Mocktail Love:

(about being in love,
wondering if the chemistry you feel was forced or fake,
and getting drunk on it anyway.
sensing that something’s not right but wanting to ignore it,
to burn bright anyway, while it lasts
like accelerating across a broken bridge
wanting to run away
youth, R&J)

verse 1:
yesterday i died from a bullet in my mind
wondering if wondering really matters
cause i’d succumb to anything that makes me feel alive
you make me feel alive, yeah you do

prechorus:
everybody wants to feel special
just like everybody else

chorus:
so come away and dance with me tonight
the stars and streetlights will shine so bright
we’ll fly away in skies that burn with blue
if you want to, and if you want me too

verse2:
clouding empty minds with love and fantasies so close to her
let’s make believe that everything’s just fine
cause we don’t want to jeopardize the wasted beauty in your eyes
drunk on our mocktail love

prechorus
chorus
bridge instrumental
chorus
end

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Meant To Be

(about realising that we need to really understand ourselves before we can try to understand other people,
about the helplessness of youth,
about finding the courage to admit weakness
the anger at one’s own helplessness
some pain
about not pretending to be strong anymore)

verse 1:
I never spent so long just waiting
hold me closely, let me go
my thoughts they’re all just resonating
in my my mind where she’s alone

i thought i understood
everything there is to know
we’re not meant to be alone
we’re not meant to be

chorus:
no,
i used to know myself
if no one else
but we,
we’re so young
what could we do
where could we have gone

guitar solo

verse 2:
i think i’m finally moving on from here
yeah i’m finally waking
from these dreams i’m faking

i thought i understood
everything there is to know
we’re not meant to be alone
we’re not meant to be

chorus
verse 1
chorus
outro instrumental

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It’s Not Too Late:

(about hope, faint hope,
about sadness,
about love fading away and the strong desire to have what was once strong,
and a slight realisation that it’s gone-
a denial, not wanting to admit that it’s over,
and strong concern for the other person)

verse 1:
you say you don’t know
what’s been happening to this boat
i see you waltzing on your own
could you make it through alone
(tell me it’s more than a game
don’t fool me with your charade)
could you make it through alone

chorus (x2):
it’s not too late
it’s never over
it’s not too late

verse 2:
you say you don’t care
what’s been happening to this pair
of shaken hearts that wear and tear
still we’ll make it through i swear
(troubled thoughts and troubled times,
let’s just give it one more try)
we’d make it through i swear

chorus x2:

bridge:
hearts collide / i know i know
hurts inside / just go, just go
wait and see / come what may
just stay with me / just stay

chorus x2

background vocals over chorus, x2:
I never thought we’d end this way
and I never want to go away, I
never thought we’d take this break, and I
never, never, no-

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Anymore

(about intense pain,
fear, suffering,
helplessness, hopelessness,
feeling lost, confused, destroyed,
worried, crying,
trying to save/help when falling apart)

verse1:
i just can’t do this anymore,
darling please, walk me out through the door
you’re just not smiling anymore,
so baby please, I have to let you go

chorus (x2):
throw it away, she said
like we did to everything we had

verse2:

things aren’t the same anymore,
and i know, i’m not so strong after all
don’t you know, i just can’t take this anymore
so baby please, you have to let me go

chorus (x2)
(might add a bridge here)
bass solo
end

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Between The Lines

(happier,
about accepting what happened and almost about moving on but not quite.
pleasant memories,
a dreamy reflective moment of serenity and understanding
where everything seems to fall into place)

(verse 1)
between the lines of right and wrong,
and it takes a second to choose

when it all just goes down wrong
yeah, there’s not a minute to lose

thinking of the times we shared
those precious hours with you

spend some time with me now,
baby, oh, just a day or two

Chorus (x2):
still i’m waiting for you
thinking everything’s just fine
i just don’t know what i’d do
i’m still so in love with you

verse 2 (unwritten, for now verse 1 repeated)
chorus (x2)
breakdown/solo
chorus (x2)
end

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Push Hard, Push Back (tentative)

(about helping someone in your midst who’s fallen, broken, needs saving
about strength of community, about not giving up, about moving forward)

verse 1:
you don’t have to be so scared
you don’t have to feel so alone
we’ll try to make things right
won’t you stand up, and be strong

prechorus:
won’t let you fall on your face
won’t let you disappear
won’t let anybody
hold you down
won’t let your smiles fade away
won’t let your life go to waste
won’t let the stories and magic
ever end

(bg vocals: we won’t let you down, x8)

chorus:
haven’t write yet

verse 2:
it can be hard to understand
it might just all seem so unfair
it can be hard to believe
but even then we’ll still be here

prechorus
chorus
dunno

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I KNOW that all these songs seem really emo and whatever, but they were in rough times and i needed them to help me get through. the next few songs are much happier but they haven’t been fleshed out yet. look forward to them! =)

my happy side shows more in my basslines (eg tainted tuesdays, nights amidst) more than my words. i’m still not very good at expressing things.

ah well, always working on it! =D

oh yah, just stating, all lyrics above are written completely by me and are my intellectual property, so if for some weird ass reason you want to use it, ask me first k.

and armchair critic songs may sound different or use different lyrics because there are two other guys in the band and they have their input too. =)