I can't fit the key in 
I cant move at your speed 
I cant figure things out 
When will you open whats disguised 
In your eyes 
Whats disguised? 
In your eyes 

Let Chicago retreat 
Look in Rome where you sleep 
Give in to Los Angeles 
To many cities in your eyes 
Whats disguised? 
In your eyes 
Whats disguised? 

Whats disguised? 
In your eyes 
Whats disguised? 
in your eyes

credits
from Warning Labels, releases October 1, 2017 
Written and performed by Michael Taggart

Count

from Warning Labels, releases October 1, 2017

Written by Kurt Lusas

Don't Worry, You're Safe

Save yourself 
Just keep running 
Don't look back 
How many is this 
Cant keep counting 
I've lost track 

And I can hardly eat 
I keep breathing fire 
Till it burns 
I can hardly reach 
So I keep climbing higher 
Till I learn 

Prepare yourself 
They'll be hell to pay this time 
Give it up 
Till you see the image I find 

And I can hardly eat 
I keep breathing fire 
Till it burns 
I can hardly reach 
So I keep climbing higher 
Till I learn 

And I can hardly eat 
I keep breathing fire 
Till it burns 
I can hardly reach 
So I keep climbing higher 
Till I learn 

Till I learn 
They'll be hell to pay 
Till I learn 
They'll be hell to pay 
Till I learn 
They'll be hell to pay this time

credits
from Warning Labels, releases October 11, 2017 
Written and Performed by Michael Taggart 
Co'-Lead vocals performed by Heather Cinqmars

Hell To Pay

Darkness 
I laughed off 
Where was my head? 
Sold me 
A lemon 
Buyer beware 
As if I care 

I lucked out and said goodbye 
I escaped opened my eyes 
Final don't ever try 
Don't ever try 

Car crash 
No Insurance 
And I don't mind 
This table 
Had no legs 
Now I'm alive 
I'm so alive 

I lucked out and said goodbye 
I escaped opened my eyes 
Final don't ever try 
Don't ever try 

It was me I could not recognize 
Common sense 
How could i close my eyes? 

I lucked out and said goodbye 
I escaped opened my eyes 
Final don't ever try 
Don't ever try 

I lucked out and said goodbye 
I escaped opened my eyes 
Final don't ever try 
Don't ever try
credits
from Warning Labels, releases October 1, 2017 
Written and performed by Michael Taggart and Jeff Gordon

I Don't Mind

Looking forward surprise 
Glad I found my eyes 
The sun never looked less funny 
Strapped in the drivers seat 
Threw out the spoiled meat 
Lonely is a bank without money 

When you were drowning 
And I couldn't find me 
I knew you'd had enough 
Discovered the reasons 
So don't change like seasons 
Let me be enough 
Cause I need your world 

Look deep into my eyes 
Do you see any lies? 
I know I appear as if I'm shuffled 
Forgive and forget 
Live without regret 
You know you're best when you are coupled 


When you were drowning 
And I couldn't find me 
I knew you'd had enough 
Discovered the reasons 
So don't change like seasons 
Let me be enough 
Cause I need your world 


When you were drowning 
And I couldn't find me 
I knew you'd had enough 
Discovered the reasons 
So don't change like seasons 
Let me be enough 
Cause I need your world
credits
from Warning Labels, releases October 1, 2017 
Written and performed by Michael Taggart

Looking Forward

I held my breath (I let mine go) 
Something close to death (I'm so alive) 
Was such a fool to believe (You were) 
That you would never leave (Never planned to stay) 
Rebuild my walls (I tore them down) 
And close my doors (should have kept them shut) 
An enemy disguised as a friend (I do it well) 
Until the bitter end (Only bitter for you) 

You were just a mistake (you'd like to think so) 
A promise that I'd break (you broke them all) 
Given half a chance (no chances left) 
I'd pass up on that dance (such fun) 
The deeper I looked (you're blind) 
You were nothing more than looks (turn away) 
Now I feel at home 
I'd rather be alone 

All you did was lie (You lied to yourself) 
Every time you cried (Never meant a thing) 
Did we have a life? (Not for me) 
Never ours for hours 

Tore out who I was (You were never much) 
Made me your cause (seek and destroy) 
Without a shadow of a doubt (No shame) 
It was murder of my heart (in the first degree) 
Still so confused (Because you're dumb) 
You broke all the rules (Because I'm numb) 
Work to restore my faith (Give up) 
That my life's not too late (You're done) 

You were just a mistake (you'd like to think so) 
A promise that I'd break (you broke them all) 
Given half a chance (no chances left) 
I'd pass up on that dance (such fun) 
The deeper I looked (you're blind) 
You were nothing more than looks (turn away) 
Now I feel at home 
I'd rather be alone 

All you did was lie (You lied to yourself) 
Every time you cried (Never meant a thing) 
Did we have a life? (Not for me) 
Never ours for hours 

All you did was lie (You lied to yourself) 
Every time you cried (Never meant a thing) 
Did we have a life? (Not for me) 
Never ours for hours

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from Warning Labels, releases October 1, 2017 
Written and Performed by Michael Taggart 
Co-lead vocals by Heather Cinqmars

