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She went down by the water
In the hopes that she maybe could
Be understood for the first time
In a long time
Wrote words down that could change the world
But underneath all her words
This poet girl
Was still hiding
You've always had walls around you
You've always had guys in tow
You've always had those who love you
When always doesn't seem to translate with you
I could scream myself to madness
Just trying to reinforce this rightful course
We were put on
Never thought we could be here
Never though things could fail
I never thought I'd see this side of
You never thought anything at all
You've always had walls around you
You've always had guys in tow
You've always had those who love you
When always doesn't seem to translate with you
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In Spades
05:14
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Always under the impression that they knew best
And mistakenly thinking that they might fill in the rest
Started over many times that I grew tired
Of watching the ones I'd trust turn into liars
So I don't need no reasons
I should have just kept this for myself
When friends just change with the seasons
I should have just kept this for myself
It isn't ego that I'm tripping over in spades
It's just that I'm really fed up with all the needless delays
I appreciate the efforts that they gave me
But it was in the end result we did not agree
So I don't need no reasons
I should have just kept this for myself
When friends just change with the seasons
I should have just kept this for myself
In quiet times
I realized
In these hopeless wings
It'd be my voice that'd sing
So I don't need no reasons
I should have just kept this for myself
When friends just change with the seasons
I should have just kept this for myself
In quiet times
I realized
In these hopeless wings
It'd be my voice that'd sing
So I don't need no reasons
I should have just kept this for myself
When friends just change with the seasons
I should have just kept this for myself
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Games
03:52
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Mist on the water
Hope down the drain
Every time I redirect
It always ends in pain
Gotta listen to reason
And stop assigning blame
That's the core of why you still play games
All I did was try for you
Did everything I could do
Wish you could have seen us through
All I did was try for you
Did everything I could do
Wish you could have seen us through
'Cause all I did was try, for you.
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Shoulder
04:35
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Barely through
A life near lost
And uncomfortable
In all it might have cost
Sometimes
I miss having your shoulder
Chips on mine just grow older
Things I wish I had told her
I miss having your shoulder
So hear me now
'cause I'm ready to be heard
When I spent so long trudging down doomed paths
Never thinking they wouldn't last, oh no
But now I see…
That sometimes
I miss having your shoulder
Chips on mine just grow older
Things I wish I had told her
I miss having your shoulder
Chips on mine they grow older
Wounds that deep just get colder
I miss having your shoulder
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Stuck Still
04:48
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If you would've told me
That I would be
Writing a song about this when
I was 23
I would have said no way
That can't be
I've got too many promising things now
Right in front of me
But I'm stuck still
And I really thought I would have made it there by now
If there was a reason
Other than my own
As the cards were laid out upon the table
And tears in the fabric sewn
Then I would have been able
To keep it all stable
And travel on my own
But I lost my direction
The wrong intersection
Thinking I was owed
But I'm stuck still
And I really thought I would have made it there by now
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Better Now
05:14
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Hey little angel
Why do you close your eyes?
Are you tired of seeing all our little white lies?
I know where you're going
I've been where you've been
It's the same road I'm still stuck within
But oh
Is this really over?
Oh no
This can't be over…
I must be dreaming
See all the Christmas lights decorate the town
Trying to mask everything that has fallen down
I'll sing myself to sleep but you won't be listening
And I hope you're better now
But oh
Is this really over?
Oh no
This can't be over…
I must be dreaming
Hey little angel
Why do you close your eyes?
Are you tired of seeing
All my little white lies?
I'll sing myself to sleep but you won't be listening
And I hope you're better now
But oh
Is this really over?
(I must be dreaming, I must be wrong)
But oh
Is this really over?
(I wasn't dreaming, I wasn't wrong)
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All I Know
03:44
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All I know
Is I would have given you everything
Soul to soul
What I felt wasn't in my head
You could've been the one to save my life
And point me in the right direction
I could've been the hero in your life
If not for our lost connection
All I know
Is I would have given you everything
All alone
Writing this down, alone in my bed
All I know
Is I can now live with your ghost instead
You could've been the one to save my life
And point me in the right direction
I could've been the hero in your life
If not for our lost connection
Even though the path was overgrown
I would've rather grown old with you than be alone
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Already Under
03:31
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The news today
Depicts pain
Suffering
Just more of the same
So lock the door
At the end of the day
Pass one around
And fade away
I'm already under
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3am
02:53
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How'd you go?
3am and I sit glued
To the thought of other arms now holding you
You're running still from the demons in your past
And you left me here with mine and the minutes are so vast
Alone…
How'd you go?
