Name: That Damn Gate by Tiny Shiny Humans
Duration: 3 min 58 s
Description: Our second release, this time with Kendel Joy taking the lead vocal and the break featuring our good friend Mulu. Written by Ed Pettersen, Gary Goodlow and Alex Carter with Mullu. Produced by Alex Carter and Ed Pettersen.

Our debut single "Big Dreams", released May 30th, 2025. More to come soon!

Tiny Shiny Humans - Big Dreams

LYRICS:

Sedated me so I would stay
And put your money on display
All to keep critique at bay
Anything to get your way

Feigned loving touch so you could grope
No matter if I told you nope
Used the couch to sleep and cope
Nightly space out of your scope

They say forgive and forget
When I just dwell in regret
Forget forgiving
‘Cause I’m stuck living
With the misgivings
All for giving
You
The benefit of the doubt
The benefit of the doubt

Kept thinking you might grow to change
That decency was in your range
Always found it rather strange
That your stories were arranged

They say forgive and forget
When I just dwell in regret
Forget forgiving
‘Cause I’m stuck living
With the misgivings
All for giving
You
The benefit of the doubt
The benefit of the doubt

Poison you drank for resistance
Indifference that paved my distance
Tolerating my existence
While abusing my persistence
All the pain and wasted time 
It should be a punished crime

They say forgive and forget
When I just dwell in regret
Forget forgiving
‘Cause I’m stuck living
With the misgivings
All for giving
You
The benefit of the doubt
The benefit of the doubt

They say forgive and forget
When I just dwell in regret
Forget forgiving
‘Cause I’m stuck living
With the misgivings
All for giving
You
The benefit of the doubt
The benefit of the doubt

The Benefit of the Doubt

LYRICS:

Wish I could forget
Wish I'd lose regret
But it will never be the same
Now I'm tattooed with this shame

I can't close my eyes
I can't close my mind
To all the pain that I've endured
And the doubt that I've secured

Used and abused and thrown away
I'd be better off dead, better off dead
Better off dead
Used and abused and thrown away
I'd much rather be dead, rather be dead
Rather be dead
Used and abused and thrown away
Might as well be dead, dead, dead
Might as well be dead

Lost my will to trust
Lost all of my guts
And now I'm just an empty shell
Trapped in this traumatic hell

Where's that needed spark
Where's that saving ark
The lack of hope that stains my fears
And drowns me in pouring tears

Used and abused and thrown away
I'd be better off dead, better off dead
Better off dead
Used and abused and thrown away
I'd much rather be dead, rather be dead
Rather be dead
Used and abused and thrown away
Might as well be dead, dead, dead
Might as well be dead

Better off dead
Better off dead
D-d-d-d-dead

Better off dead
Better off dead
D-d-d-d-dead

Better off dead
D-d-d-d-dead

Used and abused and thrown away
I'd be better off dead, better off dead
Better off dead
Used and abused and thrown away
I'd much rather be dead, rather be dead
Rather be dead
Used and abused and thrown away
Might as well be dead, dead, dead
Might as well be dead

Better Off Dead

Take away the knots that bind
To reveal the strings
Where love’s always crossed the line
For it to not mean anything

Why would you teach me to care
When you have no heart
And why must I be aware 
Of a world that's falling apart

Always said that life's not fair
Guess that's just how it fares
Always said that life's not fair
Don't wanna pay the fare

Drop my hand and walk away
Must fend for myself
Leave me to witness decay
Only to learn no one will help

Born to die just like my dreams
And smoke ground up hope
Ripping out my fraying seams
Exhausted from trying to cope

Always said that life's not fair
Guess that's just how it fares
Always said that life's not fair
Don't wanna pay the fare

Don't wanna pay
Don't wanna pay
The fare anymore

Don't wanna pay
Don't wanna pay
The fare anymore

Always said that life's not fair
Guess that's just how it fares
Always said that life's not fair
Don't wanna pay the fare

Don't wanna pay
Don't wanna pay
The fare anymore

Fare

LYRICS:

Smoke white as snow that burns and chokes
As snipers aim when life provokes
The crows and cats will bite and scratch
Upon seeing terror unmatched
The rubble encages lost souls
Safe zones have ever-changing goals

From the river to the sea
Dreaming that they might know peace
From the river to the sea
Tragedy is all they see
From the river to the sea
They just wanted to be free

Hunger games for bags of flour 
A message of ruthless power 
Maroon waters stained by martyrs 
Callous soldiers pose with garters
Losing limbs and hope every day
Like their homeland stolen away

From the river to the sea
Dreaming that they might know peace
From the river to the sea
Tragedy is all they see
From the river to the sea
They just wanted to be free

Locked up, beat, and starved like abused mutts
It's death by a thousand cuts
A thousand cuts, a thousand cuts
Illicit rain and bags filled with guts
It's death by a thousand cuts
A thousand cuts, a thousand cuts

From the river to the sea
Dreaming that they might know peace
From the river to the sea
Tragedy is all they see
From the river to the sea
They just wanted to be free

From The River To The Sea

Our second release, this time with Kendel Joy taking the lead vocal and the break featuring our good friend Mulu. Written by Ed Pettersen, Gary Goodlow and Alex Carter with Mullu. Produced by Alex Carter and Ed Pettersen.

That Damn Gate

TSH is a group of friends who decided to get together during the pandemic and just write songs and have fun without labels or preconceptions. Our first single, "Big Dreams", is out May 30th 2025. Gary Goodlow-Guitars/Songwriter, Alex Carter-Keyboards/Songwriter/Co-Producer and Ed Pettersen-Guitar,/Keyboards/Vocals/Songwriter/Co-Producer. Jeremy Stinson and Kendel LeGore on Lead Vocals.

That Damn Gate

Tiny Shiny Humans

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