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Never Wanna Let Go
04:46
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Gazing on the stars, lost in my mind
The gentleness of night makes it alright
I’m thinking of my past, all that I’ve done
Falling in a trance, creating a scene
Front seat, sat back, I don’t wanna let go
Feeling like I never left home
Your touch, your smile, every moment we made
Is more important than you could know
Just me and you making trails as we go
Dancing to our hearts metronome
But right now, it’s just me, dreaming what there could be
Oh, never let go
Here we go again, feeling the same
Waiting for your voice to call out my name
Unsure what else to do get back to you
Just hoping that the chance comes out of the blue
Front seat, sat back, I don’t wanna let go
Feeling like I never left home
Your touch, your smile, every moment we made
Is more important than you could know
Just me and you making trails as we go
Dancing to our hearts metronome
But right now, it’s just me, dreaming what there could be
Oh, never let go
Never wanna let go
Front seat, sat back, I don’t wanna let go
Feeling like I never left home
Your touch, your smile, every moment we made
Is more important than you could know
Just me and you making trails as we go
Dancing to our hearts metronome
But right now, it’s just me, dreaming what there could be
Oh, never let go (never let go)
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2. |
Paradigm
04:03
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Living in a pattern
Making up a standard
Specifically mannered
Try to break the cycle
Taking off the sutures
Focus on the future
Yet I’m blinded by the past
On things that wouldn’t ever last
Far from yesterday, still old habits lead the way
Trying to break away, to be the man I always pray
I can tear down the stage
I can lift up the cage
Yet still I’m trapped in a self-made paradigm
Counting out the seconds
Counting out the minutes
Waiting for the moment
Pressures getting higher
Adding to the fire
Feeling like a liar
The more I try to hide, the more I brush aside
I’m feeling more and more like something's coming on
Confined to standards that are really far beyond
I’m racing towards that climb
Promise I’ll break through this time
Far from yesterday, still old habits lead the way
Trying to break away, to be the man I always pray
I can tear down the stage
I can lift up the cage
Yet still I’m trapped in a self-made paradigm
(I'm feelin' more and more like something's coming on)
(I'm feelin' more and more like something's coming on)
(I'm feelin' more and more like something's coming on)
(I'm feelin' more and more like something's coming on)
(I'm feelin') Far from yesterday, still old habits lead the way
Trying to break away, to be the man I always pray
I can tear down the stage
I can lift up the cage
Yet still I’m trapped in a self-made paradigm
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3. |
So Successful
02:35
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Found a new imagination
Perspective from a different side
Confounded by the things I’m dreaming
A feeling that I never knew
Introducing the latest faces
All the biggest in the show
Talk about a new sensation
A different look a whatchu know
I feel it feel it feel it
I’m dreamin' dreamin' dreamin'
I’m feelin' feelin feelin'
Oh, I’m so successful
Stuck inside a conversation
These words don’t seem to mean too much
Maybe I could get your number
Pass it to my manager
Idolizing my big new mansion
Up behind my brand-new car
So put me through the magic camera
A picture-perfect movie star
I feel it feel it feel it
I’m dreamin' dreamin' dreamin'
I’m feelin' feelin feelin'
Oh, I’m so successful
I feel it feel it feel it
I’m dreamin' dreamin' dreamin'
I’m feelin' feelin feelin'
So successful
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4. |
Twists and Turns
04:25
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You pick me up you throw me down
Straight to the ground
You take me up in question
Like it’d kill me to know
Turned downside up then upside down
Just tossed up around
Cuz I’m in a situation
That I never would guess, no
I can’t seem to figure out
What my world is all about
Because I thought by now I’d know
What to do or where to go
I’ve been trying to get in your mind
See what I find
Cuz I can’t begin to understand
Where I am
Another minute, another pattern that I can’t see
Yet I feel it deep inside my body
Unpredictably unprepared
Just surfing on the shifting tides
I can’t seem to figure out
What my world is all about
Because I thought by now I’d know
What to do or where to go
Taking all the twists and turns
Where my life is gonna go
Because I thought by now I’d know
What the theme is to my show
After all, you never know where you may go
Let go
Let it go
Let it go
I can’t seem to figure out
What my world is all about
