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Sleepwalking
02:43
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Don't wish away my grievance it’s mine to carry
Don't try to tame my demons they’re mine to bury
I don't need you I don’t need you to heal me
but don’t walk away if I start to stray I’m learning to stay
I am so tired of sleepwalking sleepwalking
Don't feel used if I seem confused it's probably not about you at all
Been living outside of these bones and this mind
for so long it's bound to creep back sometimes
I don’t need you I don’t need you to hold me while I shake
but don't walk away if I’m acting strange I’m learning to stay
I am so tired of sleepwalking
sleepwalking
sleepwalking
I don't need you
I don’t need you
to heal me
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2. |
No Good
03:31
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I'm no good I’m a blown engine underneath this hood I got
nothing to offer you, you might as well leave before I break you
Don't think that I won’t cause I will I don’t want to but here I go
here I go here I go again, here I go
I'm no good I’m a black hole where a man once stood I got
too many demons to figure out you might as well leave before I bring you down
with me to the bottom of this deep dark sea
You don't want me, you don’t want me, you don't want me
Soon enough you'll see
I'm no good I’m an old bridge made of rotting wood
Don't trust me I’ll let you down, for your own sake won't you please go around
There's no need to fall down with me
I don't want to take you down with me
I'm no good I’m not worth the effort to be understood
Might as well save your energy put it into something you can really sink your teeth into
You got a real bright future ahead of you
Don't let me steal it
Don’t let me steal it
Cause I'm no good I’m in exile from the brotherhood I make
friends into enemies I let my resentments get the best of me
I don't have time for you
I don't have time for me
I'm no good I got hellish thoughts underneath this hood and I
sure as hell can't let em out cause if I did who the hell would want to be around me
So I keep them in and I pretend I’m fine
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3. |
Paradise
03:09
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Everyday I try to let my hair down but I'm a hostage to my weakness
Oh no I think I’m bout to blow this thing apart
Keep thinking that I’m doing the right thing but if I am why do I feel so bad
Oh no I think the cat’s out of the bag
Everyday I try to wake up with my heart looking forward to the sunrise
But everyday I tend to wake up with my mind in the opposite of paradise
Oh no I think I'm on my way out oh no I think I broke it
Goddamn could I ever put it back together again
Nothing on my mind except for you I'm paralyzed don't know what to do
Love’s supposed to feel like home but I've never felt more alone
Something to say I wish that I had something
Nothing to say I wish that I had something
to say but all I got’s a blank look up on my
face come on just say something
Nothing on my mind except for you I'm paralyzed don't know what to do
Love’s supposed to feel like home but I've never felt
Nothing on my mind except for you I'm paralyzed don't know what to do
Love’s supposed to feel like home but I've never felt more alon
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4. |
Cheap Wine
03:49
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I’m aching in my teeth
Drunk off each other’s facades
Ain't it worth the hangover
If we don't have to show who we really are
Oooh I will
Tell you nothing hurts if that's what you’ll believe you can
Drink it down like cheap wine if it means you won't leave
Living this way will keep me awake
But I never slept through the night anyway
I’ll let my insecurities pile up they’ll weigh me down to the floor
Ain't it worth living in chains if we don't have to be alone anymore
Oooh I will
Tell you nothing hurts if that's what you’ll believe you can
Drink it down like cheap wine if it means you won't leave
Living this way will keep me awake
But I never slept through the night anyway
I’m aching in my teeth {I’ll let my insecurities}
Drunk off each other’s facades {Weigh me down to the floor}
Ain't it worth the hangover if we don't have to be alone anymore
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5. |
Beautiful Shame
03:15
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Nothing ever goes the way that we plan
We should have known better we should have let history stand
As proof we would fall like we always do
Nothing ever turns out just how we’d like
We should have known better
we should have known all fires die
It's a shame what a goddamn beautiful shame
Don’t bite your tongue you know that won’t work
But the more that you talk the more that it hurts
Who’s strong enough to understand
Another’s decision to love is not in your hands
It won’t turn out how we'd like
We should have known better
We should have known all fires die
It's a shame what a goddamn beautiful shame
Nothing ever turns out just how we’d like
We should have known better
We should have known all fires die
It's a shame what a goddamn beautiful shame
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6. |
Feel It
04:05
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I don't feel it
