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A Colourful Headache

by Dante Matas

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Someone’s changing her mind without a plan of action Loosely drawing a line between points A and B Now she’s hoping to find another new distraction And I tend to see so much of her in me Someone’s turning away from everyone around him Always ready to say he’d rather be alone Now the truth of his claim is starting to astound him And I feel part if his world like it’s my own Some people just can’t help but imitate I wonder, can you relate? In my mind there’s a true sad story for everybody that I’ve ever known I though I’d find it’s just fiction for glory, that everyone’s happy to be alive But every time I let it go, there’s an answer I don’t know And now in my mind there’s a new sad story but I am never gonna let it show Someone’s losing the fight against their alter ego Failing, try as they might to walk the borderline Now they’re holding so tight to what they’d rather see go And I face their dilemma as if it’s mine, I feel inclined ‘Cause choosing our battles can be an easy as one two three But choosing who to care about will be the death of me In my mind there’s a true sad story for everybody that I’ve ever known I thought I’d find it’s just fiction for glory, that everyone’s happy to be alive But every time I let it be, the solution I can’t see And now in my mind there’s a new sad story but I am never gonna set it free Someone’s giving up too fast Someone’s inner peace won’t last Someone’s wasting all their time Someone’s living a lie In my mind there’s a true sad story for everybody that I’ve ever known I thought I’d find it’s just fiction for glory, that everyone’s happy to be alive But every time I let it go, there’s an answer I don’t know And now in my mind there’s a new sad story but I am never gonna let it show
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Tell me your secret Give me a broken smile I’ve got no place to be for a while Summer is ending I’ve no use for wasted time Give me a reason to make you mine But make it quick ‘cause I’m starting to think thoughts of you wanna scatter Just like the dust on the windiest day Somebody told me it’s mind over matter But I’ve got a feeling it all blows away It’s gonna blow away Tomorrow is leaving Unless you’re giving it a reason to stay Your favourite illusions They can pretend all night But something that different is not quite right Tell me your secret Is wondering such a crime? I need an answer that sounds divine Tell me what I’ll find But make it quick ‘cause I’m starting to think thoughts of you wanna scatter Just like the dust on the windiest day Somebody told me it’s mind over matter But I’ve got a feeling it all blows away It’s gonna blow away Tomorrow is leaving Unless you’re giving it a reason to stay Summer is ending I’ve no use for wasted time Give me a reason to make you mine
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Quit running around You’re not going up in flames Try standing your ground for a change Why stay where you are? You’re not frozen to the spot Try venturing far now that you’ve got nothing to lose Save for the world you cannot amuse I don’t know what you want anymore You can’t stand what I told you And it’s been a while since we felt any new emotion We’ve been looking for a hidden smile It’s not much but it’s all that we’ve got It’s our hearts that were breaking Thank god they’re versatile ‘Cause we’ll need something to rely on When we’re looking for that hidden smile I think it’s gonna take a while Don’t feel so distraught There’s no time for mindless games Try rational thought for a change Why are you so blue? There’s no need to think everything through Don’t look down, observe, there’s a better view Nothing to hide Save for the smile that you keep inside I don’t know what you want anymore I can’t stand what you told me And it’s been a while since I’ve felt any new emotion We’ve been looking for a hidden smile It’s not much but it’s all that we’ve got It’s our hearts that were breaking Thank god they’re versatile ‘Cause we’ll need something to rely on When we’re looking for that hidden smile I think it’s gonna take a while
4.
You care for the world like a little flame that lights up a candle in your heart But you handle the truth like it’s a hurricane, you’re not to blame But as it is I think it’s blowing us apart I want to know what you saw in me so I can reclaim who I am ‘Cause I can’t find the answer in my memory, presently And I was hoping you could help me one day understand With all that we wanted swept under the rug We shrug off the reasons we can’t rise above But there is a difference between you and me You see what you want and I want what I see So light up the candle in your heart As you handle the truth like it’s a hurricane, you’re not to blame But as it is I think it’s blowing us apart In the whirlwind of your mind, are the storm clouds by design? Did the cyclone of your day put the chaos on display? Is the summer rain you feel just a show or is it real? Did your heartfelt hurricane put out the flame?
5.
Tomorrow’s already over Yesterday has yet to begin Love is as cold as your shoulder Desire burns like a sin The world around us was perfect The world within us was too Who ever thought it’d be worth it To pretend we could be something new? Now every time I see you I panic for leaving you without a trace I’d lose my mind (assuming I had it) but I can’t pin it down in the first place I thought that we would keep it together to see the end of you and me But when we couldn’t get to the start, that’s when everything nearly fell apart completely We could’ve had what we wanted But honestly, what’s the use? A world of perfection is haunted When you have to bury the truth Tomorrow’s already over Yesterday has yet to begin Who would’ve known it’d be colder when keeping warm With just a fire within Now every time I see you I panic for leaving you without a trace I’d lose my mind if only I had it, but I can’t pin it down in the first place I thought we would’ve lasted forever or long enough to be set free But when I learned the truth of your heart that’s when everything nearly fell apart And I mean it when I say completely Yeah that’s when everything nearly fell apart completely and you were a little less than not obsessed with seeing it through Yeah that’s when everything nearly fell apart completely and I was a little more than not quite sure and wondering what to do
6.
There’s a fire rising high Through the window of the sky with a violet sun And on the mirror of the water I see your name spelled backwards in the flames Don’t you feel the way I do? Well if it’s true why don’t you tell me? I want to know (if just to find out the way that I feel) It’s time to panic and freakout We’ve got enough serenity saved away for a lifetime of going insane There were footsteps by the door They’re not moving anymore But I’m sure they did Cause in the pattern of the paces I heard the code your heart left for my soul Don’t you feel the way I do? Well if it’s true why don’t you tell me? I want to know (if just to find out the way that I feel) It’s time to panic and freakout We’ve got enough serenity saved away for a lifetime of going insane But is it madness or love that runs the game? As far as I see, it’s really all the same
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Is there any way to tell between confidence and a compulsive rush to your own defence? Sometimes finding answers only leads you to feel you are more confused But if that’s what you try to do It’s ok to chase a dream up against the odds Give it all you’ve got It’s alright to stand behind the good you want to last Even when you see the glass is not half full But don’t be delusional There’s gonna come a time when you have to make a choice Between eternal silence and using your voice But there should be a difference between speaking your mind and not making sense So if there hasn’t been yet It’s ok to chase a dream up against the odds Give it all you’ve got It’s fair to be convinced there’s only one right path, if you just remember every other way You might change your mind someday It’s alright to stand behind the world you want to last While everybody’s saying that it’s impossible But don’t be delusional I’m not delusional

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released May 4, 2018

Dante Matas - Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Synth, Bass, Piano, Drums, Percussion

Colin McNally - Drums, Percussion

Omar Shabbar - Electric Guitar

Engineered by Dante Matas and Mike Legere

Produced by Dante Matas

Mastered by Noah Mintz

Artwork and Cover Design by Boris Matas

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Dante Matas Toronto, Ontario

Dante Matas is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from Toronto. He began by writing music at a young age before forming his first band at Etobicoke School of the Arts where he majored in visual art. In university, Dante studied philosophy and completed an MA in the field. Today, Dante combines his wide-ranging interests to make what could only be called cosmic folk pop. ... more

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