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Papercut
02:18
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Cars of people giving up, coffee in my paper cup
Fighting for that morning rush, I've had enough
Highway like a parking lot, see some dude I cut him off
Impulse I'm too tired to stop, he yells - I flip him off
I don't know if we're coming or going
If I let go would anyone notice?
All my dreams are liquidating, sell 'em for the price we paid
Always taller glass of water, fuck California
Complicated killer, no one ever calls your bluff
When I look back on my life it feels just like a papercut
I don't know if we're coming or going
If I let go would anyone notice?
I think I wanna get drunk, think I wanna get stoned
Think I'll say something dumb so I can hang up the phone
Think I'll buy a new car, just to drive in a ditch
Rack up my credit card, pay it off when I'm rich
Yeah as soon as you turn twenty-five they write you off
Societal violence and yeah it's terminal
Can't look in the mirror again yeah it's making me sick
They're all out of dreams but they're still selling it
I don't know if we're coming or going
If I let go would anyone notice
Talking to me like you hate me, fucking up the bed we made
Wish I didn't bite my tongue, wish I never fell in love
You tell me to get a life, I say this one's bad enough
Every time I see you smile it looks just like a papercut
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Limousines
03:32
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All my heroes died in classic cars
Yeah the 27 club, tears on their guitars
Got a couple of friends who didn’t make it that far
So I got a tattoo on my arm
Cut my teeth playing for a cover charge
Couldn’t even cover the tab at the bar, and I’d
Drive all night to sleep on some floor
Try and get my foot in the door
Now I’m lying in a hotel room, I think of you
I feel lonely
And that’s how it should be
So if you see me walking down the street just
Look right through me
Cause that’s all I deserve
On the other side, the grass is already green
And that best night, you drank from your memory
And that kiss goodbye, said that you’d never leave
It’s a sad song in the backseat of a limousine
Just say yes cause that’s what you do
When you song for your supper there’s someone better than you, that wants to
Try on your world and walk in your shoes but
They don’t know what you lose
So if you see me walking down the street
Look right through me
Cause that’s how she left me
Have another glass of champagne I should’ve saved for your birthday
But we’re doing alright
On the other side, the grass is already green
And that best night, you drank from your memory
And that kiss goodbye, said that you’d never leave
It’s a sad, sad song
Oh maybe we’re alchemists turning years into gold
Like ice cold coca-cola cleaning blood off the road
And the more that it hurts, the more you believe
In our sad songs, in the backseat of a limousine
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Monte Carlo
04:18
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I wish I followed the smoke out the window
Instead of chasing down freedom in my dad's Monte Carlo
Spent my money as fast as I could go
Didn't have to think about paying rent tomorrow
Twenty bucks on the dash, and he'd hit the gas
Said I can have it, if I can reach it
Now it feels like a memory I borrowed
Just chasing down freedom in my dad's Monte Carlo
Sometimes that voice in my head sounds just like radio silence
In the back of my mind you're always sitting there smiling
I can't drive fast enough to forget about it
Everything you've been looking for I hope you found it
I wanna cry on a shoulder I know
But I'm stuck in between these two lines
I hit the road, guess it shows what I know
Always leaving what I need behind
Oh before my heart broke, Monte Carlo
Wanted to be rich cause we were so broke
Thought that we'd be famous, we were almost
Tell me where the time goes, when the bars close
Monte Carlo
Red lights are crossroads when there's nobody to follow
Pray for salvation, or you beg for survival
In space or on stage we were dreaming about Apollo
Dreams don't last forever, it's a bitter pill to swallow
Twenty bucks on the dash, hit the gas
I can have it if I can reach it
Oh I got my heart broke, monte carlo
Wanted to be rich cause we were so broke
Thought that we'd be famous, we were almost
Tell me where does time go, when the bars close
I wanna cry on a shoulder I know
But I'm stuck in between these two lines
I hit the road, guess it shows what I know
Always leaving what I need behind
Oh before my heart broke, Monte Carlo
Wanted to be rich cause we were so broke
Thought that we'd be famous, we were almost
Tell me where the time goes, when the bars close
Monte Carlo
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Ice Age
03:29
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Wish god would take our names
Trap them in a frame together
They’d always stay the same
Even if they’re better off alone
‘Cause every time we fall
Baby the sky falls with us
And I wouldn’t want it any other way
It’s written on the wall
My whole world stops spinning, every minute that you’re wrapped inside my arms
But I can’t make you stay
So I’m praying for an ice age
Wish I could take your hands
Tell you everything will be better
A couple centuries ahead
Maybe we’d stay forever young
Exactly as we are
Pretend that every crack in the ceiling
Is just another constellation in the stars
Instead of moving on
We could let this whole world stop spinning
Every minute that you’re wrapped inside my arms
But I can’t make you stay
So I’m praying for an ice age
We could start it with a word
And watch the snow fall out the window
Long enough that we forget how much it hurts
And if we’re ever found
Maybe they’ll start a new religion
About two lovers that were frozen in the ground
And one look in your eyes
They’ll wanna bring us back to life
Say love is easy
When we had all the time it takes to get it right
And maybe then you’d stay
So I’m praying for an ice age
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Never Lost You
04:07
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If love means
Never saying you’re sorry
Well I guess I broke every rule
When they told me
There’s other fish in the water
Must be swimming in a different pool
If it’s yours
Set it free
If it comes back to you then it was
Yours to keep
Love clichés for fools
They don’t make me feel, make me feel any better
‘Cause they might love and lose
But they never lost, never lost you
Seasons change
They change for a reason
Well I guess that you were changing too
Then they told me
Stop looking you’ll find it
But I’m still looking for you
Love clichés for fools
They don’t make me feel, make me feel any better
‘Cause they might love and lose
But they never lost, never lost you
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Big Ego
02:05
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You don’t like the way I talk
Yeah you’re always taking shots
Used to hurt me quite a lot
Then I had to make it stop
I got a big ego, it gets me out of bed
I got a big head yeah it kinda hurts my neck
When I’m looking in the mirror, I turn my own head
I got a big ego yeah it gets me out
Gets me out of bed
Do you want me to be weak ?