3am and I sit glued
To the thought of other arms now holding you
You're running still from the demons in your past
And you left me here with mine and minutes are so vast
3am and I'm still glued
To the thought of those arms surrounding you
You're running still from the demons in your past
But you left
Me
Alone…
I loved you, you know…
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When I Finally Wake
05:37
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Dig deep, dig deep down inside
And find the answer
This addiction's hold on me
Cannot last ever after
But oh,
Come with me
I'll give you the darkness you seek
Oblivions allure is so sweet
Then own your soul and see you in a week
Depressed, Repressed, Regressed
Until the world swims grey
Depressed, Repressed, Regressed
Pain is worse when I wake
When I Finally Wake
Alone, and hurting
Nothing's changed
I'm still alone and hurting
But oh,
Come with me
I'll give you the darkness you seek
Oblivions allure is so sweet
Then own your soul and see you in a week
Depressed, Repressed, Regressed
Until the world swims grey
Depressed, Repressed, Regressed
Pushing life further away
Deep Breaths, Repressed, Regressed
Please God hear me say
Depressed, Repressed, Regressed
Pain is worse when I wake
When I Finally Wake
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Carry Me Away
02:53
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Used to be strong
Used to be light
I should have listened
Because you were right
The struggle inside
And the grey in the day
Wondering why
Why haven't you carried me away?
Why haven't you carried me away.. so I'm done?
Another day ends
Alone with my ghosts
Hard to decide
What hurts the most
The pain all around
Or the damage inside
Losing my will
And care for this life.
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Eighteen Months
06:25
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How many lies did it take you to finally come clean in the end?
You fed me the words that would keep me…
..like you were just confused but still a friend
But actions spoke louder than words
When you told the whole world you were his
Thinking that I'd stand by the vows I spoke
Even though you broke ours eighteen months in
But I kept holding on
To a life I thought would last longer
I kept holding on
To a marriage I assumed was stronger
Just for the record, this isn't anger
'cause anger now won't help solve anything
besides you're gonna have enough to dwell on
'cause we both know that I gave us everything
But actions spoke louder than words
When I found from someone else you were his
Assuming that I'd stand by the vows I spoke
Even though you broke ours eighteen months in
But I kept holding on
To a life I thought would last longer
I kept holding on
To a marriage I assumed was stronger
I've been there and done that now.
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Little Reminders
04:44
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Same ceiling today
A little darker and a little more faded
Same wind in the trees
The damn days I spend outside raking
The same sound on the phone
The crack in the glass of my Grandmother's picture
So many here but alone
I hate those days when I wake up and feel it's
A disappointing life
A disappointing life, sometimes.
Struggle to find the words right
More and more often I cannot remember
Why my alarm needs to scream
To make sure I'm awake, but not living
The days that feel like a month
The people you trust and eventually hurt you
It's just those days in-between
Those little reminders of how this can be a
Disappointing life
A disappointing life, sometimes.
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Shards of My Former Self
05:10
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Spent time down some wrong roads
Turned my back and it nearly took off my head
Grown tired of my hurt soul
And learned to step around shards of my former self
Tell me all the truths you made up at school, my angel
'cause truth changes all the time in the depths of your mind
My schizophrenic angel
I thought I was safe home
'till world came and ripped me apart from inside
Life changed while I was busy
Keeping head above water while chained to a rock
Tell me all the truths you made up at school, my angel
'cause truth changes all the time in the depths of your mind
My schizophrenic angel
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Song for a Quiet Room
06:10
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Take me in from outside
There are things out there, like me, but bite and hide
Honest efforts spent keep telling me
That if I can't make this work, it's flirting with insanity
Out of these safe walls I don't belong
Apparently beyond my soul feels wrong
Regretfully wrong
It was never like a loner stride
When who I was within was printed clearly on the outside
I'd be lying if I said it hasn't bothered me
But apparently this choice isn't up to me
Out of these safe walls I don't belong
Apparently beyond my soul feels wrong
Regretfully wrong
Out of these safe walls I don't belong
And apparently beyond my soul feels wrong
I can rest now knowing I gave people my all
But apparently beyond my soul feels wrong
Regretfully wrong.
So take me in from outside
Cause even here, where my soul wants to be, and they still bite and hide.
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Up Control
03:01
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Lay it down love, lay it down it's time
'cause I can feel the fire
Taking up control
And running on it's own
Set it down love, set it all alone
Let it ride it's path
'cause I'm tired of standing by
When all I know is that I've come this far
Staying true to who I am
Write it down love, write it down 'cause I
I have found the reasons why
And I'm pulling at the roots
And rewriting all the rules
Hold me down love, hold me down in place
Remembering the face
Of a long misplaced best friend
Echoing
All I know is that I've come this far
Staying true to who I am
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Aletheia
06:56
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There was a time they say
When I didn't play these games
And I didn't hold onto the things that weren't true
There was a chance I had
That I cannot get past
As the others have passed by
In a backwards view I was
Blinded no more
'cause I'm done with living tired and sore
with open doors leading to the wrong thing
I somehow found the will
To remember who I was before
The dreams in store
Down the path the right way
The negativity is over now
I will not let you stand in my way now
I broke it down to parts
And combined my broken hearts
Came clean with the pain
And the defects of my game
Found the strength I'd lost
Still tallying the cost to pay
Just day by day
I'm coming around again
The negativity is over now
I will not let you stand in my way now
I can see the path ahead more clearly now
'cause I've laid it all on the line here for you now
Aletheia
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James Kinne
▪️Singer-Songwriter ▪️Multi-instrumentalist
▪️Self Produced
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