AFI - "Miss Murder" Try

Mayday Parade - "Ghosts" (Intro Cover)

I really love Danger Days. And here's an acoustic version of one of my favorite songs from it.

"Planetary (GO!)"
There might be something outside your window
But you just never know
There could be something right past the turnpike gates
But you'll just never know

If my velocity starts to make you sweat,
Then just don't let go
And if their Heaven ain't got a vacancy
Then we just, then we just, then we just
Then we just get up and go!

Ladies and gentlemen:
Truth is now acceptable
Fame is now injectable
Process the progress
This core is critical
Faith is unavailable
Lives become incredible
Now, please understand that,

I can't slow down
I won't be waiting for you
I can't stop now
Because I'm dancing
This planet's ours to defend
Ain't got no time to pretend
Don't fuck around,
This is our last chance

If my velocity starts to make you sweat
Then just don't let go
'Cause the emergency room got no vacancy
And we just, and we just, and we just
And we just get up and go!

Who they want you to be
Who they wanted to see
Kill the party with me
And never go home
Who they want you to be
Who they wanted to see
Just leave the party with me, and never go home

You're unbelievable
Ah, so unbelievable
Ah, you ruin everything
Oh, you better go home
I'm unbelievable
Yeah, I'm undefeatable
Yeah, let's ruin everything,
Blast it to the back row

They sell presentable
Young, and so ingestible
Sterile and collectible
Safe, and I can't stand it
This is a letter my word
Is the berretta
The sound of my vendetta
Against the ones who planned it

If my velocity starts to make you sweat
Then just don't let go
'Cause the emergency room got no vacancy
Tell me who do you trust,
Do you trust
And we just
Get up and go!

Who they want you to be
Who they wanted to see
Kill the party with me
And never go home
Who they want you to be
Who they wanted to see
Just leave the party with me, and never go home

You keep eternity,
Give us the radio
Deploy the battery,
We're taking back control
Engage the energy,
Light up the effigy
No chance to take it slow,
By now I'm sure you
Know, know, know, know, know, know
Get up and go!

Who they want you to be
Who they wanted to see
Kill the party with me
And never go home
Who they want you to be
Who they wanted to see
Just leave the party with me, and never go home

Are we still having fun?
Are you holding the gun?
Take the money and run
We'll never go home

I've got nothing to lose
You've got nothing to say
And we're leaving today
We'll never go home

I think I'm gonna go now
I think I'm gonna go now
I think I better go now
Go home!

My Chemical Romance - "Planetary (GO!)" (Acoustic Cover)

I wanted to give it a try after a friend suggested it. I didn't do the other verses though. Learning the first verse was already a pain in the butt since I don't really rap. But maybe I'll do a full one next time... Maybe.

"Space Bound"
We touch I feel a rush
We clutch it isn't much
But it's enough to make me wonder what's in store for us
It's lust, it's torturous
You must be a sorceress 'cause you just
Did the impossible
Gained my trust don't play games it'll be dangerous
If you fuck me over
'Cause if I get burnt imma show you what it's like to hurt
'Cause I've been treated like dirt before you
And love is "evol"
Spell it backwards I'll show you

Nobody knows me I'm cold
Walk down this road all alone
It's no one's fault but my own
It's the path I've chosen to go
Frozen as snow I show no emotion whatsoever so
Don't ask me why I have no love for these motherfucking whores
Bloodsucking succubuses, what the fuck is up with this?
I've tried in this department but I ain't had no luck with this
It sucks but it's exactly what I thought it would be
Like trying to start over
I got a hole in my heart, but some kind of emotional roller coaster
Something I won't go on 'til you toy with my emotions, so it's over
It's like an explosion every time I hold you, I wasn't joking when I told you
You take my breath away
You're a supernova...

I'm a space bound rocket ship and your heart's the moon
And I'm aiming right at you
Right at you
Two hundred fifty thousand miles on a clear night in June
And I'm aiming right at you
Right at you
Right at you

And I would've done anything for you
To show you how much I adored you
But it's over now
It's too late to save our love
Just promise me you'll think of me every time you look up in the sky and see a star 'cause I'm a...

I'm a space bound rocket ship and your heart's the moon
And I'm aiming right at you
Right at you
Two hundred fifty thousand miles on a clear night in June
And I'm so lost without you
Without you
Without you

Eminem - "Space Bound" (Acoustic Cover)

1 of 3 impromptu songs with my little sister at 2 in the morning.

