1. |
Kids
03:02
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Long nights and hard days
Regrets and mistakes
The choices we make
We lived harder than we ever did
There were problems but
We were just kids, we didn’t mean it
We didn’t know what we did
Oh we were just kids
No panic attacks
Moments we could relax
The way your heart tracks through love
All the memories that you’re gonna leave
That you could still chase down
All your dreams
Kids... we didn’t mean it
We didn’t know what we did
Oh we were just kids
Kids... we didn’t mean it
We didn’t care what we did
Oh we were just kids
Oh you’re gonna be just fine
Yeah you’re gonna do it, do it
Oh you’re gonna need some time
Yeah you’re goin’ through it, through it
Oh you’re gonna be just fine
Yeah you’re gonna do it, do it
Oh you’re gonna need some time
Yeah you’re goin’ through it, through it
Long nights and hard days
Kids...we didn’t mean it
We didn’t know what we did
Oh we were just kids
Kids... we didn’t mean it
We didn’t care what we did
Oh we were just kids
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2. |
Leave It Alone
03:38
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I think it’s time we got away
So don’t keep me waiting
We’ll be ghosts inside a frame
Forever waving
If I’m lost along the way
Will you keep me straight edge
We’ve got miles and miles for days
Where did the time go?
I want my name back
I tried to love you
But I lost track
Why do mountains
Melt into meadows?
So many questions
I need to know
I can’t leave it alone
No I can’t leave it alone
Set out in the afterglow
Under painted skies
Lost you in the chemicals
That trailed behind
Why don’t real colours show
When it’s dark?
Is grey matter all we are?
Where did the time go?
I want my name back
I tried to love you
But I just lost track
Why do valleys
Turn to volcanoes?
So many questions
I need to know
I just can’t leave it alone
No I can’t leave it alone
When I was younger
I used to see clearer
Now I’m out of focus
When I look in the mirror
Why are diamonds
Cut from destruction?
There’s too much pressure
I just can’t function
Without a lifeline
Without some answers
What am I doing?
When will I ever track down the reasons?
Where do I begin?
So many questions
I’m losing hope
I can’t leave it alone
No I can’t leave it alone
No I can’t leave it alone
No I can’t leave it alone
I can’t leave it alone
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3. |
Diamonds
03:47
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Diamonds in the rough
Didn’t search hard enough
Took too long for me to dig in
When I caught your eye
I didn’t mean to call out
But I thought I must be dreaming
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
You…
Diamonds in the rough
Didn’t try hard enough
Took too long for me to see it
Did I dull your shine
All the times I cut you down
I believed you and I could save it
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
In the morning I wake up
And think of you
And when I close my eyes
It’s all that I can do
In the morning I wake up
And think of you
Always, always, always
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted...
All I wanted...
