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Business as Usual
03:49
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Another day, another dollar
You've got my line, just give it a holler
We're burning both sides of the candle tonight
No stoppin' that grind until the light
The industry moves ahead without choice
Millions of people under one voice
Another day, another dollar
Working to become that scholar
Never, ever, ever gonna stop until you grab my collar
Drive another spike, hit all ten to make it a strike
We're working 9-5 but are we living?
But hey, c'mon it's business, business as usual
The industry moves ahead without choice
Millions of people under one voice
Another shift, another hour, working for a greater power
I'm in this lovely concrete tower
We're keeping up our progress through the night
The work does not set with the light
The industry moves ahead without choice
And millions of people are under one voice
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Open Secret
03:56
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It's common knowledge, don't you think that they would know?
The perception given, yet no words here will bestow
Not a word to be spoken
Shh, not a case to reopen
There's evidence, there's proof of something that's denied
Like it seized from existence then and there when they all lied
Really makes you wonder, what's there to hide?
Really makes you wonder what's locked up inside
Don't say a thing
Don't give a clue
Don't make the matter something they'd want to pursue
Common knowledge common silence
I don't really see it, I don't really know
Never really got it, nothing here to show
I cannot remember, I cannot bestow
Maybe you should ask, someone who would know
Like identification, with not a soul around
No information for something that was found
Not a word to be spoken
Shh, not a case to reopen
Seems kinda odd that we're all thinkin' the same
Yet no one here can be called on their by name
You can't say a thing cause we're under censorship
Better keep it tight, you don't want a thing to slip
Don't say a thing
Don't give a clue
Don't make the matter something they'd want to pursue
It's a secret
An open secret
Don't say a thing
Don't give a clue
Don't make the matter something they'd want to pursue
Shh, it's a secret
Secret de polichinelle
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You don't need any introduction here
Just saw whatchu did so don't blame me now
Your mouth is moving but your eyes don't match
Your claimed intentions aren't perceived, yeah
Don't speak another word that isn't truth
Just stop before you dig yourself in deeper
The evidence is all against your will
The footprints are throughout the floor
Staggered and leading towards the door
Don't tell me any more
You keep on telling me it wasn't you
You just weren't part of it; you never knew
But eyes explain what words cannot
So shut and get your story straight
I don't believe a thing you're telling me here
Your hands are red; prints don't just disappear
Why make another tale when there's the truth?
Don't think I'm quitting, I still got some youth
When we are looking back, but nothing sits quite right
Just stop before you dig yourself deeper
Ow, you're going to the point of no return
The footprints are all throughout the floor
Staggered and leading towards the door
Don't keep your silence anymore
You keep on telling me it wasn't you
You just weren't part of it; you never knew
But eyes explain what words cannot
So tell me please, won't you now?
The stories changing maybe there's some hope
Maybe I believe it and we don't go back down this slope
Hear no objection to the story you told
I've heard not otherwise but how can I know?
Then again your words don't speak, your actions do
Your prints are everywhere, I guess I'm right
Hope you regret you told another lie
You told another
Another lie
You told another
Another lie
You told another
Another lie
You told another
Another lie
You told another
Another lie
You told another
Another lie
You told another
Another lie
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Vanity Fair
03:55
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Blue eyes, brown hair, somewhat of a vanity fair
Surmise, no disguise, always got somewhere to go
She's got that no care, city flare, seems like someone I'd like to know
But tell me why she's so hard to get
She seems so ice-cold, uncontrolled, can't say if I've got what it takes
because I'm stuck here, minds not clear, thinking what the hell I could say
I've been thinking what I could do
To make my wishes come true
Cuz every day I think about you
So please tell me you will come through
Could I be crazy just to think she'd make the first move?
Should I take a step back, lose track, seems like I've got nothin' to lose
Or could I get seen, intervene, maybe all it takes are some clues
Just tell me why she's so hard to get
I'd like to think
I'd like to think I still have a chance
But it seems that every time I try to act
there's something that will counteract my move
I've been thinking what I could do
To make my wishes come true
Cuz every day I think about you
So please tell me you will come through
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Withstand the Heat
03:18
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Ever get that urge?
Fired up inside
There's only one known cure
And I've got it for sure
And it's not just me
I think you'll come to see
So whatcha doin' tonight?
Cuz this flames alight
Do you think you could?
Do you think you should?
Wanna cross that line?
Hey!
Withstand the heat
Gonna pull that medal
Fill it to the top
Burning up inside
And I'm never gonna stop
Would ya start the time?
Getting in that mood
Don't mean to be rude
Don't wanna start a feud
Do you think you could?
Do you think you should?
Wanna cross that line?
Thinking it's that time?
It's boiling up inside
Hope you're in for the ride
Hey!
Withstand the heat
Withstand the heat
Do you think you could?
Do you think you should?
Wanna cross that line?
Thinking it's that time?
Heats' going up slowly
Cookin' up something holy
Hey!