Hailey Summer (ft. River Strauss) - "I Want My Blanket"

Hailey Summer (ft. River Strauss) - "Peekaboo I See You"

Hailey Summer (ft. River Strauss) - "Bird Go Away"

Hailey Summer (ft. River Strauss) - "I'm Fine"

In the spirit of trying out other genres for lulz, I tried "Magasin" by Eraserheads, so yup... opm.

Eraserheads - "Magasin" Try

Heard this yesterday, and I just wanted to try out the catchy riffs and stuff, but I ended up making a full cover, so yup, ANOTHER BRUNO MARS COVER!

"Runaway Baby"
Well looky here looky here
Ah what do we have?
Another pretty thang ready for me to grab
But little does she know
That I'm a wolf in sheep's clothing
'Cause at the end of the night
It is her I'll be holding

I love you so
That's what you'll say
You'll tell me
Baby baby please don't go away
But when I play, I never stay
To every girl that I meet here this is what I say

Run run runaway, runaway baby
Before I put my spell on you
You better get get getaway get away darling
'Cause everything you heard is true
Your poor little heart will end up alone
'Cause Lord knows I'm a rolling stone
So you better run run runaway runaway baby

Well let me think let me think
Ah what should I do?
So many eager young bunny's
That I'd like to pursue
Now even now they eating out the palm of my hand
There's only one carrot and they all gotta share it!

I love you so
That's what you'll say
You'll tell me
Baby baby please don't go away
But when I play, I never stay
To every girl that I meet here this is what I say

Run run run away, run away baby
Before I put my spell on you
You better get get get away get away darling
'Cause everything you heard is true
Your poor little heart will end up alone
'Cause Lord knows I'm a rolling stone
So you better run run run away run away baby

Chickaha

See I ain't try to hurt you baby
No no, no I just wanna work you baby
Yup, yup
See I ain't try to hurt you baby
No no, no I just wanna work you baby
If you scared you better run (You better run)
You better run (You better run)
You better run (You better run)
You better you better you better

Run run runaway, runaway baby
Before I put my spell on you
You better get get getaway getaway darling
'Cause everything you heard is true
Your poor little heart will end up alone
'Cause Lord knows I'm a rolling stone
So you better run run runaway runaway baby!

Bruno Mars - "Runaway Baby" (Acoustic Cover)

In Kevin Devine's acoustic version of this on Youtube, he screamed out the bridge and it was awesome. I wanted to see if I could sort of do that.

Kevin Devine - "Brother's Blood" Try

I tried to do it in a single take so it's pretty rough with a few mistakes in there.  Let me know if you like it though!

It's these substandard motels on the (lalalalala) corner of 4th and Fremont Street.
Appealing only because they are just that un-appealing
Any practiced catholic would cross themselves upon entering.
The rooms have a hint of asbestos and maybe just a dash of formaldehyde,
And the habit of decomposing right before your very (lalalala) eyes.

Along with the people inside
What a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy

Tonight tenants range from: a lawyer and a virgin
Accessorizing with a rosary tucked inside her lingerie
She's getting a job at the firm come Monday.
The Mrs. will stay with the cheating attorney
moonlighting aside, she really needs his money.
Oh, wonderful caricature of intimacy.

Yeah (Yeah)

And not to mention, the constable, and his proposition, for that "virgin"
Yes, the one the lawyer met with on "strictly business"
as he said to the Mrs. Well, only hours before,
after he had left, she was fixing her face in a compact.
There was a terrible crash (There was a terrible crash)
Between her and the badge
She spilled her purse and her bag, and held a "purse" of a different kind.

Along with the people inside
What a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy

There are no raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses.
It's sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses
So shed off the sheets and before all the stains
And a few more of your least favorite things.

Raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses
It's sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses
So shed off the sheets and before all the stains
And a few more of your least favorite things.

Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy

Raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses
It's sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses
So shed off the sheets and before all the stains
And a few more of your least favorite things.

Raindrops on roses and the girls in white dresses
And sleeping with the roaches and they taking best guesses
So shed off the sheets and before all the stains
And a few more of your least favorite things.

Panic! At The Disco - "Build God Then We'll Talk" (Cover)

This is an acoustic cover/version of The Wonder Years' song from The Greatest Generation..

Cigarette smoke dances back in the window
And I can see the haze on the dome light.
I’m conjuring ghosts on a forty-hour ride home.
And they keep asking me what I’m doing with my life,
While my cousins go to bed with their wives.
I’m feeling like I’ve fallen behind.

