First single off of my new album "Live not to leave". 

Lyrics:


I wish I could petrify you like wood
and turn you into a stone statuette
so when I self destruct
and flames come knocking on our windowsills
my ashes will accompany the wind
and you will stand strong through the holocaust



as I sink like sand in an hourglass
as I sink like sand in an hourglass


and we're running out of time
can I petrify you, any faster, my dear?


The smoke is starting to thicken.
The smoke is starting to thicken.



and when all the exits are closed,
and the vapor steals our vision
you can be my northern star
and your eyes can be my lantern


lead me away, my statuette
my lungs are losing feeling.
lead me away, my statuette
my lungs are losing feeling.

Statuette

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An attempt at a more folk influenced song. It was really fun to make haha. 

Lyrics:

Walking around with a craving to spill
all these memories i tried to drown
but they float as i sink
like those long summer years i slept alone

i blacked out in school, and nobody noticed
my teachers graded missing papers
scavenging to find the source
of these failing marks

i burned out what i held so dear
now my heart beats so unclear
like my vision on a lonely night
or far away stars, too dim to shine
and I've got worries like i left
but i refuse to care
when you get so high
coming down is your only fear

yeah, momma gave me the world
she never thought i would throw it away,
like this, so easily,
just to burn a few hours
and some glass too hot to touch
but cool enough to love
Yeah, momma gave me the world
but i just don't care...

Blacked Out

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A song written from the perspective of a deceased family member. My favorite song to play live, also. 


Lyrics:
We drank the nectar of your promises, 
as our house built of stones collapsed
and as things were getting better, you said
"oh well, they won't last"

and you burned a picture into my mind
worth more than a thousand words

yeah, I'm starting to feel it
but I don't know if I want it
I'm so comfortable alone
breaking all those promises

and we're all so hopeless,
i already dug my grave
my tombstone was marked
my initials carved in.
scribbled down on a paper,
scratched in some old pavement,
the scars on your wrist,
in the poems about your hatred,
i guess i was never what you needed
i guess you left me long before you told me
you were leaving

but, the bottles can whisper your words,
and the smoke can burn like your lips,
and fingernails on my back can make up 
for the lust i had reserved
with your name etched on the top
like that box of pictures in my bedroom 

and the music was playing
on that old station
and the vinyls were scratched, 
and refused to play 
i guess thats the end of you
yeah, i guess thats the end of you.

Sail

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A song I wrote whilst on the plane ride to Canada. Just messing around with some electronic drums and organs.

Lyrics:
Flying away, such a sweet escape,
lets fly into the sun, 
I'm burning to die.
And we can glide past the clouds,
past the angels,
far past hell,
past all the failures we've come to know,
so well, like our own shadows,
stalking us blow after blow.

But tell me my love, will you love me a thousand miles away?
with roadblocks on every street,
and our egos standing in the way?

Tell me, will you bleed like my pen
for the chance to see me self destruct 
with no blood on your hands?

Crashing Planes And Ego's Ablaze

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There's this girl I know
That feels like the coming snow
Leaving me cold and alone 
Driving off cliffs and outside of roads

Yeah, there's this girl I know
She promised to never let me go
And I'm stuck in this hospital bed
Asking you why you let me take all that

Yeah, you called me selfish
Because I only care about my loathing 
But I Don't give a Damn,
I don't give a damn about anything 

I'm gonna take all my sadness and bury it
Even if it takes me six feet under
Yeah, I'm just gonna bury it all
Along with all those old dreams I had
To make you all proud and let our name be known.

But then there's you....

The coming snow.
The ice leading me off the road.
The parachute that never opened.
The plane flying too low,
Into everything we've ever known
There's you 
The coming snow.

Coming Snow

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Somewhat inspired by 90's rock 
Lyrics:

we're the kids you said would grow up to bloom,
But needles and heartaches can block out the sunshine  
As we live our lives, sat down in chairs 
Being taught lessons that we've broken long before,
they water you down with rules 
til' your drowning yourself in bathrooms

we're the kids you said would grow up to bloom 
Before the world withered away our petals 
Were the kids you said would grow up to bloom 
Before we fell of our pedestals 

But here we all are, clawing our way through every day, yet they're all the same. 
As I'm living the life of the boy who lives not to leave. 
Yeah, this boredom drowns everything
I can't even sleep without dreaming of dying 
My days consist of lying and misery
But whose to blame atsept the man in the mirror
Whose to blame but the man in the mirror 
When there's a crack don't look my way


