I felt something go through me
A passerby, Keep on moving
Did the stars align?
Did they collide?

A hundred lies I've seen 'em
A thousand times I've believed 'em
Was I out of line?
Did I decline?

I'm dreaming
I'm believing 
I'm just moving on
I'm dreaming
I'm just moving on

I can't decide

You were smiling with a shine so bright 
I was beaming by the look in your eyes
You were standing out of time 
They say it lasts forever
I can't believe forever's gone

I'm stuck on superstition
I don't believe it's my decision
Primal urges surge beyond the tide

I'm dreaming
I'm believing
I'm just moving on
I'm dreaming 
I'm just moving on
I'm dreaming
I'm believing
I'm just moving on
I'm dreaming 
I'm just moving on

I can't decide

You were smiling with a shine so bright 
I was beaming by the look in your eyes
You were standing out of time 
They say it lasts forever
I can't believe forever's gone
Smiling with a shine so bright 
I was beaming by the look in your eyes
You were standing out of time 
They say it lasts forever
I can't believe forever's gone...

Forever's Gone

I was down and out with the writing on the wall
A harder fall when you're standing 10 feet tall
Boots in the mud and I'm reaching out to you
I say "my love" you say I'm a fool.

If I'm a fool then you's a clown
stay with me baby
If I'm a fool then you's a clown
Won't you, stay with me

Is it all my fault that you don't feel alive?
Like you're working on the front assembly line.
The world spins round so what am I to do?
While I'm watching every piece of it unglue.
I know you had a vision hanging in your head
But the world's a cold and unrelenting mess
It's hard to find the truth and know what the hell to do
so just stay with me,  stay with me.

Stay with me darlin'
Don't know what else to do
So won't you just 
Hang with me honey
Tell me "I do"
Cause I do

If I'm a fool then you's a clown
stay with me baby
If I'm a fool then you's a clown
Won't you, stay with me

The melody is missing notes
The singer left the band
My everything is in  your hands.

So won't you 
Stay with me darlin'
Don't know what else to do
Won't you just
Hang with me honey
Tell me "I do"

If I'm a fool then you's a clown
stay with me baby
If I'm a fool then you's a clown
Won't you, stay with me

Keep it moving on, I'm moving on

If I'm a Fool

I was born in Morgan City
by the Atchafalaya bend.
I joined the Austin hippies
to make some music with my friends. 

A lot of people spend a lifetime
on a path someone else paved.
Gotta find your soul’s connection
And leave regret outside your grave. 

So are you with me?
With me, are you?
Are you with me?
With me, are you?

Are You With Me?

Pinch myself to make sure that it’s not a fleeting dream. 
You can playback time,  you can’t rewind ,can’t be blind to change. 
Days are longer when you’re gone,
They drag on endlessly. 
Thoughts feel like they’re carved in stone, why won’t they drift away. 

Settle Down, get on with your life. 

Found a spot for everything and made it nice and neat. 
Found a place to call my own, a moment of relief. 
Ignored all the warnings, how could I be so naive. 
Woke up in the morning to the trick under your sleeve.

Settle Down, get on with your life.
Settle Down, get on with your life.
I know it's not the way you wanted it to be
But it's alright.

Yeah it's alright.

Settle Down

A candle's burnin' deep inside  
It’s got an endless wick.
The lights are shining all around.
a sight not all can see.
You've got a steady climb
Stop looking from side to side
sit back, enjoy the ride
No he won’t agree 
don’t go where your ego leads
notice, focus, believe

I'm not giving up
I'm, not gonna give you up 
No, I'm not giving up on you

Gonna fight till I get to to top rung
Take in all the mistakes 
Learn a lesson & start from the bottom
if that's what it takes.

All the trees will grow their leaves in their own time
when the season's right 
they will find their way to sunlight
Show the beauty from inside.

But, I'm not giving up I
I'm, not gonna give you up
No, I'm not giving up on you.

When the pendulum swings, I’ll be right there.
Every moment a gift. 
Just a fraction of difference impacting
every moment you're in.

Not Giving Up

Feels like you lead me astray 
Brush em off of your shoulder 
If the room burns and ashes remain
Brush em off of your shoulder
If the well dries when you’re not prepared 
Pull me a little closer 
When it’s high tide you’re deep in the sand 
Just a little closer. 

If I see flood and I see fire 
Then I'll rebuild 
I’m feeling fine 
So why you wanna waste my time?

You're in bounds but just by an inch
Brush it off your shoulder
You're outside just scratchin' an itch
Pull me a little closer 

You've dropped crumbs all this time
But I'll play dumb I'm feeling fine 
So why you wanna waste my time

By a hillside, down a mountain
It’s a long ride down to the canyon
Steady nose dive 
Just to get you, just forget you. 

Find your card, I’ll decline
Broken hearts and crooked spines 
So why you wanna waste my time?

Waste My Time

I see it every week
And I watch it every day
It's a circle of momentum
& there's no one on the brakes

You never hear it speak
It'll hide under your face
While you decorate your demons
Like they're planning your escape

I'm not going.... down
I'm not going..... down
Not going down that path again

Hard to find some peace
When your mind runs astray
Does it help to be a dreamer
If you piss your life away?

I wish your eyes could see
All the hearts that you engrave
If you stir up all those ashes
You can start another flame

I'm not going.... down
Not going..... down
Not going down that path again

You were...trapped in his shadow
You were tainted
Felt so helpless to watch it happen
And we all knew it would come one day
but I still can't explain a thing

Not Going Down

Anytime you find tricks under your sleeve
You got ghosts that just won't leave
Got no answers you can reach

Anytime you've been beaten to the bone
Only peace leaves you alone
Got no way to get back home

Anytime I want you to count on me
Anytime I am yours

Anytime you keep falling through the cracks
Got the world upon your back
Got the cards against you stacked.

Anytime you been beaten to the soul.
You got tears you can't control
You got fears that take a toll.

Anytime I want you to count on me
Anytime I am yours
Present turns to past
Yeah the future's coming soon
Anytime I am yours.

When you can't accept how your life unfolds 
You put one step in front of the next and keep on going.

 Anytime the universe can curse your dreams
Change the current in your streams
Magic moments you can seize.

Anytime I want you to count on me
Anytime I am yours
Present turns to past
Yeah the future's coming soon
Anytime I am yours.

All of this will pass
Darlin' you'll be better soon
Anytime I am yours.

Anytime

Austin-based songwriter.  South Louisiana roots.

https://linktr.ee/ckquad

Chris Kountoupis

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