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By My Side
04:45
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If you're gonna leave upon the day
Least I have you for the night
If you're gonna leave upon the day
Least I have you for the night
Cuz love, you can't replace it
Who am I to keep you by my side?
Nothing seems as far away
As the heartbeat next to mine
But nothing feels so far away
No, I'm not complaining
Cuz I've got my ways
It's my heart, my beliefs
I've counted the days
Since I felt that release
Then I lost your gaze
In the cold of an autumn breeze
What can I say?
If you're gonna leave upon the day
Least I have you for the night
Cuz no love needs to be staying
In my arms for all my life
Find a better place
Find a heart you'll feel alive with
Cuz love, you can't replace it
So who am I to keep you by my side
By my side, ooh-ooh-ooh, by my side
By my side, ooh-ooh-ooh, by my side
Carefully, without a trace
My emotions take a dive
Like everything is out of place
I'll get the green or on the chase
Then take a drink and realize
I've been here before
So I've got my ways
Got the cards up my sleeve
I put out the blaze
Swept the ash underneath
If we're out of phase
You can go if it's what you need
What can I say?
If you're gonna leave upon the day
Least I have you for the night
Cuz no love needs to be staying
In my arms for all my life
Find a better place
Find a heart you'll feel alive with
Cuz love, you can't replace it
So who am I to keep you by my side
By my side, ooh-ooh-ooh, by my side
By my side, ooh-ooh-ooh
No tears I cry will make you stay
I'll dance alone, in smoke or rain
Completely and serenely satisfied
I find
Cuz the mist meets my fingertips
Embracing me with a smile
Reminding me if I'm all alone
It's only for a while
[Solo]
If you're gonna leave upon the day
Least I have you for the night
Cuz no love needs to be staying
In my arms for all my life
Find a better place
Find a heart you'll feel alive with
Cuz love, you can't replace it
So who am I to keep you by my side
If you're gonna leave upon the day
Least I have you for the night
Cuz no love needs to be staying
In my arms for all my life
Find a better place
Find a heart you'll feel alive with
Cuz love, you can't replace it
So who am I to keep you by my side
By my side, ooh-ooh-ooh, by my side
By my side, ooh-ooh-ooh, by my side
By my side, ooh-ooh-ooh, by my side
(Ooh...) By my side
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Something has changed within the air
Maybe a story ready to share?
Oh, well put it down on pen and paper
Make the movie later
Write the score
On tees you never wore
When everything is said and done
The making's half the fun
Oh, and though your peers might sneer
And make you fear them
Shed your tears
And push right through 'em
Cuz I'll be there
When it feels like no one cares
Take a chance on me
And someday you'll see
Yourself among the stars
There's a fantasy
Making history
That wonders where you are
Someone feels complete
Way across the seas
With someone they hold true
So take a chance on me
Cuz can't you see that
I love you
Something has changed within your heart
(Gently floating down)
Something has changed within your art
(Can't get the words out)
Oh, you put it down on pen and paper
Making changes later
So the core
Is different, something more
When everything has been addressed
Your heart seems quite obsessed...
Oh, and know your fears might leer
When you draw near them
But shed your tears
And push right through 'em
Cuz I'll be there
To make the leap that no one dares
Take a chance on me
And someday you'll see
Yourself among the stars
There's a fantasy
Making history
That wonders where you are
Someone feels complete
Way across the seas
With someone they hold true
So take a chance on me
Cuz can't you see that
I love you
Take a chance on me
And someday you'll see
Yourself: an evening sun
There's a fantasy
Making history
That knows you were the one
Even when you're gone
I will sing this song,
Cuz someone holds you true
Oh, it won't be long now
I know they'll say "I love you"
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I didn't think you'd mean so much
That in the end, I'd tear myself apart
When you were just a distant crush
We both could play our part
But now we're here, without too much
These empty words, so close but just too far
If only I had tried to touch your hand
Tell me how and why it all turned out this way
Tell me if we could go back, what would you say?
If loving you was my mistake
But for me all that love was all the same, well
How could you be so cruel and throw it all away?
Look at me, pushing daisies
Asking for the one true reason
Look at me, constantly
Clinging to a distant memory
Look at me, pushing daisies
I'm not ready to lay this to rest
Look at me, look at me
Look at me, pushing daisies
How could it be we dreamed so much
That we would be together till death parts?
Or was it me, not you so much?
But, you let it go so far...
I wish we hadn't got to meet
I wish I hadn't felt complete
I wish you hadn't lied to me
But everything's said and done
Even if you said this doesn't matter
You know that doesn't help at all with closure
Even if you said I must be stronger
It doesn't help me get to rest any better
I don't even know why I'm stuck on this
But I want to know why you're through with it
Look at me, look at me
Look at me...
