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Wake
03:25
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LET'S GO!
When you fall too far in a fit of shame
Another day finding ways to pretaend
When you fought too hard and your love's in flames
What's that you say?
That we're nearing the end
And though my conscience screams hide behind the bend
I know that when I wake, I'll see the sun again
When your lasting thought is for better days, just grab a taste
Fall back to where you began
And listen to the silence cascading in your mind
We'll sing a song of progress
And bow before the light
And though my conscience screams hide behind the bend
I know that when I wake, I'll see the sun again
You were the one they always turned to in the dark
And then you lost your spark, but now you've seen how far you fell
Wake up to yourself
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2. |
The Brightside
04:08
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I woke up yesterday, heart and my hands and devil in my brain
I shook off all my shame, the hardest part of starting over's learning a new game
Blink twice and you'll flush away all the secrets in your tears
Think twice and you'll clear a way, a journey from your fears
My purpose is my home, and I've never been less along
I saw you yesterday, you changed your hair, you changed your voice but the feeling's still the same
It's been so long and been so hard a road, you'll look back and realize you've lost everything you know
Wink twice if you're feeling brave and if luck is on your side
Think twice about moving on when the Green Scarf's on your mind
Ambition is my home, and I've never been less alone
Welcome to the Brightside, where no one lives or dies
You're feeling empty, well then open up your mind
Just take a sip and sit back, watch that open door
You won't believe the people you'll learn to adore
It's not your energy that amplifies the weather
It's the feeling in the room when we're together
Welcome to the Brightside, where no one lives or dies
You're feeling empty, well then open up your mind
Just take a sip and sit back, watch that open door
You won't believe the people you'll learn to adore
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3. |
Woah!
03:44
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If I tried to recall the days that were empty, would it be up to me to decide?
And would you mind if I chose to take a companion, someone to carry along for the ride?
If it's this or that or the other thing, why dwell on things that we can't know?
And if we're dangerously beginning, then WOAH!
Woah! Sing it woah, sing it woah, sing it woah!
Woah! Sing it woah, sing it woah, sing it woah!
So we fly in the face of old constitutions, she's making her way through my mind
But when we ties ourselves to new resolutions, oh, we're burning up empty inside
But if it's this or that or the other thing, why dwell on things that we can't know?
And if the way this feels is so fulfilling, then WOAH!
Woah! Sing it woah, sing it woah, sing it woah!
Woah! Sing it woah, sing it woah, sing it woah!
Well I know, I know, I know, I know, that life is a dance
And I know I'll see the other side where love is a trance
Well I hope to see another world where I can breathe
I'm holding back a scream...
Oh, woah!
Woah! Sing it woah, sing it woah, sing it woah!
Woah! Sing it woah, sing it woah, sing it woah!
Woah! Sing it woah, sing it woah, sing it woah!
Woah! Sing it woah, sing it woah, sing it woah!
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4. |
Tuesday Afternoon
03:31
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Broken boy left in the dark, falling for a spark
Call me brave or call me vile, bet I can make you smile
If you stay awhile
I'm so afraid to try too hard, or miss the mark and watch you go
And run away from what's in store, what could have been, what is no more
Woah...
I'll call you Tuesday afternoon, if you're out I'll see you soon
I'm going crazy in my mind, but outside I'm out of time
If I get the chance to choose, I think I might just fall for you
I check my phone from time to time, looking for a sign
Call me out or call me blind, but don't say it's a crime
If we walk the line
I've heard what everybody says, that you're better on your own
But when I knelt to kiss your head, you looked and me and you said
"No, my lips are home"
I'll call you Tuesday afternoon, if you're out I'll see you soon
I'm going crazy in my mind, but outside I'm out of time
If I get the chance to choose, I think I might just fall for you
I'll call you Tuesday afternoon, if you're out I'll see you soon
I'm going crazy in my mind, but outside I'm out of time
If I get the chance to choose, I think I might just fall for you
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A Glimpse of Her Heart
04:54
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We live our own disasters, my grounds are breaking with you
I feel you through the silence, our world of new horizons shining through
We are a heart in chorus, life speeding fast before us, lost and found
Believe in love unending, our answers are descending down, down, down
To live in blinding absence, I am awakened only by yours eyes
No secrets, no pretending, a fallen angel asking, "how and why?"
