1. |
Bounded Chains
03:35
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You break these chains within
Through your lies again
Into a place of familiar sin
Who would know but you
And you hide this pain within
Through your eyes again
Into a cage I can’t escape
Is it just our fate?
Bounded chains
Holding me
The clearest sky
I’ll never see
Bounded chains
Hold me tight
I am here
But it’s alright with me
Falling faces broken dreams
Closing spaces splitting seams
The wall caves in and spits you out
Who would go, that’s all up to you
For you to choose, it’s what you lose
These lies and truths
Bounded to these chains again
I can't move and I can't grow
Forget about the things I said
If you must then go ahead
This fire spreads into the wind
The mind’s burning to an end
With these…
Bounded chains
Holding me
The clearest sky
I’ll never see
Bounded chains
Hold me tight
I am here
But it’s alright with me
Locked away and lost the key
These bounded chains won’t ever set me free
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2. |
Misfits in Machines
03:38
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Misfits in machines
Spread the word
So come and see
What we tell you to believe
Deception hides its face
Lies to embrace until the end
So wait and see
What the message is supposed to be
To be the one who thinks alone
Whose thoughts are under no control
To be the one who won’t cast stones
And drink the poison you can’t let go
It’s happened all before
Always needing more and more
So standby and see
When the sun sets for you and me
It doesn't matter where
They know that you’re there
But can't you see
The roots that hide under the tree
To be the one who thinks alone
Whose thoughts are under no control
To be the one who won’t cast stones
And drink the poison you can’t let go
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3. |
Fall Before Me
04:02
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You take your time and watched it fade
Although I wished you stayed but I can’t ever blame you
We’ve spread away, and lost the days
Although it seems cliché but I can’t ever see you
So let’s pretend you’re well, but I can’t ever tell
What you said was real at all
Fall before me
I can part the sea you'll never see
So take this key
And open the door to your eternity
So save your lies and close your eyes
Just improvise but I can’t ever heal you.
The gates are closed, and I suppose
It’s been exposed, but I can’t ever trust you
So those guarantees you promised me
Were never even real at all
Fall before me
I can part the sea you'll never see
So take this key
And open the door to your eternity
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4. |
The Fourth
04:16
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Preach to me you sins
And let them unfold
Caress me with your soul
So I can once again feel whole
Reflect on the mind
Until the end of time
Roll me under
And live your life
Reflect on the mind
Until the end of time
Memory fades and it winds away
This today’s not here to stay
The first time you decide it’ll be okay
The next time you repeat and retry
The third one’s a charm
And the fourth, the fourth is just a lie
Closed doors and empty rooms
Pockets spilled and ashes burn
Tides have turned
And suns have set
And it’s all too easy
To just forget
The day, the day you and I
Should have never really met
The first time you decide we’ll just reset
The next time you repeat and retry
And The third one’s a charm
And the fourth, the fourth is just a lie
It’s all a lie after the fourth time
That you’ve betrayed me
It’s getting hard to forgive you
Condemn me or
Am I the fool?
With this burden to bare
I’m convincingly aware
To believe that I could care
That I should care
After all the lies
After the fourth time
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5. |
Seeds of Yesterday
03:38
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Once again you've fallen right back
Right back where you used to be, and now you see
The days start to pass you by and you wonder why
Then you never think it's gonna change, it stays the same
Oh but you never found what you're searching for
and what you can't ignore
Then you never live your life without a few regrets
Cause that's what we're supposed to do, I guess it is true
And if you wanna run away you'll never change it
You can only fool yourself for so long
But then it's time, time you find yourself
And I hope you realize
If you're gonna plant the seeds of yesterday
In tomorrow's fields
The grass won't ever grow
So it's time, time to let it go
Longing for a day that isn't thrown away
Just save it for another day, just not today
The life you're trying to build seems so unfulfilled
You must have never took it seriously
What can we ever achieve
When there's never, never a reason
So if you're gonna plant the seeds of yesterday
In tomorrow's fields
The grass won't ever grow
So it's time, time to let it go
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20 years and I’ve seen the world
And watched its ways
And it’s certainly cruel
If I can’t start walking the right way
Then I’m sure it goes to waste
Tell me did you think it would be easy
But you know it’s not
Well I can’t believe that it’s come to this
And I don’t agree that I let it be
While you… are the dam
That blocks the water of existence in your mind
Can you carry this away?
How human can you remain?
Live your life in vein
Pour your soul down the drain
How human can you remain?
And you know I’ve lied to you,
And been untrue
While you keep traversing
Down this same old river of deceit
Will you…ever choose
What it is that you can’t afford to lose
But if you… are confused
Or just refuse, give the devil his due
Can you carry all this weight?
How human can you remain?
Live your life in vein
Pour your soul down the drain
How human can you remain?
