i thought i was alone
too lost to find a home
in someone else
with someone else

you've opened up my soul
set fire to my bones
and i can tell
you know me well

you got me head over heels 
and i love how it feels
you're the one i wanna stay with
you're the one i wanna grey with
and i'm safe by your side
when you kiss me goodnight
you're the one i wanna lay with
you're the one i wanna grey with

you're the one i wanna lay with
you're the one i wanna grey with

let's stay in bed all day
with you it's not a waste
i'll breathe you in
i'll breathe you in

with stars inside my eyes
i'll sing for you tonight
and every night
for the rest of my life

you got me head over heels
and i love how it feels
you're the one i wanna stay with
you're the one i wanna grey with
and i'm safe by your side
when you kiss me goodnight
you're the one i wanna lay with 
you're the one i wanna grey with

let's grow old together
we could talk about the time
that we told each other
we'd end up here side by side

you got me head over heels
and i love how it feels
you're the one i wanna stay with
you're the one i wanna grey with
you got me head over heels
and i love how it feels
you're the one i wanna stay with
you're the one i wanna grey with
and i'm safe by your side
when you kiss me goodnight
you're the one i wanna lay with
you're the one i wanna grey with

Grey

This one goes out to everyone still hung up on 18 yr old summertime flings. 

late at night
sometimes i can't seem to fight
the thought of you out my mind
years ago summertime

cigarettes
the taste of your whiskey lips
still haunting my every kiss
do you remember it?

i just wanna be 
in your memory
wild and carefree
like we used to be

and if i go home
will you come around like when we were young
tell me that you always kinda missed me
wishin' we could still be 18

and if i come back
take me to the places that we talked at
oh, i can't forget the way you kissed me
wishin' we could still be 18

even now
i wonder when you're in town
yeah, maybe we could go down
take a walk along the silent sound

keep you close
i don't want to let you go
your memory's in my soul
thought i should let you know

i just wanna be
like we used to be

and if i go home
will you come around like when we were young
tell me that you always kinda missed me
wishin' we could still be 18

and if i come back
take me to the places that we talked at
oh, i can't forget the way you kissed me
wishin' we could still be 18

i know you were just a glimmer
i don't even know if you ever
think about the days we spent together

i know you were just a glimmer
i don't even know if you ever
think about the days we spent together

and if i go home
will you come around like when we were young
tell me that you always kinda missed me
wishin' we could still be 18

and if i come back
take me to the places that we talked at
oh, i can't forget the way you kissed me
wishin' we could still be 18


i'm fine
kinda feeling numb about it
he’s fine
nothing like the war we started
it's nice
but i’m always broken hearted
inside

i don’t know what else to do 
but when he kisses me i’m missing you
every place i go reminds me of you
i don’t want to remind me of you 

you told me love was blind
for you, i closed my eyes
yeah you’re my first fall
hardest break of them all

and it don’t sound the same
the way he says my name
yeah you’re my first fall
twentythousand feet tall

red wine
and i’m drunk inside our late nights
your eyes
always kinda felt like goodbye and goodnight
maybe i should let your heart fly 
tonight 

i don’t know what else to do 
but when he kisses me I’m missing you
every place i go reminds me of you
i don’t want to remind me of you 

you told me love was blind
for you, i closed my eyes
yeah you’re my first fall
hardest break of them all

and it don’t sound the same
the way he says my name
yeah you’re my first fall
twentythousand feet tall

And i know it’s not healthy
but i don’t wanna fall in love again
And i know it’ll kill me
but you’re the only way i wanna end
you’re the only way I wanna end
for you, i’d fall all over again

you told me love was blind
for you, i closed my eyes
yeah you’re my first fall
hardest break of them all

and it don’t sound the same
the way he says my name
yeah you’re my first fall
twentythousand feet tall

waiting yeah, i’ll keep on waiting, yeah, i’ll keep on waiting, yeah
for you, i’d wait a lifetime
waiting yeah, i’ll keep on waiting, yeah, i’ll keep on waiting, yeah
for you, i’d wait a lifetime

twentythousand

it stings
lookin’ at you lookin’ at me and i’m feeling something
your fingers
burnin’ on my skin but my touch is doing nothing
you told me
“maybe if we lived a little closer we could do this”
you hold me
and i don’t give a fuck about the miles
don’t wanna lose you now

you don’t stay in touch
i don’t even think that your songs are about me

but you don’t like me the way that i like you
and i’m hopelessly hung up and it’s too soon
cause you don’t like me the way that i like you

it’s a lot that i like you 
the way that i like you 
the way that i like you
it’s not that i like you 
the way that i like you
the way that i like you

