I have a hard time trying to give you anything
It doesn't matter if I'm sealing up my wounds or if I'm bleeding out
You have the upper hand
I'm just trying to make the right decision now

Sometimes freedom can make you paralyzed
Like a stone you sink alone without an echo
A prism in a window
You wanted choice without any sacrifice
I don't know if you're the bow and I'm the arrow
But one of us is kneeling down

Even when you let me speak
Are you even listening?
You give me all the consequences
You redirect them to me
Think what you want to think
I am barely listening
I have to be a savage lover
To give you everything

I made a choice without any compromise
Finally the god in you was broken with a heavy metal token
That night, freedom felt like paradise
We moved without a shadow or a conscience
And that's exactly what you wanted

Let me speak
Are you even listening?
You give me all the consequences
You redirect them to me
Honestly, I am barely listening
I have to be a savage lover
To give you everything

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Monday

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When a flood is flashing
And your ship is crashing
Keep on floating just because

Because your song is playing
Because you've known it all along

Just put your head in my hands
I can pick you up again
Something's missing
You've got your head in the sand
Let me dig you up again
This precious feeling

Just put your head in my hands
I can pick you up again
Something's missing
You've got your head in the sand
Let me dig you up again
This precious feeling

Tuesday

I don't know where I go sometimes
When I'm running out of my mind
I take it in the longest strides
When I'm running out of my mind
And I'm running for my life

We tumble as the world it turns
Imagine when the stars collide
Afraid that it would make you hurt
The scalding earth and the ocean's rise
And how I'm running out of my mind

I got your letter
There was something between the lines
I thought I knew you better
But these eyes, they don't lie
These eyes, they don't lie

If I could take it back I would
I'd press rewind, I'd press rewind
If I could take it back I'd do it every time
I'd press rewind
I've been running out of my mind

I got your letter
There was something between the lines
I thought I knew you better
But these eyes, they don't lie
Nothing can last forever
Every day burns out of sunshine
I just, I thought you'd never
But these eyes, they don't lie
These eyes, they don't lie

Thursday (These Eyes)

- Original song "Shipwreck" by Henry Green
- Remix Produced & Mixed by Bryan Ray
- Mastered by Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders
- Artwork by Staci Lammering

Henry Green - Shipwreck (Lonely Child remix)

- Original song "Be Reasonable, Diane" by SPEAK
- Remix Produced & Mixed by Bryan Ray
- Mastered by Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders
- Artwork by Staci Lammering

SPEAK - Be Reasonable, Diane (Lonely Child remix)

Dedicated to the loving memory of Elias Marks.

- Original song "A Beautiful Exit" by Miguel (All Rights Reserved)
- Produced, Performed, & Mixed by Bryan Ray
- Mastered by Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders
- Artwork by Staci Lammering

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A Beautiful Exit

Do I ever cross your mind now and again? 
Did I have a chance to save you when I was at the end? 
It was a tightrope made of string. It wasn't mine. 
I could never understand, but your blunt-kissed lips didn't taste so bitter then. 

Do I ever cross your mind now and again? 
Will I get a chance to meet him, or will it be like the last time that we spoke and I was broken into lies? 
And my words can't be unsaid, but your sun-kissed skin it never stopped glistening. 

I think about you when I'm alone. 

Do I ever cross your mind now and again? 
Do you have an explanation, 'cause I have to say, "I'm better off without you" even though it's so unkind. 
You know exactly how this ends. When I kiss your lips and my heart's not trembling. 

I think about you when I'm alone. 

It's like I'm back in your back seat again, breathing in, and your blunt-kissed lips didn't taste so bitter then.

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Written, Produced, & Performed by Bryan Ray
Strings arranged by Brian Douglas Ferguson & Bryan Ray 
Bass performed by Grant Himmler 
Violins & Violas performed by Leigh Wallenhaupt 

Mixed by Bryan Ray at Boogie Wonderland
Mastered by Travis Kennedy at traviskennedysound.com 
Images by Patrick O'Brien

Blunt Kist

Ghost

Original song "Swoon" by Mobley
Remix Produced, Performed, & Mixed by Lonely Child

Swoon:Sway

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Mobley - Swoon (Lonely Child remix)

- Written, Produced, Performed, & Mixed by Bryan Ray
- Mastered by Nick Joswick at 5th St. Studios 
- Artwork by Staci Lammering

There was a dark in her eyes
So I looked away from the light inside her
I guess I could've tried a little harder
But I was only seventeen

Some things are sacred
And some people give them away
I take what I want and
She had what I wanted
But I was only seventeen

Oh my god
I thought that I could hide it
But it's coming back to me, every little thing
I'm seventeen over and over and over and over again

And I remember how I could make her smile, just for a minute
And then the light turned into something new instead
A stranger in my bed
All I can say is that I'm sorry babe
But I was only seventeen

Seventeen

Be still my heart
My body must be moving on without you
The wind socked my sails apart
I don't want to see what's left behind me
We once were fearless, in control
No hesitation and no hold ups
Be still my heart
I'm never gonna leave beside you

Maybe I'm afraid of how this feels
How I love you so much
Maybe I'm afraid to lift my wheels up
Maybe I'm crazy for loving in a world so cold
Maybe I'm afraid of what I'd be without you
Because I love you so much

Be still my heart
Geronimo is creeping up to spite me
I'm winded but I'm a mastodon
I really should've framed you
It was the only way to hold on to you
You used to call me on the phone
No iridescence now we've grown up
Be still my heart

 Maybe I'm afraid of how this feels
How I love you so much
Maybe I'm afraid to lift my wheels up
Maybe I'm crazy for loving in a world so cold
Maybe I'm afraid of what I'd be without you
Because I love you so much

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Written by B. Ray
Performed by Lonely Child
Produced by Lonely Child & Mobley
Mixed & mastered by Lonely Child
Artwork by Staci Lammering

Copyright 2019.

I Love You So Much

Closer to your body is all I ever wanted to be
It's not that I was weak but you hardly ever spoke to me
But when I looked into your eyes
It felt like I was dreaming

It should've been easy to throw you away
I thought of every evil thing that I could bring myself to say
And I tried to understand how this world can make a man a demon
But I don't believe it because I look into your eyes

When I look into your eyes
It's like I'm dreaming
When I look into your eyes
I can see forever

- Written, Produced,  Performed, & Mixed by Bryan Ray
- Mastered by Nick Joswick at 5th St. Studios 
- Artwork by Staci Lammering

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