Because I thought by now I’d know
What to do or where to go
Taking all the twists and turns
Where my life is gonna go
Because I thought by now I’d know
What the theme is to my show
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5. |
Under Control
04:37
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Feeling like James Dean on the big screen
Like a teenage rebel - very mean
I’ve got my '49, I’m feeling fine
Don’t tell me where I have to draw the line
I've got this under control
Words are half as strong as acting
I'm feeling like a parachuting villain
Keeping eyes on a target that is willing
Sometimes that's all it takes to get me started
So don’t you undermine my set intentions
I've got this under control
Words are half as strong as acting
Don't waste your time
I’ve got my eyes on shooting stars
Feeling like a surgeon in the dark
Just one wrong move is enough to kill the spark
Disassembled, disembodied, different level
I’m left with nothing but the metal on the pedal
But I've got this under control
Words are half as strong as acting
Don’t waste your time
I’ve got my eyes on shooting stars
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6. |
Stay By My Side
04:22
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Stay by my side, for you are my soul
I’ll stay with you, for you are all I know
It's always lovely as the years go by
The colors fall and the frost sets in
Still the warmth of your promise
Guides me through all my troubles
Stay by my side, for you are my soul
I’ll stay with you, for you are all I know
I’m faced with challenges and fears of loss
I call for you with all my heart
And ask for a guiding hand
Never alone again
All I need is you to guide me through the dark
"Don’t shed a tear, my love
The promise has been kept
You’ll never walk alone
I’ve always heard your call
And I’ve never left your side
Right beside you, I will stay
Just don’t let go"
Stay by my side, for you are my soul
I’ll stay with you, for you are all I know
Stay by my side, for you are my soul
I’ll stay with you, for you are all I know
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7. |
Wish I Knew
03:48
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Friday night
I met you on the dancefloor
Never thought I'd dance for
Someone else
But I had this new feeling
Something that's appealing, oh
She seemed nice
Maybe something new could
Start from me and you, but
I can't tell
If you'd feel the same
I guess I'll play that game
I'd like to think that maybe someday we could take the night
Away, just tell me where and we could go, but I'd like to know
Tell me what you're thinking cuz you're on my mind
Wondering how you feeling cuz I wish you were mine
Call me if you're needing someone, I'm always free
Cuz I wish I knew what you thought about me
She's got that look in her eyes
A feeling that will steal you
Looks that can see through
Glowing lights
Shining from the night sky
As we said our goodbyes
Just to think
What this night could've been
If I said what's within, but
Oh, I can't tell
If she'd feel the same
Too scared to play that game, oh
I'd like to think that maybe someday we could take the night
Away, just tell me where and we could go, but I'd like to know
Tell me what you're thinking cuz you're on my mind
Wondering how you feeling cuz I wish you were mine
Call me if you're needing someone, I'm always free
Cuz I wish I knew what you thought about me
Tell me what you're thinking cuz you're on my mind
Wondering how you feeling cuz I wish you were mine
Call me if you're needing someone, I'm always free
Cuz I wish I knew what you thought about me
Wish I knew
Wish I knew
Wish I knew
I wish I knew what you thought about me
Tell me what you're thinking cuz you're on my mind
Wondering how you feeling cuz I wish you were mine
Call me if you're needing someone, I'm always free
Cuz I wish I knew what you thought about me
I wish I knew what you thought about me
Cuz I knew what you thought about me
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8. |
Someone Else
02:59
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I know I’ve gotta let you go
I know it’s gonna take some time
To forget
No regrets
I know I had my hopes too high
Thinking through the things I tried
can’t think straight
I messed up
But every time I hear your name
Seems like I’m back in the same old game
Can’t get away from what you do
Can’t accept the fact that nothing was true
Seems I cannot let you go
When you’re with someone else
Just try to forget
Let my life reset
Can’t get you outta my mind
When you’re with someone else
Just try to forget
Let my life reset
I’m trying to get back on track
Disregarding things that take me back
To take time for myself
Getting used to time alone
Not a worry, nothing's set in stone
I can wait
At least I’ll try
Cuz every time I hear your name
Seems like I’m back in the same old game
Can’t get away from what you do
