1. |
Was It Ever Enough
03:25
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When the story began we were two dancing flames
Now we've grown into a wildfire spread by fault and blame
Bleeding me dry, yeah I believed all the cries
But the wolf was always in your eyes, fangs dripping with lies
Shovel's worn out from digging down into my grave
A hole we started for the two of us on the very first day
So I messed up, but was it ever enough
To give you all of my love, to give you all of my love
Was it ever enough
Was it ever enough
To give you all of my love
To give you all of my love
Did you just wanna hear the words
Did you just wanna hear the words
Did you just wanna hear the words
(Was it ever enough, was it ever enough)
Did you just wanna hear the words
(To give you all of my love, to give you all of my love)
Did you just wanna hear the words
(Was it ever enough, was it ever enough)
Or did you just wanna hear the words
(To give you all of my love, to give you all of my love)
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2. |
Prey On Me
04:16
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Don't you tell me you love me baby with that look in your eyes
I've been feeling so tired lately from holding my disguise
How could I ask to be myself
It's too damn hard being somebody else
You prey on me
You prey on me
You don't have to whisper about it, you think I hurt you good
But at least I can live without wondering if I should
If I should try to be myself
It's too damn hard being somebody else
You prey on me
You prey on me
You prey on me
You prey on me
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3. |
Since Dawn
04:06
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These pills made sick
Washing them down with the same poison left on my lips
From the last time we kissed
We can be honest, it didn't mean shit
So much time that I have spent
Trying to be a ghost, just as though we never met
Is that too much to ask, too much to admit
Blacking out the past, but I'll never fool it
I've been drinking since dawn
Self-medication while I keep on
Hiding behind the words that I write
Whatever helps me sleep at night
The demon in me is winning the fight
I might care if I wasn't getting high
Looking back at me is just a shell
All he's saying is I'm bad for my health
Someone tell me the last thing that I felt
Besides waking up drenched in my own sweat
To what lengths did I go
To be a stranger to myself, it wasn't me when we last spoke
In the end was it worth reaching so low
I can't pretend I don't have the scars to show
I've been drinking since dawn
Self-validation through the words in my songs
While I pretend that I'm alright
When really I can't sleep at night
The demon in me is winning the fight
I might care if I wasn't getting high
Yeah I might care
I might care if I wasn't getting high
I might care
I might care if I wasn't getting high
I might care
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4. |
Guilty Hearts
03:48
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Shrugging off the shock, heading down the drain
Sinking senses lost, burning through my brain
I've got this empty space, I drink to fill it up
To try and forget your face is the hardest thing I've done
The rings around my eyes getting darker as I dwell
On the harder times in life drying up the well
I've got to get away, wash you off my tongue
To try and forget your face is the hardest thing I've done
Guilty hearts on the run
Guilty hearts on the run
Guilty hearts on the run
Guilty hearts on the run
Guilty hearts on the run
Guilty hearts on the run
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5. |
Haven't Felt Alive
04:04
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Shaken up by the misplaced feelings
What the hell do you have to say to me now
Nothing more than a bandage healing
Tear me off for good, save us both some time
Tell me why I haven't felt alive since your skin brushed up against mine
Every kiss I'm thinking of rips the breath right out of my lungs
Fleeting hearts are rarely right, but still I long for one last time
To know you're lying next to me
Bottled up all the anger turning
What the hell do I have to say to you now
Fiery glow of my tail lights burning
Driving off for good, don't care about goodbyes
Tell me why I haven't felt alive since your skin brushed up against mine
Every kiss I'm thinking of rips the breath right out of my lungs
Fleeting hearts are rarely right, but still I long for one last time
To know you're lying next to me
Hesitation doesn't suit you well
On and on we go, drunkenly running from who we are
Reservations that I've never felt
All along we've known lust is just a flash, a passing car
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6. |
One More Night
04:11
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I'm the one who fell for your sweet selfish spell
But in the end we've both fallen deep down in the daze
I can't change who I've let inside
Why'd it always feel so right when you called for me at night
Soft lips I avoided too late, mistakes I wanted to make
Now you're setting me free
That's not where I wanna be
Keep this embrace held tight
Just for one more night
Just for one more night
Regret ripping through my core as your key turns in the door
Left the words I should have said on the stairs of your apartment
I can't change who I've let inside
Why'd it always feel so right when you called for me at night
Soft lips I avoided too late, mistakes I wanted to make
Now you're setting me free
That's not where I wanna be
Keep this embrace held tight
Just for one more night, one more night
