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I thought the world
Would slow down when I got older
But it only seems to be picking up pace
Sometimes I wish these moments would move slower
Seems like the times that are the nicest
Quickly end and fade away
Another seasons gone it's getting colder
Well there’s no place in the world I’d rather be
And The leaves fall down but the trees keeps getting older
Well I’m passed the age my parents were when they gave birth to me
Well I’m passed the age my parents were when they created me
I am older now and so are my friends
Some have families, and some have wound up dead
It’s such a fragile existence that we live
You could wake up one day and everybody’s gone
You could wake up one day and see that you were..
Gone, gone, gone, you were gone, gone, gone
I don’t really feel like I’m much older
Seems like yesterday I was turning seventeen
Now a days I know that I am closer
I’m past half the age of the average life expectancy
And It’s hard to see a memory in the moment
But the more time passes, the more they fade away
The good ones they get lost as we outgrow them
Well I’m passed the age your parents were
when they went separate ways
Well I’m passed the age your parents were
when they went separate ways
I’ve grown older now and so have my friends
Some have families some have wound up dead
It’s such a fragile existence that we live
You could wake up one day and everybody’s gone
You could wake up one day and see that you were gone
You were drowning, You were nowhere fading
You were grounded, You were only waiting
Bababababadada you were breaking
In half another adderall, You were shaking
Caffeine mixed with too much alcohol
You were spinning lies
I am older now and so are my friends
Some have families, some have wound up dead
It’s such a cruel existence that we live
You could wake up one day and everybody’s gone
You could wake up one day and see that you were gone
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It gets hard trying to remember
It’s hard enough just to pretend
All my life I fought to surrender
But I don’t remember, if this is how it ends
I’m not gonna be there
when the floor falls out beneath you
I’m not gonna be there
when your world collapses again
I’m not going to be there
When your time is up to defeat you
How could I defeat you if I am trying to win
And This bright light is condescending
And This bright light can’t escape
With all this light, The night sky is never ending
But I can’t tell where the tunnel meets the light
Did you wake up when your fever broke in the morning?
Your body aches like it’s been cursed
You thought you’d be feeling better off tomorrow
But tomorrow came and you feel the same but worse
I’m not gonna be there
when the floor falls out beneath you
I’m not gonna be there
when your world collapses again
I’m not going to be there
when your time is up to defeat you
How could I defeat you if I wasn’t trying to win
And this bright light is condescending
And this bright light you can’t escape
With all this light, The night skies never ending
But I can’t tell if this tunnel sealed my fate
Oh I can’t tell if this your free free will or is it fate
Oh What does it take,
If only that night I would’ve gone straight home
Oh What a mistake,
I Never would’ve left If I had known
Would anything be different,
Would anything have changed at all?
Would anything be different,
Or is everything meant to meant to, meant to fall
But I can’t tell if this tunnel sealed my fate
Oh I can’t tell if this is your free free will or is it fate
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And It feels a little crazy how quickly we forget
A 20 year invasion over bad intelligence
Then you paint a little picture
And were willing to pretend
That they didn’t kill 300,000 innocent civilians
Cuz History should remember them
for exactly what they did
Don’t let them rehabilitate
Their public images
Are you sad?
You’re not sad enough
Are you mad? (Are you mad?)
You’re not mad enough
For their war crimes, war crimes, war crimes
They committed war crimes, war crimes war crimes
They were given more time, more time, more time,
Never forget
They committed war crimes, war crimes war crimes
They’re committed more crimes, more crimes, more crimes
They were given more time, more time, more time,
Never forget
And it feels a little crazy
how we willingly forget
Been brainwashed by the military
industrial complex
You can paint a little picture
and change it in our minds
Then You go on Ellen telling everyone
All of your little lies
Well History should remember them
For exactly what they did
But we can’t be complicit in
rehabilitating their image
Are you sad?
You’re not sad enough
Are you mad? (Are you mad?)
You’re not mad enough
For their war crimes, war crimes, war crimes
They committed war crimes, war crimes war crimes
They were given more time, more time, more time,
Never forget
They committed war crimes, war crimes war crimes
They’re committed more crimes, more crimes, more crimes
They were given more time, more time, more time,
Never forget
Are you listening
Are you listening? Oh my God?
Are you listening? Oh no my God?
Well You can paint a picture, a pretty little picture,
But never did I picture this
You can paint a picture, a pretty little picture,
But never did I picture this
Are you listening
Are you listening
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South Carolina, I feel it in the ocean the air
South Carolina, I know too much not to care
The voices in your head don’t make you feel better
Second guess your confidence
The voices in your head will slowly get better
Till one day you don’t notice them
Please just try and keep your head up
No one knows where this will go
It feels like we’ve all been set up
Don’t give them one ounce of your hope
South Carolina, Tell me where you want to go
South Carolina, Fake it till you take control
The first day here it never goes easy
Everything is paved in gold
Well the first time you were here you were young and still dreaming
But now you are impossibly old
Please just and to keep your head up
Don’t let them take away your hope
It seems like we’ve all been set up from the start, set up from the moment
Don’t let them see the end of your rope
South Carolina there’s nothing left for you to do
South Carolina, what’s the use in being you?