Can’t accept the fact that nothing was true
Seems I cannot let you go
When you’re with someone else
Just try to forget
Let my life reset
Can’t get you outta my mind
When you’re with someone else
Just try to forget
Let my life reset
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9. |
What You Say
03:50
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After dark, keeping quiet, moving swiftly, indistinctively
No one knows who she’s been with nor where she goes
Back at home, he knows that something's off
Not sure why she’s been acting strange
“Suspicions lead to accusations, don’t get bold”
But he said
"I know what you say
And I know nothing will ever stay the same as it was
I know what you do
And I know nothing will ever work between us again"
Disbelief, a message covered up and left to never be seen again
An inquisition, intuition, with a goal
“Oh you’re delusional, radical, cynical, unethical"
Unconcerned to stand up, stand by what was done
And he thought
I know what you say
And I know nothing will ever stay the same as it was
I know what you do
And I know nothing will ever work between us again
Like another pawn in the game
Another face without a name
I know what you say
And I know nothing will ever stay the same as it was
I know what you do
And I know nothing will ever work between us again
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10. |
Mesmerized
04:31
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Here we are
Back inside this mind
Cause I'll never know
I'll never know how we drift apart
Oh, this love devours
Just right into night
Could you give me the chance
to make things alright?
But I'm stuck in the center
Just circled inside my life
Caught between two answers
Never knowing what's right
I don't know
I don't know if I believe it
Can't just drop and leave it behind
I don't know
I don't know if you realized
You've got me mesmerized
From the moment I first saw your eyes
It was no surprise
I'm falling back again
But what do I know?
Influenced rhythm at the touch of your soul
Could I hang up your call?
Or will I pick up again?
I'm just stuck in the center
Just circled inside my life
Caught between two answers
Never knowing what's right
I don't know
I don't know if I believe it
Can't just drop and leave it behind
Cause I don't know
I don't know how you're feelin'
Got that electric feelin' inside
I'm lookin' right into your eyes
I've never felt so paralyzed
Can't seem to just improvise
Cause I don't know
I don't know if you realized
You've got me mesmerized
I don't know
I don't know if I believe it
Can't just drop and leave it behind
Cause I don't know
I don't know how you're feelin'
Got that electric feelin' inside
I'm lookin' right into your eyes
I've never felt so paralyzed
Can't seem to just improvise
Cause I don't know
I don't know if you realized
You've got me mesmerized
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I don't really like all of these labels no more
There always seems to be someone better in store
Something's different about you
Heard that before, I don't doubt you
We can take things slow if you want to
No need to rush, this feels natural
I was blue, smoking green
Feeling used, then came you
Sunshine after rain, took away my pain
I cannot refrain from the truth
I wish we were two
Cuz nothing is worth it without you
I don't even know what else to say
I think about you every single day
You take my breath away
I don't wanna push too much, no
Drown you with my love
Sometimes I can be too much
But the sun comes after rain
Takes away the pain
I cannot refrain from the truth
I wish we were two
Cuz nothing is worth it without you
Cuz nothing is worth it without you
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12. |
All I Ever Had
05:40
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As the story ends, I search for an epilogue
Searching for answers, before the questions asked
Scared of going on, untethered and alone
Without you
Without you
What I'd give to hear your voice and call your name
Just to catch a glimpse of sunlight in my frame
Just as the seasons change
Once more
Just as the river flows
Your reappearance seems so abstract and so obscure
Yet I still go back to make my mind feel sure
As I carry on, my mind begins to paint a changing scene
I’m back again
What I'd give to hear your voice and call your name
Just to catch a glimpse of sunlight in my frame
Just as the seasons change
Once more
Although the years have passed and I’m finally back on my feet
Every now and then, my hope still remains
I’m back again
What I'd give to hear your voice and call your name
Just to catch a glimpse of sunlight in my frame
Just as the seasons change
Once more
You’re all I ever had
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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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