[Verse]
First time sadness swept me cold
Caught me trembling in the fold
Second time just left me waiting
Tangled thoughts exacerbating

[Verse 2]
Third time saw me try to quit
All those words I can't commit
Fourth time hating all the same
Burning bridges in your name

[Chorus]
Seven storms away from breaking
Feel the ground beneath us quaking
Every twist and turn we find
Progress lost then redefined

[Verse 3]
Fifth time anger reared its head
Words we've thrown better left unsaid
Sixth time splitting paths diverge
In the chaos strong surges urge

[Bridge]
Hearts are heavy drawn with lines
Crossed too much too many times
Weathered soul in disarray
Seventh storm sweeps pain away

[Chorus]
Seven storms away from breaking
Feel the ground beneath us quaking
Every twist and turn we find
Progress lost then redefined

[Verse 4]
First time sadness in my soul
Second time waiting for the show
Third forget this broken dream
Fourth time hating all I've seen

[Verse 5]
Five times anger in my heart
Six storms tearing me apart
Seven times too much to take
These times now it's all heartache

[Chorus]
Seven storms away from breaking
Feel the ground beneath us quaking
Every twist and turn we find
Progress lost then redefined

[Verse]
No time hoping for the light
Long time facing endless night
Every minute every hour
Lost the taste now it's all sour

[Chorus]
Seven storms away from breaking
Feel the ground beneath us quaking
Every twist and turn we find
Progress lost then redefined

[Bridge]
All times I've given all my love
Too many times pushed and shoved
Counting losses counting days
Feeling lost within this maze

[Chorus]
Seven storms away from breaking
Feel the ground beneath us quaking
Every twist and turn we find
Progress lost then redefined

Seven Storms Away

[verse 1]
She said whats for dinner
I'm starving haven't ate all day
Pasta, chicken, Stir Fry he replied back to her
OH NOT AGAIN!
She said do we have bread
We do its frozen
She said we got some honey beans I like
think we still have a can

[chorus]
Beans on toast
she said to him
Beans on toast
the breads too thin
Beans on toast

[Verse 2]

She checks the fridge again,
Just ketchup and old cheese,
He sighs and grabs his keys,
“Let’s just order Chinese!”
She pouts and shakes her head,
“I’ve got my heart set…”

[Chorus]
Beans on toast,
She said to him,
Beans on toast,
The bread’s too thin!
Beans on toast
(But the can’s stuck!)

[Bridge]
Buttered, golden, cheap and neat,
Staple of a British beat,
No gourmet could ever compete…
BEANS ON TOAST!

[Chorus]
Beans on toast,
She said to him,
Beans on toast,
The bread’s too thin!
Beans on toast

(The can’s rusted shut!)
(We’re out of butter! )

Beans on toast

[Verse]
I sit in a chair that creaks like time
The walls hum low with a ghostly rhyme
A crack in the plaster
A story untold
This room breathes secrets
Ancient and cold

[Chorus]
A room with a view
The sky painted blue
The sun sinks low
It’s just me and you
Shadows stretch long
Like a hand I once knew
This room with a view
It whispers the truth

[Verse 2]
The window’s a canvas
The clouds paint their fight
A dance of the golden and bruised twilight
Dust floats like dreams we forgot to chase
The world keeps spinning
But it stays in this place

[Prechorus]
Do you hear it
The song in the air
Do you feel it
The weight we both share

[Chorus]
A room with a view
The sky painted blue
The sun sinks low
It’s just me and you
Shadows stretch long
Like a hand I once knew
This room with a view
It whispers the truth

[Bridge]
Every corner holds a memory
Every silence hums a melody
The floorboards creak in a tune of regret
The room remembers what we forget

Room With a View

(Verse 1)
Sunlight cuts across the floorboards
I hear a whisper in the hallway
Just the settling of a dream
A silent story, a simple truth
I'm just talking to myself

(Chorus)
And the old house we shared
Echoes of a laugh I can't forget
Times spent there brother
And a silence since the day you left

(Verse 2)
We drove your truck up the mountain
So you could remove the shine
The passenger cause you were my brother
I saw your face in a stranger yesterday
Turned my head to say your name
And you vanished from my sight

(Chorus)
And this world is full of echoes now
Echoes of a laugh I can't forget
Yeah, this world is full of echoes, brother
And a silence since the day you left

(Bridge)
They don't tell you 'bout the quiet
They don't tell you 'bout the space
They don't tell you that a memory
Can put a shadow in its place

(Outro)
The board games, the soccer fields
The phone stopped ringing but you remained 
My brother forever and appreciated 
all the same
Its a healing load for those you knew
and for this brother always you

Echoes (My Brother)

[Verse 1]
A steady hand, a patient eye
Beneath a clear and honest sky
I turned the cheek and swallowed pride
With nowhere left to run and hide

[Chorus]
But the poison takes, the fever breaks
And all my kindness slowly shakes
A peaceful man can only bend
Before he breaks and makes an end

[Verse 2]
I saw the wolves begin to feast
On innocence and gentle peace
A silent scream, a pleading glance
Met with a sneer and cruel dance

[Chorus]
And the poison takes, the fever breaks
And all my kindness slowly shakes
A peaceful man can only bend
Before he breaks and makes an end

[Bridge]
The light is gone, the calm is through
There's nothing left, for me to do
But meet the madness, eye to eye
And let the old me. die

[Verse 3]
No more mercy, no more light
Embrace the endless, hateful night
The friendly face is put away
The monster has a role to play

[Final Chorus]
Now the sickness takes, the fever breaks
And all your world begins to shake
You made this end, you made this fate
I am the ugly you create

Embracing the Ugly

Dusty Room [Instrumental]

[Verse]
Faded snapshots in a box under my bed
Ghosts of laughter from the words we never said
The clock keeps ticking
But it leaves no trace
Time slips through fingers
Like wind on my face

[Chorus]
Dust to dust
We all fade away
Hold on tight
'cause nothing will stay
Memories crumble
Like castles of sand
Dust to dust
It’s out of our hands

[Verse 2]
Missed the train
It was gone before I knew
Regret's a shadow
Always in the rearview
Close friends scattered
Like leaves in the breeze
Aching silence where their voices used to tease

[Prechorus]
Oh
The years fall down like rain
Oh
The echoes carry pain

[Chorus]
Dust to dust
We all fade away
Hold on tight
'cause nothing will stay
Memories crumble
Like castles of sand
Dust to dust
It’s out of our hands

[Bridge]
Family dinners
Chairs now empty and still
Aging faces
Time’s relentless will
We’re all just stories
Pages torn and frayed
But love lingers
It won’t decay

Dust to Dust (inspired by Dusty Room)

Dusty Room 2025 [Instrumental]

[Verse 1]
You preach of struggle from your screen
Hashtag a meme a world unseen
Sheltered life and empty fashion
Missing credit, borrowed passion

[Chorus]
You're just a sheep in the skin of a beast
All talk and no toil, at your own feast
Just polishing the same digital show
It's all show, you know, all show, no go.

[Verse 2]
You sell your hustle, a safe bet
A filtered smile, a curated asset
Spinning lies for those who share
Built on a thread of empty air

[Chorus]
You're just a sheep in the skin of a beast
All talk and no toil, at your own feast
Just polishing the same digital show
It's all show, you know, all show, no go.

[Bridge]
I wonder if the man he's playing
Is tired of the part he's saying
When the curtain falls and the lights go down
Just the echo of a hollow sound

Embracing the Ugly

Colin

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