Well the highway won.
I’m listening to traffic reports,
One on one, coming quietly undone.
I was born to run away from anything good
An escape artist’s son
With sun-drenched pavement in my blood.

The first thing that I do when I walk in
Is plan a way out for when shit gets bad

And I’ve been looking for tears in the screen door.
(tears in the screen door)
I’ve been waiting for another disaster.
(another disaster)

I’m terrified like a kid in the sixties,
Staring at the sky waiting for the bomb to fall.
It’s all a lie, what they say about stability.
It scares me sometimes,
The emptiness I see in my eyes.

All the kid’s names I’ve ever liked are tied to tragedy
And I don’t want my children growing up to be anything like me.

I’ve been looking for tears in the screen door.
(tears in the screen door)
I’ve been waiting for another disaster
(another disaster)
But I was kind of hoping you’d stay.
I was kind of hoping you’d stay.

I keep a flashlight
And a small knife in the corner of my bed stand.
I keep a flashlight and the train times,
But you wouldn’t understand.
How could you understand?

Jesus Christ. I’m 26.
All the people I graduated with
All have kids, all have wives,
All have people who care if they come home at night.
Jesus Christ, did I fuck up?

I’ve been looking for tears in the screen door.
(tears in the screen door)
I’ve been waiting for another disaster
(another disaster)
But I was kind of hoping you’d stay.
I was kind of hoping you’d stay.
I was kind of hoping you’d stay.

The Wonder Years - "Passing Through A Screen Door" (Acoustic Cover)

Up Dharma Down - "Oo" (Try)

I'm thinking of joining a competition but I don't know what song I should go with. So I'm considering these songs, Let me know what you think sounds cool!

Michael Jackson Thriller Try

Bruno Mars It Will Rain Try

The Beatles Hey Jude Try

@jollibeeeeeeee and @meowdaypurrade_ on twitter suggested I cover this song some time ago. So here it is! I hope you guys like it :D

"Bruised And Scarred"
It all goes back to the first kiss
It was the one I thought I'd never miss
Maybe we were one of the lucky ones
Maybe I'm just not quite strong enough

This was supposed to be the easy part
But breaking down is what I found hard
Now I'm wearing this smile that I don't believe in
Inside I feel like screaming

She gave me every reason to believe I'd found the one
But my doubts somehow they sold me out

I'm bruised and scarred
Save me from this broken heart
All my love will slowly fade and fall apart
Someone please sing this lovesick melody
Call my name if you're afraid
I'm just a kiss away

I'm finding out in the hardest way
The consequence of every mistake I've ever made
Baby what's it like to be alone?
(Baby, what's it like to be alone)
I don't want to know, I don't want to know

She gave me every reason to believe I'd found the one
But my doubts somehow they sold me out

I'm bruised and scarred
Save me from this broken heart
All my love will slowly fade and fall apart
Someone please sing this lovesick melody
Call my name if you're afraid
I'm just a kiss away

So baby be honest
Is this what you wanted?
We lost what we started
And found out much more than we want to know
(More than we want to know)
About how we're letting go
(About how we're letting go)

So baby be honest
Is this what you wanted?
We lost what we started
And found out much more than we want to know

I'm bruised and scarred
Save me from this broken heart
All my love will slowly fade and fall apart
Someone please sing this lovesick melody
Call my name if you're afraid
I'm just a kiss away


Mayday Parade - Bruised And Scarred (Acoustic Cover)

A friend of mine, Katie, asked me to cover this song for her. So here it is! I hope you guys like it.

"The Scientist"

Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need you
Tell you I'll set you apart

Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions
Oh let's go back to the start
Running in circles, coming in tails
Heads on a science apart

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start.

I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling your puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart

Tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing our tails
Coming back as we are

Nobody said it was easy
Oh it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start

Ooooohhhhhhh [4x]


Coldplay - The Scientist (Acoustic Cover)

Hey, Holy Ghost, why'd you leave me? Where'd you go?
I know we ain't spoke in so long, but I've gotta know, if I'm alone. 
If I start drinking, I'm gonna be the town drunk.
You always said I should lighten up,
I'm gonna lighten up. I'm gonna lighten up. 

So long. I'm sorry that I wasn't who you want.
If I can't make you happy, I'm no good for anyone.
So long. I'm sorry that I wasn't who you you'd want.
If I cant make you love me..

