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Ordinary
03:13
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Just talk to me
I'm always here
In case you need a friend
It may be rare
But I can offer
Things I can't explain
Something conflicting
Misunderstood
We all take flight sometimes
I've got something
In my hand
That'll help us through these nights
You don't have to be alone
It's simpler than you know
Something all so ordinary
Will be there when you're low
You may not always need me here
I'm not your closest friend
But distantly I may still watch
When all your world breaks in
Perfectly normal
You understand
We all take flight sometimes
I've got something
In my hand
To help you through these times
You don't have to be alone
It's simpler than you know
Something all so ordinary
Will be there when you're low
We'll be there when you're low
We'll be there when you're low
Be patient, take it slow
You'll never be alone
The time won't let you go
I'll be there when you're low
We'll be there when you're low
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2. |
Give Me A Reason
04:29
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I need another reason
To stay around
When all the world
Will tear us apart
Don't you want
To close your eyes
And leave it all behind
I need another reason
To let you inside
When all you've done
Is shut me out
Don't you think
Some love could change
This world that takes
The selves we make
There's no one else in this life
More worth living for
Don't you care and understand
Everything that we've done for you
All we ever manage
Is a deathly spiral
In the hopes that
We'll all make it out someday
Pretend that you're moving on
And you'll be okay
I need another reason
To live in today
To look ahead
Shut the past away
When all that surrounds me
Is this dense air of dread
There's no one else in this life
More worth living for
Don't you care and understand
Everything that we've done for you
And there's no one here to listen
When you're crying out for saving
And there's no one here to care
There's no one here to listen
When you're crying for redemption
And there's no one here to care
When you've found your way back home
Do you think you're ready
To give up your life for this
In your empty joy
Empathy's another life away
All you need's a chance
To break away
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3. |
Hysterics
03:59
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Another year passes by
Half as much of my life
And I find myself awake
Just as if it's worth my time
And the nights never fail to reveal
This pathetic desperation
That I can't help but laugh at
When it takes its piece of me
Take your hysterics with you
When you're gone
They're unwanted
In this home
You don't have
To live like this
Don't let yourself
Settle for less
When the daylight rises
I'll think that I'm redeemed
But the night's still on the horizon
Steady approaching me
And it never fails to remind me
Of this pathetic fear of mine
And I find it so hard forgetting
That it's taken its piece of me
Take your hysterics with you
When you're gone
They're unwanted
In this home
You don't have
To live like this
Don't let yourself
Settle for less
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4. |
Less Than Human
05:12
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Have you been awake all this time
Is there a way to put this all into words
Will I make it to the end this time
We're not the type to understand how it works
Was there a time when I never cared
Or wanted something more than fiction
Was there a time before I was found
When I was something less than human
No one has to know
Who we are
I'm not sure who I am
In your arms
There's something in the way
I'm paralyzed
Turn and look away
Don't trust my eyes
Have you been dreaming all this time
Is there a way to make you understand
Will I make it out once again
You're not the type to know who I am
Was there a time when I'd given up
And wished all the world to get over
Was there a time before I was found
When I was never more than sober
No one has to know
Who we are
Reasons I should stay here
In your arms
Fear is rushing back
Your heart is high
Imperfect I abandon
My disguise
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5. |
Ephemeral
02:21
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You tell me it's so far away
And you're not ready
It doesn't have to mean a thing
Cause I'll still be here
As long as we're under this sky
We're still together
And when you're close enough
You'll find it never mattered
Just sit here and breathe with me
Let me reach you across the sea
Worlds can't tear us apart
Only the love will hold out
Tell us what we need to hear
Truth is ephemeral now
Help us deny all of our fears
We're better off without them
Misled in all the greatest ways
Words are the method to your scars
Let's conceal them all the same
Never let them fall apart
Just sit here and breathe with me
Let me reach you across the sea
Worlds will tear us apart
Love can't always hold out
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6. |
Beside You
04:39
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Seated just out of my peripheral vision
So I have to turn my head
To get a glimpse of the magnet force
That reeled me in so quickly
Loosen the reins
Let us roam free
Like the curious creatures
We're meant to be
Hear me when I say it was worth it in the end
Someday I'll tell you my story
Someday we might just be friends
Someday we'll fall in each other's path
Collide like the world at the end
I think I wanna know about you
And I think I care about you
And I want to be beside you
I want you to know you're loved
Like you deserve
Oh you said you think I'm alright
Well I think of you just the same
What a nice little formality
The clever little games we play
Freely associating thoughts
Running through my head
Like the waves along a sea that never ends
I'll write you all my life story
So we can be what I think is friends
Someday we'll take our separate ways
Let's make the best of now while we can
I want you in my life story
Cause I think you need more than a friend
I'll make sure we never have to part
Together until the end
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Do you think it's time
To leave it all behind
And take it from the start
Do you think we're ready
And stable enough
Or will we only fall apart
We're something to be proud of
Walking in the back of
A hero's triumphant kiss
We've got a little home
A story to call our own
In each other a homely bliss
I know it's hard
Believe me, I don't understand myself
But I want to know you
I want to help you know yourself
Do you think it's right
To step into the light
Or will it blind me again
Can't waste all my time
On if it's wrong or right
To look past a lonely night
I'll take another chance
Looks like I'll never learn
What's worth putting up a fight
False promises
Never to be forgiven
But we can pretend to forget
I know it's hard
Believe me, I don't understand myself