We are a heart in chorus, life speeding fast before us, lost and found
Believe in love unending, our answers are descending down, down, down
Believe in a glimpse of her heart
Believe in a glimpse of her heart
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6. |
All At Once
03:48
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I can't explain what I became, a raven with fear in his eyes
I'm Heaven sent, a precedent, I've stolen these years from your life
The battle was won with the urge to die young, with the instruments and tools we're allowed
But I won't escape with the memories we made until we are burned to the ground
And I will wait four months until you decide to waste time pretending that I'm still alive
And all at once, you're clear from my mind as everything we never were takes flight
I've seen the plan, a diagram, we're broken and torn from the fight
I'm in dismay, in disarray, confusing what's left for my right
The battle begun with the urge to be someone, the purest of voices drowened out
Well I won't escape from the neverending day until we are burned to the ground
And I will wait four months until you decide to waste time pretending that I'm still alive
And all at once, you're clear from my mind as everything we never were takes flight
And I will wait four months until you decide to waste time pretending that I'm still alive
And all at once, you're clear from my mind as everything we never were takes flight
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Glow
03:46
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Another day, another face, you've seen the game I love to play
To breathe it in and blow it out again
It takes a try, you gave it twice, you were the one, you were the night
With farthest reach, you bore the fight
I'm lying here alone, now I know
That when we glow on, even though we were wrong
A fool no more, they're not keeping score, you knew this all along
That when we hold on, shake that lie and it's gone
We've seen our days of empty grace, a new familiar face
Glow on
Another way I've learned to hate, you never blinked, you never stayed
A Devil's date recorded me
You wish him one, you wish him well, you wish he wouldn't yearn for hell
With searing ache, you bore the pain
I'm lying here alone, now I know
That when we glow on, even though we were wrong
A fool no more, they're not keeping score, you knew this all along
That when we hold on, shake that lie and it's gone
We've seen our days of empty grace, a new familiar face
Glow on
I'm lying here alone, now I know
That when we glow on, even though we were wrong
A fool no more, they're not keeping score, you knew this all along
That when we hold on, shake that lie and it's gone
We've seen our days of empty grace, a new familiar face
Glow on
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8. |
Remember
03:57
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How could we see any other way? We both knew it would be today
I close my eyes in a fit of shame, but you won't let me talk
So I go my way
Let's have a moment of silence, a chance for us to breathe
Our tribute for reasons you're not in front of me
I could say I remember the first gifts that we shared
We stayed up making music, telling secrets 'till we're scared
And all I ask is once a year, on the eleventh day
Think back to all the memories we made
Throw out our never future days, a white dress carried in the waves
We'll douse the fire just to fan the flames
You know what sets me off - here we go again
Let's have a moment of silence, a chance for us to breathe
Our tribute to reasons that you're not what I see
I could say I remember the first gifts that we shared
We stayed up making music, telling secrets 'till we're scared
And all I ask is once a year, on the eleventh day
Think back to all the memories we made
We made sure to keep our own demons inside
The ones we can't hide from
Making the same mistakes, falling for our own embrace
I could say I remember the first gifts that we shared
We stayed up making music, telling secrets 'till we're scared
And all I ask is once a year, on the eleventh day
Think back to all the memories we made
Think back to all the memories we made
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Standby
05:34
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What a weight to carry, neglect yourself, your knees the break now
The storms are heavy, ticking clocks don't lie, you feast on yourself
New is strange, tradition poison, break the mould and shatter hope
World in flames, another day of rain, singe and wash away your name
Your regimen has gone too far, standby for a change of guard
Clear the port, tend your scars and bleed out from your healing heart
From your healing heart
You say I shouldn't wait for anyone, you've been here since the path begun
Trust the Templar if his scriptures sustain, Legion lives another day
Staying silent doesn't keep you safe when you're loud in every other way
Young, not ready, girl in time displaced, her smile smirks across your face
Your regimen has gone too far, standby for a change of guard
Clear the port, tend your scars and bleed out from your healing heart
From your healing heart
Don't worry, be silently ashamed, we've given you another day
Hey, wipe those tears, there's nothing left to fear
Sound the alarm, run away, run away!