Look at me, pushing daisies
Asking for the one true reason
Look at me, constantly
Clinging to a distant memory
Look at me, pushing daisies
I'm not ready to lay this to rest
Look at me, look at me
Look at me, pushing daisies
Look at me, pushing daisies
Asking for the one true reason
Look at me, constantly
Clinging to a distant memory
Look at me, pushing daisies
I'm not ready to lay this to rest
Look at me, look at me
Look at me, pushing daisies
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4. |
Define Me (Self-Cover)
04:09
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So there it goes again
I've lost it, now it's time to pretend
That I'm still not a lost cause
That I know I have those flaws
I can't see clearly when
My eyes are open, mind closed in
My thoughts built a wall around me
I built it, the wall defines me
So once again, I wonder
Who else is through the border?
I'm caving in
The walls, my walls, oh no
They're caving in
Times up, I'm done
Throw up my thoughts; think of none
I need something
To seize what's left of me
I'm blank, sheet white
I need some paint, nothing bright
I'll leave it up to thee
Come and define me
I feel the need
To bleed to prove I still breathe
I'll leave it up to thee
Come and define me
I'm blank, sheet white
I need some paint, nothing bright
I'll leave it up to thee
Come and define me
I feel the need
To bleed to prove I still breathe
I'll leave it up to thee
Come and define me
I'm blank, sheet white
I need some paint, something bright
I'll leave it up to thee
Come and define me
I feel the need
To bleed to prove I still breathe
I'll leave it up to thee
Come and define me
Come and define me
Come and define me
Come and define me
Come and define me
Come and define me
Come and define me
Come and define me
Come and define me
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What's there left to say?
We've played all the games
And now we're here with our hands untying
It's the end of days
For our little craze
And we're not too far from straying far apart
Ooh, do you feel the rain?
The pain?
The same?
Right here, right now, I'm
Feeling we're out of time
And it's not like we can
Flip the sands
Right here, right now, I'm
Feeling that something's not right
Can you feel this vibe?
(Ooh-woah-ooh-woah-oh, oh, ah-ah-ah-ah)
Right here, right now, I'm
Clinging and holding you tight
Is there something that hasn't
Crossed our minds?
Right here, right now, I'm
Not sure what feels wrong or right
Tell me, tell me
Is there a way to pacify the pain?
Are we history?
Were we incomplete?
Is there anything left to salvage?
Was it worth the things
We had done for rings?
But in the end, does it even matter?
Ooh, it's the final seconds of us
For us
Right here, right now, I'm
Feeling we're out of time
And it's not like we can
Flip the sands
Right here, right now, I'm
Feeling that something's not right
Can you feel this vibe?
(Ooh-woah-ooh-woah-oh, oh, ah-ah-ah-ah)
Right here, right now, I'm
Clinging and holding you tight
Is there something that hasn't
Crossed our minds?
Right here, right now, I'm
Not sure what feels wrong or right
Tell me, tell me
Is there a way to pacify the pain?
Is there a way to pacify the pain?
(I'm not going to leave with the summer)
(No way I'd be best with another)
(I'm not giving us up, now or ever)
(I'm right here at your side, here forever)
(We'll get through this somehow, alright?)
(We'll patch things up, and bring out our light)
(And someday soon we'll pacify the pain)
(And maybe then we'll sleep at night again)
Is there a way to pacify the pain?
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Infinity (ODDEEO Remix)
06:46
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Longing for
Something more
Breaking free
What could I be?
It touches me to the core
What you seem ready for
What I find
Was a sign
Within my heart
From the very start
But I'm afraid to follow through
So I'll learn from what you do
I could count to infinity
And I would wait for eternities
To have a space just for you and me
Somewhere safe, like a pleasant dream
When the darkness falls, I'll be
There for you at your calling
And when it's time to take our leave
We'll have a place in infinity
Back before
Before the war
The things I feared
When they drew near
I turned tail and ran away
Felt I'd live another day
But what I felt
As time was dealt
Dissatisfied, as if by design
But then you came into my life
Showed me ways to face my fight
I could count to infinity
And I would wait for eternities
To have a space just for you and me
Somewhere safe, like a pleasant dream
When the darkness falls, I'll be
There for you at your calling
And when it's time to take our leave
We'll have a place in infinity
But I don't wanna wait, no more
Cuz I know what I'm fighting for
Somewhere in the dark, I'll be
Fighting for my infinity
No, I don't wanna wait, no more
Cuz I know who I'm fighting for
Till the day I die, I'll be
Fighting for our infinity
So I'm not gonna wait, no more
Cuz I know what I'm fighting for
Somewhere in the dark, I'll be
Fighting for my infinity
So I'm not gonna wait, no more
Cuz I know who I'm fighting for
Till the day I die, I'll be
Fighting for our infinity
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7. |
My Impulse (Self-Cover)
04:39
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What did I do to call upon these memories?