come clean
tell me if you miss me cause i’m going fucking crazy
this ain’t me
overdosin’ rollercoastin’ drink you down like whiskey 
you told me
“maybe in the new year i could visit you in LA”
you hold me
and i don’t give a fuck about the miles
don’t wanna lose you ever

you don’t stay in touch
i don’t even think that your songs are about me

but you don’t like me the way that i like you
and i’m hopelessly hung up and it’s too soon
cause you don’t like me the way that i like you

it’s a lot that i like you 
the way that i like you 
the way that i like you
it’s not that i like you 
the way that i like you
the way that i like you

do you remember the night
we drove in your car
to some empty bar
and all i could see in your eyes were the stars
all i could feel was your hand on my heart
do you remember the night
you played your guitar
we kissed in the dark
and all i could see in your eyes were the stars
all i could feel was your hand on my heart

but you don’t like me the way that i like you
and i’m hopelessly hung up and it’s too soon
cause you don’t like me the way that i like you

it’s a lot that i like you 
the way that i like you 
the way that i like you
it’s not that i like you 
the way that i like you
the way that i like you


Like You

am i in your thoughts, love
am i in your dreams
it seems 
you never let me stay

i could say i’m happy
i could lie and say you’re never in my dreams
it seems
you never let me stay

i don’t wanna waste another moment missing you
i know it’s not close,
but i’m gonna drive 4 days 6 highways to you

maybe i could pick you up and take you

home

am i in your thoughts, love
am i in your dreams
i need
to let you get away

maybe i was foolish
thinking i could be okay with just a dream
i need
to let you get away

please don’t go and waste another moment missing me
i know it’s not close,
but baby can you drive 4 days 6 highways to me

maybe you could pick me up and take me 

home

maybe you could take me home, yeah come take me home
drive out to the west coast, pick me up and we’ll go
keeping all the promises we made years ago
maybe you could pick me up and take me

home

i hope that you know i never wanted this to end, no
i hope that you know that this is never gonna end, no
i know that i’m never gonna feel this way for someone else
i know that you’re never gonna feel this way about me

Dear, Home

maybe i could live without it
maybe i could let it go
boy you know i got a habit
chasing all the broken roads

we were, we were driving out to sherman oaks
you invited me to have a drink at your home
we were, we were kissing while you had a smoke
i remember it like it was just a week ago

tonight i'll tell it to the moon
how i really feel about you
i'll let the stars in on it too
how i really feel about you
i'm in the driveway 
calling out your name
alone
i know that you're not listening
i hope that you were listening
i miss you

do you ever think about it?
do you wanna let it go?
cause we don't ever talk about it
i don't wanna tell a soul

we were, we were letting all our secrets show
i was holding you i didn't wanna let go
we were, we were parting ways at your front door
i remember it like it was just a week ago

tonight i'll tell it to the moon
how i really feel about you
i'll let the stars in on it too
how i really feel about you
i'm in the driveway 
calling out your name
alone
i know that you're not listening
i hope that you were listening
i miss you

do you miss me too?
i don't wanna be lonely
here without you
so i'm gonna tell it to the moon

tonight i'll tell it to the moon
how i really feel about you
i'll let the stars in on it too
how i really feel about you
i'm in the driveway 
calling out your name
alone
i know that you're not listening
i hope that you were listening
i miss you

Sherman Oaks

The Art of Saying Goodbye

Start

written by allie mcdonald, jesse epstein (@jomemusic) and mike derenzo

maybe i should tell you know
i was on a train to meet your friends and family
to let go of that part of me

baby can you hear me now
we were at the table listening to skinny love
and dancing ’til the sun came up

in the room that i met your mother
in the room we were almost lovers
i could feel i could feel you there
i could feel i could feel you

in the room that i met your mother
in the room we were almost lovers
i could feel i could feel you there
i could feel i could feel you

i’ll never get to hold your hands
i’ll never get to
i’ll never get another change
i’ll never get to you you

been about a year since i 
found myself in london living in your memory
revisiting our history

in the room that i met your mother
in the room we were almost lovers
i could feel i could feel you there
i could feel i could feel you

i’ll never get to hold your hands
i’ll never get to
i’ll never get another change
i’ll never get to you you

in the room that i met your mother
in the room we were almost lovers
i could feel i could feel you there
i could feel i could feel you

Cain

It was late
It was raining
We were lying in my bed
When I let you in my head
Keep me safe
Keep me faded
When we're finally alone
Boy you feel like home 

And I'll meet you in a secret place
Kissing in the dark is safe
I know you wanna hold me the right way