And I can’t believe that it’s come to this
We start to grow, where I just don’t know
Just write your lyrics on the paper
And keep your eyes to what surrounds you
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7. |
The Last Page
03:54
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Within a blink of an eye
The world can change
Never the same
A destiny
I couldn't foresee
Wake me from this bad dream
This can't be what it seems
Please tell me this isn't real
Don't forget me
This night stands still
And it might take longer for the sun to rise
I hear your cries but just look into the sky
And know it's not good, it's not goodbye
When you tear down this reality
What is it that you'll hope to see?
That you're in a better place
But I hope you'll remember
This face, this trace of a soul so
Don't forget me
This night stands still
And it might take longer for the sun to rise
I hear your cries but just look into the skies
And I hope that you'll know
It's not good, it's not goodbye
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8. |
Dreams May Take Hold
04:20
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What if you could touch the sky?
You could see right through your life
If you try
But I don't know what I have seen
And I felt like I have been here before
Washed ashore
Tear the sun before your eyes
The soul is just disguised
And here you are, among the stars
Don't let your temple fade away
You must build it everyday
Until it's gone, and that's okay
What is life anyway?
Let you life unfold
Your dreams may take hold
Of you and me, set us free
Your dreams may take hold of you
Was it all just make-believe?
Could I have just been deceived?
Was this real? Your magic pill
Tear the sun before my eyes
The soul is just disguised
Yet hear you are
Just a star
What if you could blind your eyes?
See your senses sail away like yesterday
And that's okay
What is life anyway?
Let your life unfold
Your dreams may take hold
Of you and me, set us free
Your dreams may take hold of you
Your Dreams May Take Hold
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9. |
This Circle Never Stops
03:12
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Can you bend what's broken?
Can you make amends?
Can you bury it all deep
And let it go again
Can you break the skin?
Bury all your sins
Can you feel what's not anymore?
Like you have done before
Can you run in circles?
Can this all be a dream?
Is it all just too much, for most of you and me
What can we make of this?
What is this supposed to mean?
Blinded by the truth
What are you supposed to lose?
And it seems to me
That this circle never stops
Is this all flooding away?
Well I don’t know
Can you bend what's broken?
Can you put it back together?
Draw your own conclusions
Blurring sets of mind
Can you light the fire?
Or burn away hope and desire
Is this too much to ask?
Could you melt inside your mask?
Look into the future
And tell me what you see
Could you just have been deceived, was this all a dream
What can we make of this?
What is this supposed to mean?
Carry this all away
Could it have just been a fake?
Could it have just been a dream?
And it seems to me, that this circle never stops
It's all flooding back to me
Could it be that I don't know?
Were my eyes closed among the journey
That we call our life?
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10. |
The Tired Man
04:28
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Over such a short time span
Here lies the tired man
His hangovers and heartbreaks
He can’t erase any more mistakes
Ashes fall in empty cups
Three more shots ‘til he erupts
Dishes pile and no one calls
And all the memories rust on his walls
He’s giving up and no longer fights
Lord knows if he'll make it through the night
Another bottle another fright
Dying as fast as the speed of light
And they say
His health and mind start to decay
He says he'll get better one of these days
Well they start to pass him by
It’s not even a problem yet
Six more drinks and some cigarettes
Every day and every time
He’s giving up and no longer fights
Lord knows if he'll make it through the night
Another bottle another fright
Dying as fast as the speed of light
And the memories rush right back to him
But time flows like a forgotten whim
The past he longs for is all that's left for him to keep
Oh the tired man must go to sleep
The tired man must go to sleep
He’s giving up and no longer fights
Lord knows if he'll make it through tonight
Another bottle a final fright
Dying as fast as the speed, oh the speed of light
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11. |
Justify
04:28
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Justify my Jesus
Judge me with your purest soul
Here’s how to live your life
Carve me with your knife
Forget your fears
Nothing is real
But memories
Placed and painted
On our empty walls
Justify yourself
Before you turn to me
And you can't tell yourself
That all you’ll really need's just a guarantee
Justify my Jesus
Judge me from your shadows
'Cause if you waste your days
You might waste away
Forget your fear
Nothing is real
But the truth that you feel
But you've got your time
You better treat it right
If you can't tell
That you're trapped inside your cell
Justify yourself
Before you turn to me
And you can't tell yourself
That all you'll ever really ever be
Is someone like me
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12. |
The Deep Blue Cave
03:54
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Falling from the waterfall
Onto the world
One with heaven
And the mind
Flowing past illusions
For the blind
Climbing through the waves
Pure the soul and lose the mind
Under the deep blue cave
Two worlds combine
Sink into a hole
Just try to swim
Falling to the floor
Glaring down
Will you live or
Will you let it drown?
Climbing through the waves
Pure the soul and lose the mind
Under the deep blue cave
Two worlds combine
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Jon McDaniel Music Dallas, Texas
Singer/Songwriter in the Dallas area looking to spread my tunes to as many ears as possible!
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