Cause yours dreams are out of reach
I don’t have to play the cop
Cause I got you to turn me off
I got a big ego, it gets me out of bed
I got a big head yeah it kinda hurts my neck
When I’m looking in the mirror, I turn my own head
I got a big ego yeah it gets me out
Gets me out of bed
Yeah you don’t love me, yeah you don’t care
Yeah you don’t love me, so what I don’t care
I got a big ego
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7. |
House In The Hills
03:08
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Woke up checked Instagram
America’s at war with Iran
When the shit hits the fan
I got a blunt on my nightstand
And the devil’s in the white house
Even got the kids pickin’ sides now
And someone stole my coat from the bar on New Year’s Eve and it was cold
I don’t need a house in the hills
I don’t need somebody else to pay my bills, yeah
I just wanna fall asleep without my pills, for real
I don’t need balenciaga jeans
I’m just getting tired of being scared of my dreams, yeah
When I fall asleep without my pills, for real
I don’t need a house in the hills
An elephant was bathing in aveeno
And a guy was shooting up down in Reno
It’s always good versus evil
And a K-Pop star got too skinny
Someone got a face tattoo
Maybe I should make an appointment
So my mom can say I’m such a disappointment
For fuckin’ up my chances of employment
I don’t need a house in the hills
I don’t need somebody else to pay my bills, yeah
I just wanna fall asleep without my pills, for real
I don’t need balenciaga jeans
I’m just getting tired of being scared of my dreams, yeah
When I fall asleep without my pills, for real
I don’t need a house in the hills
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Hard Day's Work
03:18
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If my head was a closet
It’d be a bone collectors dream
If these walls could talk
I hope they wouldn’t say a thing
Had it all had it all to lose
Outta breath I’ve sang the blues
You’re so young you got no regrets
Haven’t had that heart broke yet but
Underneath your bed
There’s the carpet of your room
Yeah nothing’s happened yet
Just some muddy Velcro shoes
Yeah but underneath the floorboards
There was a little bit of dirt
The foundation of this town
Is a poor man’s hard day’s work
If I could offer some free advice
Nothings free and don’t think twice
The only monster that I ever met
Handed me my first cigarette
Had it all had it all to lose
A lotta debt and a lotta booze
You’re so young you got no regrets
Haven’t seen ‘Titanic’ yet
Underneath your bed
There’s the carpet of your room
Yeah nothing’s happened yet
Just some muddy Velcro shoes
Yeah but underneath the floorboards
Your mother’s name’s carved in the wood
The foundation of this house
Is a poor man’s hard day’s work
Yeah and underneath those floorboards
Your mother’s name’s carved in the wood
The foundation of this house
Is a poor man’s, bad pay, back break
Hard day’s work
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9. |
WTF
04:15
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I guess it’s what we learned about in physics
It must have been in classes I was skipping
Every action has an opposite reaction
And we were just two opposites attracting
I wish I never gave that ultimatum
Showed me all your cards and then you played them
I know I kinda hate the way I acted
But I still resent you for reacting
We never really could see eye to eye
So good for you was bound to be goodbye
Why is it so easy?
For you to be happy when you leave me
Know I kinda wanna say I’m sorry, but
It doesn’t feel right when you’re out of my life
Why are you so okay?
Kinda hoped that you would end up lonely
Drinking on your own and then you’d call me up
And I’d say WTF
They say that if you love it set it free
But if you kinda hate it then you leave
I guess it’s just the way it’s gotta be
So tell me if it’s all infatuation
Then tell me why my stupid heart is breaking
Chalking up our problems to some growing pains
Side effects of exes, babe
Why is it so easy?
For you to be happy when you leave me
Know I kinda wanna say I’m sorry, but
It doesn’t feel right when you’re out of my life
Why are you so okay?
Kinda hoped that you would end up lonely
Drinking on your own and then you’d call me up
And I’d say WTF
Why is it so easy?
Yeah I wanna say I’m sorry
It doesn’t feel right when you’re out of my life
Why are you so okay?
Kinda hoped that you would end up lonely
Drinking on your own and then you’d call me up
And I’d say WTF
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10. |
Cold Water
03:49
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Took us so long to get to this
From a first glance to a first kiss
You were right, I’ll admit it was me
It took so long to get to you
Wasn’t anything that I was used to
Didn’t know how easy it was gonna be
It’s like jumping in
Cold water
Hold your breath, close your eyes
Cold water
The best things in life can scare ya sometimes
If you really want it
Realize it might take awhile jumping in
Cold water
It’s worth it girl
I don’t believe in a master plan
Old enough to understand it
Some things slip right through your hands
Maybe time always tells the truth
And every road would have led to you
I was scared till it happened
Don’t feel like an accident
Cold water
Hold your breath, close your eyes
Cold water
The best things in life can scare ya sometimes
If you really want it
Realize it might take awhile jumping in
Cold water
It’s worth it girl
Once you get in you never wanna get out again
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Carleton Stone Nova Scotia
Carleton Stone is an award-winning artist, songwriter and producer. As a writer, Carleton has written for artists like Ria Mae, Matt Andersen, The East Pointers, Donovan Woods, Classified, Bobby Bazini, and Neon Dreams. His most recent album, Papercut, is a collection of sophisticated singer-songwriter pop with well-crafted lyrics and memorable melodies. ... more
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