Was you
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There’s need to panic
Make no mistake
The harder that I tried
The more I had to wait
Too many holdups
So much red tape
It felt like living in a permanent delay
My friends they told me
You’ll find it soon
A theory that was sound
But had a lack of proof
But all that static
Led me to you
I never knew
What they were going on about
I never knew
What they were going on about
There’s no short answers
No easy fix
A string of hypotheticals that never fit
Too many roadblocks
Not well equipped
The worry that your heart might not exist
My friends they told me
You’ll find it soon
A promise that went over
Like a lead balloon
But all that nonsense led me to you
I always figured you were out there
But I had my doubts
The more that I looked on the brightside
The more I burned out
You’ll know it when you see it
But ‘til I met you
I never knew
What they were going on about
I never knew
What they were going on about
I never knew
What they were going on about
I always figured you were out there
But I had my doubts
The more that I looked on the brightside
The more I burned out
You’ll know it when you see it
But ‘til I met you
I never knew
What they were going on about
I never knew
What they were going on about
I never knew
What they were going on about
I never knew
Oh, I never knew
What they were going on about
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5. |
Better
03:16
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I don’t know why
The airport reminds me of you
‘Cause we never flew together
But when I’m standing in those lines
I think of when you said forever
And I love you in that state of mind
And I thought we’d brave the weather
But whether or not it all would have worked out fine
I still wish that we were better
We were better
That we were better
I miss you when the calendar changes
Stacks and rows of empty boxes
But a date’s not a date if it’s not with you
It’s just sequential nonsense
And I miss the nights when you were mine
And I thought we’d grow together
But whether or not it all would have worked out alright
I still wish that we were better
We were better
That we were better
Oh that we were better
That we were better
If you asked me
Given the chance
Would I take it
To go back when
We were happy
And were still friends
I would tell you the answer’s yes
I’m not saying
That if we did
We’d be different
We were just kids
But I’d do it all again
I’d go back for you
I miss the nights when you were mine
And the days we were forever
But whether or not it all would have worked out fine
I still wish that we were better
We were better
That we were better
Oh that we were better
That we were
That we were
That we were better
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6. |
That
03:25
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That I held you close
That you didn’t go
That I didn’t drown
The embers of you
And left us in smoke
That I loved you with all that I had
That I held you up and not held you back
That a simple word could show you the truth
That someday again it would be me and you
That I didn’t wait
That I made you stay
That I didn’t write
My promise in sand
That just washed away
That I loved you with all that I had
That I held you up and not held you back
That a simple line could show you the truth
That someday again it would be me and you
That I held you close
That you didn’t go
That I let you know
That I wish you’d come home
That I loved you with all that I had
That I held you up and not held you back
That a simple song could show you the truth
That someday again it would be me and you
Me and you
Oh me and you
Me and you
Me and you
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7. |
Cannonball
03:08
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If I were a cannonball
I’d build up my speed
Fly my way above it all
Cross over the seas
If I were the ocean floor
I’d roll with the tide
Wash my way up on every shore
To make sure you were mine
And I don’t know what it is
Yeah there’s something about you
There’s something about you
There’s nothing I can do
There something about you
If I were a fallen tree
I would make a sound
Carve us into poetry
And leave it on the ground
Use what’s left to build a boat
And sail out on the waves
The thought of you keeps me afloat
In endless different ways
And I don’t know what it is
Yeah there’s something about you
There’s something about you
There’s nothing I can do
There something about you
Oh and I don’t know what it is
Yeah there’s something about you
There’s something about you
There’s nothing I can do
There something about you
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8. |
Once In A While
03:06
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I’ve got everything I need
Emptiness and gasoline
Enough to fill the miles between
The place I last saw you
Wondering what you might be doing
Where you went the day that you left
I could wait another lifetime
But there’s no other you
No matter how far I drive
Caught between these dotted lines
I go back to when you were mine
Do you go there too?
Once in a while
Once in a while
Do you ever think of me
Every once in a while
Tell myself to nevermind
But I go back from time to time
To when forty steps and six street lights
Could lead me back to you
No I never turned in our keys
I still carry them around with me
The locks have changed and so have we
But I can’t move on from you
Once in a while
Once in a while
I’ve got everything I need
But do you ever think of me
Every once in a while
Every once in a while
I’ve got everything I need
But do you ever think of me
Every once in a while
Every once in a while
I’ve got everything I need
But do you ever think of me
Yeah, once in a while
Every once in a while
I’ve got everything I need
But do you ever think of me
Yeah, once in a while
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9. |
All In
03:14
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I think about it all the time
That any given moment
Could be the one that changed your life
I didn’t know who you were
When I went to sleep last night
But since I saw you I don’t
Recall what that was ever like
Shouting from the rooftops
Calling on you
On you to be coming round quick
Ain’t no time for full stops
Commas will do
For you
Yeah you got me all in
You really got me all in
‘Til you
I didn’t know the way it felt
To take a chance on your heart
And not fold the cards you’re dealt
Betting on my good luck
Calling on you
On you
To be coming round quick
Even if the odds say
We won’t make it through
Oh you
Yeah you’ve got me all in
You really got me all in
You know you’ve got me all in
You really got me all in
How could a second glance
Turn my world upside down
The way you did?
