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Dotted Lines
01:52
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You were so eager to go and be left alone
That the risk you would take,
You would swim passed the break
And sink like a stone
With the promises made
Breaking under the waves
Over and over again
When they washed back to shore
We forgot who they’re for
The Siren is singing alone
“Woah-oh-oh-oh”
We’ve crossed those lines a thousand times
We’re waiting our whole lives
Just to say what’s on our minds
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2. |
Borders
03:30
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Rise and shine, Little Hen
You’ve gotta make it to morning
And wake me up with a smile
You and I, where ya been?
We bought a farm for a brownstone
We’re growing ourselves in
I’m shamed that I passed the time
Blurring lines to hide behind
No stopping you from crashing through
You gave me strength in something new
Lay down a little while
I promise time isn’t wasted
The way that you think it’s been
Then again, from a point of abstraction
I’m the one guilty of the distraction
Caught a hostile stare from the yellow chair
So I’ll stay back in my place
I’m shamed that I passed the time
Blurring lines to hide behind
No stopping you from crashing through
You gave me strength in something new
It’s hard to tell from so far away
Like at different ends of a long hallway
Our reach is good inside this space
It’s understood, the time we take
Or make to shake and break those borders down
I never meant to cross that line
I never meant to fall
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3. |
Science Fiction
03:58
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In a Choose Your Own Adventure
I chose to be by your side
Keep turning page after page
Just to get the ending right
You say to me,
“I know you know, and no we’re not giving it up”
So just show you’re not giving it up
Got time to grow before giving it up
Don’t let me go without you
I’m love with the science
I’m in love with the the way her eyes séance my mind
I put up with the fiction
Cause the truth can’t match the depiction I can’t find
So hide the strings and get the shot
Under perfectly timed light
Got my sunnies so she won’t
Erase it from my mind
Just lie to me
I know you know and no, your not giving it up
So just show your not giving it up
Got time to grow before giving it up
Don’t let me go without you
I’m in love with the science
I’m in love with the way that her eyes séance my mind
I put up with the fiction
Cause her lips won’t say a description and that’s
Fine if you do, fine when you won’t
I’ll fight for your world, your hand, your life
Till the nighttime is through
From the black to the blue
The stars will align and they’ll shine for you
Whatever the place, whatever the time
You have my word, my heart, my sight
You have my world
You have my heart
Till this lifetime is through
You have my words and they’ll shine for you
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4. |
The Bitter End
04:43
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The city is sleeping
We’re keeping awake with the skyline
The same old places, silly face
Colorado taste in the nightlife
And nobody know why
It’s just a shame it had to get so late
You had me begging for another day
To settle up my friend,
Cause the nights they seem long
Till the daylights breaking in
Could you settle down instead?
You say, “Tramps like us are born to be missed
So why then save our best for the bitter end?”
There’s lights and sound in the lounge
You’re lost and found, and I’m faded
Let’s get this show on the road
Everybody love the driver, say so
Everybody say “Yeah!”
It’s such a shame it had to get so late
We pray to Zeus to pour us one more drink
And we’ll settle up then
Cause the nights they seem long
Till the daylights breaking in
Could you settle down instead?
You say, “Tramps like us are born to be missed
So why then save our best for the bitter end?”
Who can I call to get away from it all?
I might lose sight, but I will still remember the fall
And the nights spent singing
“Up against the wall” and “The Suffering”
From the roof outside your window
We’re all suffering to see the leap below
Oh no, then you had to go
Where I couldn’t follow
But I’ll see you at the bitter end
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5. |
Concrete Shoes
04:20
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Not long ago I didn’t know
A voice had called me to show
To stand, to say something
To seek it out, test your doubt
Turn that voice to a shout
That won’t go away
Hear them say
We want the truth
To take a walk in your shoes
But your soles they hold the load of concrete boots
It’s time we detach
To see and study the track
And learn to lend a hand in pushing back
Days away I tolerated
And hid from my own sight
A never ending fight
Incite the same ol’ same
Its a game some can play
Others stuck in a cage
Are suffocating
So let’s take it back
With worth they promised you had
Your right, our word, our voices drown them out
What would you do
With missile’s coming for you?
The crime that costs a life is being beautiful
Deflection is an attack
The reflection is looking back at us
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6. |
Jessamine & Lavender
04:13
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The flame is dying out
For comfort or mistaken identifiers
We light up the fire pretending it still doesn’t hurt
When the forest starts to burn
The jessamine and lavender’s intoxicating
You’ve been taken
Everything we lost today, we gave it all away
The time we spent, the lives we hoped to make
What’s the best defense when ourselves are in the way?
I wish I could say these things without the added weight
I wish I could stay
Before we scream and shout
Who’s beaten, what’s forsaken
Let’s classify the span of lies in the fantasy that occurred
We’ll never know for sure
The secret’s safe with Lavender
Self-deprecating, I’m not taken
Everything we lost today, we gave it all away
The time we spent, the lives we hoped to make
What’s the best defense when ourselves are in the way?
I wish I could say these things without the added weight
I wish I could stay
She’s got another one
Someone to say, “Goodnight, Good Morning”
Here comes another one
Someone to say, “Goodnight, Good Morning, Love”
I know you’ve got much more to say
But it won’t matter anyway
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7. |
Bird Song
03:55
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Open your eyes
There’s a serenade outside your window
The cardinal’s arrived
To sing her song from the moment you rise
Push you from behind
Bird song lift me
To the sky outside
Open it wide
I’m happy to go wherever you fly
Turning back time
There’s a parakeet perched on your shoulder
Losing our minds
Learning more of ourselves on the high
Being kind, rewind
Bird song lift me
To the sky outside
Open it wide
I’m happy to go wherever you fly
Laid on her side
There’s a garden mapped out on her body
Tracing the line
A hummingbird at the top of a vine
Taking in the sweet
Bird song lift me
To the sky outside
Open it wide
I’m happy to go wherever you fly
We’re none of these birds
Not the red, not the green, not the humming
Alone on a perch by a window
The world passes by
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8. |
Fireflies (Help)
05:06
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Help
If all we have are memories
I’ve got another thing coming
So catch the ones I won’t believe
Release the things that remind me you’re gone
Before I catch the disease
Help
A plague upon your family
Has got me searching for something
Beneath the floorboards where she keeps
A photo under lock and key of me
Embraced in her company
Help
There’s so much more to know
You’ve got to marry me
Bury me in all your love
And pick me up just to carry me again
When I can’t comprehend
Or name the faces I’ve met
I tried all I could try
To say goodbye just one last time
(A couple dozen times)
I’m fading out of sight once the fireflies at night
Shift your eyes outside
Help
A cardinal in captivity
It can’t survive for nothing
Aside from times the picture shines
And flashbacks flare behind her eyes
Am I igniting something inside?
You’ve got me begging for help
The kind without an answer or a cause for alarm
I’ve let this show and watched you go
A couple dozen times
So if I lose my mind before I run out of time
I tried all I could try
To say goodbye just one more time
(A couple dozen times)
She’s faded out of sight now the fireflies at night
Guided her outside
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My Life as a Dog Charleston, South Carolina
My Life as a Dog is the musical project of songwriter/producer Ryan Hanifin. Drawing from his firsthand experiences in the pop-punk/emo scene, Hanifin creates powerful and nostalgic music that resonates with audiences through its captivating and emotionally charged sound. Embracing influences from the genre, My Life as a Dog offers a unique and authentic musical experience. ... more
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