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Introduction II
01:02
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Oh the road ahead looks so good
‘Cause this voice lives deeper than I ever thought it could
Thank you London Town
Fears are flowers we must learn to throw out
I was afraid; I'd need two faces to survive this fight
Let it burn, burn, burn, burn
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Deeper
03:48
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You don't even know what's real anymore
Staring at the heat on the desert floor
It's been 14 months since I heard the truth
A mirage of a life you're putting me through, and I'm done, done, done, done
You can't even tell your own lies apart
Swearing to me with your hand on your heart
It's been 14 years since we made our ties
Even God doesn't want to hear more of your lies, and I'm done, done, done, done
Chorus
You're sinking in deeper babe
A little bit more each day
Do you lie to yourself when you try to erase your mistakes? And even if no one knows, you're gonna wind up alone, circling nine rounds down in the ground
Everything I thought I knew I know no more
For better or worse followed you out the door
It's been 14 days since I kicked you out
In disguise you can be anything to get what you want
And I'm done, done, done, done
Chorus
Even if you told me the truth
Would it change the way I feel about you
Your baggage of lies might look
better through truth's eyes
Tell me why I have to be the one to decide
Between your pack of truth and your pack of lies?
You're sinking in deeper babe
A little bit more each day…
Chorus
Nine rounds down
Nine rounds down in the ground
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3. |
This Voice
04:01
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I've been waiting to fall off a cliff
Waiting for it to make sense, patiently
I've been counting down the days
'Til I'm hit with a wave, that will pull me under, Oh
Chorus
This voice won’t save me forever
This voice won’t save me forever
I fear the storm that's sure to come
And the thunder I cant outrun, strike me down
I fear that I'll give everything and in the end
I'll still regret not having more, Oh
Chorus
Fall to the bottom and climb to the top
Never give in, never give up, don't stop
Break down the doors 'til you're broken yourself
Never give up, just on everything else
Let in consume you, let it abuse you
A fair price to pay for the chance to continue
Fighting for things that you couldn't find
Though they've been there the whole time
Chorus x4
Oh this voice, this voice, it won't save me
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4. |
I've Had Better
04:40
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I've had better, and you know it too
I'm so tired, wanting more from you
If I knew you changed my weather
I would have worn my sweater
Chorus
I can’t stay, I can’t keep
Waiting for you to be what I need
I can’t love, I can’t change
This heart of mine
So I'll be on my way
I've had closer, keep me here alone and ashamed
I'm not patient; you can’t hold me all the way
Chorus
I'm beating myself to the ground
Wishing that you'd come around
If I knew you're cold like granite
I would have brought my jacket
I've had sweeter, soaked in warm embrace
I've had so much better; I can’t fix the mess you've made
Chorus
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Burn
03:57
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They call me survivor
Call me a fighter, as if I am the same
I am changed, by a man who only takes
Didn't know why I stayed, until today
I stand before you as you avert your gaze
The evidence you need, he ironed onto me
Bound in chains I take the stand
Staring through these twelve men
Who'll never know this pain
Well here's the truth you seek
CHORUS
I'll die in here before I let him walk another day
If I spend the rest of my life in a cage, I wont complain
Cuz I finally had enough of all the lies, he'll never change
So I put a gun to his head and I said
You're gonna burn in the hell you made
I, I am a mother
And I was a lover
Until he beat the love from me
Ask me why, oh ask me why one more time
Why I painted myself red to protect myself and them
Abusers they will walk away
Live to see another day
As I carry my cross
Thirty years to life
CHORUS
You with the clean hands, look me in the eye
If guilty's what you're looking for
I'll gladly step forward
Cuz I'm one of hundreds everywhere
No you don't have to look that hard
To find bruises and scars all around
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6. |
Looks So Good
03:35
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I could wear your love like a winter coat
Baby, wrap me up so I'm never cold
You bring out the blue in these dark eyes
Happiness is the best light
The way you hold my waist makes my skin glow
Laughter is the shade on my cheekbones
I see you in the lines on of my smile
Loving you is my favorite style
Chorus
Your love looks so good on me
Looks so good on me
I'd stay in your arms if I could
You've got a way with me
You look so good on me
Slip into your love like an evening gown
I never felt so beautiful as I do now
Lately I've been breaking in my strength heel shoes
I stand a little taller with you
Chorus
I wake up every morning still surprised
I have love like this by my side
And even though it's just a state of mind
I can hold it in my hands and it makes me wanna cry
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7. |
Two Faces
03:27
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Starring daggers through the room