And I'll keep it quiet
And I'll keep it hush
And I might deny it
But I'm never gonna give you up

And I'll keep it quiet
And I'll keep it quiet
And I'll keep it quiet

Give me hope
I'm running empty
And the pieces of my heart
Always want to fall apart
Love me hard
Love me gently
When we're finally alone
Darling you're my home

And I'll meet you in a secret place
Kissing in the dark is safe
I know you wanna hold me the right way

And I'll keep it quiet
And I'll keep it hush
And I might deny it
But I'm never gonna give you up

And I'll keep it quiet
And I'll keep it quiet
And I'll keep it quiet

Maybe after midnight
You could let me hold your hands
Whisper under streetlights 
That you don't want to lose me again
Maybe after midnight 
You could let me hold your hands
Scream under the streetlights
For now...

And I'll keep it quiet
And I'll keep it hush
And I might deny it
But I'm never gonna give you up

And I'll keep it quiet
And I'll keep it quiet
And I'll keep it quiet

Quiet

@JOMEmusic

we were together i forget the rest
are you still smoking all those cigarettes
i used to say that it was for the best
but now i'm lonely hoping you'll call me

i don't wanna face the truth
but i didn't know what i could lose
wishing that i treated you
better better
do you think about it too
cause it's killing me that we are through
wishing that i treated you
better better

i know i'm in love when it's over
i know i'm in love when you're gone
tell me to move on i'll move closer
for you i'll write a million songs
i know i'm in love when it's over
i know i'm in love when you're gone
tell me to move on i'll move closer
for you i'll write a million songs
million songs

when i hear from you it gets me high
i'm trying not to call you every night
yeah it's the hope that breaks me every time
oh i can't blame you i am afraid too

i don't wanna face the truth
but i didn't know what i could lose
wishing that i treated you
better better
do you think about it too
cause it's killing me that we are through
wishing that i treated you
better better

i know i'm in love when it's over
i know i'm in love when you're gone
tell me to move on i'll move closer
for you i'll write a million songs
i know i'm in love when it's over
i know i'm in love when you're gone
tell me to move on i'll move closer
for you i'll write a million songs
million songs

i still love you
i don't love you
i still love you
i don't love you
i still love you
i don't love you
i still love you

i know i'm in love when it's over
i know i'm in love when you're gone
i can feel your heat when it's colder
i'm tired i'm tired again
these days i'm filled with regret

Better Better

i know it'll break me
so go slow i wanna day dream
as it snows
sipping wine late night at the bar you like on 17th

you know how to touch me
and you know about the old me 
as it snows
wasting time late night like we used to do at 17

do you still feel the wistful way that i do?
maybe we could go back do you wanna

kiss me in the taxi
elevate my heartbeat
winter and the night is cold
but i can feel your hot heat
tell me that you want me
even though you've got me
baby i might fall in love tonight inside the back seat
maybe we could fall in love tonight inside the back seat

i tried to replace it
my drunk nights couldn't erase it
your blue eyes
making me tongue tied got me shy like every time we meet

as we ride hands are laying
on your thighs as you keep saying
my brown eyes
making you feel right got you high like every time we meet

do you still feel the wistful way that i do?
maybe we could go back do you wanna

kiss me in the taxi
elevate my heartbeat
winter and the night is cold
but i can feel your hot heat
tell me that you want me
even though you've got me
baby i might fall in love tonight inside the back seat
maybe we could fall in love tonight inside the back seat

maybe we could go back do you wanna
hit pause rewind the drama
maybe we could go back do you wanna
maybe we could go back do you wanna

kiss me in the taxi
elevate my heartbeat
winter and the night is cold
but i can feel your hot heat
tell me that you want me
even though you've got me
baby i might fall in love tonight inside the back seat
maybe we could fall in love tonight inside the back seat

Taxi

is it a video?

art: https://www.instagram.com/sarah.ellyyy/

visions of gideon

when i'm back on the east coast
you hold me down
and i'm followed by your ghost
all over town
and i'm scared if i let go
we're missing out 
it's over

and i wanted a clean break
a different plan
but your voice and my heart rate
go hand in hand
and i know that it's too late
to try again
it's over

you were there when i told it to the moon
touched my hair, felt my heart beat in your room
do you care? cause my world stopped early june
when i lost you

but now you wanna be my friend
and you're gonna keep the door open
but for me it's never going to end
i don't wanna fall apart again, no,
i don't wanna keep the door open
i don't wanna keep the door open, no,
i don't wanna fall apart again
i don't wanna keep the door open, no

and i held on for so long
you told me to
now i'm trying to move on
with someone new
but he's asking about my songs
they're all for you
it's over

