music and lyrics by Tonner

Poison in your mouth
wicked words all spilling out
boiling on the floor
& stain my dirty soul

I know you'll never stop
Until I give it up
Just like a needle drop
on a broken record

Once again, the heat of the moment
Once again, can't take it back, now you own it
Once again, once again
Once again it's been good to know ya

Poison in the clouds
Chasing paper, chasing clout
Twisted politics you shout at the abyss

Once again, the heat of the moment
Once again, can't take it back, now you own it
Once again, once again
Once again it's been good to know ya

Poison

POISON

Fire on the mountain
Down to the lake below
Smoke on the water
Where will your daughters go?

We're not made to last
We all fade to black
Born by fire, set in stone
And we can't turn back
Gone too far too fast
As the sacrifice is thrown
In the Volcano
In the Volcano
In the Volcano

Light on the fountain
Pray for Vesuvio
Blood on the altar
Spilled by the Father

When the sky goes dim
Ashes in the wind
Falling down on virgin snow
We're not made to last
We all fade to black
As the sacrifice we're thrown
In the Volcano
In the Volcano
In the Volcano

VOLCANO

Carved your name into the window
Pouring rain out on the West Coast
I'm not as young as when I lost you
Had some demons that I fought through
Going to the place only we know

Saw her dancing to our song
So you snuck away and grew your hair long
The way you whisper in the wind
I knew you were a poor weather friend
Always thought I'd see you again and again
Somewhere down the road

Another life I might have been
Your now and forever man
Gave it up for the sake of a song 
So no one ever knows

Annalee Annalee
Believe that I've lost everything and
Cant you see, can't you see that
Love has taken everything
Annalee, oh Annalee
Believe that I've lost everything and
Cant you see, can't you see that
Love has taken everything from me

STRANGERS

I'd been living a lie
Until the day you crossed my mind
Finally
I believed that time was on our side
And now our star is falling
We're still dancing in the light
We might not have tomorrow
But we are powerful tonight

When it's just you and me
Feels like the end of an odyssey
No regrets left to hide
Like all the yesterdays we left behind

I'd been living a lie
Until the day you crossed my mind
Finally I
Believed that time was on our side
So when our star is falling
We're still dancing in the light
Might not have tomorrow
But we are powerful tonight

POWERFUL

Music & lyrics by Tonner
Performed by Tonner
Cover photo by my ex

lyrics:

Heartbreaker, look what she done
Showed me all the ways to hurt someone
I dont think I'll be the same again
I'm over her but I'm not over them
And to tell you the truth, it made me feel like a fool
When I discovered all the coverups she put me through
It cut me down to the bone, didn't want it to show,
But it's better to let everybody know

I'm letting you go, letting you go

I'm in love and in hate with memories of a wasted youth
Everything that I dreamed went away when a dark fate came through
All the nights that I tried to get it out of my mind
I'd do anything it takes to finally leave you behind
And when put to the test, can't say I loved you the best
But I never thought I'd lose you, now you know

I'm letting you go, letting you go
and I don't really think too hard about it
When you really love someone you know
you got to let em go

I don't really wanna think about it
Don't know if I can live without it
Keeping me warm at night
But it's time to leave em all behind

Heartbreaker - Acoustic Version

music & lyrics by Tonner

When we were young
Our lives were honest
Stay together is what we promised
Now we're gone and I never wanted
To feel so haunted

This is a song for the memory
And I will carry the legacy
Every time I close my eyes
I'm building castles in the sky

(Will you be there?)

Guess there's only one way through the door
Guess there's only one fate I control

This is a song for the memory
And I will carry the legacy
Every time I close my eyes
I'm building castles in the sky

When we were young
Our lives were honest
Stay forever is what we promised
Now we're gone and I never wanted
To feel so haunted

This is a song for the memory
And I will carry the legacy
Every time I close my eyes
I'm building castles in the sky
I'm building castles in the sky

Castles ( Piano Version )

There was a time I
Would've done anything for you
Like the kind of love you 
Don't really ever get over
I was caught up
In a wicked game
And there was no one else around
To take the blame

So just tell me one last lie before you go
A last goodbye 'cause I just have to know

Just look me in the eye and tell me you don't love me
Look me in the eye and say you wanna leave
No one in the world
Could ever make me hurt like you
Why don't you look me in the eye and tell me it meant nothing
How you feel better off alone
I've known it all along but don't wanna believe it's true
Until I hear it from you
Until I hear it from you