Your regimen has gone too far, standby for a change of guard
Clear the port, tend your scars and bleed out from your healing heart
From your healing heart
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10. |
Every Day
05:00
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If I lie awake, I'm fleeing my own mind
It's not your fault I'm dreaming of you most of the time
Another diamond found, another diamond lost
On judgement day, I'll find out what I'm not and what I lost
It's worth the cost
You helped me write my newest favourite song
In my universe you're somewhere out there, you're singing along
I wasn't evil, my demons deciphered
And though she's far away, there'll be a day we'll put this behind us
You know they will find us, they'll break us free
From the fight, frightened things in the night
Sing your song, let it fly, I know you'll reach to the sky
'Cause every day, every night, we'll wander closer to the brightest light
So take my hand, we'll learn to fly and I'll see you on the other side of night
And though my eyes are gleaming their own kind
I've seen a world forever after, wicked and blind
Through all your bends and flaws, you always were enough
Through loss and fracture, I know what I need, and what you mean to me, so break me free
From the fight, frightened things in the night
Sing your song, let it fly, I know you'll reach to the sky
'Cause every day, every night, we'll wander closer to the brightest light
So take my hand, we'll learn to fly and I'll see you on the other side of night
Morning has come, daybreak has won, we'll walk through tomorrow
Finally as one
Morning has come, daybreak has won, we'll walk through tomorrow
Finally as one
Morning has come, daybreak has won, we'll walk through tomorrow
Finally as one
Morning has come, daybreak has won, we'll walk through tomorrow
HEY!
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Be calm, embrace the night, through the fire, I've seen the light
And from the other side, voices high sing goodnight
To the things we leave behind
The things we leave behind
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12. |
Kingdom Come
04:23
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I should never have saved the date when we've made all these plans for the Fall
Falling short of all things but one, we've begun a whole new world in your arms
And though I've known you for some time
I've finally seen the glow in your eyes
'Cause after all, no I don't have to say sorry at all
This house is burning
Out of my disregard, found another place to call home
The world keeps turning
Dancing in a flaming space, falling when I see your face
And darling, don't you know?
Isn't it my fault to earn? Terrified I've lost my turn
And darling, don't you go
I don't know if I should be brave or lose faith when time took brothers and all
Insofar as all I can see, I'll be free to chase my chances, but what?
And though we made not one mistake
This tomorrow's lost to the flames
'Cause after all, no I don't have to say sorry at all
This house is burning
Out of my disregard, found another place to call home
The world keeps turning
Dancing in a flaming space, falling when I see your face
And darling, don't you know?
Isn't it my fault to earn? Terrified I've lost my turn
And darling, don't you go
Fall to kingdom come
'Cause after all, no I don't have to say sorry at all
This house is burning
Out of my disregard, found another place to call home
The world keeps turning
Dancing in a flaming space, falling when I see your face
And darling, don't you know?
Isn't it my fault to earn? Terrified I've lost my turn
And darling, don't you go
Fall to kingdom come
And darling, don't you go
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Liam Sturgess West Vancouver, British Columbia
28-year-old singer/songwriter from West Vancouver. Liam combines acoustic pop sound with modern alternative instrumentation, creating a unique musical experience.
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