for the backwards
So you can take all your bad words
Yo shove ‘em up ‘til your ass hurts
Ho your opinion doesn’t matter
Bro got no time for the backwards
So you can take all your bad words
Yo shove ‘em up ‘til your ass hurts
Ho your opinion doesn’t matter
Bridge:
So if you find you’re backwards, pop your daddy in the face
And tell him he don’t matter, the way he raised you was a disgrace
And that you’re the only one that he hurt, by raising you that way
But you still have time to prove your worth, but your pops is one of god’s mistakes
Chorus:
Got no time for the backwards
So you can take all your bad words
Yo shove ‘em up ‘til your ass hurts
Ho your opinion doesn’t matter
Bro got no time for the backwards
So you can take all your bad words
Yo shove ‘em up ‘til your ass hurts
Ho your opinion doesn’t matter
Bro got no time for the backwards
So you can take all your bad words
Yo shove ‘em up ‘til your ass hurts
Ho your opinion doesn’t matter
Bro got no time for the backwards
So you can take all your bad words
Yo shove ‘em up ‘til your ass hurts
Ho your opinion doesn’t matter
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Bradley Voorhees East Syracuse, New York
Who doesn't enjoy an interesting indie artist? Am I good, am I bad? Who knows. Guess we'll all have to wait and see. Yes, "we" 'cause not even I know myself anymore. I think that really comes out in the tunes though. Who knows, perhaps it may be you who can help solve a mystery? Yeah, I like a lot of retro television :D But I'll be there for you, if you're there for me too! Ha ... more
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