Love at first sight exists
Even if it don’t work out
You’re worth the risk
I think about it all the time
How any given moment
Could be the one that changed your life
Oh yeah you got me all in
You really got me all in
Yeah you got me all in
You know you got me all in
My dear yeah you got me all in
You got me all in
You got me all in
You know you got me all in
You really got me all in
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10. |
Back From This
03:42
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I wish I would have told you what I’d done
When we were on fire
We were on fire
When we were in love
Drowning under waves
I couldn’t stop
I tried to stay down
I wanted to stay down
But I came back up
Oh and then you caught me with the right look
I should have told you then
I felt you in my lungs
When we were young
When we were on fire
We were on fire
Before I was numb
Oh and then you caught me with the right hook
I should have told you then
There’s no coming back from this
No point wondering what if
Oh it’s just the way it is
There’s no coming back from this
Back from this
I wish I would have saw
What you’d become
When we had grown older
Before I felt colder
Damn when you were young
Oh and then you caught me with the right look
I should have told you then
And then you caught me with a right hook
I should have told you then
There’s no coming back from this
No point wondering what if
Oh it’s just the way it is
There’s no coming back from this
Back from this
No point wondering what if
‘Cause it makes no difference
Love it’s just the way it is
There’s no coming back from this
Back from this
And then you caught me with the right look
I should have told you then
And then you caught me with a right hook
I should have told you then
And then you caught me with the right look
I should have told you then
And then you caught me with a right hook
And I knew
There’s no coming back from this
No point wondering what if
Oh it’s just the way it is
There’s no coming back from this
Back from this
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11. |
Scars
02:45
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When I fall I fall hard
When I leave I leave scars
Before anything real can start
I tear it apart
When I saw you from across the bar
A Death Cab tee and eyes like stars
Your tiny voice left me disarmed
I took you to heart
When I cut I cut deep
When I break I break free
Half in half out of everything
Don’t know what I need
But the second you came into view
I felt magic in a mundane room
Out of thin air I fell for you
Nothing I could do
Was always back and forth
And calling it quits
I never knew until the day we met
How good it could get
How good it could get
How good it could get
How good it could get
When I’m gone I stay gone
When I hide I stay lost
But when I didn’t seek to sabotage
I knew I was caught
Was always back and forth and calling it quits
I had another thing coming with you I guess
Done being up and down and phoning it in
I never knew until the day we met
How good it could get
How good it could get
How good it could get
How good it could get
When I fall I fall hard
When I leave I leave scars
Before I could tear us apart
I took you to heart
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12. |
Saw Me Like That
03:15
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Heaven sent
When I see you I thank God we met
I imagine what we could have been
If I told you what you really meant
I wish that you saw me like that
That you, you knew what we could have
Tell me something or there’s no going back
I wish that you saw me like that
From a dream
It’s like an angel right in front of me
I imagine just how good we’d be
But we’re only just good friends it seems
I guess
But I wish that you saw me like that
That you, you knew what we could have
Tell me something or there’s no going back
I wish that you saw me like that
Sometimes I wish
That I’d get drunk
And call you and confess
That all at once
The words spilled out
And there’s no going back
But if I did
And there was silence
On the other end
I’d know what it meant
I wish that you saw me like that
That you, you knew what we could have
Tell me something or there’s no going back
I wish that you saw me like that
I wish that you saw me like that
That you, you knew what we could have
Tell me something or there’s no going back
I wish that you saw me like that
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Adyn Townes Fredericton, New Brunswick
A five-time International Songwriting Competition finalist, Adyn Townes has a way with words.
Think Death Cab for Cutie meets David Gray. High energy, but intimate. Beautiful, and clever.
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