It took a toll on me to see
You were where I wanted to be
Keep this embrace held tight
Just for one more night
Just for one more night
Now you're setting me free
That's not where I wanna be
Keep this embrace held tight
Just for one more night, one more night
It took a toll on me to see
You were where I wanted to be
Keep this embrace held tight
Just for one more night
Just for one more night
Just for one more night
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7. |
Window
04:05
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After all this time, I'm still no better of a man
Building bridges up, they just keep on burning again
Hell I'd like to say I at least understand what went wrong
Fight with the questions too long, realize the answer doesn't matter in the end
The nights we shared, who was I to you
But the closest touch, it's so obvious
Once we both got what we wanted
The remaining trust was swallowed by lust
Silence has become the remedy 'cause you know what I'll say
Maybe after all we were better off not feeling that way
Careless comfort provides an empty feeling, but at least it felt right
Pieces we left behind, call 'em casualties of what we couldn't save
The nights we shared, who was I to you
But the closest touch, it's so obvious
Once we both got what we wanted
The remaining trust was swallowed by lust
Morning light creeping through your window
And I knew that we could never turn back
For so long I thought I loved you
Yeah you proved me wrong, but at what cost
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8. |
My Bed
03:54
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I never thought you'd come back
Back to the town where we lived and laughed
I think it's better that
We don't talk about the past
Or who said what last
It doesn't matter when your heart's half
I don't have the time to waste
You can see it on my face
Some things can never be replaced
They're getting lost along the way
I'm too tired to chase
What we called love faded away
Remembering where we went
To watch the leaves change orange and red
The trees burned so brightly then
We were maybe nine or ten
I haven't been back since
My simple time is already spent
You left this morning before I woke
In a taxi with my favorite coat
I guess you were never one for notes
Farewell frozen down in your throat
Yeah I remember the snow
On the day you left me in my bed alone
On the day you left me in my bed alone
On the day you left me in my bed alone
On the day you left me in my bed alone
The day you left me in my bed alone
The day you left me in my bed alone
The day you left me in my bed alone
The day you left me in my bed alone
The day you left me in my bed alone
The day you left me in my bed alone
The day you left me in my bed alone
On the day you left me in my bed alone
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9. |
Your Bed
05:00
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The added weight of a rusted halo feels like two-hundred pounds when you're ten feet in the ground
Craving comfort from concerns that capture anyone who's close
All along we ignored the warnings of the signs turned upside down, but still compassion can't be found
Burning up in your flame-laced lashes, your touch chills me to the bone
Another fly trapped tightly in your web
Another night I spent wasted
Dyin' in your bed
Dyin' in your bed
The seeds we've sown have yielded no fruit
Freezing layer of frost whispers woes and what you lost
I'm the dirt beneath the soles of your feet, stubborn soil of retreat
Hearts aren't fields and we're no farmers
Please put down that spade and hoe, there's no feeling that can be grown
I'm the roots trampled, crushed carelessly
Our harvest withering in the heat
Another fly trapped tightly in your web
Another night I spent wasted
Dyin' in your bed (dyin' in your bed)
Dyin' in your bed (dyin' in your bed)
Oh god will I ever sleep again
Take me some place darker
I can rest my head (dyin' in your bed)
I can rest my head (dyin' in your bed)
Another fly trapped tightly in your web
Another night I spent wasted
Dyin' in your bed, in your bed
Oh god will I ever sleep again
Take me some place darker
I can rest my head, my head
Dyin' in your bed
Dyin' in your bed
Dyin' in your bed
Dyin' in your bed
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10. |
Spare Change
03:54
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All of these nights I still don't remember
All of these ties I thoughtlessly severed
Indulging in empty attraction
Only led to more loneliness than I ever imagined
I haven't felt like myself in days
Treated people I love like spare change
Sometimes if you can't forgive, you just have to forget
I'd like to think I'm getting pretty damn good at that
Everyone needs some type of distraction
I don't blame you for using me, whatever's happened has happened
With one act I set fire to a life long-gone I surely miss
Let now be the last time I write a song about any of this
I haven't felt like myself in days
Treated people I love like spare change
Sometimes if you can't forgive, you just have to forget
I'd like to think I'm getting pretty damn good at that
I haven't felt like myself in days
Treated people I love like spare change
I understand if you can't look at me the same way
l'm sorry that you can't look at me the same way
The same way, the same way
The same way, the same way, the same way, the same way
The same way, the same way, the same way
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Dead Perennials San Diego, California
Dead Perennials is the music of San Diego songwriter Matt Haynie
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