And now I'm a stranger
Giving up on a part of me
Thought that you were the answer
Now it's only the questions driving me
Should I surrender
Will I ever feel that way again
Well God only knows
Where love is found
And if it's hell or heavensent

Don't wanna go
Down this long dark road
And all I know
Is not to lose my soul

So just tell me one last lie before you go
A last goodbye 'cause I just have to know

Just look me in the eye and tell me you don't love me
Look me in the eye and say you wanna leave
No one in the world
Could ever make me hurt like you
Why don't you look me in the eye and tell me it meant nothing
How you feel better off alone
I've known it all along but don't wanna believe it's true
Until I hear it from you

LAST LIE

Give me the rhythm
Give me one more night
Give me the vision
Of your electric eye

If it's the last dance
I wanna chase that high
Cause all I need is one more chance
And when I thought you let the music die
You bring it back to life

BACK TO LIFE

POWERFUL (Instrumental)

CHRYSALIS

Slow Walk

Produced by Tonner and Jordan Shih (of SALES).
Mixed by David Provenzano aka Beach Casino.
Written by Matthew Tonner & Tessa Marie.

Lyrics:
you did a bad thing and then you took off running.
It was a bad thing, and it was all for nothing.
I gotta know, where would you go
If someone said your daughter was a criminal?
Ever farther, deep dark water,
Never thought that you'd be the last to know, but

It was a bad thing, we didn't see it coming.
Now I'm a mad thing, don't know what I'm becoming.
Long dark nights, sacrifice
All she wanted was a taste of a different life
Tell me who pays the price when you sell your soul?
All the children who can never come home

Now I'm gonna be the only one,
riding out into the sun.
Now I'm gonna be the only one

Now I'm gonna be the only one
Now I'm gonna be the only one
Now I'm gonna be the only one
riding out into the sun
Now I'm gonna be the only one
'cause I can't take it back now

Criminal

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CRIMINAL

GEMINI MOON

Written by Matthew Tonner & Tessa Marie. Performed by Tonner

you did a bad thing and then you took off running.
It was a bad thing, and it was all for nothing.
Don't tell your mama that her daughter is a criminal
who just wanted a taste of a different world.

It was a bad thing, we didn't see it coming.
Now I'm a mad thing, don't know what I'm becoming.
Go tell your papa that he lost his only child.
You just can't tame a woman
who's meant to be wild.

Now I'm gonna be the only one,
riding out into the sun.
Now I'm gonna be the only one

Now I'm gonna be the only one
riding out into the sun
Now I'm gonna be the only one

who was the innocent
who does the crime
who gets to walk away
who does the time

Now I'm gonna be the only one
riding out into the sun
Now I'm gonna be the only one
'cause I can't take it back now

Criminal (Acoustic Version)

Written, Produced & Performed by Tonner
Mixed & Mastered by Seth Munson

lyrics:

it's all a lie, all a dream
all alone in your ecstasy
all at war, all at peace
in the game that we're playing

all the while all we see
is fire and blood and circuitry
leave behind broken memories when we fall
when we give it all
and we give it all

it's all for one but not for me
the agony for your ex 2 see
all out war, all at peace in the game
I don't wanna play
and all the while all we see
is fire and brimstone prophecy
leave behind broken memories when we fall
when we give it all
and we give it all
and we give it all ...

nothing but time to burn
you got the time to learn
school of hard knocks
of fools and hot shots
falling in turn
in the house of the holy
love for the lonely
moments of glory
a chance to stand tall
when we give it all
and we give it all
and we give it all ..

PROPHECY

written & performed by Tonner
produced by Tonner with Jordan Shih
mixed & mastered by Seth Munson

Lyrics:
Never fell so, never fell so hard
Never felt so, never felt so young
Let's just keep this between us and god
Let's just keep this between us and god
No one else can judge

What is lost can never be found
The walls come down
The walls come down
You were everything I asked and more
You were second to none and my best villain

Never fell so, never fell so far
Never felt so, never felt so lost
Let's just keep this between us and god
Let's just keep this between us and god
No one else can judge

What is lost can never be found
The walls come down
The walls come down
You were everything I asked and more
You were second to none and my best villain

Never felt so, never felt so, never felt so loved
Never felt so, never felt so, never felt so young

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