Ours For Hours

Last night 
When they came for me 
All their guns blazing 
Shots over and under me 

When all the time has passed 
they learned that i'm already dead but ill survive 
In overdrive 
Cause I'm revived in overdrive 

Tonight 
They'll try to come again 
This time they won't see a ghost or what I'm offering 

It was a classic bait and switch 
They couldn't stop me but 
I'll survive 
In overdrive 
Cause I'm revived in overdrive 

They couldn't take my time 
(Take my time) 
And I'm back alive 

Survive 
In overdrive 
Cause I'm revived 
In overdrive
credits
from Warning Labels, releases October 1, 2017 
Written and performed by Michael Taggart and Kurt Lusas 
Backing vocals by Heather Cinqmars

Warning Labels

Overdrive (Bonus Track)

How can I forward to your heart? 
How can look into the dark? 
How can I find out where we start? 
oh no oh lord 

How can talk myself out of 
The feeling that I'm so in love? 
How can I try to move on when your always in my shadow? 

How can I look each time I walk? 
Without seeing that i'm not stuck. 
How do I build a fort around this reckless heart? 

How can I frame these pictures in 
A context I could understand? 
I guess its better to burn it all 
Into this reckless heart

credits
from Warning Labels, releases October 11, 2017 
Written and Performed By Michael Taggart

Reckless Heart

Make no mistake 
Nothings off the table 
It takes more to make 
This agency crumble 

And I won't behave 
And you won't be saved 
And I won't behave 
And you won't be saved 

When night gives it's call 
The lighting grows dimmer 
I watch New York shake 
It's head at your hunger 

And I won't behave 
And you won't be saved 
And I won't behave 
And you won't be saved 

And I won't behave 
And you won't be saved 
And I won't behave 
And you won't be saved

credits
from Warning Labels, releases October 1, 2017 
Written and performed by Michael Taggart and Alana Sacks

Resentment

Standing in a crowded room of heavy noise 
Spent too much time chasing afterglows 

And I swear 
Takes a lot to give me pause 
I wear 
My heart on my sleeve through wars 

Hanging pictures in my head on endless walls 
Turning out the lights as i leave 
No one calls 

And I swear 
Takes a lot to give me pause 
I wear my heart on my sleeve through wars 
What's fair? 
I could be another man 
Don't dare 
It's too easy with a plan 

And I swear 
Takes a lot to give me pause 
I wear my heart on my sleeve through wars 
Whats fair? 
I could be another man 
Don't dare 
It's too easy without a plan

credits
from Warning Labels, releases October 1, 2017 
Written and performed by Michael Taggart

That Much

Everybody's breathing down my neck 
And I cant move for days 
4 days 
Everybody's dry and I am wet 
But I can't swim this way 
This way 

In hell 
The triggers on my throat 
Stares at me from far away 
Until the record breaks 
Disclose 
You didn't need to know 
I should have locked my mouth away 
I never felt this way 

Everybody's coming for me now 
And i cant turn away 
Away 
Every single stupid song you saved 
Your taste in musics shit 
Always 

Who knew? 
Everything you claimed 
Melted like the plastic 
From whence you came 
I grow more distant every day 
I have found my hideaway 
Underneath this grave 

Oh this grave 
This grave 
This grave 

Everybody's coming for me now 
And i cant turn away 
Everybody's breathing down my neck 
And I cant move for days 
4 days

credits
from Warning Labels, releases October 1, 2017 
Written and performed by Michael Taggart

Young Romance

Recorded 2012 using ableton live 

Gordon - Drums
Michael Taggart - Guitars/Bass/Vocals

Written by Michael Taggart

Lyrics

(verse)

Sitting still I wonder where should I begin

The words just won’t materialize and I’m in slow motion 

but you won’t see me now, you won’t see me now

as anyone, anyone

(Chorus)

So please, please talk to me

if just to see if it wont swallow me

so please please please talk to me

and let me go back to sleep

(verse 2)

feel the weight pull hard against my intention

if you would only look this way and break all this tension

but you wont see me now, you wont see me now

as anyone, anyone

(repeat chorus twice)

Subways

Recorded 2013 on Ableton Live

Michael Taggart
Heather Cinqmars
Kurt Lusas

Written by Kurt Lusas/Michael Taggart

Mixed and Mastered by Gordon
Recorded at Hello Darlin Studios

Lyrics

Last night, when they came for me
All of their guns blazing shots over and under me
When all the time had passed they learned that I'm already dead but I'll survive
In overdrive, cause i'm revived in overdrive

Tonight, they'll try to come again
this time they won't see a ghost or what i'm offering
It was a classic bait and switch, they could't stop me but i''ll survive
in overdrive, cause i'm revived, in overdrive

They couldn't take my time...take my time
and i'm back alive

Survive, in overdrive, cause i'm revived, in overdrive

Overdrive

"It’s like five Ian Curtises, sitting in their respective kitchens, scribbling harrowing death poetry on the backs of envelopes stuffed with unpaid bills while a warped JAMC record skips in the background." - The Noise Boston

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