Please just try and keep your head up
Don’t let them take away your hope
It feels like we’ve all been set up from the start, set up from the moment?
Don’t let them see the end of your rope
I still feel it now even though I’m older,
I cannot control
I still feel it now when the weather's getting colder
It’s hard to let it go
Please don’t go, please don’t go away
Please don’t go, please don’t go away
Please don’t go, please don’t go away
Please don’t go, please don’t go away
Please don’t go, please don’t go away
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And everyday you go out into the world
You're faced with endless possibilities
It doesn’t cost a penny to be nice
So why would you ever be mean
Why do some people feel so entitled
For service only fit for a queen
Life is short, it’s what you make of it
so Why would you ever make a scene
And I was staring, staring, staring,
at a Karen, Karen, Karen
I don’t need the manager,
I want to speak directly to you
And show you what you do
The barest minimum that anyone can do is
Treat you with a little respect
This job is hard enough as it is
Without someone breathing down your neck
I see you’re angry and you’re getting upset
Maybe take a breath and count to 10
This temper tantrum don’t look good on you
Maybe act like an adult instead
And I was staring, staring, staring,
at a Karen, Karen, Karen
I don’t need the manager,
I want to speak directly to you
And show you what you do
And of course you believe in Jesus Christ
Is somehow blonde hair, blue eyed, and white
But are you practicing the message of your savior
When you yelling at an underpaid broke teenager
Oh Karen, I don’t really care to much for you
Oh baby Karen, I’m tired of staring back at you
And I was staring, staring, staring,
at a karen, karen, karen
I don’t need the manager,
I want to speak directly to you
And show you what you do
And I was staring, staring, staring,
at a Karen, Karen, Karen
I don’t need the manager,
I want to speak directly to you
And show you what you do
Oh Karen
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Well I wouldn’t change the seasons
Cuz I like how they change
Sometimes the only reason
Everyday doesn't feel the same
And I think that it’s working
Because I’m starting to feel it
In this moment that we’re waiting through
Will finally come to an end, and we can finally choose
To spend a month in our bed, cuz we’ve have nothing to prove
And we can finally rest
Yeah we can finally rest
And I woke up feeling better
The sun was in the sky
There is something bout this weather
That makes you feel a little more alive
Now the snow is finally melting
There’s a flood across my street
And this world has always felt things
When there’s a new season to greet
And I think that it’s working
Because I’m starting to feel it
In this moment that were waiting through
Will finally come to an end and we can finally choose
To spend a month in our bed, cuz we’ve got nothing to lose
And we can finally rest
Yeah we can finally rest
It’s like I’m always waiting for one day
That’s just a little out of reach
Maybe I will get there some day
But I, Just gotta make it through this week
To a time where we feel Happy
To A time we call our own
To A time where we can enjoy ourselves
From the, from the comfort of our home
And I think that it’s working
Because I’m starting to feel it
In this moment that were waiting through
Will finally come to an end and we can finally choose
To spend a month in our bed, cuz we’ve got nothing to lose
And we can finally rest
Yeah we can finally rest
Singing La da, la da da da da da da da
La da, da da da da da da da da
Singing La da, la da da da da da da da
La da, da da da da da da da da
Singing La da, la da da da da da da da
La da, da da da da da da da da
Singing La da, la da da da da da da da
La da, da da da da da da da da
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We found gold and oil
In the ground underneath us
We found bones, in the soil
Our whole history beneath us
I feel it in my veins
I see it in the ocean
I feel it on my skin (my skin)
I see it plain as day
I feel the end approaching
I hear death on the wind
I have fallen free from home hope
Free from all distinction
I’ve absolved freedom from hope
Of our species own extinction
Of all the planets in the world that they’ve found
We have one that grows food
And all the planets out there spinning round
Ours has water and sunlight too
And the sunlight
Well it helps the plants make food
And the plants grow tall and the seeds that fall
Can turn into trees and fruit
Everytime that we exhale
Our trees can breath that in
And everytime that trees breathe out
We can inhale their oxygen
Meanwhile,
We are fighting wars over money and god
But the only thing we’re not fighting for
Is the only planet we can live on
On and on and on
It’s the only planet we can live on
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It doesn’t take a body language expert
To understand the look in your eyes
Don’t need a polygraph with your nervous laugh
To detect anymore of your lies
It doesn’t take a climate science specialist
To see the world is getting too warm
We ignore the cries of our own demise
Well It’s easier than being informed
I don’t want to take my time my credit
I don’t want lose control
I don’t want to waste my time my credit
I don’t want to turn to stone
You look good on paper
You look good in my arms
You look good looking back at me
As we're trying to mitigate harm
Yeah we're trying to mitigate harm
I’m not a spiritual adviser
But I can read my own countries palm
We sold the soul of our nation to the corporations
Moving backwards till we can’t go on