I don’t feel it nah I don't feel it anymore
Gotta take it back, back to the basics
To the times that hurt me so and replace them
With understanding and compassion
It was no ones fault just a reaction
To hard times you went through yourself
But I’d never blame you I hope that helps
I don't know how to do this
I got years of experience to prove it (Ooowoh-oh-oh)
I got a thousand lies and excuses (Ooowoh-oh-oh)
I can feel it
I can feel it bubbling beneath my toes
I can feel it rising up but who knows
I've felt it before but I felt it go
Why should I believe this time would be any different
Nothing ever sticks around no one ever showed me how
To say how I feel so I just shut my mouth
I don't know how to do this
I got years of experience to prove it (Ooowoh-oh-oh)
I got a thousand lies and excuses (Ooowoh-oh-oh)
Don't think that I won’t use them
cause I will
Oh I will you can count on it
Oh I will oh I will you can count on it
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7. |
Fear & Love
03:37
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One down one for the money
Open hearts catch flies like honey
Fools kill it with trust cowards with lies
But we all walk around guns blazing most of the time
Is there a way to die with a smile on my face
It's easy to bury the truth take love or fear to the grave
Love or fear to the grave
One down and I swear it’ll l be the last time
Weddings and heartbreaks and funerals and nobody cries
Well there’s no room for empathy in a crowded mind
But who will I have if I leave these voices behind
Is there a way to die with a smile on my face
It's easy to bury the truth take love or fear to the grave
Love or fear to the grave
One down and I swear it’ll l be the last time
Weddings and heartbreaks and funerals and nobody cries
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8. |
Kids
03:31
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Talk is cheap when all you’ve been fed is lies
They run deep and always find you when you hide
Can we learn to treat others different than the ones who blame us
Can we learn to love better than the ones who made us
I’ve spent a lot of lovers looking for a quick fix
I’ve cut and run on others more than I’d like to admit
Can we learn to be what we always needed growing up
Can we learn to believe in something we’d already given up on
I’ve never been here but I recognize this pain
You don't have to point it out my sabotage is all in vain
Can we learn to break wide open like they never did
Can we learn to take what we never had as kids
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9. |
The Ground
02:46
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Somebody save me from myself I’m drowning in a well
Somebody save me from myself I’m drowning in a well
Cause the sun’s going down and I heard it gets cold here in the ground
I crushed my last cigarette they been keeping me awake
But I can hear ya coming like the rattle on the snake
I’d pour out my liquor if I thought it would make you proud
But I’m already drowning
I’m already drowning
I took my last dollars and put em in the bank
but I can hear ya coming like the whistle on the train
I’d confess my crimes if I thought it would buy me time
but I’m already drowning
I’m already drowning
ohhhhhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhhhhh
Can ya help me now
Can ya help me now
ohhhhhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhhhhh
There’s no one down here to keep me sane
No one down here to blame oh
Am I really meant to be alone
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10. |
Crumble
04:17
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I saw you before you knew me
You were standing on the corner I was just a stranger
But you found me I was going under
You pulled me up to safety now I love you forever
I lost you way before I was ready
Now I don't wanna go on I don't know how to go on
But you told me way back when
“son you’ll have to be strong” so I try to be strong
But every now and then I just crumble into pieces
It’d be nice to have jesus
It’d be nice to have a reason
With every passing season comes new understanding
You just can't plan these things
I promise you that I’ll be with you
forever and for always I'm never that far away
And on those days when you can’t help yourself
let those tears pour out and I will catch them
Cause every now and then we just have to crumble into pieces
It’d be nice to have jesus
It’d be nice to have a reason
With every passing season comes new understanding
You just can't plan these things
I'm sorry I had to leave you dear I had to go I had no choice at all
But if I did
I’d be standing next to you a helping hand to help you through the pain
I wish I could have stayed , wish I could have stayed
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Bad Strangers Vancouver, British Columbia
If Jack Johnson and Stevie Nicks formed a band
it would probably sound like Bad
Strangers
They are known for their epic harmonies, catchy melodies and powerful songwriting delivered passionately by two lead vocalists who seem to effortlessly follow each other’s instincts. Their chemistry is undeniably magnetic. From vulnerable tearjerkers, to angsty rock tunes, their authenticity is palpable.
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