www.carlbymusic.com
Production, mixing, mastering & additional vocals by @horoshavibes
Additional guitars by @jolst

LYRICS
Call me if you need a friend
Or someone with whom to smoke cigarettes
I’ve got the time and an ear to lend
I’m always here if you need to vent
On your worst days
When you’re down bad
When the world makes you feel so small and irrelevant
I’ll be there for you
It may not be a lot
But it’s all that I can do

I’ll let you borrow my jacket
And my full attention
You know you can have it
The world is yours so just reach out and grab it
I hope you never feel that your dreams are invalid

‘Cause that's what friends are for
It may not be a lot
Oh I wish I could do more
For you
Just know I’m giving all I got in spite of what I’m going through so

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Friends & Cigarettes (Prod. Horosha & Jolst)

www.carlbymusic.com
Production, mixing, mastering & additional vocals by @horoshavibes

LYRICS
My heart starts to speed up like when I was sixteen
I feel all the color rushing to my face again
When I let my guard down I feel it completely
Please be the real thing

Suddenly I see full spectrum again
It’d put my mind at ease if you said
This wasn’t all just pretend
Have my inhibitions been to my own benefit
‘Cause I’ve been hurt before
But no more
Could this really be it

Don’t use me up
Don’t break my trust
I’ve been at it for so long
But I still believe in love
Don’t hurt me now
‘Cause I believe in us

So many times that I’ve been burned
And I can't pretend old wounds don’t hurt
But there’s something that I see in us
A different way forward
From all the time I spent lonely coping
Every time I felt love it hurt me
But this flame is gentle
It feels like a good place to start

Colorrush!!! w/ Horosha

www.carlbymusic.com
Production, mixing, mastering & additional vocals by @horoshavibes
Additional guitars by @jolst

LYRICS
It’s getting bad again
But I hesitate to get back on the medicine
Orange bottles on the shelf feel like a nemesis
When I feel it flooding back I can’t pretend
This isn’t how it’s supposed to be
Thought that I could stand tall on my own two feet
I can’t
Take one step
Take another step back
Standing in the same place
Like I’ve always been

I feel selfish for complaining
I need help but I’m abstaining
I’d hate to be a burden
So I’ll keep it to myself

Tripping over my own thoughts again
Holding on to oxygen
Hoping that someday I’ll learn to stand
Ignoring what’s been said
It’s getting bad again

It’s Getting Bad Again w/ Horosha (Prod. Horosha & Jolst)

www.carlbymusic.com
Production, mixing, mastering & additional vocals by @horoshavibes
Additional guitars by @user-757072975

LYRICS
I so regret the time we spent
But somehow still miss you
You stole all of my innocence
But swore you never intended to
Now I’m left alone
Alone in my room
No choice but to cope with the ghost of you

So maybe one day I’ll escape from my hometown
Or find out the hard way
That there’s no easy way out
There’s only so much that I can tolerate
Before I start to break down
Been told there’s hell to pay in finding my own route

Drive through these back streets
Comb over loose leaves
I’m turning the page to find
What’s hiding underneath
Free from my sense of constant urgency
I’m finally at peace

Winnebago Street (Prod. Horosha & Lavender_Txwn)

www.carlbymusic.com
Production, mixing, mastering & additional vocals by @horoshavibes
Additional guitars by @XLHC

LYRICS
Where would I be now
If not for you 
If I had I appreciated my youth
Or actually followed through 
In my wildest dreams
You and I are living separately
Across the country
Far enough away that you'll never know of me
In hindsight it would be best
For us to not have met
Those three words you said were only that

We were never meant to fall in love
And I so regret all that I gave you
At least I can say I stayed true
You were heaven sent
Fell from above 
You were exactly what I needed
Or so I thought 

Where would I be now
If not for you
If we had kept out of the city
Would I still be so late to bloom
Always felt out of place in your arms
Just one of many signs
Can’t seem to recognize the love I left behind

You were the one
Clearly I was wrong
And you were not
You knew it all along
That my heart was elsewhere
But you still played the part of someone who cared

Where Would I Be Now if Not for You (Prod. Horosha & Extra Large Holiday Card)

www.carlbymusic.com
Production, mixing, mastering & additional vocals by @horoshavibes
Additional guitars by @jolst

LYRICS
I wonder what you dream of
When you sleep on my chest
I'd tell you how I’d die for you
But you wouldn’t understand this

I’m so glad that we met
My life has improved since
Always feel welcomed and never a nuisance
You need me as much as I need you
Even when I’m at my worst I know you’ll still come through

Life moves fast but you remind me to slow down
And appreciate the little things about
Living in the here and now
When I’m with you it’s hard to feel sad
I thought I rescued you but you rescued me instead
I don’t believe in destiny
But I know you were meant for me

Life moves fast but you remind me to take time
Just to contemplate the ways in which I’m blessed
You’re more than a pet
You’re my best friend

Luci’s Song (Prod. Horosha & Jolst)

www.carlbymusic.com
Production, mixing, mastering & additional vocals by @horoshavibes
Additional guitars by @pekarot_161

LYRICS
All the places that I used to go 
At sixteen have now been closed 
2010 just feels so far away
And the house that I grew up in
No longer belongs to me
But I still belong to these
Midwest streets on which I cut my teeth

Have you heard the news
The shopping mall’s been closed
Vacant signs and boarded windows
A sad sight to behold
Guess it’s a sign of the times
So this is what growing old feels like
Saying goodbye to everything we’ve come to know

I’m getting good at saying goodbye

This town I call my home
Is slowly being overgrown
Taken back by nature
We’re all in danger of being swallowed whole

Overgrown (Prod. Horosha & Pekarot)

www.carlbymusic.com
Production, mixing, mastering & additional vocals by @horoshavibes
Additional guitars by @jolst

LYRICS
These days
Everything means nothing to me
I’m not phased
Can’t help but feel
I’m living in a movie
I’m so sick of simply getting by
I long to take control
To truly own my life

For years I have waited for the warmth of the sun to come
But it never does
And I fear attachment
‘Cause I know that this won't last
And if I hold on to my heart
Then no one can ever smash it
Into tiny bits just like you did
I guess that’s what I get for being selfless
I won't make that mistake again

Because I gave myself away
Trying to paint a picture
That would make you want to stay
I should have known better
‘Cause it’s right in front of me
Everything I needed yeah

Phased (Prod. Horosha & Jolst)

www.carlbymusic.com
Production, mixing, mastering & additional vocals by @horoshavibes
Additional guitars by @pekarot_161

LYRICS
Blank stares are all I ever get
Promises bounce back like blank checks
I’ll have to take a rain check
Haven't felt myself at all since you left
At all since you left me
It all feels so heavy now
Like ten tons of concrete
Attached to my feet
Dragging me further down

So let the ocean take me
Far beneath the waves
‘Cause I’m not worth saving
Into a watery grave
Maybe one day I’ll emerge unscathed from all this
Despite the fact that I’m the one who caused it
I advise that you take caution
Time you spent on me is lost
And it weighs heavy on my conscience

Ten Tons (Prod. Horosha & Pekarot)

Carlby is an alternative pop artist from the Midwest. Working alongside producer, @horoshavibes, his music is a blend of pop, emo rock and hip-hop.

Contact - carlbymusic.com/contact

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