Yeah we're the kids you said would grow up to bloom 
Before the world withered away our petals 
Were the kids you said would grow up to bloom 
Before we fell off our pedestals 

I'm giving up
I'm giving up
I'm giving up

Bloom

A cover of seashell tale from M. Ward and Bright Eyes 


Let's go place some money on the order of the horses 
Break the ribbon of that famous finish line 
And we'll gather up our stash babe
Find a little ranch babe
And buy a lonely little pony to ride
Well I know I was lucky when the needle came and stuck me 
This porcupine came and poked my cactus hide 
So let me finish what I start babe 
Open up your heart babe 
I saw a land of milk and honey in your mind
Our flesh and blood has found me in your arms again
See the whisper of the wind has found your hair again
And though my heart said give me refuge in you dignity my dear
All I could do was put a seashell to your ear
Our flesh and blood has found me in your arms again
I see the whisper of the wind has found your hair again
And though my heart said give me refuge in your dignity my dear
All I could do was put a seashell to your ear

Seashell Tale

i remember last summer 
when the trees and the flowers 
lived together in harmony
do you remember the way 
the bands we used to see
sang our songs 
and the way you looked at me
like i was the sun to your sea
i took your waves 
and made them crash into the beach
And when the clouds sank and the moon fell out 
We'd stay up all night 
Exchanging stories and getting to know each other's pulses
like the back of our heads
in the summer humidity 
and when the morning came and the sun rose up
you'd tell me you loved me
and i believed it, last summer
oh last summer

Last Summer

ME AND ZOE DID A CURE COVER MAN. CHECK IT OUT SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL VOICE 

Lovesong with Zoe

Me and Zoe's cover of "Where is my mind" by the Pixies. 

Where Is My Mind

Not as long as usual, but I didn't wanna make it longer than it needed to be. 
The lyrics are straight from the heart. I love you babe. ♥ My favorite line is "I want our only enemy to be time, 
I mean they say forever is a long time, 
but forever by your side isn't long enough." My first public uploaded song to Karen! 

Dreams of you - 


I want to walk across the world,
let the sunshine be our guide. 

I want to sail across the seas,
with only each other at our sides. 

I want to promise you the world,
knowing I can only give you a bit,
I want to look you in the eyes and tell you I mean it.

I want to grab your hand, and take you away
I want to explore the far, far away

I want to carry you up the mountains, 
just so I can hold you on the way down. 

I want our only enemy to be time, 
I mean they say forever is a long time, 
but forever by your side isn't long enough.

I want to fall asleep in the cold,
just so we can keep each other warm.

I want you to look in my eyes and figure me out,
because you know me better than anyone else.


Dreams of you.

This is a cover of "St. Ides Heaven" by Elliott Smith. I've recently become infatuated with his music so I really wanted to make a cover. 

Lyrics:

Everything is exactly right
When I walk around here drunk every night
With an open container from 7-11
In St. Ides Heaven
I've been out haunting the neighborhood
And everybody can see I'm no good
When I'm walking out between parked cars
With my head full of stars
High on amphetamines
The moon is a light bulb breaking
It'll go around with anyone
But it won't come down for anyone
You think you know what brings me down
That I want those things you could never allow
You see me smile and you think it's a frown turned upside-down
Cos everyone is a fucking pro
And they all got answers from trouble they've known
And they all gotta say what you should and shouldn't do
Though they don't have a clue
High on amphetamines
The moon is a light bulb breaking
It'll go around with anyone
But it won't come down for anyone
And I won't come down for anyone

St. Ides Heaven

You think you know me better then myself?
I'm just like the sun; I burnt myself out.
You followed the trail, I blew it away.
I'm just so distant, yeah, so afar away.

And if you're trying to find me,
I left long ago.
I packed up all of this sadness,
 and blew it all.

And if you're trying to find me,
I left long ago.
I packed up all of this baggage, 
and I let it all go.

If I'm a wave, then you're an ocean
slamming me into the shore.
When my heart was at its purest, 
you were the drugs in my veins,
you got me high and you left me so dry.

And if you're trying to find me,
I left long ago.
I packed up all of this sadness, and blew it all.

And if you're trying to find me,
I left long ago.
I packed up all of this baggage, 
and I let it all go.

If I'm a rose, you cut yourself up,
you pulled away my petals,
and now I'm all gone. 
You're bleeding but still
proceeding to poison me
you're the venom 
that drowns me so easily




Mattcleger

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