What blew the fuse?
How can I see something I locked
Tight and threw away the key?
It doesn't even matter now
It shouldn't even matter now
Why does it even matter now
If I'm supposed to be safe and sound?
I feel like going numb
Now my mind comes undone
Tell me it'll be alright
Tell me that I will be fine
Tell me it's okay to cry
Tell me hope is still alive
Tell me what I should be saying
Tell me that we all need saving
Tell me, won't you tell me
I'll be going home tonight?
But when push comes to shove
All the answers may not come from above
So why do I love
To reach out so much?
Tell me it'll be alright
Tell me that I will be fine
Tell me it's okay to cry
Tell me hope is still alive
Tell me what I should be saying
Tell me that we all need saving
Tell me, won't you tell me
I'll be going home tonight?
Tell me it'll be alright
Tell me that I will be fine
Tell me it's okay to cry
Tell me hope is still alive
Tell me what I should be saying
Tell me that we all need saving
Tell me, no don't you tell me
That, "It's all a part of life..."
"...Like it or not."
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You Get Me (Self-Cover)
04:00
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Echoes of the words you said
I toss and turn in my bed
Of velvet and red
As you run inside my head
Eroded visions of the best
All which fade at the edges
Each like the rest
My heart pounding in my chest
Reminded
Oh, I don't wanna lose the thunder
No, I don't wanna say goodbye
With everything you do, I wonder
Cuz when I'm with you, you get me, so
Yeah, you could be a violet summer
And you could be the starry sky
Cuz if the world was falling under
I know that with you, you get me so high
(You get me, so)
You get me so high
You get me so high
You get me so high
Rain falls down beneath the street
But no one dares to believe
The smallest of dreams
Could ever escape the seams
Unspoken tales of underneath
The city built in the sea
With gold limousines
Where you captivate the scene
And I said
Oh, I don't wanna lose the thunder
No, I don't wanna say goodbye
With everything you do, I wonder
Cuz when I'm with you, you get me, so
Yeah, you could be a violet summer
And you could be the starry sky
Cuz if the world was falling under
I know that with you, you get me so high
(You get me, so)
I can't seem to let it slide
Something's there between the lines
I'm unaware so tell me why
When I'm with you, you get me so high
You get me so high
You get me so hi-i-i-i-i-high
You get me so high
You get me so-o-o high
You get me ge-ge-ge high
You get me so high
(Oh, I don't wanna lose the thunder)
(No, I don't wanna say goodbye)
(With everything you do, I wonder)
(Cuz when I'm with you, you get me, so)
Imagination running wild
Across the ocean, miles and miles
Can't wait to say, "it's been a while"
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Stay still with me
My company
And let's just be
Still silently
Stay still with me
Why must it be
The roots and leaves
Start falling to pieces
When you leave me?
Hah, stay still with me
The weather's cold and
The water's freezing
I need support cause
I cannot stand alone
I'm waiting for the day
The sun will shine it's rays
I'm trembling, will you hold my hand
One more time?
They're calling me out
I'm breaking down now
I know I must be
Causing so much grief when viewed
Cutting away from thee
The tears go straight to me
I'm trembling, would
you just leave and let me be
But you came then
My only friend
You saved me from my end
Stay still with me
My company
And let's just be
Still silently
Stay still with me
Why must it be
The roots and leaves
Start falling to pieces
When you leave me?
Hah, stay still with me
The weather's warm and
I've started burning
The town's alarmed but
Not doing a thing about it
I'm left there in the flames
With not a single gaze
I'm trembling, I've
Really done it now, this time
But you came then
My only friend
And put out the fire that
Had engulfed me
But you came when
I was to end
And almost left again
Stay still with me
My company
And let's just be
Still silently
Stay still with me
Why must it be
The roots and leaves
Start falling to pieces
When you leave me?
Hah, stay still with me
Stay still with me
Stay still with me
Stay still with me
Stay still with me
Stay still with me
Stay still with me
Stay still with me
Stay still with me
Stay still with me
Stay still with me
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Everything about this moment of time
Seems too familiar
Caught up in a notion, "what's yours is mine"
Something's peculiar
Cause here we are, eye to eye, talking it out
Sparks are flying non-stop
But just when I thought we had figured it out
Oh well, I guess not
Baby, it's time we had a talk
If you think you can walk all over me, no, no
Baby, you'll never have it all
Come on, let's work it out
Come on, let's work it out
But everything about this moment of time
Seems too familiar
Caught up in emotions, called it a fight
Way too familiar...