I’m not a Hieroglyph translator
But I can read the writing on the wall
Afraid to turn on the news, To see what else we’ll lose
The rich get richer as they watch it fall
I don’t want to take my time my credit
I don’t want lose control
I don’t want to waste my time my credit
I don’t want to turn to stone
You look good on paper
You look good in my arms
You look good looking back at me
As we're trying to mitigate harm
Yeah we're trying to mitigate harm
But I Can’t shake this
It’s like we're trying to lose
Moving backwards
Is such a foolish thing to do
I don’t want to take my time my credit
I don’t want lose control
I don’t want to waste my time my credit
I don’t want to turn to stone
You look good on paper
You look good in my arms
You look good looking back at me
As we're trying to mitigate harm
We're trying to mitigate harm
You look good on paper
You look good in my arms
You look good looking back at me
As were trying to mitigate harm
Were trying trying trying trying
You look good on paper
You look good in my arms
You look good looking back at me
As we're trying to mitigate harm
We're trying trying trying trying
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So tell me the story about the man
Who built the world with his bear hands
He Spent his days just counting sand
then one day it washed ashore
Someday I don’t know where my head goes
Can’t see the ground beneath my toes
Head in the clouds but no control
It’s just an just illusion now, and illusion now
Take your hand and come with me
darling we’ve got a lot to see
And I know that you’d believe in anything
And it’s our time to feel alive
Tired of trying to survive
We’ve got nothing left to lose, but our memories
And what would happen if you let go
Nothing left to hold onto but hope
Would the world crush you
If you don’t hold your own head up now
If I ever wash ashore
All my dreams gone out the door
Would you take me in
and help restore me to the way I once was
To the way I once was
So Take your hand and come with me
Darling we’ve got a lot to see
And I know that you’ll believe in anything
that you Can see
But it’s our time to feel alive
Tired of trying to survive
We’ve got nothing left to lose, but our memories
And believe me when I die
The next day the sun will greet the sky
I might be gone but my soul resides
apart of everything
Please don’t mourn me when I’m gone
No funeral service, just sing this song
There is nothing left of me, but my energy
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I made you a promise
And I gave you a ring
You helped make me honest
I tried to make you sing
I could not have asked for more
After all, after all I had done
And I scaled up your castle wall
After all, after all, I had won
I used to wake up at night, cuz I couldn’t wait for the day
But Now I stay up through the night, cuz I’m not ready to face
The sunlight, The sun day, the sunrise, the sun fades away
I wrote you a story
I gave you a name
I felt all the glory
Every time you sang
I could not have asked for more
After all, after all I had done
You scaled up my castle wall
After all, after all, we had won
I used to wake up at night, cuz I couldn’t wait for the day
But Now I stay through the night, cuz I’m not ready to face
The sunlight, The sun day, the sunrise, the sun fades away
Is there anybody else?
Is there anybody else?
And there’s always someone else
But they’re not like you
And they’re not like you
And I guess you could say I was nervous
Even More than I thought I would be
But how can you act, like you know for a fact
How the rest of your lives gonna be
The sunlight, The sun day, the sunrise, the sun fades away
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Home (Ft. Joanna Artz)
05:11
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You were just my type, and somehow I knew
Was it at first sight, or did you look twice through
I think I felt it in my bones when I was alone
I guess you know it when you know
Let’s build a home, and start a family
Fill it with gold, and all our memories
This is where I’ve been a long long time
This is where I’ve been a long long time
This is where I’ve been the whole damn time
Next to you
I know that you and I will live forever
I know that you and I were meant to be
In fact I think it’s time we finally get out
We’ve taken this old road as far as, it will lead
You were not my height, but you’re tall for you
Seeing eye to eye on the follow through
I heard you talking in your sleep last night
I heard you saying you would be my wife
Let’s build a home, and start a family
Fill it with gold, and all our memories
This is where I’ve been a long long time
This is where I’ve been a long long time
This is where I’ve been the whole damn time
next to you
I know that you and I will live forever
I know that you and I were meant to be
In fact I think it’s time we finally get out
We’ve taken this old road as far as, it will lead
And I know you never sleep,
You’re up before the dawn
I feel the warmth inside the sheets
When I awake you’re always gone
This is where I’ve been a long long time
This is where I’ve been a long long time
This is where I’ve been the whole damn time
next to you
I know that you and I will live forever
I know that you and I were meant to be
In fact I think it’s time we finally get out
We’ve taken this old road as far as, it will lead
You’ve got me feeling high
You’ve got me feeling fine
You’ve got me feeling high
You’ve got me feeling fine
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Samuel Wilbur Minneapolis, Minnesota
Samuel Wilbur is a Minneapolis singer/songwriter and educator.
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