Words and Music by Justin Trautwein and Brian Titus

Come out and sing a song
And get your party on
Hear people laughing from the streets
The year's been good to me
But I know like all good things
Our days are numbered 
So are those we keep

I miss you tonight
New Year's Eve
The end of a life

When you lose Kate on a cold day
In the snow, you hardly feel it, cause you're numb
Gone at such a young age
And you know you'd take her place if you were called

I miss you tonight
New Year's Eve
The end of your life

Run out and make a sound
And want what's yours, not ours
Feet dangling from the ballpark seats
I read a book to you
As we turn a page or two
From fairy tales is born this tragedy

I miss you tonight
New Year's Eve
The end of your life

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I miss the days you left behind
Your star above is shining bright
I'll make a wish this starry night
Oh star above come down tonight

I wish we all could live long enough
So we could reach our dreams, like falling in love
I wish we all could live long enough
So much to see and breathe, as long as we're around

When you lose Kate on a cold day
In the snow, you hardly feel it cause you're numb

Written and Recorded in January 2014


Numb

Words and Music by Justin Trautwein

From the moment that you plan your way
Life blows you far from course
As no one can predict what's down the way
A clear sky of corruption casts a shadow overhead
A shadow that remains with us today

Frozen as time goes by
Yeah talk about one day that changed our lives
Still can't shake that image off
Eleven years of adulthood and two less towers

A daughter takes a trip by plane that's headed coast to coast
A fireman returns into the flames
A soldier tells his family he's headed off to war
So many heroes lost along the way

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Frozen as time goes by
I'm grateful that I still can live my life
Our freedom comes at a cost
All the people who paid for what we have now

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Written and Recorded on September 11th, 2012


Frozen

Words and Music by Justin Trautwein

I ain't lookin' back
I know your face tells it all
So I'll give way
As you're looking back I'm moving on
It's a risk I have to take
My door's open and my arms are wide
You can never come too late
Well maybe we were meant to go our separate ways
Leaving me oh so hollowed out again

Save face or put away our differences
When we're older we'll look back on the years
Life takes a toll
It leads to bitterness
Then it's over in a flash and you feel it
It rips my heart to say

Life's a looking glass
It's paired with clocks ticking till you're out of change
Buy an hour more or run like mad for the hills or outer space
As you're floating up you reach to grab her hand, you can't
She feels you passing by
The cold wind blows her hair
Her cheeks are getting wet
Oh how you wish you'd gotten all of life
How you wish you'd gotten out alive

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Forty years have passed since I first left 
I've seen you and all fly west
I keep looking back
I know that looking back only opens up the cracks that have healed
It rips my heart to say
It rips my heart along the way

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Save face or put away our differences
When we're older we'll look back on the years
Life takes a toll
It leads to bitterness
Running low on what is left
It's for real
It rips my heart to say

It rips my heart away

Written and Recorded in the Winter of 2013


Saving Face

Words and Music by Justin Trautwein

The life we lead is what we make of it
Whisper all your dreams to me
Our love is endless like a rainbow
A pot of gold is at our feet
She is standing at our feet

Come as you are
Take my hand this lonely night
Our story's unfolding before our eyes
I'll love and I'll hold you until the day I die
And even when we have new life
I said "I do" and I'm yours tonight

Picture fields of farm cats playing
Somewhere not too south from here
Turn to your right
It's like you know just where you're going
I can't help it, I just laugh and steer you clear
Let's walk together all these years

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I said "I do" and I'm yours tonight

Written and Recorded in the Fall of 2013


As You Are

Words and Music by Justin Trautwein

Summer's gone, leaves are brown
Falling down all around
Triggers thoughts about all the years and who we are
Charlie Brown slips and falls trying to kick a ball
Come pick me up from off the lawn
You lose the smirk, I'll drop the frown

So tell her off
It's cola I'm drinking
We're over now
You're strung so high
All busted out
Wasted all over town

I started sleeping sound
Now that you're sleeping 'round
I wake up all alarmed without you there, sleeping loud
Blurry stare up at the clock
What's the day and what's the hour?
That second hand it ticks so loud
Reminds me that we'll soon be gone

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So tell me why
This cola I'm drinking 
Tastes watered-down
You're strung so high
All busted out
Wasted all over town

Written Fall of 2010 and Recorded Fall of 2013


Cola

Words and Music by Justin Trautwein

The rain
Talking bout the rain
While sitting on the plane
The view's always the same
The people never change
So I'll stare into space

Chorus:
Stupid holidays
I sold my soul for this

Fame
Small doses of fame 
But don't pay me that way
Or respect me the same
I'm a loser with no say
Yeah, I won't talk today
Don't ask me where is "A"

Chorus:
Stupid holidays
I sold my soul for this
Stupid holidays
Cuz I'm alone today
They are all the same, anyway

A waste
This is such a waste
Squished between their legs
And I'm not getting paid

Chorus:

The rain
Talkin bout the rain
Every day's the same
Enjoy your holiday

Written in Winter 2012 and Recorded Winter 2014


Sole Sendoff