I shut you out,
after the funeral, mired in doubt.
You thought a family would help.
I was struggling. You could tell.
When we got the news,
That you were pregnant,
We painted a room,
Pink and orange like a grapefruit.
I know how bad you wanted this too.
I know it killed you.

In all my dreams, I'm in the house that I grew up in.
I'm trying to be half the man I know my dad is, or was.
I see me as a father looking over a daughter,
Who grew up to be just like you
And now, that's just a thread I can't hold onto.
It's just an open wound.

So long. I'm sorry that I wasn't who you want.
If I can't make you happy, I'm no good for anyone.
So long. I'm sorry that I wasn't who you'd want.
If I cant make you love me..

Hey, Holy Ghost,
Why'd you leave me? Where'd you go?
Right when I fucking need you,
I'm all alone. I'm all alone.

So, I'll start drinking.
Yeah, I'll be the town drunk.
I'll be a burden on everyone.

Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties - "Grapefruit" (Acoustic Cover)

What do you mean that I'm just calling it a demo to justify the background noise. Pfff, shut up.

"Humdrum" Lyrics:
The day crashes down
The sun crawls away far
Souls sigh in ear shot
Around these four walls

What was once a fire
Ignited by young eyes
Your passion's turned to ice
You shiver in the night	

Wake up tired
Fall asleep lost
Longing for
A different view 

Where am I?
Where am I?
Where am I?
Where am I?

River Strauss - "Humdrum" (Original/Demo)

I felt the urge to write something at 12pm, then I got done putting together this demo-thing of it 7-hours later. It's demo quality since I didn't (and couldn't) mix the audio things that much, and that's because my earphones are still broken :( 

And as for the lyrics, I don't know. I was just typing down what my brain had so... *shrugs*

"Lost Boy Syndrome" - River Strauss

I'm a kid in a dreamworld in my head
The realists haven't gotten to me yet
On the clouds, I have my unmade bed
Where I sleep too much, cause truth be told, 
I'm scared to death

I find myself in the frightening dark
Hearing familiar voices that tell me that
I shouldn't set my hopes up this high
And I should rid my brain of what clouds the eyes

Well I'm not the type to disregard
Reality and fact
I just want some of my few good thoughts
To fight back all the sad

So leave me be
To naive dreams
Of golden hearts
That won't deceive

Leave me be
To childish dreams
Leave me be
Leave me be
Leave me be
Just leave me be

This proverbial winter gust
Blows out the fires that keep 
My blood running through me
And staying in me
If it's through another routine week
These weak knees will meet the floor

I'd say I'm some kind of paradox that struggles hard to walk
Constantly crawling back from "square two", tired as fuck
But I'll keep my chin up, despite this plight I have
A quivering conviction, contradicting all I am

All I can say is growing up's no fun

River Strauss - "Lost Boy Syndrome" (Original/Demo)

Not that good, but imma try to make a better version of this next time. So I'm uploading this for comparison.

"My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark"

Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa.
Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa.

B-B-B-Be careful making wishes in the dark, dark
Can't be sure when they've hit their mark, mark
And besides in the mean, mean time
I'm just dreaming of tearing you apart

I'm in the de-details with the devil
So now the world can never get me on my level
I just gotta get you out of the cage
I'm a young lover's rage
Gonna need a spark to ignite

My songs know what you did in the dark

So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
I'm on fire

So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
I'm on fire

Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa.
In the dark, dark
Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa.
In the dark, dark

Writers keep writing what they write
Somewhere another pretty vein just died
I've got the scars from tomorrow and I wish you could see
That you’re the antidote to everything except for me

A constellation of tears on your lashes
Burn everything you love, then burn the ashes
In the end everything collides
My childhood spat back out the monster that you see

My songs know what you did in the dark

So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
I'm on fire

So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
I'm on fire

Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa.
In the dark, dark
Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa.
In the dark, dark

My songs know what you did in the dark
(My songs know what you did in the dark)

So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
I'm on fire

So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
I'm on fire

Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa.
In the dark, dark
Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa.
In the dark, dark

Oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, whoa.

Fall Out Boy - "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark" (Acoustic Cover)

(I already reached my upload limit here, so I'll be using http://www.soundcloud.com/riverstrawslol2 to upload new covers and stuff from now on.)

Hi! I'm River. I like covering songs, usually pop-punk, but I do other genres too. And I do them all acoustic..-ish. I write and upload some originals from time to time too, so check those out if you want. And feel free to repost and share my stuff!

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