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Never Know
03:49
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Once a day I think about what to say
I think about the walls, all the calls
In this place
Open doors decorated and underscored
With seasons of pouring rain, stress and strain
But still ignored
So when’s a good time?
If I wait for the right time, I wait for the next time
I’ll never know
I’ll never know
And I’ll never go
That last glass was more than I needed
All the phrases I deleted, all the points I conceded
Sent to the trash
So when’s a good time?
If I wait for the right time, I wait for the next time
I’ll never know
I’ll never know
And I’ll never go
Worlds away… desperate for some escape
To breathe in that foreign air, do I dare
Leave this place?
So when’s a good time?
If I wait for the right time, I wait for the next time
I’ll never know
I’ll never know
And I’ll never go
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2. |
I Better Run
03:57
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Did you think that it was real
Or was it all a grand illusion?
Will you wait for the reveal?
Take a peek behind the curtain
The greatest burden choice
You can hear it in my voice
I don’t want to choose
A 50/50 chance
is standing in my path
I don’t want to lose
I better run
It’s all in the prestige
It’s in the show, not the secrets
We all want to believe
In the mystery and sequence
The bird is in the cage
Disappear and we’re amazed
I can’t believe my eyes
It’s all over in a flash
It’s never coming back
I look up to the skies
I better run
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Iceberg
03:50
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The world just keeps on moving
At a different pace than me
Like the tortoise and the hare
Only one was built for speed
And one is going to burn out
Burn brighter than the sun
And one is going to keep on
Keep on, keeping on
But I can be what you need me to be
Tell me what you want to see
It doesn’t seem to matter
At which point I begin
Just when I think I’m flying
I’m still outside looking in
And everyone around me
Is always looking down
I can’t help but feel out of place
In my own home town
But I can be what you need me to be
Tell me what you want to see
Heading north on 94
The headlights are all aglow
I just keep getting passed
No matter how fast I go
If you’re watching from a distance
I’m just an iceberg out at sea
Pushing forward through the waves
Hoping you crash into me
But I can be what you need me to be
Tell me what you want to see
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Disconnect
03:56
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You help me find and lose my way
And when there’s nothing left to say
You’re my excuses and my rides
I no longer say goodbye
You hold the contents of my life
The source and safe for all my lies
How you present yourself to me
You try so hard so we won’t see
I want to disconnect with you
Let’s try someplace new
We’ll pay no mind to the reviews
We can leave that world behind
And use our ears, mouth, nose, and eyes
But if we don’t post did it even happen?
Are we a picture with no caption?
Somehow there’s never news to share
How do you know if you weren’t there?
I want to disconnect with you
Am I just a man out of time?
This ain’t no way to live our lives
This ain’t no way to live our lives
You’re my escape and you’re my prison
You unite us in division
And when there’s sorrow all around
We can’t see it if we’re looking down
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Next Paperback Hero Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Emotive indie rock by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nathan Honoré from Milwaukee,
WI.
Melodic baritone vocals deliver confessional lyrics that are as resilient as they are vulnerable, complementing the guitar-driven sound with an undercurrent of restlessness.
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