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Lyrics:

What is this thing you've gotten into your head
that I'm leaving and I'm never coming back?
You know very well that I can't look away from you,
and even if I could, I wouldn't want to break your spell.


Break Your Spell

(X02200 8x) (022000 2x) (320000 2x) 

You can't break this problem down into its component parts like you like to do. I feel bad for you.

You have a few coping strategies, but they don't respond well to complications, which makes this a difficult situation.

(X02200 1x) (102200 1x) (002200 1x) (302200 1x)

You're not depressed, you're just a little lost most of the time. (2x)

You can't break this problem down into its component parts like you like to do. I feel bad for you.

You have a few coping strategies, but they don't respond well to complications, which makes this a difficult situation.

(X02200 1x) (102200 1x) (002200 1x) (302200 1x)

You're not depressed, you're just a little lost most of the time. (4x)

(X02200 1x)


Coping Strategies

I made this absurd amalgamation using J4T Multitrack Recorder on Android with my Samsung Galaxy Nexus. It's kind of a production mess (which is why you'll see so few attempts at production of any kind on my other tracks...), but I'm happy with the lyrics.

Lyrics:

G Bm G Bm G Bm A

People will say anything when things are going well
To be seen as good and kind
But it's the things we do when it's all gone to hell
Yeah the hardest decisions are the ones by which we should be defined

I tell myself I'm not like that, but I know that it's bullshit
We all talk a good game once in a while
Even when we know damn well we've got no right to play
But if our heart was never in it, isn't that wise anyway?

People will say anything when things are going well
To be seen as good and kind
But it's the things we do when it's all gone to hell
Yeah the hardest decisions by which we should be defined

The Things We Do

This is the first song I made with GarageBand for iPad. It's creepy and unfinished but just plying with this minute or so of material opened my eyes to the potential in this app. 

Lyrics:

I've got a little story to tell you before you fall asleep tonight.
And it might scare you but I'm not worried; by the time you wake up you'll be alright.

A Little Story

This is a little rough, even for me, but it was only the third time I played this song all the way through. It could use some more lyrics, but it's best to record these things when they come to us.

Lyrics:

This time tomorrow I'll be next to you
And it's that right that's getting me through
This time tomorrow you'll be in my arms
And it's that image that's gotten me this far

One two, three four

And nothing can keep me away from you, no
Nothing can keep me away

Keep Me Away

Here's another very demo demo.

Lyrics:

G#  Cm C#  C#m
I know you want to be there for me when I'm feeling blue,
but the truth is that I'm only ever really sad when I'm away from you.

Blue, Away From You

This was recorded on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus using Easy Recorder for Android and my mother-in-law's piano. It's about my father's mother.

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G [Eb aug5 / 765000] Em Dm C Cm

I thought that if I stayed up all night
you'd never die
but I was wrong
this is your goodbye song

I know if I remember you as you are 
you won't' be far
my whole life long
this is my remembering song

I thought that if I never cried
you'd stay alive
but I was wrong
this is my weeping song

I thought that if I stayed up all night
you'd never die
but i was wrong
this is your goodbye song 

I thought that if I stayed up all night
you'd never die
but i was wrong
this is your goodbye song

Your Goodbye Song (April 2013 Piano Demo)

There's a decidedly higher-quality version of this at my Bandcamp - http://joeross.bandcamp.com/track/the-fight-take-3 - but I like this lofi version as well, so I'm leaving it here.

D A E G 
We can barely look each other in the eyes anymore
You'd think all of the secrets of the universe are written on the living floor

A G D E
I don't want to be the first
and you don't want to be the first
so we just wait until it gets worse
And that silence that says everything 
that we wish we had never said
fills all the space in between our heads

D E G
But the truth is that I still love you

D A E G
We just keep on screaming at each other every night and it's getting a little out of control
We're both so sick of arguing even the fighting is kind of losing its soul

A G D E
I don't want to be the first
and you don't want to be the first
so we just wait until it gets worse
And that silence that says everything
that we wish we had never said
fills all the space in between our heads

D E G
But the truth is that I still love you

D A E G
Lately there's a perfect storm that's crashed upon our once-calm cool and collected shores
The shit keeps hitting the fan, our doors bashed in by battering ram, sometimes we can't take anymore

A G D E
I don't want to be the first
and you don't want to be the first
so we just wait until it gets worse
And that silence that says everything
that we wish we had never said
fills all the space in between our heads

D E G
But the truth is that I still love you

Gm
And I always will

Joe Ross

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