And there we are, side by side, laughing it out
Sparks are flying non-stop, ooh
But just when I thought we had figured it out
Oh dear, I guess not
Baby, it's time we had a talk
If you think you can walk all over me, no, no
Baby, you'll never have it all
Come on, let's work it out
Come on, let's work it out
And maybe a glass will be thrown against the wall
Take damage as collateral, oh
But baby how crass you are, to have the gall
To say that this was my fault
After all, it's both of us, y'know
It's both of us, y'know
It's both of us, y'know
It's both of us, y'know
Baby, it's time we had a talk
If you think you can walk all over me, no, no
Baby, you'll never have it all
Come on, let's work it out
Come on, let's work it out
And maybe a glass will be thrown against the wall
Take damage as collateral, oh
But baby how crass you are, trying to stall
It's time to work it out
Come on, let's work it out
It's both of us, y'know
It's both of us, y'know
It's both of us, y'know
It's both of us, y'know
It's both of us, y'know
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It's amazing what the pain can do
Covered up and left to dry overnight
Seem so calm but if you stare me through
Not so tough, I'm choking all of the time
Even if you have my back
I don't feel the comfort I so deeply need
Sorry to tell you that it's worthless
But
Give me something I don't know if I can fight
I'll come out into the light
If I know it isn't right to hide
Give me something I don't know if I can heal
Doesn't matter how I feel
But it matters if I fail to try
Give me a choice that I don't dare to choose
Give me a chance, I can't afford to lose
Give me something I don't know if I can fight
And you'll see me in a new light
And I don't need a reason to hold
The door closed, all night, if I wanted to
Admitting I was scared, I was wrong, I was
Holding on to nothing but pretended to
Chemicals astray in my brain
Covered up, released by the rain
Building up the courage I've needed to say this
Despite this, know, know, know
Give me something I don't know if I can fight
I'll come out into the light
If I know it isn't right to hide
Give me something I don't know if I can heal
Doesn't matter how I feel
But it matters if I fail to try
Give me a choice that I don't dare to choose
Give me a chance, I can't afford to lose
Give me something I don't know if I can fight
And you'll see me in a new light
Tearing down the walls around me, I'm
Facing all the pain inside me, I'm
Calling all the shots, remind me, I'm
Checking all my losses for me, I'm
Building up the brave inside me, I'm
Struggling and straining for me, I'm
Reaching out to friends to find me, I
Need you more than ever right now, I'm
Leave it to me, to work myself up so much
Covered in sweat, like I was in such a rush
All of the better, to find me steeped in courage
So
Give me something I don't know if I can fight
I'll come out into the light
If I know it isn't right to hide
Give me something I don't know if I can heal
Doesn't matter how I feel
But it matters if I fail to try
Give me a choice that I don't dare to choose
Give me a chance, I can't afford to lose
Give me something I don't know if I can fight
And you'll see me in a new light
Tearing down the walls around me, I'm
Facing all the pain inside me, I'm
Calling all the shots, remind me, I'm
Checking all my losses for me, I'm
Building up the brave inside me, I'm
Struggling and straining for me, I'm
Reaching out to friends to find me, I'm
All of the better, you'll find me steeped deep in courage
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12. |
And Dawn Anew (Outro)
02:09
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Take a step back and breathe the cold air in
Call my name, to catch me when I'm staring
If you close your eyes, the sun will still rise
And morning will eventually turn to night, ooh
Even if our past will soon catch up
I still wanna believe we'll be strong enough
Cuz there is never a time like the present
We'll fall and rise, and tell our little lies again
If perfection lies somewhere in our hearts
We'll find it if we trace it back to the start
With compromise we'll never fall apart
And we'll find it if we trace it back to the start
Take a step back and breathe the cold air in
Call my name, to catch me when I'm staring
If you close your eyes, the sun will still rise
And morning will eventually turn to night, ooh
Even if our past will soon catch up
I still wanna believe we'll be strong enough
Cuz there is never a time like the present
We'll fall and rise, and tell our little lies again
If perfection lies somewhere in our hearts
We'll find it if we trace it back to the start
With compromise we'll never fall apart
And we'll find it if we trace it back to the start
If perfection lies somewhere in our hearts
We'll find it if we trace it back to the start
With time the light will soon expel the dark
And we'll find it if we trace it back to the start
Will it ever be enough?
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nostraightanswer Orlando, Florida
Freelance Electronic Musician by trade.
Vocal synth user by hobby.
Voice provider for Zero-G Ltd's
VOCALOID4 Library, DEX. www.zero-g.co.uk/store/vocaloid4-dex-p544.php
Most well known for "Define Me". youtu.be/czHGGKr1aCQ
Notable for the quality of his VOCALOID tuning, particularly with English VOCALOID libraries, as well as musical and lyrical composition.
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