i'm avoiding our late nights
in silverlake
cause it just doesn't feel right
for me to stay
but i wake up and still fight
to drift away
it's over

you were there when i told it to the moon
touched my hair, felt my heart beat in your room
do you care? cause my world stopped early june
when i lost you

but now you wanna be my friend
and you're gonna keep the door open
but for me it's never going to end
i don't wanna fall apart again, no,
i don't wanna keep the door open
i don't wanna keep the door open, no,
i don't wanna fall apart again
i don't wanna keep the door open, no

it's over
i'm through
it's over
with you

but now you wanna be my friend
and you're gonna keep the door open
but for me it's never going to end
i don't wanna fall apart again, no,
i don't wanna keep the door open
i don't wanna keep the door open, no,
i don't wanna fall apart again
i don't wanna keep the door open, no

i don't wanna keep the door open

Over

I will always go back
the time I stayed at your flat
I was falling in love with you
in that tiny apartment room
I will always go back
the time I stayed at your flat
I was falling in love with you
I was falling in love with you

I had a dream last night
you came to visit
fix it till I'm okay bad taste rinse out heart ache 
hold me like the old days
I had a dream last night
you came to visit
kiss me like the first date you say let's stay out late
love me like the old days

and I still wonder if you still wonder
if you still dream of me

I will always go back
the time I stayed at your flat
I was falling in love with you
in that tiny apartment room
I will always go back
the time I stayed at your flat
I was falling in love with you
I was falling in love with you

I had a dream last night
you came to visit
missing you like crazy maybe it's all hazy
now it's rushing back to me

and I still wonder if you still wonder
if you still dream of me

I will always go back
the time I stayed at your flat
I was falling in love with you
in that tiny apartment room
I will always go back
the time I stayed at your flat
I was falling in love with you
I was falling in love with you

and I still wonder if you still wonder
if you still dream of me

Peckham

Tell me what has changed
it was just yesterday
we were walking in parks
beating hearts
you're whispering my name
but it doesn't sound quite the same
I recall the day
we met in Los Angeles
just a couple of kids looking for a
home to keep us safe
now it's growing cold everyday

Just talk to me
tell me if you want this love like me
drowning in your silent sea
tell me if you want this love to leave
baby won't you talk to me
please
talk to me

I will still love you
even if it's not for you 
I know I can be a lot of
endless trust issues
I don't want to put this on you

Just talk to me
tell me if you want this love like me
drowning in your silent sea
tell me if you want this love to leave
baby won't you talk to me
please
talk to me

Talk

written by Allie Mcdonald, Mike Derenzo & Peter Martin




if you didn't want what I wanted
why'd you let it get so far
you knew
I was heavy hearted marching in the dark
and all your secrets keeping you up
while you're driving in your car
you knew
but you told me to keep looking at the stars

you say, "I'm not the one for you"
"I won't stay"
baby I wish that you told the truth
someday I'll be the one for you
when it's too late
is it too late?

I'd rather feel my bones break
I'd rather feel the cold rain hit my face
you know I loved you like a heart ache
I wish you were here
to see my dear
how my bones break

when you're on the road
do you miss the way we'd talk after your show
alone
is it better now my name's not on your phone
and all I know is I miss the way you'd close your eyes and sing
I'm home
but I don't even know if you're listening

you say, "I'm not the one for you"
"I won't stay"
baby I wish that you told the truth
someday I'll be the one for you
when it's too late
is it too late?

I'd rather feel my bones break
I'd rather feel the cold rain hit my face
you know I loved you like a heart ache
I wish you were here
to see my dear
how my bones break
for you
how my bones break
for you
how my bones break
for you
I wish you were here
to see my dear 
how my bones break

and I won't tell you but I love you still
and I won't tell you but I love you still

I'd rather feel my bones break
I'd rather feel the cold rain hit my face
you know I loved you like a heart ache
I wish you were here
to see my dear
how my bones break
for you
how my bones break
for you
how my bones break
for you
I wish you were here
to see my dear 
how my bones break

Bones Break

One Day

Stay Still

Parachute

No Ocean

Wish You Well

With Fire

Promises

Bloodoath

Timing Is Everything

It's Not You, It's Me

Side

Nothing Ever Ends

Daydreams

I Swear

Don't Wait

Don't Wait (feat. Dashboard Confessional)

How It Will End

We are inspired by the people, places, and things of our past.  Whether they haunt us or keep us warm at night.  Whether they burn our hearts or hold our hands. 

We write songs about our exes.

contact: exesmusicinfo@gmail.com


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