Every time someone new, walks in looking nice
You say that's your face when your mind goes blank
We both know that's not true
Different sets and different scenes, you're not the you you are with me, you love to play, masquerade
Chorus
I see your colors changing
You don't need to fake it, you don't need two faces
I can see your colors changing
Put the show away, get off the stage, you don't need two faces
Insecurity doesn't always look that weak
You seem to hold it like a knife
You think you stand tall making everything small
We both know that's a lie
You try so hard but you just need to be the you you are with me, you love to play, masquerade
Chorus
We were close but now you're someone else
Can't keep up with your phases, I know I have to say this
There's the door, so show yourself out, I'm done done done done done
Chorus x2
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8. |
Loved Him More
04:04
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Digging him up from the past just to write the story
Reading every letter that I wrote every word I buried
Open up my chest open up every thought I wouldn't think
Paper comes alive ‘cause I never wrote to him I wrote to me
I'm sorry I let you fall so hard
I'm sorry I never told you "you're stronger than this"
I'm sorry I let you disregard
Every ounce of dignity that you had left
Chorus
Can't forget
I don't wanna live with regret
But I'm sorry it's true
I loved him more than you
You were right, and I'll listen next time
All of the doors you could've walked through
But I loved him more than you
Making him happy never should've been my number one
Blaming him all these years when I held the smoking gun
I held you to the wall you were stuck between the hardest place
You dared to treat you better when you told him to do the same
I'm sorry I didn't let you leave that day
I'm sorry I let him hurt you over and over again
And you knew that he wasn't worth the pain
But I broke all your bones so you'd fit anyway
Chorus
The letters say dear me, but all I heard was dear him
Begging to be free from chains that come from within
Now I know what it feels like to live and love
‘Cause I let you die once
Chorus x2
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9. |
Survive With You
03:51
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I never needed anyone to rescue me
So consumed by the things I can’t change,
the games I can’t play
I missed all the times you saved me, so let it all fall apart, let the world fall before I live
Chorus
Without you, I don't wanna survive
What's the point of trying, fighting for life?
What else do I need, with you by me, oh
I would give it all up, to survive with you
All I ever wanted was to save you
Constantly chasing the time with our lives on the line
Somehow you still come to my rescue
Let it all fall apart, let the world fall before I live
Chorus
You, if you go I'm going too, oh
This is the end, but we've just begun
Without you, I don't wanna survive x2
Chorus
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The Road
04:01
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I somehow seem to get where I wanna go
But that doesn't mean, I could tell you the road
For once in my life, I wanna shoot straight
If it’s the moon, I wanna know what steps to take
New York City is calling my name, ‘cause I love a Broadway stage
And I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready to find my way
Oh I've got a soul that lives for the thrill
And I've got a mind that has a will
My fingers seem to be in every pie
And it's a wonder I've made it anywhere on time
Tennessee is catching my eye, and all the songs that I would write
And I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready to find my way
Chorus
Oh, where do I go, what should I say,
How will I know what part to play
Oh, tomorrow, today, it's all the same, wherever I go
I'm finding my way
I am a lover I love to believe
That everything, will line up for me
Damn you reality one day I'll shine
‘Cause whose to say that when we fall, that we weren't flying
California is holding my heart, pack my bags and head for the stars
And I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready to find my way
Chorus x2
I somehow seem to get where I wanna go,
But that doesn't mean I could tell you the road
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Flowers
04:11
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Dream of me for the last time
Turn the frames around and sleep for one night
Dust will fall reclaim the walls
So close the books you read they won't bring me to your bedside
Fog will rise from your sad eyes
You haven't won you haven't lost but it's time
To leave this town give up the fight
Leave the ruins, leave it all behind
Chorus
And throw away the flowers
Throw away the flowers
You can't keep it all, so let the petals fall
And throw away the flowers
Half a heart not half the person you are
Move on from this and write a brighter chapter
Get off the floor there's so much more
It doesn't have to be sadly ever after
Chorus
Break your fears, I don't make you whole
I hear your tears, and I release your soul
So throw away the flowers yeah x2
Chorus
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Stevie Rae Stephens Nashville, Tennessee
Singer Songwriter from Northern California, BA Audio Engineering, MA Songwriting
Working towards a
full-time career in music
Let me know what you think of my work! I am open to collaborations and studio/songwriting work as well
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