I'm makin' ravioli
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How Could I Carry On?
05:39
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Do you remember me?
Do you still know who I am?
You used to be there
Someone I had on my side
Guess things changed since then
Haven't heard from you, how have you been?
I wish things would change
I wish I knew where I went wrong
Now I stand here
Waiting for some sort of promise
Stuck in the past
Thinking those times could have been unsurpassed
Slowly falling
Desperately calling your name
How could I carry on?
Thinking that things would have just been the same
Have I been thinking too far?
Have I been waiting too long?
Maybe it wasn't all like it seemed
A situation that I may have dreamed
So what can I say?
What can I do?
I'm waiting as if something will change
But I know that you're gone
Waiting for something
A signal to tell me that there is still hope
Waiting to hear
That this isn't how it would end
Slowly falling
Desperately calling your name
How could I carry on?
Thinking that things would have just been the same
Waiting for something
A signal to tell me that there is still hope
Waiting to hear
That this isn't how it would all come to end
Slowly falling
Desperately calling your name
How could I carry on?
Thinking that things would have just been the same
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Carnival
02:41
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Step up to the taped down line, an experience you can't decline
Wooden towers and magic powers and a teacup with some flowers
Hold these ropes and keep your hats; flying power of a hundred bats
Large hops and bigger drops, make sure you keep it together
Welcome to the carnival
We have it all
If you're looking for a carnival
You know who to call
The fun here never stops, a constant that no variable tops
Sit back, enjoy, just watch the show
Stay later, watch the neons glow
One more ride; well maybe two
How many more till we overdo?
It's a traveling act, a question of fact, precise location becomes abstract
Welcome to the carnival
We have it all
If you're looking for a carnival
You know who to call
Welcome to the carnival
We have it all
If you're looking for a carnival
You know who to call
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Find a Way
03:15
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Back off, I'm here, taking back what's mine
Pick up what's yours and never cross that line
Gotta keep up, better off ahead
Can't leave what you built hanging by a thread
We'll find a way, to get our say, we'll ride away to stay away from the past
We'll find a way, no price to pay, the story's told by whoever is last
You'd like to think you know my every next move
You'd like to think that you can starkly disapprove
A figment - just some sort of hallucination
Your future stems from someone's false allegation
Better keep up, gotta stay low
They'll twist your story to a different show
Tread lightly, speak rightly, stay low
We'll find a way, to get our say, we'll ride away to stay away from the past
We'll find a way, no price to pay, the story's told by whoever is last
We'll find a way, to get our say, we'll ride away to stay away from the past
We'll find a way, no price to pay, the story's told by whoever is last
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You feel it creepin'
You shake it under
Just rain and thunder
I can't feel it any longer
Just try to feel I'm floating high
(Just one more time, one more go)
This feeling's got me moving
Got me grooving to something that's not playin' here
You shake and twist until you feel it (feel it real good)
You beg and plead until you got it (got it real, real good)
Just one more round until I fought it
Roundabout to the start
A whip, a crack, don't wanna break the camel's back
A please, a thank you, think things might be wack
It's all I got on my mind, you know I don't got no time
Just satisfaction is all I ask
I can't feel it any longer
Just try to feel I'm floating high
(Just one more time, one more go)
This feeling's got me moving
Got me grooving to something that's not playing here
I feel it creepin'
Just need more satisfaction
Just need more work in action
Come on I know you got it
The room is closing on me
I can't feel it any more than I try
To keep that feeling floating high
(Just one more time, one more go)
This feeling's got me moving
Got me grooving to something
But nothin' is a playin' here
Just get me out!
Lemme
Lemme out now!
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Fearless
03:59
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Getting up and getting out of here
Getting into the feel, making dreams something real
Working up to something high
Making moves to signify
Change
Getting something started, building up my plate
And I'm feeling kind of nervous knowing nothing bout where I've gone
Saying farewell to the guys I've called my friends
Wondering who I'll see as soon as comfort ends
I've got to stand on my own, reminding myself to be
Fearless
Again, I feel alive
The breath inside me makes me strive
The challenge always makes me thrive
Fearless
I've got to stand a chance
Just act like it's another day
The picture that I must portray
Stepping out of the zone
I'm stepping out of my home
Stretching my wings to places unknown
Breaking through my bubble
Shattered through the glass
Walking through a place I thought I'd never pass
I've got to stand on my own, reminding myself to be
Fearless
Again, I feel alive
The breath inside me makes me strive
The challenge always makes me thrive
Fearless
I've got to stand a chance
Just act like it's another day
The picture that I must portray
Fearless
Again, I feel alive
The breath inside me makes me strive
The challenge always makes me thrive
Fearless
I've got to stand a chance
Just act like it's another day
The picture that I must portray
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David Hale Albuquerque, New Mexico
Producer, percussionist, and songwriter David Hale, 20, continues to work on his future releases while simultaneously collaborating with other musicians all over the world on separate projects.
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