But I want to know you
I want to help you know yourself
I know it's lonely
Believe me, I understand it all too well
But I want to love you
I want to help you love yourself
I don't know myself
I don't know you anymore
It's put me all through hell
But what have I been searching for
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8. |
The Sea/Lose You Again
03:39
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And if I lose myself
Won't you promise
To let me find you again
Let me sit with you
At the edge of the world
And look out into the stars
Ahead into our future
A sea that never ends
You just don't see it yet
Follow me into the dark
Rub your eyes and look again
All the colors will show themselves
From deep into my heart
As we start over again
I can't take this from you
It's my job to advise you
And yours to despise me
I have to let you down
My wall is up against you
And you can't get a word in
I can't let you in my head
It's my pleasure
In my attrition
And all these things you've said
Fall out of me
Lost in indecision
So tell me why
You only ever catch my heart
When we're all too far apart
And tell me why
You only ever call my name
When I've given up
And tell me why
You always seem to catch my eye
In a dream and leave me to cry
And tell me why
It never feels the same
When I'm trying my hardest to daydream
You're not alone anymore
Don't concern yourself
With what you can't control
There's no time in this life
To wonder what went wrong
When you can't make it right
So tell me why
You only ever catch my heart
When we're all too far apart
And tell me why
You only ever call my name
When I've given up
And tell me why
You always seem to catch my eye
In a dream and leave me to cry
And tell me why
It never feels the same
When I'm trying my hardest to daydream
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9. |
Give Me A Chance
05:12
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It's hard to imagine you in anyone's arms
But it's harder to imagine you with anyone else
Do I wanna hear what you have to say
I may not like your answer anyway
Do I wanna face the truth again
Has it really been so long since the last time
Take my love
Don't take it away
It's got a heart of it's own
And it doesn't want to lose you
Hey, don't take
My love away
Hold me close and gently
Cause I'm always fragile around you
Take my love
Don't take it away
In the cold winter weather
Let me warm up beside you
Hey, don't take
My love away
Just give me a chance
It's hard to think that you might be just like me
But never willing to take it further than a memory
Do I wanna know what's in your head
Do you really listen to your heart
I don't know what I want anymore
But I know it's something to do with you again
Take my love
Don't take it away
It's got a heart of it's own
And it doesn't want to lose you
Hey, don't take
My love away
Hold me close and tightly
Cause I'm always softer around you
Take my love
Don't take it away
In the cold winter weather
Let me warm up beside you
Hey, don't take
My love away
Just give me one more chance
Please don't let me feel this love alone
I just can't let go, it's been so long and lonely
I don't think I know where I belong
And I just can't let go, I know I'm wrong
It's hard to take when I hear you call my name
When I know it's just another bored and lonely day
Will you ever let me in your heart
We can take it all back from the start
I'd give up anything, I'd give up all I own
To see you smile gently in my arms
Take my love
Don't take it away
It's got a heart of it's own
And it doesn't want to lose you
Hey, don't take
My love away
Hold me close and tightly
Cause I'm always softer around you
Take my love
Don't take it away
In the cold winter weather
Let me warm up beside you
Hey, don't take
My love away
Just give me a chance
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10. |
Lonely Union
03:12
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Time won't change some life in us
The way it changes what it makes
And what is made, the words that break it
All for one in lonely union
Simple as it is
To slip into unconsciousness
You have to live a volunteer
To make it worth the blood and tears
Yesterday will find its way
Into tomorrow anyway
And all tomorrow's loving
Gentle tears resolve the past-gone fear
If only we could open up their eyes
But they don't want to change
And it's okay if they aren't satisfied
We'll never change their minds
It shouldn't matter much to us
We're all together anyway
As far as that may be
It's still enough for you and me
We found a new start
And though we all are worlds apart
There's still a chance we'll find ourselves
And each other in our entropic love
Worlds apart within this world
Crushing distance tears apart
The ones that live inside us all
That search for others like them
A lonely soul is only disenchanted with the company they know
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11. |
Find You Again
03:04
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Take me away into this world
Over the edge we once would roam
Waking up alone again
Ringing all around my head
In the end it's all the same
Cause I can't let you go
I won't beg you to stay
But I won't fade away
Gentle now
I'd give you anything
To see you smile
And take this love from me
Feel me now
Take what's left of me
I'd give you every first time
If it meant we'd last forever
So don't leave me behind
I know it's not meant to be
Us together
Why should I have to let you go
Why do you make me lose control
Feels like I only ever run in circles
Every time I break down again
I'll let you go
It's hard but it's for the better
I'll let you go
I'll be the best pretender
Until then I know
That things will work out for the better
I'll wear the facade
And lie to the mirror
All my life
To find you again
To find you again
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12. |
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Have you been awake all this time
Is there a way to put this all into words
Will I make it to the end this time
We're not the type to understand how it works
Was there a time when I never cared
Or wanted something more than fiction
Was there a time before I was found
When I was something less than human
No one has to know
Who we are
I'm not sure who I am
In your arms
There's something in the way
I'm paralyzed
Turn and look away
Don't trust my eyes
Have you been dreaming all this time
Is there a way to make you understand
Will I make it out once again
You're not the type to know who I am
Was there a time when I'd given up
And wished all the world to get over
Was there a time before I was found
When I was never more than sober
No one has to know
Who we are
Reasons I should stay here
In your arms
Fear is rushing back
Your heart is high
Imperfect I abandon
My disguise
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Stopping Clocks Aiken, South Carolina
The only band in Aiken, SC
www.youtube.com/@SleeperClique
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